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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1912
Page
2
The piece argues that road locations and damages questions shape long term funding and land values. It notes surveys can improve grades, but counties often refuse compensation to farmers when routes shift. It cites Forsyth county and broader patterns of landowners trading damages for better roads, highlighting the social and economic stakes.
The excerpt notes many men would not live on a farm if given a free farm, yet when citizens seek to alter a farm roadway for a better road they rarely demand damages. Most landowners are willing to give the land without compensation.
The city praises its school for a record year with enrollment up by one hundred, attendance at all time highs, and more students finishing exams. The Superintendent receives full support from the school board, considered the best leader for the institution.
A figure from Italy visits for an extended stay to breed pure blood Italian bees two miles south of town. The visitor claims to carry a dagger and travels with a royal bee queen and a dozen accompanying bees. The note highlights beekeeping profits shown by new honey stored in The News office during May.
The County Commission approved a $600 appropriation at the regular session to establish a free hookworm dispensary in the county. The Rockfellow Commission will send a doctor to Mount Airy Pilot Mountain Elkin Dobson and possibly other towns to treat residents for about a week each, with announcements to follow.
An Orphans chapter from the Golde bero Odd Fellows Orphanage plans an entertainment at Central Methodist church next week. The Friday date may move to Thursday the 15th to avoid a clash with a Baptist church organ recital. The event, free of charge, will include a post performance collection for the orphanage.
Jesse Hilliard Prather, a leading Mount Airy financier and former mayor, died Sunday morning June 3 1912 at his home after a three week illness. Born July 18 1853 he built a furniture and tobacco factory business and helped organize the Bank of Mount Airy. He leaves five children and a large estate valued around one hundred thousand dollars. Funeral at his residence Monday afternoon with Rev. W H Willis and Rev. D Vance Price officiating.
An advertisement claims deafness is caused by inflammation of the mucus lining and promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure as a remedy. It offers $100 for any deafness case caused by catarrh that cannot be cured and urges sending for free circulars from F J Cheney Co Toledo Ohio.
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