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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1908
Page
3
Two Watson sisters depart for Spokane Washington to join their brother and establish a new home. Miss Fannie is a trained nurse who will practice there, and both sisters are noted as talented young women with many friends in the area.
S. S. Association met with the Mountain Sunda group at the local Baptist church on the last day at 9 apm. Betts was elected moderator. Nearly all pastors and many superintendents attended. Temperance talks by D. F. King W. R. Bradshaw and pastors from several churches inspired all. J. S. Becker of Spray preached to an overflowing house. Next meeting will be with Flat Rock Baptist church in twelve months. C. C. Haymore.
The district of lodges including For th Stokes Yadkin Wilkes and Allmeee faced a meeting presided by Prof E F Wagoner of Dobson N C with about eight hundred members. Over one hundred Odd Fellows attended and reports praised the district's work and funds pledged for the Jacobi Building at Goldsboro. Next session will be with Wilkesboro Lodge June 26 1908.
Farmers report steady progress with grain crops warming with spring sun. The public school closed last Saturday and will reopen when teacher W F George and his sister Miss Mariel depart from Elkin. Prof Allen spoke on temperance with Mr C Matthews of Siloam guiding the union talk. Sunday schools at both robes decide on a picnic for Monday and a few local residents plan a social event.
Charly Jarrell of Round Peak John Brindle and Sam Bartley of Good Springs and S H Turner of this town were sent to jail in Dobson last Friday after a hearing before Commissioner W W Simmons on blockade charges. Two stills were found near Jarrell s home and a path led from his house to the still. Turner lived in Buckshoals township Yadkin County at the time and Brindle and Bartley were found in a still house at work making whiskey. Turher will have a hearing here Saturday before the Commissioner.
Mrs. Houston Doss has been very sick for weeks but is improving. Eld M G Harbour plans a new groceries line opening soon and seeks public patronage. Miss Bessie Hancock visits Winston friends. Mrs. Mary Cash of Greensboro visits relatives. Sid Harbour of Elkin was here last week. A daughter was born Thursday to Mr and Mrs Fred Parke.
Liberty Bell medals were awarded to pupils for conduct and scholarship during the mid winter term. Recital and temperance rally program listed with hymns recitations and talks at Friends church next Sunday afternoon April 5 at 2 30.
The product Fol ey's Honey and Tar for coughs cold and lung troubles is not affected by the National Pure Food and Drug law because it contains no opiates or harmful drugs. It is recommended as a safe remedy for children and adults and sold by J. H. Gwyn.
A farmer argues that mail order houses drain county funds and that home merchants bear responsibility for pricing. He says many local ads fail to quote prices, leaving farmers unsure what to pay and pushing them to compare stores in person.
The author argues home merchants lose customers to mail order by not advertising in local newspapers. Readers would notice clearer local ads in home papers, which can be as cheap or cheaper than mail order. Merchants should reveal prices and offers directly to shoppers to drive immediate visits.
Hollister's Rocky Mountain Tea touted as a spring tonic to tone the stomach purify the blood regulate kidneys liver and bowels. Sold for 35 cents as Tea or Tablets by Ashcraft Drug Co and Taylor Drug Co.
An advertisement promotes Mantar P Pile Remedy in a collapsible tube with a nozzle. It claims relief for all forms of piles, reducing inflammation and pain. The product is offered for sale at five anaemia by J W Mepherson and Co.
D C Oneal of Surry County enters a claim to about 100 acres in Rockford township lying along Louble Creek. The tract is described as vacant and bordered by lands of J T Hancock Doss Linzy and others. Entry appears to be recorded as part of a formal land entry process.
Administrator John B. Crates posts 12 month claim period for Walter W. Creasy estate. Creditors must settle and claimants present under the 1908 notice dated March 3rd.
By virtue of a deed of trust James R. Lewellyn Deceased secured by W A, the court house Dobson will host a public cash sale at 1 PM on April 11, 1908. Property lies in Surry County North Carolina adjoining Ib Hi Whittington Preston Simmons Mott Marshall and others. Sale to satisfy the deed of trust. administrator R C Lewellyn announces.
On March 19, 1908, Vestal Taylor and M C Anthony as Entry Taker filed a record in Surry County for land on Hogans Creek adjoining the properties of H Snow Tyson Evans and Widow Hardy. The document records identification of the claim and adjoining owners.
Notice states a town election will be held in Mount Airy May 4 to elect a Mayor and five Commissioners two per ward and one at large. A W Dean is appointed in the first ward and J R Patterson and Barker are excluded from the election. J W Creed and Hollingsworth are appointed in the second ward. Registration books open as prescribed for eligible voters. Signed by Mayor Jesse H. Prather and Secretary Treasurer F M Poore. Rings Little Liver Pills advertised with health claims and price.
By order of the Superior Court judge I, Fr. H. Wrenn as receiver, will sell at public auction on April 17 at 1 PM the North State Bobbin Company plant site in Mount Airy. The three acre Key County land borders W P Gilmer Mt Airy Eastern Railway and Southern Railway, with plant buildings, fixtures, material on hand, products and work in progress. Terms: one third cash, one third in six months, balance in twelve months.
Market notes show varied prices for farm goods including hens at 7 to 9 ets, chickens 9 to 10 ets, eggs 12 to 14 ets, green hides 9 to 10 ets, dry hides 13 to 15 ets, butter 15 to 18 ets, potatoes and flour with retail around 2.60 to 3.20, apples 0.60 to 1.00. Prices reflect market conditions and supply.
A. J. Kirby of Grayson County Virginia buys M. F. Beamer's stock of goods at Low Gap North Carolina. He will operate it at the same price and invites trade from Low Gap and nearby areas.
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