09 Oct 1917
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Newspaper
The Monroe Journal
Location
Monroe, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 09, 1917
Page
1
The Wingate community faces rising seed prices with forecasts of corn at a premium next year. Experts urge testing seed before planting, selecting robust stalks, and thorough drying and storage to secure higher yields.
Camp Jackson scenes reveal chaotic mustering with rebels, a blast shaking nearby crowds, and a negro soldier claiming exemption for a mule. A Lt, or “capum” confusion, and harsh training heat illustrate wartime tensions among recruits from Columbia and Florida. The senate’s epic wartime session dominates national news as La Follette faces sharp criticism.
Letter to the editor explains a calculation of Liverpool cotton market quotations in American dollars. It converts New York price 26.85 to Liverpool 20.674 and argues a bale priced at 134.25 in New York would yield 209.28 in Liverpool, a difference of about 75 dollars, questioning transport costs. Novus Homo signs the note.
Ten of thirteen Black defendants on trial for the July 2 murder of Detective Samuel Coppedge were found guilty and sentenced to 14 years each. One collapsed as verdicts were read. The jury reached agreement after court hours, with Judge Crow and no defense attorneys present. Three acquitted defendants remain jailed on other charges. Tomorrow, hearings begin for white rioters indicted in the unrest.
The sergeant returned and the group rose in unison giving a long elaborate salute. To them the sergeant was the sole officer in the camp and the insignia of a brigadier was an unfamiliar symbol.
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