The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-09-23
Advertiser Bureau,

l Mobile. Sept 22
 The largest mortgage for the month of
 September filed in the probate court. was
 that presented to-day by the Electric
 Lighting Company of Mobile. in favor of
 the City Bank and Trust Company of
 Mobile, the sum named being $300000.
 Some time in the earlier. part of the year consolidation of the Mobile Gas
 Light and Coke Company and the Elec- I tric Lighting Company of Mobile was I expected. the com mbination assuming the name of the Hast mentioned company At l a meeting of the directors, to conform
 with an agreement at the time of con-
 solidation. to pay of the present com | panys debts, for improvement, better
 ment and extension of its property and
 for the acquisition of other property. 1t | was voted to issue $300,000 of per cent. gold bonds. same to be payable in 1883. the interest to be paid at stated periods. | The bonds are of the denomination of
 $l0Oo each, dated June l. 19O3 The mortgage filed, includes the entire | properties of the company. consisting of | lands. tenements. gas and electric plants. appurtenances. mains and lines. with the
 exception. however. of certain lands sit- uated on Spring Hill and known as For est Park. a beautiful property, though not open to the public. ... Local real estate dealers, and represen- | tatives of land and development compa- nies fin this immediate vicinity have been showing around the large number of ! home seekers from Illinois. Wisconsin.
 Missouri and other States in the far North and Middle West. brought here the 1 past week by the Louisville and Nash vile and Mobile Ohio Railroads. Nearly. if not quite, all of the par
 ties which came here and to adjacent sections meant business, the heads | of the bodies of men, stated, and the | statement is fully borne out in the fact that large number of parcels of lands 1 have been purchased outright or opvoned Aside from the deal at Burbank, on the | Alabama and Mississippi Railroad, about l fifty miles north of this city, and three miles from Vinegar Bend, many deals were consummated, or are in progress in Baldwin county, east of Mobile The Southern Plantation Company has a large | number of people at present going over its lands adjacent to Perdido Bay and
 the representative of this company said | to-day that several of the persons now | in the field have closed deals and will at | once begin building homes in order to bring their families in to be in readiness | for the early spring truck business. This influx of white people Is being
 hailed with delight by the old residents I OI bdluWln dnu MODlle cOuHtleS. TOT years, extending even back to the days | of slavery. many thousand acres of lands l in South and Southeast Alabama have | been lying idle and it but needed the presence of the sturdy farmers of the | North and Northwest to develop them. A visit to West Baldwin would bear out | the statement that the present corners are the class of people long needed to help build up the country
 | Miss Clara Goldsmith, after a brief ill., | ness. died at 7:20 o'clock this morning | at the family home, No. 4OS Cont street. | Deceased was a daughter of the late | Meyer and Sarah Goldsmith. and life | long resident of Mobile. She leaves two | sisters, Misses Helen and Mamie Gold
 smith. besides many relatives in Mobile Her death is greatly regretted by a | large circle of friends in the city. The | interment will take place tomorrow
 morning at 10 o'clock in the Jewish cem- etery.
 An excursion from New Orleans last | night brought 300 people, the largest | crowd in recent years from along the l Mobile-New Orleans division of the Louisville and Nashville Railroad. An
 otlfer large excursion party from Scooba.
 Miss, and points along the Mobile and | Ohio Railroad came in yesterday. with about 750 people. The two parties made
 the business streets of Mobile look like | old times. The merchants were greatly benefited by their presence. | The big Mallory Line steamship San
 Marcos, sailed this morning for New York. with a large cargo When at Light l No. Is, in the Bay channel. opposite the
 mouth of Dog river. she shipped her propeller and had to cast off her an | chors. Two big tugs were sent down to
 her and she was lowed back to the city
 for repairs. It Is thought she struck a
 sunken log.
 The Wage Earner," Journal to be
 issued by local trades organizations. in
 opposition to The "Unionist." the official
 organ of the Central Trades Council will
 make it's initial appearance thursday It
 Is understood The Wage Farmer will have | no regular subscription list, but will be | issued for gratuitous distribution. To-day being the New Year. all of the
 houses of business conducted by Jews, | were closed and the day was spent in | church going in the forenoon and in
 making New Years calls in the after noon.
 J. II. McAndrew, president of the | Chamber of Commeltce who was confined | to his home for some time with tonsilitis. has so far recovered as to be able to visit the business district.
 l Mrs. Frank Stone and children of Bay Minette. who have been summering on | the Eastern Shore, passed through Mo | bile to-day. en route to their home. | c. E. Ulm representative of the South | ern Cotton oil Company. with his head quarters in St. Louis. is in Mobile, a guest of John H. McAndrew.
 F.. C. Runte. city passenger agent of
 the Louisville and Nashville Railroad at
 New Orleans. piloted the big excursion to l Mobile.
 Eugene Finnegan. a machinery dealer of New Orleans. Is visiting his friend. George J. Farrell
 Nc bile Society News. MT Vincent and sisters Misses Anna Mary and Fanny have returned from a { delightful summer spent at Sans Souci, Portersville Bay.
 Capt. H. L. Pettus. U. s. A. is visiting his mpthar NTrS T F PettuS S04 Pal |