Public Schools in Lawrence County Highlighted Reform
A letter to the editor condemns the lack of teachers in Lawrence County with 47 schools without staff and about 1500 local children in ignorance. It argues the strict teacher qualification law blocks competent rural educators, urges legislature relief, and warns of broader state decline without reform.
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Henry G. Almon
Lawreyge
Moulton
Commonwealth
Lawrence County
Alabama
Christmas Season and the Birth of Christ
The piece extols the Christmas season as the most glorious period in world history. It speaks of a Savior born in Bethlehem, the joy shared by rich and poor, and the enduring custom of Santa Claus, while noting the pagan origins of the story but affirming its continued celebration.
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Earth
Heaven
Santa Claus
Willie
Mary
Santa
Judean Hills
Jesus
Christ
Ad Backed Check for Christmas Edition in Courtland
A Nashville based writer sends a check to Jourd for the Christmas edition costs and comments on Courtland’s dispensary debate. He warns the town against liquor, saying Courtland is cursed by the drink demon and noting bloodshed linked to drinking.
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Nashville
Tann
Jourd
Courtland
Letter Opposing Distillery Dispensary Move in Courtland
Courtland Alabama December 18 1906 Revering the Moulton Advertiser editors the writer voices strong opposition to a dispensary. He cites prohibition law flaws and argues a dispensary harms homes churches and morality. The letter denounces liquor traffic and urges the community to stay vigilant against any measure enabling sale of liquor.
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South Carolina
Courtland
Lawrence County
Co. O'N. Martindale
Presbyterian Church
Prohibition Fight Shifts to Local Option Strategy
The Moulton Advertiser vows to continue the abstinence campaign despite a Supreme Court setback to prohibition. It endorses temperance persistence and favors the dispensary approach for counties with large towns, anticipating a local option law to empower counties to regulate liquor sales.
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Birmingham Ledger
Moulton Advertiser
Supreme Court
Moulton Advertiser Praise From Heflin New Era
The column lauds the Moulton Advertiser and its editor Jourd White of Alabama praising his leadership. It extols White as the sunshine editor loved across Lawrence county and expanding statewide, promising continuation of his influence for generations.
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Heflin
Moulten
Jourd White
Sunshine
Alabama
Lawrence County
Moulton
Jourd
Moulton Advertiser Celebrates Sixty Years in Local Press
Decatur notes congratulate Messrs Jourd and Paul White on the Moulton Advertiser reaching a sixty year lineage in the White family. The paper is praised as a premier country weekly, rejuvenated and prospering, with a history of notable service to the county and state. A fire incident in Howard Irwin's home involved a blue flame igniting a barrel of gall, quickly extinguished by a passerby matron.
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Decatur News
Messrs
Jourd
Paul White
Moulton Advertiser
Advertiser
Standard Oil Company
Howard Irwin
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