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THE ALTO HERALD, ALTO, TEXAS, MAY 21, 1936.
NO. 4.
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By A. Hick
A. mck Gets His Texas Sound East Texas
Picture "Took."
juat before the opening of the
nlel, Eaat Texas stages her
* < y ) t , omato Show at Jacksonville.
3gan is "Eat Tomatoes Daily."
ty add a few words to injunc-
omething like this, a tomato a
eps the sheriff away.
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Centennial is right here if one
to think about it. Are we
for the crowds that are going
through Alto? Have we
up the alleys and burned
ash? Do we have signs put up
ect traffic in and out of the
())];' A11 these things are very im-
nt and should not be neglected
^ the last moment.
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"Shaking of alleys reminds us of a
question that is disturbing
body in Alto. There was once
tlley in the Noel block—now
is no a[!ey there. Every one is
!g$, An- ; about saying, a]]ey, atley, aliey
On p-;,'°'s got the aliey?
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e knew it was bound to happen
er or later. Here comes Nacog-
)r[!yJ.es claindng the oldest newspaper
Restate, age 116 years. San Au-
ine are you going to let them get
y with it?
A-H
ere is a message to the sweet
graduates. A New York Judge
I: recently handed down a decision
if a husband is unable to support
— L/QZfself, his wife must contribute to
D maintenance. The alimony law
" ^ 0U[! husbands has atso gone Into ef-
: in severalstates. So girls before
let a June moon entrap you into
jrimony, it might be a good idea
I investigate the financial standing
:,,the proppect before matching
- vn the isle to meet the preacher.
[flPf \Now there is oii and rumors of oii
' talk about and to enliven the long
.KK!),..^.'!M!Mr days that will soon be upon
We understand that severa] per-
,! ts "have been issued and that drill-
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will begin in the near future. It
quite likely that several Trinity
ALTO tests will be made.
Political prospects must look good
our esteemed fellow townsman,
iimerRozeHe. We recently saw
mail dolled up ina brand new
tringsuit.
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TSomany things taking place in
[ast Texas in rapid succession, one
'Cta pop-eyed trying tokeep up with
le celebrations. Tyler entertaining
he fifty-seventh Press Association
f Texas pencil pushers on June 11
nd 12, with Jimmie Donahue and
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elycarf:
nandci
lenry Edwards of Tyler acting as
tosts for the occasion. That the
neetingwil]beasuc<!ess isafore-
t;one conclusion.
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After many months of painstaking
research, Dallas at iast has found
M--. something to claim as first in Dallas.
IdtjC They will place a marker to com-
AUp inemorate the arrival of the first
train in Dailan—the Houston and
«H^Texas Central, which reached that
- city July 18, 1872.
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. John Ellis Allen, who arrived four
weeks ago, has taken complete
-charge of the Allen Drug Store, as
well as assuming control of the Oscar
Aliens' famiiy residence. The first
inovation the new manager made was
to double the force of workers, put-
ting on a day and night shift. This
does not appear to be enough addi-
tional help to get things done in the
manner that is pleasing to the new
comer. It is now apparent that a
grave yard shift will have to be in-
stituted in order to keep up the pace
that the young man has outlined for
the Allen Druggists.
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Leon Blum, who will become Pre-
mier of Franco, June 2, made an ad-
dress to the Paris American Club last
week in which he hinted that the
French had not forgotten their war
debts to the United States. It is easy
tc road between tin: lines. France is
in a tight place—they need very
much some mpre help front Uncle
Sam. 0 what a difference that doea
make!
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Many have asked the editor who
wrote A. Hick. We have even been
accused of writing it out-self. Others
have boldly accused our city attorney
D. B. Lawson. As a matter of fact, it
is neither one. Not having the au-
thority to divulge the nams, we have
left it up to Mr. Hick to tell it when
ever it suited his fancy, however, we
have not been asked to ksep his pic-
ture out of the paper.
When he came in to leave his
column this week, we asked him to
let us put his picture in the Herald,
butherushedoutwithoutsayingyes
or no, so we caught him on the "fly"
as he was leaving the office. His
picture will be found over his column
this week. We placed it there to keep
some of the Herald readers from
"busting" with curiosity.
FinanciaMy Downs Buys
Says AHred Fair Property
"Saviour of Texas"
Houston, Texas, May 19. — Some
1,500 members of the Texas Bankers'
Association met here in annual con-
vention Tuesday, heard their presi-
dent, Fred Florence of Dallas, say
that recovery is here and heard Gov.
James V. AHred give an accounting
of ^he fiscal condition of the State.
Governor AHred, who flew here
from Washington, said bankers in the
East are amazed at the soundness of
the State's finances and went on to
give some figures to back up this as-
sertion.
He toid the delegates that since he
went into office more than $6,000,000
had been set aside for retirement of
the State's relief bonds and declared
At a meeting of the directors of
the Cherokee County Fair held in
Rusk, Monday night, May 18th, it
was the unanimous decision of the
directors to offer the Fair Property
in fee to the East Texas Downs in
consideration of the Downs assuming
all of the fair indebtedness which
will gross about three thousand dol-
lars and the further consideration
that the Fair may be held each year
at the park without charge for use of
physical property to the members of
the association or the public general-
ly. Directors of East Texas Downs
accepted the offer at a meeting held
in Rusk Tuesday.
The Fair directors feel that the
his administration had set aside more best interests of the association are
for retirement than it had spent for j being maintained by this action for
relief. One bond payment already ! certain part of the debt was past due
has been made, he said, and the {and the holders of the notes were con-
State's bonded indebtedness now isltempiating foreclosure proceedings
The fair will be able to use the
property for their annual exhibits
and it certainly is fortunate that the
directors were able to make these
arrangements and make it possible
for the fair association to take care
of its Indebtedness.
WEDDING
General Sam Houston, one of the
most dynamic leaders in American
history, is the object of wide venera-
tion in this.pentennialye_ar. Thous-
ands are making their pTTgr)iK6ge to
his old Huntsville home.
State Heaith
Officer Urging
F!y Contro!
Austin, May 21.—Thousands of
children and adults die every year
from diseases carried by the fly. Ty-
phoid fever, tuberculosis, summer
complaint, cholera,'intestinal diseases
and frequently death follow closely
in the trail of the common house fly.
"The control of the fly menace
comes at the top of the list of neces-
sary public health measures which
should be applied by every city and
community In the State," urges Dr.
John W. Brown, State Health Officer
"The most effective measure for
control is to prevent breeding." h<
said. "Fliesbreed in filth, andabout
eight days are required to complete
a life cycle. During her life time of
several months, one house fly lays
from 600 to 1000 eggs. Thus it can
easily be seen that in a season which
usually begins in the spring of the
year, the descendents from one fly
numbtr countless thousands.
' To eliminate flies the breeding
places must be destroyed. Manure
piles,garbage,andother organic filth
furnish the requirements of warmth,
moisture, andfood necessary for the
propagation of the fly. Flies should
be kept from contact with food or
drink or utensils in which such food
an'd drink are prepared and served.
Likewise they should be kept from
access to privy vaults where they
pick up the infections, which they
later spread to humans by contact
with the food and drink, and by un-
washed hands and utensils.
"See that your windows, doors,
and porches are screened so that the
stray fly from some careless neigh-
bor will not molest your family. See
that your grocer keeps meat, vege-
tables, and fruit screened from flies.
"Organize health measures to des-
troy the breeding places, control the
flies' access to your home and food,
and estabiish standards ofcleanlinesa
in your community that will elim-
inate the fly."
Mi', and Mrs. Lewis Terrell and
daughter, Ann, and Mrs. Geo. B.
Terrell were visitors in JacksonviHe
^Tuesday.
Miss Nell Louise Thurmond, a
teacher in the Woodlake schoo!.
visited herparents, Mr. andMrs. E.
W. Thurmond, Tuesday.
less than $20,000,000.
"There would be no bonded indebt-
edness today if it were not for sev-
eral things which will not occur
again," the Governor said and used
as an example the $3,000,000 appro-
priated for the Centennial.
An emergency appropriation of:
$2,000,000 additional rural school
aid was another reason for the in- i
debtedness, he said. < Durwood Timms of Huntsvilie,
The Governor pointed to the re-} and Miss Edna Mullan of Barsola
duction of the ad valorem tax from ; were united in marriage Sunday at
77c to 62c and said despite this the ; the home of the bride's parents, Mr.
State will end the fiscal year on and Mrs. Eugene Mullan. Rev. R. P.
Aug. 31 with a cash balance of i Hughes, Baptist minister, performed
$3,000,000. {the ceremony.
* } Mr. Timms is a student at the
PHILLIPS—WILLIAMS i State Normal at Huntsville, and Mrv
Timms is a teacher in the Cold
The soft glow of lights, and sweet! Springs school. They have the very
fragrance^ of flowers seemed to beam!^*^ wishes of their many friends in
belignantly upon happy hearts Satur- j tbeir new found happiness,
day evening, May 16th, at 7:30;
I RUSK IS SELECTED
FOR LEGION MEET
o'clock at the Methodist parsonage
in this city, whore Rev. F. Ciyde
Woodward, pastor of the Methodist)
Church, read the vows that united! Rusk was selected for the next
indissolubly together for life, Mr. meeting of the 7th district American
Jack Phillips and Miss Laura} Legion, W. S. Sutton. Rusk com-
Williams. I mander says.
The newly wedded pair are not The next
strangers in our city, the
tn our city, the grooa
whose home is in Laneville, has for
several months been employed as
water superintendent on the High-
meeting, Mr. Sutton
said, will be held either this fall or
spring and Rusk will prepare to
entertain about 400 or 500 delegates
front 12 counties. Dr. Wm. Murphy
way construction and at present ia i is district commander of the
working out of Rusk. The bride is
the charming daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. A. P. Williams, of the White
Swan Cafe.
Long life, greatest happiness, and
may the love-light of Saturday even-
ing shed joy and gladness even to the
latest hours of life's changeful sea-
son, is thewiah of the numerous
friends of the happy couple.
Legionnaires.
Commander W. C. Sutton calls
attention to the fact that the sec-
ond division meeting of the American
Legion will bo held May 30-31 in
Nacogdoches and that all posts are
requested to carry flags and banners.
WATCH AND CLOCK REPA1R!NG
Watch and clock reparing; rings
and specks welded. Allkinds of gold
and silver welding.
McDonald, Watchmaker.
Old P. O. Bldg.
AHo Theatre Sunday and Monday
Captain Blood, in the person of Errol Flynn, leads his plratea in at!
attack on a Spanish galleon in "Captain Blood," the Cosmopolitan
production coming to the Alto Theatre on Sunday-Monday. Seven
ships were built and destroyed for this picture.
Agricuiture
Candidate Visited
Aito Saturday
KalSegrist, above, candidate for
Commissioner of Agriculture was in
Alto Saturday In the interest of his
candidacy. Segrist. who formerly
was a first baseman in tile Texas
League, was born and reared on a
farm at Hico, Hamilton County, and
was educated at John Tarleton Agri-
cultural College and Simmons Uni-
versity. He now is living in Dallas
County. , i
Picture and
Paper RecaH
0)d Memories
Mrs. 0. D. Banks
Died in 89th Year
Thursday Morning
The many relatives and friends of
Mrs. D. D. Banks were made sad last
Thursday morning. May 14, when
news reached Alto and surrounding
communities of her death which oc-
curred Thursday morning at 2:20, in
the Nan Travis Hospital, Jackson,
ville.
Mrs. Banks had the misfortune to
fall and fracture a hip bone on Tues
day morning at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. J. R. Luker, in Alto.
The family do not know just how
their mother happened to fall. Miss
Ada Banks was in the adjoining room
when she heard some one fall and
rushed into the dining room where
she found her mother lying by a
chair. She tried to question Mrs.
Banks but the shock was so great to
the aged mother that her answers
were incoherent. It is supposed that
she went into the dining room for
something, stumbled against the
chair and fell. Mrs. Banks was hur-
ried to JacksonviHe. but she lapsed
intoacomadyingin about twenty-
four hours.
The funeral services were held last
Thursday afternoon, May 14, at the
Mount Zion Methodist Church, under
the supervision of Fox & Allen, Fu-
neral Directors, interment taking
place in the Mount Zion Cemetery.
The pastor of the church, the Rev.
J. W. Treadwell, had charge of the
church services, being assisted by the
Rev. F.C.Woodward of Alto, and
the Rev. F. E. Luker of Carthage.
The building was filled beyond its
seating capacity and many who were
notabletofind seats, stood on the
outside. The floral offerings were
numerous and unusually beautiful.
Six grandsons acted as pal! bearers:
J. C. Rogers, Roy V. Starling. Howard
and Wendell Tannery, J. D. Banks
and Marvin Juerges.
Sarah Anne Siddall Banks was
born in Tenneasee, August 14, 1847.
When a small child her parents
moved to Searcy, Arkansas, where
later she was married to the Rev.
D. D. Banks, October 11, 1866. Soon
after their marriage Rev. and Mrs.
Banks came to Texas and settled
near Mount Zion, where they united
with the Methodist church. They
made this community theirhomeun-
til the death of the Rev. Banks in
1929. After the passing of her hus-
band, Mrs. Banks went to Alto to live
with her daughter. Mrs. J. R. Luker.
Mrs. Banks was the mother of
twelve children, three dying in in-
fancy, and nine living who survive
her. Mesdames W. D. Haisten, Sa-
iem; L. O. Tonilinson, Lovington. N.
M.; C. C. Starling. Dallas; H. E.
Tannery, Houston; J. C. Rogers, J.
R. Luker, and Miss Ada Banks, Alto;
two sons, J. H. Banks, Holliday; T.
W. Banks of Alto. Other than her
own chlidren Mrs. Banks leaves to
mount her passing, thirty-six grand-
The 100th anniversary of Texas,
is bringing forth many rare bits of
history, that is proving interesting to
the younger generation, and recalls
to the minds of the older one lots
of things that the space of time has
erased from memory.
M. J. Hogan brought an old pic-
ture to the Herald Monday that was
taken thirty-five years ago. The pic-
ture was taken at the Cotton Belt
depot, and Mr. Hogan was agent of
the railroad at Alto at that time.
How many of you remember that?
Can you imagine asking Jim Hogan
if you had any freight. The picture
was taken on Sunday, and the crowd
was down at the "depo" to see the
train come in. Among the kida that
were caught in the picture besides
Hogan, was Bob Allen, Malley Hous-
ton, Jim Berryman, Holly and Frank
Agnew, Mart Thomas. Wilmer Arm-
strong, and many others whom we
never knew. The picture was taken
in 1901.
We are also indebted to Mrs. Chas.
Murphy for an old Alto Herald that
she secured from Mrs. E. E. Wilson
of 214 York Street, Houston. The
date of the paper was May 15, 1903.
It carried advertisements of T. J.
Alexander & Co., dry goods mer-
chants of Alto. Wm. Blanton & Co.,
dry goods. Coats Bros., also- listed
dry goods. A. C. Harrison and T. L.
Adcock were the druggists. E.E.
Holland was a practicing physician
in the Adcock drug store. J. S. Duke
andFenley and Watkins, were the
grocers. Jesse Hill had a fine stal-
lion, and was listed as a good stock
dealer. Ahearn Furniture House had
just received car of furniture. Jno.
Noblitt was also in the grocery
business. Guinn, Norman &Guinn
and Shook & Robinson were lawyers
at Rusk and Jacksonville. J. B. Ter-
rel was an attorney at Alto.
Slipping still farther back into the
past, we run upon an item in the 40
year ago column of the JacksonviHe
Progress which stated that the "Alto
News" had announced the marriage
of Miss Corine Berryman to Mr. Tom
D. Miller, the marriage occurring on
May 3, 1896.
These things are very interesting
to the young people of today, and as
stated in the beginning, bring man?
pleasant recollections to the older
people of today.
MISSIONARY SOCIETY SOCIAL
The lovely home of Mrs. Byron
Blanton was the scene of a merry
group of ladies Monday afternoon
when the regular social meeting of
W. M. S. was held. The home was
made attractive by the use of bright
colored flowers.
Mrs. F. Clyde Woodward was
leader of the program, the theme
being "The Church Settlement."
Mrs. Whiteman conducted the de-
votional. Little Miss Jo Frances
Roberson added to the program
with a piano solo.
Mrs. Blanton was assisted by Miss
Mary Fisher in serving a delicious
refreshment course to twenty-one
ladies.
NOTICE
There will be a meeting at the
Palestine Church Friday night, May
29, to discuss plans for a new build-
ing. All that are interested, please'
be there.
G. E. Thornton.
Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Rozelle and
daughter, Miss Allene, Mrs. Blanton
Brunt, Misses Josie Alma Watters
and Mary Beth Singletary were
visitors in Tyler Saturday.
children, forty-two great-grandchil-
dren, and one great-great grandchild.
Out of town friends and relatives
who attended the funeral were: a
niece, Mrs. H. Lt White, her husband
and daughters of Mabank; Mrs. Ro-
berta AHenand Miss Sally White of
Mabank; Mr. and Mrs. Albert Luker
of Grapeland; Mr. andMrs. Sam
Parker of Lufkin; Mr. and Mrs.
Charley Fane, and the mother of Mr.
Fane, of Rusk; the Rev. and Mrs. F.
E. Luker of Carthage.
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Weimar, F. L. The Alto Herald (Alto, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 4, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 21, 1936, newspaper, May 21, 1936; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth214798/m1/1/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Stella Hill Memorial Library.