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J ^■ T«E CAHOUIW^ flH** »ATUW>AY AUGUST ». IM7 >■ WILL YOUR CHILD RECEIVE A COLLEGE EmiCAJlCXH \ c .'■•)*, j' X~ ^ This qu«stion hat b««pi cnmrt^ f«f tH0 fD^nfi tol lK« child picturt'd obov^r A hjorth Corolfn« l^elky hos provided th« fundi for his cOllogo coroor. Th« problem of •dueoHnf oliHirta if tM tfi«t will foce evory parent loaner or lotar. Thoughtful parenft p«iHim thot childt adiication cannot be left to chonce. Careful planning it eeeewtiol. ^ For many young men ond woman, til# coannencement season rapidly approaching will be a time of rajdclng — Hm potting of the first milestone On the rood to a successful career. For others If will meon the end. Con you afford to jeopordixe your child's future through lock of a definite plan? We offer this suggestion. Investigote tha possibilities of a North Car olina Mutual Educational Policy. The cost is reasonable. Results are cer« tain. An Educational Endowment Policy^ Is the one sure~"answer to th« perpbxing problem of child education. \ X. i U. C. Mutual Life Insurance Co. k . J '' ly DURHAM, NORTH, CAROLINA C. C. SPAULDING, President f *^Ah Houte Is Complete Without Nor:h C^irolina.Mutual Policies** The Fonnder of Durhajm •u ■ ' IfV By Ir'-. TWIT f J. HAMPTON RICH i: [ Vo IT PAYS TO ^ELL WHERE NEIGHBORS DWELL THArS WENDELL" WENDELL Tobacco THREE LARGE WAREHOUSES Market TWELVE BUYING FIRMS N the Durhairi morning paper of April 6 there appeared the fol lowing item: “The Board of County Commit' sioners of Durham County yesterday purchasQ^^d erection of a monBWiiu to be placed at the grave of Dr. Bartlett Durham, pioneer country physician, for whom the city and county of Durham were named. The City Council last night decided to appropriate $200 for the same pur pose. - - “The grants were made at the re quests of R. O. Everett, president of the Durham-Orfilnge Historical So ciety, and J. Hampton Rich, director of the Boone Trail Association. A likeness in bronze of Dr. Durham was displayed at the meeting’” And thus, a belated tribute is to be paid to the memory of the benevo lent and patriotic doctor who was largely responsible for the founding of a great city, - , THE Let ns go hack to tho' middlp of the last cpntnry. Bartlett Durham was a younjj pouiitrv lad witli an ambition to lu'Cdino a dortor. In af- rordan«*e witli tlio fiistohj of rtjat day, be took a "rrtttltng tt«*W f4te tutelage of a nfighliorhooil physician. Later he wont to u lMiila(lfl|thia Medi- cal College, where Tit» finis’llf'it 'his course and returneil to North Caro; lina. i'epking a p»o«l Ifvatlon, be tlecided to locate at a point almost ejdidi»- tant fr')rii the town:» of Hiilei^h, Pitts- tioro ayd Oxford. There were only a handful of honse.^ in thW|loiality but 4 ir. I >HphHni'-«-ytivitiejt iT|i:hf iaiaii*‘ai. tifld took in a i*.>uipurafively large area. He sM)n e.-tabU.'hed a reputa- "titm ftH* j*ervii^**-4uuljti^i]linesd- which conliiiut*.! to )fr(iw.,with the pas.-iage of eai-h sUi‘. f(Mling year. DURHAM All Leading Gompanies —Are Represented CAPABLE AND SALARIED BUYERS Old Bright LeS^etr^Syerage 1936-37 V 22.07 ^ Wendell Market Average WENDELL, NORTH CAROLINA Pay Angpst 26 Bring ifs a Load Itiat Day The building of the North Caro lina Railroad was being agitated at that time; 1 Governor Graham had urged that bonds be issued and that the work be started. The Southern Railway, lessees of the road, wanted to put a station at thfr point where the city of Durham is now located. There was a country merchant by the name of Pratt whosa store and cotton gin wer§ situated at that poipt. Officials of the railroad called on him relative to the establishment of a station, ^ He protested vigorously and said he had no use for railroads: that they were noisy and dangerous and frightened live-stock for miles around. He also expressed the belief that he would lose trade as a result of the building of a station. Dr. Durham heard of the agitation and discussion. He sent word to the railroad people that he would like to see them about the matter. An in terview was arranged in a little^ house which was located where the' silk mill now stands, just to the rear of the First National Bank. The Doctor told the railroad officials that he would be glad to let them have a tract of fou^ acres, being a part of a 100-^e tr^«;t bought by him at a forec^ure s^Je foT $158 when he had settled -ttere. K The deed was duly signed and registered and within a short time a depot had been'built, An4 that was the beginning of tlie city of r)»r1iaTii.. . In many other ways Dr. Durham rendered invaluable serviw in the . progress and d(;velopni('nt of that section, >IIe was generally rejjarded as a citizen upon \yhose judgment absolute reliance could be j)hifed. It was soon after t^l^^eoniing of the railroad that Dr. Durham cqu- tracted pneumonia. He was. only years old at the time. Death cauie in Februaiy 1858. ^ His body was carried to'the old neighborhood in which he had grown up and where his father had give?! o a large traot of land to the iViitioeli - Baptist Church. Xtnir this church his body ^'as laid to rest, the services being- largely attended by scores who knew and loved him. The interment plot was known as the old Snipes burying ground and is located' in up per Chatham County. The Doctor was placed in a hermetically scaled iron coffin and was buried with his gold-rimmed spectacles on. Xo marker was placed at his grave. In January 1933, at the News paper Institute at Chapel Hill, the first word of this sterling citi^n camfe to the ears of the writer. From Mr. Carl Durham, a nephew, infor mation was obtained about' the un marked grave. Mr, "Durharm,* tiow« chairman of the Board of County Commissioners of Orange County and a trustee of the | University, had y>rol^d for the iron codln and had »- located it. An expedition was or ganized. consisting o£ >everal in- terestA'd •eiitiien.', some lab*>r#r8. and a funeral car. The grave . was excavated. When the^iucient iron cof- tin wa^ openeil, the features of Dr. , Durham were easily recognized, al though the body had beeu buried 75 years. The eotfin was carried to Antioch Chureh and there a u>emorial serv ice was held, atteuiled by a large number of people. Dr. Turrentine delivered the memorial address. Others talcing part were Mayor'W. F. Carr, of Durham; Itr’ Basil Wat kins and J. ilamptou Rich. An in teresting feature of the service was the pre.sence of an old Negro, Mebane Kdwards, who Bad been presient at the original interment. He. too, iffade a talk at the memorial service. He said that he was a s.mall boy at the time of “Dr, .Durluun’s death but that he remembered the occaisiou distinctly, and he gave a clear and lucid account of it. Finally, in a beautiful plot where the right of emiuent domain had been vouchsafed by the city he founded, the' remains of Dr. Durham were laid to rest in Maplewood Cemetery, where suou ihe monument honoring his memory will be erected. Wendell Has Large _ fobacco.Market Opening practice as ‘‘reducing patients to the level of experimental guinea pigs, such as exists in Europenn which gi^?3 the patient littlo freedom cf decision. »s to what .j3q1I be doftfr^’ith "His own body.’ Wendell, August 26.—^The open-i Many farmers as far away as ing of the Wendell tobacco mar- fifty and seventy five miles had ket fir the 1937-38 season -xm tobacco here the ficst, day. Es-^ Thursday of this week was one of the largest, best attended and most successful in many years. Large Aii^Qunts of tobacco were on hanl37 pficte #(6re hig:h, and a spirit;-of optimism prev^tiled everywhere. Pric^ for the^ opening day were averaging high,’ comparing well ■with those prevailing on all the. other markets on this belt and other-jNorth Carolina*4>elts7~ Much good tobacco was in evidence tout prices, of medium grades were hold ing firm and were on the ftyerage' higher than those a year ago, (Prom the time the ■first load of %bacc6 arrived on Tuesday until tinur^ tAbai«fn in large qisantities poured into Wendell, (When the opening hour. arrive^ of the three warehouses had on hand one of the largest amounts j n>arkets, of tobacco they haye bad In the past ten or fifteen jr«ars. pecially in eviienc€ were weed farmers from Wake, Johnston, Wilson, Nash, Franklin, Lee, Xhir- ham and Harnett Counties. Judg ing from their conversations and- smiles on their" faces, thS hi^h dollar was present in a very large measure here on opening day, Thursday, August 26. p 7 Wendell, Aiagifsr 26.—Prices for •11 graded if tobacco oi;. the small er markets such laa Wendell are as high and often ' higher than those prevailing on the larger mar kets for all grades of tobacco, in cluding the very best, medium quality and poor grad^ according ^ l«v»nl trtnlwn market officiali ci'al price reports which grade for grade show as hig"h and often higa. 4»r prlft s thnn un the larger mar kets. Prices on the local Wendel^ market, for example, averageu higher than. the averj^ge for the belt in which it is located and for some particular grades the Wen dell average Was i considerably higher. hunt; ^>«tt|^ICTED AID, TO WRIT# ^.-jaLOOlC DIVINE ^Raspns for _thi-s were given as tieing more individual attention, a more genyitle desire,.to get the very higheiit doHir far home lolks j. who deal with each»oth«»r the year around and the fact that there is mpre time to devote to te man necessary \eta!ls that go to make a successful tobacco market. Los Angeles (.-^.N'P)—John Wu. eat, white millionaire follower of Father Divine, left here last week enruu^e for McS'eil island fedenl prison where he will spend throe years for violation of the Mann act and to virite a book about “A Little' CliIW Shair iLead if he fin-ds time. DOCTORS VOTE— ^“lln1illll r i f—Ti pigfi thrtr who have just made a study of prices on the markets in this State * comparing the larger and'smaller physicians ta tieat Ne«n on relief. Speaking ov»r radio 'stetion KSD. Dr. Roscoe Gilei of iProof of this is found in offi- Chicago, president blasted this was convicted on charges”»preferred by Delight J-ew- ett, 17 year old Denver white girl, sa.id his Jbook is to “include eTery- thing,” but di«i not say whether •‘everythiry^’’ included details of his cross country affair with tiM young womai^. -he call«d **The Vlr- / ‘"*rve found peace,- »nd cal^ take it away tnm s^. the :^’6'pound enlist as te Mt' for .the first leg «{ Wtf ■ / 4 ” , '
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