Local notes and events from Mount Airy May 1908 harvests and gatherings
Mount Airy reports ten car loads of fertilizer sold last Saturday. Visitors John and George Burrus of Rockford arrived Monday. George Burrus underwent cancer treatment by Dr. Brewer and recovered. Prohibition Ball planned at Mt Hermon Church next Sunday at 3 pm with John H Folger and Dr J T Smith among speakers. Lenoir Graded School commencement preacher Rev D Vance Price invited. his father Dr R N Price to fill Central church pulpit in absence. Presbyterian women to hold a Strawberry Feast at Central Hotel tomorrow evening to aid workers. Ashcrafts Drug Store unveils a solid marble ice cream cabinet with porcelain containers for purity. Mrs J W Dobbins of Bristol Va visits relatives in Old Town Va after staying with sister Mrs S M Hale. Misses Bessie and Emma Merritt enter the Young Ladies school. Miss Roberta Price wins animal picture prize. Miss Mary Terry gets a Teddy Bear cake of soap. Dainty refreshments mark the evening’s entertainment.
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John
George Burrus
Rockford
Brewer
Mt. Hermon Methodist Chure
John H. Folger
J. T. Smith
Roberta Price
Mary Terry
J. W. Banner
Greensboro
T. F. Bryant
On Ahr Mills
Jim Hale
Old Town
Mary Kelly
Salisbu
J. G. Powe
Rockford Street
O. R. Moore
George Graham
Nancy Brown
G. G. “Eelaway
Rawley Avenue
Mary Fulton
G. F. College
J. N. Terry
News Ferry
George Kennette
L. Gilmer
Pine Street
John Sabotta
Pilot Mountain
Enoch Fulk
Pilot Mtn
Mr. Fulk
Brooks and Kitchen Club forms in town for congressional governor bid
A Brooks and Kitchen Club met Tuesday night electing J A Hadley as president and John Banner as vice president with J EB Johnson as secretary. One hundred twenty six members enrolled, soon to double. Brooks spoke last week boosting his bid, while local young Democrats rallied behind both candidates.
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A. L. Brooks
Congress
W. W. Kitchen
Brooks and Kitchen Club
J. A. Hadley
John Banner
J. EB. Johnson
Brooks
Kitchen
Local Mt Airy notes mix sales ads and temperance talk
Community news from Mt Airy Route No 1 includes livestock for sale a birthday dinner and sermons by Rev D Vance Price and Lawyer J H Folger urging voters to end prohibition. Also greetings from Vestal Taylor and daughter Bertie plus local shop ads for shoes ice cream eggs hats and clothing.
Teachers depart for homes across several states
Miss Peace leaves for Oxford North Carolina and Miss Nicholson for Woodward South Carolina. Miss Richardson heads to Selma North Carolina and Miss Johnson to Windsor Virginia. Miss Wilson goes to Keysville Virginia and Miss Carr ier to Hickory North Carolina. Miss Terry departs for News Ferry Virginia and Miss Snell for Coleraine North Carolina. Miss Handley visits Greensboro before Farmville Virginia, while Miss Hathcock remains in the city as guest of Mrs. R. H. Leonard.
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Peace
Oxford
N. C
Nicholson
Woodward
S. C
Richardson
Selma
Johnson
Windsor Va
Wilson
Keysville
Carrier
Hickory
Terry
News Ferry Va
Snell
Coleraine
N.C
Handley
Maude Wells
Greensboro
Farmville
Miss Hat
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Mount Airy News
Mt. Airy, N. C
Ashcrafts Drug Store
J. W. Dobbins
Bristol
Bessie
Emma Merritt
Mount Airy
Harry Galloway
Gaston Gallaway
Mrs. Traham
Charlotte
T. W. Fol Esq
Dobson
J. P. Fulk
Flora Sams
Loise Boaze
Rosco Boaze
Jas. Thacker
F. P. Wolfe
Sparta
Jas. Dunn
Winston- Salem
Walter Scott
Charlotte Ig
J. F. Prather
Main Street
Miss Maude Wells
Winston
Jeannette Wright
Idlewild
Marion
R. L. George
Stuarton
P. R. Preston
Bradley
Conn
Miss Hart
Fayetteville
H. P. Alderman
Westfield
Flat Rock Baptist Church
R. H
Estelle
Frances Leonard
Mattie Fisher
Bloomsburg Pa
Washington
Hanover
Harrisburg
C. C. Creveling
Joe Hollingsworth
Bridge Club
C. R. Marion
Rockymount
White Plains
Mr. Marion
J. D. McCollum
Ladies Book Club
Franklin Street
B. D. Reecht
Mekah
D. Vance Price
J. H. Folger
Mtany
Hollow Springs
A . Welch
Register of Deeds
Vestal Taylor
Miss Bertie of
Mr. Taylor
Martin Taylor
H. T. Cook
Powell Cook
Wm F. Needham
Surry County
Jefferson S ‘Hard Life Insurance O. J. Denny
Mgr
South Elm St
Greasabeet N. C
Hales
W. F. Lovill’s
Ashcraft’s
Plymouth Rock
D. Criz
Mt. Airy
J. E. Barkers
Mt/ Airy
J. Airy
Karp’s
Hale’s
Douglass
Chesterfield
Lion Brand
Corlins-Coon
J. E. Barker
Torchen
Valenciene
Bes
Centerneri
W. W. Burke
Queen
Kid “Boslong
Malaga
Panama
Ladies Home Journal
Mountairy
Home Journal Patterns
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