The Rusk Cherokeean (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, February 14, 1930 Page: 1 of 4
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The Rusk Cherokeean
WITH WHICH IS CONSOLIDATED THE PRESS-JOURNAL
Originally Established February 27, 1850.
WORKING FOR A GREATER RUSK AND A MORE PROSPEROU S CHEROKEE COUNTY
RUSK, CHEROKEE COUNTY, TEXAS FRIDAY I*'1-".!!!!I'AKY !) 10
VOLUME IT. NO 30
MY POSITIOI.
The Road Conditions.
Commissioner's Court In J. W. Pearson Asks For
A Strenuous Session. Office Of Tex Collector.
John Shattuck Goes The District Court
Into Weigher's Race. Has Lull In Work.
TO THE VOTKHS OF CHEROKKE
Coi'Nty:
In making '".V announcement
1 or the reelection for Tax Col-
lector, not/, i'.hstanding I have
said that I would not offer again,
I have done so, not hastily nor
greedily, but after much thought
and persuasion from many
friends and not then until 1 had
been voluntarily released from a
definite promise not to oppose a
man who had heretofore made
the race and who had expressed
desire to try it again.
This same man met me on last
Thanksgivings dny and intimated
that he might not be in the race
again and ask me to consider it
in case he declined and to this
I agreed asking him to let me
know along around the first of
the year and he called on me
about the middle of January say-
ing that he had decided not to
offer. It was then that I felt
that there would be no wrong in
asking for another term, espec-
ially after the many solicitations
I had met over the county in all
parts during my December and
January rounds.
It is not my desire to hold of-
fice the balance of my life as
some might think, but it is nat-
ural for any man to be influenced
more or less by his friends and
in this case I will say that it was
wholly so, for I do not beliove
there is a person who can say
that 1 had solicitated them be-
fore this decision was made by
me, but it all came from these
frien. s unsolicitated by me and
I will say that the interest they
have shown is appreciated to the
fullest and that these friendships
will endure whether 1 am in of-
fice or out.
I trust that the people of the
county will not expect me to
make a campaign as if my very
existence depended on it for my
time or that of any one else in a
like position can be usefully oc-
cupied at all times with the af-
fairs of the office and in my case
you know ine for just what, 1 am
and the service 1 can and will
give and with this I am willing
that you decide who can serve
best.
J am truly proud of my record
in this office and the improve-
ments that have been made in
the way of service and I believe
,.nd have been often told by the
states representatives who have
called on me looking after the
sta es interests that we have one
of the best regulated offices in
the state and that 1 have been
fortunate in selecting assistants
Co p. si d e rable in co n ve n i e nee h a s
been experienced, and in some
instances travel abandoned in
certain sections in thiscounty,:
due to the conditions of theVoads,
incident to the heavy and per-
sistent rains, but even at that
they are in much better shape
than in most parts of East Tex-
as.
In this connection, and for;
fear that we might be inclined |
to criticise those in charge of J
the road work, we want to call I
attention to the fact that the1
County Commissioners and j
those working under their di-f
rections, have made heroic ef-
forts to overcome the deplorable j
conditions and that it has Hot |
been done is so fault of their's.
Ample machinery and material j
had been assembled and the'
work planned just as far and
fast as it was phisically possible
to meet just such an emergency,
but they have been handicapped
by the very conditions they were
combatting. The commissioner
from this district stayed with
his work through the worst kind
of weather, and contracted pneu-
monia as a result of his efforts,
trying to keep the thorough-
fares open and passable, and the
others have been just as indust-
rious.
Another fact must be borne in
mind in contemplating our road
situation, especially in this par-
ticular district, and that is that
there are perhaps more log and
lumber trucks operated over
them than most anywhere else
and when these get to sliding on
a wet or newly worked thorough-
fare they simply tear it all to
pieces, as has been done re-
peatedly during the recent wet
spell.
Just as soon as conditions
will permit the new machinery
will be put in operation and the
work pushed as rapidly and ef-
fectively as can be done, and
that this notwithstanding the
scarcity of available tunds.
The Commissioner's Court of
Cherokee county met in regular
session Monday morning and
r-mained for two days, with
Cle^k Clay Bingham setting
through the entire time,
It was in the nature of a gen-
eral quarterly and annual meet-
ing, at which much business
was up for consideration.
In addition to the general rou
(From Troup Banner)
Prof James W. Pearson who:
taught school for many years at j
Turney, and who has been teach- j
ing for the past two years at'
Central High in the Alto Sector, j
of good old Gherolre ■, requests i
this paper to carry his announ-i
cement as a candidate for the'
office of Tax Collector. Mr.
Pearson is a native of the county,
matters re-; born and reared near Troup, and
i he has given all the years since
tine the following
ceivecl attention.
Tire reports of the various | he attained his majority and set
county officers were read anc:
re-
the
C. H. Weaver and family, who
have been sojourning in Wood-
ville, Oklahoma, for several
weeks, returned home Monday.
and that our work was very satis-
factory.
With this feeling L am willing
to leave mv case in your hands
with the promise that if it is
possible to improve our service
it will be done-
Yours respectfully
A. R. Odom.
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WITH THREE Of THE BICGEST PICTURES OF THE YEAR!
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"Welcome Danger"
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First Ail talking Comedy. The best Picture he ever
« made. Also ALfc-TALKING Act.
IWednesday^Thursday, Feb- 19-20
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An All-Talking Comedy Also, All-Talking Comedy and Par-
amount News
Friday and Saturday, February 21 and 22
CHARLES "BUDbY" ROGERS
.
At his best. So acclaimed by critics the best hejhas yet made
"HALF-WAY TO HEAVEN"
|Also, ALL-TALKING Comedy
approved.
Dr. E. M. Moseley was
named as health officer for
ensuing two years.
It was the regular time for
naming election officers to of-
ficiate during the general elect-
ions of the coming two years and
these were named by precincts.
Road Patrolmen were named
in all the precincts, except No. 2,
which embraces Alto, as follows:
Precinct No. 1—Hendrick and
Towne, Dan Phifer, Wiil Dixon,
Ernest Sides and Russell & Wag-
ner.
Precinct No —L. Patterson,
Buck Pierce and W. D. Baker.
Precinct No. 4.—Thad Brewer
Carl Rowden, J. T. Barron, W.
C. Searcy, C. C. Ray, Raymond
Evans and Ben Lewis.
The matter of preparing the
vats for dipping purposes was
discussed with the Superinten-
dent, but no arrangements were
made with the exception in the
first precinct.
An order was passed author-
izing the County Treasurer to
invest $20,000.00 of the sinking
fund of Road District No. 1, in
bonds of the new issue of the
same district. This will mean a
saving to the county of something
like $750.00 in interest.
D. X. Wiggins Out
J tr. it, >
or Commissiuner
D. X- (Duncan) Wiggins, has
decided to make the race for
County Commissioner from this
district, and so declares through
the announcement columns in
this week's Cherokeean.
Duncan needs no introduction
to our people. In fact he was
here before most of us arrived)
on the scene, and introduced j
himself. Being a native born j
son and having lived all his life
right here everybody knows
nim, and are familiar with his
frankness and candor in all
things demanding attention.
There is perhaps no one bet-
ter qualified to discharge the
duties of this office than this
out in business for himself to
serving tke county as a teacher.
He has made an enviable rep-
utation as citizen, teacher and
neighbor, and if old Cherokee
could always pick her public of-
ficials from the high general
type of cultured citizenship that
James W. Pearson represents,
then the county would indeed
fare well and be i model for her
neighboring counties to follow.
We have Known Jimmie Pear-
son, as his friends of the north
end of the county usually call
him, since he was a barefoot boy.
There is something of pluck, de-
termination and persistence
about him that has always chal-
lenged our admiration Born
on a farm, a member of a very
large family, the kid wasn't
raised on a bed of roses. He had
to work early and late, doing
that in order to get to attend
high school. Then, that ambit-
ion achieved, Jimmie decided
he wanted to go to Codege. He
saved his earnings (and that's a
tine example for the youth of
this day. believe me) and attend-
ed San Marcos, and later, after
he had worked and saved more,
he finished his college training
at Sam Houston State Teachers
College.
Mr. Pearson was a candidate
for the Tax Collectorshin in the
primary two years ago. His
school duites kept him from
doing any active campaigning
till early summer, but, even so,
he received a very generous vote
particularly in those sections of
the county where he was best
known. Of course, his candid-
acy is subject to the action of
the Democratic primaries. This
candidate is asking the citizen-
ship to bestow this office upon
him not because of any service
he may have rendered mi the
past, but because he is qualified
to discharge every duty the of-
fice imposes and do it efficiently.
It is the people's office, and it's
their duty and privilege to se-
lect the citizen they want to till
it. All voters in Cherokee who
As will be noted from our an-
nouncement column this week,
J. E (commonly known as plain
John) Shattuck, enters the race
for public weigher from this
precinct, and he seems to be
going in with a determination to
win. In the start we want to
say that John Schochler did not
get him in and that Gene Haw-
kins is only assistant campaign
manager.
The fact is that John says no-
body got him in the race, save
and except himself and that no
one else is to blame. He also
says that he is running for the
office because he wants and
needs it and will certainly ap-
preciate it if chosen.
Mr. Shattuck is a native of
|his county, and got all his edu-
cation and committed all his
meanness in and around Raak.
He is truly a self-made boy ar.d
don't show that it has been much
of a job, or very telling on him.
He is industrious, competent and
the very essence of integrity,
and if chosen to the office those
supporting him have no reason
to expect that they will not al-
ways be proud of the fact and the
record he is destined to make.
Mendicant Proves Insane.
Early in January the Sheriff's
office was advised of the presence
of a tramp, who seemed ill, out
in the Reklaw neighborhood. He
was brought here and for want
of a better lodgement waslplaced
in the county jail.
The man could siive no partic-
ulars pertaining to himself, ex-
cept that his name was Joe Win-
ters and that he had been a
tramp for thirty years.
About three weeks ago, he es-
caped from jail, no oue knows
how, but probably when no one
was looking, and a few days
later was found down along the
T. & N. O. R. R..tracks, almost
frozen, and was again taken to
jail, and at a hearing held Mon-
day morning was adjudgedjinsane
and committrd to the Rusk-
asylum.
A combination of circumstanc-
es has caused the work of t he Dis-
trict Court to let up perceptibly
during the past week, with pract-
ically little accomplished The
following cases have been up for
consideration:
State vs Erwin Hudson, charg-
ed with forging the name of Knox
Norwood to a check, plea of
guilty, with a two year suspend-
ed sentence attached.
State vs. Earl Dixon, charged
with murder, on change of venue
from Angelina county, set for
trial February 20.
The cases against W. C. Jones
growing out of the Ponta Bank
failure, are set for February 19th.
About twenty cases have been
set for the latter part of next
week.
Guy Phelps, Joe Summers, H.
C. Pearson, Will Allbritton, Will
Goosley, L. H. Huggins, Robt.
Mims, J.H. Edmunston, W. H
Gillum and J. W. Hamilton of
Jacksonville, were here Friday.
J. Doug Morgan's Big Tent
Show Here All Next Week
Johnnie Williams has taken
the local agency for the new
newspaper recently established
at Wells. Subscriptions can be
left with Ab Vining or Richard
Gray.
Chas. and Elizabeth Morrill's
J. Doug. Morgan Show will be
in Rusk one week commencing
Monday, February 17th.
This is one of the oldest tented
organizations on the road today.
It has the reputation over its
regular territory of being the
best and highest classed show of
its kind on the road. They are
coming here well recommended
from towns where they have
shown recently.
They have entire new equip
ment, including new tent and
new scenery, and are showing
all new high class New York
royalty plays.
They are featuring Elizabeth
Morrill as leading lady. She is
known int he show world as be-
ing one of the cleverest leading
ladies in the business.
They are also carrying the
best jazz orchestra ever carried
by a tented organization.
The management also has live
big time vaudeville acts which
entertains the patrons between
the acts of each play.
| The big tent will be located at
! Dickey Park, one block South of
i the Cotton Belt Railroad.
subject. He has had experience
in road work and building, is an : '<ll0vv 1'1C solid, substantial char-
experienced builder and con- !ac^er a°d the self exacting and
struction man, as well as con-, ruKKcd integrity ot James \\*
crete layer, all quite essential to 1 * earson lPt'' t'13*- l'iey honor
the proper handling of the road
themselves when they honor
proposition, which is an import- this citizen with the preferment
ant part of the commissioner's j ot l1u'J'ic office.
duties.
From an educational and bus-
iness standpoint Mr. Wiggins
is also well qualified, with a
practical conception of both and
in short, there is nothing per-
taining to the office with which
he is not familiar and would not
be found adept.
He|is running on a good roads
platform, supplemented with
a determination to see that the
business and financial features
are given proper consideration,
and if chosen for the position
promises to render a complete
accounting to his constituency
along the lines mentioned, and
wishes to assure them full ap-
preciation will be shown for any
consideration given bis candid
Box Appoints Three
To Naval Academv
Washington, Feb. 8.— Cong-
ressman John C. Box today an-
nounced appointment of Francis
A. G. Kelley and Jack M. Nahas
of Beaumont and Willie M.
Dickie of Rusk, to take the ex-
amination in April for entrance
in the United States Naval Ac-
ademy at Annapolis. The ap-
pointments were based on com-
petitive examinations given by
the civil service commission.
Selections of alternates will be
announced by Congressman
Box later.
E. B. Musick made a business
trip to Tyler, lint Friday.
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Ward, H. O. The Rusk Cherokeean (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, February 14, 1930, newspaper, February 14, 1930; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth291438/m1/1/?q=%22~1%22~1&rotate=90: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.