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Bill Newell, W.T. Howell, Old Friends Will be Missed, March 22, 1924

Peace to Their Ashes

Salisbury Post

We cannot read of the passing of such good friends as W.G. Newell and W.T. Howell without the desire to say a word to their praises. In the days when we were struggling alone with an unprofitable newspaper in the Cabarrus capital and felt the need of friends, there were those who were good and kind and loyal; men upon whom we could turn for a kind word of encouragement, and among these were two men who died during the last week.

W.G. Newell, “Bill” Newell, called by most folks in Cabarrus, and W.T. Howell, who lived his later years in Rowan, were two good, upstanding friends in whom we took delight and in whose death we sorrow.

We will never forget the big laughing faced Esquire Newell, whose roasts we took in the spirit intended, and the quiet, modest Howell, who was satisfied with a small place in the sun. If the day ever comes when some gifted son of old Cabarrus will write of the home characters, he will devote a page or two to Squire Newell, who came out of Number 10, where rich characters grew on practically every farm.

From page 3 of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, March 22, 1924

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