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Newspaper
Mount Airy News
Location
Mount Airy, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 28, 1925
Page
2
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A newspaper column argues evolution sparks national attention as Tennessee debates a ban on teaching it. It discusses Darwin, God, the Bible, law, and society, noting the case against a Wake Forest educator and the broader religious and legal conflict.
The piece argues that many town youths under fifteen become criminals, often starting with bootlegging. Judge Lewellyn calls it a serious issue, noting backgrounds of good character yet rising offenses. It links delinquency to mental and physical defects and compares moral decline to a forest’s scrub trees.
A vast throng gathered in Mount Airy to hear Billy Sunday and his colleagues, with about six thousand inside the Sovill Warehouse and two thousand more outside. The service, led by Pastor Davis, debunked rumors about offerings and explained funds went to Winona Lake Bible Conference in Indiana. Sunday spoke on The Reason for the Hope Within You from First Peter three fifteen, delivering a pointed, dynamic sermon. Sunday will repeat the subject in Winston-Salem next Sunday afternoon.
Judge Lewellyn ordered a 60 day driving ban for a defendant after declaring fines insufficient to curb reckless behavior. Separate cases saw Eugene Shelton linked to profanity, Joe Yow fined 60 dollars for carrying a concealed weapon after a pistol was found in his hip pocket, and Arthur Harris receive eight months on the roads for multiple offenses including drunken and disorderly conduct.
Sheriff C. H. Haynes returned Monday after a weeklong trip to Albany and Buffalo to secure papers and coordinate with Canadian authorities for the delivery of a prisoner who escaped from a Chapel Hill road project. He spent a day touring Canadian points of interest.
About 40 Knights Templar from this city attended the ascension service at Winston-Salem Sunday afternoon where Rev. Billy Sunday preached a special sermon to the Masonic bodies. The Knights wore full uniform and the solemnity of the occasion impressed attendees.
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