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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 13, 1915
Page
6
Quotation style fragment presents a poetic reflection on God’s world as a garden. Images of women as flowers and endless summer hours foreground a personal contemplation of vocation and beauty. The piece reads as a lyric expression rather than a straight news item.
Alabama society column reports sympathy extended to Mrs Graves and family after a bereavement. Mentions visits from Mobile residents and Montgomery society gatherings, dances, luncheons, farewell party, and various residents returning or traveling between Mobile, Montgomery, and other locales with names of families and clubs.
Personal notices relay visits and travels among Mobile, Meridian, Jackson, West Point and Birmingham society figures. Mrs W P Cannady returns to Jackson after visiting daughter Mrs O R Moore. Miss Polly Barrett stays with Mobile hosts. several families, including the Marlers, Dumas, and Barretts, travel to Meridian, Mobile, and Birmingham areas for visits and exams.
Whistler residents report visits and returns. Mr and Mrs Edward Mallett and children travel from Lucedale Mississippi to home after visiting Mrs Malletts mother Mrs Delia Tew. Mrs James Little and children journey to Quitman Mississippi to stay with relatives for several weeks. Mrs Mark Dodds returns to Eight Mile station after two weeks with her daughter in Winona Mississippi. Frank De La Bar and two sons go back to Meridian Mississippi after visiting Mr and Mrs Charles Crabtree.
T C Kirven of Jackson spent several days in Zimco with Rev Mr Shafer and Vaughn Chapman visiting Grove Hill friends. Mrs N M Heard visited relatives at Glover and Thomasville. Elsie Syms returned to Mississippi after months with her sister Mrs Nick Mazingo. Weather note mentions welcome rain on Wednesday.
Thomasville Alabama society page lists visitors and residents guests. Rev J F Brock preached at First Baptist, Mrs M J Pritchett and family returned from Mobile, Will Clarke and friends from Fulton stopped by, Maud Davidson and son Jimmie visited Newbern and Selma, Helen Threadgill from Hampden visited E T Vick family, Carrie Megginson from New Orleans in town, Ed Adams from Alameda stopped by, Charley Clay from Fulton visited W W Clay, Lamar Fontaine from Mobile and William Goode from Gastonburg made a business call, Dr Barfield from Lineville visiting.
Crary Ala. Miss Mattie Stewart and Lewis Ashbee wed at Crichton Methodist parsonage with Rev. Trotter officiating. Friends extend congratulations.Mr. and Mrs. B. Graham Jr. visited Mobile. Miss Anna Locke joined them for a visit. Mrs. Frank Cheney visited Crichton friends. The Ford family and daughter visited Mobile. Etta, Elma, and Harvey Lord spent weekend in Donovan with Mrs. John Madette. George Ashbee improving slowly. A J Schellinger toured Mobile. Mrs. Havens recovering at her mother's in Chee Smith? continues to improve.
One year into the European War reports say the German line is resisting north of Rheims while the French reclaim Amiens. Berlin via Sayville denies a Marne allied victory and claims a strategic campaign shift. Hindenburg’s army has defeated the Russians and crossed the frontier. Austrian forces make stand before Przemysl. Local notes cover social visits and community updates in Palmetto Beach Alabama with several residents traveling, illnesses, and revival meetings.
Lower Peach Tree residents and teachers are listed with travels to Jackson Camden Thomasville Selma and Auburn. Maud Kirk Jessie Lee Stripling Tippie Shawburger and Walter Stripling attended the Clark County Teachers Institute in Jackson. Several locals plan study resumes and teaching posts at Auburn Camden and local high schools.
J B Driver broke the bones of his right forearm above the wrist Tuesday when the crank on his auto kicked back. Charles Wengerd and family and Wes ley Morgan spent Sunday with W P Mayer and family at Overlook. Charles Harbert wife and baby spent Sunday with L H Williams and wife. Mrs Wesley Morgan, after summer in Chicago, expected home in October. Services at the church every Sabbath at 7 30 pm with Sabbath school at 10 am. Ladies Aid Society meets with Mrs Driver next Wednesday afternoon.
Will Creary of Plateau, accused of attempted murder of Mary Walker and fleeing arrest, received eighty days hard labor on the county road after arraignment for carrying a concealed pistol and shooting into a dwelling. Deputies Mills and Marechau testified to a strong case.
The case against Fred W. Bacho, city attorney, charged with criminal libel by Judge Safford Berney, was called in the Inferior criminal court and withdrawn on motion of the state after Bacho read an apology admitting distress and intoxication affecting responsibility.
Foley Alabama farmers in Baldwin county report ninety eight carloads of sweet potatoes shipped this season with prospects of another heavy movement in October. The late crop is expected to pay good profits with expenses covered on early shipments, signaling Foley’s growth as a potato center.
William H. Bryant, manager of the Home Telephone Company, departed Monday by the Louisville and Nashville for Indianapolis to attend the Independent Telephone Associations of America convention. He serves as first vice president of the organization.
Industrial agent H. H. Bolton promotes peanuts as profit engine for cotton regions. He cites yields and profits from Alabama to Texas, notes hog feeding value and byproducts, and highlights Virginia leading shipments and new peanut meal and germ products.
Mrs. S. E. Holt visits relatives in Virginia as Samuel joins. Picnickers at Dog River, and gatherings at Harris street and Monroe Park mark a busy week. A six foot two inch alligator is captured near Parham Street. Miss Mabel and Miss Myrtle Vermelle host parties with many friends. a surprise family reunion occurs Bay Front. Ladies' Aid plans birthday party at Oakdale Baptist Church on September 21.
Detectives recovered three scarf pins and two trousers identified as Dr. J. B. Marshall’s from Louis Spencer’s home. Spencer Chatman and Straford, the trio of suspects, are held for multiple burglaries in Mobile's residential areas. Police Chief Crenshaw expects more stolen items to be recovered and linked to the men who may know details about a break in L. G. Adams' Carlton and Old Shell road residence.
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