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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 29, 1925
Page
2
Mount Airy News lists subscription rates at 1.50 for a period and notes second class mailing status under federal act. The notice appears in the Mount Airy, North Carolina edition with publication date January 29, 1925.
The legislature, in its third week, faces rising demands for more bonds and public works while trying to avoid new taxes. Gas and autos were expected to fund debt, but the state incurred six million dollars in two years. Governor McLean is seen as a steady influence as lawmakers seek a conservative path.
The Virginia State Highway Commission moved to start eight miles of rock road in Bland County toward Bluefield West Virginia. Bland County officials will advance funds to finish the link and complete the Lakes to Florida Highway from Mount Airy toward Bluefield, expanding trade for Mount Airy with the coal center and opening a new market.
Misses Fannie and Alice Folger depart Saturday afternoon to join their brother Mr. Will Folger in Washington D C to begin their future home there.
A North Carolina lawmaker H J Barker of Surry aims to muzzle judges who berate jurors. Writer R R Clarke questions why witnesses receive no protection and urges Barker to extend safeguards, noting witnesses face harsher treatment than jurors in court.
A dated critique on opium as a global trade issue and moral peril. It notes European conferences on opium control, opium use in China, and how big business profits from the trade. The piece also claims tobacco companies educated women to smoke, urging funds from profits to endow charitable causes.
Eugene Schuyler, postmaster of Lowgap, is treated at Martin Memorial hospital for a severe stomach condition after heavy blood loss. Doctors ordered a transfusion and 34 volunteers from the community donated blood, providing enough to save his life and bring hope for recovery.
A regular one week term of Surry Superior Court will begin at Dobson next Monday. Only criminal cases will be tried. A large docket of minor cases will claim the court’s attention. A murder case will be disposed of involving a man of the Rusk section who killed a man of his race during a fight at a colored association last spring.
The 1924 receipts at Mount Airy post office rose to 23000 dollars, up nine percent from the prior year. Postmaster Sparger plans to press Washington for more facilities including an additional city carrier and village carriers for outlying districts to improve rural mail service. He cites growing outside areas and poor mountain connections and hopes for auto mail service to Hillsville and other parts of Carroll and Patrick counties.
A. G. Webb and L. P. Wrenn watched the total eclipse from New York last Saturday morning while on a buying trip for Granite Mercantile Company. They described the event to friends, noting the precise timing and the large crowds in Bronx Park and northern Manhattan. In Mount Airy hundreds viewed the sun’s obscuration using auto goggles and smoked glass, with some observers reporting a peculiar hue and strange shadows.
In two weeks in Judge Lewellyn’s Recorder Court Alvin McMillian and Tom Shinault posted $100 bonds for good behavior after being charged with possessing liquor. Early Oakley paid costs for reckless driving. Mrs. Ed Taylor paid costs for an assault on Brit Flemming. Geo Shelton paid costs for nuisance conviction. Roscoe Nestor paid $25 and costs in an assault action.
The News reports a proposed bill to pay Recorder's Court Judge 2000 dollars, a prosecuting attorney 1200, and a clerk 800 per year from the county fund, with fees redirected to the fund. An amendment limits county payments to never exceed fee income. The article notes opposition to a four year term and mentions a Raleigh press notice about salary changes in Surry County including a sheriff raise and added deputy.
Miss Nora Midkiff married Hurley Webb in a quiet Jan 20 ceremony at Rev. Walker’s North Main Street home. The couple, a daughter of Mrs. Richard Midkiff, will reside in Pilot Mountain where Webb is employed by Standard Oil.
A Cumberland Virginia resident writes Jan 26 asking for a one year subscription to The Mount Airy News and expresses appreciation and friendship, noting they will not stop sending the paper until they hear of the writer’s death.
A special meeting of the stockholders of the First Bank of Mount Airy will be held on July 20, 1925, at 4 o'clock at the bank office to transact designated business as required by law.
Chief C A Shelton reports to Mayor West that the fire company answered 27 alarms in the year, with city property loss at $9,882 and property saved totaling $542,468. The largest loss was W T Haynes barn on Lebanon street. The report notes operating costs about $2,500 and urges considerations for equipment and response efficiency.
Mrs A J Snow of Rockford died at Martin Memorial hospital after three weeks of illness aged about 32. Formerly Metta Banner, she married 14 years ago and leaves a husband four children two brothers two sisters and her father S E Banner. Funeral at Double Creek Christian church Wednesday at 11 AM.
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