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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1917
Page
2
The Mount Airy News from Mount Airy North Carolina on June 7 1917 lists subscription rates for one copy. three months six months and one year.
An editorial urges Mount Airy to shed old methods and adopt progressive city habits. It compares local tax collection to larger towns and argues for citizens to pay at the collector’s office, improve water quality, and upgrade public services.
Dr. W B Taylor reports poor lodging for elderly veterans at a Washington reunion. Many older men found no beds or seating and hotels charged up to four dollars a day, prompting widespread criticism of the city’s treatment of visitors and regret over the event.
The Mount Airy registration for the war draft went smoothly with 671 men registered in two wards. Of these 381 claimed exemptions, 66 due to disability, 24 for occupational reasons, while 190 registered with no exemptions. nationwide county total reaches 2,205.
At the regular meeting the town re elected John Banner as Water and Light Commissioner and renewed terms for W. E. Merritt and W. F. Carter on the School Board. Police Chief Thompson resigned and Dr. R. W. Reece left the Commissioner post with Claud Shelton elected in his place. The article urges merchants to trial seven oclock closing in summer, eight in winter, and nine on Saturdays to improve life, raise efficiency, and strengthen community ties.
A Sunday afternoon crash two miles north of Pilot Mountain involved George Hutchinson's car and a High Point youth on a motorcycle. The rider was thrown into the path of the vehicle after wheel trouble on a rut, badly bruised and taken to a hospital. his exact injuries were not confirmed.
A lawyer shares a newspaper clipping suggesting a home remedy for potato bugs. Boil cedar tree limbs in water and spray on potato vines to deter pests. The note urges farmers to try the method as a cheap alternative to chemical poisons and to report results.
Fort Worth Texas June 5 F H Fulcher said to be member of Farmers and Laborers Protective Association of America hid in woods heavily armed to resist conscription. He was shot and killed near Midway yesterday by a posse of Hood and Palo Pinto counties officers.
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