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Newspaper
Hickory Democrat
Location
Hickory, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jul 31, 1913
Page
2
The Hickory Democrat lists E V Morton as editor and proprietor. It states subscription rates with annual, semiannual, and quarterly options and notes advertising rates by application. The notice includes postal registration details marking it as second class matter.
A 1913 editorial reprinted from the Charlotte Chronicle argues North Carolina cities are unjustly taxed as fines from city courts are funneled into county education funds. It urges lawmakers and the press to push for constitutional amendments before the September session, noting potential amendments and the need to block racial prejudice in party leadership.
The article denounces President Wilson for naming Adam E. Patterson of Muscogee Ohio as Register of the Treasury. It argues this violates Southern aims to exclude blacks from political jobs and claims the choice reflects an unexpected impulse by Wilson contrary to expected policy. The piece notes Patterson is an Oklahoma Negro appointment and questions its reception among Wilson supporters.
The Georgia Club of the St Normal School at Athens Georgia advocates an ideal citizen teacher who reads thinks observes and serves the community beyond the classroom who participates in community life owns his home drives to work and shares in community upkeep and upbuilding The club urges self sacrifice for the common good and warns against selfish independence as essential to strengthening civic life.
Raleigh July 24 State bearer Lacy sent notices to sheriffs to enforce the automobile cease law and require agents to show duplicate licenses as authority to operate. Manufacturers must pay a 500 dollar annual license tax and each agent receives a 5 dollar duplicate license. Some auto firms challenge the law as unconstitutional but the treasurer and censurer insist the law is explicit and enforceable despite objections.
Salisbury reports tribulations as a 20 year old lineman named Meisemer fell from a Main and Kerr street pole after losing grip. He struck his head on rock coping, suffered a fatal fracture in under an hour. He was aboard the Southern Bell line and taken to a sanitarium but died. The body will be taken to J A Meisemer of Ebenezer church.
In a Durham County courthouse gathering, Fletcher, the demonstrator, engaged the audience with wit and practical talk. Col John Cunningham spoke on fertile lands and crop rotation while J W Johnson of Raleigh urged cultivating hay and grasses. Ladies listened as Miss Hollowell and Miss Phillips discussed household duties and child care.
An ad touts Dr Hobson's Eczema Ointment as a universal remedy for skin eruptions itching and burning. It claims instant relief and rapid healing with endorsements from a Mr Alleman of Littleton and doctors, offering money back guarantees and nationwide availability through Pfeiffer Chemical Co.
The readable elements include scattered words such as Freckled Girls and references to places or people, but the overall content is highly garbled. No clear event, date, or coherent narrative emerges from the OCR fragment. The piece resembles a damaged newspaper page segment with multiple stray fragments and unclear context.
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