Hoover Curtis renomination seals GOP unity in Chicago
The Republican convention endorsed Hoover and Curtis with decisive votes as 1928 allies retook leadership. Damper over a few dissents faded amid strong backing for the ticket and a push for a vigorous 1932 campaign led by Everett Sanders as national chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Hoover-Curtis
Senator Blaine
Wisconsin
Calvin Coolidge
Dr. J
France
Maryland
Charlies G. Dawes
James W. Wadsworth
New York
Curtis
Bunny Jim” Sherman
Pennsylvania
Everett Sanders
Indiana
National Committee
Sanders
Coolidge
Hoover
Brown
Republican Party
Community Gardens Brighten Flat Rock Area
Rain improves local gardens as residents tend fresh vegetables and pets. Notable updates include Mrs. Louis Chandler improving after illness, Pastor Joe Hall delivering a well attended service, and Mr. W. A. Sutphin Sr. recovering in hospital. Efforts shift from tobacco to poultry and produce, while a car crash near Brewers Spring injures Mrs. Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Airy
Louis Chandler
Joe Hall
Flat Rock Baptist Church
Clarence Sutphin
Gee
Shropshire
W. A. Sutphin
Martin Memorial Hospital
Joe Hill
Pilot Mountain
Brewers Spring
Martins Hospital
Notice Sale Valuable Farm in Surry County North Carolina
By deed of trust dated December 19 1929 O P Jones and wife Laura Jones defaulted on notes. Trustee will sell at public auction for cash on premises two miles south of Pinnacle a tract of about 1 4 acres described by metes and bounds to satisfy notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O. P. Jones
Laura Jones
Register of Deeds
Surry County
N. C
Pinnacle
Old Mill Road
D. W
Culler
D. W. Culler
Tilley Corner
Tilley's Corner
Til
Jones
F. D. Culler
Jones’ Line
W. A. i Ie
Meg
Er Gap
B. A. Sparger
Granite City Orchard Co
Sparger Orchards
Sparger Orchard Co
Granite City Orchant Co
Quaker Road
J. &. Barker
Solomon Cloud
J. E. Barker
Zz. T. Smith
Jones Howard
Phil Caesar
G. B. Cody
Office of Register of Deeds of
Book of Deeds
Winfree
E. Co. Cody
Register of Deeds Office
John A. Martin
Office of Register of Deeds
E. C. Bivens
Democrats Plan to Lower Land Tax and Reform Property Assessments
North Carolina Democrats at Raleigh pledge to remove land taxes for school purposes and conduct an immediate property revaluation to true money value. The platform supports budget balance, maintained public schools, public health, economy, and continued prohibition enforcement while expanding employment and industrial development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Democratic Party
North Carolina
Commonwealth
United States
Notice of Summons and Warrant in Mount Airy Bank Case
In Surry County Superior Court First National Bank of Mount Airy sues Fred N Strudwick. A summons issued June 6 1932 and returnable July 21 1932. a warrant of attachment issued July 6 1932 against the defendant's property, returnable with the summons for appearance and answer. Dated June 20 1932. Clerk T Llewellyn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Surry County
First National Bank of
Superior Court
Dobson
T. Llewellyn
Surry Co
Rich Coal Vein Found in Chatham County North Carolina
A. Brower reports discovery of a rich anthracite coal vein near Gulf in Chatham county. Extraction by H. N. Butler from a forty inch deep seam suggests coal superior to Virginia anthracite and equal to or better than Pennsylvania coal, based on State College analysis noting 9 percent ash, lower volatiles, higher fixed carbon and more heat units.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raleigh
Gulf
Chatham County
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Brower
State Division of Purchase and Contract
H. N. Butler
Sanford
N. C. State College
Weekend Sojourns and Health Updates From Route 1 News
Mr and Mrs 8 B Samuel and Mr and Mrs G R Key spent the past weekend visiting White Lake Lake Waccamaw Wilmington and Carolina Beach. Mrs R L Reeves has returned to Baptist hospital Winston Salem after a brief home stay requiring further treatment. Mrs Janet Forkner of Ramseur visits relatives on this route this week. Misses Margaret and Francis Palk of Pilot Mountain visit Miss Pauline Samuel. Miss Ethel Cook will teach at a Bible school in Dan River for two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Airy
B. Samuel
G. R. Key
White Lake
Lake Waccamaw
Wilmington
Carolina Beach
R. L. Reeves
Baptist
Margaret and
Francis Palk
Pilot Mountain
Pauline Samuel
Ethel Cook
Dan River
Notice of sale under deed of trust in Mount Airy
By deed of trust for C R Davis the trustee will sell cash to highest bidder in front of Turnmyre Lamm Drug Store Mount Airy N C on July 2 1932 at noon. The land lies in Long Hill township adjoining Sallie Forkner James Davis and others totaling 20 acres the home place purchased from Nancy Hill. Sale to satisfy balance of 118.57 with interest from November 1 1929. June 2 1932 Fred Folger Trustee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. R. Davis
Surry County
Turnmyre & Lamm Drug Store
Mount Airy
N. C
Towit
Long Hill Township
Sallie Forkner
James Davis
Nancy Hill
Fred Folger
Mount Airy Enacts Sale of Bankrupt Goods Licensing Rules
Mount Airy passes ordinances regulating sale of bankrupt goods. Licenses required from City Tax Collector with fifty dollar daily tax, itemized inventories, and penalties of fifty dollars per offense. Excludes certain bankruptcy trustees and court-appointed sales. Ordinances take effect ten days after publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Carolina
Surry County
Town of
Mount Airy
Board of Commissioners
The Fly as Pest and Punchline in Summer
The piece argues milder winter boosts fly numbers and quotes George R. Stuart on flies. It portrays the fly as a nuisance spreading disease, mocking superstition and praising the pest as a comic, meddling creature that invades eating and rest, ending with a humorous nap-time vignette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George R. Stuart
Sam Jones
Pharoah
Notice of Re Sale of Granite City Orchard Land
Public auction will resell in Mount Airy N C real estate tied to a 1919 deed of trust default by Granite City Orchard Co as G O Hill holder. Properties include multiple tracts totaling about 82 acres with extensive descriptions and exceptions, sold to satisfy debt, May 11 1932.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Granite City Orchard Company
G. O. Hill
Register of Deeds
Surry Co
N. C
Bank of Mount Airy
Mount Airy, N. C
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Flat Rock News
Bestyet
Carolina
Route 1 News
W. G. Sydnor
Geo. E. Welch
J. H. Sparger
J Barker
Phil
Caesar
Wiseman Cloud Corner
John H. Sparger
Sparger
Quaker Gap Road
Ward’s Gap Road
Ward's Gap Road
Southern Public Utilities Co
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