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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1908
Page
3
Mount Airy news lists visits and guests including Mrs. J. W. Patterson of Greensboro and families from East Bend and Winston Salem. Local executives, church notices, school events, and civic talk cover a busy week with travels, new hires, bonds issue chatter, and a carnival fundraising note.
Mr. Samuel G. Critz of this city died Tuesday after a lingering illness. He was 50 and leaves a wife and seven children, all but two adults. A longtime employee of Mount Airy & Eastern Railway Co. he was a quiet citizen who made many friends. The remains were laid to rest at Oakdale cemetery Wednesday. Funeral services were conducted by Rev. D. Vance Rice.
Riverside area merchants advertise a mix of goods and services. J D ith promotes mules and cash or terms while J L Harrison and Co touts low wholesale prices on shoes dresses and millinery. Hale's stocks Star Brand Oxfords ladies slippers and mens wear with money back guarantees. Ashcrafts extolls ice cream canned goods summer dress goods and white linen fabrics. A six room rental on Pine Street is listed by John L Banner Mt Airy NC. Route details and contact hints appear amid varied product lines none clearly dominant.
By order of the Superior Court of Surry County a public sale will be held on Saturday the 4th day of 1908 at 7 o clock P M. The property is real estate lying in Surry County on Camp Cree and includes land granted to Cockerham with boundaries shown in State Grant Book 26 Page 491 and in a deed between Cockerham and Lemuel Cockherham dated February 12 1887 containing about six acres more.
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