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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Mar 20, 1913
Page
10
The season yields 14 076 480 bales with Texas leading and Georgia second and Alabama at 1 366 426 bales. Traders view the census as bearish since the total surpassed forecasts and expect quiet markets with no trading Friday due to Good Friday. The average bale weighs 3.4 pounds more than last year and lines show little activity.
The report shows market rates in Mobile with price quotes for goods and grades including Good middling and low middling. It lists receipts and stock figures for the day and week, along with export and port activity to Great Britain and the continent, and ocean freights for ships bound to Liverpool Havre and Lancashire.
Mobile cops will wear blue serge summer uniforms with sack coats instead of metropolitan frocks. Mayor Schwarz and Chief Crenshaw pushed to fill the spring order quickly. The chief and police commissioner fixed the material and invited local clothiers to bid on the spring contract within days.
Mrs Mary A Pitard wife of J H Pitard of 161 Eslava Street died today. Funeral to be held at 1 p m with notice of further arrangements to follow.
In Chancery at Mobile Alabama John H Stride complainant No 10 260 vs James E Good et al defendants Notice is given that at the Spring term 1913 of the Court of Chancery Thirteenth District Southwestern Chancery Division Alabama and on this 11th day of March 1913 the order states James E Good and May J Oren are nonresidents of Alabama Elsie M Oren and George M Oren are minors over fourteen reside with May L Oren in Decatur Illinois James E Good and May L Oren plead answer by 19th day of April otherwise the suit will be confessed against them
Market notes indicate varied prices for Holland seed cabbage at 1.75 per crate and 1.36 per sack, local stock cabbage 1.25 to 1.40 per crate, with reduced activity expected on Good Friday. Potatoes priced around 1.68 to 1.70 per two and half bushel sack fob Mobile and fob Mobile. Easter trade boosts candy demand as merchants fill orders. Pineapples listed at 4.76 per crate but may drop to attract buyers.
The list details bales loaded by various firms and railways including New Orleans Mobile and Chicago Railroad Beville Phillips Co with 2 bales, Louisville and Nashville Baker Lyions Co with 3 bales, Touart Quinn 11 bales, total 16 bales, Mobile Ohio Railroad Co R P Pope 2 bales, Steamer Jas T Carney Eastern Shore Beville Phillips Co 2 bales and Davis Wilson Gallard 1 bale. Total 1 bale for the final entry.
New Orleans March 20 Cotton futures opened steady with a decline of 1 to 8 points. The census bureau final ginning report of 14 076 000 bales met expectations and did not spark trading. Shorts saw a potential crop around 14 260 000 bales as heavy rain across the cotton belt persisted.
New York cotton futures opened steady gaining 1 to 3 points as the census showed season growth of 14 076 000 bales including linters. Prices eased to a 3 to 4 point loss after the call while general business remained quiet and traders noted similar sight lines to last year. Linters totaling 605 000 bales set record marks, sparking talk of a smaller share of spinnable cotton.
A compact list of stock prices across diverse companies including Amalgamated Copper Am Beets Sugar Am Cotton Oil Am Smith and Ring Am Sugar Ring Am Tel and Tel Anaconda Mining Atchison Atlantic Coast Line B and O Brooklyn Rapids Transit Canadian Pacific Chesapeake and Ohio Chi Northwestern Chicago Mill and St Paul Colorado Fuel and Iron Colorado and Southern Delaware and Hudson Denver and Rio Grande Erie General Electric Great Northern Great Northern Ore Cliffs Illinois Central Peterborough Met Interborough Met Inter Harvester Louisville and Nashville Missouri Pacific Missouri Kansas and Texas Lehigh Valley National Lead New York Central ex div Norfolk and Western Northern Pacific Pennsylvania Peoples Gas Pullman Palace Car Reading Rock Island Rock Island pid Southern Pacific Southern Railway Union Pacific United States Steel United States Steel pid Wabash Texas Oil
Lawyers sought a panel of twenty four for the first degree murder trial of Mrs Theresa Virginia Wasserleben, accused in the death of her husband Fred Wasserleben. Selection began at 1 pm and had not finished by 2:30 pm with plans to strike and proceed.
Captain Z. T. Crook of Freeport Florida died Wednesday afternoon at the United States Marine Hospital after a lingering illness. He came to Mobile for treatment and the remains were taken to Freeport by Beone & Owens Undertaking Co. for burial.
In the courts column the Equity side before Judge Berney notes a business Thursday session with Florence King versus William King. An order of publication is listed.
Semmes judge presides on Thursday over matters including Carnal knowledge of a girl under 12 and Murder in the First Degree with Wasserleben on trial. Pure Food Law violations listed. Drago and Harris nolle pressed. Friday calls include embezzlement and assault cases. Law and Equity Court reports dismissals and judgments involving Garnishee John Craft and related actions.
Morris, star of Whose Little Girl Are You at the Lyric, dodges a stage stunt saying bad weather would make him lose his voice. He will perform the number again today and through the week at 3, 7:45, and 9:15 with seats at popular prices. The Orpheum hosts The Path of the Wicked in a Higley-arrington Stock Company run with matinees Thursday and Saturday. Next week promises Eisaped from the Harem in Mobile.
Montgomery March 20 reports outline examinations of Speigner's cotton mill and the Mortar Creek Dam hydro plant as part of a statewide convict department audit. Examiners Evans Gorman Ledberry review mill records, convict farm affairs, Wetumpka penitentiary, and a large lumber company leasing convict labor. A loss of 500 tons of cotton seed at Speigner's and Camp No. 4 draws attention amid ongoing inquiries.
In a long letter the former acting secretary of state objects to President Wilson's new Far Eastern policy. He protests haste, notes policy shifted from open China to restricted influence, and resigns as of today with Wilson accepting the resignation.
The Texas Wonder claims to cure kidney and bladder problems including gravel and diabetes, with benefits for men women and children. One bottle covers two months and is available by mail for $1.00 from Dr. E W Hall, 2926 Olive Street St Louis MO, with Alabama testimonials advertised.
Dr A G Richards of Trinity church led the noonday service at Dreamland on Thursday speaking on King Solomon's Prayer. He noted Solomon sought wisdom as a youth and received blessings as a result, illustrating Seek ye first the kingdom of God. Dreamland donated the use of the building for the week of services with Rev J W Phillips of the First Baptist Church scheduled to lead tomorrow on Practical Faith.
The Tombigbee is expected to fall while the Black Warrior holds steady in the coming days and the Alabama River will continue to decline according to Albert Ashenberger of the Weather Bureau.
Protect shipments and households from cold related illness with Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy praised as quick, safe, and dependable. All dealers carry this medicine and medical authorities warn cold season raises contagious disease risk for children including whooping cough diphtheria scarlet fever and consumption.
P W Worth W P Worth Guy Creaves L W Warren and James L Taylor of Linton Indiana are in Mobile on a several day visit and stay at the Battle House. Ottawa Ills residents W L Sample Otis H Williams and G C Williams of Champaign Ills are among tourists arriving Wednesday night. E M Hienzman and wife of New Orleans are registered at Cawthon Hotel. J T Thomas of RounsVille Miss is in Mobile on business and at the Bienville. George G Adams and wife from Birmingham are visiting friends. Earle C Pease and wife of Grand Rapids Mich registered at Battle House. Mrs L B Barnett of Jacksonville Fla is among visitors. Prof B B Laker of Daphne State Normal School with wife Jane Orman and W Bb Spear pass Mobile en route to Montgomery for Alabama Educational Association sessions starting Wednesday.
A barometric low over the lake region brings precipitation and merges with another front from the west. Cold air from the Pacific coast to the Mississippi Valley lowers temperatures to below zero in the north. Rain is indicated for Mobile tonight or Friday. Local Forecaster, Weather Bureau.
Advertises Dr King’s New Life Pills claiming regular use cures digestion problems and poisons from the body by stimulating the liver. Promises quick recovery with a 25 cent price at all druggists.
Two British schooners and a Norwegian steamer arrived in Mobile harbor Wednesday night and Thursday morning. The Clara Scott delivered raw whiting from Campeche for New York and Mexican Whiting Co. The Albert D Mills, bound for the West Indies, will load lumber locally. The Fort Morgan carried bananas for United Fruit Co. and discharged at Mobile. One departure scheduled, Hartney W, for Isabella de Sagua with 295 503 superficial feet of yellow pine lumber.
Advert says Chamberlain's Tablets end constipation with many users permanently cured. Sold by all dealers and available for purchase.
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