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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 07, 1915
Page
9
The crops committee of the Gulf Coast Produce Exchange will issue seasonable crop bulletins to active farmer members. More than 300 Mobile county farmers and about half as many in other counties will receive the first bulletins. The Item will publish two issues as examples of the department’s work before broader distribution.
The Gulf Coast Produce Exchange coordinates farmers from Mobile and Baldwin counties and along the Mississippi coast to plant and market crops uniformly. Bulletin No 1 outlines spinach planting times and soil needs for February and March, recommending row and bed layouts, seed depth, thinning, and fertilization with stable and commercial fertilizer.
Daphne Friday night entered the Gulf Coast Produce Exchange promising the support of at least thirty farmers. The move aims to benefit from the first crop bulletins and boost early shipments through cooperation with Mobile county and the upper Eastern Shore farmers.
Mobile railroad officials blame the Let Alabama Feed Herself campaign for reduced freight revenues. An upcoming January 1, 1916 rate increase is planned for all freight into and out of Mobile and southeastern territory south of the Ohio and Potomac rivers. The move, described as a revenue tariff, aims to fund railroads through a low period amid regional development.
Police officer C. E. Doyle is accused of signaling blind tiger operators during raids in the camp ground district last week. He was suspended Saturday by Chief G. M. Van Liew with a recommendation for dismissal after a telephone tip allegedly linked him to calling liquor sellers with the warning “Slide it back.” The chief conducted a personal investigation and finds the officer guilty of the charge.
Official figures show total attendance at the Gulf Coast Exposition estimated at 17 315.90 with 14 628.00 in general admission and 2 787.90 in grandstand. Secretary Mort L. Bixler says next year’s attendance and receipts could double with a larger grandstand and added extensions. School Day drew about 20 000 on the grounds. auditors to determine final financials.
Motorists along Old Shell Road to Spring Hill note three near finished buildings of the Episcopal Church Home for Orphans in Alabama. The group includes an administration building and two cottages with a future brown stone chapel, laid out in a cottage plan to foster a home atmosphere and durability.
A speeding driver drove through an open drawbridge at Three Mile Creek and vanished. The Ford roadster surfaced later on the bank opposite, leaving the bridge tender Frank McDonald shaken but unable to stop the driver who fled. The water hyacinths hid the submerged vehicle.
A visitor praised Mobile for its excellent thoroughfares noting the city’s streets as among the best he has seen. Records show 73 miles of paved or improved streets under City Commissioner Harry Pillans, with 37.5 miles paved and 35.7 miles hardened by gravel or shells. The piece recalls earlier pavements like crushed oyster shells and Nicholson pavement.
Nine families from Montgomery, Alabama relocate to Dyas in Baldwin County drawn by warm southern soil and a planned market exchange. John B. Lawrence, founder of Dyas, says the soil is ideal for English peas and expects to attract more families to specialize in crops with market demand.
West Florida and coastal Mississippi communities rally behind the Old Spanish Trail as a unified highway project from Miami to New Orleans. Officials announce county road plans, bridges, and ferries, with Biloxi and Jackson County leaders stepping to promote the route and coordinate with Mobile and Pensacola efforts.
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