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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1925
Page
2
War on the Rat Prompts Citywide Extermination Plan
H L Bowen of Bowen & Co Athens Ga promotes six month rat insurance contracts to protect business premises. The plan uses government approved poison and aims to train rats to avoid treated locations, triggering a citywide campaign supported by the Kiwanis Club to eliminate rats in stores mills and homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. L. Bowen
Bowen & Co
Athens
Bowen
Rata
Swift & Co
National Biscwit Co
Kiwanie Club
City to elect Mayor and five Commissioners in six weeks
Voters will choose a Mayor and five Commissioners for the next two years. Dr Martin has supporters but declines to run. Possible mayoral candidates include W G Sydnor and H M Foy. At large commissioner prospects center on Raymond Smith, John Banner, and Bensley Beasley, all from Ward Two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Martin
W. G. Sydnor
H. M. Foy
Sydnor
Mr. Foy
Raymond Smith
John Banner
Bensley Beasley
Ward No
Vaccination urged as smallpox cases rise in city
County health officer Dr. R M Lancaster warns of three smallpox cases in the city two white and one colored and urges vaccination for all. The law prohibits quarantine. officials post notices at patient homes but cannot confine patients. Free vaccinations are available at the city health office in the town hall daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. M. Lancaster
Lancaster
Dr. Bob Hollingsworth Walks Again After Operation
Friends report that Dr. Bob Hollingsworth can walk about the hospital and is improving daily following his operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Hollingsworth
Consider the Sick and Noise Near Hospital
The piece urges sympathy for hospital patients and asks drivers to minimize noise near Dr. Martins hospital. It notes unnecessary horn blasting harms the sick and calls for considerate, quiet passage past hospitals.
West Elm Citizens Push Street Paving Under New Charter
A majority of West Elm Street property owners signed a petition urging the city to pave their street under the new town charter. The measure, to be acted on at the April board meeting, would finance paving via bonds repaid in ten years from property owner assessments, with the city covering grading and crosswalk costs. The move signals possible petitions from other streets soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Elm Street
Elm Street
Suit for County Office Heads to Supreme Court
Miss Lillian Harkrader sues to oust W. F. Lawrence as Register of Deeds. Raleigh Supreme Court to hear whether irregular voting can impugn certified returns. Judge Schenck in Winston-Salem ruled the case should go to a jury. if overturned, matter returns for Superior Court trial with jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lillian Harkrader
Office Register of Deeds
W. F. Lawrence
Supreme Court
Raleigh
Bivens and
Swink
Miss Harkrader
Mr. Lawrence
J. H. Folger
Lawrence
Michael Schenck
Winston-Salem
Mr. Folger
Schenck
Death of Prominent Sorry Citizen
Readers of The News learn with sorrow of the death of N E Alberty at his home near Fairview. Alberty, a county citizen with many friends, suffered a heart ailment for over two years before passing. He was brother to ex sheriff W L Alberty. The remains were buried at Little Richmond with the Masonic order conducting the funeral. A wife and several children survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. E. Alberty
Fairview
Alberty
W. L. Alberty
Little Richmond
Masonic Order
Teachers Selected for City Schools in Mount Airy
The Mount Airy board reappointed Principal HA Carroll Sarah Merritt and Ludge Byrnes for the next school year. A list of teachers includes Eugenia Roper Elizabeth Daniel Ethel McLeod and many others with several choosing not to return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of the School Commissioners
HA. Carroll
Sarah E. Merritt
Ludge L. Byrnes
Eugenia Roper
Elizabeth Daniel
Ethel McLeod
Alice Homet
Nan Edwards
Mabel Absher Foy
Lessie Smith
Elizabeth Primrdése
Joseph Fowler
Turnmyre
Betty Witt Gates
Elizabeth McCutchen
Regina Quesinberry
Minnie L. Seig
Merchant Suffers Second Fire Loss
W. B. Marion ex county treasurer and merchant on Dobson road loses his store and stock to a second fire after midnight Sunday Mar 15 with roof collapse. The prior blaze Jan 14 1924 also wiped out the building and contents. Insurance covers 5200.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Marion
Dobson Road
Marion
Recorder's Court Docket Includes Drunkenness and Licenses
Judge Lewellyn in Recorder's Court Monday discharged or fined several defendants. Selena Seales paid costs for affray. F W Hiatt paid 50 dollars and costs for intoxication. Grady Gordon paid 210 for the same offense. Lacy Bruner taxed for not having license. Mamie Johnson paid 10 dollars and costs for assault. Hannah Webb barred from driving for 12 months after speeding. Joe Hawks and son Arthur convicted of being drunk with the elder jailed 30 days. son taxed with costs. Bill Brown received 12 months on the roads for liquor sale with appeal. Charges of drunkenness leading to 85 dollars and costs for B J Sheen. Pate Martin appealed for 10 days jail and 25 dollars for drunkenness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selena Seales
F. W. Hiatt
Grady Gordon
Lacy Bruner
Mamie Johnson
Hannah Webb
Joe Hawks
Arthur
Hawks
Bill Brown
Dobson
B. J. Sheen Pate Martin
Far Away Readers Request Ongoing The News Subscription
A Ledyard Iowa reader encloses $1.50 to renew The News for another year. The letter notes weekly disputes over who reads it first and insists the paper is essential, urging continued delivery to a distant subscriber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ledyard
Iowa
Mar
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O. H. Yakley
R. B. Short
D. H. Cooke
Joe Brock
A. G. Harrison
Oscar Merritt
C. C. Hale
B. E. Herman
A. Goldsmith
E. C. Ashby
J. S. Bray
J. W. Badgett
Dr. Martin's Hospital
West Elm
W.S. Wolfe Drug Co
Mount Airy, N. C
Merchant
Recorder's Court
Lewellyn
Recorder’s Court
Ance
Oxfords
Florsheim and
Geo. D
Witt
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