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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 22, 1933
Page
4
The Mount Airy News imprint lists E. Johnson and Son as publishers and notes second class mailing status in Mount Airy North Carolina under the 72 act. The line references postal edition practices and official registration.
A Surry County editorial argues against discontinuing public health services amid calls for tax cuts. It contrasts Russian living standards with American sanitation gains, warns of a return to disease, and links public health funding to overall welfare and economic stability in agriculture and industry.
Bishop Edwin D. Mouton of Charlotte North Carolina conducts evangelistic meetings at Central Methodist Church in this city speaking twice daily to large audiences. He is described as strong in mind and body with a commanding presence and sermons that resonate with listeners today.
The article discusses the London conference where nations debate tariffs, trade relations, and currency values to improve global conditions. It notes a wheat surplus of 350 million bushels with an expected 200 million more from the next crop and cites low world market prices as a problem requiring international solutions.
R. H. Pulcher of this city wrote to President Roosevelt after reading about 11 year old Isabel Walker, a bed ridden tenant farmer’s daughter in Pearson County diagnosed with tubercular bone trouble. The President’s office referred the case to The International Society for Crippled Children and to Raleigh officials, initiating action to seek proper treatment for the girl.
Elkin North Carolina obituary for John J Jenkins 100 year old Civil War veteran died Sunday at his home after paralysis since February. He served in the 21st North Carolina and fought in 52 battles without wounds. Survived by wife Platina, daughter Mrs J J Cockerham granddaughter Miss Juanita Cockerham and two half brothers Avery Jenkins and Felix. Funeral held Monday at 10 a.m. from his home conducted by Rev G R Stafford. He was a longtime member of the Methodist Church.
Mrs V H Montgomery of Atlanta Georgia is in Chicago visiting the Century of Progress exposition with her three daughters and four grandchildren. It is the second week of their stay and they plan to spend a month or more enjoying the sights.
The Simpson family gathered Sunday June 18 at the grove by the spring at the late Doc Simpson’s home place in White Plains. About two hundred relatives and friends enjoyed a family dinner. talks were given by Vestal Taylor of the Surry County School Board and Guerny Roberson of Mount Airy post office. The event praised the Anglo Saxon heritage and noted a similar reunion ten years ago, urging the tradition continue.
About 10000 men will gain direct employment in an 11 million dollar road building program funded largely by a federal grant under the industrial recovery act. The Highway Chairman EF B Jeffress expects first contracts let in early July and aims to brief the highway commission and its successor on work to be done.
A playful toast celebrates the Wedding Belles with a punning wish that wise young men will keep pursuing them and continue to “ring” in happiness.
The General Assembly passed a new fertilizer law to take effect January 1934. It reorders ingredient listings to nitrogen first, then phosphoric acid and potash, and requires nitrogen expressed as nitrogen. Minimum plant food is raised to 14 percent, with insoluble nitrogen and chlorine details required for tobacco fertilizers. Experts say the change increases accuracy for farmers.
County agent reports yields increased from two to three hundred percent this year on many farms due to top dressing. This fertilizer boosted production as the sole fertilizer used on the crop.
The 3 percent general sales tax to fund the 1933 35 budget takes effect at 12 01 AM July 1st. It targets retail sales with few exemptions and requires a $1 license from the revenue department. Merchants may not absorb the tax and must pass it to customers. Quarterly or yearly returns possible for small liabilities. The levy aims to balance state finances and support public schools.
Surry County man Schel Richardson surrendered to Sheriff W. B. Somers and Jailer J. B. Sheets after allegedly shooting Martin Hinshaw at a swimming pond near Traphill. Richardson, 26, a married man, gave himself up at the Pruitt home and is detained in Wilkes County jail. Hinshaw was killed after a swimming party, shot in the back of the head.
A girl boasts of a second flying lesson and plans to fly her grandmother to the country. The grandmother rejects the idea, insisting she will travel by train as Providence intended.
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