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Newspaper
Hickory Democrat
Location
Hickory, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1907
Page
4
A testimonial from Sophia Caldwell of Nashville praises Peruna for curing a pelvic disease causing leucorrhea and prolapse. She reports renewed strength and health, urging other women to try the remedy, while noting similar relief for Mrs. John Tee of Webster Avenue.
New York September 21 The American Newspaper and Publishers Association calls on President Roosevelt to address what it calls a United thwarting of price rises for white paper. Merman Ridder says the printing industry is the third largest in the United States and must not be left to a few tariff-protected makers. G F Underwood cites rising labor and input costs and notes new contracts at higher scales. Greenville South Carolina September 21 Greenville votes on bonds for the 101 Construction railroad to coal fields. Waynesville leader J Jones foresees Greenville gaining access to coal, with 400000 tons consumed annually and bonds of 120000 dollars yearly freight savings, construction to begin within three months.
Reports claim H I Rogers of Staminal Company faced heavy Tidewater Railway investment exposure in West Virginia and Tidewater financing. Personal guarantees and large stock issues tied to the project sparked heightened scrutiny as stock sales and mortgage pledges surfaced amid a broad decline in railroad securities.
New York September 21 The stock market shows progressive improvement in sentiment through the week. Early unsettlement from metal trades fades as copper steadies and ease in the money market grows. New York City bonds rise with on the exchange to be traded In Way issues. Union Pacific convert bonds gain acceptance signaling Welter investment. General bond market remains largely unchanged.
Dr detwiler III ill with serious condition in Greensboro. The pastor G H Detwiler of West Market Street Church was to deliver an address in Mooresville when illness struck en route. Reported war department refusal to place Confederate rank on the Arlington monument. Detwiler’s illness postpones public speaking.
The 7th annual session of the King Mountain Baptist Association, uniting 37 churches and about 7215 members, gathered at Bessemer Baptist Church in Bessemer City NC. Leaders reported $705.20 state missions, $500.88 home missions, $1215.25 foreign missions, and $606.06 for orphanages. total gifts reached $11, haut. The group urged prohibition in the state and heard speeches from notable ministers. The meeting closes tomorrow with talks on state missions and education.
The Washington state fair opened on the permanent grounds today and will run through the end of the week. The new building hosts fine exhibits and stock pens crowded with animals. Horticultural displays and poultry displays are of exceptionally high standard. Management expects attendance to break all previous records over the next five days.
Special to The News from Lenoir North Carolina dated September 21 describes a prank on the court house yard where turnip seed was sown with grass seed. Locals debate who sowed the seed and whether the culprit mistook turnip seed for grass seed, joking that county officers may face a harvest of turnips if the seed spreads.
Announcement from the North German Doya Steamship Company notes a practical $25 cut on both east and west bound business. The development signals an ocean steamship rate war affecting fast, second and third class departments.
Senator Latimer signals re election plans and frames immigration as a central issue for the coming campaign in South Carolina. The piece notes varied party and local sentiment, mentions figures like Meynard and Johnstone, and highlights a broad debate on inducement vs restraint of immigration amid state politics and a forthcoming General Assembly action. The report also references unrelated notes on agriculture and a kidney health ad plug.
President Roosevelt plans a seventeen day camping trip starting around October 5 in northeastern Louisiana near cane brakes. He will leave Oyster Bay for Washington next Wednesday and campaign stops resume in Memphis, Vicksburg, Hermitage, and other sites before returning to Washington on October 25. He will be hosted by Civil Service Commissioner Mellhenny and John M Parker in New Orleans.
Greensboro Sept 23 citizens of Tabernacle Church neighborhood treated 35 convicts under Capt J H Melver to a meal seven miles from the city at 3 pm a half holiday was given the force and they enjoyed chicken barbecue cake pies watermelon and ice cream The Tabernacle road is praised as the county's best macadam work.
Ruleigh Salem report shows pastor Alfred very ill at First Presbyterian Church. Rev Dr Roveborn of Fredericksburg temporarily fills pulpit. Governor Glenn honors a requisition for Clem Tate in Mark Joroueh county, now jailed at Sauriabe Columbus. Educational dept notified 25 districts voted for local tax. Union station Lincolnton hearing on Seaboard Air Line and Carolina Northwestern Railways represented by officials. The matter expected to be satisfactorily adjusted.
J L Benton spoke in New Orleans on September 23 about immense waste in cotton seed products caused by steamship handling. He estimated losses to U S shippers at up to 1,000,000 yearly and urged a permanent crushers association representative abroad to monitor arrivals. He advised exporters to keep cotton oil away from boiler rooms and cited European cattle feeding on cotton seed cake with milk noted as rich. A patent medicine ad follows.
A Cunard liner Lusitania wireless dispatch sent to the AP from Halifax reports clear tonight with southwest winds and smooth seas at 23.6 knots. The item also notes Foley's Kidney Cure claims for kidney and bladder disease and mentions Mr Martin & Co. and an arrival of Marconi at Glace Bay to prepare a trans Atlantic wireless link between Canada and Britain.
Augusta Sept 7 Mrs W A Wade in nightgown ran from her home and threw herself between a passing for native and its tender. She had been ill and mind unsettled. She had planned to go to Savannah for relief. She leaves husband and several children.
From the Chicago News summary: Egyptian soul houses date to between the early dynasties and the twelfth dynasty, 600 to 3300 B.C. The practice began with food placed on graves, then carved stone offerings. Shelters copied from tents were added, then columns, huts, and two story houses furnished with pottery models. The soul is imagined ascending from the grave needing shelter and sustenance, and even a donkey required a carrier.
Greensboro September 22 Thoms Willis age 20 of Walnut Cove died in a Greensboro hospital this morning from concussion of the brain after being struck by a foul ball at a baseball game between Sandy Midge and Walnut Cove last Saturday Willis, a spectator, was struck on the head and rendered unconscious during the incident.
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