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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1916
Page
15
Rail timetable for Mt Airy North Carolina listing arrival and departure times and passenger numbers. Entries show trains No. 180 at 8 40 a m No 133 at 12 01 p m No 182 at 3 30 p m and No 131 at 8 80 p m with notes on leaving and arriving times.
A flurry of social and travel notes lists Mrs Ed Banner visiting in Kingsport Tenn and Ruth Paddison touring Florida. Local figures including Dr R E L Flippin, Miss Florence Smith, Rev N A Melton, and several families are mentioned with trips, visits, and upcoming events at Davidson and Randolph Macon colleges, Central M E Church, and the Blue Ridge Inn.
Mr. W. E. Merritt and four sons along with Messrs Bud Short and Frank Brannon nock left Tuesday for a fishing and camping trip on the New River in Virginia.
Protracted meeting starts Sunday morning June 4 at Central Methodist church with Rev. R. M. Courtney of West End Winston Salem preaching. Morning sermon at 10, evening at 8, and 3 p.m. prayer services to be announced. George D. Herman invites all to attend for spiritual benefit.
Edward Woodhouse, clerk at I. W. West Drug Store, fell from a motorwheel on North Main near the cemetery. He was unconscious briefly, then taken to the hospital with bad bruises and pain. He was testing the machine before purchase and may have lost balance due to unfamiliarity.
Captain Thomas Early Crews died at his home on Granite street at 4 p m last Saturday from tuberculosis. His remains were carried to Winston-Salem on Sunday with his wife and three children and his brother from Winston present. He was a conductor on the Southern Railway. He leaves a wife and three children. Funeral conducted by Dr H A Brown and interment at Waughtown Cemetery.
Ira T. Turlington thanks friends for six weeks of kindness visits flowers and tokens of cheer. He expresses appreciation and asks God’s richest blessings on all who shared sympathy and love.
Jerry Atkins aged resident of White Plains county section died in Mayodan last Wednesday while visiting. He fell ill away from home and was laid to rest in the Ash Hill cemetery where he lived most of his life.
Salem will hold Children's Day next Sunday. Rev. W. M. Wall to preach at Epworth on the second Sunday in June at 11 o clock and at Green Hill at 3 50. The seventeen month old son of Mr and Mrs John Coe was buried at Zion last Sunday.
Washington May 26 Minsed May Belle and Katherine Small daughters of Congressman John H Small have joined the Woman s National Training Camp at Chevy Chase near here They are regarded as two of the prettiest young members of the congressional set in Washington
By power of a deed of trust dated April 15 1916 Y D Shaw and wife M E Shaw secured debt to D F Lowe and recorded in Dobson Registers Book 583 page 292 the property adjoining Joe Hill is to be sold for cash at D F Lowe's store Westfield township on June 10 1916 at 2 o clock P M The 25 acre tract begins at a black gum on Shaws line runs west with Hills line to a black oak then north with Hills line to a chestnut oak stump then east with Hills line to a stake then south with Hills line to the beginning to satisfy a debt of 100 dollars plus interest and costs May 4 1916
The Mount Airy team defeated Copeland 16 to 3 after three scoreless innings. Waltz starred for Mount Airy as eight runs came in one inning to decide the game. Galax visits Mount Airy tomorrow with a 3 PM start, grand stand added, 10 cent admission, regular 15 and 25 cents, ladies free.
Revival series at the First Baptist Church offers sermons by renowned minister Dr Brown. Attendees report strong, helpful messages as services continue through next Sunday.
Ed W. Rogers real estate offers multiple Mount Airy listings including three room houses with large lots near town and near Quarry. Many buildings and building lots on Franklin South Street East Poplar Street Piper Gap Road and more with easy terms and occasional rentals. Phone 302.
A proposed national board of five censors would evaluate all foreign and domestic films shown in the United States. Deputy censors in major cities would enforce rules, with fines up to 1000 dollars for improper titles. Producers pay 2 dollars per original film and 50 cents per reprint, adjustable to cover running costs.
A 230 man Eleventh cavalry squadron surprised a larger Villa force at Ojo Azules near Cusihuirache. Forty two Mexicans were killed and several wounded. no American casualties. Major Robert L. Howze led the pursuit under Generals Cruz Dominguez and Julio Acosta. The Mexicans fled their huts in panic after brief firing.
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