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Newspaper
Moulton Advertiser
Location
Moulton, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1908
Page
4
A local notice announces two blooded Jersey animals to the two most popular gentlemen in Lawrence county. The text highlights their value to stock farms and their milk producing lineage. The animals are available for viewing daily in the meadow and touted for public admiration.
The notice explains a weekly printed coupon voting system where each filled coupon counts as a vote. Subscriptions renewals and time-based cards grant 600, 250, or 125 votes respectively, with strict eligibility rules and weekly reports on standings.
Our plans unfold as we seek friends to recruit new subscribers from all over Lawrence county. Agents in each community will earn 25 cents for every new subscriber and 15 cents for each renewal, paid in cash or coupons at the stated rate. No coupon without a subscriber, and no deviation from this rule. The Moulton Advertiser promotes better citizenship and is worth $1.00 yearly to any family. we urge others to read and support. Now, get busy and watch the results.
An appeal urges readers to save papers and mail them for a prize plan. Friends can gather hundreds of ballots by entering Miss Elen Wilson in Rural No 4 from Danville, and subscribers secure a year of The Moulton Advertiser for 50 000 more ballots. The method targets various rural routes and even Jersey cattle prizes, urging communities to participate and get busy.
A Strong Box will securely hold ballots until the December 20 counting by an impartial committee. A tally sheet will be kept and weekly reports issued. The note frames the venture as a long term journalism effort and invites a community vote for a lighthearted picnic.
Education official H C Gunnels urges Alabama voters to choose competent trustees for county boards. The new boards gain full control of public schools altering term lengths funding and governance. On July 4 1908 district trustees will elect county board members who will then select the county superintendent and govern for four years.
The text claims Bryan has sufficient pledged delegates to secure nomination and predicts a nationwide victory in November, portraying a sweeping political result.
G Stockton asks Wren locals to pay six months dues amounting to 86 cents and attend the upcoming County Meeting. He notes the first day of the Union will be open to the public and invites all, predicting state officers attendance, band music, and a fine time. He requests attendees bring dinner.
W J Porter, contractor and builder, based in Moulton, appears in recent notices. Details indicate active engagement in local construction work with possible bids or listings. Further context unclear due to fragmented text.
National Officers President Charles Barrett Atwater Georgia vice president J E Montgomery Gleason Tennessee secretary treasurer R H McCollough Reebe Arkansas chairman executive committee W A Morris Sulligent Alabama and other listed positions appear in the directory with names and towns.
County officers announced include President W. L. White of Hatton and Secretary-Treasurer N. D. Sandlin of Sandersville. County Lecturer J. A. Byars of Moulton. Manager of Warehouse J. W. Owen of Town Creek. Alabama.
A Moulton Advertiser writer argues Alabama farmers face cruel roads in Lawrence County and calls for county bonds and modest tax increases to fund road building. The Farmers' Union Guide supports bonds to develop new routes, aiming to cut transport costs and spread the good roads movement statewide.
The Farmers' Union Guide presents a cordial tribute to the Country Schools article urging rural Lawrence county to consider improved education across Alabama and the South. It advocates thoughtful support for school reform and better resources for country children.
A call for agricultural science in public schools to counter rural depopulation. Educators argue soil, crop, and livestock knowledge should precede business math, urging integration of USDA publications like Yearbook 1905 Reprint 377 and Farmers’ Bulletins 810 312 3818 226 into curricula to boost Southern farming and yields.
The United States Department offers cotton growers access to a series of free publications issued specifically for their benefit. The program aims to provide current market, cultivation, and policy guidance to enhance growers' knowledge and decision making.
T F Johnson urges local secretaries to promptly send in state and national dues to mobilize 90 000 members for the upcoming State and National meetings. He warns against overcharging and calls for material gathering and broad participation to make the month a record breaker for the organization. Also notes 650 prisoners in Chicago jail with space for more in the old hastyle.
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