Cherokee County Banner. (Jacksonville, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, May 27, 1904 Page: 1 of 12
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Cherokee County Banner
Successor to Jacksonville Banner, Cherokee Blade and Alto News. Main Office Jacksonville; Branch Offices at Rusk and Alto.
.00 per Annum,
Volume 17.
Devoted to the Interests of Cherokee County.
Jacksonville, Texas, Friday Morning, May 27, 1904.
J. E. McFARLAND, Editor aid Prop’r.
Number 46
RUSK PAGE
Mhs May Bloomfield,
Local Editor.
Miss Bloomfield has the entire management of this department, being in charge of
our Kusk branch office. She 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 give a correct account of the news each week.
Judge Gibson spent Tuesday
in Jacksonville.
George Vining and wife are at
home from Tyler.
Charley Green of Jacksonville
was here Sunday.
E. L. Gregg made a business
trip to Tyler Friday.
Prof. Crook of Alto was here
on business Monday.
Miss Etta Summers of Ponta
spent Wednesday here.
Sam Ragland has returned
from a trip to Galveston.
P. H. Grammar left Tuesday
for his home in Houston.
Simpson Ezell of Timpson is
on a visit to his boy friends.
Joe Copeland made a business
trip to Jacksonville Tuesday.
R. L.» Robnison and wife re-
turned to Jacksonville Tuesday.
Mrs. Tom Frazer left Monday
for Harlem to visit her parents.
Lee Whitman of Garrison was
in Rusk Wednesday for the day.
Judge R. McClure was in
Jacksonville on business Satur-
day.
Miss Lelia Priest left Satur-
day to visit relatives in Jackson-
ville.
Miss Jennie Fromowitz is the
guest of Mrs. Heiman Getz of
Alto.
Mrs. J. Robertson of Jackson-
ville spent Tuesday night in
Rusk.
Dr. John T. Wiggins reached
‘id^^from^B^ijito Ft.
Mrs. Tom Coleman spent Sat-
urday and Sunday at her home
in Houston.
Mr. and Mrs. Charley Chap-
man spent Sunday with relatives
in Jacksonville.
John A. Long of Guffey arriv-
ed Saturday for a two or three
days’ stay here.
Misses Beula White and Daisy
Mitchell left Saturday for a visit
to friends at Craft.
Miss Edith Gragard of Jack-
sonville spent a day or two here
the first of the week,
A. N. Ragsdale returned to
Jacksonville Wednesday from a
business trip to Rusk.
Walter Sloan and wife of Jack-
sonville were here for a short
visit the first of the week.
Miss Willie Jameson of Pales-
tine is here visitftig her grand-
mother, Mrs. J. J. Mallard.
Messrs. George Huston and
Louis Tittle went up to Jackson-
ville Wednesday for the day.
Mrs. W. R. McCuistion of
Alto, recent guest of her sister,
Mrs. Caver, has returned home.
R. N. Tisdell, general immi-
gration agent of the Cotton Belt
railroad, was in town Wednesday
night.
Bruce Cleaver and wife of
Lone Star visited the family of
J. F. Tatham the first of the
week.
Mesdames C. and Dick Fu-
qua of Alto arrived Wednes-
day for a few days’ stay with
friends.
Mrs. W. G. Jameson and
children of Palestine arrived
Monday on a visit to Mrs. J. J.
Mallard.
Messrs. George Huston, Q. C.
Looney, Louis Tittle, F. B.
Guinn and James P. Gibson spent
Saturday in Alto.
Mrs. Tom Humason returned
Thursday to her home in Lufkin.
She had been visiting relatives
here for ten days.
One hundred and six tickets
were sold here Sunday for Craft
to people going to the singing
convention there.
Mrs. E. C. Dickinson left
Wednesday for Jacksonville to
spend a few days with her sis-
ter, Mrs. Bolton.
Mrs. Allardyce of Beaumont
and Mr. Ed Cox and wife of
Smithville are here visiting the
family of J. L. Cox.
Misses Sallie and Bettie
Stephens left Saturday for Craft
to attend the singing convention
held there on Sunday.
Mrs. Bogie Wilson and child-
ren and Mrs. Clyde Jolly left
Tuesday for an extended visit to
relatives in New Orleans.
Mrs. Jehu Allen and Jake
Woods, recent guests of the fam-
ily of George Huston, have re-
turned to their home in Alto.
Mr. Will N. Wiggins of San
Antonio arrived here Tuesday.
He is just back from a three
months’ tour of the Holy Land.
After spending several week§
with his mother, Mrs. Mary
Bonner Pickens, Sam Pickens
returned Monday to Beaumont.
Mrs. Finley Evans returned
Monday to Palestine from a visit
to relatives here. Miss Mary
Taylor returned with her for an
extended visit there.
Mrs. Frank Chase left Tuesday
for her home in Palestine. She
had been the guest of friends
here for about ten days.
Misses Denman and Walker of
Lufkin spent Wednesday here to
attend the ball game between the
Rusk and Lufkin teams.
Mrs. T. R. Gragard and her
guest, Miss Sallie Ramey, re-
turned to Jacksonville Thursday
after a week’s stay here.
Mrs. T. R. Gragard of Jack-
sonville and Miss Sallie Ramey
of Bremond are spending this
week with friends and relatives
here.
After a week’s stay with her
sister, Mrs. Bateman, Miss Net-
tie Red wine left Sunday for
Jacksonville en route to her home
in Henderson.
The Daughters of the Confed-
eracy served dinner and supper
in the court house yard on Mon-
day. The proceed s will go to the
monument fund.
A large number of men from
all over the county were here
Monday to aotend district court
which convened in regular ses
sion Monday morning.
Mrs. Theo Miller left Friday
for Garrison to spend several
days with Mr. Miller, wno is en-
gaged with the Henderson Brick
and Construction Co. there.
Owing to the protracted ser-
vices in progress, no evening
services were held Sunday at the
Baptist and Presbyterian
churches, all joining in a union
service at the Methodist church.
The Rusk Iron Guards received
received official notification on
Tuesday night that they are
one of the companies chosen to
attend the St. Louis Exposition.
They will leave July 15th or 16th
and be away abopt ten days.
DIRECTORS:
|g, l. newton, w. h. sory, j. p. goodson, y. p monkress,
I W. B. RAGSDALE, J. L. SMITH, A. F. KERR.
|j In addition to its excellent facilities, this
bank has the advantage of an abundant cap-
| ital, a good Board of Directors and a strong
^ body of stockholders. /. .'. .'. .*. .'.
I m CITIZENS' NATIONAL BANK
| JACKSONVILLE, TEXAS.
Mesdames C/B. Powell, E. L.
Gregg and Miss Mary Bonner
left Thursday morning for a visit
to friends in Jacksonville.
Messrs. Willson, Watkins,
Robinson arid Donley of Jack-
sonville, Weeks of Palestine,
Gentry of Tyler, Adams of
Crockett and Peyton are the out
of town lawyers attending court
this week.
Invitations were received here
this week to the marriage of
Miss Maud May Evans of Lan-
caster to Mr. Charley W. Newton
on June 1, 1904. Mr. and Mrs.
Newton will be at home after
June 15th at Tyler.
The protracted meeting which
has been running at the Metho-
dist church for two weeks closed
on Sunday evening. Some very
able sermons were delivered and
there were several conversions
during the meeting.
The prohibitionists of Rusk
met at the court house Monday
and organized for systematic
work in the present campaign.
About seventy-five were present
and a good deal of enthusiasm
manifested. W. M. Imboden,
E. C. Dickinson, Mr. Peyton of
Trinity and Rev. L. B. Elrod de-
livered addresses. E. C. Dick-
inson was chosen chairman, Dr.
Johnson vice chairman and E. B.
Ward secretary.
Mr. A. M. Jones and family
left Saturday for Center to visit
relatives. Mr. Jones returned
to Rusk Sunday; Mrs. Jones will
remain in Center several weeks.
The Lufkin ball team, accom-
panied by quite a number of root-
ers, spent Wednesday here, and
played a matched ball game
against the Rusk nine. A fairly
good game was put up, though
no brilliant plays were made by
either side, and both sides are
badly in need of practice. The
score was 12 to 8 in favor of Luf-
kin.
Among those from Rusk who
attended the picnic at Stafford’s
lake last Friday were: Mr. and
Mrs. Willis Long, Mr. and Mrs.'
Lon Ballew, Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Singletary5/Messrs. Newt Miller,
Domney, A. R. Odom, Will
Forrest, John B. Long, M. F.
Whitman, Charley Emanuel,
Louis Tittle, George Huston,
Evan Huston, Bob Tucker,
Frank Sherman, Fred McDonald,
Will Long, John Pride, Misses
Oliphint, Lela Tucker, Addie
Coupland, Mesdames Will Blacl^
and McCaskill. An excellent^
dinner was served and the day
spent fishing and rambling over
the woods, while many of the
young people engaged in
dancing.
Coni'nued on Fourth Page.
SHIRTS.
Gold and Silver
Shirts handled by
no other house in
town. The best
$1 and $1.50
SHIRT IN JACKSONVILLE
BEAVER HATS.
SOLD ONLY BY
L. E. FRANK.
The best Hat on earth for
the money.
SHOES.
The Brown Shoe Company’s
$2.50 and $3.50 Shoes
Can’t be beat. Try a pair.
1 \tsr 1
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CLOTHING.
It's a fact that I have got
the newest, cleanest and
most up-to-date and low-
est in price of any house
in town. My line of Men's
and Youths' suits can't be
beat, either in quality or
price.
Big Clothing Sale
Saturday. $16 suits
only $9.75.
COLLARS.
Gold and Silver 15 cents,
Two for 25 cents.
Just as good as any 25c collar.
Frank, a. B. M
Jacksonville,
T exas,
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McFarland, J. E. Cherokee County Banner. (Jacksonville, Tex.), Vol. 17, No. 46, Ed. 1 Friday, May 27, 1904, newspaper, May 27, 1904; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth508062/m1/1/: accessed June 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Jacksonville Public Library.