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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1915
Page
6
Miss Helen Terrill charm defines the Friday Bridge Club gathering with several guests. A salad and ice course followed the games. Prizes included boxes of handkerchiefs won by Miss Marie Clifton and Miss Lucile Burke.
The Birmingham News highlights Miss Mattie Hickey a charming Mobile girl who will likely attend the Alabama Beauty Ball, as Birmingham remains a local center for charm and beauty in Alabama.
A Friday morning gathering of the Sewing Club entertained by Miss Alice Drago on her porch. Members sewed and chatted during the cool hours and at noon, the hostess served a delicious plate luncheon to the group.
The Wiwell Bridge Club enjoyed hospitality from Mrs J W Hunter with tables of members and sub Stites. Prizes at two tables brass candlesticks went to Mrs John Coch rane Miss Virginia Thomas and Mrs Charles L Taylor. A salad course was served after the games. The Mobile Equal Suffrage Abee a don entertains Saturday at the Cawthon Hotel from 5 to 7. Wrights Military School students host a picnic today.
A Birmingham Ledger image showcases Miss Prudence W Neff of Birmingham with a caption praising her talent from the Southern School of Musical Art. The brief note highlights her brilliance as a student and performer in the local music scene.
Letters of administration granted April 30 1915 by Judge Price Williams of Mobile County Alabama. All persons with claims against the estate must present them within the legally required time or be barred. Blanche M Dempsey Administratrix. William Cowley attorney. 5 18 15.
Sheriff W H Holcombe announces a court ordered sale of real estate in Mobile County. The property at Dearborn and Texas streets in Mobile, Lot 5 Square 178 Bernoudy Tract, fronting Texas Street 51 feet 8 inches and 118 feet deep, is to be sold to satisfy a writ of execution issued by the Circuit Court. The sale to take place Monday May 24 1915 at 12 o'clock noon at the Mobile County courthouse door.
Ae won for her in the contest at Emphis last week the distinction of representing the South at the meeting of the National Federation of Musical Clubs. In California next July she will appear with other noted artists.
The Selma Times notes various visits and guests including David Riley Cook from Mobile and Miss Rowena McMillan from New Orleans. Entries mention Mrs. William E. Gordon of Mobile hosting relatives, trips to Covington and San Antonio, and travelers passing through Montgomery and Birmingham with mentions of the McAllisters and May Cox visiting family in Mobile.
Chicago May 1 The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers denounces the arbitration award for 64 000 engineers firemen and hostlers on 98 western railroads as a near total loss claiming wages rise is minimal. The award takes effect May 10 for one year after a six month hearing. Two board members dissented calling the process a failure. Judge Peter C Pritchard notes concessions to secure a settlement.
New York on May 1 marked suffrage day with over 200 meetings organized by the Woman Suffrage Party and participation from other groups. An automobile parade rolled down Fifth Avenue and a multilingual suffrage parade started at Rutgers Square to the East Side.
Nashville observes Equal Suffrage Day with a half holiday weather permitting. A big parade in the central city is planned followed by a pageant Every Woman's Road at Centennial Park featuring Nashville society girls. Mrs Desha Breckenridge of Lexington Kentucky will give an address.
The Interstate Commerce Commission will start valuation work in Alabama next August with the Mobile and Ohio Railroad first. Alabama Central and Alabama and Mississippi Railways will follow in September as the commission moves to value all U.S. railroads per a recent federal act.
Isham Moody brother of Patrolman J D Moody departs Mobile for Lakeland Florida after weeks of land survey work near Mobile. He plans to return in the fall to live and is now engaged in truck farming. A weekly militia wrestling match is set at the armory with Capt E J Grove and ex coach Haig involved. Cases of Willie Bradley and Frank Edwards are postponed for witnesses and enforcement actions.
In Montgomery on May 1 special reporter notes Frank S. Moody of Tuscaloosa former state senator met with Treasurer W. L. Lancaster to discuss Alabama Insane Hospital funding. The Tuscaloosa asylum has faced late appropriations due to a depleted state, with local banks aiding the institution.
Severe earth shocks were registered in Washington today. Scientific staff at Georgetown University described the tremors as strong and disturbing, noting the events occurred early in the day and affected several districts.
The Bank of Tallassee, closed since January, will reopen next Thursday under new management. Alex E. Walker state bank superintendent announced arrangements for reopening at Tallassee with sufficient cash to meet liabilities. A. B. Noble of Tallassee named president and G. W. Wilson of Anniston named cashier.
Moderate temperatures forecast for 36 hour shipments north east and west. Tombigbee river levels not changing much next two days. Alabama region stable. A broad barometric low over Utah influences the West as snow falls in Utah Nevada and Colorado. Highs occurred Friday with 90 in New Orleans Montgomery 88 in Birmingham and Jacksonville. Albert Ashenberger local forecaster Weather Bureau.
About 5000 people gathered in Daphne Alabama for May Day celebrations. The Mobile and Baldwin County crowds arrived by steamer and road as the day featured athletic events, a coronation of May Day queen Miss Mary Blair and King T B Manchef, and a grand parade.
Clarksdale Mississippi joins with the People's Press Company and Panters Manufacturing to complain to the Interstate Commerce Commission against the Illinois Central Yazoo and Mississippi Valley railroad rate of 1.80 per ton for carload coal shipments from Kentucky and Illinois coal fields to Clarksdale as unreasonable.
Mobile liquor dealers filed fifty one applications with State Auditor M C Allgood for a refund of liquor licenses under a recent legislature act. Probate Judge Price Williams arranged the filings without fees. Each dealer to receive 190.20, half the license price, with one dealer to get 28.34.
A noon gathering drew a large crowd around the speakers' stand as Hon. W. E. P. Wilson, Hon. Ira B. Thompson, and Hon. H. H. Holmes urged increased appropriations for the Daphne Normal School. Their talks were frequently met with applause.
Gulfport reports a robust export week with total shipments reaching $277,?18. Lumber timber and rosin valued at $225,187 going to world markets. concrete? exports $2,820 to Vera Cruz. Twelve vessels cleared, five to Buenos Aires with lumber and rosin totaling $51,776 and $50,999 of lumber to British ports.
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