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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1926
Page
2
Mount Airy North Carolina dated June 17 1926 lists subscription rates: one year 1.50. Circulation books open to all Gamasttintions under the act of Congress of March 3 1872.
An elderly county resident offers behavior as a shareable creed for longevity but cites unseen germs as a constant threat to all. The piece argues modern medicine has reduced germ dangers, yet wise living requires vigilance and prudent self protection to endure life’s risks.
The mayor notes extensive auto clog in business districts from dawn to night. Drivers double park in front of drug stores while shopping, blocking streets for minutes and risking prosecution. The city urges keeping vehicles off streets and leaves enforcement to the law.
Police have rounded up stray dogs for weeks and many were killed. A stray poodle bit Charli Lawrence’s son on the cheek last Wednesday, with the dog’s head sent to Raleigh for hydrophobia testing. The boy will begin Pasteur treatment for 21 days.
The piece alleges a Pennsylvania Republican Senate primary polluted by vote buying and fraud with over two million dollars spent by three candidates. It highlights Pittsburgh payouts to workers, Pinchot’s dry platform, Vare’s liquor-support, Mellon funds backing anti prohibition, and urges Republicans to cleanse their own house rather than seek fraud claims.
A young laborer near the city, once strong and widowed by a head blow, is left with epileptic spells and severe brain injury. He underwent two skull operations with no relief. Monthly attacks disable him from work, forcing his wife and children to fend for themselves as he is sent to a state hospital for the rest of life.
Rev. A. H. Marshall will conduct a prayer service at Trinity Episcopal Church. The vestry invites worshipers to attend the venine service followed by Sunday school at 10 AM.
Plans are with contractors for remodeling the H. M. Foy home on Rawley street drawn by Humphreys and Levesque Winston Salem architects who also drafted plans for a colonial home to begin soon on the W E Jackson farm near Fancy Gap road one mile from town Jackson plans a development with lots for sale and a private water system already begun electricity will follow. Dr Will Hollingsworth also plans to build on his lot between Salem and White Sulphur Springs roads near the Sunderland and Merritt homes.
State license tags for automobiles can now be purchased in this city at the Chevrolet Service Station on Willow Street. D. C. Lewis, manager, and D. M. Pyrtle of Winston-Salem head the license department. The station promises prompt service and keeps last year’s rates. a Dodge price increase from $12.50 to $20.00 is noted due to higher power ratings.
A meeting of the American Legion in the city is set for Thursday night June 24 at eight oclock. Ex service men are urged to attend as important business includes plans for a big July 4th celebration. Refreshments will follow. The post has organized leadership and officers: F. E. Walker commander S. R. Pruitt vice commander Milt Terry adjutant A H Marsh chaplain Executive committee J Haynes L P Wrenn and Geo Snow.
A department store contest invites guesses on how far a mechanical Walk Over man will walk in ten days or ten hours. Women win silk hose if successful. men win four pairs of 50 cent socks. Register your guess in the display window.
The Masonic lodge in this city held its regular meeting Tuesday night for annual officer elections. Elected were J. W. Barker master, W. S. Wolfe senior warden, J. C. Hill junior warden, C. Binder secretary, and W. R. Simpson treasurer. Other officers to be appointed will be named by the new master and installed with the elected officers. Following the elections, old friends and sandwiches were served.
A Virginia convict gang on Fancy Gap mountain reports an escape during a nighttime singing session. A long time inmate allegedly cut his chained bunk during the concert using a hidden hack-saw, slipping away as others raised the roof with song.
The Womans Club Study Class will meet at 3 P M Friday with Mrs. Calvin Graves. The subject for study and discussion is The Mountaineers of the South.
Guilford county commissioners voted a 10 percent reduction in farm land valuations for 1926 taxes. The plan targets farmland used for farming outside Greensboro and High Point corporate limits, affecting about 8 million dollars in property and aiming for uniform tax assessment across property classes.
London reports Sir Humphrey Rolleston of Cambridge University argues tobacco risks are real but rare. He notes relighting half smoked cigars or pipes delivers more poison than ten cigarettes and that cigar smoke can equal nicotine levels of many cigarettes.
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