Grand Jury Reports Few Indictments and Local Irregularities
The Grand Jury for the January term found few true bills after twelve days of sessions, examined 234 witnesses, docketed 77 cases, and praised the jail as clean and well ventilated. They cleared the Cedar Creek bridge of improper creosoting claims and upheld convict camps, while noting county expenditure concerns and thanking officials for support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cedar Creek
Board of Revenue
Jad Commissioners
Grand Jury
Oliver J. Semmes
Cerlar Creek
W. W. Mills
J. W. Phillips
T. W. Nicol
Mobile
Brr
A. O. Alvarez
Norborne R. Clarke
Bernard A. Carlin
August Z. Oberhaus
Chancery Court Call For The Week Schedule
In the courts calendar Judge Thomas H. Smith presides as special chancellor Norvelle R. Leigh calls sessions for Tuesday through Friday with cases including Mobile Docks Company versus Alabama Corn Mills Company Lloyd M Richard et al versus Edward E Richard et al Carrie Spurlock versus Will Spurlock and W J Berry versus I R Hedges et al plus R K Coe et al versus Roberts Dale Wood Product Co et al Vinegar Bend Lumber Company reset for Monday February 21 by J A Bances Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chancery Court
Thomas H. Smith
Mobile Docks Company
Alabama Corn Mills Company
Lloyd M. Richard
Edward E. Richard
Carrie Spurlock
Will Spurlock
W. J. Berry
I. R. Hedges
R. K. Coe
Robertsdale Wood Product Co
Norvelle R. Leigh
Law Court Transacts Busy Saturday Docket
In the circuit court under Judge Safford Berney business was transacted Saturday with trials Evans Furniture Company v Julia Myers and Silas Clark v H M Friedenthal. Demurrers in E E Walpole v M A Modermott were sustained as to first count and overruled on second. A long motion docket followed with multiple cases listed for Monday to Saturday including Barrett Bros Shipping and Caribbean and Southern Steamship cases. A society news note warns a costume described as daring would be worse in police court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fannie Lindsey
American Health and Accident
A. D. Quackenbush
Mart Smith
L. C. Stella
W. M. Ward
Circuit Court
Samuel B. Browne
Silas Clark
H. M. Friedenthal
Society News
Birth of a Nation to Open at Lyric Theatre in Mobile
Mail orders pour in as The Birth of a Nation heads to Mobile with a 75 mile draw. The engagement runs Monday to Sunday with two daily shows 3 and 830 pm. Tickets go on sale Monday at 9 am at the Lyric box office and by mail with self addressed return envelopes. The company brings 25 piece orchestra and 50 actors with a $500000 production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyric Theatre
Griffith
Lyric Management
Richmond
Lyric
Atlanta
Birmingham
Nashville
Memphis
South
Petersburg
Lincoln
Sherman
Ford
Washington
New York
Chicago
Boston
Philadelphia
Confessions of a Wife and a Battle With Pain
A narrator endures a leg operation with a plate and faces another painful procedure. Mrs Selwin counsels courage, urging Margie to bear burdens bravely and seek strength beyond misery. The exchange reflects resilience and belief in humane endurance amid suffering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Selwin
Aunt Mary
Margie
Know-Your-City visit to Mobile docks invited
The Know-Your-City committee of the Chamber of Commerce tours the Mobile & Ohio docks next Wednesday under invitation from foreign freight agent J. S. Taylor. The party will view cargo ready for export and watch an ocean freighter loading at one dock. Members include Joseph G. Espalla, James Gibboney, E. T. Moore and others. Assemble at Government street at 3 PM. A surprise awaits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. S. Taylor
Mobile & Ohio Railroad
Chamber of Commerce
Taylor
Mobile
Joseph G. Espalla
James Gibboney
E. T. Moore
Ray Fonde
Thomas T. Palmer
Russell Houston
John F. Carter, Jr
J. O. Smith
C. C. Lowder
Government Street
Y M I Banquet Marking Twenty Years In Mobile
The twentieth anniversary of the Young Men's Institute of Mobile will be celebrated with a banquet at the Cawthon Hotel Vineyard Wednesday night. Chairman L A DeOrnellas announced an elaborate event as the institute reports steady growth and new members at the latest meeting. Building permits for the week ending February 19 total $2320 with Battle House Company repairs, A S Ross additions, St Joseph's Church outhouse, Edward Grant addition, and E M Stevens two room expansion among the listed projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Young Men's Institute of Mobile
Cawthon Hotel
Vineyard
L. A. DeOrnellas
Mobile
Wright Smith
Battle House Company
A. S. Ross
St. Joseph’s Catholic Church
Edward Grant
Adams and
Dearborn Street
E. M. Stevens
Hickory Street
Peach
Persimmon
Brewton Personal News and Notes
Brewton society brief with multiple local visitors from Alabama and Florida, church and conference attendance, a musical program at Downing Industrial Institute, and light quips from town observations. Readers include names such as Beulah Shofner, Robert Martin, Miss Alice Miller, B H Smith, C Y Mayo, and others with mentions of Jacksonville, Athens, Mobile, Montgomery, and Foxworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brewton
Ala
Beulah Shofner
Bay Minette
Robert Martin
Bluff Springs
Fla
Ln G. Brooks
Montgomery
Low Finlay
Pollard
Alice Miller
B. H. Smith
Keego
Virgie Oden
J. H. L. Henley
H. Stephenson
William Palmer
Angie Henley
Bradley
J. M. Wilson
Kirkland
Clyde Metcalfe
C. B. Sawyer
B. F. Parker
Foxworth
J. H. Lovelace
Annie Park
Laura Davis
Evelyn
Woman’s Missionary Conference
Mobile
Downing Industrial Institute
Annie Weaver
Lillian Turnipseed
Emma Kate Price
Irma Joullian
Washington
Christian Endeavor 10 Holds Union Meeting Tonight
The Gulf District Christian Endeavor convention in town March 3 5 prompts a union meeting at Central Presbyterian Church at 6 15 PM The program features music solos and talks on applying Bible principles to business professional social home life and the Gulf District Co E Convention with speakers Kemp Hogan Carr Willard Camp and others
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Presbyterian Church
Gulf District Christian Endeavor
Nan Planck
Louise Goldsby
Mr. Kemp
Judge Hogan
Miss Hunter
Miss Carr
Miss Willard
Gulf District Co. E
Mr. Camp
Inferior Court Sentences Include Embezzlement and Assault
Todsey Hill received fifteen days hard labor for embezzling a coat worth $3 from Joe Payne. Pena Atkins was fined $100 or twenty days for assault and battery. The docket lists many others with small fines or short jail terms for offenses such as gaming or abusive language.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Todsey Hill
Chamberlain
Inferior Criminal Court
Sal Ly
Joe Payne
Pena Atkins
Sam Manuel
Louis Turner
Noile
Pick Johnson
Ethel May Rivers
Sam Appling
Elijah Turner
Jim Alexander
Nat Billups
Doc Bulley
Turner Perry
Willie May Gaston
Robert Dunham
Ellis Collie
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Law and Equity Court
L.H. Meyer & Sons
the House of Kuppenheimer
Dauphin St
T. M. & C. Wharves
John Faulk
Ed Collins
Petit Urgiary
Alex Lewis
Y. M
Board of Health
Reese Mallette
Bell
R. O. Harris Grocery CO
Waldorf Astoria
Christian Endeavor
D. W. Griffith
Liberty Theatre
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