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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Oct 27, 1925
Page
8
New Orleans cotton market opened steady with December at 19.55 and January 19.28. Prices finished steady to mixed with declines of 4 to 6 points from earlier highs as Liverpool cables were weak and frost fears eased. New Orleans exports reached 26,727 bales.
New York cotton futures ended modestly lower with December at 19.95 and March 19.78 as traders digested a bearish crop estimate. Early trading saw losses of 23 to 28 points before some short covering and minor rallies while overall tone remained unsettled.
Liverpoo l market reports steady spot cotton with American grades cited. Prices range from strictly good middling 11.33 to good ordinary 9.83, sales totaling 6 000 bales with 4 400 American, receipts 28 300 American, and futures finishing barely steady with values from October 10.44 to July 10.50.
A local poultry firm reports receipts of live birds including 11 cars of fowls with 17 to 25 birds per unit. Spring counts show 23 1 2, turkeys 30, roosters 16, ducks 12, geese 21.
Chicago stock market notes show 25 000 hogs bid 1100 to 1140 for 160 to 200 pound classes with top 1140. 14 000 cattle with matured steers 1300 to 1400 and best above 1600. 8 000 sheep with feeding lambs steady at 1500 to 1550.
Wheat prices eased after yesterdays American advance failed to gain traction in Liverpool. Weak export interest and profit taking weighed on wheat, while corn gained on light receipts and speculative buying. Oats held steady as October rib provisions rose slightly, with hog values guiding the overall downward trend.
A description of a house emphasizes homelike features appealing to buyers. The ad invites placing it in the columns to reach the right purchaser seeking a welcoming residence.
Special to the News-Star Winnsboro La October 26 1925 Franklin parish fair closes midnight October 24 after five days of rain drawing 15000 paid admissions. Despite weather exhibits rise in women and poultry sections while agriculture lags due to cotton harvest. Parish agent R H Benton Jr plans to move agricultural exhibits to Shreveport with a smaller but higher quality display.
Speeches followed by an inspection of all buildings and grounds as the Lake Charles institution opens its two hundred fifty thousand dollar Monroe plant. Six cottages and a farm are praised while 172 children participate in the day’s events under the guidance of Mrs. Goodman Miss Ponder Miss May Hamilton Mrs. Cooper Miss Alice Hurst and staff. Visitors from Lake Charles Shreveport and Alexandria attend the dedication led by Mr. and Mrs. Flowers.
Prepared the night before cue readiness by children supervised by older heads. The noon meal served in good form by other institution members. Children acted as guides through grounds and buildings with clock-like precision and evident care.
A wreck near Victoria at 6 36 am killed twenty and injured many as the engine stayed on the tracks. Victims include Louis W Heinrich J C Champion Mrs J C Champion Theodore Fullbright H J Kellett Cecil Dossett and H B Herring provided details. Rescue crews from Memphis and nearby towns rushed victims to hospitals and a schoolhouse was used as a temporary morgue and hospital.
Ambulances and doctors were dispatched from Holly Springs to a wreck of the Sunnyland special at Victoria. Railroad offices reported several injuries and possible fatalities, with baggage and Express cars derailed while two coaches left the rails. The Sunnyland, a new St. Louis Kansas City all steel train, began service October 5.
Early reports say about ten people killed and 25 to 30 injured when Frisco Passenger Train No 108 the Sunnyland derailed near Victoria Mississippi about 40 miles south of Memphis. Relief trains were sent from Memphis as doctors and nurses rushed to the scene.
Louisiana State University professors say the student body is collegiate and sports minded rather than jazz obsessed. New instructors note LSU students dress, dance, and think like peers elsewhere, yet many face outside influences and early college experiences.
Special to News-Star reports six-inch casing set at Beckman-Freeman Urania No 2 in section 25-10-1E with a test planned in about six days. Depth reached 1532.5 feet with pay about three feet above Urania Petroleum Co No 8. Derrick rising on Rowe-Wallace lease as drill to begin after rig setup. No 9 completion expected oil flow 25–30 bpd. 1300 barrels stored awaiting pipeline. Louisiana Oil Co to spud Tremont Lumber Co No 1 30-10-2E.
The Lions Club held its noon meeting at Hotel Monroe and heard a performance by Paul English and his players. Joseph Kitson of Dixie Bedding Company spoke on cooperation and Monroe’s future, drawing a larger audience than usual for a Tuesday luncheon.
hurried from Amory and Holly Springs to the wreck site about one and a half miles from Victoria. T. W. Ryan the train conductor is among the killed. Rescue teams and nearby towns were mobilized for victims as ambulances and physicians were dispatched from Victoria and Memphis.
A discussion on tariffs linking industrial growth to agricultural prosperity in the South. The author argues that thriving industrial centers create consuming markets for farm products and warns that permanent growth requires domestic industry and educated opportunity, praising protectionists in the North and West for enabling southern progress.
A late yesterday collision on the Jonesboro road twelve miles west of Monroe left four Black occupants with injuries. I C Johnson and Hudson Johnson suffered cuts, Bessie Johnson a fractured arm and cuts, and Lorenza Dixon head injuries. both Dixon and Bessie were confined to St Francis sanitarium. The two white drivers escaped injury. traffic officer Mitchell investigated and no charges were filed.
Parish Farm Agent E R Strahan reports a letter from W R Perkins director of extension urging Louisiana farmers to save seed of Otoptans Laredos and Biloxis for a expected maize soy bean seed demand. Biloxi beans thrive when planted with corn. save all seed possible.
Special to the News-Star Bastrop Louisiana October 27. Mr and Mrs A W Pomeroy and son from Fairbanks visited Mr and Mrs C W Pomeroy and family Sunday. Several local residents attended a Monroe show Saturday night. Olive Marlatt teaching in Alexandria visited family over the weekend and returned with Essie McWright also of Alexandria. Dinner guests included Fannie and Edith Hobbs with F B Winberry Dorothy Taylor and Arthur Ross. The group drove to Monroe and Natchez and back. Ruth Todd teaching in Winnsboro visited her parents and was joined by Mrs Crawford of Winnsboro for the weekend.
Less than 18 hours after the Norris Brothers Ready-to-Wear store in West Monroe was robbed of clothing valued at 300 dollars Mose Bayles and F W Bayles were arrested and charged with burglary. They posted bonds of 1000 dollars each. A Ford used in the escape crashed into a parked car on Trenton street. the car belonged to F W Bayles and a letter addressed to him was found in it. The pair deny involvement, claiming their car was stolen the night before.
Mann Thompson was acquitted by a district court jury of charges that he attempted to assault a five year old girl in Brownsville. Charles Gates was found guilty of larceny of 51 dollars from Ross Ladato.
In the Third District Court of Lincoln Parish Louisiana the Citizens Bank Trust Company vs Mrs W R Manuel. A writ of fi fa directs seizure and sale at Monroe court house front door on November 28 1925 between legal hours. Property described as southwest quarter of northwest quarter and south half of northwest quarter of section 6 township 17 north range 1 east. Cash sale with appraisement to highest bidder. Sheriff Milton Coverdale notes October 27 1925. Oct 27-Nov 24.
Twenty five local scouts depart Sunday for the tri state Jamboree in Shreveport where teams from Arkansas Texas and Louisiana compete for the council cup president s cup and headquarters streamer. The program includes flag raising review inspection the O Grady drill
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