Fiddle talents and county meetings mark Evergreen items
The article notes Leon Dickerson winning a county fiddling prize amid a lively program with songs and a male quintet. It also covers a statewide campaign tour with fourteen speakers in Castleberry and Evergreen promoting agricultural topics, plus a burglar chase and a non disclosed burglar at J W Byrd store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Dickerson
Capital Prize
Oo County
John Dickerson
Nusio
Legn
Get
Israel
Leon
J. W. Hagood
Mike Johnson
Mothers’ Circle
City
Snow Bank
Joe
Farnham, Dolbear
Castleberry
Evergreen
R. A. Baird
Volina
M. C. Kirkland
Castleberry High School
Sarah EF. Luther
Evergreen Court House
P. Deming
Evergreen Agricultural School
W. C. Blasingame
Lenox
J. F. Pierce
Repton
J. E. Robinson
Bellville
J. D. Skinner
Loree
Melrose
Frank Turner
Mt. Union
R. C. Smith
Herbert
W. R. Shaver
Flat Rock
L. L. Peacock
Brownsville
R. E. Brown
Owassa
J. W. Giddens
C. P. Deming
Navy report on Dardanelles operations March 4 5 8
Royal Navy dispatch details bombardment and mining actions at the Dardanelles with ships including the Irresistible Albion Prince George and Inflexible, plus seaplane reconnaissance. Fort Rumilieh Medjidieh Tabia Hamidieh Namazieh and Tuzburna shelled. casualties reported and fortifications damaged or destroyed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Een
Admiralty
Aes Ramiral
Fieet
Dardanelles
Albion
Prince George
Triumph
Fort Dardanus
Marine Brigade
Naval Division
Kum Kaleh
Sedd-el-Bahbr
Sedd-el-Bahr
Queen Elizabeth
Narrows
Rumilieh
Medjidieh
Tabia
Hamidieh II
Namazieh
Irresistible
Cornwallis
Sapphire
Gulf of Adramyti
Tuzburna
the East Indies
Sir Richard Peirze
Smyrna
Fort Wenickale
Euryalus
Mobile Vessels Strike Disaster in Early 1915 Losses and Repairs
About twenty ships sailed from Mobile in January and February bound for Europe. Five reached destinations. others vanished or limped into ports for repairs. Vessels include the Alfheim in London for drydock, Kodan to Havana, Zeta to Pensacola for repairs, and Carrie Strong damaged off Cape Hatteras. Wavelet, once Mobile, struck a mine near Kentish Knock. hull saved by timber cargo and later to be repaired near Gravesend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Alfheim
London
Kodan
Havana
Cuba
Zeta
Pensacola
Fla
Rebecca Shoals
Carrie
Strong
Vineyard Haven
Mass
Cape Hatteras
Belfast
Wavelet
Kentish Knock
Walsh Stevedoring and Contracting Company
New Orleans
Coles
J. J. Hansen
Rvanecks
Gravesend
Southern Canners Form New Tri State Association
In Hattiesburg Mississippi representatives from Mississippi Louisiana and Alabama canning firms met at the Hattiesburg Hotel to organize the Southern Canners Association. D E K McInnis was elected president with G M Luce as vice president and RE E Conner as secretary and treasurer. A follow up meeting is planned likely in New Orleans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattiesburg
Miss
South
Mississippi
Louisiana
Alabama
Southern Canners’ Association
Canning
New Orleans
D. EK. McInnis
Jackson
Southern Association
McInnis Canning Company
Haynes Agent Reports Burgeoning Business In Indiana
Haynes Automobile Company reports five carloads of new machinery received in Kokomo Indiana. J C Payne of Motor Machine Company notes orders for the Haynes light six have surged, taxing factory capacity. The plant now runs twenty four hours daily as fenders are made in house and full car production continues at a record pace. The company enjoys its most prosperous season with overtime since last October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haynes
Haynes Automobile Company
Kokomo
Indiana
J. C. Payne
The
Motor Machine Company
Haynes Company
W. A. Seabury
Mobile
Ohio
Whistler
R. P. Turner
W. F. George
Hubbard Chatham
M. J. Wise
J. J. Thomas, Jr
W. J. Diehl
Mat Laws
Church News
Ferguson Takes Private Secretary Post in Bryan Administration
Harvey E. Ferguson of Albuquerque New Mexico, a former member of the last house of representatives, was appointed private secretary to Secretary Bryan on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harvey E. Ferguson
Albuquerque N. M
House of Representatives
Bryan
Whistler News Hints Local Notes and Meetings
Whistler_Page reports on Wood man Circle and Magnolia Grove delegates preparing for Selma head circle meetings March 9 10 and 11. It covers local personalities including Dr H H Grimes of Chatom and Dr Paul R Jones’s recovery, school honor rolls and upcoming church revivals led by Rev F M Atchison with doctors Donnelly and McGehee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whistler
Ala
Woodman Circle
Whistler Grove No
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Isaac Fitzgerald
William Liversage
Selma
Anna Goldman
M. Brooks Hays
Magnolia Grove No. 110
Head Grove
F. M. Atchison
H. H. Grimes
Chatom
Grimes
School of Dentistry
Atlanta
J. J. Kercher
C. E. Gillen
Fourth Street
Annie Adams
Ethel Zoder
Paul R. Jones
Srl Therrell
Mobile
Newt Seals
Gulfport
Miss
Hight Mile Station
Jessie Jr.ee
Yellow Pine
Hester
John Ormerd
Agnes Turner
Sewell
Birmingham
Margaret Hickey
P. W. Kelly
Truman G. Coxon
Frank Kohl
Leslie McCarty
Patrick McDonough
James
Montgomery
Mobile Lodge
Fraternal Aid Union
Hall
Dauphin and
Jackson Streets
Newman Laser
Denver
Colo
Helen Brandmachl
Ella Gabel
Florence Gambrell
Catherine Smith
Wilford Cromer
Ernest Lewis
Wilson Lumpkins
Ellison McRee
Eugene Smith
Rauard Wolf
Dorothy Brandmachl
Vivian James
Pauline Lowery
Bernice Price
Winford Allen
George Bennett
Forest Cheeseman
Rufus Yaston
Isaac George
Ernest Hartley
Joe Jeannette
Wallace Smith
Lindsey Steadham
Minnie Lee Jackson
Grace la Coste
Ethel Turner
Anrietta Wright
Louis Jeanette
Joseph Wike
Sylvester Pike
Jesse Snyder
Bruno Wolf
Hilda Cornell
Alberta George
Claud Davison
Leonard Fitzgerald
Fritz Gray
Willie Little
John Mcendon
Clifford Presnall
Russell Price
Cecil Presnall
Floyd Williams
Bessie Harney
Elizabeth Johnston
John Lyle
Leonard Patterson
Marion Patterson
Aaron Shaw
Agnes Saxon
Thetis Shaw
Matt Shennesser
Bessie Lee Spicer
Edna Davison
Maggie Flynn
Methodist
Bethany Baptist
Hayward Vaughn
Myers Memorial Baptist Church
Mr. Twining
The
Methodist Church
Donnelly
McGehee
Cattle Herd Shot After Foot and Mouth Disease Outbreak
A herd valued at 40000 dollars was found infected with foot and mouth disease and was euthanized Saturday on the farm of Ephraim T. Gill at Hadfield New Jersey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ephraim T. Gill
Hadeld
N. J
Thirteenth District Pythians Meet in Brewton
The sixth semi annual convention of the Thirteenth District Pythian Association gathered with Alabama Lodge No. 62 in Brewton. Delegates from thirteen districts attended. Damon and Pythias was staged at the Vaudette Theatre, hailed as one of the region’s best productions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brewton
Ala
Pythian Association of the
Grand Domain of Alabama
Alabama Lodge No. 62
Egates
Vaudette Theatre
Mr. Sawyer
Damon and Pythias
Vaudette
Alabama
F. B. Blair
Mr. Blair
Rail lines urged to connect at Atmore and fix rates
The Mobile Chamber of Commerce revived a complaint to the state railroad commission over the lack of physical connection between the Louisville and Nashville and the Gulf Florida and Alabama Railroads at Atmore Alabama. The filing asks for a transfer point and for reasonable rates between Mobile and Gulf Florida and Alabama routes. In a separate report, W J Dunford reports being attacked by three white men at Selma and Charles streets with bruising to his arm and left shoulder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile Chamber of Commerce
State Railroad Commission
Louisville and Nashville
Gulf, Florida and Alabama
Atmore
Mobile
Gulf, Florida
Alabama
Cobb
Chamber of Commerce
Pensacola
Louisville
Nashville
Gulf
Florida
Ala
W. J. Dunford
South
Warren Street
Selma
Charles Streets
Acid Iron Earth Baseball Team Revived by Natona Company
The Natona Company Inc manufacturers of Acid Iron Earth announce plans to rejuvenate the famous Acid Iron Earth baseball team. They will field a Natona team for the City League this year as memories of the South touring club resurface.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Acid Iron Earth
Mobile
Earths
Natona Company, Inc
Natona
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Evergreen Department
Dulaney
J. W. Byrd
Mill
West Front
P. First District
Geo. W. Taylor
Oscar L. Gray
F. E. Fisher
Scholastic
Ella Gable
Edna Mac Laws
Alita Mae Alvarez
Bessie Young
Pauline Lowry
Dorothy Kerr
Louise Garrett
Rufus Gaston
Thelma Wade
Nora Gallagher
Margaret Allman
Dolorez Alvarez
Angil Browning
Lillian Flynn
Aline Link
Ruth Patterson
Mildred
Shop News
Dauphin Street
Brewton Department
W. Barbour
Nichols
Fort Payne
Texas
Wallace
Escambia County
Fox
Charley Boone
Emmons-Hawkins
Joseph Emmons
Jeffie Hawkins
Appleton
Harvey Jordon
Sardine
Dan Jordon
Harvey
GF & AL GN
E., M. Davis
Police
Jake Wells
Lyric Theatre
E. Cartwright
F. Lewis
W. Renauld
Police Headquarters
E. Duffy
J. F. Kelly
R. Steinhoff
J. Hayes
D. Alexander
Burke’s Cigars
Dauphin
Royal
Albright & Wood Drugs
St. Francis
Dauphin St
National Lunch Room
Royal Street
B. Goldberger Groceries
Calhoun St
Albright & Wood
Government
Royal Burke's Soda and Candy
Central Pharmacy
Spring Hill Ave
GEO. B. Fisher Groceries
Crichton
Kelly Bros. Groceries
E. J. Hanlon Groceries
Charleston St
French Dry Cleaning Co, Dry Cleaners
van Antwerp
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