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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1925
Page
5
Cotton futures closed steady to lower with July and October slipping 34 to 44 points amid forecasts of rain across Texas and Oklahoma. Early gains faded as selling intensified after the first hour, with July around 24.95 and October near 23.81 as losses accumulated from yesterday’s close.
Cotton futures in New York ended barely steady with net declines of 39 to 41 points. Early gains faded as selling intensified on rain in the Southwest and overall market weakness. Trade buying limited, and May and October contracts closed lower with last prices down about 89 to 41 points.
Liverpool reports limited demand with prices steady across grades. Sales total 4,000 bales, American shipments 3,500, receipts 2,000. futures closed quiet with March at 0.58 and later contracts easing to 13.13.
Chicago opens with mixed wheat trading as export demand and Liverpool quotes push prices up then pull back. Corn and oats firming on light selling, with hogs and provisions steady amid early gains and brief setbacks.
Batter market in Chicago shows mixed rounds with creamery extras and standards quoted. Eggs receipts total 23 745 cases amid various grade listings while poultry prices rise for live fowls springs geese gosters turkeys ducks and geese.
Kansas City reports cattle and calves at 25, beef and yearlings around 1060 to 1050, cows 475 to 675, heifers 675 to 650, canners 275 to 400, weights 800 to 900, stockers 600 to 825. Hogs listed with 1270 to 1810 bulk, 1280 to 1310 for 190 300 pounds, packing sows 1226, top 1560, shorn wethers 825 to 900. Chicago notes hogs 1 top, 13.50, bulk 13.25 to 18.30 with weights 140 to 160.
Special to the News Star Rayville La March 27 The Izaak Walton League of America met at the courthouse to establish permanent organization and elect officers for the coming year H A Mangham was named president Frank Boykin vice president H J Coenen secretary and W W Kelly treasurer The group invited new members and named E B Green as delegate to the state meeting in Shreveport services to be conducted at St David Episcopal Church Rayville another local note Lambda Kappa Club hosted at the high school rest room with tulips and narcissus planning to show Home Sweet Home in Mecca theatre next.
J D King formerly of the Smackover Journal and El Dorado Tribune joins Monroe News Star as Urania reporter. He will cover news circulation advertising and Urania business matters with oil field experience shaping coverage. A Urania branch office will be opened and announced in Monday issue.
Baton Rouge Louisiana March 28 four student council measures to authorize campus dancing levy a general tax for YMCA activities provide lyceum courses and weekly chapel assemblies were approved by President Thomas D Boyd with board of Supervisors approval pending for the first two measures and a blanket Gumbo college annual tax also to be presented at the next meeting
In Chattanooga Tennessee on March 28 the case of W H Bennett and his wife Mae Bennett charged with killing Miss Augusta Hoffman was submitted to a Hamilton county jury at 11 37 after a week long trial opening Monday. Judge Estill set a 2 o clock recess as the jury retired.
Cattle and hog prices range from 4.25 to 14.00 with weights from 65 pound calves to heavy slaughter pigs. Sheep show 11.00 to 16.75 top, with lambs feeding at 15.59 to 16.60. Wool ewes demand 8.50 to 9.50. California springers 65 pounds at 17.00.
In Jones Louisiana Matilda Kelley a Black woman was shot three times by rival Cynthia Callion as a love dispute over a husband escalated at the rival's home. Matilda was taken to a sanitarium where officials report she is improving and likely to recover.
Hartford March 28 There was no session today in the trial of Gerald Chapman mail looter and jail breaker charged with the murder of a New Britain policeman last October 12 Judge Newell Jennings adjourned court until Monday keeping the jury in custody of the sheriff An entire hotel floor is reserved for the jurors Chapman plans to confer with his attorneys at Webers Field State prison Twenty four witnesses were on the stand yesterday the fourth day of the trial The state still has more than a score of witnesses
Prairie fires in western South Dakota and along the South Dakota Nebraska border now largely out. Inventory shows property loss was smaller than feared due to sparse settlement. Several people suffered severe burns while fighting the blazes. reports of deaths could not be verified.
Railway operating revenues of the Illinois Central system declined by 1,293,729.54 in February, while net railway operating income dropped by 562,215.52 after expenses and taxes. Since January 1, 1925, operating revenues have fallen by 1,426,228.53 and operating income by 607,632.65 according to the official report.
Rev Dr Franklin N Parker of Atlanta Georgia will preach both morning and night at the First Methodist Church in Monroe. Parker formerly served the Monroe church twenty years ago and later led large charges before declining election as bishop to remain dean of Candler College of Theology. Local pastor Rev F M Freeman invites all to attend for a genuine treat tomorrow.
Baton Rouge March 28 The Associated Press reports home demonstration specialists from Louisiana State University Extension Division say lime is vital to animal and human life. They note most lime in the body is in bones and it helps regulate body fluids and buffer acidity from starch sugar fat and meat. The daily lime need for an adult is about one gram. Vegetables especially greens supply calcium, with a table listing grams per pound of various foods from mustard greens to beef and bread.
Baton Rouge March 28 The Louisiana State University will be the first educational institution in the world to have its student body represented in Kiwanis International plans laid by Lowry B Eastland president of the Baton Rouge Kiwanis and others Two male students will be elected by popular vote with the election date to be announced in the college paper at the Kiwanis request
Rubin Williams, a Negro, was sentenced to sixty days in jail and a 300 dollar fine after a guilty plea to possession of whiskey in district court. In default of payment, four more months may be added. Police arrested him after finding two gallons of whiskey he planned to sell. The Dreamland theatre case against T C Coker remains under advisement. he faces possession of a gallon of corn whiskey found in the theatre attic and alleged resisting an officer during the raid.
Monroe baseball fans are invited to Forsythe Park tomorrow at 9 AM for a light workout and discussion as the City League form takes shape. H K Touchstone announced plans with Missouri Pacific and the Training Institute supplying squads and two more teams are sought to set a schedule during Gatton States Leaguers absences.
The Urania town centers on rival leaders in flux as G W Lindsey Co. eyes a store closure at Tulles and Pat Murphy reappears from El Dorado. Central phone calls burden Pollock’s clerk while locals negotiate land deals up to 200 dollars per acre amid a booming oil town atmosphere.
Noted 25 year federal inmate at Atlanta jail in Ga faces Hartford Conn jury over Policeman James Skelly murder after escape From the prison The defense claims Skelly was killed by one of two men caught breaking a New Britain department store safe.
F P Robinson of Peters Co announces take over of the Undertaking Department at Tisdale Mercantile Co Bastrop. He orders a full modern outfit including a motor hearse and will operate the undertaking business exclusively. He and his wife Claudine Richmond plan to move to Bastrop early next week.
Ten ears of strawberries were shipped from the local strawberry district. Seven were solid through fractures and three were jammed. The shipment reportedly found a good coalition of fruit and demand was strong.
Among the first gifts to the sanitarium were bedside lights provided by seven B Y. P. U. societies and the junior department of the First Baptist church Sunday school. The items were highly appreciated as practical comforts for patient rooms.
Riverside sanitarium formal staff lineup announced after a Feb 24 banquet at Hotel Monroe. Rev. Frank Tripp outlined policy and opened a ballot to select staff, naming Dr. A G McHenry as Chief of Staff and listing department heads in surgery medicine eye and ear obstetrics urology pediatrics pathology records and history. An executive committee was formed including Drs Vaughan Graves Peters Wright Bendel and Perot with McHenry as ex officio member. Local physicians praised the choices as wise and first class for the new hospital.
The Slagle Johnson Lumber Co south of the Missouri Pacific station expands with a new planing unit for doors frames sashes and fine cabinet work. Leaders include President C E Slagle Vice President A W Johnson and secretary Elmer C Slagle. The firm supplies retail and wholesale lumber for Riverside sanitarium and city buildings, with rising business from this new unit.
Merchants in the News-Star special hospital section show strong community cooperation by advertising to support Riverside sanitarium development. Contributors include Ouachita Medical Association Chase Amman Co Collens Pharmacy Monroe Hardware J W Smith Allen Electric Wise Shoe Peters Furniture Smith Bros Slagle Johnson Central Savings Bank Monroe Transfer I L Lyons Co Ouachita Flour and Feed F Mainier H H Boyd Parlor City Lumber Monroe Furniture Co.
A residence on Lovers Lane near Riverside Sanitarium is donated for a nurses home. A larger second building may be added on the adjacent lot. A nurse training school will operate as part of the Riverside Sanitarium program, affiliated with the State Nurses' Association as an accredited organization.
The name of Miss Eugenia Jones, a record clerk, was omitted from the sanitarium personnel. Jones is declared eminently qualified for the post with extensive experience in general office work and systematic record filing. She has lived in Monroe for several years and supports the development of worthwhile institutions.
A notice announces a nurse training program at the new Rivepe side sanitarium. Mrs Laurac Marr, Superintendent of Nurses, invites interested women to join a growing field now employed widely in industry, banks, and health care, with information available on this opportunity.
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