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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1926
Page
6
New Orleans reports show cotton futures opening higher on better cables and rain in Texas. Private estimates vary on crop size from 18.6 to 19.8 million bales with ginnings near 14.6 to 15.1 million, markets edging up then reversing as shorts profit and hedge selling appear.
Mrs Susie S Johnson longtime Monroe resident died at 6 30 this morning after years of ill health She born March 31 1878 Oak Grove member Briggs family married J A Johnson lived at Eudora then Monroe Survived by sons Dr C A Johnson J H Johnson and Clyde B Johnson Brothers and sisters listed Funeral at 1012 Jackson Street tomorrow at 10 30 with Rev M S Monk officiating burial in Riverview Burial Park
Dr. Oscar Dowling, president of the State Board of Health, urged Monroe to use Ouachita river water for the city supply, arguing wells are unnecessary and river water already requires treatment. He noted a pending unfavorable report on river water for interstate carriers and emphasized expert supervision of treatment.
Nine automobile accidents were reported to police over the weekend with no serious injuries. Incidents include a wreck on Lovers Lane damaging a parked truck and car, a collision at Jackson and Tala maque, and multiple crashes on North Third Washington and other streets. A separate legal case notes a murder inquiry with a blood stained letter and two documents under investigation.
The New York cotton market opened steady with a small advance on covering aided by steady Liverpool cables but soon turned easier. Rumors of cancelled buying orders over the weekend and southern hedge selling pulled prices down as January and May slid from early levels. A private crop report pegged the 192? yield near 19.223 million bales with December 1 beginnings at 15.08 million, boosting expectations for official figures Wednesday.
Cotton market in Liverpool shows moderate spot business and steady futures. Prices listed for American grades with sales totaling 6 000 bales, including 4 300 American, and no receipts noted. Futur es close steady with key months December to October trading from 6.27 to 6.74.
Poultry arrivals include 9 cars alive 18 fowls at 24, 18 springs at 24, 34 turkeys, 18 roosters, 25 ducks, 20 geese at 21. Eggs and batter figures not specified. Market activity shows mixed bid levels for live fowl and poultry products.
Chicago early grain prices edged higher influenced by Liverpool quotations and December scarcity. Wheat started with a 1 8 to 11 8 cent advance, then fluctuated about one cent. Argentina weather tempered gains. Corn and oats showed relative strength with corn opening 1 8 to 1 2 cents higher.
The brief notes recent adjustments in provisions and market text showing a move toward harder policies. Open High Low Close references imply ongoing price action and trading status without detailed data.
This morning 367 registered at city hall to vote January 18 1927 on a $600000 waterworks bond issue in Monroe. A Riverside Country Club meeting is set for 8 p m at the clubhouse with members urged to attend. Jeanne Graves two year old daughter of Dr and Mrs J Q Graves is critically ill after appendicitis at St Francis sanitarium. Sheriff records show 908 poll tax receipts and 571 property tax receipts issued to date.
Diplomats and a red carpet awaited Queen Marie at Bucharest station. Officials prepared for 11 a.m. arrival, then pushed to 2 p.m. as word arrived she actually reached the station at 1 p.m. The scene echoed earlier praise for American railroads.
The infant son of Reverend and Mrs. J. B. Perry died after a brief illness. The body was sent to Crowville for burial. Reverend Perry leads the Baptist church in Crowville. J. Q. Scrivner, 26, of Clarks, died at a local hospital and is survived by his wife. The funeral was arranged by Peters Undertaking to be sent to Clarks for burial.
A regional paper boom in Bastrop and West Monroe aims to push daily kraft output from 65 tons to about 140 tons per mill. International Paper adds a $5 million Camden, Arkansas plant, while Brown company enlarges capacity, boosting payroll above $1 million and expanding timber holdings to 150,000 acres across Ouachita, Caldwell, Winn and Jackson parishes.
The text lists H. Lutcher Brown of Orange as president and George S. Holmes of West Monroe as vice president and general manager. It names Mrs. E. W. Brown, R. A. Moore, E. W. Brown Jr., and George M. Sells as officers. Board members include Joe Miller of Orange and George E. Holland of Beaumont, Texas.
Mayor C. C. Bell of West Monroe says the start of Brown Paper Mill Co.'s second unit brings nearly two million dollars in spending and labor, boosting West Monroe as an industrial hub. He cites a potential $100000 monthly payroll and hints at another factory to come while no formal announcement is made.
In Auray France on December 6 ceremonies honored Benjamin Franklin the town naming a quay after him and placing a tablet. French and American flags waved as Breton dancers performed and both nations anthems played with no debt circulars presented by ex soldiers noted.
The house at 2814 Dick Taylor Street, partially owned by C. W. Cumming and J. H. Carter and shared by Allen P. Leonard and K. D. Leonard, burned at 5 30 a.m. Sunday. Total loss about 3000 dollars, with contents destroyed. Fire department Companies 1 and 2 responded. insurance coverage on the building was only partial.
New York December 6. Samuel Untermyer plans to bring home with him on his world cruise as he outfits a Bergenline suite with furniture from his house including rugs lamps and bookcases.
A high powered touring car driven by Charles Edwards of Rochelle overturned five miles south of the city at 9 p m injuring his wife Henrietta and four other black women Ida Bates Essie Gray and Fannie Young. Edwards suffered a dislocated hip Ida Bates a broken pelvis bone and Gray a broken collar bone and broken arm with facial cuts. Other occupants escaped with minor injuries. The crash followed a failed pass past an obstruction amid loose gravel. The car was wrecked and an ambulance from W B Corry transported the injured to Riverside sanitarium.
Report notes Erdman and a stranger driving away in Erdman’s car toward Clara’s residence, which she left at midnight. Local farm folk from fifty miles around trekked through the area today seeking information.
Snow covered the entire East from Maine to the Delaware Capes causing rail delays with trains hours late. Boston logged a record cold day and there were multiple deaths in New Jersey and Massachusetts while warming centers aided hundreds. Deer hunters faced disruption as snow fell across Pennsylvania and nearby states.
In El Dorado a man named Smith is shot by his wife Mrs. Madeline Simmons after a long affair with Smith. The shooting occurred on Vivian road in front of a drug store. A revealing letter to Simmons from Smith was found. Simmons admitted the affair and support payments for two years. The couple’s companion Mrs. Nixon recovered the letter from Simmons and the letter is addressed to “Daddy.” The Smiths belong to a prominent local family and Ox Smith, a University of Arkansas football player, is related.
A morning blaze damaged a building and twenty one cars, mostly Nash vehicles owned by Mr. Taylor and several Ford cars in storage. Fire crews fought the flames for nearly three hours. one person was taken to St Francis sanitarium in favorable condition. The building, owned by Culpepper and Evans for seven years, had a prior owner, J. G. Sanders, and earlier had been destroyed by fire twelve years ago when it was a two story brick structure.
The building, once destroyed by fire, was rebuilt by Mr Se ers as a one story structure and later passed to Mr Taylor who has spent 5000 on equipment for a lubricating parts factory. He plans to seek temporary quarters for the Nch car agency and consider rebuilding the blaze site. The land lies opposite the new Ocfip house along the river bank and may become park and bridge terminals. The parish police jury discussed purchasing the land but took no definite action. The three civic clubs have favored the land purchase.
Congress opens with a noon session and a ten day Christmas recess. Appropriation bills for all executive agencies loom, with focus on radio control taxation alien property and rivers and harbors. Bills on McFadden branch banking Lausanne treaty and poison gas ban sit on tentative programs. President Coolidge to deliver annual address and budget. debates over federal judiciary salaries and rivers and harbors proceed. Nominations to fill 1000 federal vacancies begin week. Borah Swanson lead gas treaty fight backed by Legion opposed by Reed and Moses. Dead Senators Emins Ferna and Can are noted.
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