09 Aug 1907
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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 09, 1907
Page
1
Farmers cheer at welcome rain and social gatherings fill the community. Burial, church ties, and a Y M C A project loom as civic life, with Captain Whitted remembered for Civil War leadership and years of teaching. Noise from storms, a child’s death, and a state negro firemen meeting cap the week in Durham.
Durham residents attended a Wilmington tournament and returned home. Three teams ran away Thursday with no property damage reported. Fayetteville visitors toured Durham on an excursion last Thursday. Builders in West Durham plan two story brick houses on Main Street. Tom Linthicum faced three whiskey license charges with Tillett Vaughan as star witness. bond set at 25 each. F R Mangum plans a brick shop on Orange Street with future business capacity. Durham police officer Cates visits Wake County relatives. wife Mrs. Cates near ill in Person County at age about 78. W P Clements bought a corner Orange Parrish property for 2250 with plans for business houses. Lula Johnson and J Henry Highsmith announce upcoming marriage at Main Street Methodist on August 21. home after August 31 in Wake Forest. D J McDuffie to lead Durham Catering after ten years in hospitality, ex Phoenix hotel manager. Tillett Vaughan jailed in county, likely to stay until next court term after fleeing whiskey cases. bond increased from 50 to 100.
A head-on collision between Southern Railway passenger No 136 and through freight near Auburn last Tuesday afternoon left three dead and many injured. W. C. Parker and Simon Young died in the freight, Jack Bethel, a colored fireman, died in the passenger wreck, while others were seriously burned or injured. Fire consumed eleven freight cars and much merchandise. Passengers aided crews in fighting the blaze as wrecks were cleared. two Greensboro men survived unhurt. Mrs M B Cobb, Caswell County, mother of local residents, died at 78 with funeral held in Caswell County.
Administration named by The Fidelity Bank as Administrator of Edward McAdams deceased Durham County gives all creditors to make immediate payment and all creditors to present claims by August 1905 or be barred from recovery. Dated August 6 1907.
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