Rates On Many Alabama Commodities At Stake
The Alabama Railroad Commission reviews L and N tariff applications affecting about 150 commodities in Alabama. Advances target lumber lime stone and other items with price increases from Mobile to Bay Longview and other points. hearings in Montgomery consider mileage tariff definitions. The commission will rule after study, with disputes over mileage classifications and the term image or table A unsettled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cobb
Mobile Ber of Commerce
Louisville and Nashville Rails
Ala- 3 Railroad Commission
Ia Railroad Commission
L. & Nailroad
Alamo
Mobile
L. A
Alabama
Montgomery
Uisville and Nashville Railroad
Louiisville and Nashville Railroad Company
L. & N. Railroad
Bay Longview
Ala
Say Black
Georgiana
Oregonian in Mobile County Boosts Pecan and Satsuma Lands
Ex United States Senator Jonathan Bourne of Portland arrives in Mobile with Mrs Ramsey and Miss Spencer and later joined by Miss Little Page from Washington. Bourne promotes Mobile County pecan and Satsuma lands and praises the Mobile Item crop report as evidence of active diversified plans and a live newspaper working for the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Jonathan ‘Bourne
Portland
Ore
Mobile
Far West
Metropolis
Florence E. Ramsey
Caroline B Spencer
Washington
D. C
Ella Little‘page
Bourne
Oregon
Inferior Court News Highlights Local Sentences
Yancey Hogan, a white man who fled the county road convict camp while serving thirty days for assault and battery, appeared in inferior criminal court on Saturday for escaping hard labor and received thirty more days. Hogan was recaptured by Deputy Sheriffs Jess and Oberhans. Edward Harris and Bernie Beasley were jailed ten days for gaming. Jess McQueen, Joe McMillan, and Buster Brown paid ten days hard labor for vagrancy by gaming. Jim Coster and Ben Jacobs, fined ten days in jail. Lattie Simmons jailed ten days for may. Ter Henry jailed one day for vilous prosecution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yancey Hogan
County Road
Inferior Criminal Court
Hogan
Jes
Oberhans
Edward Harris
Bernie Beasley
Jess McQueen
Joe McMillan
Buster Brown
Jim Coster
Ben Jacobs
Attie Simmons
Mey
Ter Henry
Big river packets depart with heavy freight cargoes
Marine news reports two large river packets the Peerless operating on the Alabama river and the John Quill on the Tombigbee leaving the docks at dusk with feed hardware fertilizer and other freight. The Vance arrives from Scotland and the Alexandrian loads for Liverpool while the Gypsum Empress remains at anchor.
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Alabama
Tombigbee
Peerless
John Quill
Tombigbee River
Municipal
Viator
Cardiff
Wales
Puerto Cortez
Vance
Greenock
Scotland
Spanish River
Samuelson
Lower Bay
United States Engineering Department
Mobile
Mobile River
H. M. Lindsey
C. Keller
United States Engineer Office
Ala
Dauphin Way
American
United States
VESSELS IN PORT Destination and dock status list
The record lists vessels at various ports with their current conditions. Ollinger Bruce ships undergo repairs at Gulf Dry Docks and lie at Liverpool and Puerto Cortez municipal docks. Other craft are noted at Henderson, L N Docks, and Kingston areas with barkentines and schooners recorded among Gulf Dry Docks and river ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ollinger-Bruce Dry Docks
Gulf Dry Docks
Puerto Cortez
Municipal Docks
Liverpool
Eng
UL. & N. Docks
Barks
Ollinger-Bruce Docks
Peer Bente Docks
da An
Stream
L. &N. Docks
Turner Terminal
Spanish River
A Woman Now Holds an Office in Greenville
Mrs. E. D. Thames of Greenville became the first woman to hold public office there, appointed to the board of education by the city council. She is a renowned Alabama clubwoman active in educational work. The note also mentions ships Ottar and Frontera sailing or expected to sail for Cuban and Galveston ports, with the Frontera trading cattle and cargo between Frontera and Progreso. Naval reports describe derelicts and wrecks near Diamond Shoal and off the coast, with derelict schooners and wreckage sighted and dangerous waters noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenville
E. D. Thames
Council of the City
Board of Education
Ottar
Frontera
Galveston
Tex
Progreso
Mex
Diamond Shoal
Lizzie D. Wilkey
Proteus
Maritime vessel movements bound for various ports
A dense list of ships and cargos bound for Mobile, the Gulf coast, and European ports. Vessels include the Ganges, Parchim, Normandy, Norwegian, Sigurd, and Verona among others, with owners such as Munson Line, Whitney Bodden Co, United Fruit Company, and Hunter Benn & Co. The note also cites destinations in Havana, Demerara, Liverpool, and Puerto Barrios along with masters or owners. The report closes with a remark on a writer's stance on dispositions and international law.
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Vance
Samuelson
Glascow
Scot
Bark Ganges
Goeraldson
West Hartlepool
Eng
Gulf States Shipping Co
Bennestret
Tennessen
Mandal
European Lumber and Transit Co
D. H. Rivers
Simmons
San Juan
P. R
S. Alderney
Gjertsen
Havana
Cuba
Pensacola
Munson Line
Parchim
Anderson
Plymouth
Normandy
du Buhr
New York
Liverpool
Georgia D. Jenkins
McLean
Demerara
Walker
Mobile Liners, Inc
S. S. Norwegian
Brown
Edna V. Pickens
Butler
Whitney Bodden. & Co
Annie F. Conion
Moody
Page & Jones
S. S. Viator
Erikson, Garston
Hubbard-Zemurray Line
Barkentine Stranger
Whitney
San Fernandino
Trinidad
Whitney Bodden Co
Paolina
Ital
S. S. Sigurd
Dan
Peterson, Aarhuus
S. S. Ottar
Smith
Munson Steamship Company
Eobrin
Christiania
Norway
Oy City Exve Company
Fort Gaines
Knudser
Tela
James W. Paul,Jr
Simmons, Progreso
Mex
Jensen
Judge Williams Reclassifies Confederate Pension Widows
Judge Williams announces a state act to reclassify widows of Confederate soldiers on the pension rolls by age. The State Auditor provides blanks for widows over 70 and those on the third class, with deadlines for applications by May 3, 1914 to secure July increases. Widows are grouped into Class 1 eighty plus or totally blind, Class 2 over seventy, and Class 3 all others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Price Williams, Jr
M. C. Allgood
Williams
Gibbons and Clabby Set Later New Orleans Bout
In New Orleans on April 11, Mike Gibbons of St. Paul and Jimmie Clabby of Hammond Ind will fight in a twenty round middleweight bout during May. Promoter Tortorich secured Gibbons signing and a contract preventing him from other twenty round matches until March 1916.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Mike Gibbons
St. Paul
Crichton Welcomes Guests With Musical Tea amid Easter Events
In Crichton Alabama on Burton avenue Mrs C Burton hosted a musical tea for Miss Lena Cote and Miss Ethel Britain from Canada. The event featured palms and pink roses, with refreshments. Easter egg hunt at Saint Catherine Church rewarded Josephine Cazalas with a golden egg and a rabbit prize. Friends of Lester Schreve mourn his house fire on Moffat road last Thursday night, though furniture was saved. Walter Lord has returned home and is convalescing. Mobile district conference of the M E Church South met at the Crichton church with broad church growth reports. Ladies served oyster gumbo ham sandwiches chicken salads cake and coffee. Next district oration to Jackson and Toulminville. Toulminville won. Haas Place cottages near completion ready for occupancy. Thomas McKenna and family of Ogden Sure are riders.
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Crichton
Ala
C. Burton
Burton Avenue
Lena Cote
Ethel Britain
Canada
Saint Catherine _ Church
Josephine Cazalas
Lester Schreve
Moffat Road
Walter Lord
Mobile District
M. E. Church
South
Methodist Church
Mobile
Jackson, Ala
Toulminville
Haas Place
Thomas McKenna
Fey
Viator Arrives After Long Voyage From Cardiff via Bermuda
The Norwegian steamer Viator, captained by C. Eriksen, arrived in Mobile after a voyage from Cardiff via Bermuda. She faced coal shortages near Bermuda, mixed Cardiff bunker with anthracite, and reported nine ships ahead for bunkering. In Bermuda they observed the grounded Cottonfield, lost masts in a recent storm, awaiting coal for Puerto Cortez cargo.
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Tower Bay
C. Eriksen
Cardiff
Bermuda
Mobile
Ceemagy
Bristol Channel
Erikson
Cottonfield
Wrightson
Viators
Puerto Cortez
Prichard Social News Highlights and Local Happenings
Mrs J Monroe Chapman and daughter Adelle and Mrs Samuel T Barnes and son Freeman return to Jackson after a visit. Epworth League meets Sunday at 6:30 with Julia Davis leading. Methodist church services at 11 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Sunday school at 9:30 a.m. Ladies Aid meets Thursday at Mrs Robert Caswell’s home. W O W show raised funds for a new hall. Drug store work advances. several new homes and roof repairs noted. Tent meetings draw crowds and new members to be baptized at 3 p.m. tomorrow. Mrs Frank Baxter visits sister Mrs Ed George at Plateau. Mrs Sarah Wilkins and children visit relatives in Whistler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chappelle
Ladies’ Aid Society
Robert Caswell
Prichard
Frank Baxter
Ed George
Plateau
Sarah Wilkins
Whistler
Fishermen Set Sail for Snapper Banks Excursion
Forty five fishing sportsmen aboard the Echo of Mobile Towing and Wrecking Co will depart at daylight Sunday and return at dusk. From the fishing grounds reports say the bite is good and the group expects a fine catch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banks
Echo
Mobile Towing and Wrecking Company
Camden social notes and school events highlight Easter visitations
Misses Effie and Olivia McArthur arrive from Montgomery for Easter holidays while Miss Jinnie Fuller returns to Montgomery. Local residents attend Sunday school conventions in Dothan and Montgomery, join educational meetings, and host a silver tea. The eighth grade picnic is postponed due to rain as Mr. Charlie Tait suffers a stroke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camden Camden
Ala
Effie
Olivia McArthur
Woman's College
Montgomery
Camden
Jinnie Fuller
Elizabeth Lockwood
Nadanah
Addie Dixon
Farmersville
Hayden Jones
Myrtle Fair
Johnnie Harris
Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
G. T. Donnelly
Edgar Pritcett
Dothan
Methodist
E. W. Berry
Ola Fairly
Rock West
S. R. Fairly
Warren Primm
Claude Hardy
Wilcox County High School
O. C. Weaver
Rosa ‘Chisolm
J.S. Foster
Daisy Dale
W. B. Jones
Ladies of the Baptist Church
Carlise Duke
Mobilé
Wallace
Miss Palfrey
State Educational Association
Mary Charles O'Neal
Selma
W. J. Bonner
Ira
Hattie Blount
Louisville
Charlie Tait
Felix Tait
Tait
Mobilians Organize Real Estate Firm in Mobile
The Hamilton Realty and Financing Corporation, a Mobile based company of local citizens, filed incorporation papers to conduct real estate insurance and financial business. It starts with a paid up capital of $5,000. Officers listed include Henry C. Hamilton as president L. C. Hamilton as vice president and J. L. Hamilton as secretary and treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobilians
Hamilton Realty and Financing Corporation
Mobile
Henry C. Hamilton
L. C. Hamilton
J. L. Hamilton
Posey Guilty Of Selling Heroin To Dope Fiends
John R. Posey a druggist in the city was convicted in city court on Saturday of selling cocaine or heroin without a prescription and fined 25 dollars plus court costs totaling 53.15. Detective Warren Burch arrested him months ago as the city health board waged war on drug sellers. Two Black presumed eyewitnesses testified. Judge O J Semmes slated sentencing for Monday as court adjourns to the week of April 26 with a roster including Price Smith and John Robinson facing charges for grand larceny and related crimes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John R. Posey
Posey
Warren Burch
Police Department
City Board of Health
Ida May Willis
Mary Wilkins
Elmira Street
St. Emanuel
O. J. Semmes
Tompkins & Kirkpatrick
Henry Goodman
Supreme Court
Price Smith
Phinney Smith
John Robinon
Jesse Scarbrough
Haig Prichard
A. Lillard
Edward Miles
Samuel E. Pouncey
Patents Granted to Alabama Citizens
Washington April 10 Special Messrs Davis Davis patent attorneys report the grant to citizens of this state of several patents. Names include Eugene G Burke Birmingham coal washing apparatus N Hayes Birmingham disinfector for flushing tanks William B Campbell Gadsden track oiler Joseph C DuBois East Lake stool Bureh A Taylor Springville illuminated sign John Butenschon Anniston illuminated sign William M Dalton America wire stretcher James W Davis Birmingham water heater Charlie Gentry Attalla collapsible chicken coop Kieffer G Soover Demopolis time controlled mechanism Henry P Richardson Killen hoop machine Richard Scott Greenville wrench.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
J -Messrs
Davis & Davis
Washington, D. C
Eugene G. Burke
N. Hayes
Birmingham
William B. Campbell
Gadsen
Joseph C. DuBois
East Lake
Bureh A. Taylor
Springville
John Butenschon
Anniston
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C. of
Mobile County
Inferior Court News
Prinz Eitel Friedrich
Portsmouth
Prinz Eitel Friederich
Marine News
K. C. Keller
Corps of Engineers
Alexandrian
England
Tofa
Curacao
D. W
Lawrence
Barkentines Glenry
Ndegara
Henderson Docks _ Schooners
Krum
Denmark
River Platte
Orleans
Uban
North Side
Cuban
United Kingdom
Tream Ollingér & Bruce Bay Steamers
Wenee
Fort Eslava
Weeeeree Municipal Docks
West Coast
Africa
Gibbons
Clabby
REISS
Shepherd
Messaline
Danchinc
SK Emanuel 3
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