Cherokee County Banner. (Jacksonville, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, February 24, 1899 Page: 1 of 8
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Cherokee County Banner
Successor to Jacksonville Banner and Cherokee Blade.
1.00 per Annum.
PUBLISHED AT JACKSONVILLE AND RUSK, TEXAS.
J. E. IcFARLAHD, Editor and Proprietor
Wie ll===Number 39.
Friday Morning, February 24, 1899.
Circulation, Eleven Hundred.
usk Happenings.
Wm. C. Cloyd, Local Editor.
[Mr. Cloyd has 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 business connected with
the paper, and will give a correct account of local occurrences each week.—Editor.]
Cotton Belt Time Card.
North, 9:20 a. m. *11:30 a. m.
South, 6:38 p. m. *2:20 p. m.
♦Local, daily except Sunday.
Col. Fairris was in Rusk last
Tuesday.
C. R. Odom died at Gent last
Sunday night.
E. A. Priest of Palestine was in
town this week.
Willie Watters of Alto was in
Rusk Monday on business.
County surveyor H. S. Guinn
went to Lone Star Monday.
Dr. J. W. Jamison, of Pales-
tine was in Rusk last Friday.
C. A. Stern of Palestine was a
guest of E. C. Dickinson this
week.
Mrs. Ben Frazer, of Tyler, is
visiting the family of Dr. Frazer
this week.
Farmers are not so plentiful
in town now; they are getting
down to work.
We regret to learn that Capt.
Ezell’s wife and two children are
on the sick list.
We regret to learn that the en-
Ire family of Argie Garner are
[own with grippe.
(uarterly meeting will be held
hlount Zion church next Sat-
and Sunday, j
[ay Murphy, Son of Mike
ly of New/Birmingham.
l4y morning.
Prof. J. H. Moseley was in
JRusk last Saturday attending to
business relating to his school.
When visiting Rusk you can
save money by calling at tha
Bargain House of Wolinski &
Getz.
More strange faces have been
on the streets of Rusk in the last-
ten days than for two months
urevious.
If you wish to keep informed
of the improvements that are go-
ing on about Rusk, you should
read the Banner.
When visiting Rusk don’t fail
to call on Ben Wolinski for the
Famous Mead’s Canada Rye.
Call on him for a sample.
W. L. Welborn of Brushy
Creek, Andersqn county, has
been appointed Steward at the
prison and will take charge on
the 1st.
Profs. S. H. Lane and J. H.
Quick were in Rusk this week
making reports to Judge Box
for their schools which have just
closed.
Rev. J. W. McLeod will occupy
the Presbyterian pulpit in Rusk
next Sunday at 11 a. m. and 7:30
p. m., and at 2:30 p. m. will
preach at Salem.
The health of this community
is improving, and, as a natural
consequence, the M. Ds. are not
feeling so well. However, we
are glad they are all able to be
out.
T. H. Killings worth of Waco
has been appointed master me-
chanic of the machine shops at
the Rusk penitentiary and will
take charge of his department
..March 1st.
le evening of March the
fat 7 o’clock the people of
[t propose to give a literal
fainment. This is a sort of
[rsary occasion with Gent-
their friends.
[ski & Getz of Rusk have
[nd theif-new store with a
)ck of ®meral JMerchan-
Fred Sloan has returned from
San Antonio, where he has been
for several months attending
school. After a short vacation
he expects to go back and com-
plete his course of studies.
The Galveston Tribune* is on
the right track in urging the im-
portance of a fitting representa-
tion at the St. Louis world’s fair
in 1900. Too much importance
cannot be given this subject nor
can the work be set on foot too
soon.
J. E. Bagley and other busi-
ness men of Rusk have asked us
to urge the people to come out
and vote on the hog law question,
so that the matter may be settled
one way or the other for good.
This is good advice. Let us end
this election expense now.
County Commissioner J. W.
Vining had a bad case of erysi-
pelas, this week. It is thought
to have been, caused by a frost
bite on the ear, during the late
blizzard. We are glad to see,
however that he is able to con-
tinue his official duties.
Messrs. Fleager, Shook, Cox-
on, Martin, Felps, Love and Boles
of Jacksonville came down to
Rusk last Saturday night to aid
in initiating a number of candi-
dates into the mysteries of Odd-
fellowship. Since the reorgani-
zation some twenty-four new
members have been taken in.
After five or six years of en-
forced idleness, it is a source of
great rejoicing to see gangs of
workmen employed overhauling
the tram road and machinery of
the Star and Crescent, prepara-
tory to going in blast. Within a
short time her steam whistle will
be waking the sleeping natives.
Rev. Dr. Mitchel, the new
prison chaplain, has moved to
Rusk, and now occupies the
parsonage at the prison. We
are glad indeed to welcome this
devout and polished Christian
gentleman to our midst, and sin-
cerely hope that his residence
here may be fruitful of much
good.
Messrs. C. A. Ballew and Ed
Jacobs, each lost a graded jersey
yearling last Sunday night. Af-
ter milking in the evening the
yearlings were turned out on the
commons as usual, and next
morning were found dead. There
was no visible evidence of any
struggling, nor mark of a kick or
blow upon their bodies, and what
could have been the cause of
their death is a mystery.
Last Monday seven men got
off the north bound train at New
Birmingham with the expecta-
tion of getting work at the fur-
nace. They had been informed
that wmrk was already under way
there and that there was no ques-
tion but they would get work at
good wages. We will say for the
information of our readers at a
distance, that so far as we are
able to learn, there is no pros-
pect of the New Birmingham
furnace being put .in blast at
present. As we have stated in
former issues of the Banner, the
Star and Crescent furnace is be-
ing overhauled as rapidly as
skilled hands can do it, and will
go in blast at the earliest pos-
sible moment.
Since the talk of th^^|^ce
going into blast, inqu^HHire
coming for particulars from
every quarter of the state, f|m
and -Drongrty
to rent. In the vicinity of the
furnace, dwellings that have been
vacant for years are being taken
and occupied rapidly, and it is
predicted that in thirty days
Dickinson’s addition will not
have a vacant dwelling house.
Since all the dwelling houses
in Rusk are full, parties have
been through Dickinson’s addi-
tion and New Birmingham look-
ing for property in that line. A
good investment in Rusk could
now be made in houses of suit-
able size and finish to rent. Sev-
eral could have been rented this
wreek, and the demand is likely
to continue.
Pryor’s mill was the busiest
place last Saturday that we have
seen in a long time. Some
twenty or more wagons were
waiting for their grist at one
time, and nearly as many saddle
horses, at the same time a heavy
ox wagon drove up to the mill
with a fine, new, iron planer on
it. This is the second iron work-
ing machine that has been put in
position in the Pryor machine
shop within the last few months.
T. G. Simpson, a farmer liv-
ing seven or eight miles north of
Rusk, has the best record as a
pork producer of any one we
know. He raises a cross of Burk-
shire and Poland-China, his
brood animals being the best
registered stock to be had in East
Texas. A short time ago he
butchered one of this stock when
it was six months and fourteen
days old, which neted 193 pounds.
We challenge any farmer in East
Texas to beat it.
We hope the farmers of Chero-
kee county will not be deluded by
the recent advance in the price
of cotton, into the belief that the
advance is permanent. That lit-
tle game is a part of the cotton
gam biers’ methods of beating the
producers. Just before picking
time opens they discover that the
visible supply is far in excess of
market requirements. The re-
sult is prices take a lively tumble
and never get up again until the
bulk of the crop has passed out
of the farmers’ hands, then up
goes prices again. This is a reg-
ular programme.
Mr. E. C. Dickinson had the
misfortune to loose one of his
finest registered jersey cows last
week. She had been in bad con-
dition three or four week, and
this culminated in something like
blind staggers in horses. When
the violent attact began, she
started walking around in a wide
circle, which gradually narrowed
down until she was turning round
in one spot, finally falling, then
getting up and falling again.
This she repeated three or four
times and finally went into one
continuous spasm, her head being
drawn around in the direction
she had been turning, and dying
in the greatest agony. If any
of our readers understands this
malady or has a remedy for it
we would be glad to hear from
them.
A visit to the Star and Cres-
cent furnace this week was good
for the blues. The clatter and
clanging of hammers, cold chisel
and steel bars in the process of
repairing and refitting the pon-
derous machinery: the coming
and going of teams loaded with
ties for the tram road, and the
gangs of workmen employed here
and there reminds one of other
days. Too much credit cannot
be given to A. B. Blevins, the
general manager, for his untiring
energy in bringing about ar-
rangements by which all this is
b^ng accomplished. Scarcely
one man in ajiundred but would
ulary, else we should not see the
Star and Crescent prepairng to
bloom with the first spring flow-
er.
At the meeting of the town
council of Rusk last week, steps
were taken to ascertain the cost
of water works for the town.
Messrs. J. W. Summers, M. J.
Whitman and B. C. Coupland
were appointed to have the line
for the main surveyed, and make
an estimate of the cost of pipe,
hydrants, connections and fit-
tings. The source of the water
supply is near the top of the
mountain, one and a quarter miles
north of town, and is thought to
be ample for all purposes. The
talk at present is to use six inch
pipe for the main. If we are go
ing to build up a manufacturing
town at Rusk, that is not large
enough. We question if it would
supply the present population, if
every house in town uses water
from the pipe line. However
that may be, Rusk can build
water works cheaper than any
towm in the state, and if the peo-
ple want it bad enough to be will-
ing to foot the bill, they have a
right to'it.
Five Dollars Reward.
One bay mare, about fifteen
hands high, five ears old and
branded in small letters AL on
left shoulder. Will pay five dol-
lars reward for her return to
Calvin Lloyd, Nacogdoches, Tex.
Missionary and Education Rally.
To be held at Rusk, Texas be-
ginning on Tuesday night Feb.
28th and continuing till Thurs-
day night, March 2, 1899.
TUESDAY NIGHT.
7:30—Sermon by Rev. A. B.
McCurdy, Rev. W. B. Kendall,
Alt.
WEDNESDAY.
9:30 a. m.—The Holy Spirit,
our leader in co-operative work.
Rev. J. H. Gambrell and Rev.
A. B. Vaughan.
2:30 p. m.—Education, sham
and real.—R. C. F. Maxwell and
Rev. G. L. Allan.
7:30 p. m.—Mission work by
the Baptists essential to their
growth.—Rev. J. B. Gambrell,
Rev. J. M. Newburn and Rev.
M. T. Andrews.
THURSDAY.
9:30 a. m.—Sunday School and
Colportage work in Texas.—
Revs. Boynton, H. E. Hamilton
and S. F. Baucum.
2:30 p. m.—Our schools as in-
strumentalities for spreading the
gospel.—Revs. A. B. Vaughan,
A. P. Scofield and P. N. Bently.
7:30 p. m.—The value of Chris-
tian education and its present
needs in Texas.—Revs. B. H.
Carroll, J. M. Carroll and R. E.
Morris.
All subjects open for free dis-
cussion by all the brethren pres-
ent. It is very much desired
that we have a large attendance.
Homes will be given to all who
come. Please send your name
by return mail to J. H. Thorn,
Rusk, Texas.
J. H. Thorn,
G. L. Allen,
E. P. West,
M. L. Fuller,
Committee on Program
\X/ANTE D—SEVERAL TRUSTWOR THY
V V persons in this state to manage our busi-
ness in their own and nearby counties. It is
mainly office work conducted at home. Salary
straight $900 a year and expenses—definite,
bonafide, no more, no less salary. Monthly
$75. References. Enclose self-addressed
stamped envelope, Herbert E. Hess, Pres,,
Dept. M. Chicago.
Wm. C. CLOYD,
News and Advertising Agent,
Commissioners’ Court Proceedings.
Accounts allowed:
J. V. Harrison $6.75, F. A. Mc-
Minn $6,W m. Thompson $1, G. L.
Ross $7.80, Butler Hamilton $15.90
A. G. Wofford $7.05, Dr. A. H.
McCord $31.50, E. D. Hardie
$2.40, E. L. Reynolds $14.10, Earl
Bros. $29.39, Ed Jacobs $1, J. W.
Chandler $25, Q. C. Looney $81.90
J. A. Allison $6, Jno. B. Reagan
$19.25, O. P. White $12.75 W. T.
Holcomb $3, C. P. Linder $6, W.
T. Boyd $6.55, J. W. Vining $30,
C. P. Linder $30, W. T. Boyd $21,
E. C. Taylor $137.05, Dr. J. M.
Crawford $6, J. W. Boozer $3.
Has Cured Thousands, Will Cure You.
If you are troubled with kidney or
bladder troubles, such as Drops, Bright’s
Disease, Catarrh, Gravel of the Bladder,
Albumen in Urine and unhealthy depos-
its, or too frequent discharge ot the urine
pain in the back and bladder, dropsical
swelling of the feet and legs, etc., we
guarantee that by using Smith’s Sure
Kidney Cure, a complete cure will be ef-
fected. Price 50 cents. Sold by Ambrose
Johnson.
Is Your Life Worth 50 Cents?
we defy the world to produced a me-
dicine for the cure of forms ot kidney and
Bladder troubles, Piles and all diseases
peculiar to women, that will equal
Smith’s Sure Kidnej’ Cure. Ninety-eight
per cent of the cases treated wirh Smith’s
Sure Kidney Cure that have come under
our observation haye been cured, we sell
our medicine on a postive guarantee it
directions are followed, and money will
be reamed if cure is not effected. ' Price
50 cents. For sale by Ambrose Johnson.
Is your child puny, peeked and peevish?
Does it tret and cry without seeming
cause? Does it have convulsions? if so,
it has worms, and White’s Cream Vermi-
fuge will safely expel them and restore
its health. 25c at Devereux’s.
Jh _ M. ATTERBERRY,
Rusk, Texas,
Agent for the Potter Wall Paper M^|
Call and examine my samples/
I can save yon money. ~ My
prices range from 4c per sin-
gle roll up, and a better paper
than you can find elsewhere.
Thanking you for past favors I so-
licit yonr patronage.
Iron Mountain Nursery*
TO PEACH GROWERS:
We quote you prices as fol-
lows:
MOUNT ROSE AND EL-
BERT A, at 4 cents apiece AH
others at 2-g- cents.
LIONOSKI & ricCOl
Rusk, - - - -
GUINN & TUCKER,
Dealers in STAPLE
AND
fancy....
•^-GrOGBRIB]
Choice Confectioneries, Fruit--**
Country Produce, Tinware, a i A
everything else usually found / 1
a first-class Grocery. dn'
RUSK.
TEXAS]
Cash Will
Do Wonders
at my Grocery Store.
I defy competition and
am selling strictly for
CASH.
W. T, Pinkard.
®<sxsxsx«xsx^®®<^^
California Fruits,
Corned Beef,
Vienna Sausage,
Chipped Beef,
Cranberry Sauce,
Sliced andm
Grated Pin
Herrings 0}
dines in Tor
Sauce,
All finds toiled
Laundry SoapsJ
Candies.
3 things
Accuracy,
Quality,
Quantity
These go into the making of our stock and our
reputation. DRUGS will die with age—ours is
entirely fresh and bought with a knowledge of
the best. We want your patronage and are s<
ing at a close margine to secure it.
W.M. Fonviile,
The Accurate Prescription Druggist
We Are Offering Values
in WTash Goods, White Goods, Clothing, Shoes, Hats, etc.j
never before shown in Jacksonville. Our stock will be
more complete in all lines than we have ever exhibited bej_
fore. PRICES AWAY DOWN. Don’t fail to see our Ini
dia Linens, Organdies, Laces and Embroideries. We calf
special attention to our celebrated line of LONGLEY and!
ELK brands of HATS. We want you to be sure to see ouj
Vitals brand of Clothing before buying. Low prices at
GOOD GOODS are what we are offering.
J. L. Dougi
GENERAL MERCHANDISE,
Do You Eat?
IF SO why not live high at a low_
We are fitted now
now with the f ref
est stock of
Will receive subscription to any
Daily, Weekly or Monthly Newspa-
per or Magazine in the United
States at publishers’ prices. Have
special arrangements with the fol-
lowing papers: Houston Post,
Cherokee County Banner, Texas
Farm & Ranch, Baptist Echo, Sat-
urday Evening Post, New Ideas,
Ladies’ Home Queen, St. Louis Re-
public and others.
ADVERTISEMENTS placed in any publication
ni publisher’s rates. Orders taken tor any
k I of JOB PRINTING at the lowest prices,
Crork guaranteed to equal the best in ma-
and workmanship. Come and see my
f work.
Grogeri
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McFarland, J. E. Cherokee County Banner. (Jacksonville, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 39, Ed. 1 Friday, February 24, 1899, newspaper, February 24, 1899; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth839889/m1/1/: accessed June 10, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Jacksonville Public Library.