Surry Delegation Keeps Hull Control At State Convention
The state Democratic convention defused factional heat as Hull forces led by Simmons and Daniels won key delegations while Smith supporters clashed, fail to push unit rule, and the platform endorsed broader school funding. Surry attendees included C E Snow and W M Johnson among many others.
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Democratic
Smith
Simmons
Josephus Daniels
North Carolina
Houston
Hull
Mr. Smith
Larry
R. C. Freeman
Fred Folger
Frank Hobgood
Greensboro
Mr. Freeman
Surry
A. L. Brooks
Thos. D. Warren
J. W. Bailey
Tammany Hall
Clyde Hoey
Convention
Convention For Harmony and Order
Tam Bowie
State Press
Cameron Morrison
Morrison
Daniels
J. H. Folger
E. C. James
J. R. Johnson
N. W. Poindexter
H. O. Woltz
J. L. Waltz
Calvin Graves
W. R. Badgett
W. F. Swanson
W. E. Reid
Wes Ashburn
J. W. Beasley
W. P. Henley
L. J. Bray
W. M. Conduff
Ethel Snow
Wm. Welborn
R. M. Chatham
Martin Bennett
R. A. Freeman
Bill Price
Malom Brown
Fuller Mosley
Dr. Royall
H.H. Llewellyn
J. B. Hutchens
W. W. Carter
A. K. Sydnor
W. L
Let's Make Mount Airy Attractive
Mayor W G Sydnor asks Mount Airy merchants to sweep their sidewalk sections every Saturday night. Clean sidewalks allow the street sweeper to remove dirt and keep streets neat for Sunday.
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W. G. Sydnor
Mount Airy
Board of Commissioners
Illness of Dr Charles Lawrence Noted in Winston-Salem
Friends learn that Dr Charles Lawrence has been ill with sinus trouble in Winston-Salem. He is improving and recently left with Mrs Lawrence and their baby to recuperate in the Asheville area of the state.
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Charles Lawrence
Winston-Salem
Lawrence
Baby
Asheville
Baptist Pastor Here Sunday
The newly elected pastor Dr. Lt. T. Jacobs of Richmond arrives tonight to take up his work at First Baptist Church. His family travels with him and the Hollingsworth home on Cherry Street will serve as parsonage. Dr. Jacobs will conduct Sunday services morning and evening.
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First Baptist Church
Lt. T. Jacobs
Richmond
Hollingsworth
Cherry Street
Jacobs
Mount Airy
Fine Weather And Politics Discussed In Round Peak
Tobago W. A. York of Round Peak handed in his yearly News subscription and commented on politics among county Republicans. He noted little talk of county office candidates this fall and described farmers planting tobacco with recent showers aiding young plants.
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W. A. York
Round Peak
City Today
News
Salvation Army Reopens Work Here In City
Since Capt. and Mrs. Jenkins arrived in March Salvation Army work has revived. The official reopening is planned for Sunday June 17 with open air meetings Saturday hosted by the Winston Salem band. A prison service Sunday morning and Sunday school at 2 50 p. m. follow, then an open air service before a Salvation Army meeting at 7 45 p. m. Brigadier Hopkins and the Charlotte staff will lead.
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Army Hall
South Street
Pasteur Treatment For Four Children In Siloam
In Siloam, Jack Johnson’s four children aged two to eleven were exposed after a family cat showed hydrophobia. The cat was killed and heads sent to Raleigh for testing, confirming rabies. The children began Pasteur treatment for 21 days, one dose per day, amid the family’s farm duties and hardship.
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Jack Johnson
Siloam
Johnson
Mount Airy Youth Attend Opening Dance at Piedmont Springs
A group of Mount Airy young people joined the opening dance at the Piedmont Springs hotel last Saturday night, adding energy to the event and signaling a lively season ahead.
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Mount Airy
Piedmont Springs Hotel
Senator Felts Injured After Auto Wreck In Rain
Senator Tom Felts was in a car crash Sunday night while travelling from Galax to Wytheville. His Chrysler left the road in wet conditions, tearing a rail fence and overturning. He received first aid in Wytheville and Galax, with only a head cut and shock reported. he returned home Tuesday.
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T. L. Felts
Galax
Bluefield
Fort Anca
Wytheville
Felts
Chitwood
Gordon Felts
Roland Edwards
Galax Hospital
Senator Felts
Galax Herald
G. C. Welch stock sold to Lexington buyers
The stock of the G. C. Welch Co. on South Main Street was sold this week to Leonard and Craver of Lexington. They plan a clearance sale and aim to close remaining stock in weeks. W. P. Welch is no longer connected with the business and has not decided his next venture.
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G. C. Welch Co
South Main Street
Leonard and Craver
Lexington
W. P. Welch
Fishing Season Opens Legally in North Carolina
Raleigh June 9 After today inland waters are open for all legal angling for the summer season. Large and small mouth bass season opens June 10 marking summer fishing. A license is required for all anglers and funds support hatcheries enforcement and fishing facilities.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Car overturns injures Grover Jarrell in Lowgap crash
Grover Jarrell, about 33, and World War veteran, was critically injured when his car left the road near the foot of the mountain and rolled three times. He suffered a broken back and torn spinal cord, paralyzed below the waist. companion Judson Doby was unhurt. Nearby, Lloyd Moore and a second pair of passengers escaped with minor injuries after another crash.
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Grover Jarrell
Lowgap
Jarrell
Galax Hospital
Caldwell
Gilliam
Friends of George Tesh React to His Leg Operation
Friends report George Tesh is recovering well from surgery performed about two weeks ago to remove his leg near the hip due to diseased bone in his knee.
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George Tesh
Death in a Rural Feud Sparks Danbury Arrest
John Rutledge, 25, a farmer from Winston road near King, was killed by a shotgun blast fired by neighbor Wiley Edwards, 40, who later surrendered to authorities in Danbury. Friends say Edwards has shown demented behavior, possibly explaining the tragedy after a field quarrel near a well.
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John Rutledge
Winston Road
King
Wiley Edwards
Edwards
Rutledge
Danbury
North Carolina clergyman elected to Duke University School of Religion
Dr Gilbert T Rowe of North Carolina has been elected to teach Christian Doctrine at Duke University School of Religion and will move to Durham in late summer for the fall opening He is brother of the late Dr Henry B Rowe Dr Dan Atkins longtime editor of the North Carolina Christian Advocate died June 4 in Weaverville at 81 after a 60 year church career and college service with only one missed year.
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Gilbert T. Rowe
Henry B. Rowe
Duke University School of Religion
Durham
Kkwe
Methodist Episcopal Church, South
Methodist Quarterly Review
Nashville
Tenn
Dan Atkins
North Carolina Christian Advocate
Weaverville
Weaver College
Methodist Church
Atkins
Two Aged Men Pass Away in Local Obituaries
Andrew Jackson Hill aged 82 died last Friday and was buried Saturday after a Laurel Springs Church service conducted by Elder Jesse Dunbar near Round Peak. Charles Boyd aged 72 died last Friday with funeral by Rev. C. D. Crouch from Mount Bethel Moravian Church on Sunday. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Jeffries Sunday evening.
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Andrew Jackson Hill
Jesse Dunbar
Laurel Springs
Round Peak
Charles Boyd
Route 6
C. D. Crouch
Mount Bethel Moravian Church
Paving Plans Expand for East Poplar West Poplar Streets
Workmen install sewer and water taps on East Lebanon Street in preparation for summer paving. Residents on East Poplar and Korner Streets approved the project and bids will determine the contractor. West Poplar cannot be titled properly, so paving may proceed only as a separate unit from Main to Lebanon if approved, with sidewalks to be added where absent. Broad and Junction Streets paving petitions are being signed for board consideration next month.
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East Lebanon Street
East Poplar
Korner
Main Street
Bailey
West Poplar Street
Lebanon Street
East
West Poplar
Campbell College President to Speak at First Baptist
Dr. J. A. Campbell, president of Campbell College, will speak Friday evening at eight o'clock at the First Baptist Church. The public is invited to hear the address described as a worthwhile message for the town and community.
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J. A. Campbell
Campbell College
First Baptist Church
Campbell
Electric sign for Carter-Walker Furniture on Main Street
A new upright 16 foot electric sign reading Furniture is installed at Carter-Walker Furniture Co on Main Street. It was built by Jog W Agee the timer and aims to attract shoppers to the local furniture store.
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Main Street
Carter-Walker Furniture Co
Jog W. Agee
Boone Trail Marking Planned for Fancy Gap Route
J Hampton Rich of the Boone Association spoke in Mount Airy about tracing Daniel Boone’s Blue Ridge route through Fancy Gap. He noted Boone crossed from Powell's Valley to Abingdon then led to the Yadkin region near Mocksville and that wolves once attacked his dogs at Wolfe's Hill. The group aims to place a memorial at Mount Airy and link the route to the Lakes to Florida Highway.
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Daniel Boone
J. Hampton Rich
Boone Association
North Carolina
Boone
Surry County
Blue Ridge
Hillsville
Wytheville
Judge Bolin
Fancy Gap
Powell’s Valley
Abingdon
White Top
Saltville
Yadkin River
Mocksville
Boone Hill
Mount Airy
Wolfe
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Tobago
Salvation Army
Hopkins
Charlotte
Pasteur
Tom Felts
G. C. Welch
East Poplar and
Gil Rowe
Herbert Jeffries
Dr. Campbell
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