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scneauie or cue iram ana prepare now to attend- H. J. Schwtetert, General Agricultural Agent, will be in charge..Negro Population In Louisiana Shows Proportionate DecreaseIn 1900 the population of Louisiana was, white 729,610, negro, 650,604. In 1920 it was, white 1,096,611, negro 700,-257, In this twenty years, therefore, the white population showed a gain of 366,095, or 50 per cent, and the negroes a gain of 49.453, or 7.5 per cent.Thus the proportion of negro population was brought down from 47.1 per cent in 1900 to 33.9 per cent in 1920.Marriage LicensesWhite Clyde Colvin of i'Hibaeh loKate Barham oi Dubaeh; ft. O. Cobb of%Dubaeh to Mrs. Mattie Haven of lu-bach; John Irving Glass of Baskin to Lottie Martin of Vienna; A. W. Gates4of FarmeryiUe to Kriiie TeUietou oi'FarmerviUe.. Colored—Price Jackson of Bimsboro to Eddie Lyons of Sims boro.Acy Murphy Passed AwayYesterday, Sunday, tifternoon about three o'clock, at his home in Vienna, this parish, Mr. Acy Murphy passed to his reward. Funeral services will be held this afternoon and interment will take place in the Vienna eerne* tery.*Mr. Murphy was a well and widely known citizen of this parish, having resided at Vienna all his life and for a number of years was the constable for that section. He was about sixty years of age. Mr. Murphy, we learn, has been in very bad health for a long time and for the past several mouths confined to his bed.Ring Lost ‘In Rat Hole; Found On Mouse’s NeckLimoges, France, Mov li. A year agoMadame Jeanne I.a.sconjaias dropped her wedding ring and saw it roll down a rat holo.Yesterday she caught u lull grown mouse in a trap. Around the mo uses’s neck was tire missing wedding ring.
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Ruston Daily Leader
Ruston, Louisiana, US
Mon, Nov 18, 1929
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