Efird Store Opens In New Mount Airy Location
Efird's Department Store unveils a two story brick building on Main Street Mount Airy replacing Lovill's Warehouse. The opening Friday promises special sale bargains with ample sales staff and a grand marble front and foyer as the company expands in Granite City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Efird’s
Lovill’s
Efird
Efird's
Mount Airy
Manufacturers Outlet
J. W. Lovill
Efird Company
Broadway Theatre
Lovill
J. 8. McMillian
Granite City
Administrator's Notice for R. S. Scott Estate in Shoals NC
Oscar Scott administrator of R. S. Scott deceased of Surry County and Shoals township notifies creditors to present claims by May 26 1933 and debtors to settle now. Notice dated May 24 1932 from Shoals North Carolina with attorney R Badgett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scott
Surry County
Oscar Scott
R. S.S. Scott
Shoals
North Carolina
R. Badgett
Sermon at Union Hill Friends Church Draws Crowd
The Rev. Thomas Bryant of Ararat preached at Union Hill Friends Church on Sunday afternoon to a large audience. Farmers busy with grain and threshing plans. Local families enjoyed fishing trips and a weiner roast at Joe Wright's mill pond.
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White Plains
Route 1
Thomas Bryant
Ararat
Union Hill Friends Church
Sanford Eads
C. H. Haymore
Joe Wright
Mill Pond
Lillian
Kate
Clarabell Eads
Harvey Mosley
Pauline Haymore
Lena Haynes
Bob Watson
Gurnie Haymore
Shelby Atkinson
C H. Haymore
Pearl George
Howard Johnson
Meggs George
Hattie Watson
Ada Haynes
Lillian Eads
Kate Eads
Hattie Edwards
Pauline
Laure Bluff
Negro Family Names Children By Numbers In Kinship
In Kinston on June 27, Ethel Thurston and his wife Minnie, both Black, raise five children without given names. The children are identified only by birth order: Christopher is No. 1, Penelope is No. 3, with Nos. 4 and 5 twins. Parents reportedly call them by numbers, not names, and the children tell time by this system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kinston
Ethel Thurston
Minnie
Ethel
Ethelbert
Christopher
Washington
Penelope
Thurston
Mamie
Bestyet rodent killer guarantees no rats or mice
Advertising copy promises Bestyet will kill rats and mice with no lingering odor. Claims cats and dogs won’t touch the product. Package sizes include 0.5 dollars for 3 oz and 0.75 dollars for 6 oz. Sold and guaranteed by dealer for kitchens, cellars, chicken coops, and small buildings.
Notice of Sale of Land by Surry County Mortgagee
The Stock Land Bank mortgagee will auction at the Dobson courthouse on July 28 1932 at noon the 111 acre Surry County property in Dobson and Marsh Townships with three tracts described by metes and bounds. A second 2 acre tract and a third 71 acre tract are included. 8 acres are excepted for Wilmoth. J R Duncan attorney for the mortgagee.
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Surry County
North Carolina
Dobson
Marsh
Line
Southern Railroad
L. B. Jones
Spencer Greenwood
Whitaker
West
Jackson
L. P. Jones
Jones
Wilmoth
Jacob D. Key
J. Greenwood
Martha Wilmoth
M. G. Sneed
N. Alberty
Alberys Cuenas
Coens Sete Te Ae
Eetes
Stock Land Bank
Duncan
Negro Drops Dead On Eve Of Murder Trial
In Charlotte on June 27 Jake Boger a 58 year old black man collapsed and died before his murder trial began He had been convicted in a prior case for fatally wounding Grover Williams and sentenced to three to five years His appeal had denied and he was to face a new trial when he died of a heart condition likely triggered by the prospect of testifying in court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlotte
Jake Boger
Boger
Grover Williams
Roger
Sale of Land by Mortgagee in Surry County
Notice of sale of 178 1 2 acres in Marsh Township Surry County North Carolina under a 1923 deed. the Greensboro Joint Stock Land Bank mortgagee will auction at courthouse Dobson on July 2 1932 for cash to satisfy the secured indebtedness. Beginnings describe a large exterior parcel with metes and bounds. June 24 1932 J B Duncan attorney for mortgagee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. W. Stanley
Ella Stanley
the Register of Deeds
Surry County
North Carolina
Dobson
N. C
B. W. Snow
Vv. Snow
Register of Deeds
Marsh Township
Greensboro Joint Stock Land Bank
Duncan
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Efird Brothers
J. R. Efird
J. W. Efird
P. H. Efird
E. L. Efird
Thedford
E. W. Cecil
Pulaski
Thedfords
White Plains News
Crissie Lowe
Rufus Mosley
Verna
Edna Wright
Della Newman
Bill Hodge
Claude Thore
Walter Craughn
George Wilson
Chester Nichols
Ed Newsome
Laurel Bluff
Jons
Here
P. DD
Sinclair “Fly Farm
Chicago
Indiana
Sinclair P. D
P. D
J. W. Beasley
Sinclair Refining Co
Goad Bros
Mt. Airy
Vogler Bros
J. L. Wilmoth
W. Bowman
Carolina Service Station
Hollingsworth Drug Co
W. S. Wolfe Drug CO
J. O. Belton
Bannertown
Clifton Motor Co
Mountain
K. F
Venable
Pilot Mountain
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