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Newspaper
Hickory Democrat
Location
Hickory, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 08, 1909
Page
4
The article mocks the ongoing east end closing of Hickory Street. It jokes that obstruction would make streets ugly and inconvenient, proposing underground traffic and even coffin trade humor as a future inevitability, reflecting local frustration with narrow streets and cars.
Citizens urge immediate action on the adjoining parcel near the Express office. The proposal calls for shared funding with the town and property owners to widen the street and include a park, arguing wider streets spur growth and benefit business, with businessmen expected to pay most of the cost.
Special to the Democrat Charlotte April 7 191? Central Committee plans May 20 observance of the 134th Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence invites the governors of the thirteen original states. Gov Eben S Draper has accepted. Taft is to be given a grand Southern welcome with ample rail travel and reduced rates assured.
The Asheville Citizen urges action against the Payne tariff provisions on hosiery underwear corsets and linens arguing they would nearly double consumer costs hitting the poor and middle classes. It calls for local merchants to press senators and the district's representative to defend consumers and women to protest to Congress.
Dana Estes arrived in New York after a 25,000 mile journey through Europe Asia and Africa. He says former President Roosevelt will find big game hunting in East Africa easy noting antelopes and similar animals are so tame they graze beside railway tracks as trains pass.
Butler and his brother Lester Butler were convicted in Guilford Superior Court of criminal libel against S. B. Adams, chairman of the state Republican committee. The Butlers published severe accusations in the Casco Casian weekly, criticizing Adams’ actions as Oklahoma chief justice in 1905. Judge Long fined Marion $500 and Lester $250, with appeals and bonds set at $1,000 each.
In a Hickory school program Mrs Cilley hosted discussions tied to Greek War era studies and local history. Students from Hickory and Lenoir presented speeches, with Arthur Huffman Harold Shuford Edward Cloyd Hunt Gwyn and Chas M Staley among those attending as judges and observers. The debate asked whether the United States should own and operate the railroads, with A L Moser J W Whisnant and W W Peele serving as judges.
Itching torturing skin eruptions disfigure and annoy drive one wild. Dean ointment brings quick relief and lasting cures. Fifty cents at any drug store.
Supplement to the Democrat lists March honor roll grades from Abernethy school with lengthy name entries across first through ninth grades including Ezra Aberneth, Mary Allen Abernethy, Sam Whitner, Florence Sigmon, Claude Abernethy and many others. The Gastonia Hotel Deal notes J E Montague buying Falls property for 18000 with plans to remodel the hotel into a first class nostelry.
Fire at Hotel Archer owned by F W Archer nearly destroys the hotel in Lenoir. Fire started in the pantry around three o'clock, consumed cooking and dining rooms, and spread to the attic. Citizens and a strong water system battled two hours to save the walls and rooms while property loss exceeds insurance of $10,000 and structural value of about $20,000.
The Honorable R Linney of Taylorsville is described as rapidly improving, if not entirely well, in the latest Hickory Democrat item. The brief notes his health progress and indicates recovery is ongoing.
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