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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jul 23, 1925
Page
7
Cotton futures closed steady with a net advance of 1 2 to 1 3 points. Prices opened steady for January March July October and December with dull early trading before the government report. Immediate gains followed by a lull as crops were reassessed and October fluctuated around the 24 range.
July 23. Cotton futures closed very steady with gains from 126 to 134 points. October and December held higher after a morning range of 10 to 12 points. Government report showed crop condition at 70.4 and yield at 13,588,000 bales, surprising traders and triggering a sharp rally.
Liverpool reports quiet cotton market with steady prices. American grades quoted. sales reach 5 000 bales, receipts 1 000. Futures closed firm with July at 13.63 and upcoming months near 13.13 to 13.10.
Chicago July 23 poultry alive values rise with fowls 19 to 24 cents, broilers 20 to 26, springs 30, roosters 17, turkeys 20, ducks 20 to 25, geese 5 to 22 cents. Eggs and batter details not provided in full.
An upturn in Liverpool quotations and dry weather in the corn belt lift wheat and corn futures in Chicago. Wheat opens 8-4 to 2 1-2 cents higher, then recovers, while corn and oats show initial gains followed by slight easing as markets firm on hogs and grain.
The 1938 U S Department of Agriculture forecast shows the 16 July cotton crop at 13 588 000 equivalent 500 pound bales down 751 000 from earlier projections as state yields per acre are listed for Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Florida Missouri Tennessee and others amid July 16 conditions and a June 25 cultivated area of 46 448 000 acres. New Orleans trading lifts cotton 7 50 a bale on the government report noting 70 4 percent of normal yield expectations and an average 140 pounds per acre.
In Rayville Louisiana the Richland Parish School Board cuts expenditures including removing most office help and reducing the official journal budget as September school start approaches. A separate incident describes a fraudulent $15 check passed at Hickman Hatchell Co., leading to a quick arrest and a warning that lenient check acceptance harms local businesses.
Stock receipts show 14 000 hogs with weights 160 to 225 pounds at 14 10 to 14 25. 250 to 300 pound butchers mostly 14 00 to 14 20. Sows 12 32 to 12 75. Slaughter pigs 13 25 to 18 75. Cattle receipts 9 000 with heavies 13 90 to 14 35. Texxas cake fed cattle 12 50. Dealers 10 50 to 11 00.
A flood of the Purgatoire River in Trinidad Colorado last night damaged about 100000 in losses. Bridges along the river were washed out with rails swept away and trains halted. No injuries were reported though information from outlying areas was lacking.
The adjutant general accepted A. E. Montgomery’s resignation as commander of the Service Company and promoted Lieut. O. L. Miles to captain. Miles, formerly with old Company D, served at Camp Beauregard and in France with the 152nd Infantry, and was a member of the Lost Battalion.
Miss Ruth Griffing of Gilbert Louisiana and Mr. Hercel Furlow of Seminole Oklahoma join Messrs Ray Bannister Oda Reynolds and Mare Reynolds of Monroe at a house party hosted by Mr. and Mrs. J. W. King in Columbia.
A well attended Rotary luncheon at Hotel Monroe covered Dr. Byron Vaughn’s Cleveland trip for the national convention. Members heard details of Ohio sessions and Miss Estelle Schulze sang after the report. Rotarians are urged to visit Filhoil park next week to view Troop No. 1 camping along the Ouachita under scout leader F X Shaugnessy.
L. A. Tillman, jailed here for Laurel Mississippi authorities over wife desertion, is released after Judge Percy Sandel orders a writ of habeas corpus. Tillman was arrested Wednesday for Laurel, which seeks his extradition. he refused to go without papers.
Byron W House traveling passenger agent from Missouri Pacific visited town. Southern Carbon employees are to be treated to a picnic and boat ride tomorrow, leaving from Pine street boat landing on a Stovall Navigation boat and tug. The excursion ends with a moonlight river ride at Pine Top on River D Arbonne.
Miss Rachel Bukee about 24 died at a local sanitarium following a brief illness. She was born in Kenosha Wisconsin. Funeral arrangements await arrival of relatives from Wisconsin.
A large Monroe crowd will ride a Missouri Pacific special train to Alexandria Sunday. The 7:30 a.m. departure from Monroe and 11:00 a.m. arrival give nearly twelve hours in Rapides parish. The Drillers Reds baseball game is the main draw and the round trip cost is set at two dollars. Officials expect five to eight hundred travelers to take part.
Funeral services planned for Col. George H. Vennard 82 former New Orleans stock exchange member who died yesterday at the Confederate Soldiers Home Bayou St John He served in the Civil War with Louisiana forces rising from private to sergeant major later named colonel on Gov Murphy J Foster staff He led in business and club life four terms as president of the New Orleans Chef Checkers and Whist Club and was with McCloskey Brothers wholesale firm
Physicians and ten druggists filed in district court to block Rapides parish police jury from enforcing a July ordinance prohibiting prescribing liquor after August 1 and druggists from filling prescriptions. Judge Culpepper set next Wednesday to consider a preliminary injunction. Defendants include Cleveland Dear district attorney and Sheriff A T Downs.
Hattiesburg daily notes that a second Finkbine lumber company well in D Lo has casing set and crews working to bring it in. Geologists say Simpson county and Richton area may hold better oil potentials, with widespread Mississippi and Louisiana interest in the results and possible deeper cap rock removal.
Winnsboro will get a new modern post office after years of growth. H H Mayer holds a ten year lease to place the office in The Mayer Drug Store Building at Prairie and West streets. The building is under prep work with occupancy expected by August 10 and steel equipment ordered to meet premier standards for small North Louisiana towns.
A Pictorial Review pattern showcases a Paris fashion frock in foulard silk. The design features lengthened shoulder seams forming kimono sleeves, a black velvet collar, and a front bow. Sizes 14 to 20 years and 34 to 44 inch bust. Price 45 cents.
Alleged theft of $54 from Ross Lardata’s home leads to the arrest of Charles Gates, a paper hanger, after police find the money in his trousers. Gates faces district court with bond set at $100 and did not post bail.
The Monroe Hi-Y club president and vice president attended the Y.M.C.A. convention in Blue Ridge New York June 13 to 15. They describe lectures Bible studies and platform talks plus hikes sports and motor trips to Mt. Mitchell and Chimney Rock. They credit Monroe merchants for funding the trip through subscriptions.
Clyde Adamson a Missouri Pacific brakeman fractured arm and rib when he was thrown from the top of a caboose at Mangham around 10 45 last night. The air hose burst jolting the car he said. He was rushed to Monroe and admitted to St Francis Sanitarium where he was reported resting well today.
Caldwell parish cotton picking has begun and Columbia businessmen offer a 25 dollar premium for the first bale raised and marketed by a Caldwell parish farmer. C F Bridger Sr operates a Columbia cotton gin and will pay the prize to the person proving ownership of the first bale of the 1925 crop. Contributions to the fund range from 50 cents to 10 dollars.
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