Cherokee County Banner. (Jacksonville, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. [18], Ed. 1 Friday, November 11, 1904 Page: 1 of 8
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Cherokee County Bann
Successor to Jacksonville Banner, Cherokee Blade and Alto News. Main Office Jacksonville; Branch Offices at Rusk and Alto.
$1.00 per Annum.
Devoted to the Interests of Cherokee County.
J. E. McFARL
Volume 18,
Jacksonville, Texas, Friday Morning, November n, 1904.
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RUSK PAGE
E. B. WARD,
Local Editor.
■Mr. E. B. Ward bas the entire management of this department, being: in charge of
our Rusk branch office. He is authorized to solicit subscriptions, advertising and job
printing, and to collect for same. He will give prompt attention to all matters of bus-
iness connected with the paper, and will give a correct account of the news each week.
E. C. Taylor is in the city.
Berry Odom spent Monday at
toy.
Tank Smith spent Sunday in
^yler.
The city election passed off
quietly.
Tom Burk arrived in the city
Wednesday.
Will Copeland went to Jackson-
ville Sunday.
Chas. Martin arrived in the
city Sunday.
L. W. Tittle returned from
Alto Sunday.
E. T. Dorough of Jacksonville
is in the city.
^1 Jones went up to Mt. Sel-
man Monday.
L. W. Tittle went to Jackson-
ville Tuesday.
Dr. I. K. Frazer is still con-
fined to his bed.
Attorney W. E. Donley is in
the city on business.
The city election is on today,
and everything is quiet.
J. T. Dover went to Jackson-
ville Sunday to spend the day.
W. J. Summers, tax collector-
elect, spent Wednesday in Rusk.
E. W Richardson is in the city
skaking hands with old friends.
B. M. Ray of Forest spent
Monday in the city on business.
A. L. Busby was in the city
this week spending a few days.
Dep. Sheriff Reed of Waco
spent Monday night in the city.
Tax Collector G. S. Huston
went to Wells and Alto Wednes-
day.
pn Singletary of Alto spent
ednesday in the city on busi-
ss.
Attorney Nat Brooks of
Troupe was in the city on busi-
ness.
E. N. Richardson left Wednes-
ay for his new home in Mar-
shall.
Stockton Donley is again back
at Rusk at his old place at the
depot.
the News man,
with friends in
J. J. Burns,
spent Sunday
Rusk.
A. M. James who has been
sick for some time is reported
no better.
Tobe Holcomb of Box’s Creek
community was in the city
Wednesday.
Ben Wolinsky, after spend-
ing several days with his family,
left Tuesday.
The light plant is putting in
some liew machinery, so at
present Rusk is in darkness.
Rev. A. L Davis left Tues-
day for Waco to attend the
Baptist convention.
John Sloan, who has been
away for several days, returned
to the city Sunday.
Judges S. P. Willson and J. C.
Box of Jacksonville spent Thurs-
day and Friday in the city, at-
tending court.
E. C. Taylor is in the city on
business. He has recently
moved from near Rusk to Craft.
Mrs. Reed of Dallas, who has
been visiting her sister, Mrs.
Francis, returned home Tues-
day.
Judge F. B. Guinn left Wednes-
day for Austin, where he goes
in interest of the public school
board.
We tried hard to get a detailed
report of the election, but all
that can be obtained is a general
report.
A. B. Blevins, who has been in
the Northern states for some
time, returned home Sunday
evening.
Miss Williams, who has been
visiting the family of Mrs. Bettie
Francis, left for Jacksonville
Tuesday.
Mrs. Butler of Troupe, who
has been the guest of Mrs. G. S.
Huston of this place, returned
home Monday.
There is a stiff cold breeze
from the north that is hard on
poor folks and old clothes. We
need but little here below, and as
some one has said, “we get it.”
Mrs. J. T. Pryor and Miss Co-
rinne Addis left Monday to at-
tend the Baptist State Conven-
tion at Waco.
Mrs. Cross, who has been
visiting her daughter, Mrs. G.
S. Huston, for the past three
weeks, returned home Wednes-
day.
Mrs. R. B. Reagan of Austin,
after spending several days in
the city visiting friends and
relatives, returned home Thurs-
day.
The case of Freedman vs.
Lang, tried in the county court,
resulted in a mistrial. The case
of Green vs. Hodges, verdict for
for plaintiff.
Mr. and Mrs. Jerrard, who
have been visiting the family of
Mrs. Jerrard’s father, D. McKil-
lough, returned to their home in
Lufkin Sunday.
The election passed off very
quietly at Rusk. There were a
number of people who voted in
the'primaries who did not come
to town on election day.
The express office has been
moved from the old place at the
depot to the west side of the
public square. The new office is
neatly equipped and is more con-
venient than before.
People of Rusk are beginning
to realize what The Banner is
'as an advertising medium. In-
addition to the liberal patronage
accorded us heretofore, we have
a number of new customers who
have come to stay.
Owing to the late hour in
which the election count was
completed it was impossible to
get anything like an exact re-
port of the vote cast in the
county, or in the local boxes
other than the county democratic
ticket carried by about 800, so
far as heard from, and it is
probable that the majority will
increase to 1,000.
Cotton Receipts.
Monday night Rusk total
cotton receipts for 1904 were
2,139 bales against 2,301 at this
date last year. The total re-
ceipts for last year were about
4,700 bales, but it is believed
that they will fall short of that
this year.
City Election.
The following officers were
elected in the city election Mon-
day:
Mayor—L. D. Guinn.
Recorder—J. F. Tatham.
Marshal—F. W. Fauntleroy.
City Attorney—C. B. Emanuel.
Collector—E. M. Priest.
Treasurer—J. S. Wightman.
Aldermen—B. C. Copeland, J.
H. Chapman, T. B. Mallard, W.
B. Neely, E A Frazer.
Mr. Campbell’s Speech.
Hon. Thomas M. Campbell of
Palestine spoke at Alto Saturday
afternoon, and then came by pri-
vate conveyance to Rusk and ad-
dressed an attentive audience at
the court house. In spite of the
fact that there was a show in
town quite a crowd turned out to
hear this great man.
He ably discussed national pol
itics at length, on which subject
he is wTell informed, and knows
how to make himself understood.
He then took up state questions,
and especially dwelt on tax re-
forms, of which he is a staunch
advocate. He wTas heartily ap-
Dlauded many times during his
speech, and when he had finished
the people crowded around him
in order to shake his hand in
congratulation.
He was reared here and spoke
of this as his old home, and in
speaking to friends he called
them by their names, as “Bill,
and Joe.”
“Was She to Blame?’
No, she wasn’t. This is the
unanimous verdict of the large
crowd attending the play given
last night by the Stuttz Compa-
ny. It is a source of much grat-
ification that the wonderful ques-
tion is at last settled, and today
we are enabled to turn our atten-
tion to politics, and such minor
matters as the election of a presi-
dent, justice of the peace of pre-
cinct No. 3, etc., etc., happy in
the knowledge of the fact that
she was not to blame. The prob-
lem has worried us for a week,
and now we feel greatly relieved.
The play gave good satisfac-
tion, the company being con-
siderably above the average
aggregation making towns of
this size. It contains three or
four pretty fair actors, and they
of course handled the principal
parts. The amateurs are placed
where they will do the least
harm. Stuttz himself has under-
taken to portray the character-
istics of a man once famous in
West Texas—Roy Bean, the
justice of the peace who lived at
Langtry and styled himself
“the law west of the Pecos.”
“The Judge Pancake” of this
play no doubt gives a fair idea of
the manner in which Roy Bean
dispensed justice during his life-
time, and the character is well
handled by Mr. Stuttz. The
story is told that Bean once held
an inquest over a dead Mexican,
upon whose body was found $40
m cash and a pistol. The Judge
promptly confiscated the weapon
and fined the dead man $40,
turning the body over to the
county for burial. Judge Pan-
cake was just this kind of a
magistrate, and doubtless would
have handled a similar case in
like manner. He was always on
the spot, however, when trouble
was brewing, and always ready
to fight if necessary for a square
deal—just the kind of a man to
worry the stage villain, and at
the end of the play make him
look like a cypher with the rim
knocked off.
If Mr. Stuttz wants to come
back to Jacksonville, he can get
a crowd most any time.—Tues-
day’s Daily.
“Character is a modern com-
mercial asset of rapidy increas-
ing importance” says the presi-
dent of the National Association
of Credit Men. A generation
ago this went without saying,
for character was considered the
indispensible basis to success in
any ligitimate avocation; but
gift” and “push” and “gall”
and “get-there” have the call
these days and we have strayed
so far from the old landmarks
that character in the old, beauti-
ful and noble sense of the word,
is almost considered the badge
of an old fogy and more a handi-
cap than an advantage in the
fierce competitions of modern
life. But the world is growing
alarmed at modern tendencies
and these are healthful signs of
a reversion to the sound and
simple principles of our fathers
so necessary in the structure of
a stable and successful man-
hood.—Nacogdoches Sentinel.
The turkey cron of the United
States finds its first important
market at Thanksgiving, when,
according to a reliable estimate,
about 6,000,000 of the birds are
sold. It is raised in small lots
ah over the country, each farmer
contributes a few. This crop
of 6,000,000 Thanksgiving tur-
keys, if all of them were march-
ing in single file, would stretch
from Boston to San Francisco
and as far as Denver on the re-
turn journey.—Ex.
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HOW TO REMIT MONE
HOW toremit “oneyin the cheapest and best, and at the same time the
IIV/ ”” gafest way? That’s the question. This ad. will show the merits of
the different methods used for remitting money.
MFTHODS Stati8tics 6how that 96 Percent of the world’s business is
iYIL, I IlV/l/O done on paper, no actual money being used, hut some con-
venient exchange, representative of money being used instead. Checks and
Bank Drafts are the medium employed for about 90 per cent of the business
ot the globe. Without considering checks drawn by individuals or firms on
their local hank, which are used extensively for transferring money, we may
say that in the transmission of funds, the three most popular methods are
through “Bank Drafts” “Post-Office Money Orders” and “Express Money
Orders,” in the order named.
POSTOFFICE MONEY ORDERS
A written application is required. Orders are drawn upon a specified postoffiee
and cannot be collected from any other office. More than one endorsement pro-
hibited; transferable but one time. Must be presented for payment within one
year. If lost, an application for a duplicate must be made in writing, forward-
ed to Washington and the usual delay of routine experienced. They are paid
by the postoffiee drawn upon, provided the office has the funds, otherwise the
order must be held indefinitely. In all places other than cities it is not uncom-
mon to find no funds in the hands of the postoffiee, thus causing inconvenience
and annoyance. The order will be refused by the postmaster ifehe has not re-
ceived a letter of advice, or if same does not conform to the order through any
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EXPRESS MONEY ORDERS
are issued by the various Express
Companies to the amount of $5U. They
are drawn upon some other office of the company, and are collectible from any
agent of the company, provided the agent has the funds. Orders must be presen-
ted for payment within three months with no guarantee that it will be paid
when presented. In fact, in all places except cities, it is a rare occurrence to be
able to collect these orders from the express company. If lost, an application
must be made to the Division Superintendent ot the State, or to head office at
Omaha, Neb., San Francisco, Cal., or New York City, as the case may be, and an
indemnity bond furnished with good and sufficient security,^before duplicate
will issue. This incurs trouble, expense and delay. jBanks often make a charge
for cashing them.
RANIf DRAFTS are issued by al1 banks, for any amount,land maybe
DriixIY LUvrYFIO cashed at any bank in the United or Canada. No limit
to the time in which they will be paid. No limit to the number of endorsements
or transfers. They are received by merchants and business men everywhere the
same as cash, and can be deposited in any bank at their full face value. All bus-
iness men, jobbers, wholesale houses, mail-order houses, newspapers, and others
prefer bank drafts. They are payable on demand. If lost duplicate will be
issued on application. No written application required in purchasing a bank
drait. They are absolutely safe.
D ATPQ Comparison of the cost of remitting money by the different
KAlCO methods:
Express and Post Office Money Order.
$ lo.oo.................... 8 cents
oo.oo...........................18 cents
loo oo........................30 cents
Bank Drafts or Bank Money Orders.
1 lo oo.......................... 5 cents
to.oo..........................io cents
loo.oo.......... 1) cents
On any amount, Bank Drafts are cheaper, and especially is there a noticeable
saving on large amounts.
First National Bank,
JACKSONVILLE, TEXAS.
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building:. Everything: new and up-
to-date. Mv stock is more complete
than ever before. Finest line Perfumery,
Soaps, and Toilet Articles ever shown in Rusk.
A complete line of up-to date Jewelry and
everything: usually kept in a first class Drug:
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Have You Seen It?
This bank of money is now
on exhibition at my store.
It is locked by a special Ea-
gle lock. The lock was seal-
ed Sept. 17th by Postmaster
Troutman.
For every dollar’s worth
of goods purchased from
now until Dec. 22nd, a key
will be given absolutely free.
On Dec. 22nd and for 15 days
thereafter, the customers
will have the privilege of bringing in their keys and trying
to unlock the bank. Only one key will unlock it, and the
party holding the correct key will be given all the money in
the bank. The following well-known citizens of Cherokee
county mixed the correct key with all the others to be given
out with each dollar cash purchase: R. E. Troutman, P. M.,
B. H. Butler, J. G. White and T. F. Mullinix. See their
statement with bank.
FRANK DEVEREUX,
JACKSONVILLE, TEXAS.
At Baltimore, Md., a fire-proof
cotton ware house is under con-
struction, with cap^pity of 50,-
000 bales upon which negotiable
receipts will be issued. We
learn that the Fidelity and De-
posit company of Maryland will
make this one 6f a series of
bonded warehouses to be con-
structed throughout the cotton
growing states. We need the
bonded warehouse for cotton and
the back yard shed with its
single bale.—Farm and Ranch.
S. P. WILLSON,
Rusk,
JOHN C. BOX,
R. O. WATKINS,
Jacksonville.
WILLSON, BOX & WATKINS,
Attorneys and
Counselors at Law,
Jacksonville and Rusk,
Texas
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McFarland, J. E. Cherokee County Banner. (Jacksonville, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. [18], Ed. 1 Friday, November 11, 1904, newspaper, November 11, 1904; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth508041/m1/1/: accessed June 6, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Jacksonville Public Library.