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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 25, 1916
Page
3
A county wide caution urges merchants to speed up advertising and improve ad copy to attract customers. It compares local ads with mail order catalogs, argues ads drive sales, and warns that reluctance to advertise leads to lost trade. The piece includes a lesson from other businesses on investing in promotional effort.
Public Local Laws of North Carolina 1915 imposes a fifty cent delinquent tax fee for Robeson Bladen and Union counties. Applies to those who miss February payments, collected by the tax officer and retained as compensation. Act takes effect March 1, 1915, signed March 6 by T. L. Crowell, Collector.
Disjointed OCR text from Monroe and Flushing items cites January 31 1916 as a set-apart date and touches on neutrality and territory questions. It includes scattered references to flags land and sea powers and a calf purchase anecdote, but no coherent report or single event.
Everyone in Union county is invited to be present and watch advertisements for great bargains. The notice emphasizes public participation and upcoming sales events.
A February 1913 letter from President Wilson to A Mitchell Palmer discusses the Baltimore platform single term plank. Wilson says he will follow public opinion on a 1916 candidacy if his party supports him, noting the plank was suggestive, not mandatory.
Louis Globe-Democrat recounts a gathering where Mr Taylor extolled his hunting dog's feats. An Irish guest Pat retorts that his dog can sing as well, prompting a lighthearted exchange about breeds and talents.
Counsel for Sam Christy and Mrs Ida Bell Warren say the case will go to the U S Supreme Court after Gov Craig refused clemency. March 3 is set for the electric chair if the high court does not intervene. Warren could become North Carolina’s first woman executed for murder.
Five Black men were taken from Worth county jail and hanged and shot to death by a mob in Lee county, Georgia on January 21. A coroners inquest the next day ruled death by strangulation and gunshot wounds by unknown parties. The men were from Lee county, arrested in connection with killings in Sls Moreland. A large mob entered the jail under a ruse. no arrests reported.
A 150000 gallon acid tank fell and exploded at the Du Pont plant in Hopewell on January 20 causing $100000 in property damage. A worker was burned by the acid as supports gave way. The blast blew out windows and doors in nearby houses.
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