The Rusk Cherokeean (Rusk, Tex.), Vol. 100, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, August 7, 1947 Page: 1 of 8
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Established as "The Pioneer" July 5, 1848
HUSK, CHEROKEE COUNTY, TEXAS THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1947
NUMP^iv
has
and
Rusk Hotel Closed
Bus Station Moves
The Rusk hotel and cafe
■been closed for remodeling
the bus station is now located in
the Weaver Taxi Station building.
A special office has 'been con-
structed for the station. The new
phbne number will be 26.
The Western Union telegraph
office has been moved to Smith's
i cafe.
iCusk $chools
Due To Start
September 2
^Announcements
Due After Next
JBoard Meeting
Rusk schools 'will open Tues-
day, September 2, G. B. Chapman
said this week.
|p Asked about any further an-
nouncements in regard to the
opening, Su<pt. Chapman said that
most definite plans will not be
official until after the next meet- j |j|^ k/v SlimniPf
ing of the school board and that] *■ VlWlUlC*
date was not yet certain. '
The tax roll is now being pre-
-ed and the proposed budget
must 'be made up before the board
meets as both must toe approved
byi its members.
DAVID BERRY HALBERT
Funeral services were held
Thursday afternoon of last week
i*4r David Berry Halbert, 28, who
People Can Have
Asphalt Streets
If All Agree
Some Indicate
They Prefer fliis
To Oiling Job
Tne city council has held two
special meetings this week to
consider requests that asphalt be
.appned to some streets instead of
the proposed oil which was an-
nounceu as available last week.
.Plans are being worked out to
substitute aspnait tor oil ix all
property owneis on the street
caii ugree and are willing to pay
the additional cost. The oiling ol
street costs forty cents per front
lout lor property owners on the
streets oiied. Asphalt will cost an
ill span ol the prolonged dry: aduitional twenty cents per front
pen anit a .jig increase in Water! l00t> or a total of eignty cents.
Rusk Supply Of
Water Probably
Record Consumption
Is Set For City
rnday, August 1
consumption, Rusk will have
enough water to last through the
summer, in the opinion of H. R.
(Tom) Ball, plant attendant,
died Wednesday. Burial w&j ill j Should the dry spell continue un-
Rocky Springs cemetery, with
Rev. Lee Perry conducting, and
Wallace Undertakers in charge of
arrangements.
He is survived by his father and
mother, Mr. and Mrs. As/berry
Albert, of Rusk; a sister, Mrs.
Obest iB. Reed, of Kilgore; his
grandmother, iMrrs. Viola Halbert,
Dialville and a number of other
Relatives.
Pallbearers were Charles B.
Clifton, 'Doyle G. Coleman, J. G.
Grant, Obest Reed, Emory Hal-
bert and James Edward Halbert.
Interest In Peanut
Market Increases
Peanut trading continued light
this week with prices on shelled
|oods uiichanged, acording to the
Production and marketing Admin-
I, istration, U. STT«pai>'nent of Ag-
riculture In a report released Wed-
nesday.
^ Buyers began to show more in-
terest in new crop peanuts, es-
pecially for future delivery, since
J,he announcement of the 1947
peanut marketing program.
Oil mills had about finished
crushing peanuts for the season,
and very little farmers' stock pea-
nuts changed hands. Peanut meal
prices averaged slightly lower,
with 43 per cent protein meal sell-
ing at ?76 to $80 per ton at the
fnill.
Under the new government pro-
gram, southwest farmers' stock
Spanish peanuts get support at
0201 per ton for Ibase grade 70 per
cent sound mature kernels. Runner
type draw $185 for base grade 65
per cent. For peanuts above or
ifaelow base grade, $2.90 is added
per ton to or subtracted from the
hase price on Spanish, and $2.80
on runnel's.
^ Other features of the support
program are similiar to last year's,
except that dealers who wish to
participate must agree to pay reg-
ular scheduled prices to farmers.
Many southwest peanut acres
need rain. North Texas and Okla-
home continued hot and dry this
Aweek and some fields began to
wilt. Good rains would materially
improve crop prospects. Fairly
good rains fn South Texas have
helped the growing crop.
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Weekly Swing Of
Southwest Markets
Except for cotton, most farm
products found steady to strong
markets last week, according to
^the Production and Marketing Ad-
® ministration, U. S. Department of
Agriculture. 'However, some minor
easiness developed in livestock and
vegetables.
• Active demand for a wide range
of cotton qualities failed to stem
the downward trend. Prices sag-
ged steadily most of the week,
(k and netted looses of around $7.50.
Grain prices dipped lower to-
ward- midweek, 'but more than re-
covered later on. Corn soared to-
4 ward new high marks and closed
Friday at $2.98 for No. 2 white
and $2.41 for yellow in bulk car-
lots at Fort Worth and Galveston.
# Barley gained eight cents.
Harvesting of the large rice
til late in the fall, there could be
a iwater shortage, he said, 'but
none is in sight for the immedi-
ate future, die added that the
amount of water in l' e city lake is
now more than it has been at
any time after June 15 since 1943.
The records show that it took
more water last Friday, August
1, to supply the needs of Rusk
than at any time in the past. A
total of 402,500 gallons was pump-
ed on that date. Consumption has
been running between the 300
thousand and the 400 thousand
gallon mark ever since the two
canning plants got under way
with it crowding the latter figure
muth of the time.
The May rain3 prolbably saved
the city water worries this year,
Mr. Ball said.
crop started in Louisiana last
week. IMilled rice priixo' t«n ined
firm. Most feed markets continu-
ed strong. Hot weather increas-
ed demand for alfalfa hay, and'
prairie hay held steady. Peanuts
from this year's crop will toe sup-
ported at $201 per ton for base
grade southwest .Spanish, Manu-
facturers showed new interest in
fall Texas wools to substitute for
scarce South Africa types.
With hotter weather late last
week, demand improved for liberal
supplies of watermelons, which
earlier had found dull- markets.
Black diamond and Celtex brought
mostly 75 cents to $1.25 at Fort
Worth. Cantaloupes, tomatoes and
corn tended lower most of the
week. Peach movement had not
yet reached full volume in the
southwest, and prices held about
steady. Colorado peas and cauli-
flower weakened, but potatoes
stayed about even. Colorado mix-
ed vegetables found good demand
at Kansas City.
Eggs and young chickens con-
tinued to sell at firm prices last
week, as demand remained good,
Mature poultry held about steady
in most places. Low grade ard
current receipt eggs ranged gen-
erally from 30 to 35 cents per
dozen, while medium grade candl-
ed eggs brought around 40 to 45,
and top grade 45 to 50, some high-
er.
Slaughter cattle showed a
great deal of easiness on south-
west markets last week, while
most replacement classes sold at
steady to higher levels. Houston
took common to medium stocker
steers and yearlings at $13.50 to
$16.50, and calves at $11 to $12.50.
San Antonio bought medium to
good stocker calves at $16 to $20,
and yearlings at $15 to $19. Fort
Worth paid $17 to $21.50 for medi-
um to good stocker and feeder
steers and yearlings, and Okla-
homa City gave $17.50 to $21 for
yearlings. Medium to good stock-
er steers and yearlings brought
$17 to $20 at Wichita.
Sheep and lambs sold steady
to a little higher than a week
earlier. Medium spring lambs
brought $15 to $19 at San An-
tonio, and medium to good kinds
$19 to $22 at Fort Worth. Good
and choice native spring lambs
closed around $23 at Wichita, and
$25.25 to $26 at Denver.
i his is for an eignceen foot strip
of asphalt down trie center oi the
streets. Present arrangements do
not provide for any curb and gut-
ter.
The asphalt, like the oil, is
available in any part of twn pro-
viuing- all property owners on the
street are agreed.
Sacul Wins Sunday
Game From Keklaw
The iiacul Baseball aggregation
took one irom Keklaw Sunday af-
ternoon by a score of 3 to 2, but
it took two extra innings to do
the trick.
Reklaw's Juniors defeated
Lanevilie Juniors by a 7—6 score
Saturday afternoon. Both games
were played at Reklaw.
Christian Church
Brickwork Starts
The brickwork for the Christian
Church and parsonage is now
under way. No recent estimate
has been made as to when the job
will be completed.
Budget To Be Read
At Council Meeting
budget for the town
Group Satisfied
With Austin Trip
The .Rusk delegation to' Austin
which presented road problems to
the members of the State High-
way Commission Thursday, came
Lack well satisfied with th« recep-
tion accorded them by the Com-
mission. The member* of the
highway commission make no
commitments to visiting: delega-
tions, but members of the Ruskj
group felt that they were in ac-
cord with the proposals.
The delegation asked the high-
way department to take over the
farm to market roads already
constructed, and to build the pro-
posed Rusk-Gallatin road under
the farm to market road program.
They also asked for a short stretch
as an extension of the A toy road to
cover a portion known as the Cir- i j
County Loses
In Hospital
Patient Case
cle roaS leading to the old Bagley
larrri.
Dr, Gary Smith
Kiwanis Speaker
Dr. Gary L. Smith, Past Pres-
ident of the club, was the guest
speaker following the regular
Tuesday noon luncheon at Smith's
Supreme Court
Holds Trial By
Jury Necessary
An Associated Press report out
of Austin Tuesday revealed that
the State Board of Control won
its battle with county judges over
its policy of discharging patients
from State hospitals for insane
when the Supreme Court ruled a
new tual by jury required for
ieadmission of such patients. The
court refused to grant a mandam-
us sought by Cherokee County of-
icers to force the Board of Con-
| trol to readmit J. H. (Hatton to
j the Rusk State Hospital without
a new trial by jury.
"Statutes plainly require that
Hatton be tried and convicted by
jury before he can be confined to
the Rusk State Hosptial, and it is
not 'within the province or power
of the courts to deprive him of
that right," said Associate Justice
Few Brewster in an opinion re-
cafe.
Taking Soil Conservation for joctin^ the county's claim,
his subject, the speaker told club Brewster ruled that Hatton had
members that the facts he was
bringing before them were not
theory, but factual information he
had been supplied, along with other
of
The
Rusk will
meeting of the city council, Au
gust 12, it has been announced.
been lawfully discharged on three
pucasions after examination by
ho&pital authorities, that previous
commitments no longer were in
ministers of the country recently / effect and that a new jury process
when the church was asked to wou)d requjred if he is to be
recognize the "Soil and Soul Day."
He pointed out the close relation-
ship of the soil to life in all forms
and declared that it is nothing
less than criminal for people to
destroy the soil and leave depleted
acres to future generations.
RICH FAMILY REUNION
The annual Rich reunion was
held at the Rock Hole on the
Neches river. Among those at-
tending were Mr. and Mrs. L. H.
Rich, and John Rich, Rusk; Henry
Rich and family, Gladewater;
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Rich, Crockett;
Mr. and IM'rs. Joe RiW, Augusta;
Albert Fred and R. "C. Rich, Per-
cilla; Jimmie, Mark and Winford
Rich, Palestine; John O. Allen
and family; J. C. Allen and fami-
ly, Percilla; Jess Rich, McGregor;
Edgar FordPromoted Rep0rt FumaCe
To Rank Of Major j J,
It's Major Edgar Ford now. The |g JQ RuSu6u
promotion came Wednesday, of
last week. Major Ford knew j T* f* 1 ■ •
nothing about the promotion un-: 1 O OillUlCllOIl
til a fellow officer gave him a! . ,
surprise party at his home at 710 j Legal Culmination
Pont Blvd., San Francisco, and
presented him with his new in-
signia. "
It will be recalled that Major
Ford was seriously injured in the
fighting in Italy.
Tomato Canning
Season Here To
End Friday
Record Volume
Probably Set
By Rusk Plants
Of Transaction
Is Being Completed
While there has been no offic-
ial word received here in regard
to the details of completion and
operation of the Rusk blast ^urn-
ace and chemical plant, it is under-
stood that the furnace will be
rushed to completion at the earl-
iest possible date. One report has
it luai it will require four months
to complete the furnace and get
il into operation.
Since a substantial subsidy now
'being paid on pig- iron production
does not have a great deal longer
to run, it is assumed that every
possible effort will be made to
complete the furnace in time to
be read at the next I Mr. and Mrs. Jimmie Allen, Alto;
Jim Crane, Mineola; Mrs. Bert
Allen, mother and baby, Lufkin;
M. H. Dickey and family, Pales-
-EGION MEETS WEDNESDAY tine: Morris Holcomto and family,
Members of the American Le.! Grapelar.d; Douglas Minton and
sent iback to the mental hospital.
The ruling also held that the
statutes give State hospital sup-
erintendents authority to deter-
mine whether a patient is ready
for discharge.
Cherokee County officials have
contended in a test case that su-
perintendents should not be given
•unbridled authority" to release
mental patients and flood county
courts with inmates once declared
insane. They contended that a new
trial by jury was not necessary
for recommitment.
In the test case, the county
claimed t^iat H«y.op had foei;n
found by the county judge to be'tne canners felt obligated to
still of unsound mind, but that handle the outsiders fliftfer the lor.g
the hospital superintendent refus-j haul and Waiting in line.
After what is probably a
ord for tomato canning in Rusk, j get in on the subsidy payments
the season will end here Friday quickly as possible
evening. Food Products Co. plant
ended its season Wednesday and
J. Perrin Willis said Thursday
that he would make half-day runs
Thursday and Friday to take care
of a few iate patches.
A somewhat humorous twist
was given to the matter of the
long lines of tomato trucks wait-
ing to be unloaded at the Food
Products plant last week. Gilbert
Fitzgerald, manager, was badly
worried .because, regardless of how
many tomatoes were handled, the
line remained. He reasoned it was
unfortunate that a grower should
have to wait in the hot sun so
long before having a chance to un-
load- Ki -. lly he walked down the
line and expressed Jlis regret to
one grower" and was surprised
when he replied that he had been
there but a short time. He ex-
plained that the load he then had
was his third one for the day.
Augmenting the receipts were
trucks from points as far as fifty
miles from Rusk. This delayed the
handling of the local growers but
gion are reminded that the post
will meet next Wednesday night,
August 13, for installation of
newly elected officers.
All members are urged to
present if possible.
family, Alto and Evelyn Bolton,
Mayidelle.
The Bowman and Bemil string
i bands furnished enjoyable music.
be i The first great gift we car. be-
stow on others is a good example.
mmm
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las for final examination and then
j to San Diego, California, for their
' recruit training, after which they
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Marine Recruiters
Here Thi. Week
A mobile display of Japanese w'11 be granted a ten-day leave,''
small arms, swords, and machine I Sgt. Larson added.
gurs is in Rusk this week as a! "It behooves all former Marines
feature of the U. iS. (Marine Corps to inquire at the trailer office
Recruiting Service. With the Mo- j about the advantages which can
bile Unit are Staff Sergeant Ar- be had by an enlistment in the in-
thur C. Larson and Sergeant Roy active reserve component of the
M. Watson. According to Sgt. | Mlarine Corps," the recruiting ser-
Larson, "Qualified men between, geants said. Among the advan-
the ages of 17 and 29 are being tages Sgt. Larson pointed out are
offered three or four year enlist-j retention of rank; accumulation
ments in the Marines and will be! of longevity pay (applicable to
eligible for courses through the! active duty pay); no weekly
Marine Corps Institute, which is train? classe?; and "opportunity
for Marines only. 162 courses and for 15 days active duty training
trades are available through this during the summer months.
school. You may take these cours- j The trailer office and display
es while performing your regular is located on the north side of the
duties and drawing regular pay courthouse square. Th«" unit ar-
as a Marine. rived here Tuesday and will leave
MMen accepted will go to Dal- for Canton, Texas, August 13.
ed to readmit him on the basis
of the Board of Control order re-
quiring a new "trial by jury.
Brewster's opinion said, in part:
"Before one accused of lunacy
can legally be committed indefi-
nitely to a state hospital there
must be a jury verdict not only
that he is of unsound mind, but
that his mental condition is such
as to render it necessary that he
be placed under restraint.
"if the patient can be lawfully
committed to a hospital indefinite-
ly only when those two facts ex-
ist, it follows that he can not law-
fully be held in the hospital after
either of them has cea d to exist
. . . Therefore, the relators' con-
tention that a hospital discharge
permits an administrative office | |_ne past wee '
to set aside a court judgment is
without merit.
"While our statutes are not ex-
plicit on the matter, we think they
clearly contemplate that it is the
duty of the superintendent of a
state hospital to which a mental
patient has been committed for
restraint and treatment, to deter-
mine whether the patient has re-
covered to the extent that it is no
longer necessary that he be held
under restraint, and if the super-
intendent so ieterminri, then to
discharge the patient, with the
consent of the Board of Control ..
"We hold, therefore, that on
each of three occasions in ques-
tion, Hatton was lawfully dis-
charged from the Rusk State Hos-
pital.
"It only remains for us to de-
cide whether Hatton can again
be committed without a jury trial.
We have concluded that he can
not. Since he was discharged by
lawful authority on his three pre-
vious convictions, the three com-
mitments thereunder no longer
have force.
"The statutes plainly require
that Hatton be tried and convicted
by a jury before he can be con-
fined in the Rusk State Hospital,
and it is not within the province
or power of the courts to deprive
him of that right."
Plans for additional expansion
before next season are already
made.
doth plants expect to get in on
the last end of the pea season and
Mr. Willis said he also hopes to
be able to can benas.
National Guard
Players Rally
The National Guard softballers
were the sensation of the week
when theji came from the bot-
tom of the list to defeat two
strong teams, although John Rea-
gen Jenkins has served notice
that he will protest the record of
one clash.
Following are the results
for
Thursday
'Hospital 14, Shattuck's 4
Bloomfield 6, Grapet'2 4
Friday-—
Fitts 18, Butlers 4
National Guard 16, Ford 14
Monday—
Bloomfields 21, Shattuck's 6
Hospital 15, Butler's 1
Tuesday—
National Guard 20, Grapette 16
Fitts Elec. 9, Ford Station 8
The last game went to eight in-
nings before a tie was ended.
Grapette lost to Palestine
YMOA 8-1 last Saturday night
and a telephone message Thursday
revealed that the team would be
unable to arrange a return game
here before about three weeks. It
had been planned to play here
next Friday night.
Future Farmers To
Plan Summer Trip
A special Vocational Agricul-
ture meeting has been called for
Friday night, August 8, it is an-
nounced E. C. McLeod, instructor,
and all members of the Rusk FFA
chapter are urged to attend.
The purpose of the meeting is
to make final plans and work out
details for the summer trip. Mr.
MoLeod points out that boys plan-
ning on making the trip should
not fail to ibe present, because it
will be necessary to assume that
It is also reported here that
the sale of the furnace was an
outright purchase by private cap-
ital.
Quartet, Band
Entertain Lions
Before lunch music greeted
Lions as they assembled for the
regular Thursday noon luncheon.
The music was furnished by a
three-piece band composed of
Frank Madden, drums; Phil Man-
ning, saxophone; and Mrs. Jerry
Ellis, piano.
After the lunch, the Fred Baum-
gartner all-male quartet of Nac-
ogdoches entertained with jive
songs, including "Climbing Up
the Mountain," "Like the Mighty
E'-jle," a negro spiritual, "Ken-
tucky Babe;" "Not the Brown
Maid," and "Ole Aunt Jemima.''
Sixty-one members and guests
attended the meeting.
T B Association
Met August 4
A committee meeting of - the
Cherokee County Tuberculosis
Association was held August
in the home of Mrs. Hood Jones
of Gallatin.
Plans were made for an ex-
tensive publicity campaign to be
carried on before the State X-
ray Unit comes to this a'rea. This
unit will be available to all over
fifteen free of charge. Dates will
be announced later.
Those in attendance were E. D.
Guinn, president and Mrs. Guinn;
Robert Banks and Mrs. Mildred
Fulton, sec'y-treasurer., all of
Rusk; Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Poore
and Mr. and Mrs. Gibson of Alto;
Larue Cox, chairman seal com-
mittee, of Jacksonville.
Mrs. Ethel G. Peermon, State
and District Director, spoke
briefly to the group on the work
of the county association.
After the meeting, refresh-
ments were served.
Promotions Received
For National Guard
A recent message received in
Rusk by Captain Orvan Jones an-
nounced that a bill has become
law permitting seventeen year
olds to enlist in the National
Guard.
According to Captain Jones,
several vacancies now exist in
both private and non-com places.
Eleven enlisted men of Com-
pany A have just been promoted
in rank. They are: Sgt. Joseph E.
Fitts to Staff Sergeant; Cpl. J.
R. Gulledge to Sgt.; from Pfc. to
Sgt., Russell A. Covington and
Thornr* H. Smith; to Pfc. from
private, Homer D. Berry; Hill
liard A. Cannon; Howard H'.per;
Aubrey N. Hutchins; Ernest A.
King; Bruce A. Thompson /and
James K. Wallace.
Newest Test Plugged
After Proven Dry
The W. W. Wise test on the
Roxie Ross tract was plugged at
5,150 feet after being found dry
at that depth.
The rig has been moved to
This world belongs to the ener-l those not present do not plan to new tocation five miles west of
getic.—Emerson.
make the trip.
Jacksonville.
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