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Newspaper
Moulton Advertiser
Location
Moulton, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1911
Page
2
The Moulton Advertiser reports Alabama's total tax assessments reach 41.689 million dollars, up 18.63 million from prior years. The piece criticizes liquor legislation, Governor O'Neal, and calls for renewed state-wide prohibition with a Moses-like leader to lift the state from financial and moral decline.
A harsh critique of Governor O Neal's fiscal policies in Alabama. The piece accuses O Neal of seeking a $100000 loan from New York banks to cover state obligations, mocks his mansion purchase funded by taxpayers, and attacks liquor influence in politics. It warns of partisan strife in Congress over wool tariffs and ends with a weary jab at Bryan.
Not less than 25 000 miles of public roads have been built or improved in the South amid a highway fever. Citizens from mountain to plain plan to bridge creeks and pave paths to markets, schools, and courts, praising new roads as a civic crown. May Birmingham bank clearings soar to 55 854 841 29 while Anniston earmarks 150 000 for textile factory growth. Colbert county to vote on Wet or Dry. Lauderdale rejects liquor. The piece notes editorials, local politics, and public works in a lively, opinionated voice.
The funeral of Mrs. Esther Goodlett was held last Friday with hymns and scripture. The Christian woman’s passing brought comforting words from Bros. Hetlin and Quinn to grieving relatives, praising her holy influence and helpful nature. A tribute to her memory is promised in the next issue.
A western railroad has mortgaged 600 million dollars to expand its line. The note underscores how vast wealth remains insufficient for comfort or status, while a Ohio storm claims lives and destroys property. The piece warns that calamities come in many forms and urges placing treasure in safer, spiritual terms rather than earthly riches.
In Montgomery the plan to build a $160,000 soap factory is praised as essential for cleanliness and health, while fear is voiced that it could be turned into a brewery. Advocates argue the soap plant brings happiness and virtue, contrasting it with breweries seen as vessels of filth, death, and vice.
A nervous lawyer appeals for justice claiming a respected client is misjudged. He extols the defendant as a model citizen while describing a long standing land dispute with his brother over a fence line and 25 feet of pasture. The judge and solicitor arrive as the Good Roads Convention proceeds, with juries empaneled for a two week term amid a shrinking crowd.
Enthusiasm at the Good Roads meeting in Lawrence County signals likely early elimination of mud holes. Speakers include Hon. Walter D. Seed and Hon. W. H. Smith urging bond support for a Pike Roads system from Mount Hope through Landersville and Moulton, with connections to Town Creek and Mountain areas. A $1,300,000 Birmingham bond election and local political notes close the item.
A disgruntled man ordered our paper discontinued Monday, but about a dozen other patriots took his place. Automobiles grow common as wheelbarrows while some horses remain frightened by them. Ernst Kumpe and John Bragg traveled to Decatur last Saturday to scout a Huntsville Decatur game. Eight troubled souls are confined in the county jail, with more expected for bootleggers wildcatters gamblers thieves and other violators.
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