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Newspaper
Moulton Advertiser
Location
Moulton, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1908
Page
4
An advertisement promotes a $1.15 deal for Moulton Advertiser and Farm and Fireside. It highlights Christian ideals, farm knowledge, and high quality engravings including Abraham Lincoln to inspire boys in public life, urging readers to act quickly to support their ginger solicitations.
The Farm and Fireside paper, published twice monthly for over thirty years, claims broad coverage with up to date farm authority contributions. It targets farmers and their families and touts strong editorial quality, household departments, fashion pages, and leading national circulation. An offer invites obtaining two good papers for the price of one with postage included.
Three art proofs by American masters are offered with Farm and Fireside for prompt subscribers. Each color reproduction would sell in stores for 60 cents to $1.00. Sizes vary: Pretty Girl 9?4 by 11 inches, Center piece 14 by 19 inches, Lincoln 9 by 13 inches. Subscribers before December 1908 receive these three pictures.
An old fashioned Christmas is described as increasingly replaced by electric gadgets and modern conveniences. Electric lights, ovens, telephones, toys, and heating reshape celebrations, with emphasis on useful gifts and bright decor. The piece urges practical, cheerful festivity through electricity.
Scant eyebrows spur a tip to use pure alcohol as a stimulant applied with a fingertip while cautioning to avoid eye contact. The passage then surveys fashion quirks: skirts reaching instep, long back coats, varied sleeve designs, multi-material gowns, and coordinating hats and earrings.
A boarding house landlady asserts her authority over meals, vetoing turkey and pudding and replacing them with a grand feast. The inhabitants quietly enjoy the ruse as they chuckle and whisper, fearing Mrs Skinem might uncover the prank.
A Christmas message lauds Jesus's call to a new social order guided by the Golden Rule. It highlights the conscripts of the Dream, people who serve others, restrain self, promote charity, defend the oppressed, ease suffering, and embody discreet piety. They avoid vanity, gossip, and self righteousness, seeking divine chastity and humble worship within.
The piece traces Christmas gift customs across Christian lands from St Nicholas Eve to the boy bishop practice in Germany and England. It notes Spain, Switzerland, and Oxfordshire traditions, Henry VIII and Elizabeth I ending the rite, and the later secular Santa Claus evolution from Dutch or German roots in the sixteenth century.
Christmas Giving discusses the balance between exchange gifts and aiding the needy. It argues the festive season fosters generosity without harming givers, noting the relief of the poor is a blessed work that benefits the one who gives.
The Review of Reviews McClure's and Woman's Home Companion along with The Moulton Advertiser are offered as a four-magazine bundle. Regular yearly price is $6.75, but a one-year combined subscription to all four at any address is $4.00, saving $2.75. Send orders to The Moulton Advertiser now.
District and County officers presented: Judge of Probate J C Kumpe. Clerk R. Sheriff J A Cannon. Tax Collector D B Bracken. Tax Assessor W C Hamilton. Tax Commissioner W N Almon. Treasurer Arthur Henderson. County Surveyors N G Delashaw and D B Lester. County Court Judge J C Kumpe. County Solicitor J M Irwin. Board of Revenue J M Houston J N Sheets A J Windham F M Carruth.
Chancery Court meets on the fourth Mondays in February and August. Circuit Court sits on the first Mondays in March and September, continuing two weeks. County Court convenes on the third Monday of each month. Jury terms occur on the third days in January and July. Probate Court meets on the second Monday each month. Board of Revenue meets on the second Mondays in February, May, August and November.
Beat 1-A Paled Hames Perry Hillsboro. Beat 2 J A Gnacaitet J P Court land. Beat 9 N J LeMay Gilbert Troop J P Step. Beat 4 J H Wadsworth P 3 K Claiborne Hillsboro. Beat 5 J H Butler L M Wallace J P R T Hatton Avoca. Beat 6 S W Ferguson J P J F Smith Mt Hope. Beat 7 S E Gardner J H Brewer J P no constable Landsville Moulton. Beat 8 R Y Goodlett J R Blankenship J P Moulton. Beat 9 F A Inoe C P Waterson J P J W McCaghren C Oakville. Beat 10 A J McCulloch W T Hill J P A W Hill Trinity. Beat 11 J R Waters Wm Hewkins J P R 8 Higgins C Danville. Mt Home Notary Public and Ex officio J B Barbee Hillsboro RI.
Baptist on the fourth Sunday with morning and evening services led by Elder R. L. Quinn and Sunday School at 9 30 led by O. L. Judy. Methodist holds morning and evening preaching on the second and third Sundays led by Rev. H. A. Swindell with Sunday School at 9 30 led by D. C. Goodlett.
Educational notice shows teachers paid on the first Saturday of each month at Moulton. Examinations are scheduled for the first Mondays in January and July. H. Almon serves as County Superintendent.
Regular communications are listed for Moulton Lodge 6 Mt Hope Lodge 168 Courtland Lodge 87 and Town Creek Lodge 861 with meeting days including 2nd Wednesdays 4th Wednesdays and 2nd Monday plus the Saturday before the 8th Sunday in each month. W. M. officers and secretaries names are provided for each lodge.
Courtland Chapter No 25 Royal Arch Masons hold regular meetings on the eighth Tuesday of each month. J M Houston serves as High Priest and W H Smith as secretary.
May Flower No 48 meets in Moulton on the first and second Saturday nights at 8 o’clock with M H Craig and C C E Armor as clerk. Town Creek Lodge 74 of Western of World meets the second Tuesday night monthly, led by EO ge and J H Houston as clerk.
I C C Lawrence Lodge No 878 I O O F Town Creek Alabama meets every Monday night at 8 o clock KE E Etheredge N G J M Houston Secretary Notes and officers listed for contact and meeting time
Clerks secretaries and interested parties are asked to phone or write us with all corrections to the Directory. This notice urges prompt communication to ensure accuracy in the published list.
A historic promotion offers five new subscribers a bound copy of Sam Jones life with 2500 ballots in a voting contest. The Moulton Advertiser touts the book as a premium to subscribe or renew with a December 20 deadline.
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