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Newspaper
Moulton Advertiser
Location
Moulton, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 08, 1908
Page
4
Trustees of a Hillsboro public school seek a qualified teacher for a position a few miles southwest of Hillsboro Alabama. Interested applicants should contact Fe L Hitt F L Reedy or Thos Hamilton for details and application.
Under a 1905 mortgage M Groenen dyke and Emma L Groenendyke authorize sale of 240 acres in Lawrence County Alabama. The property comprises portions of Sections 11 and 14 Township 6 Range 7 and will be sold December 19 1908 at public outcry in front of Hillsboro Post Office to satisfy the debt costs and interest. Kirk Carmichael and Rather attorneys for Mary Palmer mortgagee.
Administrator W H Burden petitions for final settlement of Joseph Saint estate in Lawrence County Alabama. Court fixes December 21, 1908 as settlement day. Interested parties may appear to contest the account with vouchers and evidence presented. Witness J C Kumpe judge of probate.
Patrons of the described district plan to ask the County Board of Education on the first Saturday in January 1909 to establish a new school district. The proposed tract covers sections in Township 6, Range 7 with specified compass-boundary lines and involves organizers Dave Richeson, W. M. Griffin, Ed Spain, Jen Masterson, R. L. Bobo and others.
Beat 1-A Bailey and others named as Justices and bailiffs for Hillsboro Avoca Moulton and surrounding areas. J. P. roles assigned to each beat with names including Gilchrist LeMay Wadsworth Butler Wallace Ferguson Gardner and others. notary public listed as J. B. Barbee Hillsboro.
The passage contends the world won’t tumble for 500 years, allowing William Jennings Bryan to run for President three more times and giving people ample time to prepare for the final judgment day.
A Mississippi young lady picked 880 pounds of cotton for her father in a single day. She is praised as a bright gem, and her work ethic is urged as a model for the country, highlighting the value of industrious girls.
Two women fought a duel with knives in Missouri over a feud between their husbands. Blood flowed freely and one combatant died on the field. A separate note mentions a postmaster in Michigan paid two cents for this year's salary, with a remark about keeping the Moulton post office and its occupants.
On May 14 1908 at the home of Brother and Sister Lela Willis the spirit of their infant James Paul Willis born November 23 1906 departed. The sorrowing parents and relatives are urged to trust in Christ and seek heavenly comfort. Aunt Nona asks for God to comfort their hearts.
Mary Eliza Bynum died September 7 1908 aged 42 years 10 months 9 days. She married William Bynum July 22 1888. A lifelong M E Church member at Landersville she left a husband seven children. The family receives our sympathy and a call to faith in Christ.
In a strange tale two boys twisted a hidden stash of 36000 dollars from a rabbit hole in Pennsylvania. A grand bridge project in New York costing 24000000 dollars was condemned before completion, marking a dramatic halt to a major construction.
Department of the Interior notice lists Robert Hitt of Trinity Alabama filing final five years proof for Lot 44 of the Northwest quarter Section 4 Township 6 South Range 6 East Huntsville Meridian. Proof to be made before the Probate Court in Moulton Alabama January 19, 1906. Witnesses named: William L. Brandon William F. Bowling Theo F. Lentz Peter L. Hitt all of Trinity Alabama.
Sunday to Saturday reflections urging kindness, gratitude, and service. Each day sets a vow to seek beauty, speak kindly, and trust in God, noting November’s bleakness yet harvest gratitude and resilience through daily acts.
The piece laments the season for planting and hints at political revival as Foraker, called the Buckeye fallen statesman, staggers to the front to seek re election. It notes he was caught with the goods but suggests others share fault.
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