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VOLUME 88.
DURHAM, N. C., MAY 24,. 1907.
NUMBER 7.
NEWS FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENTS
Items of Interest from Various Places as ViewecT and Told
.by Those on the Field-Personals.
. iougcmont, Routs 3.
We have been having some
more cold weather. It seemed
almost like frost.
Mr. Hall filled his regular ap
pointment at the Academy last
Sunday.
We hope for a good Sunday
the 2Gth, as that is Mr. M. M.
McCarthy's regular appointment
at New Bethel and Rougemont
Methodist churches.
The Sunday School at Red
mountain Baptist church will
practice on their songs, etc.. on
Saturday evening.
The farmers were afraid that
their tobacco plants were going
to be too small to plant, but now
the land is ready and it is so
dusty through this little section
that it cannot be planted till it
rains again.
Wheat is looking well now.
The young people seem to be
enjoying themselves in this sec
tion now and in our little village,
as they are getting together in
crowds of about fifteen or twenty-five,
on Sunday, and march
from one place to another and
sometimes go to the clubhouse
and to Mr. Mangum's.
Juke Bug.
Utllit, lent L
Glad to see some fine weather
once more and to see corn and
cotton coming up so nicely. Cot
ton chopping has begun and
almost everybody in this commu
nity will begin Monday. Almost
all of us have a bad stand of
corn. Spring oats are looking
fine. Clover is very good this
time and almost everybody has a
little patch ready to cut.
There is more sickness ins this
community than when I last
wrote. Mrs. A. Ferguson has
teen riht sick, having chills and
fever. Ucing somewhat advanced
in years, the attack wa3 quite
trying. We are pleased to re
Ijrt that she is slowly improving
now.
Mrs. Oakley, the lady who
makes her home with Mrs. A.
Ft-ruson, happened with a had
accident Saturday night. She
was in a buccv with her son and
th: inulo lxp.im frkrhtonwl and i in Seinim? in Flat Rivrr at Dr. F!
but we suspect he remembers
how many all right, for he's a
fisher from his heart. J. F.
lougimont, L F. D. No. L
Mrs. Andrew Riley 13 right
sick. Her many friends hope
she will soon be restored to health
again.
Miss Pearl Parker is visiting
her aunt who lives in Orantre
County.
Mr. William Malone visited our
village Saturday.-
Wilmer Cash, little daughter
of Mr. William Cash, is very sick.
Her parents are anxious about
her recovery.
Miss Kathleen Jones is visit
ing her grandmother, Mrs. Bet
tie Bowling.
Mr. and Mrs. Stem visited
Mrs. Stem's parents. Mr. and
Mrs. W. P. Franklin, Saturday
and Sunday.
Red Mountain Sunday School
continues to grow in interest and
numbers.
Protracted meeting is to begin
the 2nd Saturday in July at Red
mountain Baptist church.
Miss Corinne Bowling left
Tuesday to attend Wake Forest
commencement. She was met
in Durham by her sister, Mrs.
James E. Bowling and daughter,
who went with her.
The women of Redmountain
church are making a beautiful
quilt to be sent to a frontier mis
sionary in Texas. The W. M. S.
is to pack a box to be sent to him,
the 2nd Saturday in June.
Little Bernice Thacker spent
several days with his grand .par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. John Rhew.
Miss Emma Rhew visited her
sister, Mrs. J. J. Thacker, last
week.
Dr. Lyon our popular physician
was called in our vicinity very of
ten last week.
Mrs. Allen tmd Leroy Clement
were welcome visitors in our
neighborhood Sunday. Their
many friends were glad to see
them after such long absence.
Mrs. Alex Copley was number
ed among the visitors in our vie-!
inity last week.
Quite a crowd of our boys went
attended by Dr. R. E. Nichols.
Miss. Ruby Rogers and brother
Qtis, were the welcome guests of
Miss Lizzie and Robert Roberson
last Sunday afternoon. . ,
Mr. G. W. Husketh spent last
Sunday with his brother, Mr. El
lie Husketh. '
There was prayer meeting at
Fletcher's Chapel last Sunday
night, conducted by Mr. S. M.
Suitt.
Mr.' D. H. Stallings. of North-
side, wa3 visiting, relatives near
Redwood last Sunday.
Miss Sadie Roberson spent last
Sunday afternoonvith her cous
in Miss Ora Roberson.
Master Sari Weaver spent last
Sunday with his cousin Irvin
Roberson.
We were, indeed sorry to learn
of the death of little Cecil Car
penter, son of Mr. and Mrs. T.
Ed Carpenter.
Mr. J. B. and J. P. Roberson
spent last Tuesday in Durham on
business. ..
Jimmie will twist off for this
time. Jimmie.
started to run. The son told his
mother to jump, which she did
ii!. but was caught in the wheel
and thrown to the ground under
the wheels and badly bruised.
Mrs. Sallie Ferguson has been
right feeble recently, but is bet
ter LOW.
Mr. and Mrs. II. M. O'Neal
and little daughter Maggie have
len troubled right much with
ci .ilia f late, but we are glad to
"te that they are one and all
inijtroving.
One of our neighbors, J. L.
intf. i very much behind with
hi.- work on account of three
ick horses.
W. A. and Mrs. O'Neal, of
l-dgemont, spent' last Sunday
ith Mr. O'Ncat'f mother, Mrs.
Candace O'Neal.
Little Miss Lizzie Peed -i pent
Friday afternoon with Mrs. Sallie
Ferguson.
J. E. Ferguson spent Sunday
afternoon with A Ferguson'i
family.
Mrs. A. D. Ross spent Thurs
day with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. J. J. King.
L P. Ferrell has been gone oil
n a big fishing frolic for several
ays, but we failed to learn where
H. and B. P. Bowling's mill Sat
urday and caught right many
fish.
Jimmie
Rent fron tedvtol
Hello! here comes
again.
Mr. Mike Roberson has return
ed home from Wake Forest Col
lege where he has been attend
ing school. We are indeed glad
to have him back with us.
Mr. Davie C. Beck, of North-
side, Granville county, spent last
Saturday night with his cousin
Mr. Samuel Roberson.
Mrs. G. E. Ferrell was the
welcome guest of Mrs. Mary Fer
rell last Sunday afternoon.
Misses Lena Beck and Tearl
Weaver was the welcome guest
of Mrs. L J. Ferrell last Satur
day night.
Little Miss Ruth and Pansy
Lee Roberson, spent last Satur
day night with their cousins,
Misses Lcsker and Mattie Husk
eth. Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Roberson
and little Miss Clara Lowe, spent
last Sunday evening .with Mr.
and Mrs. J. M. Colclough.
Mr. M. C. Colclough. who has
been attending Draughans Busi-
Poisons Bis Son.
Dr. D. S. Rowland, a physician
of Raleigh, was arrested one day
this week charged with poisoning
his own son. He was carried to
Henderson, where the charge
will be investigated.
Since his arrest it developed.
according to what is common re
port, that he is believed to have
poisoned his wifu some years ago,
as she died in tne same manner
ashisson. It is also charged
that he was guilty of poisoning an
engineer by the name of Strange,
whose widow he married three
days after her husband died. In
the first two cases the motive
was said to be to get the insur
ance, while in the latter case he
wanted to marry the wife of
Strange.
Hrs. George O'Kelly Dead.
Mrs. George O'Kelly died at
her home on Vickers avenue last
Monday night, after a lingering
illness of several months. Be
sides a husband she left one child.
Before marriage, about three
years ago. she was Miss Geneva
Brlnkley.
The funeral was conducted
from the home on Vickers avenue
last Tuesday afternoon, after
which the remains were intered
in Maplewood cemetary. The
service was conducted bv Rev.
G. T. Adams, t pastor of Trinity
Methodist church.
each one. For non-residents the
admission will be $15 and the an
ual dues $10.
There is talk that the club will
soon have a very fine building
and that it will be one of the
most modern in the state, being
thoroughly equipped in every
way as a first-class , club. This
remains to be worked out, how
ever, by the committee on lo
cation and by the club members.
It is certain however that Dur
ham is to have a first class com
mercial cldb and that it will be
in full working order in a very
short while.
Norman, 11-month-old child of
Mr. and Mrs. George Crabtree,
who lives on Yancy street, died
last Tuesday night. The burial
took place Wednesday afternoon
at Maplewood cemetery.
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One would not imagine that
you could catch an opossum on
Main street in the center of Dur
ham, but such was the case one
night this week. A hound was
not needed as he was caught in a
box in a store room.
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l ". , , w nam nncieinesn cuiiege, is ut iiuine m ac
ne Jished or how many ho caught, 'count of sickness. He is being
Club Organized.
The Cavalier's Club is the name
of a new organization for Dur
ham. For some time ouiet ef
forts have been made to have
such a club organized in Durham,
and now the matters have taken
definite shape by the election of
the following officers:
President-Julian S. Carr.
Vice PresidentJ. M. Man
ning. Secretary R. H. Sykes.
Treasurer T. M. Gorman.
Board of managers J. S. Cobb,
J. S. Manning. L. A. Carr, J. H.
Mahler, C. A. Owens, A. B.
Duke, R. II. Lewis, Jr., W. W.
Flowers and P. C. Sneed.
Commission on admission P.
C. Graham, J. P. Taylor, A. E.
Lloyd, A. Cobb, W. D. Carmich
ael, C. M. Carr, R. 0. Everett,
S. C. Chambers, Thomas C.
Worth.
Committee on location S. C.
Brawley, V. W. Flowers and C.
M. Carr.
The club now has a member
ship of seventy-nine members.
In the future the admission price.
the inititation, will be $25. The
monthly dues will be $2.50 for,
Special Train to Richmond Via Seaboard.
Account of the Confederate
Veterans Reunion at Richmond,.
Va.. May 29th to June 2nd, the
Seaboard will operate special
train, leaving Durham at 11:00
a. m., arriving Richmond, 5:30
p. m., connecting at Henderson
with special from Raleigh. The
rate from Durham to Richmond
and return account of this occas
ion will be $3.35. v
, Tickets are good returning
from Norfolk-Portsmouth, it not
being necessary for those who
desire to attend the Exposition
to return through Richmond.
Special rate Richmond to Nor
folk $1.50, tickets to be sold June
1st and 4th. Those who expect
to return should notify the Com
mander of the Camp at Durham,
Mr. .T. W. Hamilton, who has
charge of making arrangements
for the accomodation of the vet
erans while in Richmond.
For further information call on
local Seaboord agent or
C. H. GATTIS,
Traveling Passenger Agent Ral
eigh, North Carolina.
North C.trolina, Superior Court.
Durham County, j December Term 19 6.
Mrs. LuU Foster ) . .. ,
n ! Notice of
Jat'nes Foster I Summon.
The i!i tcmlant a!ove named will tke
tiotir 'J iiit a summon-, in tin- W-
entitled action wan issued against him
on the join day of May, Um-, bv C. B.
Oree;'.. Clerk of the Sutrriir i'mirf of
Durham County, retum.ililo t the Au
gust term of the Sunerior Court of 1 lur.
ham County, which numinous whs re-
tttrnc.1 ly the Sheriff of Durham
County endorsed, "After due diligence
the dcit'nditnliinottotie found in Durham
County." and itfurtlh-ruppearitie; that de
fendant i a non-resident of the .State of
North Carolina and that the object of
the fiction was to obtain a dissolution of
the bowls of Itlatrimonv heretofore exist.
Wtw the plaintiff and defendant.
an or.ler wan duly made that said sum
mon I e served by publication once a
week for four week in the Dsirhnni
Recorder, a newMianer miltliaitml imi.
weekly in Durham, N. C., requiring the
defendant to appear at said court, to he
held in the Court House in Durham
Otl the 1st MotliLiv U-fori- tin. r( U,u.
day in September, tiring the .'Gth day of
.uigusi. 1007. ucicnilant will tike no.
tiee that if lie tails to apjiear and
answer to the complaint of plaintiff the
relief waved for will emntnl Tin.
i.hjei t of thin action is to dissolve the
t...i,.f .if Hliln 1 . C .
t.iiii.-. v. niiiHiiiiiv ncreiuiorc existing
between plaintiff and defendant.
This loth day of May, 1907.
t. B. Green
Clerk of Sutwior Court.
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CITIZENS NAT7 .JAL BANK
OF DURHAM.
Officer and Directors
B. N. Duke, Pres. J. s. Manning, Vice-Pres.
J. B. Mason, Cashier.
J. B. Duke, President American Tobacco Company.
Y. E. Smith, Supt. Durham Cotton Mfg. Company.
C. L. Haywood, of Haywood & King, Druggists.
J. H. Southgate, of Southgate & Son, Insurance.
R. H.Rigsbee, Capitalist.
Q. E. Rawls, Merchant.
B. N. Duke,
Director American Tobacco Co., and Capitalist.
J. S. Manning, Attorney-at-LaW.
N. M. Johnson, Physician and Surgeon.
J. B. Mason, Cashier Citizens National Bank.
DEPOSITORY OF THE PEOPLE,
THE COUNTY OF DURHAM, THE CITY OF DURHAM
AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA -
This Bank Opened tor Business May i, 1905
Is Young, but Growing
Statement of Bank at Close of Business Jan. 26, t907t
Liabilities.
Capital, $100,000.00
Surplus, 60,000.00
Undivided profits, 14,272.25
Circulation, 100,000.00
Resources.
Loans and Invest
ments, $586,954.D5
U. S. Bonds, 150,000.00
Premiums U. S.
Bonds, 5,659.69
Banking House, 13,000.00
Cash and due from
Banks, 293,129.84
Redemption Fund, 7,200.00
$1,055,944.48
Deposits, 781,657.23
Dividends unpaid, 15.00
$1,055,944.48
WE SEND these Reports to our Depositors and Stockholders on
date called for by the Comptroller in order that they may be
informed of our condition.
WITH the, strongest financial backing of any Bank in this State
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I. F. Hill
B. N. Dike
K D. Markham
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J. W. Di-rroighs
T. B. Fi ller
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