Shops To Close in Hickory For 4th of July, June 24, 1919

From the Hickory Daily Record, Tuesday, June 24, 1919

Merchants Close Here July Fourth

Hickory merchants will play true to form Friday, July 4, and close their stores for the day. This has not been decided officially, but President Bisanar said today there will be no doubt what the vote would e and the Record was authorized to state that the merchants and their clerks would have that one day to themselves.

With the peace treaty signed and orations being the feature of July 4, almost every business can afford to close on that well known day. There will be a prize fight in Toledo, but most folks hereabouts hope that both artists will be beaten.

The Fourth will mean a few more things to Americans this year than every before, and the day can be used to advantage by everybody. It will be a holiday in Hickory.