Remembering the Hardshell Baptists of Lawrence County
The piece recalls a defunct sect once in Walker and Lawrence counties. It explains their predestination creed, opposition to Christian missions, and distinctive worship practices in groves and schools. The author notes their simplicity and kindness despite eccentricities and laments their disappearance.
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Lawrence County
North
Alabama
Walker County
Oakville
Great
Presbyterian Church
Primitive Baptist Church
Letter Urges Lawrence County Good Roads Move and Road Law
A reader in Lawrence County advocates sending citizens to the Good Roads Congress in Washington and pushing a special road law. He offers to fund a mile of road, praises Col J H Bankhead, cites tax versus bonding, notes a muddy Cheatham road, laments timber losses, and urges action before 1911 with citizen petitions and county responsibility for road upkeep. He signs as R N Hefner.
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Lawrence County
Good Roads Congress
Washington
Lawrence Ey
Lize
R. N. Hefner
Moulton Rural Letter Reports Harvest Hopes and Storm Damage
A rural community letters notes farmers in good spirits and merchants busy as harvest nears. A Sunday storm blew down some timber and barns but caused no major damage. Church reports cover two Cumberland Presbyterian meetings with sermons, hymns, and a love feast, praising God for blessings and asking continued prayers.
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Bro. White & Son
Power of God
Bros. Lyles
Johnson
Cumberland Presbyterian
Yarbrough House
A. J. Montgomery
George A. Lysse
L’salm
A.J. Montgomery
Edward W. Johnson
Hickory Grove
Dexter
Farmers to gain new Bell telephone line at Moulton
A new five mile extension from Moulton on the Courtland road will connect with the Bell Telephone Company exchange. It will serve J. Jacobs, A. O. Terry, J. T. Terry, J. Q. O. Perry, H. M. Hill, W. R. Terry and H. L. Montgomery. This is the fourteenth line linked to the Moulton central, with more planned. Manager Huggins notes strong farmer interest in home service as Lawrence county edges toward a dense telephone network.
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Moulton
Bell Telephone Company
Courtland Road
J. ©. Jacobs
A. O. Terry
J. T. Terry
J. Q O. Perry
H. M. Hill
W.R. Terry
H. L. Montgomery
Huggins
Lawrence County
The Change of Seasons and Life Beyond Death
The author argues the most important question is life after death and its state, linking belief in immortality to the seasonal renewal seen in spring. Hope rests on faith, with death a stern reality yet promising rest and renewal, suggesting a higher destiny where none fades.
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Earth
Honor Roll Returns With Corrections and Readership Endorsement
The Honor Roll is published again after a three month gap and may run eight to ten weeks. Readers are urged to report mistakes for cheerful correction. The list highlights subscribers, over 1200 strong, including names such as T. B. Heard Danville and F. W. M. Sneed Mt. Hope, with many entries from Moulton Decatur Danville Little Rock and other towns, dated between 1908 and 1911.
Dear Uncle Jourd and the Long Ballad Request
A reader asks the Moulton Advertiser to publish Josie Letson Terry’s Long Ballad Oh Bury me not on the Prairie and to print a letter from Me hama. The note mentions good health, the Mt Springs Decoration, and a greeting to Mr Walter Drake, ending with well wishes for the newspaper.
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Josie Letson Terry
Mehama
Mt. Springs
Walter Drake
Moulton Advertiser
Red Bank Letter Details 1909 Disturbance at Lambs Ferry
On May 26 1909 a crowd of Black men gambled near Lambs Ferry in Red Bank. Dave Shoulders was killed and a mule was shot. The fight was sparked by illicit whiskey from a blind tiger. The grand jury will hear the case at the next court session.
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Red Bank
Lamb’s Ferry
Dave Shoulders
United Wireless Telegraph stock promotion
A brokerage ad urges buying United Wireless stock as the most plausible safe investment with strong yield potential. It directs readers to contact H. G. McLaws & Co at 625-26 Woodlawn Bldg Birmingham Alabama for full information and current price details.
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United Wireless
United Wireless Telegraph Company
H. G.mclaws & Co
United Wireless Telegraph Company Securities
Woodlawn Bid
Birmingham
Als
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Temple of Commerce
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Tae
Bank of Moulton
Solicitors In Chancery
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JM Irwwiin
Lawrence Counter
TNO
H.irwin
Orrick
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T HH. Irwin
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Gibson
Noulton
Masterson Hotel
Matrice Masterson
A. L. Windham
Notary Public
Justice OF Peace
Windham & CO
Lawré
Remiwwwiscew'r
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Fifth St
Los Angeles
Cal
Sol
Col. J. H. Bankhead
Congress
Morgan
Col. Bankhead
Cheatham Road
Wren
Moulton—Rural
Miss Ellen Wilson
T. B. Heard
Danville
Elder R. T. Wear
Mt. Hope
Pewee Ew
H. B. Orr
Little Rock
Lee Warren
Oss Anneckes
Holly Tense
Julius Ai Addee
Ibuono
Ecc
F. W. M. Sneed
H. F. Landers
New Decatur
W.R. Dutton
B. F. Turrentine
Fairs
J. It. Pre
EOE
Dr. J. T. Masterson
Wast Barnes
J. O. Hogan
J.L. Sshnable
M. E. Windham
Italy
Evie Shelton
Kimo
J. M. West
Iccamecaoons
A. A Kidd
Hatton
B. K. Prewitt
J. W. Preuitt
Sabia
J. A. Preuitt
Devt
J. H. Brewer
G. N. Hampton
Addison
W. M. Hale
Mountain Home
T. D. Simms
J.O. Bragg
Cole
Uncle Jourd
Mr. White & Son
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