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County Officials Directory Names and Posts
County directory lists officeholders: Chancellor-Thomas Dobbs. Circuit Judge Henry C. Speaks. Judge of Probate James C. Kumpe. County Solicitor D. C. Almon. Clerk of the Circuit Court James M. Doss. Register in Chancery C. M. Sherrod. Sheriff W. R. Roberts. Tax Collector W. I. Roberson. Tax Assessor W. W. Simmons. Treasurer P. O. Watson. Superintendent of Education M. M. Summers. Commissioners R. C. Montgomery J. G. Roberson J. W. Terry O. H. Bynum. County Surveyors O. D. Gibson and R. H. Coleman. County Health Officer Dr. H. B. Burkett.
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Thomas Dobbs
Henry C. Speaks
James C. Kumpe
D. C. Almon
James M. Doss
C. M. Sherrod
W. R. Roberts
W. IF. Roberson
W. W. Simmons
P. O. Watson
M. M. Summers
Court calendar of local courts by meeting dates
Circuit Court meets the 4th Mondays in April and November. Chancery Court meets on Thursday after 4th Monday in February and August. County Court meets the 3rd Monday in each month. Probate Court meets 2nd Monday in Commissioners' Court, regular terms, the second Mondays in February and August, and first Mondays in April and November.
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Chancery Court
Probate
Commissioners’ Court
Aucurt
Church Services and Sunday School Schedules
Religious notices list Methodist Church with Rev J W Carey holding services on the 1st and 3rd Sundays at 11 AM, Sunday school at 9 AM weekly, and Tuesday prayer. Baptist Church led by Elder R T Wear with services on the 4th Sunday and Saturday before at 1 PM, Sunday school at 9 AM, Wednesday prayer meeting. Cumberland Presbyterian under Rev J W Gorman with 2nd Sunday 9 AM services in the Methodist Church. Christian Church conducts Sunday school every Sunday at 9 AM.
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Methodist Church
J. W. Carey
Baptist Church
R.T. Wear
Cumberland Presbyterian
J. W Gorman
Christian Church
Moulton Mail Arrivals and Departures Schedule
Arrivals and departures of mails show routes from Moulton to Hillsboro Russieville Hartsell and Double Springs. Daily leaves except Sunday at 8 00 AM and 8 00 PM arrival times same day. Additional Monday Wednesday Friday departures 12 PM with 11 20 AM arrivals.
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Moulton
Hillsboro
Moulton and Russelville
Moulton and Hartsell
Masonic Lodge Convocations and Meetings Listed by Alabama Lodges
Regular convocations and communications of Moulton Royal Arch Chapter No 87 Lorge No 6 Leighton Lodge No 43 Mt Hope Lodge No 168 Town Creek Lodge No 361 Courtland Lodge No 37 Hillsboro Lodge No 408 Danville Lodge No 95 Trinity Lodge No 386 are scheduled monthly on specified days before or around the full moon or sabbath. Officers named include D C White H P R Y Goodlett W M and others. Notices list meeting times, chairs, and secretaries for each lodge.
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Moulton Royal Arch
N.G. Delashaw
A. F
A. M
P.N.G. Rand
W. M
Mt. Hope Lodge
G. W. Jackson
James H. Wear
Town Creek Lodge
Albert Powers
J.P. Stall
Courtland Lodge
J. A. Gilchrist
W. V. Chardavayne
Rock of Ages and the lost soul in the night
A lyrical juxtaposition follows a woman singing Rock of Ages as a beacon to a sorrowing soul amid night streets and shadowed walls. The piece contrasts the singer's mercy with a lost life touched by her hymn, then shifts to reflections on self defense, crime and Southern attitudes toward gun violence, judicial fairness, and social change.
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Mercy
War on pistols roils press tide seeks harsher laws
In an editorial sweep the Anniston Times attacks pistol carry as a national disgrace. It cites Augusta tragedy and criticizes concealed weapons as a menace to life, urging lawmakers to enact penitentiary penalties for carrying pistols and to reshape public sentiment.
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Augusta
Chronicle
Jesse Thompson
Norrell
Thompson
Things that a girl ought to learn list
A didactic list outlines lessons for girls on conduct and skills. It emphasizes running, swimming, neatness, punctuality, sewing, respect for elders, speaking softly, reading aloud, graciousness, trust in mothers, reserve, cautious friendship, simple dressing, and keeping promises even under great pressure. It also notes singing if capable but not to sing if unable.
Ingalls on the Negro Problem Speech
The Anniston Daily Times reports Senator Ingalls in the Senate last Thursday addressed the race problem. The gallery crowds expected a harsher critique of the South but found a fair exposition of currents as they exist, with abundant abuse from outsiders toward the region.
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Alton
Illinois
Dagger’s Point
North
South
Marietta Journal
Anniston Daily Times
Ingalls
Senate
Envy and insult in a Southern political clash
A fiery anti Chandler tirade attacks a Mississippi political figure, accusing him of envy and malice toward the South. The writer scorns his alleged acts after an ear pulling incident and warns of damage suits and electioneering tactics. Strong language targets race and civilization with sharp political rhetoric.
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South
New England
Mississippi
Chandler
Rmmcan
Senate
The Baboon as an Epicure in Shifting Times
An article notes baboons changing habits with climate, from vegetarian theft of mealies to raiding honey nests and wild aloe for food. Farmers discuss arsenic and poisoning efforts, while baboons reportedly spit out poisons if palatable, yet some succumb to arsenic despite cleverness.
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Graaf Remet
Peter Booysen
Moorfontein
Davis and Grady Remembered as Southern Pillars
The piece by Mas ter Garrard Harris honors Davis, a slaveholding southern statesman, and Grady, the progressive orator, as enduring symbols of the old and new South. It laments their deaths and extols their legacies, praising Grady’s Boston speech and Davis’s moral stature while noting the South’s postwar struggles.
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Davis and
Grady
Chattanooga Evening News
Garrard Harris
St. Elmo
Humphreys Cattleman
Atlanta
Davis
South
John B. Gordon
Georgia
Boston
Weather Jokes and Witty Quips Across Papers
A collection of satirical quips about the weather from multiple newspapers including Rome Sentinel Chicago Philadelphia Inquirer Milwaukee Sentinel Washington Capital and Scranton Truth. The remarks mix humor on chills fever storms and the absurdity of discussing climate.
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Rome Sentinel
Chicago Journal
Milwaukee Sentinel
Philadelphia Inquirer
Washington
Excelsior
Scranton
Education and Invention in Young Minds
The Boston Herald argues that many inventors emerge without formal training and urges integrating manual training with intellectual study to stimulate inventive capacities in youth. It calls for creating practical means to arouse young minds to solve problems requiring inventive power.
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Milton
Watt
Naymith
Edison
Boston Herald
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