Double Hanging in Durham County Shackles Two Men
Hodges and Freeman Jones were executed together inside the Durham jail. The scene drew crowds as the two men faced the scaffold, each delivering final statements about repentance and forgiveness. Hodges spoke of salvation and urged others to seek heaven, while Jones blamed whiskey for his crime and expressed readiness to die.
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Durham County
Harward
John H. Hodge
Harvard
Hodges
J. 8. Hall
High Burying
Durham
Freeman Jones
Jones
John H. Hodges
Rev
H. M. North
Trinity Park School
Peece
E.M. Hoyle
J. H. McCracken
Divine Providence
Jack
Hell
Miss Ola
Fred
Little Mattie
Papa
Freeman
Pretty Home Wedding in Durham Carthage Area
A quiet Wednesday wedding at Mr T B Fuller East Main street united Miss Adelaide Ramsey and Mr J E Hancock. Rev F R Leyburn officiated as the couple left for Carthage to reside. Only friends and relatives attended, with decorations adding a festive touch. Hancock, manager of the Durham and South Carolina road and Chatham Lumber, is popular locally and his bride, daughter of Captain N A Ramsey, is described as capable and charming.
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T. B. Fuller
East Main Street
Adelaide Ramsey
J.E. Hancock
F. R. Leyburn
First Presbyterian Church
Carthage
Hancock
Durham and South Carolina
Chatham Lumber Company
Durham
N.A. Ramsey
Y. M. C. A. Begins Campaign For Durham Building
A Durham banquet at the Hotel Carolina boosted inter est in a local Y M C A. Speakers included Gov. Glenn and G C Huntington. Subscriptions announced total 16 520 toward a 35 000 goal with 13 500 raised on opening night. Campaign offices opened at the courthouse with G W Watts and E J Parrish among leading donors.
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Hotel Carrolina
Durham
James H. Southgate
C. L. Gates
Atlanta
Glenn
G. C. Huntington
North and
South Carolina
G. W. Watts
E. J. Parrish
J. S. Carr
City Graded Schools
Court House
County Commissioners Update and Road Work Plans
The county commissioners met this week to discuss the road question and prepare bills for the legislature to pay jurors two dollars a day and commissioners three fifty, plus better courthouse accommodations. Gilmore Thompson narrowly escaped serious injury when a wagon carrying lumber was struck by a train on the Southern road. the wagon split in two and the team separated, but he survived with injuries.
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Court House
Gilmore Thompson
Leither
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Jack Barker
Liike
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Iit
God
Carrolina
the County Commissioners
Citizens National Bank OF Durham
B. N. Duke, Pres
J.B. Duke
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E. Situ
Haywood
Southgate
Rigsbee
Rawls
Duke
J. S. Manning
N. M. Johnson
J. B. Mason
B. Mason
American Tobacco Company
Durham Cotton Mfg. Company
Haywood & King
Southgate & Son
American Tobacco Co
Citizens National Bank
Depository OF the People
County OF
City OF
United States OF America
U. S
Home Savings Bank
Durham, North Carolina
George W. Watts
W. T. O'Brien
Joan Sprunt Bint ,F. D. Marxham
B. N. Deke
W. A. Erwin
J. S. Carr, JR
J. W. Buroughs
W. W. Whitted
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Durham Traction Co
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Wright
Peerless
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