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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1914
Page
2
The Southern Railway faces sharp criticism as prolonged delays and poor track conditions disrupt farm and merchant shipments. The article details trucks idling, cars blocked on sidings, and demurrage disputes, with farmers and a local grower suffering while officials promise improvements.
Honorable S. P. Graves narrates a Civil War joke at a veterans gathering. A West Virginia railroad company captain leads a charge to silence a distant battery, offering whiskey as a reward. The tale ends with a quip about the Southern agency and Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley line.
In Mount Airy North Carolina 1914 officials authorize a new station, heavier rails, improved road bed and track between Mount Airy and Greensboro. The Mount Airy News and its editor Johnson are praised for public sentiment that spurred the project after prior petitions and hearings failed.
Last Saturday a passenger train through the hills attached a special car with railroad officials. The porter reported they spent time reading and discussing the Mt Airy paper, noting the editor's punctuation and language.
At a recent Masons meeting the following officers were elected Worshipful Master Rev T H King Senior Warden J H Carter Junior Warden J D Thompson Treasurer H M Foy Secretary John Sabotta. On Tuesday June 30 public installation of officers will be held.
A city business leader criticizes headquarters of The Southern Railway for ignoring branch lines. He notes indifference cascades from Washington through subordinates to water boys, harming local service and reliability. The article from Southern News Bulletin, Atlanta, is cited as corroboration.
The Mount Airy News questions a dispatch about Southern Railway removing rotten ties between Mount Airy and Mt Airy. It cites only 33 new ties placed at a highway crossing and accuses officials of misleading actions and unfair labor pay. Local anger grows over possible railroad liability if a wreck occurs.
A railroad executive advocates courtesy to farmers to win favorable judgments and influence juries. He asserts courteous treatment reduces lawsuits, noting the company faced only one case in five years with a verdict for the company. He stresses agents should build goodwill at small stations and influence jurors by predisposing them before trials.
At the Democratic County Convention held at Dobson on May 8, the body adopted a resolution endorsing Hon. Lee Overmars for the United States Senate. A clerical error allegedly omitted this endorsement from the official proceedings.
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