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Newspaper
Hickory Democrat
Location
Hickory, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1912
Page
2
A satirical sketch pokes fun at tariff rates by detailing a public man and his household items taxed at varied rates from door scrapers to coffins. The piece lampoons how taxation pervades daily life, ending with the man’s death and burial under heavy levies.
In a historic snippet a wagon taxed 35 percent is buried in its resting place, the grave filled by a spade at 45 percent, and a monument raised over the grave at 50 percent.
Wm Flinn of Pittsburg accuses Sen Boies Penrose of taking 25000 from John D Archbold of Standard Oil for influence. Penrose counters that Flinn sought a million from Archbold to win the Senate seat. Cortelyou allegedly accepted 100000 from Standard Oil for Roosevelt era campaigns. Roosevelt allegedly knew funds were spent but issued a safe keeping letter.
A daring robbery near Durfam saw $1700 stolen from Mrs Hawkins Hicks’s ramshackle home. Thieves knocked her son senseless, dragged a trunk containing cash and valuables into a field, discarded a bank book revealing a $20,000 Durhar bank trail, and left empty pockets. Local guard warns that cash kept at home faces flight risk and fire. Hickory and Newton offer safer bank storage.
The paper reprints Mr. P. L. Miller’s note on local road troubles and backs Page’s road articles by Logan Waller Page. It urges road officials to be prudent and for residents to weigh live issues in the public columns.
New York financier Jacob Schiff endorses Wilson for president, criticizing Taft as too amiable for the hard push to fulfill platform promises. Schiff argues the high cost of living stems from the protective tariff and favors Wilson’s potential to push decisive reforms.
A speaker attributes widespread unrest and discontent to a specific cause and argues that Wilson can initiate a remedy, signaling a belief in the potential for early corrective action. The remarks frame Wilson as a starting point for addressing the underlying condition.
P L Miller argues road commissioners shifted the proposed central highway from Newton township line to Hickory, isolating farms and blocking access. He condemns a possible sham survey and rail crossing removals that would widen the gap between country and town, urging a straight, inclusive route instead.
Dr W P Jacocs joins the State Board of Health hookworm program as an A B B graduate and university instructor. Five workers will serve all counties, with North Carolina leading in eradication efforts. By June 30 more than 73 658 people treated in state 18 724 in the quarter. Dispensary funds allocated across 95 counties 42 pre June 30. Infection surveys completed in 38 counties and sanitary surveys in 54 counties.
Avery County officials consider a fall fair to boost industrial development. Nearby Wilkes, Alexander, and Catawba counties hold yearly fairs, and Caldwell County citizens are urged to recognize the value of organizing a similar event locally.
The season brings harsh illness with malaria sweeping the area as households struggle with fevers and fatigue. Local reports warn residents to seek care and protect vulnerable neighbors from the outbreak.
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