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*w wntm uumta, nvnm. u.,mOnmust ■rectf; IS, so 3 an al con -ico ri-iis of knee civic iboufcse of , re-ider-it isholi-con-por-and feet s side s be-part id on r and to beManslaughter Is Verdict Of Jury In Frasier CaseAfter Two Hours Delibera tion the Verdict Is Rendered.(From Tuesday's Daily)After deliberating for two hours the jury sntMng cm the case of Louis Frazier negro, charged with murder in connection with the killing of Shop (Sam-con) Forks, rendered a verdict of manslaughter accompanied with a recommendation for mercy in the local district court here yesterday. Frazier is alleged to have gone to the home of the slain negro where he found his sister in his company, he having forbidden this after similar situations on previous occasions. Frazier was accompanied on the night of the tragedy by two other negroes who were arrested with him but later exonerated of any blame in -on'ction with the killing. The verdict rendered by the jury carries with it the possibility of a sentence of from one hour to twenty years in the state penitentiary.Other cases coming up were disposed of as follows: Zolhe Hines, colored, plead guipy to larceny of $25 and was given 6 months in jail and ordered to pay all costs of court,Sampson Da.vis, colored, was given 6 months m Jail and costs of court upon a larceny charge.Raymond Martin, white, arraigned on a charge of disturbing the p~ace, was given 10 days in jail and fined $50 and in default of fine 3 months additional jail sentence,Roy Jenkim, colored, charged with wrecklcss driving was fined $25 and costs and in default of payment, 3 months ir. jail.Biilic Burton, negro, charged with wreck)ess driving, was declared a juvenile, and the court reconvened in juevn-i!e session and feprimanded the accusedfor his careless driving, and since there IS no institution to which negro youths may be sentenced the youth was placed under the watch care of his grandmother, Agnes Davis.In the same bill nol pros was entered as to Cieve Elmore, another negro.Buddie Singleton, colored, charged with larceny to the value of $50, plead guilty to larceny of $20 and was sentenced to 6 months in Jail and to pay all costs.James Heard, colored, charged with assault and battery was fined $40 and costs and in default of fine 3 months inJail,McFarland Post American Legion To Meet TonightAs usual. Coach F. A. Rockwell, chairman of the program committee, has some excellent entertainment on tap for the members of McFarland Post No. 2, American Legion, when they hold their meeting tonight at 7:30 at Legion hall.According to Major Perry Cole, post commander, refreshments will be served following the program, and the usual good attendance is expected. The business session is expected to take very little time, the social activities being the main feature of the meeting.The fourth annual meeting of the general missionary council of the Methodist Church, South, will be held atj Raleigh, N, C,, on December 10-12. Mrs. V. H. Spinks of Ruston, president of the conference missionary society, has been invited to attend.We have consistently advised Ruston people to trade at home. There is a loss every time a dollar gets out of the community.Equalizat ion Fund Would Help PoorerSections Oi StateNew Plan Figures Great Be duction On Local School Taxes.New York, Nov. 28.—Theodore Roosevelt governor of Porto Rico, appeals for] American assistance for his* starving domain, where he says many school children “have only one meal a day.Lincoln perish school tax rate would be cut irom 10 milk: to 31-2 mills on the sil.OOO.OOO property assessment under regulations pm video lor in the sta'e equalization school fund reccnily proposed at lhe Louisiana State Teachers’ Con von i,ion in Alexandria by State Suprvtutcndcni; T. H. Harris, originator o' the equalization program.The equalization program of school aid in the state is purported to bring assk.lance to the poorer parishes over ;hc state where property assessment has i ithor greatly deylined or else has never la;:'u sufficient in supply the proper facilities and equipment for the maintenance of standard schools. Louisiana has an outstanding state wide system, and tiro adoption of the plan, as proposed by Sun-rinkndtnt Harris, or of some substitute will b? necessary for the state to be aide to maintain the high standard she now holds in public education.Leading educators of the state and the iSta’c Teachers’ Con von lion who have endorsed the equalization fund as a remedy fer the precarious school situation in some of the poorer sec lions of the state do not wish to render aid to thise parish-;:.^ at the expenso of the wealthier parishes, but rather these wealthier parishes would not be effected by the program. Stipulated in the pian is the proposal that the state oiLr the necessary assistance to all parishes who vote a 3 1-2 mill property lax and that the money be apportioned according to the individual needs of the parishes benefited.In Lincoln parish the schools are supported by a 3 mill special police Jurytax and a 10 mill property tax however, under the equalization pro* gram Lincoln palish would he feqjlrid only to have a special 3 1-3 mill special tax, and the state would supply the tttc* cessary additional funds.Realizing the hazard of proposinf a special tax on any particular commodity the state educators will submit the plan to the state legislature and ask i.heir consideration of it with the tut* derstanding that the legislature, If favoring it, devise means of raising the money by some special tax such as Oil cosnv.tics, tobacco, etc.Under the present conditions In the school financing over the state there arc 44 parishes which would benefitfrom the state-wide equalization fund while the other 20 which are it! good financial condition would not be effected either, way as they are in a position to run their schools on without outside help,Postmaster Wilson Makes Donation To Negro School HereH. D. Wilson, city Postmaster has made a liberal donation of $25.00 to the Horne Economics Library of the colored high school at Washington Heights.This gift is exceedingly appreciated by the principal and faculty of the school in view of the fact that Home Economics is taking such -an important place in the school curriculum. By this gift, useful supplementary reading is put in reach of the girls taking up this work, viz: Feeding the Family, Planning a Meal, etc.There .are other white friends who have promised similar donations. The names of such friends will be publishedwhen donations are made.Those who expect to exercise choice in buying Christmas goods might as well get busy before Ruston merchants sell the cream of their stocks.History, said Henry Ford, is bunk;ho might have added that much newsis junk.
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Ruston Leader
Ruston, Louisiana, US
Wed, Dec 04, 1929
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