Talks By the County Agent on Home Gardens and Poultry
County agent urges year round home vegetable gardens as profitable and healthful, citing a half acre yielding as much value as 2.5 acres of cotton. It discusses fertilization, cultivation, and leafy greens, plus a call to grow variety and use paradichlorobenzene to combat peach tree borer. It notes poultry disease controls and a March poultry shipment totaling about $125,000 benefiting local farmers.
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State College
North Carolina
W. S. Wolf Drug Company
Holcomb and Midkiff Hardware Company
R. W. Graeber
Albert L. Bunker
Mount Airy
John Richards
Dobson
Klondike Farm
Elkin
H. T. Moore
Union
Rufus Pyron
Klondike
Doctor Beach
University of California
Surry County
Trial of Samets Faces Stokes Court in High Point Fire Case
Danbury March 29 The Samet brothers Max Jake and Sam of High Point stand trial in Stokes superior court for allegedly setting fire to a King store last summer and linked arson in Stuart Virginia. Evidence shows an unburned section containing excelsior and a candle ready to ignite. The defense argued a unfair trial risk in Stokes but the motion was denied. jury drawn from Forsyth county. A large turnout is anticipated Wednesday.
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Danbury
Stokes Superior Court
Max
Sam
Jake Samet
High Point
King
Stuart
Council For Defense
Forsyth County
Stokes County
Stokes
W. F E. Brock
Young offenders rise as crime ages drop in Durham court
Judge W. A. Devin told the Durham county superior court grand jury that the notable change is not more crime but the younger age of offenders. He cites a growing number of youths and boys breaking laws as courts see more cases due to new statutes and broader legal lines.
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Durham
W. A. Devin
Oxford
Grand Jury
Durham County Superior Court
Devin
Tobacco Reduction Seen as a Necessity
Danville Virginia March 27 Col A N Carrington president of the Tobacco Association of the United States today released a letter from T M Carrington chairman of the board to W M Jardine secretary of agriculture urging bright and dark tobacco growers to curtail crops The letter argues a 500 million pound bright crop would meet demand with stocks on hand and potential production reaching 600 million pounds in the Old Belt and eastern regions and asks the secretary to back warnings against overplanting for price stability
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Danville
Col
A. N. Carrington
Tobacco Association of the United
Cigar
Maryland
North Carolina
Kentucky
Tennessee
Tobacco Association
Secretary of Agriculture
A Way To Get Children in School
A concerned reader from a district near Salem argues for annexation to Mount Airy schools to keep seven children in school. He notes distance, river barriers, and extra tuition as factors, urging a special tax to join Mount Airy.
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Salem School
Tesh
North Main
Salem
Mount Airy
J. Frank Martin
Burtones Celebrate 38th Wedding Anniversary at Mount Airy
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Burton marked their 38th wedding anniversary with a March 25 party at Mount Airy Route 2 attended by friends and family. Rev. R L Berry and relatives visited Abingdon Virginia. local families visited Woodleaf Granite Quarry. Margaret Sue Sutphin, daughter of Mr and Mrs Grady Sutphin, died March 17 at about fourteen months.
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Mount Airy
Route 2
Nellie
Agnes Gibson
George Gibson
John McKenzie
Herbert Burton
R. L. Berry
Abingdon
John MacKenzie
Kenneth
Geo. Mitchell
Woodleaf
Granite Quarry
J. A. Venable
Pilot Mountain
Margaret Sue Sutphin
Grady Sutphin
Brags of His Son as Late Dies in Chair
Milledgeville Georgia March 25 Ted L Coggeshall of Clayton TL and Floyd McClelland of Brocton NY died in the electric chair for the murder on March 4 1926 of Prof W C Wright Superintendent of Putnam County The father and brother witnessed Coggeshall's execution and Mrs Bigby says both confessed to her Coggeshall spoke of innocence as he faced the chair
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Coggeshall
Georgia
McClelland
Mount Airy Wins Surry County Basketball Title
Mount Airy defeated White Plains 24 to 10 to win the Surry County High School Athletic League basketball series and capture the gold lined silver loving cup offered by a Winston-Salem sporting goods firm. The league includes Mount Airy White Plains Dobson Elkin Copeland and Pilot Mountain. A luminous spider exists in Burma but no specimen has ever been caught.
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Mount Airy
White Plains
Surry
Winstonp Salem
Surry County
Surry League
Dobson
Elkin
Copeland
Pilot Mountain
Burma
Union Services at Central Methodist Church Friday
Aged readers invited to a three hour Friday service at Central Methodist Church from noon to 3 pm. The program centers on the Seven Words of the Cross with ministers from multiple churches delivering reflections and congregational hymns.
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Central Methodist Church
Jesus Christ
Christ
North Carolina towns seek German guns from World War relics
More than sixty towns in North Carolina apply for captured German cannons and other war souvenirs from the War Department. Adjutant General J Van B Metts says letters will be sent to applicants to allocate remaining relics based on the state’s World War service. Larger guns favored. freight costs and a $100 plus tariff on big pieces may deter some. Metuchen Arsenal in New Jersey is the shipping point.
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North Carolina
War Department
J. van B. Metts
Metts
Court House
Elephant’s Daily Feed Surpasses Thousand Pounds
A tame elephant consumes more than 1000 pounds of green fodder and 25 pounds of unhusked rice each day, highlighting its enormous dietary needs and the scale of care required.
Dr Osler Examines Friends for Life Insurance in 1874
In 1874 the famed Dr Osler examined two friends for life insurance. One survived but was refused coverage due to a valvular heart lesion.
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Dr. Osler
Striking Wives Win Their Cause in Bryansk Village
In Vertegovka, Bryansk province, wives led by Axenia Karaseva won a victory after demanding better treatment from husbands. Husbands signed pledges to stop abuse and harsh words, agreeing to be more supportive and respectful in their marriages.
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Russia
Vertegovka
Bryansk
Axenia Karseva
Madame Karaseva
Death Penalty Ordered for Opium Smoking by General Chen Yi
Shanghai report states General Chen Yi, commander of the first Cheking Army Division, has issued an edict to eradicate opium in Kiangsu Province. The manifesto orders arrests for all opium smokers with a warning for first offenses and a fixed interim to quit, while a second offense carries capital punishment.
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Shanghai
China
Chen Yi
Cheking
Hsuchonfu
Kiangsu
Roosevelt memoirs note quote on shooting accuracy
Recent writers cite a Roosevelt remark claiming I am not a good shot while omitting the rest of the line bet I shoot often. The anecdote suggests a self deprecating humor about his marksmanship.
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Roosevelt
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Jesus
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First Presbyterian Church
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Paradise
Mr. Millikan
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Savior
Mary
Mr. Crouch
Moravian Church
J. Davis
First Baptist Church
Mr. Newell
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