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Newspaper
Hickory Democrat
Location
Hickory, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 09, 1909
Page
3
Hickory crosses into a bustling period with social visits and local bustle. Officials and attorneys frequent the city while ads urge travelers to Asheville and readers to other towns. The paper notes new business openings, road and water works progress, upcoming excursions, and community events including a street carnival and a church fundraising goal. Several residents travel, study, or visit family in nearby towns.
Regular services led by Rev J G Garth will be held at the Presbyterian church next Sunday at 11 am and 730 pm. Boys Brigade meets at 3 pm. Mr H E B McComb and Rev Garth to attend Presbyterian at Banner Elk next week, home of Lees McRae Institute girls school. A series of meetings begins September 26 with Rev M G Shields of Greensboro delivering the sermon.
The graded school opened Monday with 505 pupils enrolled. Classes run from 1st through 10th, with teachers listed for each grade. Full enrollment likely after Christmas as 40 to 50 students usually join in the first months. Two new rooms are temporary partitions in the auditorium rear. an additional wing is urgently needed.
Hickory and surrounding residents organize a plan for a street fair on October 15 granting $500 in cash and merchandise promises and about 250 premiums. Secretary W F Shuford will supply premium lists next week. The city allows Ninth avenue use from Park Place to 14th Street and A R Abernethy’s stable becomes management space. The aim is to boost local farming and manufacturings, with emphasis on household articles and active involvement by women.
Lenoir College opened on September 7 with the largest attendance in its history. Many students boarded at Oakview Home, and High Hall is expected to fill soon. Opening exercises featured remarks by G. M. Rhodes and Rev. W. P. Cline, praising the class and predicting a successful year. Campus improvements included clearing grounds, tree thinning, demolishing the old dormitory, expanding Oakview Home, and new plumbing in Highland Hall. Thursday night hosts the annual reception for students to mingle.
The Hickory Democrat supplement featured a handsome folio with a broad view of Hickory and nearby areas. It included cuts of Lenoir College Claremont College and Graded School building along with churches factories banks and local streets. The piece praises Holbrook and notes social visits by Olive Ingold and Willie and Russell Ingold visiting Hickory and staying with J D Cochran.
The Reformed church of Hickory will host a Labor Day sermon titled Christ and the working man. Pastor Dr. Murphy will preach one sermon on Sunday morning September 12 in the church.
Public notice offers a one year subscription to The DeMocrat at a rate of one dollar paid in advance. Readers are invited to subscribe and receive early access to weekly issues.
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