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rn it it ir 11 JiJi Jii ! ' ' ,v ' t Ji - 1TK Ei n h Tim RECORDER. 11 SEMI -WE E K 1UY. VOLUME 89. DURHAM, N. C, MARCH 20. 1908. NEWS I FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENTS NUMBER 9i: ii -a:- items of Interest from Various Places as Viewed and Told by Those on the Field. Personals. lougeraont Items. The road question is now in progress most everybody are hauling rock. The phones are getting so thick in this neighborhood, it has scared all the crows away. Mr. Paul Nichols who has lived in Va., for some time visited homefolks Sunday and Monday. ' Messrs. Henry Parker and Robert Anderson and Misses Bannie Parker and Alma Cromp ton of Cedar Grove, were guests of Misses Maggie and Blanche Laura Saturday night A large crowd enjoyed a pound party at William Laws' Satur lay night Mr. Frank ' Laws and sister Miss Annie, spent Sunday with Miss Alma Gray. Several rirls and boys of our little village attended the cloaine exercises of Moriah School Tues day. -'-' ; .-', B. R. Laws, and Miss Maude Hall visited Miss Willie Gates Sunday. Our school will close about the 17th of April. Guess the boys will be glad for the most of them like to haul rock anyway. Guess I had better ring off this nme as ic is my nrst tetter in a jfood while. W G. litis fna JirL Farmers around here now are very busy some plowinz and some cutting wood. Tommie Dameron and Miss Jennie May Satterfield were united in marriage the 4th of the present month. Also Joe Nutt and Miss Carrie Clayton, were married on the 15th. Masters Uenry Tuck and John nie Chandler attended services at Bethany last Sunday, and report ed a good time. Bunnie Mangura visited R. I. Satterfield's family last Sunday. Bob Chandler, who lived r.ear Surl, died on the tenth. Itcas tnm Stent. There has been much sickness in this section, but now all are ratting better. The Granville teachers met at Knap of ReeJs on the 13th. These spring days puts new ife in almost even-thin. Women folks that look after their iKwltry, are esoecially busy tending to their f eras and set- Finghens. The Tally Ho school cave an ntertainment March 17th. which as well enjoyed. A biff Sal nt lnr um'11 ratra lace at Crecdmoor in the near uturc. E. W. The dcad-beaU who were mad jump by the Bad Debt Collec- m Agency will rejoice to know t it has gone out of business. he dead-beats will take renew 1 hope and make fresh tm pughts on the unwary and the . W marks. Whether the dco- O WIlO Conducted thrt Hart flohr -w mm r w I gency conducted their business properly or Improperly The Land- F'eK neither known nnr far t doesn't lie in the mouth of V dearl beat to say things about cm;, but it does know that the ?a Of ffivintr tha nnhl.V. th iblic the name of the man who n pay his debts and will not d who makes it a business to fraud his creditors, is ever singly and eternall rivht nA cfinllrnw nnyrH? to deny It. 1 From (be Orange Coanly Observer. Mr. W. B. Shepherd, of Eden ton, was in town Tuesdav. w are glad to learn that he has rented the Cameron residence and that with his son and two daughters they wilj spend the summer at Hillsboro. Ruff Lee. a drunken was badly cut on the side of his neck and face with a knife in the hands of a white man named rreu uw at me trestle over hno River, on factorv hffl PM' -mp ft day, March 13. Lee Wed nrettv ireeiy. Lewis ran off and has not been arrested. Mrs. Mary A. Crahtree. sictor ofMr.R. Y. Walker, of 1AM River township, died at the or her husbnnd last Sunday morn ing and was buried at Now - - . -- anaron i.hurch Mondav at 19 O'clock. Rev. M. M. MpParlan conducting the funeral and burial service. Mrs. Crabtree was fi7 years old and had been mom t . ,. - v... Derorwew Sharon Church fnr many years. Rev. William Black, the evangelist, of the Presbvtetian Synod, will begin a series of meetings in the Presbyterian church at Hillsboro next Sunday, March 22nd, at UVclock a. m. Rev. H. S. Bradshaw announced from his pulpit Sunday morning that during this week Preparato ry Union Services would be held as follows : BaDtist church. Tuesday night ; Methodistchurch Wednesday nhrht : Presbyterian church, Thursday night, and probably Friday night Every body cordially invited to attend the preparatory service this week and also the meetings to be conducted by the evangelist next week. Will Harris. Jr.. 10 years old. son of Mr. Wm. Harris. Sr.. was accidentally killed by his brother Charlie, 12 years old, at their homelnear Mr. Joe Murray's saw mill, a few miles east of town, Friday afternoon. March 13. about 4 o'clock. Three little brothers were clavinz rabbit hunting when Charlie shot Will L - I - 1 r ... in me urcusi ana iace with a single barrel breech loader shot gun, causing death almost in stantly: The necessary affidavit having been sworn to. Soecial Coroner T. D. Tinnin summoned a jury and held an inquest. Af ter examining witnesses and viewing me remains, the jury round That the deceased came to his death from a gun shot wound inflicted by a gun in the hands of his little brother. Charles Harris, and that the same was accidental and without malice." The funeral burial ser vices were conducted by Rev. M. M. McFarland at New Sharon Church Sunday afternoon. BIG CITY IMPROVEMENTS. - ..n-v f ituvi wan v thoroughfares and the work will proceed very shortly. Thecom- 1 Surprise Marriage. The friends of W. J. of this city were surprised at the snnouncement Thursday morn mg that he was married Wed nesday afternoon in Jelli Tennessee to Miss EmmaHnrt of 'Raleigh. Miss Hortan Jellicoto visitthefamilvof Mr 1. 1, 1'ace, a cousin. The ar rangements were made for the marriage then. To a very few $20,000 lor Street Work Ordered By the City Aldermen. y The aldermen in their meeting this week have been concerned for the most part with street matters and it is announced that mey nave .authorized improve mentsand extensions that will amount to $20,000. There are seven streets that will be affected by this approDri ationof money, all imnortant "r."ia.8B"ien'. a very tK .i, inenua, aar. Loucree re marked last Saturday when he jf Miwujr. xue com- eof . T ... 4. - t - -- missioners have advertised for : .f.".c .r newouia sealed nrnnosal fnr fh ffr;B iCturu w,in n Drme to Durham by ct ntract and the citv i tn thll week and he will make good. the grading and macadamizing Lr -c?remny was performed while the property owners wi5 ;Waer at 3 o'clock aupie went stay. Thev .... ' . . . - - . East HoIIowav street f ha w,"ecurn ere latter part of the - aT w w WW I I 1 extended, beeinnin at Hrv f.eeana wm 1,ve Broadway, hridaond mf; fV,. ' Mr. Lougee's home. macadam road. tm fc-. ir8-. 13 remembered ww ww V1IC L. I ... f fi, 1 uj j 1 wnere sne has visited Mrs. ms can. wyiacu unvea. nf . . Chanel Hill street will K.r waDry an1 "popular. She extended going straieht out bv :1T 1 raan 11Kea ex-Sheriff Ribee's. then nn hv e5yD0?y 8 well liked Alderman Underwood' to fhll cneJ' call him Bill. while the property owners will IrrT T l. pay half the costs of curbimr and Lanlvm here the C0UP,e side wniu 10 quanta tor a short stay. Ml I Mi Mi Ml Mi Mi Mi Ml Mi Mi Ml Mi Ml Mi Mi Mi Mi Ml CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK OF DURHAM, N. C. ORGANIZED MAY ist 1905. Capital Surplus and Undivided Profits Stockholders Liability Depositors Protection ..$100,000.00 .. 73,4')5.28 .. 100,000.00 .. 273,455.28 B. N Duke, Pres. J. B Officer! J. S. Manning, Vice-Pres. Mason, Cashier. corporate limits. East Petti grew will be worked from Dillard to Fayetteville beginning at the colored hosiery mill No. 2. East Main street is to be macadamiz ed starting at the Norfolk & Western street and continuing to Alston avenue. The fifth street is East Main which iroes from Angier avenue in East Durham. Orange street will be touched up from Parnsh to East ChaDel Hill street and will leave Parrish and run back of the BaDtist church. Mangum is to be extended all the way out. These are seven of the most important streets. .Mangum street has recently ben much improved by re-surfacing. It is now one of the best driving streets in the city. The matter of the Chapel Hill street intersection with the Southern was taken ud and th disagreeable condition of the street during bad weather was exploited. It was sumrested that the Southern is willing to raise the tracks five or six inches and that this will furnish the neces sary drainage to put fe in better condition. The Seaboard and Norfolk & Western have the matter under advisement so far as their part of the contract concerned. is a sv,;.' I..4:k.,1)m.';. Spoke at the Court Bouse. Prof. J. Allen Holt, candidate for the nomination at the hands of the Democratic party in this district for Congress, spoke at the court house last mehL He was introduced by Delos W. Sor fell, county chairman, after which he spoke to the voters present-about 150-for little more than an hour. His speech consisted in out lining the policies that he be lieved would be in the front dur ing the campaign for the Demo cratic party and telling what his iiill.i Uiill ltU))M.'C4 W tl". Death of Mrs. Suilt. Mrs. Annie Suitt, the wife of Mr. J. B. Suitt, died Tuesday morning at the Watts hospital where she was taken the night before for an operation. The illness was of very short duration. She was taken to the sanatorium about 11 o'clock for a desperate operation. From the very first there was but smal hope and she died less than six hours later. Mrs. Suitt leaves a husband ana seven children besides num erous relatives in this and other Cities. Her sudden death sad dens a whole community wheYe she was popular and a blessing to it. The funeral services were hel Wednesday afternoon from her residence at 2:30 o'clock. Rev. O. W. Triplett conducted the ser vices and the burial took place in Maplewood. An adjourned meeting 0? the city aldermen was held Tuesday night The principal business was reoraraincr street work. An important ordinance was passed relative to street work in the fu- thre: "No street will be paved and macadamized until Ml mr cent of the property owners liv ing on the same sign a petition which will mean that they will liotasu for damages." Toe Fire Sunday Morning. Roxboro came near havincr a very disastrous blaze in the main business portion of the town early bunday-raorninGr. and was the third narrow escape from beinc swept by Are within two months. The blaze originated in a large frame building on Reams avenue. owned by James M. Blalock. and used as a bowling alley, pressing club and lunch room, which was burned to the ground. The Pion eer Warehouse, a large brick structure, fronting on Main A. street ana runninz nacK for a considerable distance on Reams avenue, burned fiercely,. but was extinguished with small loss. A large tobacco fprizery and the Primitive Baptist church, both on Lamar street, cauzht from flying sparks, but were promptly extinguished. The stores of the Morris-Webb Drug Co., Woody, Lone & Mor ton, Long, Bradsher & Co., and C . A. "It A A oereant, wayion S UO., ail on thewest side of Main street, J were in imminent danger, beine I savedonlybya favorable wind and the keeping of water on them. Mr. Blalock's loss is about $1. 000 with no insurance. Mr. Wa! ker owner of the bowline out-fit. carried $500 insurance. Atone time it looked as if there was to be a repetition of Roxboro's memorable fire February. 11881. which burned every business house in the tnu except one or two. Th fire N broke on a Sunday niht while H Mrs. Mary Moon, a Quakeress 3 was holding a revival. Rnhnro H Courier. H Solicitor A. L. Greensboro, was in Durham terday. He was looking after his interests as candidate for Congress in this district. Mi Mi Mi Mi Mi Mi Mi Mi Ml M Ml Mi Mi Mi Mi Ml Mi Mi Mi Mi Mi Mi Mi Mi Mi Ml Ml Ml Ml Ml Ml Ml Mi M J. B. Dukk, Y. E. Smith, C. L. Haywood. J. H. SOUTHGATE. Directorst President American Tobacco Company. oupt. uurham Cotton Mfg. Company. 01 Haywood & Boone, Druggists. or bouthgate & Son, Insurance. Capitalist Merchar R. H. RlGSBEE, Q. E. Rawls, B. N. !uke. Director American Tobacco Co., and CapiV J. S. Manning, Attornev-at N. M. Johnson, Physician and Si J. B. Mason, Cashier Citizens Nation' s $ m m m m m t m m m m m m m m m m m m DEPOSITORY OF THE m m m m py J THE COUNTV OF DURHAM, THE CI7 ? amu i tit. UNITED STATES Of RICA j.E, DURHAM It will pay to deposit your uninvested money in this Bank, where it will be safe from fire and robbery, and earning you 4 per cent, interest, if left for 4 months term; it will be protected by fire proof and burglary proof safe and vaults; managed by pro dent and conservative business men; and handled by courteous an qualified bonded officers, always glad to wait on you. We invite new accounts, large and small, of Individuals, Farmers, Merchants andJHrms, that have not already done so. to open an account with us. - m m . - . - - t HONEY .WOR IN HOME SAVINGS BANK DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA "We Pay 4 per cent Coumpound Interest on all Saving's Accounts Come in and start received and large ones in proporoZ" W tnankfuy OPEN ALL DAY SATURDAYS GEORGE W. WATTS, President. IOHN SPRIJNT HIT T r:j.. . . vni 1 1 11.U, cashier. T. B. PEIKCE, Jr., Assistant Cashier. ffelfcad pes. Go. HELENA, N. C. Brooks, of H Have the best and largest stock of General Mer 'urham yes- Jj chandise on hand that was ever carried irr'a coun- Uur stock consists of all kinds of goods Ecanorar 181908. 1'iire I.incnt nil rrwi. from the b.irrtI than if ttl. .... Sm - - ' ' I'M. Ilk' tl Tin Can anil Miv...l i.. .i.. r . , II liir 11191 insianceyou pw tt centi jer jfull.iti in Kviiuiji.wi, mix nine kii Ion of pure ltiioe,l oil with 4 nlm h. St 51. 1'uitit mill vmi liv k.i.iu r..m um. 7 KalloiM of the taut paint made imtnuiM. uackney Bros. L. & M Iiint Agent. r3 try store. n e- FOB SALE! White and Brown Leghorn EiTtrs m fnr 1R White and Partridge Wvan- wvv i.ou ior 10. I Or.Ier bookel fot future k-Hvery. "Y" POULTIIY FARM, l-'urf !-.ir!.i!!i. S C. It. Ct. ::ri. I'p.p. m Guano to Fine Dress Goods K rt M Come to see us, we have plenty clerks to wait M on you nicely, and we have the Goods and j g WoAroGoingtoSoUThom H Thanking you for your past patronage and asking continuance of same, we are Yours to serve, I! Reade Bros. Co. s
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