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Newspaper
Ruston Leader
Location
Ruston, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 03, 1930
Page
11
News from Longstraw and nearby areas recounts social visits in Sept with guests from Choudrant Ruston and Cypress. Revered locals include Miss Ennis Whitman Miss Courtney Richmond and families Pesnell Whitman Hammett and Green. Diathera illness affects little Howard Hilton and travelers return from Alabama.
Mr W F Lindsey and daughter Miss Vernie hosted relatives from Shreveport and Bernice plus Miss Effie Lindsey and Bertrude Griggs at Pecan Grove. The group included Hilton families who fished at Alabama Landing near Marion La. They discussed harvests and a Ford purchase. Mrs P B Hanna traveled to Monroe for her daughter’s appendicitis. Ailie Wayne Wevidson is ill. Muatidie Belle Woodwards and Matt Woodwards visited in Arcadia. Wille Maude Cranes entertained at Bhreeveport area. Ed Aswell's sister viewed. Wille Maud and Macy Avnes of Little Rock planned to visit Shreveport. Gaines heads to St Louis.
Dr Mack McFarland of Alexandria and H A Jr of Many visited Downsville this week. A fishing party went to Alabama Landing returning Friday with plenty of fish. Local residents Messrs Wiley Smith B F Farmer and others traveled to Monroe for business. Light rain Saturday night with strong wind affected cotton, opening slowly and being picked as it opens.
Sept 1 reports E M Davis and family plus Lillian and Mary O’Neal returning from Port Arthur. O’Neal of Dubach visited relatives. Sibley Endeavors and Downsville Epworth Leagues held a joint social with games and refreshments. Local birthdays, revivals, and travels recur. several families and neighbors are mentioned along with preparations for Monday work.
The column lists visits of Miss Beth Riser and relatives to friends in Ruston, Monroe, and Natchitoches, attendance at Wesley Chapel revival, and family suppers. It notes Henry Riser’s Chicago study departure, Arcadia visits, and a weekend rain. It closes with Monroe Morning Post urging a statewide buy a bale campaign to bolster cotton prices amid drought and financial strain.
Epworth Leaguers hosted a lawn party at Mrs. S D Skinner's with games and refreshments. Neighbors and friends visited from Ruston Antioch Farmerville and Greenville while notes mention a sanitarian from Shreveport and several local families enjoying the day.
Governor Moody leads a Buy A Bale movement to raise cotton prices amid a rough year for growers. The plan seeks nationwide support with Southern state leaders urged to set the pace for this agricultural effort.
The article notes pellagra stems from unbalanced diets and spring or summer conditions when food is scarce. It advises planting fall gardens and consuming fresh vegetables like cabbage and spinach, plus milk, lean meat, eggs, and powdered yeast, which is high in pellagra preventing substance. The Health Unit offers yeast at cost with doctor authorization.
The Shreveport figure W K Henderson argues the buy a bale campaign would tie up cash, but the paper contends $375 million invested in cotton would flow through trade. It notes the South’s 26 years of growth supports financial independence and urges using idle money to boost active employment locally. The piece acknowledges objections but supports a distress cotton driven effort as a business proposition.
The Monroe Morning Post argues a South wide buy a bale movement would prove the South can unite for economic betterment and could lead to a broader program to limit cotton production, noting the plan is sound but the region is not yet ready to join hands.
The piece accuses Huey Long of patronage and self-serving plans to win a Senate seat, arguing he would flee to Washington when the Senate convenes. It predicts impeachment challenges and warns voters that Cyr will act impartially, while urging support for candidate Runsdell to prevent Long from taking the Senate seat.
Mr Henry Riser departs Houston with his parents for Chicago to begin training at Moody Bible Institute. He will teach and direct a choir at a major Chicago church and pursue voice pipe organ and piano studies under noted instructors. Relatives and friends regret his departure after his acclaimed church performances.
The fragment speaks of comforting and hopeful anticipation for a loved one’s return home after a long absence, with cheerful expectations of safe arrival and reunion during the coming summer season.
Four Winnfield men were arrested by game warden Marvin Lively for possessing about twenty five squirrels and faced September term court in this city. Squirrels stored on ice could not reach the Monroe orphanage. Earlier Sam Woodward Clyde Holloway and Clyde Alen of Clarks were jailed for off season killing and bond set for September 8 trial.
A crowd of children faced the new school year with mixed feelings. Twenty three of sixty four said they are glad, fourteen leaned toward military, nine are seriously ready for work, while a boy dreamed of piloting a government plane but faced the need for schooling.
A quiet home wedding connected Miss Maudie Miy Thurmon and Mr. A C Dominick of Mira Louisiana took place at the Thurmon home Sunday at nine o'clock with only immediate family present. The Reverend W J Bolla of First Baptist performed the ceremony. Afterward the couple planned a trip to Biloxi and New Orleans before settling at Mira. Mrs Dominick wore a brown traveling costume and is noted as a former teacher admired in the state.
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