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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1915
Page
4
The Gulf Coast Horticultural Society will hold a two day session in Mobile with representatives from Alabama Florida and Mississippi attending. President W H Reynolds has secured many speakers including government officials from Washington and state horticulturists to bolster citrus and pecan growing.
The Item urges adding Spanish to public and private school curricula in Alabama. It argues practical value for trade with Spanish speaking nations, especially for male students, urging thorough conversational courses to enable immediate use in commerce and local affairs.
W P G Harding outlines a land mortgage bank under state control to finance farmers without deposits. The bank would loan up to half the property value, with six percent profit to stockholders and the rest to the state for roads and schools. Amortization would guarantee borrowers pay off principal, protecting homesteads and boosting farm values.
A summary of Alabama Court of Appeals rulings from Morgan, DeKalb, Anniston, Mobile, Tuscaloosa, Jefferson, Birmingham, Walker and Bessemer cases. Reversals remands affirmations and writs of mandamus issued. several appeals dismissed. Notable actions include Marion Thomas v State and Carrie A Baker v Fred Clark with reversals and remands.
Mrs. Sallie Jordan wife of the inventor of the cotton planter and long invalid in her home at ST STEPHENS Alabama died this week. A large crowd from Washington and Clarke counties attended the funeral and burial services. She is survived by one son C Lee Jordan of this place and many other relatives, some living in Coffeeville.
A social exhortation urges readers to begin a personal ripple of spending to pay debts and buy necessities. It compares lessons from childhood to modern finance urging immediate action to circulate money.
Reader asks how many woodenware factories in Alabama Tennessee and Georgia produce buckets La tub packing pails no data available suggests checking directories Manhattan Island length from Battery Park to Harlem River eight and a quarter miles reader asks for brass polishing formula using nitric and sulfuric acids with steps M H A asks for proof Cyrus king of Persia began reign in 588 or 536 B C none certain history largely legendary authorities disagree
Mr and Mrs Thomas Broadus and children visited their daughter Mrs F Pierce Sunday. Mrs Felix Pierce convalescing. Wheelerville and Bakers schools report good attendance. Lester Shreave the R F D mail carrier at six mile post on Moffat road lost his house and contents in a Thursday night fire. Visitors to Mobile included John Fincher Henry Kanning Curtis Lane and Charles Gooding. Hattie Lane and Catherine Pierce visited Miss Gertrude Cody Saturday. Mr and Mrs Louis Foster moved to Peene John Fincher visited Seippi Sunday.
The Item offers prizes for readers naming a favorite comic page character and why. Submit one side of the paper by April 30 with the character name and feature title. The best entry wins a merchandise order up to $10, with second and next ten prizes.
Manila and nearby area residents are listed visiting and hosting events. Individuals mentioned include Alex and Willie Whitehead Gainestown, Mrs B O Boykin Jackson, J J Mason Thomasville with cattle, J F Boykin, H J Dunn whose plant and dry kiln burned, Miss Pearl Jowers visiting Jackson, Dr Daghiberg and daughter Dora en route to Suggsville, John Edward Marshall on Mobile business, Frank Forwood Gulfport, ice cream supper at Suggsville, Rever D M Pearson, Travis Payne Gaines town.
In Kushla Kushla Ala on Sunday the Sunday school enjoyed a duet His Yoke is Easy sung by Salina Miller and Katharine Orr. Salina Miller and Katharine McDonald received yes for memorizing the twenty third Psalm. Ollie Miller recovering with relatives in Mobile is improving. Neighborly Club to meet next Saturday the 24th hosted by Mr and Mrs A H Sturtevant. Harry Boyd of Gainesville spent Friday night with E F McDonald. Lucy Sturtevant, visiting Mobile, expected home this week. W T Carpenter of Saraland traveled to Citronelle Saturday and spent today in Kushla on return.
Montrose Alabama residents hosted guests over the weekend at multiple homes. Among those noted were Mr and Mrs E B Fell and several friends, extended visits by Mrs Tsukasa Kiyono and Lillian Vaughn, and Miss Annie Sibley of Mobile visiting Montrose with local hosts.
Last weekend Dauphin Island hosted a group of visitors including Mr. C N Savage and two daughters from California Pennsylvania Mr and Mrs W C Griffing plus guest Grand Bay Alabama Mr S Talmage Munson Steamship Line manager Mobile Alabama Mr J H Webb Gregory L Smith and Harry Hardy Smith Mrs Sidney R Prince and two sons Gregory and Sidney Mr L S Jackman and two daughters Mr J M Dewberry and daughter Mr W H Sanford Mobile Rev Heflin Birmingham and Dr Shott and his mother Sioux City Iowa Surf bathing was notably delightful and enjoyable.
The ae boat Wheeling has been ordered from Guantanamo to relieve the battleship Georgia at Vera Cruz. The cruiser Des Moines at Santo Domingo was ordered to Guantanamo to fit out for her trip to eastern Mediterranean waters where she will relieve the cruiser Tennessee. The Des Moines will go in place of the cruiser Chester, which has been ordered to Philadelphia for repairs. Later the Chester may relieve the cruiser North Carolina, also off the Turkish coast.
The Spoilers featuring William Farnum plays at the Empire Theatre with Kathryn Williams and others in a tale of strength against dishonest government and a spectacular mine blast. Tomorrow Willard stars in The Heart Punch with Richard Travers and Lillian Drew. Crown Theatre presents Should a Woman Tell led by Miss N. A. Tzernova.
Isabel and John reconcile after a church Sunday, then encounter Adelaide Simmons and Henry Dennis on Broadway. Adelaide presses Isabel to attend a social gathering at her home next Thursday, arranging a mixed- company party that tests their cautious truce.
Alan Allen reports the death of Confederate veteran Richard Reeves at eighty, after weeks of suffering. Funeral services held at Union Church. Burial delays impacted Sunday school. Local notices note visitors and social visits, with teen Essie Groves returning home after a week.
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