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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Sep 23, 1913

Page

7

Notice of filing and acknowledgment for Pine Transport Company

Public record shows Walter G. Horn Notary Public certifying W N Hunter as president of Pine Transport Company and witnesses present. Probate Judge Price Williams Jr confirms signing and filing in Mobile County Probate Court on September 16 1913 with clerk Eyre Williams Jr. Attorneys Stevens McCorvey Dean noted for the record.

State of Alabama Mobile Walter G. Horn W. N. Hunter Pitch. Pine Transport Company Ren Notary Public Mobile County Alan Price Williams, Jr Eyre Williams, Jr En Pine Transport Com Stevens, McCorvey & Dean Attormes

Cotton futures open steady in New Orleans with gains

New Orleans cotton futures opened steady posting 10 to 138 point advances on good cables amid cooler temperatures and mixed rain prospects. By noon prices rose modestly then drifted, spot cotton firm at 1 sixteenths higher, with official quotes showing steady closes around 13 1/2 cents for nearby months and 13 6/8 to 13 3/4 for May.

Smith Piano Co Masonica New Orleans Liverpool Washington Texas Oklahoma Berth. Tv Awardns

Cotton Futures Start Strong Then Slip On Realizations

New York cotton open shows first prices 12 to 17 points higher on strong Liverpool cables and demand. Realizing heavy, months gain 17 to 21, while later declines pull futures around midday. Estimated receipts 78 000 bales, spot steady with middling upland at 13.60 and gulf at 13.85.

New York Liverpool Gulf

Cotton market reports fair demand in Liverpool

Liverpool notes cotton spot in fair demand with mid dling at 8.03 and 8.31 for fair and good middling. Sales total 10 000 bales, including 5500 American and 1000 for speculation and export. Receipts 20 000 bales, 13 500 American. Futures show irregular settlements. key spreads listed. A moral closing remark about male dependence concludes the item.

Liverpool

Mobile City Ordinance Bans Station Solicitation by Porters

The Mobile City Board of Commissioners enacts an ordinance effective October 1 1913 prohibiting hackmen cabmen and drivers at railway stations from soliciting patrons for themselves or others and from loud street solicitations near stations. Violators face a fine of ten to one hundred dollars and the ordinance will be published as required by law.

City of Mobile Board of Commissioners

Attorney Touart to issue state automobile licenses

Harry M. Touart of Laurendine, Lowenstein & Touart now located at 102 Lowenstein Building. He will issue all state automobile licenses. owners of motor vehicles must call in person for the service. Call 8 2310 22130t for details.

Harry M. Touart Laurendine, Lowenstein & Touart Lowenstein Building

Wall Street Opening Mixed as Readings and Rail Stocks Move

Wall Street opening notes Canadian Pacific and Pittsburg Coal preferred gains while Goodrich Btd. falls. Reading strengthens to a new high before moderating. California Petroleum slips. Market shows renewed copper weakness but overall firmness with later midday improvement from short covering.

New York Canadian Pacific Pittsburg Coal Goodrich Btd Reading California Petroleum Union Pacific People’s Gas Rock Island

Stock Prices for Amalgamated Copper to Texas OU

Market notes list numerous stock quotes with bid prices and pierce figures for companies including Amalgamated Copper American Beet Sugar Am Cotton OF Anaconda Mining Co Atchison Atlantic Coast Line Baltimore and Ohio Canadian Pacific Chesapeake and Ohio Chicago and Northwestern Chi Mil and St Paul Colorado Fuel and Iron Colorado and Southern Delaware and Hudson Denver and Rio Grande Erie General Electric Great Northern Interborough Met Interharvester Louisville and Nashville Missouri Pacific Missouri Kaw and Texas Lehigh Valley National Lead New York Central Norfolk and Western Northern Pacific Pennsylvania Peoples Gas Pullman Palace Car Reading Rock Island Co Rock Island Co pid Southern Pacific Southern Railway Union Pacific United Steel Wabash Western Union and Texas OU across various price points.

Amalgamated Copper Smith and Ring Sugar Anaconda Mining Co Atchison Atlantic Coast Line Baltimore and Ohio Brooklyn Rapid Transit Canadian Pacific Chesapeake and Ohio Chicago and Northwestern Chi Mil St. Paul Colorado Fuel and Iron Colorado and Southern Delaware and Hudson Denver and Rio Grande Erie General Electric Great Northern Great Northern Qreatis Illinois Central Interborough-Met Pfd Interharvester Louisville Nashville Missouri Pacific Misouri Kaw Texas Lehigh Valley National New York Central Norfolk and Western Northern Pacific Pennsylvania Peoples’ Gas Pullman Palace Reading Rock Island Co Southern Pacific Southern Railway Union Pacific Universes Steel United Bi ‘Steel Wabash Western Union Texas OU

Shipping Notes and River Traffic Update

The British steamer Loraine arrives from Cardiff bound for West Hartlepool to load lumber for Glasgow. Kyleakin reaches quarantine from Ulampa and will load lumber and resin for Glasgow. Barges of Alabama and New Orleans Transportation Co. move fertilizer, pontoons, and sundries between New Orleans, Biloxi, and Mobile with plans for increased weekly runs. Bananas aboard Norwegian steamers Ravn and Fjell arrive for Hubbard Zemurray and United Fruit. The Nueces sails to New York. cotton, naval stores, staves, and lumber move via three river steamers.

Loraine Goldingmaster Cardiff Wales Gulf States Shipping Company West Hartlepool Eny Kyleakin O Lampico Mobile Glasgow Scotland Alabama & New Orleans Transportation Company New Orleans Biloxi F. W. Eaton Barge No. 2 Kavn United Fruit Company Ulua Fijell Hubbard-Zemurray Steamship Company Nueces Mallory Line New York Key West Tampa Alma Alabama Selma Nor Ss. Fjell Johanessen Puerto Cortez Es. Ravn Gran Tela Am. Schr. Goldfield Ljungberg Caibarien Cuba Fjell

Shippers Forecast Predicts Moderate Temps for 36-Hour Moves

A 36 hour shipment window forecasts moderate temperatures across north east and west routes. Officials caution carriers to adjust loads and timing to maintain product quality during transit.

River Levels Seen Dropping Over Next Two Days

The Tombigbee River and its branches are expected to fall over the next two days while the Alabama River remains largely unchanged.

Tombigbee River

Fair and cool weather dominates most of the East

Albert Ashenberger of the Weather Bureau reports fair and cool conditions across the eastern half of the country with frosts reaching North Carolina. A separate high pressure system brings calm, cool weather to the north Pacific coast, while a low pressure area from the southern Rockies to the upper Mississippi Valley brings scattered rain and southerly winds as warmer temperatures move into the Mississippi and upper lake regions.

Mississippi River North Carolina North Pacific Coast Rocky Mountain Mississippi Valley Upper Lake Region Weat Mobile Albert Ashenberger Weather Bureau

Orphem Theatre Reopens With Funny Fellows of New York

The Orphem theatre reopened Monday night to a large crowd for John Thompson’s one man show Funny Fellows of New York. Thompson played both male and female roles with rapid changes and surprised the audience. Show starts 8:15 pm with matinees Wednesday and Saturday at 3 pm.

Orphem Theatre John Thompson New York

Police News Fines Set For Speeding Ordinance Violations

W. E. Martin was fined 10 dollars or twenty days for speeding by Recorder Edington Tuesday morning. K. Kasambekes paid 10 dollars or twenty days for violating the screen ordinance. Louis Washington, arrested for assault and battery, was arraigned and the case reset for September 25 in the recorder's court.

W. E. Martin Edington K. Kasambekes Recorder’s Court Louis Washington Recorder's Court

Cruelty to Goats Leads to Ten Day Jail Stay

Wesley Lee and Charles Lee were jailed for ten days by Justice of the Peace J.M. Slaughter in Spring Hill on a cruelty charge. They allegedly shot one goat, penned the other, and denied it food.

Wesley Lee Charles Lee Justice of the Peace J.M Spring Hill

Hauser Cited For Contempt Of Court In Equity Action

Assistant Solicitor Tisdayle Touart filed an equity case naming Jacob Hauser to appear and show cause why he should not be punished for contempt of a prohibition injunction. Hauser was arrested Sunday night by Deputy Sheriffs Lynch and Lee for allegedly selling liquor at his Palteau business. Conviction could bring fines, imprisonment, or both.

Tisdayle Touart Equity Law and Equity Court Jacob Hauser Hauser Lynch and Lee Palteau Law and Equity

Turpentine and Rosin Prices in Savannah Market

In Savannah on September 23 a turpentine firm reported sales of 500 casks. Rosin firm quotes include D to F at 3.75, G 3.85, H 3.75, I 3.85, K 4.10, N 5.10, with winter green 6.00 and white 6.15 per barrel or gallon as applicable.

S. C Bliss Savannah Rosin Winter Green Ieee White

Cash Grain Market Prices in St. Louis

Sept. 28 cash grain quotes showing Wheat No 2 red 93 1 2 to 95 1 2. No 2 yellow 87 4 95. Corn No 2 75. No 2 white 75 1 2 to 76. Oats No 2 43 1 2. No 2 white 44 1 4.

Mobile Chamber of Commerce and Business League St, Louis

Orleans Lodges Prepare For Mobile Delegation Visit

A joint meeting of New Orleans lodges at the Hotel Grunewald appointed a committee to arrange lodge delegate visits to Mobile for the Southern Commercial Congress and Panama canal celebration. The working model exhibit, shown locally for five days, will be exhibited in New Orleans next week under lodge auspices. Attendees included James E. Cahall and George G. Card who report progress in preparations.

New Orleans Chamber of Commerce

City BREVITIES Drowning Near Beaureguard Street Bar

A white man employed by Home Dredging Company drowned Monday night near a barge on the river off Beaureguard Street. Police filed the report Tuesday morning. The Alabama Oyster Commission, at its Monday meeting, backed Congressman Linthicum’s migratory fish bill and urged including shrimp crabs in the protection clause.

Beaureguard Street Home Dredging Company Alabama Oyster Commission Congress Congressman Linthicum Baltimore

Hunting Party Returns From Wauphin Island Hunt

Captain Curtis Johnson leads Constantine Marine Charlie Mallon Paul Mallon Charles Hanwick Jr and A Marine returning to Mobile after a weekend on Wauphin Island. They report abundant ducks and curlews as the hunting party wrapped up Monday night.

Captain Curtis Johnson Constantine Marine Charlie Mallon Paul Mallon Charles Hanwick, Jr A. Marine Mobile Wauphin Island Captain Johnson

Fire damages frame house in Smith's alley

Hose Company No. 3 attended a Monday night blaze in a frame dwelling in Smith's alley between Jackson and Claiborne streets. The fire, caused by a defective chimney, caused only slight damage.

Smith's Alley Jackson and Claiborne Streets

Tri-State Oil Increases Stock and Moves Headquarters

A certificate filed in probate court on Tuesday increases Tri-State Oil Company stock from 100000 to 300000 and transfers its headquarters from Whistler to Birmingham Alabama.

Tri-State Oil Company Whistler Birmingham Ala

Marriage License Issued in Probate Court for Hynde and Swentonman

A marriage license was issued in Mobile Tuesday to Matthew M. Hynde and Rose Christine Swentonman, both city residents. The Mobile scene includes officials James Bauer appointing Mrs. Jessie McGuire as board agent for the Girls Tomato Club, with $150 appropriated for the project and travel across the county. Judge Semmes returns from Memphis after his son-in-law Percy Finlay’s illness and death. The Woman's Christian Temperance Union schedules a meeting at Government Street Presbyterian Church. Thomas Bradford, head of Alabama’s motor vehicle licenses, visits to arrange county license collection for 1914. Mobile County hosts over seven hundred motor vehicles. Bradford will visit with State Back Tax Commissioner D. J. Callaghan and later hunt in Baldwin County with L. B. Graham and H. W. Gregory of Burroughs Adding Machine Company, who are in Mobile at the Battle House.

Matthew M. Hynde Rose Christine Swentonman Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners John T. Bauer Jessie McGuire Mobile County Girls’ Tomato Club McGuire Oliver J. Semmes Mobile Memphis Tenn Percy Finlay Woman's Christian Temperance Union Government-street Presbyterian Church Thomas W. Bradford State of Alabama Harry Touart Bradford D. J .Callaghan Baldwin County L. B. Graham H. W. Gregory Burroughs Adding Machine Company Birmingham Battle House Gregory

Ways and Means Luncheon Called in Mobile

A Chamber of Commerce Ways and Means Committee meeting was set for Wednesday at noon with Don Farnsworth calling it after receiving word that Dr. Clarence J. Owens and John Barrett would stay in Mobile for the luncheon. The event, at the Cawthon Vineyard, will start at 12 30 and last an hour with ten minute speeches from the visitors and no other remarks. Manager C B Hervey will host the visitors at the Cawthon Hotel dinner Tuesday night, with city commissioners and other prominent locals invited.

Chamber of Commerce Ways and Means Committee Don Farnsworth Clarence J. Owens Southern Commercial Congress John Barrett Pan-American Union Mobile Cawthon Vineyard C. B. Hervey Cawthon Hotel

Visitors and guests fill Mobile hotels and streets

Misses Hattie Smee and Alma Bryant of Bayou la Batre arrive in Mobile to stay a week with Mrs. Charles Wittman. Mrs. A. Strauss and niece Miss May Rohrman of Oklahoma City return from Fairhope and will winter in Mobile with Mrs. Strauss. Several businessmen and couples from Cincinnati, Chicago, Meridian, Chattanooga, Evansville, Akron and more visit or stay at local hotels, joining local residents for shopping and social calls.

Hattie Smee Alma Bryant Bayou la Batre Charles Wittman A. Strauss May Rohrman Oklahoma City Okla Fairhope William Richard Rohrman Mobile Strauss

Also Mentioned on This Page

National Drug Store Wilkerson Selma Streets Apply Union News Co D. Y Automatic Adding Machine Co Duane Street St. Joseph Street C. M Dauphin and Conception Dauphin Street B. H. Barton Monroe Park Theatre E. E. Forbes Piano Co Jackson Streetd Drs. T T. J. Granade Old Shell Road Maude E. Truitt School of Music and Dramatic Art Truitt Broad District Court Southern District of Alabama Horace H. Jackson Ehrimer Robert T. Ervin Pitchpine Transport Company Pitch Pine Transport Company E. R. du Mont W. W. Cumnock Tom White W. A. Powell Hans Forchheimer Trigerator L. L. Noble Dauphin Cedar and S. Bayou Street Dely Bros. Grocery Co C. Klein Model Laundry Itp W. Rickardy S. Dauphin N. EK Rickardy My Lane North Julia Erese Bell St. Francis Street R. L. Red Plymouth Rocks T. J. Potter Spring Hill Avenue East College Street Tokio Guardian S. Imura Alvin Japanese Nursery Co Bank of Mobile Meadam Pauline Crichton Cross Railroad Dneé Block Burton Avenues W. H. H. Greenwood Edna Mc Davis Avenue Green’s Dancing School W. J. Koral Collins Amanda Forness Robert Forness Court of Chancery Thirteenth Southwestern Chancery Division Carl Holzborn Pethelman E. A. Johnson Southern Hotel Dexeryse Eae Visheess G. Britain Continent U. 8 Macartney & Schley Ohio R. R. Co Montgomery Division St. Louis Gulf Coast Gas City Bank & Trust Co Turner-Hartwell “Docks van Antwerp Meridian Light & Ry Co Mobile Street Railway Co Wall Street Review Marine Matters and River News Schr. Goldfield H. C Orpheum Theatre Police News Naval Stores Orleans Panama Barrett Owens W. D. Hammitt Cincinnati, O Katie Cox Meridian Bienville Hotel Messrs Thomas Roberts Henry Birdsong Chattanooga, Tenn Place Perry Ulrich and Russell Ulrich Chicago, Li The J. J. McEwen N. O., M. & C. Railroad Houston Brian Gentry Evansville, Ind H.'B. Lewis Fowl River, Ala H. BE. Keller E. K. O’brien Akron, C T. F. Martin Dave Beloney Pensacola Effie Mecklenburger Columbus Carol Leinkauf Industrial Institute and College O. K. King Vox Iy Ly National Banking Association Pine Crest Pine Crest Cemetery Government St. Loop American Securities
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