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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1914
Page
8
Samson Tabb filed suit in the law equity court against Home Industry Iron Works for 5000 damages alleging a coworker dropped a heavy jack on his right hand while repairing a steamer, causing the loss of a finger and other injuries.
In Lexington Kentucky the Intercollegiate Athletic Association debated a rule restricting one year eligibility in schools sports. The measure failed by a large majority allowing smaller schools under 400 attendance to continue using nonresident athletes while larger schools retain protections. Kentucky’s Transylvania admitted to membership Texas A&M expelled. Reinstatements and censure noted for various coaches and players across member schools.
In Starkville the North Mississippi Methodist conference heard Rev. E. J. Sullivan defend his tenure amid objections over Vardaman ism. After tears and questions, a conference vote favored him and he remains in the ministry.
The Light Unseen featuring Miss Marion Leonard in six reels will play today at Dreamland. A United Film Service release, it marks the first contracted series for the Dreamland management.
The Alpha Beta Lambda Sigma Society stages Fi Fi of the Toyshop at the Lyric Theatre next Friday with 150 performers. R D Whitman directs as rehearsals wrap up at the Lyric Theatre. Proceeds benefit the A B L S scholarship fund.
In the Chancery Court under Judge Thomas H. Smith a series of decrees pro confesso petitions motions and call items are noted. Decrees pro confesso issued in several cases and notice orders directed on the order book. A Monday docket lists Southern Fuel and Material versus F J Slider and others with a week call including Union Trust versus Don Farnsworth and Kaufman and Flounder versus J Dannerberg among others.
The eleven top participants will receive prizes including a $1 cash award and ten $1 Empire Theatre ticket books. Submit your finished picture by Wednesday for a chance to have names announced at Empire Theatre next Friday and printed in The Item the following Sunday. Last week’s winners included Robert Forsyth and Joseph Ross Oliis among others at multiple addresses.
New Orleans reports cotton for the week reaching 264,798 bales, up from 662 last week and 302,081 the previous season. Northern mills took 950,000 bales this season, while Liverpool shipments were 1,081,000 bales, with December totals reflecting strong activity.
White, long a record holder for the long run, announced his entry for the YMCA distance race in Mobile. The event is aimed at showcasing his endurance in the upcoming meet.
Thomas W. Wharton of Richmond Va, a member of the F F W, checked into the Pryor Hotel and sang continually for hours. The night clerk begged police to jail him after he allegedly disrupted guests. He faced Recorder’s Court Tuesday morning and claimed a drug use history.
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