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Newspaper
Ruston Leader
Location
Ruston, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1930
Page
5
The Ruston chamber of commerce sponsors a Lincoln parish contest open to white farmers with 13 cash prizes totaling 400 dollars. Sixteen contestants signed up in three days, with scoring by two experts across three periods, and final judging on November 1, 1931.
NEW ORLEANS November 4 charters granted and increased capitalization for Louisiana show a total of 77208370 dollars for the last week. New firms include Boone and Webster Inc 80000 Acme Bag and Salvage Company 20000 St Bernard Realty and Investment Company 15000 Latin American Industrial Health Insurance Company 10000 all in New Orleans American Bank and Trust Company Shreveport 300000 McClain Welsh Oil Company Lake Charles 100000 Nil Despernandum Delta 50000 Cristina Holdings Kenner 48000 D J Castille Inc Jennings 32000 Pineville Electric Company 25000.
New Orleans November 4 Approximately 13 000 bales of cotton weekly are being handled by the Louisiana Cotton Cooperative Association Sam Bass manager says This is the greatest volume of the state crop ever handled by one sales agency Growers draft on the association totaling 650 000 weekly and have done so for six weeks The association plans to total 150 000 bales an increase of 25 000 over early estimates Ninety percent of market price is paid with producers receiving the difference between this and final selling price Warehousing problems have been solved aided by cooperative efforts of the duck board of New Orleans
The Department of Commerce Bureau of the Census reports preliminary cotton ginning totals in Louisiana for 1930 1949 and earlier years. State total for 1930 is 533 672 bales and 1949 is 883 879 bales. Lincoln Parish shows 13 082 bales for 1930 and 27 420 bales for 1929.
In Alexandria the Confederate Veterans center around General Claiborne who names Colonel James A Pierce of New Orleans as adjutant general. The division plans to await requests from cities seeking the meeting, with Huey P Long expected to address.
At a reunion today Governor lauded Confederate Veterans as the greatest soldiers. He said the pension amendment would be ratified by voters on November 4 and that all veterans would receive a $40 check by Christmas. Alexandria attorney John R. Hunter spoke, urging two monuments, one for southern soldiers and one for southern women.
Visitors view a planted corner at the Ruston Texas Company distributing station at Monroe and Arizona streets. The grounds show costly shrubbery and floral beds, a high security 8-foot fence, and a $25,000 show of landscaping funded with $150 of new plantings. The article describes a highly organized, efficient facility with a spotless warehouse, a two-ton steel strong box, and four large storage tanks totaling 60,250 gallons of Texaco fuel, all run under tight safety and practical business principles.
Students at Louisiana Tech will publish the Lagni Appe college annual this year in the school printing plant for the first time. Sibyl Green, a junior officer, serves as editor in chief and George Williams, a Gibsland senior, is business manager. The first section of the annual will be ready to print within a few days.
A feature on Jess S Harris manager of the Texas Company's Ruston Station, described as quiet diligent and business minded. Harris upholds roles as a Baptist Mason Kiwanian and city council member, bringing fidelity and zeal to his duties at the Ruston facility. The Ruston Station dates to 1824.
The Louisiana highway commission opened bids for about 100000 dollars of gravel road and embankment work across 21 parishes totaling roughly 110 miles. Twenty projects are included in the first rural road letting aimed at unemployment relief. Bids were opened at noon in the House of Representatives hall as tabulation proceeds for low bidders to be announced soon.
Lord Baden-Powell reports a mummified hawk in a private museum that bled before the Boer War and again before World War I and the armistice. The mummy, unearthed in Egypt, is said to be about 4000 years old.
In Laurel Mississippi on August 29 physician say G M Welch of Syburena will recover from stab wounds to the neck. Welch walked several blocks with his head in his hands to reach a hospital after saying he was attacked by unidentified assailants in the dark. A later report indicated he was loosened in a card game dispute.
Rus tui Fire Chief K. Davis stated this morning that due to difficulty locating the last two fires, Bays aplav ed here be spelled. The memo calls for careful handling of alarms to avoid misfires in emergencies.
The fire advisory urges callers to first inform the operator that a fire alarm is to be turned in and to provide the street or avenue name, direction, and number. Authorities say early minutes are critical to control, and the public should comply with wording to ensure quick, accurate connections at the station.
In West Monroe on November 6, 1929, a collision at the Illinois Central crossing claimed the lives of Dr. H. F. Carney and Joseph McAvin. Mrs. Isabella McAvin, widow of McAvin, filed in New Orleans federal court seeking $50,000 in damages against Yazoo and Mississippi Valley railroad. The car struck the train as it crossed Natchitoches street. both men died instantly. Dr. Carney was a beloved city figure, mourned by many. Details of the suit were not available.
Cambridge report cites Martha S. Mason stating 3,000,000 school children are estimated to have hearing defects. In 1929 summer campaigns, 56,865 children were examined across 1,520 localities, uncovering 2,110 hearing defects and correcting 635.
On the first day of the November session Judge Stephen D. Pearce presided over district court. Defendants Robert Tarley Frank Green and Arthur Hayden all of Ward were fined 10 plus costs for disturbing the peace near Dubach. John Batmore faced a bad check charge for $2 at College Pharmacy and received 75 fine and costs or 60 days in jail. Jensie J. Smith was fined 1.80 for another bad check with the same 60 day jail option. Eugene Davidson, who issued a $2 check to Gray's Filling Station, was fined 25 plus costs or 60 days in jail.
In a stark meditation on mortality the piece reflects on companionship forged in battle and shipwreck. It notes how shared danger deepens bonds among survivors and echoes the enduring impact of loss on those who endure.
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