UUKliAM, IN. U.,'JULY 10. 19C8.
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NEW ROAD TO BE OPENED.
From Klgsbce Boad to West Durban),
the Boute.
IN THE COUNTY OF ORANGE.
BUSINESS OF COUNT! COMMISSIONERS
price to Be Paid tor Bock on Mineral
Springs Road toased.7Jarcfs
fcr.AugittTcro oI Crtelnal
Court-Books ot;Trca$
crer Cteciei '
The county commissioners were
in session thisweek and the" final
pay luesaay wss cunaumeu in
faatters that are oi interest to
I. t 1L. .L.
he puwicjoapwucfa jjr ?n
la two or.more Questions about
khich the people, generally, es
pecially on the MineraXSp.riogsJ
bd Rigsbee roaAs. fiav&Deeaini-
erested in.
Some time ago the matter I of
nagging we wurse wj xwk
lee road so - that it would go by
'est Durham and many, people
kcame interested and a petition
as circulated and lawyers were
bployed to represent the Jnter-
it of those opposing and favor
gthe changing of the road.
hose favoring the plan that the
ad be graded and macagemized
here it has been run for years
on out and work nas been go-
2 on toward that end since.
ow. comes an order zrom tne
unty commissioners .that this
w road by ;Vest Durham will
opened with an undergrade
hssing at West Durham.' It is
Eked that parties interested in
road will have the macadem
g done at a future time. Thfs
ch reirains to be seen.
?or some time the finishing of
Mineral Springs road has
on at a stand still owing to the
et mat the pnce of rock was
high. During this time
ch damage has been done to
road-bed which had been
aded. An order was rassed at
meeting this week that in or
r to finish this work the pur
ging agent could pay 75 cents
rton for rock to finish this
d and work will be completed
early as possible.
The chairman and county at
rney inspected the books of
. Treasurer and reported that
y were in good shape.
An order was passed that a
tion at the "county home be
reenedoffand set aside as a
-pital.
furors for the August term of
rham Superior Court for the
al of criminal cases, were
"nas follows:
If 'hillip Moore, J. W. Proctor,
Haskell, J. J. Rigsbee, F. S.
rrard.W.L. Fairish. T. B.
ly, J.O.Umstead.J.J.Whit.
0 George Lougee, Sr., T. E.
rnngton. 0. K. Proctor, Wal-
A. Wilkerson, M. E. New.
a. C. E. Crabtree, J. W. Hoi
ay.N.R,West,J. Y. Long,
K. Lloyd, J. F. Terry, L. A.
fr.C. E. Jourdan,W.!J.Monk,
"right. K. T. Brogden, II,
Vickers. M. R. Strickland. J.
Weatherspoon, F. A. LatU,
vw Tilley. E. E. ThomDSon.
ydUmbe, J. G. LatU, VV.
wcon, J. W. Carlton, W. G.
wra.
The Observer Contained Sereral Items
oi Interest to our Readers
Tbls Week.
- Ihe following items are from
tne Urange county. Observer.., of
tins .week: , ... . , ,
Misa'Jnez Reynolds, ; of .Dur
ham, daughter of our townsman.
Mr. WVT. , Reynolds, . is visiting
noias, on tast tjueen street
Miss Reynolds is the typewriter
and fitenographet in the office of
'Messrs. Guthrie & Guthrie, Dur
ham. , : .
$r.ugeni.A. i Hughes, , of
4au(uwiu, uw accepted a position
with the Carroiina Roller Mills at
rMttam;4and: Is; travelingYahd
selling their excellent grands "of
flour. Mr. Hughes will make
success a& he b?avhuatler and
the foods he handles gives entire
satisfaction to. the thousands
the Durham Kollerf MUls.
The Orange" county Republican
Executive committee was in ses
sion at Hillsboro Moriday. " .The
Committee recommended- the rer
appointment ofJJr. D. E. For
rest as Postmaster at Efland.1 his
brother, Mr. A T. Forrest, being
his opponent, and receiving two
votes. The committee also call
ed a County Convention to . meet
August 11 to elect delegates to
elect delegates to the State Con
vention to be held at Charlotte,
August 25, to' nominate . candi
dates for State officers.
Dr. J. S. Spurgeon attended
the. State Democratic Convention
at Charlotte, and when the con
venUon adjourned he. remained
in Charlotte to attend the meet
ing of the North Carolina Den
wi oociety wnicn convened in
that city on Wednesday, July" 1.
During the afternoon session of
July 2nd, Dr. Spurgeon read
paper before the society his sub
ject being "Orthodontia." Dr.
Spurgeon returned to Hillsboro
Saturday. He speaks in the
highest terms of the people of
Charlotte.
About 2 o'clock Tuesday morn
ing the wood house at Mrs. Ro-
bena Webb's residence on East
Queen Street was destroyed by
fire. Although a small fire it
was a red hot one, the house be
ing nearly full of "cut" wood.
Some extra good work was done
by white and colored citizens.
and the wind beinjr favorable.
but little other damage was done.
The wood housejwas only some
fifteen or twenty feet from the
kitchen, and it required some
hard work to prevent the fire
from spreading. It is not known
how the fire originated.
Teachers Elected.
he teacher tnm t
loor near Lakewood park have
v.vvwj ana wiu uki cnarge
iheschoolthia fall.
V A- v. Cole, a Durham
also a graduate of Trinity
cg". Who taucrht nnA vonr t
tn Grovp. ha UitA
flClpal. MISS WMfrntf. ftf
muck county, will be his as-
nni th rroinccls for
J tik arc good.
SsataetlLEddlns.
Mr. Alex L. Eddins, whose
home was in East Durham, died
Thursday morning about six
o'clock after a brief illness of ty
phoid fever. He had been con
fined to his home for some days,
but his condition was not regard
ed as serious until just before he
died.
Deceased was 37 years of age
and leaves a wife and one broth
er. He was a member of the
Odd Fellows' lodge of East Dur
ham and members conducted the
funeral to-day, and the remains
were carried back to the old
home in Chatham county for interment
W. J. BRYAN BY ACCLAMATION
At 530 O'clock tbls Morning too Ne-
i braskan Is Chosen.
PLATFORM ADOPTED IT 3 O'CLOCK.
ureaiest Demonstailons In the' Bis-
' ; tory oi Democratic ' Meetings.
No YJce-PresIdeat . Naraci
'WhenConTentioQ
, -. , Amounted.
At five o'clock, eastern time.
this (Friday) morning.1 Hon. Wil-
Im Jennings Bryanjof Nebjas
jm,. was nominated as ine can
didate of the Democratic Nation.
la( invention ;foi . predentf
vynij,ea orafjes mia ipe,wua
esrclieering" mlhAJ.el
conventions. .... :!
When the convention con?
veined Thursday the, principal
business of, tbe three hours' ses
sion was, the effecting ota. per
manent organization and the ad
dress of the, permanent chair
man, Henry D. Clay ton, of Ala
bama.' -
On reassembling for the even
ing session the. rules were sus
pended and nominating speeches
were begun. Bryan. Grav and
Johnson were, nominated with
appropriate speeches, but the
first and only ballot gave 'Bryan
892 votes, or 221 more than nec
essary to nominate him,' which
was followed in the first lull of
applause by motions from John
son and Gray men to make the
nomination unanimous and by
acclamation. . : The motion was
carried by every state voting for
it except one lone vote from the
State of Georgia. .
Aftervthe nomination the con-i
vention adjourned until .one
o'clock this afternoon.
DURHAM IS TO REMAIN DRY.
Rev. C. J. Thompson, who has
been spending his vacation in
Virginia, has returned. While
nothing official has been given
out It is generally understood
that he will offer his resignation
next Sunday morning and that
he wilt nccrpt the call to a church
in Atlanta, G:i.
The National Democratic con
vention convened in Denver,
Col., Tuesday of this week. Ten
thousand people were present at
the opening session, when Chair
man Thomas Taggart called the
convention to order. The first
session lasted two hours and was
devoted to formalities, including
he speech of Temporary Chair
man Theodore Bell, of California.
Banners being brought in con
taining a photo of Bryan caused
great applause, and his strength
increased hourly.
The address of Mr. Bell was 'a
review of what he failed to find
in the Republican platform, Zand
his remarks were received with
much cheering.
I. J. Dunn, of Omaha, Neb.,
introduced suitable resolutions
on the death of former president
Grover Cleveland, and they were
carried, and the convention ad
journed until 12 o'clock Wednesday.
SECOND DAY.
Convention Hall, Denver, July
8. -The Democratic national con
vention is marking time, so faras
the nomination of candidates and
the adoption of a platform are
concerned and is passing through
the stages of organizations and
the throes of frenzied demonstra
tions. To-day has been marked
chiefly by turbulent enthusiasm
and the bitter strife of party
party leaders, the essential de
velopments of the day being
these:
Two sessions of the. conven
tion were held, the first at noon
producing a Bryan demonstra
tion breaking all records in du
ration, and the second at 8
o'clock to-night being the culmi
nation of the struggle over the
credentials of the Pennsylvania
delegation and the supremacy of
the Pennsylvania leader, Colon
el GufTrey. who has been de
nounced by Mr. Bryan. ,
Meeting Wednesday Night AHects no
: Change In Recent Order Passed.
. At the session of the city al
dermen.Monday night Jlicense to
selL whiskey on prescription
were; refused- thexdrug stores
hal have been " handling booze
since the town has been in the
prohibition column. It -was ex
pected that next meeting v would
brink matters to.a- head- so that
the. drug, stores might dispose of
Ihe stock they had on . hand arid
that arrangements wouldbemide
for the dispensing, of whiskey
wneaa ; physician thought best
to give it to Jus patient. -
1 la a this ,all that entertained
sochvan. idea were left; The
meeting, Wednesday a night re
suited in settling a the matter,
Maydc Graham casting .Ms - Vote
wUkthoseopposedto reconsider
ing the action of Monday ; night
The vote on the Question -was as
fo6ts;:FQrnsideringthenv
tiott Messrs. J B. Warren, J. ' B.
Mason. T. S. Christian, and Dri
E. ltrBowling. .Against Mes
srs. L Fi Hill. J. D. Pridgen. Ni
Underwood, W. T. 'Pollard.
Aiayar uranam voted with last
named..
Ths leaves the matter as it
oocL since ' Monday's meeting.
Nd whiskey is to be sold ' by ' the
drug stores of the city, and the
only chance of relieving your
self with it is to patronize a blind
tiger or have it come to you in a
package by express, labeled as
you like it.
The meeting was a called one,
butv was -interesting, the -other
matters considered being rela
tive to lighting the city. The
offer to pay the Durham Traction
company s& per. ugnt was re
fused by the company, and the
settling of this question goes
over until another meeting.
The salary of the city health
officer was increased from $1C0
per month to $125.
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Depositors Protection 273,455.28
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;B. N. Duke, Pres. J. S. Manning, Vice-Pres.
J. B. Mason; Cashier.
"Directors
'J. B, D0K8, President" American Tobaceo Company.
.YJ E. Smith, 'Supt Darliam Cotton Wg. -Company.
- C. L. Haywood, : of Haywood & Boone, Dniggists.
of Southgate A Son, Insurance.
Capitalist
'Merchant.
J. H. Southgate,
R. H. lllGSBEE,
Q. E. Rawls,
B. M .DUKX, -
' -' Director American Tobacco Co.," and Capitalist
. , J. S. Manning, "Attorney-at-Law.
N. M. Johnson, Physician nd Surgeon.
3. B. Wakeen, Capitaliet-and Farmer.
J. B. Mason, Cashier Citizen National Bank.
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J. M. Sears Sustains Painful Injury at
Lakewood Park Tuesday Nlgbt.
J. M. Scars was a victim of an
unusul accident at Lakewood
Park Tuesday night While
waiting for the car to change the
fender and trolley pole, the large
spring on the trolley pole gave
way and then it fell, striking
Mr. Sears on the head.
A bad scalp wound was made
and two physicians, who hap
pened to be at the park, were
summoned and rendered what as
sistance they could and Mr.
Sears was carried to the Watts
hospital, where his wounds were
dressed and he rested very well
during the night
Wednesday morning Mr. Sears
was carried to his home, where
at last accounts he was
recovering from the shock rap
idly. The Democratic Executive
committee will meet in the of
fice of Chairman Jones Fuller to
morrow for the purpose of nam
ing a new chairman and electing
a secretary. A full attendance
is expected as the matter of when
the primaries will be held will
come up for a decision.
FOB SALE!
White and Brown Leghorn
Eggs $1.00 for 15.
White and Partridge. Wyan
dott Eggs $1.50 for 15.
Orders booked tot future delivery.
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Unit Durham, X. C. 11. 0. Briggi, 1'rop. (
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George W. Watts, President
John Sprunt Hill, Vice-President
W. W. Whitted, Cashier.
T. B. Pierce, jR.,tAsst Cashier.
W. A. Erwin.
John Sprunt Hill.
E. H. Bowling.
T. B. Fuller.
Alphonsus Cobb.
Wm. A. Graham.
DIRECTORS:
J. T. Rogers.
J. S. Carr, Jr.
George W. Watts.
I. F. Hill.
J. W. Burroughs.
P. W. Vaughan.
E. T. Rollins.
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HELENA, N. C.
We are going to commence on the 8th of
this month to offer all our Dry Goods and
Shoes at Greatly Reduced Prices for Cash
We are overstocked on these goods and
we are going to reduce our stock, and we
will save you money on these goods.
' All cotton goods are now going up
some, but that don't make any differ
ence, we are going to sell at lower prices.
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