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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1911
Page
3
The Chattanooga Times notes a quip on per capita circulation in the United States, stating a figure of 34.34 dollars and joking that after the holidays most people will insist it is 34 cents.
The Southern Cotton Congress executive committee adjourned after adopting a Rock Hill plan to cut cotton acreage by 25 percent next year. State orgs will recruit farmers, secure signed pledges, and coordinate with bankers. reports due March 1, 1912. Lectures and rallies slated Jan 25 and 27.
An address extols the North Carolina Children's Home Society begun in 1903 under William B. Streater. It highlights orphan care methods differing from institutional orphanages, noting 1,161 homeless children housed through May 31, 1911 at a total cost of $5,210.80 and a per capita cost of $47.56.
George W. Hall a former Salisbury resident who served fifteen years in the penitentiary for taking part in the Gillespie lynching near Salisbury has been released and is staying with his brother in law Mr B W Hall. He confessed and was jailed. petition from Rowan citizens led to his release. The Gillespie crime remains a stark memory in the community.
H W Holcomb town police chief and C J Woolbright potman along with Baskin Sears and Joe Reldwin were jailed in Anderson for murder of Doc Welborn after arresting him for drunkenness on September 28 1910. Welborn died before confinement and the prison was reportedly burned to hide the crime. All four surrendered when warrants were issued amid accusations of prejudice.
Fragmentary warning about catarrh ointments containing mercury. Mentions F. Cheney & Co Toledo and Druggists selling internally taken preparations. References to price per bottle and Hall's Faculty Pills for constipation as separate note.
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