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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1907
Page
2
The Durham Recorder lists its publication as semi weekly and notes establishment in 1820 with second class matter status since August 8, 1903. It mentions subscription and advertising rates available on application and credits Zeb P. Council.
Durham, Aug 27 1907. A new monthly magazine enters the scene in Durham with editor R Clarence Morris. The first issue discusses schools reopening, whiskey laws, railroad rate debates and local progress, signaling potential revenue and future ambitions for a city publication.
Judge Council convened Durham Superior Court with the largest docket on record and began rapid disposition. The deputy solicitor noted several continuances due to defendants fleeing, including Alice Leathers and Mrs. R. C. Pleasants for selling whiskey and other cases for gambling and assault with a deadly weapon.
The court sentenced multiple defendants on charges from carrying concealed weapons to gambling. Fines ranged from 5 to 60 dollars with costs, and several defendants received road gang terms from 60 days to 60 days plus. The first jury case convicted Charles Morse and Ruffin Tinney faced sentences, while Georgiana Royster was acquitted. An extra eleven jurors were summoned to expedite matters, adding to a total of 28 months on the chain gang and 260 dollars in fines plus costs.
Mrs J P Faucette died after a seizure believed to be acute indigestion. She was 56 and leaves three daughters. The Faucette family, once six, faced multiple losses including a nurse’s death at Watts hospital last year and her husband J P Faucette. Funeral and burial were held this afternoon after a hospital death. A Watts hospital benefit by Runkel Stock Company raised about 400 dollars for the hospital. Jessie Whitfield, 18, a member of the Seminary Baptist Church, funeral at church yesterday.
McClure's magazine advertises opportunities for men women and boys and girls to represent the publication. It promises good pay and directs applicants to visit 67 East 23 Street in New York City for details.
M H Jones traveled to Cold Water Mississippi to visit his mother Mrs E R Jones. Dr S E Thompson who attempted to take his life last week is visiting Graham. Dr J C Kilgo filled First Baptist pulpit in pastor C J Thompson’s vacation absence. North Durham Baptist extends a call to Rev J M Arnette to become pastor. Arnette known in Durham for Edgemont Baptist and Louisville pastorate. Early Sunday police raided gamblers in a watermelon patch. arrests followed. Durham Catering Company, long operating in front of the trust building, was closed due to unpaid obligations. one stockholder remained in town and matters carried over to Monday.
A stylish young woman bursts into a bookstore and urges a salesman to find a red red book with a round gilt picture on the cover. She plans a New York trip, recalls seeing someone laugh at it, and leaves muttering that clerks are stupid while admitting she only wanted to know what the book was.
William George Bruce praises German culinary variety noting 200 sausage varieties in Dresden and a cafe practice where patrons select from a cake holder and pay only for what they eat while dishes are counted at the end.
A Boston couple visiting from a neighboring town asked a minister to marry them as he prepared to begin a Sunday afternoon sermon. He could not marry them then but agreed to perform the ceremony after the service. The lovers stayed in the rear and waited. After hymn 415 Mistaken Souls That Dream of Heaven was sung, the couple was invited to the chancel for the matrimony.
A Siamese king once awarded an Italian painter a grand cross of the Malay crown, declaring the cross would entitle him to marry twelve wives. The king remarked he seldom confers such a distinction and hoped the recipient would make good use of it, as reported by the Siam Observer.
A court ordered sale of the Robert Whitted Senior Home Place in Edgemont Durham County North Carolina after an August 16 1907 Durham Superior Court order in the case Robert I Goodloe et al vs Henrietta Whitted et al. The sale set for September 14 1907 at noon at the Durham Court House follows a three installment payment plan with title reserved until full payment and court confirmation pending.
The executor W Sarre notifies all claimants against the late RB Smith to present claims for payment by August 20, 1908 or they will be barred from recovery. Creditors are urged to settle debts promptly as of August 26, 1907.
Notice from the Clerk of the Superior Court of Durham County administrator of the estate of the late Addison Mangum. Creditors must present claims by the tenth day of July, 1907 or be barred from recovery. Debtors are asked to make prompt payment. Dated July 6, 1907. A. G. Mangum, Administrator.
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