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Stumpage Reports
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Sunday, January 05, 2003 :::
Fun With Political Uncorrectness
Today I was at the school library doing my much ballyhooed Confederate Monument research. I looked through old newspapers on microfilm. If it wasn't for the fact it makes you go blind I could do that all day. Besides doing research, I read the ads, the comics, the headlines, and usually get caught up in some totally unrelated breaking news story.
The following is a list a headlines and story snippets from the Raleigh News and Observer during the months of May and June, 1912. Back in the days when the electric chair was known as the "death chair," New York city was called "Gotham," and people who drove too fast were "speed devils."
"Opening of the School for the Feeble-Minded Today"
"Gorilla Pinched: Lenoir County Negro jailed on serious charge...Edgar Phillips, a negro of the gorilla type, was arrested for attempted criminal assault on his own daughter"
"The Death Chair for Floyd Allen"
"Stabs Brother, Sees Him Die. Durham Negro's unusual crime last night."
"Breath of Death Still Rides on Angry Floodwaters"
"A Smutty Day in the Hawkins Case. Evidence in trial largely of unprintable nature."
"Bad Negro Killed. Goldsboro Officer Fatally Shoots Desperado"
"Boy's Head Is Torn From Body. Death Comes in a Horrible Form."
"Posessed With Weird Idea Girl Leaps to Her Death. ...former school teacher believed white slavers are spreading nets for her."
By the way, did you get any work done?
Yes I did. I collected stories on the monument unveilings in Durham and Kinston. I also learned the monument in Windsor, NC, is in front of the courthouse as opposed to in the cemetery.
Quote of the Day:
The nearest approach to healthy sleep we had had for nearly a month was when during blizzards the temperature allowed the warmth of our bodies to thaw some of the ice in our clothing and sleeping-bags into water. The wear and tear on our minds was very great.
--- Apsley Cherry-Garrard, The Worst Journey in the World.
::: posted by tom at 10:18 PM
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