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Edgecombe County Completes Concrete Stockade for Prison Camp, Aug. 21, 1926

Cement Stockade

Tarboro, N.C., Aug. 21 (AP)—Edgecombe county now has a cement stockade for the county prison camp, which fills the legal requirements for the treatment of prisoners.

The structure is about eight miles from here. It is well built, and equipped with proper lighting, ventilation and sewerage facilities.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, Aug. 21, 1926

newspapers.digitalnc.org/lccn/sn92073201/1926-08-21/ed-1/seq-1/

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