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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 18, 1915
Page
5
An auditor's report from Mobile Alabama dated April 18 1916 includes financial figures such as Net Paid amounts 3889 and 4203 for some accounts. It mentions Beburben and parbag with figures 5434 and 1616 1718, reflecting ending balances or disbursements.
The Publicity committee of the Chamber of Commerce will film reading feature industries in the county including citrus and cactus farms. Incidents from today’s Mobile vs Atlanta Southern League game will be captured. Roads, turpentine mills, stock farms in Sumter will be filmed and shown nationwide to promote the region’s prospects.
County Game and Fish Warden A Edwards retires citing inadequate pay and high expenses. He argues for a fixed county wage plus a percentage of fines to sustain enforcement, aiming to curb poaching and protect depleted game and fish resources.
The article notes improving conditions nationwide lifting Mobile trade, with less hoarding and stronger demand for steel rails, pig iron, lumber, and cotton. It cites rising New York stock market, anticipated orders, and eventual peace talks as boosting business confidence and port prosperity for Mobile and its lumber sector.
The Mobile Home Garden Association, backed by city commissioners, seeks broad public support to employ the unemployed on vacant lots. Leaders include Very Rev Gardner C. Tucker and Revs A G Moses E A Donnelly and Thomas J Eaton, representing diverse denominations. Members urge Mobile residents to join. fees are modest to sustain the effort until self supporting.
Inside information reaches The Item about a highly lively Birmingham meeting of the Alabama Medical Association, with plans for tall doings and strong activity expected throughout the week.
Despite Birmingham leading Mobile in population, Mobile showed a surprisingly strong performance in the Young Men's Christian Association membership race. The Gulf City edges the Magic City in class and form according to the returns, though Birmingham remains ahead in population.
Arlington status remains unclear as Monroe Park prepares to open for the summer. Residents recall Arlington as a once-proud spot for Mobilians along the Shell Road, but no recent updates have been heard.
Soon bay boats will ply regularly to the Eastern Shore as warm weather travel begins. Tourism is poised to surge with the start of the season and more visitors expected amid rising coastal activity.
The Lambert Water Cappy Company of Mobile supplied a contract for water works installation in Bay Minette Alabama. The project aims to improve the city water system and the works are currently underway with funds allocated by local authorities.
W F Owen of the New Orleans Mobile and Chicago railroad reported to the Mobile district court that the line can meet its outstanding obligations. The receivership nears end and observers credit Owen for a remarkable turnaround amid months of difficulty. Congratulatory sentiment comes from those tied to the Panama Route as court action nears termination and reinstatement of the receiver.
A reader asks why the South has cast Democratic electoral votes since 1880. The column explains the term Solid South and offers concise factual responses to related questions on Catholic presidents, women’s suffrage, prohibition, and admissible constitutional powers, citing states and conditions without argumentative debate.
An essay arguing mothers often misread their daughters yet remain the strongest, most loving influence. It contrasts modern pressures with maternal devotion, citing Spanish proverb wisdom and common cultural depictions of mothers in theatre, novels, and life.
State convict department transfer agent J B Erwin escorted Archie Lambert a Clarke county burglary convict through Mobile on a Saturday night en route to Wetumpka for imprisonment.
Alvin W. Roper, pianist, will present a full evening program at Harte Auditorium for North Side Baptist Church on Monday night April 19 at 8 o clock. He has worked with Professor E O Excell for six years and has accompanied state and national conventions across the United States.
Mobile physicians from the Mobile Medical Society will travel to Birmingham Alabama for the State Medical Association convention at the Tutwiler Hotel on Tuesday and Wednesday. Delegates A E Manneene and P J Howard will seek to move the next session to Mobile. City health officer Dr Charles A Mohr and Dr W P Gaines will also attend.
T. J. Mattox a Montgomery newsdealer was arrested after selling a Times Picayune issue with a liquor advertisement in violation of the Denson anti liquor advertising law. He waived examination and was bound over to the grand jury. Mattox said he employed a man to remove ads and said the liquor ad sale was a mistake.
Fred Lane age 22 was arrested Saturday night at Government and Catherine streets by Deputy Sheriff Lee Soles on a statutory charge and jailed without bail. The affidavit was sworn by M W McCarthy a relative. The alleged victim is May E Lane a sister in law of the defendant. Lane lives in Cottage Hill. He denies the charge.
The Norwegian steamer Freda of the Seeberg Steamship Company arrived in the harbor Saturday morning from Progreso Mexico carrying 4965 bales of sish grass in its cargo.
Professor Excell’s music program at Winona Lake Chautauqua includes piano and pipe organ items with Roper leading. The bill lists Rachmaninoff Moonlight, Beethoven Spring, Mendelssohn, Tchaikowsky, Chaminade, McDowell Humoresque, Dvorak, Rubinstein, Grieg, Schumann, Chopin selections, Wagner Liszt finale, and Hymn Improvisations among works to be performed. A. W. Roper accompanies and presents solos and choral work in the assembly.
George Boltz reports in The Item from Mobile Alabama on April 16 1915 a cat adopting a rat that nurses with the kittens and nest in a wall. He invites readers to visit his sister Mrs H J Scott to verify the curious scene and asks for more diversification stories signed by readers.
Leo Townsend will start the opening game of the Gull series against Atlanta here this afternoon according to manager Charles Schmidt. The Gull lineup remains as in the previous game.
Chicago reports a rally as July wheat futures closed up 21-8, the strongest in the list, with May and September also higher. Bulls gain as crop outlook firms, foreigners stay long, and domestic demand shifts toward shipments and millers. Coarse grains rise with corn and oats. cash demand limited but 400,000 bushels of cash corn traded. Provisions gain on higher hogs and grains as packers cover shorts.
Captain Reuben F Kolb former Alabama commissioner of agriculture celebrated his seventy fifth birthday with warm congratulations from capitol officials and citizens across the state. He received over a hundred telegrams and messages while declaring I am seventy five years young. Kolb has served two terms as agriculture commissioner and twice ran for governor. he commanded the Kolb battery during the Civil War.
E O Fowlkes of the Dunlap Mercantile Co traveled to Washington New York and Nashville for business Saturday night. Guests registering at the St Andrew Hotel include B F Adams Fulton J C Hicks Chatom R M Boykin Calvert J C Andrews Camden R C Heard Grove Hill J E Rob inson Grove Hill W G Rob inson Grove Hill and W P Minnich Fairhope also B W Bates Selma and Eli Giddens Evergreen. K A Chappelle formerly with Mobile and now with the Montgomery Journal visits the city. M Chisholm of Jackson Miss Leslie H Wilbur of Birmingham and F D Miller ali ae are registered at the Battle House. Maile E Week me of the Yee stone Tire Co with his bile
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