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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1908
Page
2
The Durham community pages discuss subscription rates and local political races for county commissioner and the legislature. Mentions Y E Smith and Markham re nomination, salaries of county officers, and upcoming events plus local items such as marriages, departures, a mill shutdown, a deaf couple wedding, and cattle theft warrants.
A new house by Dr. C A Adams on Vickers avenue caught fire last night causing damage before passers by stopped the blaze. The residence was unoccupied and the damage deemed repairable. Mr G W Bryant returned from Asheville after a Grand Encampment meeting and was elected Grand High Priest of the State organization.
The sixth annual farmers convention will be held in Raleigh at A and M College on August 25 26 and 27 with sessions on cotton and tobacco culture corn and small grains horticulture forage crops livestock husbandry dairying and women’s meetings. Nationally known speakers will attend and farmers from across the state are expected.
A column notes new candidates for the lower house with Y E Smith of East Durham entering the race and T J W Brown leaving the park skating rink to run a rink in Latta Park, Charlotte. It also reports Sneed Markham Taylor making stairway changes at their store, Draugham Co moving into the former Bon Ton Theatre space on Parrish Street around the 16th, and a brief storefront joke about a boy asking for medicine and a clerk responding with anti fat. It ends with a sales job ad from The Harvey Oil Co seeking area salesmen in Durham and surrounding counties.
Candidate for re nomination as register of deeds announces in Durham County. He pledges same prompt efficient service as in the past and asserts the people know his record. Markham.
Y. E. Smith announces candidacy for the ae pee position as Durham County representative. He seeks support from Democrats and notes the upcoming event on the 22nd in the veld.
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