Baptist To Celebrate 50th
Anniversary of
of First Baptist Church Pfaui
Home-Coming Day; Many Visitors Fran
Distant Points To Attend
but* a
at the
d Mount Airy wi
They had but re-1
at Wake fac
to Mount Airy and told
•errieea for aeveial days.
What the net reeulta In ooumta that
effort produced no one Urine today
recalls. but oqt of It grew the otfanlaa
tion of the "Baptist church of ChrUt," |
which durtnc the M Intervening yen
to be known a* the Flrat |
Church.
up of U nwmbtii. drawn for the moat
part of surrounding country churches.
B«v. J. H. Le welly n. for many years
a powerful and respected Baptist
preacher in Surry and surrounding
counties, was moderator of the pres
bytery called together to effect the
organisation and Dr. A. C. Dixon was
the secretary or clerk. The minutes
of the proceedings whereby the church
brrsmf an organic body were written
In Dixon's bold but clear script. These
records have .been carefully pieeened
by the —weeding church clerks. A
tew yean ago Dr. A. O. Dixon, then
pastor of the great Spurgeon Temple
In London, came to Mount Airy to visit
his friend Haymore and was shown the
record of the organisation of the
church. He did not recognise his own
hand writing until his attention was
called to It but when It was pointed
oat tt Is said the great preacher gloat
ed over tt like a schoolboy. Upon being
told that the church then nnmbersil
sane COO In its membership. Dixon ex
claimed: "The organisation of this
Mount Airy church was probably the
best dags' work I ever did for the Lord."
carry oat the various parts of the an
Bd a full program Is
Dobson Now Has
Electric Current
S. F. U. C*. Turned on Pow«r
Hospital News
llr. A. Z. Johnson and lb Vestal
Poph of Winston-Salsm in recovering
from Injuries wedwl In the wreck of
a truck on the Winston-Salem to
Mount Airy road last Saturday
Mr*. D. J. Dalton, of Meadows-of
Dan. Va., to doing uicely following an
operation for appendicitis Monday.
Mrs. Phil HasHns and baby ate now
at their near thto city.
Mrs D. B. King, of The Hollow. Va.,
to a hospital patient for treatment.
Mount Airy Team
Loses to Pinnacle
Playing an Interesting game with
the result In doubt throughout Pin
nacle Wednesday afternoon defeated
the Mount Airy team before a med
ium number of fans. Parrtoh hurled for
Mount Airy while Pinnacle used the
veteran Pettitt and both moundsmen
pitched good ball, although at times
the batters found each for long hits
for the runs that war* soored. 'Hie
final result was Pinnacle four and
Mount Airy three. Good fielding of
both teams and several good plays fea
tured the dm.
Rev. John Permar
Goes to Asheboro
Gene / Dunnigan
Pies Suddenly
State's Birthrate Is
Highest in Nation
Tax Book Tangle Keeps Books
Locked In Folger's Office
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