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Newspaper
Moulton Advertiser
Location
Moulton, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1908
Page
2
The Birmingham Ledger notes a misattribution to Lau derdale County and reports Lawrence County approved a special school tax by a 17 vote margin. It remarks on local character and hints at broader federal tax sentiment with Taft threats and March plans, framing it as a period of political division.
The Hartseli Enterprise notes possible upheavals in the South after Taft's inauguration and that many big bosses tremble. It also reports Mrs. Jonathan Sandlin dies near Sandersville at 88, with funeral by Bro. Bob Wear, and mentions A W Sandlin's visit, A W Byars leaving a drug store for Courtland, and marriage rumors. The piece covers church membership, infants baptized, adults, and W W Windham named Game and Fish Warden for Lawrence county. John L. Moulton is elected Commander of the U S C V at Mobile. Mrs A Bernstein of Moulton visits family in Huntsville. A Baptist church pistol incident is noted, and Prof A D Roberts attends the North Alabama Teacher's Association returning with plans to share wisdom.
A string of grim events reads like a casualty ledger. In New Mexico Bryan hunts bears deer and a lion. Birmingham reports 21 killings in November. A ship sinks near Manila with 100 dead. Oklahoma floods displace about 8000 people. A Pennsylvania mine explosion kills 188 and entombs many more. Edmondson family near Decatur murdered and cremated. wife and three children among victims. motive theft suspected. Barns and horses burned. no clues to perpetrators.
Six weeks earlier J R Howell, a progressive merchant related to Mr Hope, contracted for a 12 inch single column advertisement. The time expired last week, but results were so satisfactory that Howell phoned Saturday to continue the ad another month. The copy claims strong drawing power and widespread testimony from thousands.
DeWitt Lynch from Nashville spent days with us last week. Dispatches report Governor Comer may recall the legislature to fix the prohibition law. R. W. Drake was killed and robbed. three Negroes are jailed, one has given details in Demopolis. Bro W. S. Howell travels Montgomery for Moulton lodge.
Constipation causes illness and regular bowel movements are vital. Dr Caldwell’s Syrup Pepsin offers a safe, pleasant laxative for all ages, avoids harsh purgatives, serves as a tonic and digestions aid, with endorsements and free samples offered by the makers.
Jack Montgomery has worked 80 days at Windham & Co on a great slaughter sale. The boll weevil is described as a blessing not a curse, with farmers urged to plant more grain and less cotton as a result.
An invoice notes a stock valued at 7000 dollars all new and due by January first. It presents buyers with a limited chance to secure bargains never before offered by Moulton and possibly never again.
A local drug department owner announces a drastic closing out sale Seeking to unload wine of cordus Peruna and all 1.00 and 0.50 items at deep discounts along with overcoats suits blankets and hardware all cash no charges and urging prompt payment to finish the sale.
The notice outlines quotes on calico five cents and good brown domestic eight cents. It notes deep cuts across departments and highlights enormous stocks of hats and shoes at cost. The message urges buyers to take advantage as the season requires shoes.
Our Methodist sisters raised fifty dollars during Thanksgiving Dinner the finest feast in Moulton on any occasion. Women lead church work and deserve prayers for benedictions on patrons. Hon J C Brown of Covington Ky visited. townspeople grateful for his qualities and banking start. The ocean liner boiler explosion drowned many. Rev J W Curtis, 50 years minister in Christian church, died aged 86, though age appears misrecorded.
The article extols Lowe Tidwell and Delashaw as a brilliant law firm in North Alabama. It highlights Delashaw as a local graduate of the State University Law Department, noting his integrity and industry. Pelham, also a law graduate, is cited as fully prepared to handle cases upon public presentation of credentials.
Roanoke Leader extends congratulations on the marriage of Editor O H Stephenson to Miss Elsie Sharp. If his devotion matches his writing, his wife will be the best loved woman in Alabama.
The record shows a voting contest tally for a sewing machine with candidates Mrs F B Stewart and Miss Ellen Wilson along with Miss Evie Shelton Miss Lucy Walker Miss Leona Cowan and Miss Nannie Almon, listing each candidate’s vote totals.
In the holiday lead up, youngsters discuss Old Santa and his reindeer wagon. The obituary notes T. C. Burton, a respected Jasper businessman, as a noted local figure who has died.
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