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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1925
Page
4
J Richards as executor of J Richards deceased informs all claimants to present them to him or to H C Woltz attorney in Mount Ay N C within legal time. He also advises all debtors to settle promptly. This May 15 1926.
W F Carter trustee will sell at the First National Bank of Mount Airy to the highest bidder for cash the 15.07 acre real estate described by metes and bounds and adjoining J F Williams and R A Doss. The sale to satisfy a $500 debt plus interest and costs, dated May 18 1925.
Danville reports say C. R. Chatman faces a court action for alleged cruelty to his 10-year-old son Ben who was chained to a tree for six hours in the sun last Tuesday. The boy escaped a severed link, blistered, after an investigation followed county gossip. Chatman cited his son's habit of running away.
Sealed bids to buy 15000 of 6 12 percent Water Light Power System Bonds of Mount Airy NC due 1928 to 1942 will be received by the Board of Commissioners at Mount Airy NC until 2 PM on June 22 1925. Bonds issued March 1 1925 payable at National Bank New York. Bids require a two percent security with bid. Marked bids to F M Poore Town Clerk. Right to reject all bids reserved.
Notice is given of a bond sale at two o clock P M June 22 1925 for 25000 12 percent Street Improvement Bonds of the Town in 1000 denomination dated March 1 1925 payable 1000 each 1928 1938 and 2000 each 1938 1945. Bid must include certified check or equivalent 2 of face amount to secure performance. No bid below par plus accrued interest accepted. Town reserves right to reject all bids.
Jim Collins a 19 year old Anson county Negro faced execution in the State Prison electric chair for shooting A Sedberry a white man from Rockingham. The condemned man spoke a brief Bible verse and faced the shocks with calm, enduring two electric chair shocks before death. The case drew local interest in Anson county and support for clemency from various lawyers and clergy.
Washington Post notes how locusts yield oil for aircraft engines and were turned to fertilizer in Johannesburg, while New Zealand profits from rabbits and pigs shift from pests to revenue. The piece cites locust swarms over the Red Sea and Egypt, and historic pig farming shifts since Captain Cook.
Skaneateles New York sustains a thriving teasel industry with strong demand. Teasels produce quills up to four inches long used in crafting fine broadcloth and woolen goods. Plants reach three to five feet, harvested in August, dried, and sold to local dealers who supply woolen manufacturers nationwide.
W F Carter commissioner will sell July 10 1925 at 1 PM on the premises in Surry County a tract adjoining J F Moore W A Moore Rufus Roberts old tract now Robert Hines Jr and Hosea Atkins near Lovill Creek. Auction terms require half cash with balance in six months and title retained until full payment. sale tied to superior court order in Carter v Atkins et al.
By authority of a 1924 deed of trust J. Peele to H. H. Lewellyn for 210 dollars, a public cash auction will sell Lots 1 2 3 4 5 6 24 26 in Block 7 at Mount Airy North Carolina on Saturday June 27 1925 at 1 PM to satisfy notes with interest and costs per record in Dobson and Mount Airy offices.
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