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Newspaper
Hickory Democrat
Location
Hickory, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 02, 1909
Page
1
The Point promotes exclusive focus on shoes with thirty years experience, claiming durable, comfortable, stylish stock. It highlights Queen Quality ladies’ footwear and announces fall and winter stock ready for inspection.
Brindletown residents report a Pittsburg firm forming the Pilot Mountain Mining Co. and subleasing Mills property on Pilot Mountain. Plans call for 180 HP boiler, 140 HP engine, hydraulic lifts, and a powerful pump to extract gold while diverting tailings from Muddy Creek. Forty workers to operate in three shifts. Allen and Little to develop Denton mine with hydraulic and tailings pumps. Landowners seek injunction over tailings, with suits costly but possibly profitable for local landowners if land and wood supply contracts materialize. Optimism centers on local gains for Burke county as dredging and mining advance.
A historical editorial argues for total prohibition, citing a doctor’s study of New York City children showing harms from parental drinking. It links alcohol tobacco opium cocaine to social decline, stresses self preservation and personal liberty limits, and ends with a biblical reference about radical restraint.
The article outlines North Carolina cotton production by county, noting Robeson as the top producer with 51,445 bales and Johnston second with 84,638. It highlights the potential to expand to over a million bales, citing underdeveloped areas and counties capable of 30,000 to 40,000 bales. It cites 1908 state production at 683,628 bales and 749,712 in 1904. Charlotte Chronicle.
A passage argues teachers can effectively teach agriculture despite lacking prior training. It emphasizes focusing on new facts or principles rather than mastering every detail and notes teachers can guide pupils with minimal crop or animal handling knowledge. The quote reflects educator Fr Svends from Raleigh?
An apple found on premises contained a small worm hole and a green eight inch venomous snake coiled inside. Mr H Pegram cites a new chapter to snake stories as townsfolk recount such finds. The incident warns residents to take care when handling apples.
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