The Rusk Cherokeean (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, September 30, 1938 Page: 2 of 6
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TIIR RUSK CHEROKEEAN FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30 1938
THE
Rusk Cherokeean
A Weekly Newspaper Published Ev-
ery Friday Morning At Rusk, Chero-
kee, County, exas.
Entered as second class matter, July
1C, 1919, at postoffice at Rusk, Texas,
under the Act of March 3,1879.
SUBSCRIPTION PRICE
In Cherokee County 1 year .... $1.00
Outside Cherokee County $1.50
PRANK L. MAIN
Editor and Owner
GRASS FJRES
Grass fires are causing city dads
lots of worry and expense these days
and most of them need not have hap-
pened at all, according to members
of the fire department.
Most grass fires are beyond the
reach of the fire mains and every
time a chemical tank is used it costs
the city ten dollars to have it re-
charged. But more serious than this
is the danger of taking the heavy
fire truck to the rough places where
grass fires generally happen. The
rear end of the truck was stripped
at a grass fire this week.
The city is setting a good example
by putting a crew to work cutting
weeds and grass this week and prop-
erty owners are asked to help in ev-
ery way possible and to be especially
careful in burning trash to make sure
they can control the fire before they
light it.
WAR PROFITS
As Europe draws nearer and near-
er to a conflict that seems almost in-
evitable the question uppermost in
the minds of the people of Rusk and
the rest of the world is how it will
affect them. Those with sons near
the first conscript age soe war but
in one light, something terrible and
something to be avoided.
The ailmighty dollar has its influ-
ence in shaping the thoughts of peo-
ple here and all over the country.
"Let them fight. If they do cotton
will go to 40c a pound." Just a
thdughtless remark made on the
streets of Rusk. "It would "be too bad
to have war, but it certainly would
help business." Also heard on the
streets of Rusk during the past week.
Even though war would bring about
better business and a high price for
cotton, the lives of a million or two
young men with other millions crip-
pled, gassed and crowding hospitals
of the world for the next half cen-
tury is certainly too high a price to
pay for 40c cotton and hot box on
the cash register, even' though1 they
are somebody else's boys.
But cotton will not go to 40c a
pound in case of war and over a
period of years, business will not be
better, but much worse. During the
last war we loaned Europe a few
billion dollars with which to buy our
cotton. Since we were furnishing the
money, Europe was willing for us to
name our own price. If there was not |
money eno<ugh to pay for it, we would
gladly loan her more. And to this
day the American public is sweating
under a tax burden part of which is
paying for the cotton and other sup-
i plies Europe borrowed the money to
! i>uy twenty-five years ago.
Today Europe is in difficult finan-
| cial circumstances not economically
| able to go to war. She cannot pay
fancy prices for cotton and other
■supplies. She certainly cannot bor-
row the money because she wrecked
her credit by defaulting on past war
debts. S'he will be in the market for
munitions and war supplies but our
neutrality laws will not permit us
to sell war supplies to warring na-
tions.
No. better business will not come'
from war but from peace. If the peo-
ple of all countries could reach a
standard of living such as we know
here in America, tough as we think
chat is, factories of the world would
soon be working double shifts and
the price of cotton and all other
farm products would be high. But
such standards of living will not be
brought about by war but by peace
and good will among nations and
men.
Sundav School Lesson
THE ONE TRUE GOD
(Exodus 20:2, 3; Isaiah 45:22 Mark
12:28-34; I Corinthians 8:4-6)
Exodus 20:2 I am the Lord thy
God, which have brought thee out of
the land of Egypt, out of the house
of bondage.
8 Thou shalt have no other gods
before me.
Isaiah 45:22 Look unto me, and be
VS saved, all the ends of the earth:
for I am God, and there is none else.
Mark 12:28 And one of the scribes
came, and having heard the reason-
ing together, and perceiving that he
had answered them well, asked him,
Which is the first commandment of
all?
29 And Jesus answered him. The
first of all the commandments is
Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God
is one Lord:
80 And thou shalt love the Lord
thy God with all thy heart, and with
all thy soul, and with all thv mind,
and all thv strength: this is the first
commandment.
31 And the second is like, namely
this. Thou shalt love thy neighbor as
thyself. There is none other com-
mandment greater than these.
32 And the scribe said unto him,
Wel'lf Master, thou hast sai/J Ithe
truth: for there is one God; and there
is none other but he:
33 And to love him with all the
heart, and with all the understand-
ing, and with all the soul, and with
nil the strength, <#nd So love his
neighbor as himself, is more than all
whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
34 And when Jesus saw that he an-
swered discreetly, he said unto him,
Thou art not far from the kingdom
of God. And no man after that durst
Can I really insure
my savingsf
Yes . . . every one of our
investors is insured up to $5,000
THIS INSTITUTION has
been approved and ac-
cepted for insurance by the
Federal Savings & Loan
Insurance Corporation—
a $100,000,000 instru-
mentality of the Federal
Government
This means that the
safety of your account
here is fully in-
sured up to $5,000
—not oniy the prin-
cipal you invest,
but all dividends
credited.
dividend rate
5% PER ANNUM
Add this insured safety
to the ease and simplicity
of our various investment
plans... add the payment
of conservative dividends
...add able local manage-
ment, under Federal su-
pervision . .. and you will
understand why investors,
large and small, are look-
ing to this thrift
institution to serve
their needs.
Any sum from
$1.00 up will open
an accoi ,n.t
LOAN RATE
1.2 % 11 YEARS
FIRST FEDERAL SAVINGS AND
LOAN ASSOCIATION OF RUSK
Rusk. Texas
ask him any question.
1 Corinthians 8:4 As concerning
therefore the eating of those things
that are offered in sacrifice uiuo
idols, we know that an idol is nothing
in the world, and that there is none
other God but one.
5 For though there be that are call-
ed gods, whether in heaven or in
earth, (us there be gods many, and
lords many,)
6 But to us there is but one God,
the Father, of whom are all things,
and we in him; and one Lord Jeaus
Christ, by whom are all things, and
we by him.
The story of the giving of the Ten
Commandments is found in Exodus,
chapters 19, 20. The circumstances of
their giving is meant to impress their
importance and sanctity. We should
not be misled by the paintings as to
the size of the tables of stone on
which these commandments were
written.. The stone tablets of that day
measured about five inches long and
three and one-half broad, and one
inch thick. It is probable that it was
on such tablets the Commandments
were written, for two tablets of this
dimenssion, written on both sides,
(iould easily carry the words of the
Ten Commandments. These Com-
mandments are sometimes called the
Decalogue, the ten words. In this les-
son we study the first commandment,
which is fundamental to all the rest.
The first commandment is, "Thou
shalt have no other gods before me."
Israel had for centuries been sur-
rounded by a people that worshipped
a multitude of gods. Egypt was filled
with divinities. The worship of many
gods was commonplace to Israel, and
would be their gravest temptation in
days to come. If Israel were to be-
come a spiritual people and a distinct
people, it must come about through
the spirituality of her religion. This
commandment lifts us out of the bog
of the material to the heights of the
spiritual.. "God is a Spirit: and they
that worship him must worship in
sprit and truth." S'uch a command-
ment as this erects a moral standard
of perfection from which there is no
variation, and thus brings into relig-
ion a moral and spiritial unity. An
exacting standard is far preferable
to confusion. Isi-ael's great contribu-
tion to religion is, The Lord is one
God. Christians need this conception
of the unity of God to overcome con-
flicting creeds and the varieties of
religious experience.
Many duties are wrapped up in this
commandment, among them worship,
praise, prayer, repentance, submis-
sion, and obedience. Perhaps the
great duty that involves all these is
that of knowing God. God is careful
that we should know him, for he has
revealed himself in the person of
Jesus Christ. "He that hath seen me
hath seen the Father."
It is the purpose of the first com-
mandment to establish the object of
worship. God is by the perfection of
his character worthy of worship, and
of love to the fullest.
All East Texas Invited
To Fourth Yamboree
All of East Texas will take part in
the activities of the fourth annual
i_,ast Texas Yamboree at Gilmer, Oc-
tober 27, 28 and 29, it was indicated
as invitations were extended to the j
three-day celebration honoring the
famed East Texas yam crop.
fc'ixty cities of the yam producing
section of Texas were invited to send
princesses to the court of Queen Yam
IV, and take part in the coronation
ceremony, the spectacular pageant,'
tile Yamboree parade and other fes-
tivities.
Service clubs of East Texas have
been asked to have representation at
the All-Service Clubs luncheon to be
held at noon of the first day's pro-
gram, and fiddlers of a wide area will
participate in an Old Fiddlers' con-
test on the courthouse square. This
event v^ill be followed by a street
■quare dance.
Bands from a score of East Texas
schools are invited to march in the
Vamboree parade on the morning of
the final day ahd participate in a
'Marchiesta,' the first massed march,
ing and formation performance ever
attempted in the United States, dur-
ing the afternoon.
Women from 21 counties are ex-
pected at the East Texas Home Dem-
onstration tea which will feature the
afternoon program of the second day.
More than 500 visitors Will be greeted
by members of th'e Upshur County
H. D. Clubs.
Invitations have already been ex-
.*ed growers to compete in ti
Yarn Show, about which the celebra-
tion is centered.
Holcomb News
Mr. and Mrs. Ansel Franklin, Ola
and Miford Porter spent the weekend
in Nacogdoches with relatives.
Mrs. Mabel Stewart and little son
Clyde spent Monday with her sister,
Mrs. Frank Stewart of Salem.
Meadames Ella Mclntyre and Fran-
ces Brazier and Miss Nevelyn Mcln-
tyre of Rusk spent the weekend with
Paul Mclntyre.
Rev. and Mrs. Tom King and chil-
dren and Mr. and Mrs. E. Shaw and
son Trocie left Wednesday for West
Texas.
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Rusk, Texas
Phones
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AS A CITIZEN AND PROPERTY OWNER YOU
ARE ARE APPEALED TO-
ST ART NOW CUTTING DOWN WEEDS
AND HIGH GRASS
DON'T START FIRES ON YOUR PREM-
ISES WITHOUT FIRST MAKING SURE
THERE WILL BE NO DANGER OF THEM
SPREADING.
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FIRE ON YOUR PREMISES NOT ONLY
ENDANGERS YOUR PROPERTY BUT AL-
SO THAT OF YOUR NEIGHBORS.
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Main, Frank L. The Rusk Cherokeean (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 20, No. 10, Ed. 1 Friday, September 30, 1938, newspaper, September 30, 1938; Rusk, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth325705/m1/2/: accessed July 11, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Singletary Memorial Library.