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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1925
Page
2
Mount Airy News lists one year subscriptions at 1.50 dollars for second class mail under the March 8 1872 act. The notice is published by J E Johnson and Son publishers.
A public clash between Winston-Salem Journal editor and A S Hanes, highway commissioner, centers on fair share of road money for Surry County. Letters discuss district-wide funding, overdrafts, and a vital eight to six and a fraction mile link from Charlotte to the northwest, stressing state versus county responsibility and proposing $140,000–$240,000 estimates.
Mount Airy seeks voter approval on January 19 for a contract with Southern Power Co. to secure abundant electric power. Promoters say reliable electricity will spur textile expansion, attract manufacturers, and provide jobs for local labor.
Mount Airy Kiwanis Club will distribute more than 50 Christmas dinner baskets to destitute families in and around the city under Salvation Army supervision. Volunteers will deliver wood, canned goods, and other home necessities to designated needy homes, plus around a dozen baskets to inmates at the county home near Dobson.
Henry W. Lineback longtime rural mail carrier on route six died at his Fancy Gap road home Sunday morning aged 84. He served the post office for over 15 years and was active in the Junior Order which conducted his funeral at Salem cemetery after a service led by Rev. W. J. S. Walker.
Mr and Mrs CC Ketchum of Winston Salem spent the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs HV Allred.
The Round Peak farmers report 10 984 pounds of pork killed for the Christmas season and New Year with many households producing lard and sausage at home. J Gammons from Slate Mountain notes a 710 pound Poland China hog and outlines his balanced ration. The county agent H E White offers farm guidance to interested farmers.
G. Criseman of this city escaped a crash when his car ran up a bank and rolled over on the road from Siloam about six miles away. He had visited his wife and baby near Siloam and was returning with two younger brothers. all escaped uninjured though the car was wrecked. The cause was a bolt on the radius rod coming off.
J Ring of the Brim section died at Martin Memorial hospital after a brief illness. He fell ill Sunday and was brought in for an operation but his condition was desperate from the start. Cause of death cited as lack of bowel and complications. Survived by wife and many children, several married. He was about 50.
Salvation Army Captain Barrett appeals for immediate contributions via door envelopes as social workers report more needy families this winter. Street kettles yield little cash, and workers often find no one at home. the Army aims to bring cheer to each home this Christmas and asks the public to mail envelopes promptly.
Trustee forecloses a deed of trust from 1924 by J S Lovill and Zula Lovill to secure $500 notes. Land description includes Culler Corner Academy streets lot with a new five room dwelling. Sale set for January 18 1926 at 1 PM in front of Farmers Bank Pilot Mountain NC.
Mary C McCargo administratrix notifies all claimants to exhibit claims to her at T B Seecnaee Jr office on or before November 19 1926 or be barred. Creditors urged to settle debts promptly. This November 18 1925.
The firm of R S Monday and S R Pruett trading as Sanitary Market is dissolved and a new partnership S R Pruett and E formed as Sanitary Market. Former owners warn they will not be bound by debts of the new firm. Signed R S Monday and S R Pruett.
An advertisement urges relief from back pain and kidney disorders by using Dean's Pills a stimulant diuretic. It cites a Mount Airy case W L Steele jeweler Oak Street reporting occasional nagging back pain and kidney discomfort.
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