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Newspaper
Moulton Advertiser
Location
Moulton, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1915
Page
4
The Mt Hope gathering on July 3 aims to surpass all previous events in scale and enjoyment. organizers urge attendance, promising a day of entertainment and communal activity for all residents and visitors.
Churches, Courts and Lodges directory lists Baptist, Methodist, Church of Christ and Presbyterian services with pastors, Sunday School times, and superintendents. Notable entries include Rev H Dunn, Rev Guy F Ponder, J Petty Ezell, Rev Rome Pickens and Sister Willie Thomas with service dates and locations around Mt Hope area. Visitors and strangers invited to all services and Bible study sessions.
Chancery Court sits on the fourth Mondays in February and August while Circuit Court meets on the first Mondays in June and December and runs two weeks. County Court convenes on the third Monday each month. July terms occur on the third Mondays in January and July. Probate Court meets on the second Monday each month. Board of Revenue meets on the second Monday in February, first Monday in April, second Monday in August, and first Monday in November. Educational duties specify teachers paid on the first Saturday each month at Moulton with examinations on the third Mondays in December, April and July. W. F. Dill, County Superintendent.
Probate Judge J. C. Kumpe. Circuit Court Clerk W. R. Jackson. Solicitor J. M. Irwin. Sheriff W. B. Lee. Register in Chancery W. R. Jackson. Treasurer J. M. Sandlin. Superintendent of Education W. 3. Dil. Board of Education J. D. French J. D. L. Byars M. J. Taylor T. F. Almon. Board of Revenue J. S. Smith J. Frank Smith J. M. Byars A. C. Harris. Surveyor B. C. Masterson.
Caddo churches publish regular services with Methodist and Congregational offerings. Rev W W Aldridge leads first Sunday preaching. Trinity guest Bro Neighbors preaches third Sunday afternoon. Sunday school each Sunday at 1 oclock. Sept Singing on second Saturday afternoon. Congregational preaching second and fourth Sundays by Rev J E Johnson. Sunday school at 9:30 am led by E R Hames. fourth Sunday preaching at 11 am. class leaders meet fourth Saturday afternoon. Ladies Aid Society gathers first Saturday afternoon.
The Lawrence County Teachers Association meets at Midway three miles south of Hillsboro on the old Hillsboro and Moulton road, first Saturday in June. Program includes Invocation Rev O B Harris Welcome Address Anderson McBride Recitation Thomas Corum fusie Homer Darnell Debate on county schools consolidation Affirmative Hubert Black Arthur Long Negative Bert Stewart Oscar Norton Jokes Ernest Graham Song Dinner Talks by A C Harris Rufus Long J D L Byars Reading Pearl Rylant Mrs Elsie Norton Essay Pauline Darmer Story Miss Carrie Hotchkiss Music Homer Darnell Talk E M Hodson.
Thanksgiving letter from A B Hollinger of Lincoln Pennsylvania praising Dr Miles Heart Remedy and Miles Nervine after heart trouble. He credits the remedies with restoring normal heart function used under physician guidance during 1916 17 and reports a long mercantile career with retirement. Miles Medical Co distributes and guarantees the remedies.
Circulars announce a six week summer program at State Agricultural and Mechanical College for Negroes in Normal Alabama for Tennessee Valley teachers. It offers grammar arithmetic teaching plus practical training in sewing cooking gardening farm carpentry and blacksmithing at a low eighteen dollar cost with board lodging and washing. The Education Department grants one year extension on certificates for attendees, boosting literacy and professional standards in Lawrence County where 1861 of 6938 Negroes over ten cannot read or write.
County Sunday School Convention Mehama Ala May 22 Dear Sirs Publish notice to Sunday School workers in Lawrence County that on July 22 and 3 the Lawrence County Sunday School Association will meet at Town Creek Station Delegates will discuss subject in Sunday School work and elect three delegates from each church Send name address and preferred subject or note willingness to take assigned topic by June 15 from all attendees C C Smith President Lawrence County Sunday School Association
Lawrence County Singing Convention meets near Mt Hope July 10 and 11 with a Banner Contest on Saturday. All singers invited and asked to bring books. For contest terms write J. P. French Moulton Route e. No entry fee. J P French President W R Sims Secretary.
The Mt Hope picnic plans a July 3 program and promises its best edition yet. Attendees are urged to make arrangements to join the event.
The text outlines a multi session county convention focusing on Sunday School efficiency. It lists devotional services, financial status, enrollment, and department reports. Sessions cover elementary to adult divisions, home and mission work, teacher training, temperance, district reports, and strategies to promote efficiency. It includes student and teenage programs, Q and A, pledges, elections, and setting next meeting location.
The piece argues character defects can’t be repaired by circumstance and cites the variability of belief. It notes that without true religious devotion some will become superstition and emphasizes life as a cycle where destruction of one generation revives the next.
An advertisement touts Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic as a general tonic with quinine and iron. It claims to affect the liver drive out materia enrich blood and build up the whole system priced at 50 cents.
The Moulton Advertiser rebutts rumors that it plans to pile rocks to throw at gentlemen who may run in the next Democratic primary. The paper asserts it has remained and will remain neutral in county politics, denying the claims as false and unfounded.
Descriptive item from Carton Kentucky features Bettie Bulleck praising Cardui the woman's tonic. She recounts years of illness and despair, notes recovery after starting Cardus, and urges others to consult a druggist. Includes offer to write Chattanooga Medicine Co. for guidance and a 64 page booklet.
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