Marion Seeks Surry County Treasurer Nomination
W B Marion of Dobson announces candidacy for County Treasurer, submitting to Republican primaries and county conventions. He pledges to discharge duties efficiently and satisfactorily if nominated.
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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1922
Page
7
W B Marion of Dobson announces candidacy for County Treasurer, submitting to Republican primaries and county conventions. He pledges to discharge duties efficiently and satisfactorily if nominated.
Hereby announce my candidacy for the House of Representatives subject to the will of the people. If elected I will strive to look after the interests of my county and participate in the legislature.
Announcement notes Mayen as a candidate for the Clerk of the Superior Court in Surry County, subject to Republican primaries. The brief statement IDs Mayen and the office sought, with no further details.
The candidate announces for Republican voters in Surry County that he seeks pre nomination for sheriff. He notes prior service and describes his aim to continue safeguarding county interests, inviting public inspection of records and promising strong public service if nominated and elected.
A notice states an execution in favor of Port Peoples National Bank against R Badgett and others. On Monday June 26 a sale of real estate in Surry County North Carolina will occur at the Port House door in Dobson. The tract covers about 50 acres bounded by Wolfe and Badgett with the Simpson property nearby. The sale to satisfy a debt of $273.48 plus interest from April 7 1922 and $16.05 costs. Witnessed May 28.
Henry Harris, a black man from Vance County, was sentenced by Judge Oliver H. Allen to be electrocuted in the state prison at Raleigh on August 15 for the first degree murder of his wife. Harris read the Lamentations of Jeremiah in court as part of his plea, prompting astonishment among onlookers. An automatic appeal to the Supreme Court stays the execution until after September.
A health survey reports 1,200 lepers at large across 25 states. Dr. C H Lavender says isolation facilities large enough to care for current cases are the only preventive, noting the Carville leprosarium is at capacity with 200 beds. He cites impracticality of state institutions leaving hundreds at large and at risk of spreading the disease.
Chautauqua New York June 21 An amendment to the federal constitution for a uniform divorce law will be considered at the General Federation of Women's Clubs biennial convention opening here today. The draft proposes four causes for divorce cruelty infidelity desertion for a year of habitual drunkenness. It would set minimum ages for marriage and require parental consent for certain unions. Medical certificates before marriage and child custody provisions are among the features.
Dunn on track to open a new 12 classroom Harnett negro industrial school costing under 85 000. Principal Prof James W Vines leads a project largely powered by student labor and local youth growing 15 000 bushels of sweet potatoes on a 10 acre tract with a curing barn planned.
Washington June 22 President Harding told the Philippine parliamentary commission he could not urge Congress for Philippine independence. He indicated he was not unalterably opposed to autonomy but treated the question as a matter of time.
Rev Harry Andrews a negro minister at Rob Roy Arkansas was arrested by Deputy Sheriff J L McBurnett on charges of carrying a pistol and disturbing the peace. He had clashed with some flock members over leaving the community and had been displaying a gun in the pulpit alongside the Bible.
The article states that nine of ten rheumatism cases are muscular or chronic rheumatism with no internal illness and suggests relief through applying Chamberlain's Liniment, which can make sleep and rest possible for those afflicted.
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