Carnival Spirit Live Says Workers
The Mo bile Carnival Association finance committee spent two hours Thursday and Friday canvassing for subscriptions to the carnival fund for Mardi Gras festivities. They report success with several subscribers increasing their previous gifts as business people show enthusiasm. The outdoor events committee promises novel features for the season but will not reveal details yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile Carnival Association
Carnival Fund
Three men freed after Prichard ball fight charge
Ben Smith Steve Harrington and George Busby appeared before Judge Chamberlain on charges of participating in a public fight at a Prichard music ball near Mobile. The court found evidence insufficient for conviction and dismissed the case with a warning. A large Prichard crowd testified as witnesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ben Smith
Steve Harrington
George Busby
Chamberlain
Prichard
Mobile
Emma Watson Case Continued Over Land Trespass Charge
Emma Watson appeared in city court on Saturday charged with trespass on land owned by a county company. The judge continued the case until February 22 on the promise she would move from the property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma Watson
Baldwin County’s Ira Thompson Vows Harmonious Legislature
Representative Ira Thompson of Ray Minette succeeds Sam Jenkins in Baldwin to represent the coast counties. He aims to back Daphne Normal School funding, boost rural school aid, and raise teacher standards. Thompson lauds youth as no handicap and pledges honest duty over personal glory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ira Thompson
Ray Minette
Sam. C. Jenkins
Baldwin County
Mobile
Daphne Normal School
Thompson
Fred Fite
Tuscaloosa
Isadore Shapiro
Birmingham
Capitol Hill
Army officer to inspect Sanitary Corps in Mobile
Special orders direct Alabama National Guard medical and dental corps officers to report for inspection by Major Henry Page of the regular army. The inspection in Mobile is set for January 29 with Captain William A. Padgett and First Lieutenant John Kimbrough Jr. in command, reporting fully equipped with government property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medical and Dental Corps
Alabama National Guard
Henry Page
Regular Army
Mobile
Mobile Corps
William A. Padgett
John Kimbrough, Jr
Bondsmen for Accused Pretender Forfeit $500
W C Morris a Wisconsin blacksmith charged with obtaining money by false pretenses jumped bail. Final forfeiture declared against bondsmen A D Davis and Frank Pistole. other bondsmen listed. Morris indicted Feb 1914 for defrauding Edward D Maxon of $500 by claiming ownership of a Sheboygan house and fifteen acres in Mobile County. The wife pleaded with bondsmen and Morris fled after release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.C. Morris
Wisconsin
A. D. Davis
Frank Pistole
Ss. O. Hicks
BE. L. West
R. O. Morris
Morris
Tag
Edward D. Maxon
Sheboygan
Wis
Orange Belt
Mobile County
Missionary To Speak At Mobile Conference At Presbyterian Church
Rev. Palmer C. DuBose a noted missionary will attend the Bible addresses at Government Street Presbyterian Church January 24 to 31. Prominent speakers including Dr. Charles R. Erdman and Rev. J. S. Lyons are slated. The undenominational conference aims to exalt the Holy Scriptures and inspire Christian ideals with a large musical program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palmer C. DuBose
H. W. DuBose
Govt Street Presbyterian Church
Southern Interian General Assembly
Soo ‘Che China
H.C. DuBose
Hepaa
Mobile
Cami
S. C
Government Street Presbyterian Church
L. J. Carter
Montgomery
Carter
South
Montgommery
Bowling Green
Charles R. Erdman
Princeton Theological Seminary
Erdman
J. 8. Lyons
First Presbyterian Church
Atlanta
General Assembly
Southern Presbyterian Church
Lyons
Egbert Watson Smith
Nashville
Committees Named for 1915 Mobile Mardi Gras Carnival
General Chairman C B Hervey announced the committee roster for the 1915 Mardi Gras in Mobile. The lists include Finance with W B McAtee as chair overseeing J P Wilson and others, Masquerade Ball with McAtee as chair, Flying Squadron led by Hervey, Advertising led by Jacob Reiss, Parade chaired by F M Maddox, Music chaired by W H Reynolds, Coronation chaired by George B Rodgers, and Illuminating and Decorating chaired by J G Jacobson among numerous supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Hervey
Mobile Carnival Association
W. B. McAtee
J.P. Wilson
H. T. Hartwell
W. H. Reynolds
Jacob Reiss
J. G. Jacobson
A. 8. Lyons
R. G. Richard
R. G. Richard, 8. O. Starke
H. M. Hopper
P. C. Steele
John T. McGrath
Frank T. Parker
J. P. Savage
C. W. Soost
R. L. Waddle
J. P. Wilson
Adolph D. Bloch
C. W. Harrington
A.S. Lyons
William H. Monk, Jr
E. J. Buck
L. J. Dayes
John T. Cochrane
T. K. Jackson
L. E. Carroll
Parade
F. M. Maddox
Co. W. Soost
Ralph G. Richard
Sid Berrey
W.H. Reynolds
W. B. Atee
F. I. Thompson
J. T. Cochrane
Coronation
George B. Rodgers
F.T. Parker
W. H. Monk, Jr
J. D. Bloch
George
Lands in Alabama and Mississippi for sale parcels
M. & O. R. R. offers tracts of 40 acres and up at 4.00 per acre with 48 000 acres in WAE county and 8 680 acres in Greene County plus small tracts in Mobile County. Suitable for stock and general farming. Terms include one fourth cash, balance on liberal terms. Maps free. Fold ers country water. G Kilborn secretary 409 N Royal St Mobile Alabama phone 957-3.
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Alabama
Mississippi
Wae
Greene
Mobile County
Ala
G. Kilborn
Secre
N. Royal St
Mobile
Marriage Licenses and Births from the Past Week
The probate court issued marriage licenses for the week ending January 9 including Luther Davis and Pearl Benden, Joseph Rohmer and Mary McDuffie, among others. Vital statistics list births to numerous couples and deaths of Henry Klinge, John Wills, Joseph Rose, and others.
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Probate Court
Luther Martin Davis
Pearl Y V. Benden
Joseph C. Rohmer
Mary T. McDuffie
James Owen Harbaugh
Josephine Baggette
Jefferrson Davis Pierce
Rosa A. Lankford
R. D. Bell
Clara Rosalie McGraw
Johnl. Large
Pearl Olivia English
Lester R. Latham
Amelia Marie Field
John Wesley
McKenzie
Margaret Nolte
John Fisher
Margaret Gallagher
Hillsboro man buys home at Grand Bay
Samuel T. Robinson of Hillsboro Indiana, former W. M. Welch representative, has purchased a home at Grand Bay Mobile County. Other items note winter tourists registered at Bienville Hotel: Conroy of Waterloo, Minnis and Lyons of Jefferson City, Fook of Buffalo, Thomas and wife of Lafayette, Mrs. West Natalia West and others. Events include notary bond by J H Fermier, Chamber of Commerce election prep by George Card, livestock committee meeting Monday at 1 30, and Y M C A directors meeting at 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samuel T. Robinson
Hillsboro
W. M. Welch Manufacturing Company
Chicago
Grand Bay
County
Mr. Robinson
Bienville
Mobile
John L. Conroy
Waterloo
Iowa
A. R. Minnis
F. L. Lyons
Jefferson City
C. E. Fook
Buffalo
N. Y
George H. Thomas
Lafayette
Ind
Thomas West
Natalia West
Mary Bouches
Jesse Henderson
Jefferson
George G. Card
Chamber of Commerce
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
R. V. Taylor
City Court To Adjourn After Drawing Jury
The city court criminal division will meet on Monday morning at 10 oclock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Court Criminal Division
City unveils two-ton garbage cart by street department
The street department repaired by skilled carpenters and blacksmiths produced a two-ton oak and poplar garbage cart with a modern automatic dump. Superintendent J. Heller praises it as eye catching and cheaper than commercial models.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Heller
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Aaa
Pat Byrnes
Royal Street
J.W. Phillips
J. H. Bancroft
G. U. Potter
Baldwin Solon
U. S. Army
Sanitary Corps
van Antwerp
Valentine Bush
Palmer DuBose
Gulf City Dye Works
Bell
Aarteas
Poetif Reni ‘Wet
Dauphin Street
Genee
Lhoice
Sergi
John C
Joseph Louise Holloway
Joseph W
Gertrude Petty
Edward
Carrie
Henry
Julia J. Pillichody
Nathan A
Lillie L. Miller
C. M
Nellie Bellman
Ed Vv
Theresa A. Joseph
Thomas J
Claudine A. McQuillan
W. B
Birdie Lewis
Charlies
Emma Balzii
Wiley H
Myrtle C. Dick
Vincent
Sallie Curtin
Louis C
Katie E. Galle
Ellp A. Brineat
Theodore A
Kathleen M. Harwell
George M
Laura N. Cammack
Walter
Verda Hammett
James A
Gayle M. Palmes
William D
Blanche T. Greenwood
Louise T
Helen F. DeMolly
John
A. E. McHugh
Henry Klinge
John H. Wills
Joseph In Rose
Jama Thompson
Isaac Williamson
Sarah B. Gurley
Fannie Elizabeth Campbell
Amanda Louise Harding
Cc. F. Pruitt
Faiford, Ala
C. Jenkins
William Powell
Bay Minette
The
Saint Andrew
J. H. Fermier
Young Men’s Christian Association
Dirtors
T. H. Frazer
Valentine
Wil
Gras
Staub
I. Walstey
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