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Newspaper
Hickory Democrat
Location
Hickory, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1913
Page
2
The Hickory Democrat lists Morton as editor and proprietor with subscription at 1.00 in advance and 3 shillings for the weekly, advertising rates available on application. It notes publication at Hickory with post office class matter and standard mailing instructions.
A 1919 opinion piece discusses New York politics with Governor Sulzer and Tammany Hall. It argues that organized politics shapes policy, fears corruption, and calls for public awakening against corrupt influences. The article urges Sulzer to prove innocence and for reform to purify political life.
Miss Celeste Lippard teaches a summer term at the Null school. Mr Eugene Houston builds a house near the Lutheran parsonage. Communion services were held at St Peter's church. Rev P C Henry led in Prof Haenfachel's absence. Ed Smith shows steady improvement from a recent injury. hopes to use the fractured foot soon. L E Hollar left Aug 11 for a North trip with others, including Hannibal Little and Mr and Mrs B S Houston. Hickory visited relatives in Kirby, Wayne, and Indianapolis, where he works. Many vacant houses noted in Cline's township as owners moved to the city. What will happen if more farms are abandoned for town life.
Mrs. R T Amos of Newton North Carolina reports backache dizziness nervous spells and poor sleep from kidney failure. Dean's Kidney Pills relieved her symptoms and improved kidney function, with Foster Milburn Co Buffalo as sole agents in the United States. Remember the name Dean's.
August 1 notes from West Hickory describe progress on the Ivey call and highway grading contract awarded to Beck from M. McKenzies Corner through West Hickory to the Long View line near the 6 beets. The Lutheran Bethany church group plans an Bakers Mountain picnic next Saturday. Weather caused damage as a windstorm toppled several houses, including Mr Wilsons and Mrs Suttiiagreis, with other homes slightly affected. Local officials mention W. D. Bostain as police elect and A. Lafon as tax collector. Several residents and travelers from Virginia, Ohio, and South Carolina are noted visiting or leaving town.
A fragmented discussion compares Devoe paint to a mysterious trash substitute. It argues paint costs about 2.25 dollars per gallon while trash is valued much lower, noting painter labor adds 3 to 4 dollars per day. The text implies consumer confusion between true paint and an inferior lookalike.
Public auction in Hickory for two parcels in West Hickory and an additional tract, under court orders in special proceedings against J Frank Gupten and others and against Sarah A Sledge. The sale, to satisfy liens and an execution, occurs at the Post Office steps in Hickory on August 30, 1913, with detailed lot descriptions and boundaries. Also notices of sale in Newton on September 1, 1913, for real estate in West Hickory under Bank of Hickory execution.
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