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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1925
Page
2
Mount Airy News in Mount Airy North Carolina announces subscription rates with pricing listed for six and twelve month periods. The notice notes a monthly and biannual charge totaling one dollar fifty and sixty cents respectively.
Dr. BE Carder, associate pastor of John D. Rockefeller's Church in New York, preached at First Baptist Church about how early home training in Christianity shapes future character. He warned of lax parental restraint and widespread neglect of reverence, noting business leaders prize such roots for dependable colleagues.
The city Board appointed M F Patterson as chief of the fire department building inspector and sanitary officer with police powers. He will oversee sanitation fire safety and building construction per state regulations and stopped work on a large Victory theatre addition until state approvals were secured.
A city erected a public drinking fountain on Main Street near Jackson Bros. A previous fountain on Main Street and others in town are ruined. A remaining stock trough on North Main remains, and residents urge repair. Wagons carrying produce and timber pass through dusty roads to Mount Airy via Fancy Gap and Wards Gap.
Farmers complain roads lack streams for watering stock and city streets lack reliable water fountains. They urge city fathers to repair and maintain stock drinking fountains for animals as a practical duty and welcome timely action.
The piece urges Kiwanis clubs of Mount Airy and Greensboro to sponsor clear signs guiding motorists along the Danbury to Greensboro corridor. It notes heavy road work causes detours between Mount Airy, Pilot Mountain, Winston, Rural Hall, Kernersville and Greensboro, suggesting a 72 mile route via Danbury Walnut Cove and Stokesdale.
A. V. West contributes an article on poultry raising, arguing it will greatly benefit farmers and the region in the future. The piece outlines many points useful to interested readers and encourages them to study the topic.
Dr E C Carder pastor of Parl s Avenue Baptist Church of New York City preached three times in this county last Sunday to large crowds. He delivered the bac calaureate at Mountain Park Institute and spoke at First Baptist in the city before a union service in Elkin where robed Klansmen attended and a member dropped $20 in the collection. This marked the first public Klan appearance here since the revival.
A month has passed since Dr J W Knight of Oxford vanished after leaving home to visit this city. He registered at a Greensboro hotel last heard from, later none of his relatives or clues have yielded results, leaving the case unsolved.
Red Cross chapter sends a 75 dollar relief gift for Coal Glen mine disaster families. A relief box at Leonard’s Jewelry Store, run by E W Paddison, accepts contributions. Citizens may donate the cost of a ball game ticket instead of attending the benefit ball game between the Fats and Leans.
Dobson hosted the county board meeting with all members present. A proposed $2 civil action tax may be levied, potentially making suit costs $4 per plaintiff and per convicted defendant. The sheriff will report funds and uncollected taxes to shape next year’s budget.
City commissioners at Tuesday night’s regular meeting elected M. F. Patterson as a full time officer to serve as fire chief building inspector and sanitary officer. He will operate under the city health officer Dr R M Lancaster with actions approved by the health department. The board also amended traffic rules creating a one way alley from Main to the Granite City Motor Co garage and required pedestrians to use Franklin Street to exit the lot. They also ordered autos to enter the vacant lot behind Bennetts building from the rear not the Main Street sidewalk and mandated sidewalks on Willow Street from Rawley Avenue to Elm Street on both sides of the street.
The Woodmen of the World will unveil a monument at Richard Shelton's grave in White Plains on June 7. Hon. Chas. Hines of Greensboro will address the crowd and the public is invited to attend. Services start at 8 P M.
The Norfleet Baggs Co. Dodge dealers in the city will begin selling state license tags about June 15 as a supply of 1925 numbers arrives.
A benefit ball game will be played in the city Thursday afternoon to aid distressed families of miners killed in a recent Sanford mine explosion. Proceeds go to a central committee for disbursement, with Gov. McLean calling for 25 000 to support dependents and local Red Cross chapter funding already contributed.
D. S. Hodge departed Tuesday for Nashville Georgia to oversee land deals in which he holds an interest.
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