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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1915
Page
5
The New Orleans market opened easy on weak cables with early declines of 3 to 6 points, later steadied on interior spot gains, and closed with a 2 to 4 point drop. Prices for middling cotton settled around 11.69 with 355 bales sold. futures edged 5 to 7 points lower.
Bruce Kennedy of the Montgomery Chamber of Commerce sent Columbus Ohio officials Alabama capitol design plans to guide Ohio's forthcoming state house project. The plan's broad acclaim nationwide prompted the request, aiming to leverage its reputed quality.
The Department of Commerce reports US foreign trade in November totaled about 500 million dollars with exports at 331,144,527, the highest monthly sum in history. Twelve months’ exports and imports reached 5 billion, while gold movements show large inflows and rising net inward gold over the year.
T M Gilmore, president of the National Model License League, warned in Louisville that the prohibition wave will topple at its crest. He cited Arizona as the crest reached by last year’s law, noting court appeals and calls for re submission as wave units fall back to normal. He argued the 1855 history may repeat.
Mobile reports equal Christmas trade with last year as 250 sacks of class mail are sent daily nationwide and 150 incoming sacks of parcels. Officials expect volume to rise toward Christmas with insured and special delivery features used more than ever. Over 800 packages were insured Tuesday, some with ten cent special delivery stamps for faster, safer handling.
Incoming workers in Mobile show strong interest in crop marketing facilities offered by the Gulf Coast Produce Exchange. W L Henderson, Southern Railway immigration agent, reports frequent inquiries about marketing through the Exchange. The focus is on sweet potato and yam holdings and estimating expected carloads when markets are favorable.
The blind man of Dauphin Island John R Collier and his wife with four children face destitution this Christmas. The Item urges Mobile readers to donate food clothing or money sent to Collier on Dauphin Island or left at The Item for delivery.
President Louis J. Adler of the Alabama Travelers' Association reports Dr. J. W. Abercrombie congressman-at-large will attend the banquet on New Year's night, closing the convention in Mobile. Adler expects other prominent Alabamians to respond as invitations go out and notes focus on good roads and waterways improvements. Merchants anticipate visiting Mobile for business during the event.
Princess Film Company plans filming in Mobile with G A Gillette coordinating and Agnes Lang to appear later. N A Harris serves as official photographer as the project highlights local historic and scenic spots. A note to late Christmas shoppers from Mobile Trunk Co 268 Dauphin Street advertises new leather novelties.
Marine notes track moves of several vessels. Trio shifts from Spanish river to Pier 2. Fort Gaines sails Thursday from Dauphin Street with dry goods. Dictator heads Thursday for Belize with general cargo. Peerless arrives Friday from Alabama river with heavy cargo. City of Mobile and John Quill depart Tuesday evening with heavy cargoes upriver. Crathens leaves Tuesday evening with general cargo for export. Bruce Hawkins shifts to Hunter-Benn slip. Philips M Brooks moves to Kansas City docks.
A letter from H A Wheeling of Rome Ga indicates two possible routes for extending Forrest Highway. One route would run Montgomery to Mobile linking the Jackson and Dixie highways with the Old Spanish Trail. The alternate path would head toward Vicksburg or Meridian in Mississippi, with those towns pressuring for the road. An interested meeting is planned in Mobile in a few days.
The Detroit and City of San Antonio with six and five men aboard respectively went adrift from the tug Daniel lard during a terrific storm. They had left New Orleans last Tuesday and were stormbound in the river. Captain Theodore Johnson said wind likely carried them toward hazards as bids to recover were abandoned.
A Black man identified as Bub is jailed in Dothan after evading a lynch mob. He is accused of supplying strychnine used in a plot to poison farmer Gid Blan of Alabama. The plan involved a capsule allegedly swallowed for quinine.
A list of ships and their origins including Oscar G. Am and Florence Howard Am alongside Br and Urug entries. Vessels are noted with dock positions at Bruce Docks Banana Wharf Tropical Fruit Wharf and Mile Creek Harbor. Also mentions Quarantine orders and loading status at Municipal Docks and Old Yacht Club.
A fragmented list of ships and their origins destinations and owners including Collingwood Rens Eng Ethel Clarke Onegua Marlborough Avi Cruse Mary G Dantzler Carrie Look Megmente James T Maxwell Jr Achorn Berwind Kylemohr Lampasas Tarpon Leonidas Dorothy Alexandrian Loretta Lico and Consul with routes to Mexico Cuba Bahamas Mobile and Ohio Munson Line and McGowin Lumber export connections.
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