The Will, Its Products & Some Luck

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

Points To Consider…

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.

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.

🍀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.
The Collection Below Is
Composed Of Articles In Various
Papers Around North Carolina
From Just Weeks Before Smith’s Death
The Lost Cause is due to the United Daughters of the Confederacy.