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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 08, 1907
Page
2
The piece delays press to report a hanging at the county jail and discusses Durham topics including Y M C A prospects, winter weather, school funding, road building costs, and county road bonds totaling $300 000 with concerns over spending and efficiency.
Joe King weighs the legislature tale concluding that better selection of lawmakers is needed. He argues lawmakers face special laws favoring individuals and warns that politics often decides who serves, with corruption and self interest guiding outcomes.
Rougemont Route 2 residents visit locals Sunday. A debate is planned in Rougemont school hall Friday night February 8. Participants include Mr Tom Wilson Miss Judie Gates and Miss Annie Mangum with others.
Miss Nannie Bowling daughter of S Bowling of Durham died January 30 1907 after a year of lung trouble. Despite skilled doctors and loving care she passed away. She leaves a devoted father mother three sisters three brothers and many relatives. Her memory will be cherished until reunion in heaven. Amicus.
Local notes report pleasant days give way to a forecast of lingering winter. Community members share visits across Gates, Hall, Walker and Gray families. A large crowd traveled to Roxboro, while several households hosted relatives and friends over the weekend.
Mrs Henry Franklin and two children visit her parents Mr and Mrs E N Thacker. B P Bowling spends Monday in Durham. Miss Lilian Lunsford teaching in Granville county visits home. J W Bowling and Maggie attend the funeral of Miss Nannie Bowling in Durham. Miss Minnie Canady attends teachers meeting in Durham and visits home folks. Our community welcomes Mr John Parker and family. Inclement weather prevents Rougemont school debate Friday night.
J. D. Hocutt of West Durham died at his home Sunday night around midnight. The body was taken to Morrisville for interment Monday morning. He had suffered months of declining health and consumption caused his death. Family and friends, including a wife and one child, mourn his loss along with several other relatives.
Miss Minnie Lee Williams died Tuesday night at Watts hospital from pneumonia after a week of illness. She lived with her uncle J. G. Scott on Rigsbee Avenue and had recently lost him. Daughter of the late Charles Williams, she left behind a widowed mother and two brothers in Durham.
The jurors for the two week term are announced. First week jurors include W. P. Phillips Bonam Tilley C. H. Whitaker W. P. Hailey J. E. Clark J. I. Rose C. A. Moore D. L. Garrard D. M. Perry J. C. Scoggins J. F. Terry J. A. Matheson B. C. Woodall T. B. Harris H. Q. Hudson D. M. Cheek J. R. Breeze A. R. Fogleman. Second week jurors include W. R. Kerr R. M. Jones J. T. Carroll John Y. Mangum R. H. Hinton H. M. Yearby W. E. Castle Mark Pickett W. E. Lynn D. B. Roberts L. G. Cole J. A. Roberts H. S. Barbee Ed Vickers W. J. Fowler John Hancock E. T. Rollins F. P. Umstead.
The Salisbury Post notes convictions and jail for four suspects, while the Greensboro Industrial News urges legislature to fund insane care without bond issues. The News and Observer discusses a general railroad valuation as necessary for rate regulation, and the Greensboro Record warns about utility assessors.
The text urges lawmakers to compel railroads to deal justly with the people and cautions against legislator overreach. It stresses railroads are not enemies but friends whose excesses should be checked to avoid injustice.
Local notices report Cotton Friday at 11 cents. T M Ellis of Chapel Hill and A M Jackson of Apex visited this week. Changes ahead for Citi zens National Bank ad on page four. Miss Molar Emery dies at 27 in Edgemont from measles. burial in Granville. Two Red Springs children aged 3 and 5 die after being locked inside a house. Northampton arrests: four white youths linked to Bud Ramey store murder. Matthews confesses. Barnes brothers implicated.
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