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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 07, 1925
Page
2
Mount Airy News announces subscription rates effective for one year or six months with prices listed. The notice identifies J B E Johnson and Son as publishers and notes the paper’s second class mailing status under federal law.
A editorial note traces rising demand for young chickens and a budding poultry industry in town. Several young men are starting with a few hens and incubators, paying attention to cost and management as the spring shipment of day old chicks reaches about 10,000.
The Dobson county commissioners met Monday and approved tax settlement actions. They asked for tax book readiness by October and ordered ads for unpaid taxes on June 1. They authorized rail fare for Confederate veterans to a Dallas reunion and Wilson state reunion attendees. They filed suit against ex-treasurer W. Marion for 12 400 dollars and noted audits show debts over 12 000. They listed ex-treasurers FP S Eldridge and Marion as affecting finances. The Board of Education recommended I O Wallace and J F Carter to join with the current members. The State Board will decide May 15.
W G Sydnor won the mayoral race as the Democratic ticket prevailed with a single slate in Mount Airy Monday. W G Sydnor becomes mayor as J F Yokley, D H Cooke and C E Cox win at large and ward seats. G A Kittrell resigns soon after organize the new board meets with appointments.
Dr Moir S Martin will address the Baptist Baraca Class at First Baptist Church next Sunday morning in the main church auditorium. The class has studied the world in 2000 and will hear a talk on progress in medical science and its impact on world progress. The session begins at 10 o'clock and visitors are welcome.
Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Newton and Mrs. Bodenheimer of Johnson City Tennessee spent Sunday night with Mr. and Mrs. Green Webb en route to Kernersville where Mrs. Bodenheimer will stay with relatives. Mrs Bodenheimer is 86 and made the trip well.
An columnist laments high automobile deaths and injuries, noting daily fatal and serious crash tallies rival wars. He recalls a doctor earning Sundays from wreck victims, criticizes reckless speeders, and predicts a public halt to rash driving.
Zeigler and Dalton, road contractors, started pouring concrete on the state road between this city and Pilot Mountain. They begin near the Mrs Bettie Davis home and will proceed toward Mount Airy, with plans to finish in 90 working days if labor permits a double shift.
Ora Roberts of W. W. Thomas & Co. returns to work after about a week at home following a kerosene spill on his clothing. He developed a severe inflammatory reaction with a blistered body side and intense pain lasting three days and nights, preventing him from bearing any cover.
The pastor E Gibson Davis of First Baptist Church explains he missed delivering the Dobson High School baccalaureate sermon due to a misreading of the date. He expresses deep regret and notes he would not have missed the opportunity had the error not occurred.
Dr. E C Carter of New York will preach the baccalaureate at Mountain Park Institute with 142 students enrolled. Billy Sunday spoke to students and Ma Sunday attended with the Chathams. Col FE Sanctuary, visiting from New York after Florida Keys and Alabama, praised the school.
Dr L L Williams, previously health officer of Surry County, was elected city and county health officer of Cumberland County at a joint Fayetteville meeting. He succeeds Dr J W McNeill, and the board set the salary at 4800 dollars by unanimous vote.
Judge Schenck spent the past week end here as the guest of Solicitor and Mrs. S P Graves.
The Ticklish Point Cole Black faced a preliminary conference with his attorney who pressed for an alibi. The exchange centers on proving where Black was at the time of the offense, with the attorney asking for testimony and the defendant reacting in a colloquial, humorous manner.
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