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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1912
Page
3
A county committee reports raising funds to cover the shortfall in appropriations for a new Grand Bay school. They propose a $4,700 target with $1,700 already pledged, amid crop failure relief discussions and plans for a school structure under the county’s school system.
The meeting of the Road Commissioners held recently ended late with a vote to alter improvement specs. The resolution lets the board change materials after bids are awarded, a move County official Strange did not approve, while the board sees benefits to the project.
The text outlines Mobile's port expansion and growing trade since new channel opened. It cites support from Congressmen Clarke and Taylor for government assistance and notes key routes: Liverpool, Manchester, Bremen, Cuba, New York, Mexico, the Lesser Antilles, and emerging South American connections. Emphasizes low port charges and rail-terminal model fueling competition and future depth-based growth.
Lamar Keller and R R Zepperer were held on $500 bonds each by United States Commissioner Jones for alleged white slavery operations. They posted bond and were released, with return to Savannah. Parents of Anna May Lee and Frankie Cowart have not yet posted bonds.
Photos show Miss May Sutton before and after a dramatic training transformation. The former world champion now appears much thinner as she returns to English courts to defend her title this summer. Sutton has been practicing in Cincinnati ahead of the defense.
In 1913 Mobile officials led by E J Flowers dispatched about fifty telegrams to Kansas City inviting the Loyal Order of Moose convention to Mobile. The election for the convention city was set for Wednesday morning with pressure from Chamber of Commerce hotels Knights of Columbus and Elks.
Joseph Spachs who ran a lodging house at Conti and St Emanuel streets was in court after being arrested in peace proceedings. The dispute with a neighbor was settled out of court and the charge was dismissed.
J Berbeze a Marine street butcher was arraigned for selling non inspected meat and meat slaughtered outside a regular abattoir. He was fined 5 dollars in each case and paid after withdrawing appeal. He had been arrested by Chief Inspector Slarsh of the meat and milk inspection department.
President John T. Cochrane of the Alabama Tennessee and Northern railroad returns from a trip through Indiana and Illinois. He notes that Wilson will be elected but Roosevelt has a strong following and will influence the two states.
The Alabama artillery battalion will hold an encampment in Mobile in the latter part of this month or early September. Battery D from Birmingham and Battery C from Selma will conduct ten days of target practice while in Mobile.
Richard Jones Sr., a court clerk, returns from Jackson's Wells Alabama where he spent weeks of recreation and notes the Jackson area is becoming thickly populated with more activity and people.
Wm. H. McDonald of Farnsdale Alabama who runs a hotel and livery filed for bankruptcy. His petition listed liabilities at 1146 dollars and assets at 1140 dollars all of which were exempt under the laws. He was adjudicated a bankrupt.
The roller coaster at Monroe Park, unused this year and barely used last summer, is being torn down and replaced by another attraction. The Mobile public did not support the amusement enough to sustain the enterprise.
Information received in the city today states John Knox of Annis ton is set for appointment to the state supreme bench as successor to Judge R L Simpson. Elliott G Rick ardy of Mobile has never been a candidate for the appointment.
The Fairhope mayoral race features incumbent H. S. Greene running on the Citizens ticket, Frank T. Johnson the Socialist challenger, and J. M. Pilcher backed by the Single Tax faction. The political climate on the eastern shore is described as murky.
Secretary Troy of the Chamber of Commerce and Business League previews a new edition promoting Mobile. The pamphlet will include illustrations and fresh data to meet strong demand for literature of this description and replenish low stock of the previous issue.
The Knights and Ladies of Honor of this city announce a night bay ride to Coney Island on September 6 aboard the steamer Pleasure Bay. Departure is set for 7:30 PM.
A group of residents left last night by train for Tuskegee, Alabama, to attend the state meeting of the order with plans to participate in official sessions and related activities.
The many friends of Phelan B. Dorson III will be pleased to learn he is ill with fever and receiving care for several days.
President Henry McLaughlin of the Pensacola Mobile and New Orleans Railroad, returning from Pensacola, met with Pensacola leaders about the Mobile bay crossing. He declined to reveal details and urged the committee to submit their ideas in writing, signaling a stalemate over the bay trestle and drive way.
A telegram from Uskup reports an agreement between the Turkish government and Albanian insurgents marching toward Saloniki. The Albanians are said to start returning home.
By order of the circuit court for Berrien county Michigan the Portman Randall Lumber Co at Ovett Mississippi is offered for sale. Sealed bids must be received by August 2 1912 directed to the county clerk in Berrien and opened by him. The sale includes two tenant houses and six buildings on leased land with a boiler and engine saw mill making machine veneer machine and shafting pulleys etc in fair condition. Receiver A Sablin of Detroit Harbor Michigan directs inquiries.
The notice states that neither the master nor the owner nor the ship Rokeby are responsible for any debts contracted by her crew. D. M. Hood signs as master.
The State Tax Commission will in the next days raise tax assessments in Money County from five million to ten million dollars. Notices to property owners indicate the county commissioners have had assessments set aside and new figures prepared. The commission may meet the board of revenue for a conference to discuss raises, expected to mirror Jefferson County increases.
Miss Sarah Barnwell Elliott president of the Tennessee Equal Suffrage League replies to a newspaper inquiry about supporting Woodrow Wilson. She says each local group may work as they see fit and urged backing the candidate best for the country, not simply because he supports suffrage. She criticizes Roosevelt and the Republican party for centralization of power and notes Chattanooga’s effort to get state endorsement for Roosevelt.
A Michigan man testifies that Foley Kidney Pills cured long standing kidney and bladder trouble after six years of illness. He was bedridden until starting the remedy and immediately felt relief. The ad urges others to try the pills and notes they are sold by Var Antwerp Drug Corporation.
Hon Henry Chamberlain presiding: Mary Fort defeats Sarah Cox. Crichton Sanitary Store loses to George Wilson. Theodore Horn wins against Mobile Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Hanson-Neilson Milling Co. wins by default over 8 McDonald for 81.15 dollars. F M Taylor loses to Ben Harney Amusement Co. William H. Monk Jr. prevails over Daniel H. Winter. Monk Jr. defeats G L Royston for 28.50. A A Martin loses to R O and R N Blake.
Representative Henry of Texas accepts invitations to campaign for Governor Wilson, planning speeches in Maine and Vermont next week for the gubernatorial race coverage.
Secretary MacVeagh today reorganized the customs service at Chicago and Atlanta plus ten other ports, bringing the total to 180 ports. About twenty ports including Tampa remain to be reorganized.
In Mobile Alabama August 19 1912 the Regis ter’s Office notes a non resident defendant Eugene Graves of New Orleans Louisiana must plead answer or demur to the bill by September 23 1912 or after 30 days the bill will be taken as confessed. The order will run one week for four consecutive weeks in The Kil Daily Item. CARI HOLZBORN Register.
At the Mobile River Commission city hall a steel box safe proved burglar proof for two days. City Clerk Inge failed to open it and a safe expert was called. Attorney Aubrey Boyles waited to see cemetery property stored there. Two experts bored holes but did not open the lock. Chief Walsh may be asked to hire a yeggman with soup to finish the job.
Mobile reports Captain James W. Ezell of Fruitdale died Sunday aged, survived by a widow and six sons. Funeral Monday at his home, burial at Magnolia Cemetery on Captain Jasper Williams’ Magnolia-on-the-River plantation. Captain A. J. Stone, 89, longtime steamboat pilot and Confederate veteran, died Tuesday at a local infirmary. He leaves two brothers and a sister. funeral time to be announced.
The Theodore community votes on disposing of sixteenth section lands to fund school improvements. The Mobile County Civic Society plans to pursue the issue as well.
Joseph Romus is charged with interfering with an officer after attempting to block the arrest of Onotha Godina a sailor in the river front district Romus fought Deputy Sheriff John L Brown and required assistance from others to bring him under control.
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