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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1921
Page
6
The piece argues education shapes communities by improving church, home, and character, reducing crime and poverty while lowering overall costs. It urges funding schools and colleges, noting intelligent people are less prone to violence and theft, and that every school reduces taxes through better governance.
A lengthy notice discusses the spread of mob punishments including tar and feathering and lynching, noting both guilty and innocent victims across regions. It also reports a West Virginia convention resolution discouraging Sunday funerals and lists the newly elected officers of the funeral directors’ association.
In Lundale Logan county miners who dig load and haul coal by day also meet on certain nights to act as directors of a locally organized bank. The bank started with about $50,000 capital and most depositors are stockholders, aiding its business growth.
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