The Scramble — Area Dispatch

We found this in the April 29, 1934
issue of Raleigh’s News and Observer.
They apparently started working the re-story
less than two weeks after Smith’s death.

The final sentence makes you wonder if anyone caught it at the time.

“The monument is under construction,
but has not been completed and the
present status of the whole project is in doubt.”

The-News-and-Observer-Sunday-April-29-1934 — Area Dispatch

A-paper-writing-without-subscribing-witnesses-purporting-to-be-the-last-will-and-testament-of-William-Alexander-Smith-1 — Area Dispatch

ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION:

Below are copies of the first and
fifth pages of Volume 1, Issue 1
of The Anson News.
A newspaper that apparently never existed.
We’ve also included a shot of the
rear inscription that was
obviously an afterthought.
We have also linked the papers below
to information on the Great Strike of 1934.

Along With
🍀A Bit Of Luck🍀

‘Fidelis’ is an odd choice for
the final word of the inscription.
It’s puzzling what he would be faithful towards.
The women, the claims of service
that are a lie, or
is it faithful to the Lost Cause Myth?

The Rear
Inscription

Select one of the papers below for more information on the
Great (Textile) Strike of 1934 that started in North Carolina
with 65,000 textile workers walking off the job on strike.
North Carolina initiated the nationwide strike on Labor Day
(September 3, 1934) of 1934.

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Select here or the front page of The Anson News below to see our initial assessment of the false propaganda contained within this fraudulent publication.

The-Anson-News-Issue-1-from-Sept.-26-1934_Page_1 — Area Dispatch

🍀A Bit Of Luck🍀

Attached to the
William Alexander Smith
profile on FindAGrave.com:

Article covering William Alexander Smith's attendance at Military Day ceremonies. It also covers his donation of a monument to the women of the Confederacy prior to his death, contradicting the will that essentially created his mixed legacy.

Curious Timing…

January 22, 1934
The Charlotte Observer

The Lost Cause is due to the United Daughters of the Confederacy.

The Rear Inscription

Select one of the papers below for more information on the Great (Textile) Strike of 1934 that started in North Carolina with 65,000 textile workers walking off the job on strike. North Carolina initiated the nationwide strike on Labor Day (September 3, 1934) of 1934.