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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1920
Page
3
A reflection declares Christmas as a timeless mood rather than a calendar date. The piece argues it transcends days places and governments, existing as a spiritual creation born in a child’s heart and extendable beyond any single hour or year.
Mrs. George Snow visits relatives in Durham while Miss Marjorie Snell of Martin hospital heads to Thomasville for a relative illness. Joe Hollingsworth returns from trips to Philadelphia Baltimore and Annapolis. Mrs. J. F. Prather and daughter Marion shopped in Winston. Mrs. H. R. Hege returns from Winston shopping. Mrs. Gilbert Rowe from Greensboro arrives Friday to visit Dr. and Mrs. H. R. Rowe. Dr. Rowe to preach at Central Methodist on Sunday. S. C. Franklin and family plan to settle near Cumberland Virginia. J. F. Prather drove to Winston-Salem to meet Marion from Converse College and Margaret Sydnor from Americus Georgia.
Sheriff W L Alberty and Deputy Arthur L Ashburn have finished a circuit with the 1920 tax books. Township books for Mount Airy Westfield Long Hill Pilot and Stewarts Creek are in Mount Airy, others at the Dobson sheriff's office. Unpaid tickets incur an added 1 percent per month after the first.
Henry Gibson and family plan to move to Winston Salem from near Hatcher's Chapel. M F Hatcher from near Richmond Va visited D B Hatcher. Powhatan county reports a good year. James Clark and sister from Dan River visited Mount Airy. Davis Smith and Irene Gates of The Hollow Va married last week. Laura Brim returns home from High Point for holidays. A J Bondurant’s child operated on for appendicitis at Martin Memorial hospital recovering well. Revenue Hatcher and others captured a still near The Hollow Va then chased a preacher three and a half miles in his Ford. the preacher turned it into a joke and showed how to climb a hill.
In Appalachia Virginia at about 8 am a pistol battle left Big Stone Gap Chief of Police Ban Littrell dead and Deputy Sheriff J M Blessing mortally wounded. Davy Green Walden of Appalachia was slightly wounded. Two car occupants and a woman fled after the exchange.
Sanford December 18 Burglars struck Gurley’s drug store and Crabtree Drug Company targeting narcotics. A small cash take and a bottle of cocaine were found stolen. medicine drawers rifled and left in disorder. Police hold suspects under surveillance.
Washington reporter notes a long running joke about Representative John H. Small promising to buy a suit for every Bland child. Farmer R. C. Bland of Robersonville, NC just welcomed his 34th child. Small hints he will cover the suits no longer as he retires from Congress next March.
In Raleigh on December 16 the Confederate veterans on North Carolina's pension roll decline by 1,152 this year from 11,248 to 10,096. Each veteran receives 70 dollars from a 650 thousand dollar appropriation with checks totaling 325 thousand dollars distributed semiannually in June and December. Pension Clerk Baker foresees the era ending as most veterans are over 75 and a new pension roll may reflect European War disabled men pending further legislation.
The Adelphian and Aycock literary societies presented a special program in the high school auditorium on Friday afternoon. The two seventh grades were invited as special guests.
A historical Mississippi custom describes a pre wedding ride by the groom and chosen friends. They arrive in a dust of horses and outriders, the bride greets them on the porch, the minister awaits, and a wedding breakfast follows the ceremony.
An excerpt describing the brain as the seat of mind and soul, detailing the cerebrum's gray and white matter, nerve cell networks, sensory and motor areas, and central control of body movements as explained by Hereward Carrington in Leslie's.
A humorous look at how women propose or hint at engagement. Alice gives Fred a song titled I am in love with you and soon wears an engagement ring. A countercase shows a woman withholding marriage until a man commits, then he leaves without pursuing the relationship.
The article reports modern examinations of Hit asphalt springs and petroleum deposits in Shinar between the Tigris and Euphrates. It notes measurements to assess commercial possibilities and mentions bitumen sources once used as mortar in Babylon and Ninevah palaces.
A peculiar fungus described as the vegetable beef steak grows on oak trees. It is dark red above and flesh colored below with striped interiors that resemble a joint. The edible fungus can be brewed, stewed, fried, or added to salads during wet seasons.
Theophile Benoit recounts a stone eater named Brunda who reportedly swallows flakes and stones, has a large gullet and strong teeth, and drinks wine and brandy. He was found three years earlier by a Dutch crew on a northern uninhabited island and sleeps twelve hours daily in a seated position.
The article notes rug use across ages for prayer in Persian and Mohammedan families with notes on Mecca facing, and Cleopatra's textile influence in Egypt. It references rugs laid for royalty in ancient courts, with mentions of tapestries, rugs under thrones and chariots, and cultural significance in religious and ceremonial settings.
The sestertius, a Roman coin meaning half, originated as a two and a half unit measure. Silver coinage appeared in 268 BC with copper as a unit, and the sestertius later varied in weight and value through Punic War reforms and Augustus era coinage.
A rainy day halts travel in Switzerland allowing time for reflection and writing. The coachman stays off the road, the boatman whistles, and the traveler journals about impressions of the mountains, recalls friends at home, and completes sketches and letters neglected.
Deacon Gilldrow argues that paying for a woman’s new suit with a check shows love though it means freezing his old coat for another winter. Mrs Gildrow counters that wanting a husband’s old shoes strewn in the closet makes marriage seem safe.
The report describes TI claiming he was touched by Smith this morning and received twenty dollars, an event described as shocking. The brief note records a tense moment linked to a wire-related incident and the unusual payment.
An alumni group of Trinity College in Surry County was formed last Friday night at the Blue Ridge hotel under A. W. Barnard. Officers named are L. M. Epps president N. C. Marion vice president George Sparger treasurer and J. R. Smith secretary. The initial 23 members include Dr F. C. Ashby L. M. Epps J. Gwyn W. H. Hines Dr H. B. Rowe and others from Mount Airy Elkin and nearby towns.
A reader in Hanover Indiana encloses a check for one dollar and fifty cents and asks for a one year subscription to Mount Airy News. The letter expresses gratitude and states they cannot do without the paper. Signed by Mrs. J. C. R.
Resigning as Public Health nurse of Surry county I thank all county residents and Mount Airy for splendid cooperation. I trust work will be continued and hope you extend to my successor the cooperation given to me. Mrs. A. McManus.
Danville Virginia December 12 Strong efforts are under way to obtain a pardon for J Kent Greer a High Point youth and member of a prominent family who was convicted last June of stealing an automobile belonging to Seth Taylor of Danville and sentenced to six years Greer has been in the local jail six months though his appeal was announced by his lawyers no actual appeal was filed Four groups of convicts have been moved since Greer remained behind while others were sent away Lawyers from North Carolina Richmond and others held interviews with Commonwealths Attorney Carter and former judge Brown seeking letters to Governor Davis urging clemency No pardon has been granted yet by the officials mentioned
Tokio plans a floating crematory the first of its kind in the country. A 150 ton vessel with facilities to cremate 30 bodies at a time will be anchored at a Shik bura wharf. After services on board, it will move seven miles off the bay for the cremation.
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