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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 19, 1923
Page
6
New Orleans cotton futures closed steady with slight gains amid firmer spot prices, while Chicago wheat rose on limited demand and bullish talks. Corn and oats followed grains with modest advances, and Kansas wheat quotes showed mixed prices across grades and colors.
The Monroe Kiwanis Club elected officers for the coming year at the noonday luncheon. Dr C I Gray was chosen president with Clarence E Faulk and Lou Hullum as vice presidents and Percy Sander as district trustee. Directors named include Dr T E Wright S M McReynolds Frank Masling Albert Marx H C Eckhard Dr J E Walsworth and H Masur. A Christmas week meeting is planned at Hotel Monroe December 27 at 8 30 o'clock with ladies present. S W Hutton provided two solos and club singing accompanied by Mrs F C Hyde Dy Accompanying.
New York cotton futures closed easy after a morning rise of 8 to 10 points. Spot cotton remained steady with middling at 35.50 while December, January, March, May and July futures traded within narrow ranges amid profit taking and reports of strong spot demand in the South and export interest.
Liverpool reports dull spot cotton with prices steady led by good middling at 19.87 and fully middling at 19.47. Sales reach 5 000 with 3 500 American. receipts total 27 000 including 15 000 American. Futures close firm with December at 19.87 and January 19.88.
Money market notes easy quotations in ceins with Great Britain at 4969-16, France 516 1-2, Italy 4211-2, Belgium 464 1-2, Germany 0 025, Holland 3807, Norway 114, Sweden 2643, Denmark 1787, Switzerland 1743, Spain 1307 1-2, Argentina 8210, Brazil 925, Montreal 97 1-2.
Cattle and hog totals from Kansas City list ranges for calves beef cows and packer sales with top veals and sows. Chicago shows hogs 240 to 300 pounds at 7.10 to 7.15 and cattle with fed steers and weighty steers plus sheep values and fat lambs 12.50 to 12.75.
Bullish demonstrations in special stocks failed to stop liquidation in other lists as reactionary tenders prevailed. Sugar shares rose before noon and National Lead, Davison Chemical, and Standard Oil of California climbed, while Illinois Central slipped to 100. Cal money opened at 43.4 percent. The market recovered in the early afternoon with leaders up a point or two, oils showing strength and National Lead extending gains to 13 5/8.
Prominent black leaders from every Mississippi county met in Jackson on December 19 to form a hundred-member committee. The group aims to improve race relations, assist residents, and curb the exodus of African Americans to other states, with headquarters to be in Jackson.
The Senate resumes voting on the Interstate Commerce Committee chair seat after Christmas with Senator Smith leading Cummins and Couzens. 41 votes needed for election and no winner, as Cummins gains two on the second ballot while Smith and Couzens hold firm. A stockholders meeting for Monroe Grocer Co. is set for January 23, 1924 to elect directors and conduct business.
Petitions for Calvin Coolidge and Henry Park enter the Previdential primary set for next April. The department of finance eyed a tonal bank to replace one burned Tuesday. A new bank building in North Louisiana will cost about 14 000 dollars and feature modern stone concrete and brick architecture. Ground clearing and foundation work have begun while Fleet National conducts business in the old Brewer building.
Henry Ford's statement backing President Coolidge creates a double barreled sensation in Washington. The White House welcomes the move with satisfaction and a personal telegram of thanks is expected. Democrats feel the air clears for the 1924 nomination and trust Ford's stance dampens any Ford third party challenge.
Absence of demand for French exchange reduces market rates. Paris demand bills quoted around 5161 2 cents, marking a low price record with about 25 points drop since December 1.
Multiple small ads offer furnished or unfurnished homes for rent at 616 North Fifth Street and 200 Arkansas for furnished rooms with modern conveniences. Other notices include a five room house wanted in West Monroe and sale of The Newworth building with 75 percent cypress lumber through Dr. H C Cole. Contact details include phones 1009 1875 W 277 and 1909.
Glazed glass sections were being inserted today at the Monroe Hotel to finish the building front remodeling. The canopy will hold 44 white lights to illuminate the new exterior.
Gibsland Sec 19 reports the contract awarded for the errand of the new First Na construction project. The notice records the awarding entity and the anticipated scope though details are partially obscured.
Senators Robinson and Caraway of Arkansas announced in the senate they would oppose further appropriation for federal road construction until honest cooperation with the states by the government is possible.
Lovia Rein arch reported to police that two men in a submobile robbed him shortly after midnight on Senial street while he walked home on Robarts street. Cash amount stolen estimated between 2 160 and FLATS.
Dec 19 report states Mrs. John Meyers age 44 was injured when an auto struck her yesterday and died early today. The tally marks the eighth automobile-related death in four days in the city.
Eugene Anding a 46 year old rooming house operator from Hat Tie sburg Mississippi was shot and seriously wounded in New Orleans by Frank Fowler a tenant who said I shot him because he hounded and nagged me Fowler told police the motive was harassment and intimidation linked to the dispute over the Canal Street property.
In Jackson Mississippi the back assessment case against Cumberland Telephone and Telegraph Company will be heard December 27. State Revenue Agent Stockes V Robertson asserts portions of the telephone property were untaxed from 1919 to 1921.
Judge Schulze fined John Gillete for implied whiskey sale and possession. J T Neteman and Jas Ellia paid a 60 dollar penalty after trespass charges. Jack Mead and Philip Jenkins faced 100 dollar fines for drunks and disorderly acts with additional penalties. Geo T Milner discharged on similar charges. Information notes drought of conservation department plans and subsurface data sheets for Union parish ready for operator inspection at Ward Building, Shreveport. A contour map from North Webster fields will be sold as blueprints soon, per the department reports.
In 1931 Lorraine summer suits priced at 5.98 appear at D L Cromwell's store, highlighting affordable fashion for the season.
A humorous account recounts two attempts by J D Joiner and associates to hunt squirrels during Christmas decoration gathering. The men used hatchets in wooded areas but failed to bag multiple game, yielding only one squirrel on a later outing and prompting lighthearted reflections on how to pursue such quarry.
Cromwell's advertises Fingle Cloud cloth shirts priced at $2.98, offering low-cost apparel option. The notice highlights bargain basics likely aimed at shoppers seeking economical wardrobe items during the period.
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