Mount Airy Agrees to Sell Power System to Southern Company
City of Mount Airy and its water and light commission unanimously contract with Southern Power Company and its affiliate Southern Public Utilities to sell the municipal power and lighting system and transfer distribution. Voters will decide on Jan 19, with takeover planned for July 1, 1926. The ordinance grants 60 year rights to run lines along public routes, with town oversight and penalties for delays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Water and Light Commission
Southern Power Company
Southern Public Utilities Co
Mount Airy
Winston-Salem
Board of Town
Power Company Proposes Purchase of Mt Airy Electric System
A proposal from the Southern Public Utilities Company dated December 11 1925 offers to buy Mt Airy North Carolina electric generating and distribution plants lands hydro plants rights of way and related property for 140 474 in cash The offer requires an election to approve and a granted franchise for sale and distribution of electricity and outlines the purchase and transfer timeline with payment on July 1 1926 following deed approvals and title vesting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
N. C
Mt. Airy
North Carolina
Southern Public Utilities Company
E. C. Marshall
John Banger
Water & Light Commission
Mount Airy
Southern Power Company
Mount Airy Sets Price on Town Electrical Assets
Mount Airy North Carolina on October 27 1925 announces agreement on a physical valuation of 140474 dollars for the town electrical properties as of October 26 1925. The appraisal covers power stations rights of way real estate and equipment but excludes street lighting transformers certain water works equipment and on hand supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Airy
N. C
E. C. Marshall
Southern Public Utilities Co
Charlotte
John Banner
Water & Light Commission
Oak Street
City Electric Department
Ordinance Regulating Power Co in North Carolina
An ordinance from the State of North Carolina governs a power company. It outlines regulatory authority, compliance requirements, and enforcement provisions affecting the utility operations within municipal or state oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ordinance Regulating Power CO
Water and Light Commission Recommends Town Lease Proposal
The Mount Airy Water and Light Commission asks the Board of Commissioners to approve and accept the proposition put forward by the commission. The formal recommendation urges swift action on the proposed lease or sale terms for town utilities and related infrastructure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Commissioners
Town of
Mount Airy
Water and Light Commission
Mount Airy Town System Sold to Public Utilities
Southern Public Utilities Company intends to buy the town of Mount Airy electric generating and transmission system. The Water and Light Commission recommends the proposal as in the best interest of citizens, signed A G Webb secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southern Public Utilities Company
Mount Airy
A. G. Webb
the Water and Light Commission
Town election on sale of electric system set for Jan 19 1926
Notice orders a new voter registration for the Mount Airy referendum on selling the electric generating and transmission system to Southern Public Utilities Company for 140 474 dollars. Registration books open Saturdays December 19 26 and January 2 9 with polls open January 19 at sunrise. Places include the fire department house and Granite Motor Company on Main Street. County officials appointed for ward elections. Election to be run under oversight of town commissioners and Mount Airy News to publish notice.
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Southern Public Utilities Company
Mount Airy
Surry
of North Carolina
Mount Ky
North Carolina
Lita
Rense
Sai Committee
Utes Corath
Fire Department
Granite
Motor Company
Main Street
Saturoo
M. Johnson
J. B. Beach
Winston Fulton
Thomas B. Ashby
Mal Davis
William Hadley
Sun-Rise
Sun-Down
Towit
Board of Commissioners
Town of
W. G. Sydnor
F. M. Poore
Mount Airy Board Orders Election on Electric Company Sale
At a December 11 1925 meeting of Mount Airy North Carolina town commissioners the board voted to conduct the January 19 1926 election by state law to decide the sale of the Electric Generating and Transmissions Company. F. M. Poore served as secretary attesting the order.
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North Carolina
Surry County
Mount Airy
N. C
Board of Commissioners
Superintendent of Water and Light Commission
Ted
Southern Public Utilities Company
W. G. Sydnor
F. M. Poore
Unification of Methodist Churches Fails in South
Nashville December 12 The plan to merge the Methodist Episcopal Church and the Methodist Episcopal Church South fails in the Southern Church. The College of Bishops reports 5528 in favor and 4108 against with three Baltimore conference votes challenged. The merger misses the required four fourths by 1049 votes.
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Nashville
Tenn
Methodist Episcopal Church
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
College of Bishops
Southern Church
Baltimore
General Conference of the Church
Maude M. Turpin
Secular Press Bureau
Church
Railroad makes a fine co op association wins showing many cases
In Greensboro a receiver run Atlantic and Yadkin shows higher December traffic as connectivity with major railroads, while in Yanceyville the Tobacco Growers Co operative Association faces 27 contract breaking cases. Judge Finley orders defaulting members enjoined from selling tobacco during the contract term.
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Yanceyville
Tobacco Growers Co-operative Association
Finley
Caswell
Maine fiddler Mellie Dunham dines and dances at Ford lab
Detroit reports Mellie Dunham Maine champion fiddler is hosted by Henry Ford. He performs his waltz Rippling Waves with Ford orchestra, dances with Mrs. Dunham, and enjoys hospitality and rides. Dunham plans to return home to Norway, Maine, as soon as the orchestra can play his tune as well.
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Detroit
Mellie Dunham
Maine
Henry Ford
Norway
Yeggs Given Ten Years In Atlanta Penitentiary
Jerry Farrow also known as several aliases Walter Murray and William E Walker were sentenced to ten years in the Atlanta Federal Penitentiary for robbing the Pilot Mountain post office and Farmers Bank on May 11. They were captured in Danville Virginia with over $2000, stamps, and burglary tools. Judge E Yates Webb handed down the sentence and they depart for Atlanta Saturday morning. Murray is 56 Farlow about 40 Walker about 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greensboro
Jerry Farrow
Walter Murray
William E. Walker
Federal
Atlanta
Federal District Court
Pilot Mountain
Yates Webb
W. W. Redman
W. M
Murray
Farlow
Walker
Bear steak sent to State Highway chairman after Wananish hunt
Frank Page chairman of the State Highway Commission received thirty pounds of bear steak from K. B. Council after a Sunday morning hunt in Columbus County Wananish near Lake Waccamaw. The three hundred pound sow bear had been raiding beehives and hogs, and was killed in the Green Swamp. Bee-keepers report bears threatening hives around the lake and swamp area.
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Whiteville
Frank Page
State Highway Commission
Wananish
Columbus County
K. B. Council
Lake Waccamaw
Green Swamp
Dwarf Camel Fossil Found at National Museum NYC
A fossil of a dwarf camel over a million years old is housed in the National Museum of New York. The specimen offers insight into early camelids and ancient North American fauna.
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National Museum
New York
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City OF
County of Surry
Power CO
State of North Carolina
Atlantic & Yadkin
Atlantic & Yadkin Railroad
A. L. Thompson
Southern Railway
Atlantic and Yadkin
J. W. Fry
A. E. Smith
Norfolk and Western Seaboard
Atlantic Coast Line
Norfolk Southern
E. Yates Webb
Ford
Fiddler
Will
Dearborn
Columbus
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