Coal Freight Fears Delays Amid Call for Timely Fuel
I C C co chairman warns that rumors of early coal and commodity price cuts hurt commerce and no formal rate reductions are before the commission. Senator Cummings says freight cuts require congressional funding, while Senator Elkins calls for immediate coal fueling to avoid a rail distribution crisis. Geologic Survey: coal output in early 1921 trails prewar levels, yet prices later rose. We are ready to produce coal at or below current costs and expect a three week bridge to lower prices.
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Clark
M. C. S. Retail Coal Association
Commission
Cummings
Senate Committee On Interstate Commerce
Congress
David Elkins
West Virginia
Department of Public Welfare
U.S. Geologic Survey
Desolate Church Burial Ground Draws Community Criticism
A derelict Methodist burial ground on South Main Street lies overgrown and neglected. Names on stones match local citizens while trespassers and violators use the site at dusk, prompting calls for cleanup by groups like the Woman’s Club and Kiwanis, and urging city action to curb vice and rat infestations.
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Mount Airy
Woman’s Club
Kiwanis Club
American Legion To Meet July Fourth
The Mount Airy American Legion post will hold a public meeting Monday July 4 at 8 PM in the high school. Guests are invited. The program includes remarks by Captain E. C. Ashby and Major L. P. McLendon, music by the band, and a post business meeting to elect officers and enroll new members.
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American Legion
The
Mount Airy
E. C. Ashby
Red Cross
H. Carter
William Graves
L. P. McLendon
D. Vance Price
Fairy Night Artful Rendition Beneath Renfro Hill
Miss Annie Thompson leads a nonprofessional troupe in a fairy tale tableau of A Midsummer Night Dream under trees on Renfro Hill July 5. Cast includes Lavinia Powell Titania Love Banner Bottom Puck Nell Folger and others to benefit Barnum Springs orphanage. Local workers lay a Needmore Street water line to connect Sides ice plant to the city supply.
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Renfro Hill
Annie Thompson
Shakespere
Oberon
Fairies
Lavinia Powell
Titania
Queen of the Fairies
Love Banner
Nell Folger
Puck
Robin Goodfellow
Miss Thompson
Pea Blossom
Z. V. Roberson
Margaret Compton
Moth
Anna Rector
Martha George
Frances Folger
Elizabeth Powell
Virginia Graves
Virginia Burke
Nina Hoffman
Willie Burke
Frances Belle George
Mary Watkins
City Water Department
Needmore Street
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F. M. Poore
Kirsch
Carter-Martin Furniture CO
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General Town Fund
R. V. Deyerie
R. V. Deyerle
Recorders Court
R .V. Deyerle
V. Deyerle
R. V.deyerle
R Lawrence
T. W. Morris
Sala Sa
Sapreneur
D. M. Hodge
Board of Prisoners
Harris Bros
Smith
Tee
R. F E. Lawrence
Cabinet
Marshall Wan Works
Eas
Treas
Hannah
John Short
J. C. Hill
J. H. Allen
Board of Education
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I. W. Barber
W. Barber
Noob Hee
T and Express
Findbes
Peeeres
C. M. Whitlock
John Davis
Bank of
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R. J. Reaga Tobacco Co
R. V. Deverle
V. Deverle
Goodrich
Silvertown
Sig Town Cords
the Arts
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Rome
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