Greensboro crowds press Judge Coble over Durham bond election
Indignant Greensboro citizens rode a special train to Durham to appeal to Judge Coble to modify the election on bonds for an avenue project. The hearing resolved with a plan to hold the bonds vote in Roxboro on April 16, and locals reported several Durham deaths and court actions ongoing.
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Judge Coble
Hotel Carrolina
A. I. Coble
Ceasar Cone
Greensboro
Stratford
More& Wilson
Elecond
Judge Hl
Roxsboro
Boyd
Caeser Cone
Joe Reese
Law
Morehead
Wilson
Roxy Shearer
West Durham
Watts Hospital
Re exhibition stirs crowd at court house amid party clashes
A Thursday night re exhibition at the courthouse drew a colored Republican crowd led by Jim Young of Raleigh and Dixon of Orange. After disorder over speakers, 8. Leak was elected chairman by the Settle-Reed faction. A separate note reports weddings in Merry Oaks and a romantic Winston marriage between James H Portis and Maggie T Davenport amid illness and urgency.
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Court House
Jim Young
Raleigh
Dixon
Orange County
Young
Leak
Settle-Reed
Jim
Orange
Matthew Yates
Myrtle Gunter
Merry Oaks
Olive
Florence
Hargrove
Williams Mill
John Markham
Mary McKay
Lucian Yates
Yates
Winston
News and Observer
James H Portis
That City
Maggie T. Davenpor
Rocky Mount
N.C
H. A. Brown
First Baptist Church
Portis
Notable Miscellany Clippings and Striking Oddities
Long column of clipped notices and anecdotes recounts personal moves from Washington to Richmond, a clemency grant for Isom Coffer, academic promotion for George F Atkinson, tax rulings on wrought iron ranges, and a flood of humorous quotes and rural-urban mischief. Also describes Gypsy the elephant rampage, mine-murder case chatter, and political commentary.
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Washinoton
Isom Coffer
North Carolina
George F. Atkinson
Cornell University
W. C. Kerr
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Abe Horner
Wake County
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Alamance Gleaner
Robert Burgess
East Durham
J. A. Noell
Roxboro
Sareebere Hendon
R. J. Teague
Rowan County
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Stageville
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West Peabody Street
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Southern Building and Loan Association
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Tenn
Durban
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Creens
W. & Poindexter
Lynchburg
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Wm. Moncure
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Burlington
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W. T. Yarborough
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Mr. Darley
Mrs. Darley
Watts
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Indianapolis Journal
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Wilkins
Harper’s Bazar
Mexico
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Mrs. Dolan
Chedit
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West Side
Gypsy
Chicago
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Scott
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Jackson Boulevard
Mrs. Irwin
Philadelphia
S. P. Langdon
Chatham County
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