Purse Snatchers Held Up Main Street in Broad Daylight
A bold purse snatching occurred on Main Street Friday near noon when a negro man grabbed Miss Martha Henshaw’s wrist purse from a Whitmore bakery counter and fled toward Heyti with a bread bundle. The incident follows a rise in bold thefts, including hold-ups and robberies, and references a recent police court case involving Jack Crabtree.
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Main Street
Martha Henshaw
Whitmore Bakery
Miss Henshaw
Heyti
Jack Crabtree
Crabtree
Indecent Exposure Charge Filed Against W A Tindall
W A Tindall, a 25 year old married man, was arrested Friday afternoon near Lakewood park on a charge of indecent exposure. Two women identified him, and he posted 100 bond after waiving examination. he has prior arrests for similar conduct. Sheriff and police tracked him to Edgemont. he was later released until Saturday morning trial.
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W. A. Tindall
Lake
Wood Park
Uisi Woods
Harvard
Police Department
Pendergraph
Edgemont
Tindall
Lakewood Park
Death of a Child Margaret Rigsbee
Little Margaret Rigsbee died at age three years seven months on the Rigsbee road after a brief illness from threatened trouble and pneumonia. Funeral services were held Monday at the family home conducted by Rev. P. H. Massey, with burial on the home property. She left her father Albert Rigsbee her mother two sisters and two brothers.
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Margaret Rigsbee
Albert Rigsbee
Rigsbee
P. H. Massey
Elk Memorial Service Draws Large Durham Crowd
Last Sunday afternoon at the Academy of Music a large audience attended the annual memorial service for the Durham Lodge of Elks. Hon Locke Craig delivered the address. Victor S. Bryant read a eulogy of Sheriff F. D. Markham. The program featured a Durham choir and orchestra, with a list of the deceased including Samuel Henderson and F. D. Markham.
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Academy of Music
Durham Lodge of Elks
Durham Singers
Durham Orchestra
Locke Craig
Asheville Lodge
F. D. Markham
Victor S. Bryant
Samuel Henderson
C. H. Norton
E. W. Ferrell
Robert L. Duke
E. C. Hackney
W. A. Slater
J. Ed. Pugh
The
Elks
New St Philip’s Episcopal Church Opens with Ordination
A new English Gothic brown stone church on East Main Street opens with a first service and a celebrated choir. Rt Rev J B Cheshire and several clergymen attend as Rev Thomas L Trott is ordained to the priesthood and Rev F J Murdoch of Salisbury preaches.
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St. Phillip’s Episcopal Church
Daily Sun
St. Philip’s Church
East Main Street
J. B. Cheshire
Dr. Meade
Chapel Hill
A. B. Hunter
Raleigh
E. A. Osborne
Charlotte
F. W. Hillard
Oxford
Samuel M. Hauff
Duke
Thomas L. Trott
Durham Grand Jury Convenes as 249 Criminal Cases Open
Superior Court at work with Judge Cooke presiding on the Durham criminal docket. The grand jury was sworn with J. H. Southgate foreman and fourteen members. The charge urged indictments for minor illegal sales, especially cigarettes and weapons to minors, and for dope related offenses. Jail cases began to move swiftly after the proceedings.
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Durham Superior Court
Judge Cooke
J. H. Southgate
Messrs
Walter Pritchard
A. G. Elliott
J. B. Stanley
C. A. Peay
J. Whitmore
L. M. Um
Cooke
Grand Jury
Rural Tax Fight Builds in White's Cross Roads District
A campaign to impose a special school tax in White's Cross Roads, a western county district, escalates with a rally planned at the local school featuring Prof. C. W. Massey and Mr. J. S. Manning. State Education Chief J. Y. Joyner is invited as speakers educate residents on the tax and its workings.
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White’s Cross Roads
White's Cross Roads
C. W. Massey
J. S. Manning
Death of E. C. Hailey in East Durham
E. C. Hailey a 74 year old carpenter of East Durham died Monday morning at his Driver avenue home after a stroke of paralysis last Sunday night. He had been in feeble health for years and left no close family. He was survived by many relatives in the area. Funeral and burial followed in the afternoon.
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E. C. Hailey
East Durham
Driver Avenue
Mr. Hailey
Tia Affernewm
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Lillian
Vlse
ELK Memorial Service
Citizens National Bank OF Durham
B. N. Duke
Presso
J. B. Mason
J. B. Duke
American Tobacco Company
Y. E. Smith
Durham Cotton Mf. Company
C. L. Haywood
Haywood & Ki
H. Southcate
Southgate & Insurance
R. H. RicsBeg
Rawis
Irector American Tobacco Co
N. M. Johnson
Citizens Depository
Durham
United States
U. S
Janie
Onal Bank
OPLE
Merica
Hi Hants Varmers
Indivipu Kta Nns
COR’ Vora Tt
Home Savings Bank
North Carolina
George W. Watts
John Sprunt Hill
W. W. Whitted
T. B. Peirce, Jr
Reade Bros. Go
Reade Bros. Co
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