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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1930
Page
6
The Mount Airy News states subscription prices for one year and six months and notes second class mail status under federal act of March 8 1872. The brief notice lists pricing terms and publishing details for readers.
Local families host birthdays and visits, cooking school prizes awarded to Mrs. Johnray Wall and others, and a long list of visitors and activities at Flat Rock. A walnut chest with an old origin story is repaired, a Civil War era sword will join the NC C W museum, and church activities include a spelling Bee with Rev Berry and Mrs Utley as finalists.
The piece argues that party loyalty governs American politics with the people using the party system to express will. It notes Simmons lost stature for breaking with the party and suggests a party framework remains essential to enact public will through the ballot.
An aging mountaineer testifies in a federal case about making liquor for others. He admits to operating a still but says he did not own or profit from it. The judge, moved by his honesty and faith, releases him with advice rather than punishment.
After the primary, loud voices call for party harmony but urge forgetting harsh words spoken recently. The task of moving past sharp rhetoric proves difficult as the public attempts to overlook tensions.
The group led by W. E. Merritt has returned from a week in Florida with glowing reports of luck. Each man landed a tarpon plus other fish, elevating the voyage as a blend of travel and rest. The trip included Prof. L. B. Pendergraph, Dr. T. E. Winecoff, Ww. B. Hadley, Bailey Glenn, O. K. Merritt and W. M. Johnson.
Mr and Mrs J J Callahan and Herman Cristenbury of Norfolk Virginia will spend the weekend with Mr and Mrs Howard Foy. They will be joined home by Mrs T M Christenbury of Norfolk who has stayed with the Foy household for five weeks.
Atlanta June 9 The Southern Railway System announces the return of the silver cup contest for the best ten cars of corn produced in Virginia North Carolina South Carolina Georgia Kentucky Tennessee Alabama or Mississippi The cup rewards growers who won first prize at designated state or district fairs The awards aim to promote better corn across the South and attract more farmers to enter exhibits this fall with Georgia North Carolina South Carolina and South winners previously taking the cup.
Misses Margaret and Lois Waller depart early this week to attend summer school at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville.
Rev. C. A. Kirkpatrick pastors the 11 A. M. service with Rev. M. W. Heckard leading the 8 P. M. Song Service. Sunday school begins at 9:45 with an invitation to worship.
Arthur Brisbane reflects on philanthropy by John D. Rockefeller Jr and Henry Ford, noting vast gifts to New York for parks and museums and improved business conditions. Amy Johnson’s solo flight from England to Australia inspires. The piece contrasts wealth, ambition, and public respect with cautious governance and ocean travel advances.
Mr and Mrs B H Williamson spent the weekend in Thomasville returning Mrs Williamson mother Mrs Snell to her home after a visit. Mr and Mrs John L Guest of Durham arrived Saturday to visit Mrs Guest's sister Mrs Join Poindexter and mother Mrs Warwick. Mrs Guest returned to Durham Sunday while Mrs Guest stays for the week joined by Mrs Beattie Gwynn of Marion Virginia who will accompany Mrs Cluest to Durham on Saturday.
Rev C Pearson pastor schedules Sunday school at 9 45 morning worship at 11 00 and evening service at 3 00 Circle No 1 of the Ladies Missionary society met June 4 at Mrs Levering’s Orchard Gap road with a suited program and refreshments. Circle No 2 will meet with Ethel Roore Thursday evening at 8.
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