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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1925
Page
2
Mount Airy News item indicates a government notice filed as second class matter under the act, with a referenced date in 1972 and details including a monetary figure.
An essay urges homeowners to beautify yards with shade trees and flowers, arguing that the trend toward attractive homes is spreading from cities to the countryside. It notes women value beauty, calls for plantings like rose bushes, and encourages timely efforts this season to create pride and comfort in the home.
The Woman's Club finance and planting committees offer a nursery stock sale at Whitman's Music store next Tuesday. They will take orders for fruit and shade trees shrubs evergreens hedge plants flowers and other stock to beautify Mount Airy. Some plants offered at cost or below wholesale to boost interest. specimens and pictures will be on display to show buyers what they get.
Raleigh official Mrs Kate Burr Johnson will speak to the Mount Airy Woman's Club Friday afternoon. A leading federation member and North Carolina Public Welfare Commissioner she will present an authority on the subject.
The article urges local districts to pursue state financed school building loans at 4.5 percent interest for twenty years. It notes past resistance over building locations and urges communities to reach agreement to avoid stalled progress, highlighting four recent county cases.
A jury trial is on the docket for next Monday. Ralph Lowe and Crest Heath were arraigned for violating the prohibition laws and both requested a jury trial. Twelve jurors were drawn, six to serve. Herbert Oakley was found guilty of forcible trespass and fined 50 dollars with a 100 dollar bond. H. F. Gwyn was convicted of drunken driving and fined 50 dollars with a 12 month driving ban. Wesley Badgett and J. B. Beach were dismissed with costs for speeding.
The remains of Leland Doby were carried to Lowgap last Thursday for burial in the church cemetery. He was a hard working and prosperous young man with many friends attending the funeral. He left a wife and two children and had been working in West Virginia for several months when he died from heart trouble.
A large storehouse and stock belonging to Frank Holder at Round Peak burned last Sunday around two o'clock. The origin of the blaze is unknown. Mr. Holder carried £2000 insurance on stock and building.
Card style summary profiles of cabinet members including Andrew Mellon curator of Treasury and ambassadorial posts, Harry S. New Postmaster General and former Indiana senator, Curtis Wilbur Secretary of the Navy, Hubert Work Secretary of the Interior, William Jardine Secretary of Agriculture, Herbert Hoover Secretary of Commerce, and James J. Davis Secretary of Labor with brief biographical notes on birthplaces, careers, and service dates.
A house and outbuildings owned by Mr and Mrs George burned last Friday around noon. The new home featured modern water and lighting systems and two baths, fully furnished. the stock and provisions in the smoke house and chicken house were destroyed. Fire originated from a roof spark. Mr George, 79, and his wife survived. this is their third rebuild at the same location and plans to rebuild again despite the loss. Insurance on the house was $6,000.
The County Board of Education called off the Dobson Ararat election for a new 12 room school amid a location dispute among patrons. A separate Bryan township vote to fund a large consolidated five school building near Mountain Park was defeated by 32 votes due to disagreement on site.
Mrs Geo Parker residing near the quarry sustained a painful hand wound when a loaded shotgun fired accidentally. Her son sought to use the gun for hunting. while hiding the firearm behind a trunk, a hammer discharge struck her palm.
Miss William Watson of Patrick county was brought to Martin Memorial Hospital with severe cuts to the neck and face after an auto wreck near Brower's Springs Sunday night. Carl Jones, an employee of O. B. Webb, was arrested for reckless driving and released on $500 bond after allegedly trying to pass the Watson car, causing a overturn. Witnesses Hub Thomas and Dec Taylor will testify.
A program rendered by the Woodruffe Quintet at Marshall College on February 27 featured violins by George Woodruffe and Ziegler, viola by Frank Woodruffe, cello by Thomas Woodruff, and piano by Mudge, delighting Mount Airy music lovers.
Notice under state law of a tax sale for Cherry Street paving assessments in Mount Airy North Carolina. Property owners Talieamertha Spaugh and B F Herman and others owe amounts totaling $606.15 and $394.12 with interest and costs, on paving and curb frontage. Court sale to be held April 6 1925 at the Dobson Court House. R V Dyerle city tax collector.
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