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Newspaper
Hickory Democrat
Location
Hickory, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1907
Page
2
Miss Annie Hendren of Rocklyn Washington writes she feels better after four years of illness and using Peruna and Manalin. She thanks Dr Hartman for a medicine she says restored her strength to perform daily house and farm tasks and praises its non-fatal benefits.
A Southern Railway eastbound tram and a switch engine collided one mile west of Johnson City at 7 30 last night. Six negro victims were killed, and twenty injured including workers and clerks. Labor agent George Moore led twenty African American passengers from Alabama to North Carolina. Rescue efforts involved physicians from the National Soldiers Home at Johnson City and relief trains from Knoxville and Bristol.
In Asheville North Carolina July 15 a traveling strain of almost 3000 miles with two young children drove Mrs Hurt about 40 to madness aboard a moving train. She attempted to throw her 11 month old from the car window as passengers restrained the child and a sheriff's party met the train to take the woman into protective custody for herself and the infant.
Roanoke Virginia July 15 quiet after four hours of rioting Saturday night as a mob wrecked nine Greek restaurants three Greek shoe shine parlors and two Syrian shops. The clash stemmed from a dispute about five cents at the Belmont Greek restaurant on Salem Avenue. Five men arrested and jailed, one released on two hundred fifty dollar bail for hearing. Mayor Gatch injured by rocks, police and firefighters deployed. Greek consulate and U.S. authorities warned.
Bernard Gerstman youngest jury member in the Thaw trial speaks to Times Dispatch about the Madison Square Garden tragedy. He says the jury was eager to acquit but three reasons prevented it: lack of proof that White pursued Nesbit after marriage and Thaw waiting years to act. He praises Stanford White as generous and notes mixed Southern reaction to the verdict. He predicts a difficult new trial in October and expects a fair jury from New York.
Large demand for crosses of honor from North Carolina causes the special day to be canceled. Notices of bankruptcy filed against Cross Hill Mills in Laurens county follow a bank suit seeking 17500 dollars, with a proposed 40 cent on the dollar compromise. An old column promotes Cascasweet for infants and diarrhoea with local pharmacy ads.
Greensboro chamber committees push new business drives to lure industries to the city and improve civic conditions. W A Hewett chairs the newcomers committee, while R B Hood leads a sanitary and civic improvement panel. Jamestown Exposition officials issue broad resolutions defending the event and urging public support despite weather and transport woes.
Baltimore July 18 John W H Zeiger the late cashier of Cantona National Bank was found guilty in U S court of abstracting and fraudulently using the funds of the bank.
A Washington dispatch reports no delay in fortifying American Pacific dependencies. The War Department will transport ordinance from American coasts to Hawaii and the Philippines and replace funds made available July 1. Budget includes sea coast batteries for Hawaii and the Philippines, mining casemates, submarine mines, and related equipment. Orders to the transport Cook aim to move mines to Pearl Harbor and Olongapo in event of war.
North Carolina Bar Association officers were chosen with Ex Judge Charles A Sevore of Asheville elected president. Others include T W Davis as secretary treasurer and a slate of vice presidents from various counties. Delegates to the American Bar Association named. A resolution urged a law to bar railroad passes to attorneys and officials.
July 13 report tracks Georgia’s likely passage of a prohibition bill and the potential ripple effect on South Carolina. If Georgia and North Carolina close saloons, enforcement in South Carolina would be easier and a state prohibition could become certain. The outcome hinges on neighboring states’ actions and a pivotal January session.
An old advertisement for Kodol Digests What You Eat prepared by E. O. DeWitt & Co Chicago. The copy touts relief for sour stomach and indigestion in a compact medicine label style with trader-like phrasing and partial product claims.
Atlanta Ga July 13 The Hardman Covington bill prohibiting sale and manufacture of liquor in Georgia after January 1 1908 passed the Senate late this afternoon It marks a major statewide liquor restriction with immediate effect for the new year
Allie Arald, 21, of Raleigh and Elvira Powell were indicted by the Wake grand jury for conspiring to kill a newborn infant. Armald surrendered at the jail and is jailed with Rosa Johnson cited as the child’s mother. He arrived from Hiar county with his father A A Arnal, a former Raleigh police officer, who accompanied the surrender. The crime occurred in May and is described as revolting.
News item reports about 300000 dollars in annual and quarterly dividends now being paid or accumulated, with about 60 percent tied to cotton mills. An application has been made for a new Lockmore Cation mill to be built at Yorkville with capital stock of 100 dollars and 6599 shares, using Egyptian and Pearl yarns.
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