Mount Airy Sets May 4 1925 Election for Mayor and Commissioners
Town of Mount Airy schedules an election for May 4 1925 to elect a Mayor and five Commissioners two from Ward 1 two from Ward 2 and a ward at large member. Registration opens April 4 to April 26 1925 with registrars and judges named for both wards. If any appointees cannot serve the mayor may appoint replacements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Commissioners
Mount Airy
North Carolina
W. M. Jordan
E. H. Hennis
C. E. Cox
F. M. Poore
Sec
Treas
A. V. West
Public Auction for Deed of Trust on Cody's Creek Land
L Poindexter and wife executed a deed of trust for A G Snow with default on payment. The trustee will sell at public auction at the courthouse door in Dobson on the Sunday of May 1925 at 1 PM the 34.03 acre land of J W Stanley R W Snow P H Boyd and others on Cody's creek. For description see deed Book 252 in Surry County. Sale to satisfy debt and sale costs. April 7 1925. A D Folger trustee.
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L. Poindexter
Nnl
A. G. Snow
Court House
Dobson
Dobson Town
J. W. Stanley
R. W. Snow
P. H. Boyd
Cody's Creek
Surry County
A. D. Folger
Moonshiner's Body Found Near Belhaven Woods
In North Carolina officers Jones and Dillion spotted a moonshine still near Belhaven a month ago. A gunfight followed with two armed men. one fled. A decomposed body found near the woods is identified as a Plymouth man who worked at the Belhaven saw mill and is believed to be the assailant from the earlier incident. The case remains under inquiry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
N. C
Jones and Dillion
Belhaven
Jones
Harris
Hodges
Plymouth
Rain Maker Gets $8000 For Rainmaking Contract
Fresno dated note reports W H Elliger paying Charles M Hatfield of Glendale the full 8000 dollars for rain making from March 1 to April 15. Hatfield earned 6500 for Tulare Lake 2.50 inches and 1500 for Coalinga 1.50 inches, though Coalinga missed target. Elliger said some rain fell near Coalinga and paid full contract. Hatfield had previously been paid similarly a year ago for drought relief.
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Fresno
Calif
W. H. Elliget
Tulare Lake
Charles M. Hatfield
Glendale
Hatfield
Coalinga
Oil Town Lavoye Set to Move After Court Order
Lavoye Wyoming once a bustling oil boom town faces demolition and relocation after a Federal Court mandate. About 1,800 residents plan to dismantle homes and shift to a site three and a half miles south near the Salt Creek fields as Ohio Oil Company lease rights end.
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Lavoye
Wyo
Wyoming
Savaye
Ohio Oil Company
Kenedy
Savoye
Salt Creek
Infant Burned to Death in Danville Building
Mary Catherine Lane infant daughter of James Lane died in a fire that destroyed the Pelham dwelling yesterday morning. The mother, working in a field, saw the blaze and attempted to rescue the child but was driven back by intense heat. The building and all interior effects were lost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
Mary Catherine Lane
James Lane
Pelham
Damages Awarded in Wife Electrocuted by Power Line
Walter B. Carpenter, assistant cashier at the National Bank of Commerce, won $35,000 in superior court against Asheville Power and Light. The ruling found negligence caused the death of his wife, Mrs. Carpenter, when a high tension wire touched a low tension line near their Norwood Park home. She was near an electric washing machine when the fatal electrical overload occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
Walter B. Carpenter
National Bank of Commerce
Asheville Power and Light Company
Carpenter
Norwood Park
Virginia and Maryland Cattle Under Embargo
North Carolina Commissioner William A. Graham ordered a ban on shipping female cattle from Maryland and Virginia unless accompanied by health certificates showing freedom from tubercular infection. The measure, effective immediately, aims to stop cattle moved into the state for slaughter then used for dairy or breeding, enforcing sanitary tests and health documentation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
William A. Graham
North Carolina
Maryland
Virginia
Iam
Commissioner of Agriculture
Orange to Build $40,000 County Home Near Hillsboro
Orange county plans a new county home one mile from Hillsboro on the Durham road. Chairman Ralph Ward says the project will cost about $40,000, including $7,000 for land. Construction start date is not yet set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chapel Hill
Orange County
Hillsboro
Durham Road
Ralph Ward
Board of County Commissioners
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Wade C. Moody Notary Public
Nelson & Moody Funeral
W. M. Hollingswort
S. A. Conduff
Eve
H. B. Rowe
J. P. Cox Chiropractor
Bennett's Mount Airy, N. C
Christian & Rector Insurance Insurance
GEO. D
Roy C. Mitchell
M. D. Jackson
Levill-Rowe Insurance Co
Elizabeth Lovill
Sallie Lovill Rowe
J. E. Banner
Mount Airy, N. C
J. D. Hogan
Granite City Motor Co
Sydnor & Sparger
Robert J. L
Appel Sanday
Holcn
M. D
Intment Res
Nent Imb
Midkiff
Wall
Hall
All Drugests
J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Ohio
Todday
Mountairy
VIN
Poppy PY
Ford
Woods
U.S
Mount Airy Drug Co
G. A. Holder
Galax, VA
Willard
J. C. Vogler
M. F. Patterson
W. M. Beasley
South Main Street Hill
Gulf
Orange
Standard Oil Company
New Jersey
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