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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1915
Page
2
Mobile and Ohio and Louisville and Nashville report rising business. Five months of 1915 earn 4,844,507.84 versus 1914. November 1916 gross 1,044,163.67 vs 810,351.92 in 1914, up nearly a quarter of a million. Roads share strong freight, expect continued improvement.
An old advertisement-style note promotes cures for rheumatism using Toris compound and syrup of sarsaparilla with whisky, claims relief after one dose. It also markets a cough remedy with Globe Pine Compound glycerine and whiskey, plus a foot bath for frost bites and corns.
A weather sketch recalls a Tuesday storm described as moved on from Kentucky to the southeast. Mobile saw 2 inches of rain with gusts near 48 mph, while temperatures ranged 66 to 42 degrees and a late frost is forecast. A pecan tree shed nuts on a storm night as a humorous aside.
Grace Church Oakdale will host a Sunday school Christmas program Thursday December 30 at 8 p.m. Superintendent John P. Ross directs a lineup including a processional hymn, talks, recitations by children, a violin solo, and a visit from Santa Claus with gift distribution and an attendance banner presentation.
Crichton Alabama residents report holiday visits. Mr. and Mrs. John Green and two children spend Christmas with Mrs. Green's father, Mr. Krebs, of Pascagoula. Jimmie Craft of Vicksburg visits his parents on Tacon street. Mr. and Mrs. H Judd Roberts return home on Tacon street after Christmas with the Gastons of Dawes. Emory Swetman, at Okolona College, visits his parents on Item avenue. H T Roberts of Mobile visits relatives here last week.
Members of the Alabama Travelers Association gather at the Cawthon Hotel tonight in Mobile to hear final committee reports on preparedness for the New Year’s meeting. Louis J. Adler leads the Mobile A T A as H M Hopper chairs the arrangements and finance sub committees. A luncheon hosted by Mine Host Hervey follows the session.
Cabinet maker R. Kirchner of 8 Terrace street and Water street shop keeps 21 bee colonies at home and another at the shop. The season's honey harvest totaled 1 030 pounds with one colony yielding 103 pounds. His bees forage from nearby swamps and travel many miles daily.
Biloxi residents await district attorney Ebb J. Ford’s resignation decision ahead of January legislative session. Ambiguity over Ford’s successor raises concerns about Gulf coast law enforcement. Governor Brewer may appoint Sheriff J. C. Elmer if Ford resigns.
Rev John Weldon Stagg D D prominent Alabama Presbyterian pastor dies at Black Mountain North Carolina age sixty buried in Richmond Virginia Sunday after health decline while seeking relief. Former president of Alabama Presbyterian College Anniston he led First Presbyterian Birmingham and later served Orlando Florida church and edited Geiger Times shaping regional politics.
Charles Jones was fined $101 or fifty days hard labor by Judge Chamberlain for beating his wife. Jim Fleming, who cut and beat Lizzie Simon, received the same fine or seven months and twenty days hard labor. In default, both defendants went to the county road. Other cases included W. T. Swann violating prohibition continued to January 3 and Hardy McMillan, Allen Watson, Collier Junious, and Andrew Hunter gambling a fine of $1 or ten days.
A two part Mustang drama presents Nell Franzen in a striking frontier girl role aided by E Forrest Taylor. Also a one act Beauty comedy A Girl a Guard and a Garret and a road tale The Hold Up with humorous film material and a Cub comedy featuring George Ovey with jail scene highlights.
The Ove Theatre offers a program for Wednesday December 29 at 5 cents admission. "In the Sunset Country" features E Forrest Taylor in a two part musical drama about a frontier girl and a guard, followed by "A Girl A Guard" and the one act comedy "The Hold-Up" starring Ovey. Shows every Monday at the Queen.
H H Bolton industrial agent for the New Orleans Mobile and Chicago railroad predicts a strong immigration and home-seeker movement as the new year arrives. He cites industrial prospects and forthcoming operations near Mobile and across Mobile and adjoining counties in Alabama and Mississippi.
The probate court issued marriage licenses on Tuesday and Wednesday. Tuesday names include White Harding A Perkins with Mae Belle Hinson and several Negro couples Seymour Safford with Eva Parker Willie Williams with Lizzie Andrews. Wednesday licenses include White Harvey New with Katie Mae Niolan Raymond V E Le Beau with Ethel Gray Kimball and Negro pairs Ben Dudley with Minnie Andrews Sam Campbell with Corinne McPherson.
Oliver Mossant, a Negro, is held for the grand jury by Recorder Edington on a burglary charge. Bill Hudson, also colored, accuses him of helping rob the Thomas Corso store at 400 Royal Street on Christmas Eve. Hudson pleaded guilty to a similar charge. Mossant’s mother testified he was in bed, but the court found sufficient evidence to hold him for trial.
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