Weather and business notes from Durham this week
North Carolina forecast calls for warmer conditions with rain chances. Cotton prices hover around 9 to 94 cents, market activity remains high with heavy receipts. In Durham county farmers alliances form, stock of Christmas goods rises at Duke area stores, and several local enterprises plan expansions while holiday preparations intensify.
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North Carolina
Durham County
Belle and Beaux
Hickstown
Jupiter
Tatum
Duke’s
Moore & Ragland
Revenuer shoots gambler in hotel yard dispute
An eyewitness reports Deputy Revenuer Morgan shot gambler Crittendon after a dispute in Lowman's bar room at the Ada Hotel. Crittendon died from multiple wounds, Morgan jailed awaiting preliminary trial. Crittendon, 30, was described as a tough, desperate man. Also notes Currin from Oxford plans to return to resume tobacco business after cousin's death. The Farmers Room at Banner Warehouse hosted a night of banjo music and humor to support a planned hospital fund, with church and citizen cooperation sought.
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Atlan Crittend
Ore
Ado
Morgan
Crittendon
Lowmiin
Crittenden
Oxford
E. G. Currin
Durham
Lee E. Currin
Gene
Perpetual Walker Story and Local Notes
A man in Person county is described as a perpetual walker with little sleep, puzzling doctors as a nervous condition possibly linked to a lightning incident. The Golden Link Lodge 114 supports Oxford asylum orphans via Rogers & Co box donations. A blue tail hawk was killed at Banner Warehouse by A. H. Stokes. A Durham scene features a romance through Pauline and an outspoken speaker, ending with a playful warning about Hickstown whiskey on onions. Oyster and bird toast mentions appear as social notes.
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Person County
Golden Link Lodge
Rogers & Co
Oxford Asylum
A. H. Stokes
Durham
Pauline
Mal Street
Pea Fy Coe
Burns
Mary
Atlantic
Jean de Arc
William Woodhouse
Shakespeare
Hickstown
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Santa Claus
Rawls
M Y
Holiday Googs
New York
Cash Store
Durham Daily Recorder
T. B. Whitaker
Will C. Thaxton
RecoapEn
T. D. Jones
Mrs
Mary M. Barbee
Wake County
Haywood Andrews
R. H. Wright
Lone Jack
Workers” Missionary Society
Main Street
Lea & Duke
The
Roxboro Street
A. K. Umstead
George Harden, Jr
George
Ot of Deeds
C. H. Murphy
Wright
BR. B. Beckwith
J. D. Roberts
Goldsboro
J. W. Hawilton
Lynchburg
Court House
Rusthurg
Greensboro
Banner Warehouse
Ananias
Benevolent Orders of
Barkley's
Orna
Brances
R. Blackwall & Son
Nanta Claus
MUSE
Shaw
Museh.& Shaw
Ellis & Muse
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