Trouble Averts Labor Trouble at Ocean Springs
Ocean Springs Mississippi August 10 authorities appointed special deputies to handle a fishermen’s strike avoiding potential labor trouble. Union threats surrounded non union workers at the ice factory but deputies ensured boats left with full ice loads. Biloxi schooners sail to shrimping grounds amid fears of renewed conflict with the Foster Fountain Packing Company.
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Ocean Springs
Miss
Biloxi
Ames
Lh A. Lundy
Foster Fountain Packing Company
Mercedes Baltar
Elroy
Clara Fountain
Louisiana
Back Bay
Fishermen’s Union
Foster Fountain Company
Bourne and Gray to Participate in Good Roads Days
Hon. Jonathan Bourne Jr a former Oregon senator and landholder in Mobile will speak on Good Roads Days August 16 17. Congressman Oscar L Gray of Alabama District One also invited by Mobile County Board of Commissioners after their meeting. Captain John Craft Alabama Good Roads Association will aid in arrangements with Secretary Alvarez and a Grand Bay meeting is planned for the first day.
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Jonathan Bourne, Jr
Oregon
Mobile County
Bourne
Oscar L. Gray
Alabama
Board of County Commissioners
John Craft
Alabama Good Roads Association
Mobile
Captain Craft
Alvarez
Grand Bay
Senator Bourne Plans Southern County Governors Meet
Senator Bourne will attend a governors meet benefiting Irvington Coden Bayou La Batre and nearby southern communities with a northern Citronelle meeting for county residents. He has gained large holdings and is described as an eager county booster and former chair of the Senate joint committee on federal aid for post roads.
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Irvington
Coden
Bayou la Batre
Citronelle
Bourne
United States Senate
Fort Morgan Soldiers Put On Waiting Orders
The Thirty-ninth Company of Coast Artillery at Fort Morgan plus the One Hundred and Seventieth at South Carolina were ordered to be ready to move on short notice. They previously went to the Mexican border in 1914 and now may be sent again to act as infantry if needed.
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Thirty-ninth Company
Coast Artillery
Fort Morgan
South Carolina
War Department
Big Point Personalities Highlight Local Visits
Big Point Misses and local residents share news of visits and trips. Mrs Ralph Morgan visited near Hurley, Ned Corereturned from Pascagoula, and Mrs Paul Davis will visit Knoxville with their young son. Local nursery officials Saibara Nursery Co Mobile toured McKinnonville. Dr Huntley preached here and held conference. In McKinnonville Misses Hinote Malone Lee and friends traveled to Barrinean Park and Atmore for visits and gatherings.
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BIG Point
Miss
Ralph Morgan
Stridler
K. Kiyona
K. Saibara
Saibara Nursery Co
Mobile
Huntley
Ed Snider
Moss Point
George Duncan
Ned Wallace
Hurley
J. Snell
Carl Parkhurst
Walter Cunningham
A. L. McCallum
Barrinean Ps
W. G. Smith
Pensacola
Cc. A.malone
C. B. McCall
Oak Grove
Ethel Hinote
Evadine Malone
McKinnonville
Jones Mill Ball Team Wins Two In Perdue Hill
The Jones Mill ball club defeated Perdue Hill in two games at Perdue Hill on Friday. A large crowd attended a Saturday picnic at Monnestee, reported a fine time. Local presses note community updates and church services across Jones Mill.
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Jones Mill
Ala
Perdue Hill
Monnestee
Ethel Sawyer
Beaumont
Mobile
Clifford Mullens
McKee
Jones Stocky
Joe Nall
Viola Atmore
Nall
Tom Jones
Gant
The
Still
Sallie Bogget
Poplar Springs
Irene Ross
Riland
Katie Jones
M. A. Chumm
Nero
Spilo Baptist Church
Jones Mill Methodist
Mt. Phiega Baptist Pare
of Uriah
Sean Ee Mare
Alabama’s water power would drive regional prosperity
The article argues Alabama’s rivers can yield over one million horsepower, far more than Niagara power. It envisions widespread small manufacturers, cotton goods growth, and in-state finishing of raw materials like bauxite to keep profits within Alabama, boosting employment and regional prosperity.
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Alabama
Niagara Falls
Niagara
Alabama Power Company Seeks Tax Exemption for Water Power
The 1907 law exempts from taxation for 11 years all plants developed to harness Alabama rivers. Since 1911 the Alabama Power Company has invested millions in state water power, employing local labor and financing through state funds. The company states it sought no extensions or favors beyond legal entitlement under the state code.
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Alabama Power Company
Alabama
Eam Alabama
Ain
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WL. P. Cresap Co., Ltd
New Orleans
Negro Quarter
Elorence Lister
Florence Lister
Lister
Washington
Coosa-Alabama
James Mitchell
Lock
Coosa-Alabama River
Anniston
Oxford
Talladega
Attalla
Pell City
Ragland
Leeds
Lincoln
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