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Newspaper
Ruston Leader
Location
Ruston, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1929
Page
4
Freshmen at Tech experience rush week as fraternities and sororities select new members. Pledges must meet scholastic standards and three months attendance before eligibility. The Pan-Hellenic Council plans a Friday night dance in the Girls' gym ending with pledges ceremony.
The Lincoln Parish Police Jury met in regular session with members Mills Thompson Henry Tatum Sanderson Donald Calvin Foster and Larance present. Minutes approved. Budget for 1930 unanimously passed totaling 48250 with line items for court, sheriff's salary, jail maintenance, health, roads and more. Anticipated revenues listed at 48250. Meeting adjourned to January first 1930.
Notice is given that Mrs. Nancy Hogan petitions the Third District Court, Lincoln Parish, Louisiana for letters of administration on the estate of Jos L Hogan, deceased, intestate. Show cause within ten days why the petition should not be granted by order of the court dated December 14.
In Berlin, a newspaper ad offering a high society marriage partner for a $150,000 fortune sparked a fraud case. Frau Elsa Behabernack enticed 96 suitors, six engaged, and coaxed $1,250 from each to claim a phantom legacy. The judge noted the “slight blemish” was simply that she was already married.
Seventy five farmers from all ten wards of Natchitoches Parish will visit Lincoln Parish on January 14 to tour tick eradication areas. Dairies in Ruston and Simsboro areas owned by Jack Riser A H Henderson Henry Hinton Scott Durrett and the Jones dairy will be visited. Over $600 has been raised to fund the trip with J D Cooper of Flora serving as parish campaign chairman.
In Edinburgh Scotland liquor sales were restored in several areas after local option elections held yesterday. Voters in multiple districts approved measures permitting on premise consumption and retail sales resuming amid scattered protests and official statements on licensing policies.
Marriage licenses issued list White J. W. Harrison of Ruston and Mrs. J. W. Martin of Ruston as the pareja.
C G Latimer, cotton buyer for Barham and Crocker, returned from Dubach with a large hole in his car windshield and a game rooster tethered to the clutch. He says the rooster crossed the Pershing Highway four miles south of Dubach causing the crash. He later found the rooster as a dazed occupant on the car floor.
An exhibit in the college main building features portrait paintings, watercolors, and numerous pencil sketches by Louisiana Tech art instructors Elizabeth Heiden, Mary Moffett, and Choartotle Wibgary. Included are portraits of Adele de la Barre, former art instructor, and studies of Mrs. Weldon Stowe and Elbert Hasbington Munns.
Mrs Mabel I Hayden of Oklahoma City praises Sargon Pills after long indigestion headaches and fatigue. She says her stomach, nerves, and liver improved, complexion brightened, sleep restored, and energy returned. Marbury Drug Company and Ruth Crawford are listed as agents. The article also mentions pottery exhibits by Sophie Newcomb Tulane students including Miss de la Barre.
Senator Ransdell of Louisiana praised Judge Dawkins for upholding the flood control act. He noted the ruling aligns with the act and the constitution, which requires due process for property acquisition. The piece also mentions a vast Soviet invasion stirring Chinese unity for defense.
New Orleans Dec 16 Conservation Commissioner Maestri announced the Louisiana conservation department will subsidize parish sheriffs to enforce game laws. Subsidies vary by cooperation, with about 500 annually per parish. Aimed to shift enforcement from state agents to local deputies, while keeping a reduced enforcement core. Navy firer killed in 10,000 foot dive testing British plane.
Al Jolson, the world's greatest entertainer, comes to the New Astor Wednesday in Warner Bros. all talking and singing picture Say It With Songs. The film showcases Jolson's magnetism and voice, with early scenes during recording that halted business as he sang.
Four men were seen trying to enter another Dubach shop at 3 45 AM and fled in two Ford Model A roadsters heading south. Sheriff Thigpen and deputies retrieved a damaged cash register from E B Tatum and another from the Dubach Motor Company office, seeking fingerprints to identify the culprits.
The report notes every state and the District of Columbia now levy a gas tax. California collects 3 cents per gallon, while national average is about 4 cents. Total U S gas tax expected near 400 million dollars this year. California plans 38 million for highways next year plus 50 million by 67 counties. New Orleans receipts show cotton crop reaching 1,010,279 bales to date, up about 250,000 from last year’s level.
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