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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 01, 1915
Page
4
The New Orleans Contractors and Dealers Exchange suggests the New Year be marked by cooperation to achieve common goals. The piece emphasizes aligning Mobilian efforts to make Mobile worthy of its potential, noting success grows from collective action and sustained backing for both small and large achievements.
Tennessee organized labor prepares to renew its fight against convict leasing, arguing it harms society and competes unfairly with free labor. Alabama’s leasing system has faced criticism, with Governor O Neal overturning a lease over mistreatment. The Commercial Appeal notes workers’ families bear costs while convicts are paid for, raising questions of justice and humanity.
Fragmentary note highlights a resolve to address payment obligations and a year’s financial target. It mentions dollars and pay concerns, signaling ongoing budgeting or settlement discussions. The context remains unclear but centers on monetary accountability and fiscal focus.
The Item extends wishes for happiness health and prosperity for the New Year. It notes a difficult year but gratitude for no major calamities and pledges renewed energy to improve the city county and state. It urges public support and envisions Mobile as the South’s greatest seaport through collective effort.
The article notes growing interest in diversified farming among Alabama and Florida farmers. Citrus and sweet potatoes expand beyond cotton, with Florida reports of 16 000 bushels sold for a dollar each. Diversification is seen as profitable and could raise prices for cotton and lower living costs.
Danville division engineer M C Glenn a veteran of 30 years in the Southern Railway fire service urges motorists to Stop Look and Listen at railroad crossings. He warns that careless driving endangers lives and calls for placards visible to all on public highways.
The piece notes Theodore Roosevelt received a signed letter from eight governors urging him to run for president in 1912. Roosevelt declined, leaving seven governors, Stubbs Kansas Osborn Michigan Aldrich Nebraska Hadley Missouri Bass New Hampshire Vessey Dakota and Glasscock West Virginia in uncertain political stance as a Pew president’s term unfolds.
A South Carolina editor found hog meat yields higher value than cotton per pound and costs less to produce. meat can be marketed anytime while cotton requires harvest, ginning, and packing, implying more profit in hog farming than cotton farming.
A historical public statement notes the link between carrier needs and interests as the start of a constructive government regulation policy following the Tate decision, cited by Stuart Patterson of the Penner firm.
A column from the Indianapolis News suggests easing breakfast chaos by rising earlier or singing a cheerful song to set a positive tone. It argues that petty remarks at breakfast can sour the day, and a deliberate effort to stay pleasant benefits the entire household.
The South benefits from adding dairying to cotton farming. Dairying provides steady cash income and helps equalize year round work, improves soil through nutritious manure, and creates a market for on farm feed crops. It lowers interest costs and enables smaller land to yield cotton profitably, with favorable climate and markets aiding profitability.
Three Mobile and Ohio Railroad employees in Meridian have served cumulatively ninety nine years. Charles A. Pigford with forty years as superintendent O L McKay eighty four years as freight agent and R E Miller twenty five years as chief clerk. All three have long civic involvement and remain active in city affairs and lodge work.
The article notes 44 Americans report million-dollar incomes, 357,598 exceed 2,500, and 81,892 reside in New York. It contrast Broadway crowds and 1,300,000 cars with 942,402 high earners, pondering how many run autos cheaply amid Commerce and Finance.
A Lady recalls seeing barefoot boys wading through mud at low tide to harvest clams by toeing them free. The scene sickened her and she warns against such practices. An Exchange item adds a waiter remark about a vendor selling clams to a restaurant using a silver spoon to fish them.
A Corinthian dialogue quotes a diplomat pondering why men feel uneasy when meeting wives in public. The exchange hints at social nuances and private judgments shaping public behavior.
Washington officials note the U S conscience fund receives small and large gifts from citizens who feel guilt over minor or major faults. Contributions come with postmarks but no names, and many donors justify their payments as remorse for petty thefts or tax and duty evasion. Some gifts reflect long-saved sums or Civil War memories, others stem from unused pencils or mislaid envelopes.
The 63 foot Lock 17 dam on the Warrior River nears completion promising all year navigation from the upper Warrior to Mobile. It also enables potential hydro power development and creates a 60 mile long artificial lake attracting Birmingham area recreation and country homes as highways improve.
Governor Charles Henderson says he expects cooperation from all Democrats in both chambers when the legislature meets in the new session. He notes one Republican in the House and urges unity to carry out the platform and promised reforms.
A reader laments her aged car's decline after a costly purchase two years earlier. The vehicle's top, seats, horn, and tires are deteriorating while mechanical issues and rising bills force financial strain, yet she longs for another chance to own and speed it again.
The Kansas City Journal quotes M. L. Lee of Dallas Texas describing a man named Trementous with a waist measurement just over 84 inches. The account portrays astonishment at the figure and claims he has never known a likeness of such size.
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