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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1925
Page
2
Mount Airy News lists pricing for subscriptions: one year for $1.50 or six months for 75 cents. Paper notes second class matter status at Mount Airy post office under the 1872 act.
Town voters hear talks on candidates with names including Dr. M. B. Martin W. I. Monday and John Banner. The lower ward pushes Banner while Folger gains support as a young, capable candidate. No clear issue burdening the race, but public sentiment hints at a heated contest ahead.
A city charter with much discussion over weeks passed final readings in both houses last Thursday. The key change shifts street costs to property owners for paving in front of their property, while grading and initial work will be funded by the city treasury.
Reports from this city note the marriage of Mr. Geo Burrus of Rockford to a young neighbor last Friday. Burrus, over 80, is hearty and served four years under Lee and Bland, aiding the South. He has many friends in the county and has started a new life in matrimony. Mrs. Jackson has returned from New York with spring millinery and fashions.
A neighbor is praised for early work and daily care. He clears trash and insects, uses stable manure to enrich a garden, grows tomato plants in a window, owns a well fenced yard for his dog, and maintains a law abiding, respectable home. His actions serve as a local object lesson in pride and self respect.
Deputy Sheriff Jess Monday helps a First Baptist Baraca barbecue by converting a found copper still into a coffee pot for the crowd. The plan, sparked by a beer spill and a seized contraption, is toasted with a Sheriff Isaian quotation about lions and lambs, swords into plowshares, and a coffee filled lesson.
The March PTA meeting, led by president Mrs. J. L. Waltz, featured Dr. M. B. Martin's address and a Dorothy Davis solo. Mrs. E. S. Hendren spoke on rents for schools, Atty. W. F. Carter gave an impromptu talk, and the finance committee raised over $60 for the supplementary reader fund. Reports show the organization in prosperous condition.
Rev. J. H. West returned from Hickory where he attended the funeral of his friend W. C. Thompson who died suddenly last Friday.
The Board of County Commissioners orders a special school tax election for district No 4 Shoals Township on April 14, 1925. Voters must register anew. J L Whitaker is registrar. Polls open sunrise to sunset. registration ends April 4. Territory covers Pilot Creek Ararat River Old Fork Marion Watson Rocky Creek Ledge Spring area.
Administrators notice declares S J Peele deceased of Surry County North Carolina and calls creditors to present claims by March 11 1926 or be barred. It directs indebted persons to settle amount due and identifies The Bank of Airy as administrator as of March 11 1925.
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