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Newspaper
Moulton Advertiser
Location
Moulton, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 06, 1906
Page
2
The Moulton Advertiser claims a scoop by presenting President Roosevelts annual message to Congress in advance of other papers. The editor explains their access comes from rapport with Ted, asserting independence and willingness to praise or chastise the President as deserved.
Editor Walter Grubbs accepts a playful definition of the elephant business. The piece details a wild scheme involving a white elephant farm on Sand Mountain, 5000 acres, houses, barns, a skating rink, and baby elephants contesting Huntsville skaters. The plan includes a pink silk bathing suit, ballet costumes for editors, a five mile Montgomery procession with eight white horses, and an address on elephant milk cheese at the Capitol.
Thanksgiving was celebrated nationwide with gratitude in Alabama, featuring a Saundersville gathering with Judge Samuel E. Gardner and guests. The Montgomery Journal and Moulton Advertiser feature anniversary plans, praise for the Advertiser, and a portrait of editor Jourd White, described as the sunshine editor of Alabama.
A brittle clipping recalls early editors A. A. McCartney and the Gallaways, then the Whites including D. C. White and N. H. White, praising the Ad vertiser and Courtland Herald. The writer urges forward thinking, notes Jourd’s sermons, and sends regards to Mrs. D. C. White and family, closing with “Other clipping and letters.”
The Moulton Advertiser marks long service of Jourd White who joined as a young man at 21 and remains active at 99. Community letter from Birmingham Ledger notes birthday wish for editor to continue in the paper with renewed vigor.
Leighton News notes the Moulton Advertiser marks seventy eighth anniversary and Thanksgiving with optimism for the future. The paper has been owned by the White family for over three years and will likely continue under their stewardship. An editorial praises the White lineage of typographers and hopes a descendant always guides the newspaper.
A clash of editorials and reviews portrays Jourd White and the Moulton Advertiser as a beacon of cheerful philosophy, loyalty, and family lineage, contrasted with a New Decatur Advertiser critique calling its rival monstrous and hypocritical. The piece surveys regional press character, editor figures, and local pride amid sharp satire.
The Moulton Advertiser celebrated its 78th birthday as a weekly in a town under 1000 residents, a mile from the railroad. It has been owned by the White family for sixty years and the editor notes there are enough little Whites to keep it in the family for now and beyond.
W J Nesbit of Decatur announces the arrival of his holiday goods with wagon loads arriving daily. The note promises a vast display and urges readers to wait for full particulars next week.
Samuel Spencer president of Southern railroads dies in a Virginia wreck caused by a collision. Several other prominent men perished, his body burned beyond recognition. Supt Almom travels with his daughter Mrs Cora Lee to the Institute. A cement plant near Birmingham ships 5000 barrels daily. A wild stampede in Moulton last Saturday drew many to the scene.
In hot months reed, rattan, and prairie grass chairs and rockers offer cool comfort and rustic elegance for hall parlor or piazza. Malone's New Decatur stocks reed willow and prairie grass goods, promising replenished stock and pleasing buyers. Hammocks and dawn swings are promoted as restful, profitable investments for summer ease and health.
Bargains on wood and metal furniture carpets rugs curtains and poles and other house furnishing goods offered at the New Decatur store. A real Christmas greeting and friendly handshake await shoppers who enter the doors. Dec 8 1906.
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