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Newspaper
Hickory Democrat
Location
Hickory, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1908
Page
5
An advertisement claims apoplexy and many sudden deaths stem from kidney disease. It touts Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a remedy for kidney liver and bladder troubles, promising relief from inability to hold urine and painful urination. A free sample offer is advertised with address in Binghamton New York.
Salisbury plans a large Sept 15 celebration with Pres. Finley to speak as the new Southern depot opening is postponed. High Point hosts Quaker yearly meeting over several days. Kinston reports Hotel Tull repairs and enlargement. Durham notes Trinity College Library indexing by J P Breedier. Greensboro records Republican county convention backing Cox for governor. Bessemer City reports Southern Passenger train wreck with injuries near New York. Raleigh notes Gov Glenn turns 54 on Aug 11 and may join lecture bureau after term.
The use of commercial fertilizers on the wheat crop is yearly becoming more general proof enough that it pays and pays well.
Miss Lilian Field hosted a party for her young friends on Fifteenth Street with punch, a progressive conversation, a word game from watermelon, a fudge prize won by Miss Grace Abernethy, and a luncheon by young helpers. Attendees included Miss Sallie Martin, Miss Grace Abernethy, and many others, with a later watermelon party hosted by Master Macon Best on Tenth Avenue. A birthday gathering for Miss Vivian Deal featured music, games, and gifts. Street improvements on Church Street showcase new sidewalks funded by property owners, with city approval for half the cost. Clay Printing Co. moved its operations to the post office block upstairs, noted with nostalgia for the neighborhood chug engine.
R L Davis of the North Carolina Anti Saloon League calls for enforcing prohibition law and nominating temperance candidates who oppose licensing. He urges citizens to pressure for law obedience, warn against license advocates, and back men who will stand for no license in primaries and county conventions.
The annual Farmers Institutes for Catawba County will meet in Newton on Tuesday August 18 and Hexary on Wednesday August 19 1908. State and federal speakers plus local advisors will discuss farm problems in an informal free session inviting all farmers to participate. A box of 10 foxes and 4 wolves arrived by express for the Pet Stock Farm near Hickory and were placed in shade due to heat while a crowd gathered to view them.
The General Assembly authorized the State Board of Health to provide and supervise preventive rabies treatment, with funds from the State Laboratory of Hygiene if needed. Free care to residents unable to pay, with a means test and a capped advance fee from those able. Diagnosis via brain examination of suspected rabid animals, shipping guidelines, and a three week Raleigh stay for patients.
The plan sets a $50 charge for treatment or free aid if sworn affidavit of inability to pay is provided. A parent or guardian may sign for a minor. Fees must be paid in advance, with possible increases after trial if ongoing support is needed. Dr. C. A. Shore leads the program at the State Laboratory of Hygiene in Raleigh. Richard H. Lewis is secretary of the North Carolina Board of Health.
A correction fixes a tax delinquent count from 143 to 243 in Newton township. The update lists delinquent totals by township: Bandy Catawba 10 Caldwell 5 Cline's 4 Hickory 85 Jacob's Fork 10 Mt. Creek 4 Newton 243 Catawba Co News.
An excursion from Salisbury to Asheville passed through Hickory last Friday. Eleven coaches were full and people hung to the steps. The crowd remained orderly and quiet. A separate colored excursion from Chester, South Carolina, arrived the same day, and residents gave a cordial welcome.
Wanted to sell. The furniture and all hotel fixtures of the Central Hotel. Located fifty yards from passenger depot. Must sell on account of bad health. Terms on application Central Hotel. ars, J. A. Edmuston, Prep, Subscribe for the Democrat, only 1.00 a year.
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