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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 07, 1914
Page
3
S Pat Gaillard of Mobile will open a state wide campaign in Montgomery next Tuesday with an address to the county. He will then go to Selma and other cities, saying he has received as many as two hundred letters of encouragement from across Alabama. He asserts Mobile should be represented on the railroad commission.
L Givens of Corpus Christi died when his car overturned in San Antonio as two women and a child were injured. Givens lost control of the auto yesterday near the city limits, authorities reported.
A Tennessee woman claims 20 years of suffering with womanly troubles eased after starting Cardui. She reports regained energy, ability to work, and improved appearance, saying friends do not recognize her. She cites daughter using Cardui and urges others to try the medicine with instructions and a 64 page home treatment book available by mail.
Mort L Bixler argues a large fair boosts farm productivity and local wealth by attracting visitors, showcasing seafood and new farming methods, and promoting land value growth. He cites Denmark’s dairy and poultry exports and Berkshire hog prices to advocate Mobile’s fair as a regional economic engine.
Dr. McDougal of Anniston Presbyterian college and S. C. Tait urged Governor O Neal to commute Alex Waldrop’s death sentence for uxorcide. The governor conferred and granted a respite to February 19 for a full review. Waldrop faced execution the previous day in Anniston Alabama.
Traveling men in Mobile will be guests of the Chamber of Commerce on Saturday night. The event aims to enlist their aid in promoting Mobile’s fair across the surrounding territory. Members of the fair committee will give short talks.
The three masted schooner Helen B Benedict, 697 tons, ashore sixty miles south of Cape Henry, was rescued by breeches buoy as seas prevent lifeboats. The vessel from Perth Amboy to Fernandina leaked but should last hours. Onondaga revenue cutter assists amid 30 mile gale and heavy rain.
Associated Press report from Washington notes that small manufacturers and dealers facing competition from large corporations want price regulation in new trust bills to prevent being squeezed. The measure would prohibit discrimination based on grade quality or quantity and would not allow price differences solely by transportation costs.
Kentucky's Court of Appeals held that inmates with determinate sentences may receive parole after serving their minimum term without prison-commission approval. The ruling, stemming from John De Moss's case, could affect several hundred convicts and allows mandamus petitions if parole is denied.
A Bellevue Ohio reader describes severe back pain nerves and periodic troubles then says Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound restored her health and strength. The ad urges women to guard their health and contact Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co for guidance.
The rivers and harbor committee of the Chamber of Commerce and Cotton Exchange announced Friday afternoon the new board members. From the Cotton Exchange are W. C. Lot J. W. Whiting H. G. Grimley L. C. Fry S. A. LeBlanc D. P. Bestor Jr Estes D. Baker. From the Chamber of Commerce are Percy Maer Palmer Pillans Albert P. Bush Henry Goldthwaite S. P. Gaillard J. B. Dortch E. J. Buck M. War ing Harrison John T. Cochran Erwin Craighhead A. C. Danner O. Fowles James Gibboney Robert Hunter Le Baron Lyons Horace E. Upton William Vizard Murray Wheeler William H. Armbrecht Stewart Brooks Horace Turner Harry T. Hartwell A. J. Parsons. The three former members who resigned Messrs Harry Pillans J C Rich and T W Sims were omitted per their wishes.
Winfred H. Nettleton, 88, a wealthy retired manufacturer, wed his secretary Mary Kelsey Baldwin, 68, in Hartford. The couple eloped and left for Florida for their honeymoon, recounting the tale in New York as they arrived.
In the Chancery Court before Judge Thomas H. Smith the docket includes decree pro confesso in Olney v Lee and Stewart v Mackintosh’s dismissal on motion. Testimony ordered in Rodriguez v Rodriguez and Reese v Reese. pleas and proofs in Tein v Gale and Preset v Dorgan et al. submitted on amendments. Browne presiding. A Friday session reports mistrial in Doe v Annie Smith v Roe and a Saturday docket lists multiple civil motions involving Gulfport Fertilizer, Civic League, Seeberg Steamship, Western Union, Dixie Lumber and others.
Browne judge notes Thursday docket including Annie Smith Doe versus Singleton Roe. Friday call includes Elmer Maddox versus Robert Windham.
Florence Lawlor a 16 year old Brooklyn girl who disappeared from her home Monday and was found in Chicago on Thursday started for home on Friday. Officers of the Young Women’s Christian Association who found her were notified that her uncle Henson R Hodges of Columbus Ohio and her father would arrive for her. Miss Lawlor said she ran away because her parents insisted on normal school while she wished to study to be a physician.
Fulton Maine February 7 Mrs Susan Ross found guilty for the second time of murdering her husband J Haywood Ross and sentenced to ten years in the penitentiary in the second degree murder case The previous verdict carried the same sentence Ross was murdered in bed
King Gustave supports immediate boost in armaments as 30 000 petitioners gather in Stockholm. Farmers and landowners travel up to 800 miles to urge the king to strengthen Sweden’s defense and fleet without delay. The king affirms strong support for defending independence and fortifying the fleet.
A. Ampson, a traveling salesman, shot his wife and then killed himself near Trinity avenue and Whitehall street in Atlanta. A witness said the couple argued briefly before Ampson fired several times, then turned the gun on himself. Both died before aid arrived. the wife, young and attractive, reportedly had refused to see him.
Montgomery february 7 Ray Rushton a Montgom ery lawyer will seek the unexpired US Senate term if a special election is called Captain Frank White of Birmingham also says he will run Inquiries into Hobson and Underwood candidacies for the short term remain unsettled The Mobile fair crowd will spend over ten thousand dollars on transportation to the grounds
John Smith alias Smutty, jailed on illicit distilling charges in Montgomery, holds a valid bond but remains locked in custody due to measles contracted within forty eight hours. Quarantined from other prisoners, his release awaits home aid from Crenshaw county.
Solicit or Heflin seeks witness names for cases against John P Abbott Dave A Williams L C Neill and R B Vanlandingham former Birmingham Lodge 432 Moose officers charged with second degree manslaughter. Trials set in criminal court February 16 relate to deaths during a Moose initiation night.
Immediate release of all munitions of war under seizure in Texas New Mexico and Arizona was ordered by the department except those needed as evidence against violators of the neutrality laws. The arms are delivered.
Dr J T Adams offers specialist examinations free for private and special diseases of men and women. Treatments for rheumatism stomach and liver. Offices at 156 Dauphin Street.
The vessel arriving at Pensacola docks will load cotton cargoes from Independent shippers. The British steamer Nedsian of 6, tons will also be loaded by Independent stevedores. The new outlet opens cotton shipments from Pensacola.
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