Cherokee County Banner. (Jacksonville, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, August 19, 1904 Page: 1 of 8
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Successor to Jacksonville Banner, Cherokee Blade and Alto News. Main Office Jacksonville; Branch Offices at Rusk and Alto.
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Devoted to the Interests of Cherokee County.
J. E. IcFARLAND, Editor and Prop
iume 18,
Jacksonville, Texas, Friday Morning, August 19, 1904.
Number 6
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RUSK PAGE
Mbs May Bloomfield,
Local Editor.
Miss Bloomfield has the entire management of this department, being in charge of
our Kusk branch office. f>he is authorized to solicit subscriptions, advertising and job
printing, and to collect for same. She will give prompt attention to all matters of bus-
iness connected with the paper, and will giye a correct account of the news each week.
H. M. Brock of Alto was in
Rusk Friday.
W. T. Milling went to Jackson-
ville Saturday.
C. B. Powell went up to Jack-
sonville Tuesday.
Mrs. J. W. Tillman of Cooper
left Monday for Detroit.
Oscar Goolsby of Crockett
spent Wednesday in Rusk.
Mr. and Mrs. Willis Lang left
Monday for a visit to Waco.
Fred Lewis returned to his
home in Austin Wednesday.
John F. Weeks of Palestine at-
tended court here this week.
Dr. Bell of Tehuacana was in
Rusk several days this week.
Lee Lloyd of Jacksonville
spent Monday night in Rusk.
""--Mrs. Clara Chandler returned
Friday from a visit to Dialville.
E. Foster and family left Mon-
day for Waco, to make that their
home.
Dr. Sam Freedman is here for
a few days’ stay with his pa-
rents.
Miss Ethel Jernigan left Fri-
day for St. Louis, to takea course
in millinery.
Miss Ada Summers of Alto
has been spening this week with
friends here.
Dr. M. E. McClure of Alto
came to Rusk Wednesday to
pend the day.
ilohn Wightman and Tom Mal-
T%d*ricTsxiay" to attend
e World’s Fair.
Thirty-two convicts, in charge
of W. R. Randolph, left the Rusk
penitentiary Monday enroute to
the penitentiary at Huntsville.
Lawrence Love and Joe Allen
returned to their home in Jack-
sonville Saturday.
Mrs, J. H. Holland of Omerqar-
rived Friday for a visit to Mrs.
James I. Perkins.
W. T. Milling and family left
Wednesday for Jacksonville,
their future home.
John A. Long left Tuesday for
Beaumont, where he has a posi-
tion in the oil fields.
Mrs. B. A. Stafford and child-
ren of Mineola are here visiting
Mrs. A. A. Simmons.
Mrs. J. P. Reynolds of Alto
came up Saturday to visit the
family of Mr. Ardrey.
Mrs. A. L. Collins of Mt. Pleas-
ant returned home Tuesday from
a visit to her husband.
Newton Long left Wednesday
for Beaumont, where he has a
position in the oil fields.
Hub Guinn, Will Forrest and
Lon Ballew went up to Jackson-
ville Friday for the day.
Mrs. Sledge Moore went to
Jacksonville Friday to spend a
few days with relatives.
W. L. Lubbock, traveling agent
for the Dallas News, spent Sun-
day here with his family.
S. Z. Alexander of Jacksonville
returned home Wednesday. He
had been attending court.
Mrs. R. F. Nicholson left Tues-
day for Kerens, where she will
spend awhile with relatives.
The young people enjoyed a
water melon party given on
Tuesday night at the home of
Mrs. Will Allen, to Miss Birdie
Babers and Lonnie Allen.
Dr. and Mrs. R. Q. McClure of
Forest came up Sunday to visit
the family of Col. R. McClure.
Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Cleaver
of Lone Star visited the family of
J. F. Tatham the first of the
week.
Mrs. Belle Martyn returned to
Troupe Saturday, after a visit to
her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wil-
liams.
Miss Corrie Dean of Houston
county is here staying awhile
with her sister, Mrs. Frank
Sloan.
A. S. Hamilton and family left
Monday for Franklin. They will
make their home there for the
future.
Mrs. Heiman Getz of Alto and
sister, Miss Gerber, of New
York spent ohe day Wednesday
in Rusk.
Mrs. W. H. Sappington, who
had been visiting her husband,
left Friday for her home in
Clarksburg,
Mrs, J. F. Tatham and grand-
daughter, Miss Hallie Newman,
are visiting Mrs. Bruce Cleaver
of Lone Star.
Miss Bettie Edmundson re-
turned Saturday from an extend-
ed visit to Livingston, Lufkin and
Nacogdoches.
Fred Guinn, Riley Burke, Cor-
ry Priest and John Addis attend-
ed the baseball game in Jackson-
ville Saturday.
Mrs. S.P. Willson and daugh-
ter, Miss Yi, of Jacksonville
spent several days with relatives
here this week.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Hill "of
Jacksonville came down Friday
to visit awhile with their daugh-
ter, Mrs. John Allen.
Miss Louise Middleton of
Mooreville, who has been visiting
Misses Ethel Simmons and Viola
Dickinson, left Tuesday for Jack-
sonville, enroute home.
Mrs. Jc/hn Reagan and daugh-
ter, Katherine, returned to Pol-
lok Wednesday afternoon, after
a visit to relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs. T. T. Booth of
Tyler, who have been visiting
their daughter, Mrs. E. S. Jones,
returned home Wednesday.
Mrs. Hiram Newman and
daughters, Misses Maude and
Elsie, spent several days this
week with relatives in Craft.
Miss Greda Armstrong, who
has been spending the last month
here with relatives, returned
Sunday to her home in Dallas.
Misses Ola, Edna and George
Alice Huston, accompanied .by
their brothers, Evan and Holly,
spent several days in Forest this
week.
Wightman Smith, accompanied
by his mother, Mrs. E, A,
Smith, whom he had been visiU
ing, left Monday for his home in
Brown wood.
Mrs. S. R. Curtis left Thurs-
day for St. Louis to attend the
Fair and assist Getz & Cope-
land to select their winter stock
of millinery.
Miss Maggie McMim returned
to her home in Flint Saturday.
Her cousin, Miss Clemmie Jones
of Salem, accompanied her for a
visit in Flint.
Mrs. J. H. Holland and daugh-
ter, Miss Josie Belle, of Omen,
recent guests of Mrs. James I.
Perkins, left for home Wednes-
day morning.
Mrs, W, B, Pullen and daugh-
ter, Myrtle, of Jacksonville, who
have been spending several days
with relatives here, returned
home Monday.
After a few days’ stay here,
Rev. Steve Burke and his singer,
Mr. Bentley, left- Friday for
Burkeville. Mrs. Burke went
with them as far as Jacksonville,
where she stayed all day.
SPEAKING ABOUT MONE Y.
§|We have a large surplus which is steadily growing larger. lj
pThe situation, therefore, compels us to again announce that we
s|jare in need of desirable loans and a good many of them. While ~
m good sized loans are desired yet we shall not refuse the smaller
I ones—any size from $25.00 to $5000.00 will be acceptable.
I 1MCITIZENS' NATIONAL BANK
I JACKSONVILLE, TEXAS.
Friday afternoon the south
bound passenger train struck
and killed a fine Jersey cow near
the turn table south of the depot.
The owner has not been ascer-
tained.
Gov. S. W. T. Lanham, Messrs.
Fry, Oppenheimer, Ellison and
Searcy Baker left for their
homes Friday morning, after
spending several days at the pen-
itentiary.
Mrs, J. Q. Robinson of San
Antonio, who has been spending
several weeks with her sister,
Mrs. Frank Brown, was joined
Saturday by Mr. Robinson and
they left Monday for’ their home,
The second game of ball be-
tween Rusk and Troupe was call-
ed Friday afternoon at 4:30, and
resulted in a score of 13 to 5 in
favor of Rusk. Notwithstanding
the high score the game was an
interesting one.
Messrs. J. IT Quick and Dick-
ey of Cent, Newt Huston, F. B.
Evans, W H. Usher, B. D. Harry,
Z. B. Stokes and J. C. Boyd of
Alto were among those who at-
tended the populist convention
here on Saturday.
The remains of Miss Mollie
Carter were brought here from
Palestine Wednesday, and inter-
red at the cemetery. Her death
occurred ao Palestine Tuesday.
She was formerly a Rusk girl,
and had many friends here to
whom her death is a great loss
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Attempted to Kill His Wife.
William Jackson, a negro man,
attempted to cut his wife’s
throat Thursday afternoon about
1 o’clock at a negro cabin near
the turn table on the Cotton Belt
railroad. The attempt was un-
successful and he was arrested
and placed in jail. He resisted
arrest and fought so it took sev-
eral men to overcome him.
W. 0. W. Monument Unveiling.
On Sunday afternoon about 3
o’clock the monument of J. W.
Summers was unveiled by the
Woodmen of the World lodge
here, assisted by Woodmen from
the lodges of Durham, Wells,
Lone Star, Morrill, Gallatin and
Dial vine.
Tild usual, drder of ceremony
was gone through with, and an
eloquent address delivered by C.
B. Emanuel. The uniform rank
from the Durham lodge unveiled
the monument, which is a very
handsome one.
Giolitti Colony.
For some time Messrs, N, R.
Tisdctl and X. J. Stockett, mana-
ger and secretary of the Cotton
Belt Development Company, have
been prospecting around Rusk
with the view of buying land and_
locating a colony on it. The deal-
has at last been closed, and over
one thousand acres of land pur-
chased at Holcomb’s Switch, five
miles south of town. The colony
will consist of thirty families of
Italian farmers under Count J.
P. Spamer, and they will reach
here by Jan. 1, 1905. Only fami-
lies who can furnish clean family
records absolutely free from
crime will be accepted? The col-
ony has been named GioHtti.
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SHIRT WAISTS
Shift Waists............... 50c
Take your choice fof 50c—all in
one heap, about 50 Shirt Waists
slightly soiled, from 75c kind to
$2,50 grade, all go at only 50c
for your choice.
EMBROIDERIES
All widths—next week we cut ’ll«
the price to............... | 2u
The best values in embroideries
you ever saw.
SHOES
The very best values that can be
had. We are now offering about
1000 pairs-of Friedman and other
makes of shoes at prices paid by
other merchants. These makes
of shoes we will not carry in
stock, we bought them cheap
and will sell them cheap. Now
is the time to lay in your Shoes.
FREE GOODS.
No! we do not agree to give away
Goods, but we propose selling to
you the same grade of goods for
Less money
than you can
buy elsewhere
SUMMER GOODS.
We will close out regardless of cost
White Lawns He now.....84c
“ 9 and '19c now 74c
Figured “ 8 to 9c u 5c
* •“ 5 to 6c “ 3fc
SUITS.
We have left on hand about W
Summer Suits. Come in and see
us, if we can fit you we will give
you a bargain.
FALL GOODS.
Our Fall stock will begin to arrive
in a few days, and we need the
room. Whatever you want to
buy in our line we will make it
to your interest to see us. If you
buy before getting our prices on
the same goods you will only be
sorry.
Our prices will be cut so lov on our
entire stock Saturday that you
can't help from buying.
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One Solid Week, From Saturday Horning till the Next Saturday Night
TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS CUT PRICE SALE
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McFarland, J. E. Cherokee County Banner. (Jacksonville, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 6, Ed. 1 Friday, August 19, 1904, newspaper, August 19, 1904; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth508030/m1/1/: accessed June 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Jacksonville Public Library.