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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1911
Page
3
The trial of Thomas Blackburn of Dobson ended with a fine of three hundred fifty dollars after initial road sentence was modified. He must bond to appear at each term and prove by neighbors he will not again engage in the business, with costs about four hundred fifty dollars.
The Ladies Aid of Central M. E. Church will hold their annual bazaar starting today with a dinner from 12 to 2 and continuing through today and Friday. Fancy work sale begins at 2 o'clock with oysters salad cream and cake refreshments available all hours. Special meals will be served at dinner and supper periods today and Friday. The display offers Christmas gift ideas from local crafters.
Surry County Board of County Commissioners orders Sheriff C. H. Haynes to make final settlement with the county on taxes by the first Monday in March 1912. The notice, dated December 4 1911, is signed by Clerk W A York.
Community members held a surprise birthday dinner for Mr. C C Midkiff and noted the occasion alongside fellas who gathered in his yard. The piece also covers a memorial for Brother J East who died November 21 1911 and relates resolutions of sympathy from the Farmers Union. It closes with a note on John Green of Shelby known as the greenest man in North Carolina who married Minnie Dyers then later another Mrs Green.
Rev Rufus oly returns to Virginia after trip. Eight baptized Sunday with eleven more to come. Infant son of Mr and Mrs Turner Bledsoe born November 28 and laid to rest at New Home churchyard with Rev Cody officiating. Born to Mr and Mrs Daniel Hemmings a son. Connie Davis and Bertha Mann visited Roxie Badgett. Ethel Snow, Edmonds school assistant, arrived from Siloam to take charge of classes December 4. A Subscriber.
John Moxley shot and killed Mitchell Wilson a farmer from Glade Creek township Alleghany County after leaving a store. Deputy Sheriff Tompelisa arrested Moxley and holds him for preliminary trial. Moxley claimed it was an accident but will be tried for murder. He had recently returned to the West and was arrested at the spot.
A school honors pupils across grades with names listed for each class. First grade recipients include John Brintle Albert Bunker Brady Jenkins Robert Shepherd.
Mrs Josie Lee Ashburn wife of Vance Ashburn died aged twenty one after pneumonia and tuberculosis. She had lived with her parents Mr and Mrs J W Cox on Renfro street and attended Rock Baptist Church. Rev C C Harmore and Rev W H Willis led the funeral at home with burial at Oakgrove cemetery. Attendants included Vance Ashburn Pearl Ashburn Bettie Cox and W F E Canter of Winston Salem plus other relatives.
The Cleveland Star notes Rev A C Dixon born near Shelby and raised in Cleveland and Shelby now leads the church built by Spurgeon in London. It recounts his father Rev Thomas Dixon Sr famed for prohibition work in North Carolina and a tale of early preaching beginnings at New Prospect and the King's Mountain Baptist Association.
A note from The Progressive Farmer argues that Southern farmers should pursue diversified farming rather than overreliance on tobacco. It asserts tobacco has held kingly power while farmers served it, urging growers to cultivate profitable money crops like corn and stock to live at home and gain comforts enjoyed in other regions.
The passage likens farmers to a man who smashed his idol after prayers failed to bring wealth. It argues Southern growers have become slaves to King Tobacco, suffering poverty, and urges independence from the idol to reap rewards.
In the Chicago Record-Herald an investigation examines a senator’s denial of meeting a man who alleges a bribe. The chairman presses on possible records and a signed letter the senator claims to have burned as he testifies about accidental encounters and suspicions surrounding the accuser.
The quicker a cold is ended the less the danger from pneumonia and other serious diseases. Mr B W J Hall of Waverly Virginia declares Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy is the best preparation and recommends it to friends who agree. For sale by all dealers.
A Chicago era letter recounts Kansas towns Springfield Fargo Springs Pearlette Cash City Ravanna and others that vanished after railroads bypassed them. The piece notes their rise on booms and deaths when lines went elsewhere, arguing railroads shape fate of communities and citing Capt Bansby on applying the lesson.
An odd fragment promotes a laxative remedy and liver tonic targeting constipation and indigestion. It reads like an advertisement urging readers to take the product for bowel regularity and to prevent liver or digestive issues. The source language is garbled and contains brand mentions and distributor hints.
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