Everything in Hickory Closes at 10, Sept. 19, 1925

Everything in Hickory Closed at 10 o’clock

Hickory, N.C., Sept. 19 (AP)—Everything closes in West Hickory at 10 o’clock at night—by city ordinance, Saturday nights alone are excepted.

The board of aldermen of that town haver passed an ordinance, subjecting violators to a fine of $10, prohibiting cafes, restaurants, stores, gasoline stations, barber shops, “or other places of business for the purpose of selling or receiving customers” to remain open after 10 o’clock, with the Saturday night exception.

From the front page of the Concord Daily Tribune, Saturday, Sept. 19, 1925

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