Local Court Clerk Notice From Mobile District
S H Smith cited as ex officio clerk in Mobile law court records. docket numbers 1 18 25 and 2 1 4 reference financial amounts including $528 and 3 1.
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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jan 18, 1916
Page
5
S H Smith cited as ex officio clerk in Mobile law court records. docket numbers 1 18 25 and 2 1 4 reference financial amounts including $528 and 3 1.
Detailed cotton market report from New Orleans New York and Liverpool dated Jan 18 1916. Includes receipts by N O M C M O L N City of Mobile plans and prices with spot and futures moves and a sale for Monroe Park privileges bid notice.
New York stock activity showed little overall change with notable gains for Bethlehem Steel Amercan Coal Products and Maritime Mercantile, while United States Steel and leading rails slipped. Rail rally later lifted several issues as prices hardened and closing was irregular with many industrials near key marks.
The Mobile Electric Company saw its license reduction request from $2,000 to $1,500 refused by the city commission. President T K Jackson pressed the measure, arguing higher business by the street railroad firm justifies relief, while commissioners warned they could have charged $6,500 annually. Jackson offered a compromise of $1,500 plus $500 in an old claim, but discussion shifted to Chicago operators and local licensing parity amid remarks from Commissioner Pillans. The piece also notes Emmeline Pankhurst’s unconditional admission to the U S and includes grain and feed quotations and a late comic quip.
The City of Mobile arrived and began discharging 25 bales of cotton 500 barrels of naval stores 1800 cross ties 2500 staves and sundries. Alma shifts to wharf for Tom Bigbee run while Lampasas sails for New York. Tarpon heads to Pensacola. Dictator unloads 18000 banana bunches and leaves for Belize. Henry S Little to sail after repairs. Kylemhor noted.
The report lists steam ships and schooners at Pier 3 and Pier 5 in Mobile harbor, detailing names such as Thalassa Mario Carrie and Joseph P. Cooper, with shifts to M. & O. Docks and Sagua Cuba bound cargoes. It includes a provisions quotation section from Mobile Chamber Commerce and vessel movements like Carradale shifting to the north pier and Crosby loading lumber and cotton for Isabella Sagua Cuba.
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