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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 03, 1915
Page
7
A preacher critiques popular secular education arguing that more knowledge raises desires without expanding opportunities. He contends skilled labor vs lower jobs and warns that improving the upper strata may lower wages elsewhere, fueling discontent and delaying real economic justice.
The Greensboro News reports a near clash at the 1915 North Carolina Methodist Conference in Reidsville over cigarettes. Rev. Ogburn challenged temperance advocates, prompting a second report urging prohibition of sales to under 17 and urging enforcement to protect youth and moral welfare.
In Wilkes county near the state line Law officers from Iredell recount a distillery raid that led to a gun battle at the Mehathey home. Lee Jarvis Mont Rush Nicholson and others faced shooting injuries while the Mehatheys reported the location of the distillery. Authorities pursued Jarvis Nicholson Parks Souther and Nicholsons across nearby towns as more stills were found and destroyed.
A gathering of grand army veterans hosted by local members drew visitors from a neighboring state. Speakers debated proposed UK State assembly measures, with a vehement speaker provoking an earnest listener to exclaim whether soldiers died in vain, underscoring the charged atmosphere of the meeting.
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