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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1908
Page
2
Entered as second class matter August 8 1903 at Durham Post Office under the act of Congress of 1879. National politics loom large while local offices draw equal effort. Mayor Graham paused work after a heavy docket. Land transfers indicate people are reordering Durham dirt as funds move.
Durham, N C February 14 1908 notice warns subscribers to renew promptly or lose service. It says names will be dropped, costs rise, and post office scrutiny will occur if payments lag. Critiques politicians campaigns and Roxboro road borrowing while urging local organizations to maintain a directory.
The Roxboro Courier reports the death of Mrs. S. C. Humphries near Beth el Hill and the burial Monday. It notes the death of Mr. Chas S. Winstead near Leasburg, about 64, with burial in Roxboro Cemetery. It covers a shooting at Hotel Dowdy involving W E Winstead and Jeane Bailey, with a trial planned for next Friday. Finally, Rev J A Hornady officiated a spur of the moment wedding for Geo L Spencer and Mary Willie Richardson at the hotel with a license read and the couple proclaimed married.
Advices report Lump Bullock known as Sump, longtime commissary for Blackwell & Co. in Durham, died in Ocala, Florida, January 24. Friends recall him as a loyal, genial man and a royal good fellow who left a wide circle of memories in Durham.
Seaboard officials from president to staff gathered in Hamlet for expense curtailment. No salaries were cut, but about two hundred workers were laid off with salaries ranging from 500 dollars. No salary reductions planned across the system. President Garrett departed for Portsmouth on train 32 and General Manager Whitteley for the South on train 41.
The executive committee chosen at a public meeting in the courthouse met last Tuesday evening with full attendance. R H Rigsbee was named chairman H I Snow secretary and W J Brogden treasurer. Several committees were formed to aid law enforcement and membership drives urged citizen support in Durham.
Allen Leigh of Five Point Drugstore North Durham married Miss Hattie Tant in Raleigh on a quiet Wednesday ceremony at the bride’s home officiated by Rev. Alexander Sprunt. The couple, who arrived in Raleigh at 7 30 and will reside with N D Holland, planned the event amid family illness. Leigh is a well known local pharmacist.
J T Rogers received a message last Tuesday night that his sister Miss Bettie Rogers died about 7 30 oclock in Raleigh. She had not been in fine health for months and lived with her sister Mrs L O Lougee. She was about fifty six years old and a native of Durham County. She leaves two brothers J T and R P Rogers and two sisters Mrs W A Beck of Durham and Mrs L O Lougee of Raleigh.
Tuesday deeds show several land transfers including N F Thompson to North Durham Land company of 47.75 acres for 7500 on the Durham Braytown road. W J Rhodes to E W Fleming 30 acres in Lebanon township for 400. Edgemont Land company sells lot for 425 to T A Clark. Largest deal 65.43 acres on Durham Stagsville road for 9000. Also notes 1908 seed catalogue from T W Wood & Sons for Southern crops.
A notice recalls a mortgage misstatement for the N and W railway rising from four million dollars instead of one. Drs Johnson and Ross treated seven year old Charles Ross Jr after a fall in an outhouse at school left him with a fractured thigh. John A Roebling and family plan to move to Trenton New Jersey due to prohibition. he donated sums to workers and property to the Episcopal Church after a Presbyterian option declined it.
The text warns that calculated acts intended to hurt a candidate are being used and that soon a campaign will be underway, highlighting concerns about how strategic moves may influence voters. The remarks imply a tense political climate approaching an election season.
Notice is given that we will apply to the Governor to pardon Bessie Freeland serving a term for larceny. This twentieth day of 1908 Winston & Bryant attorneys for Bessie Freeland Napoleon as a Subaltern is referenced, with a stray literary anecdote included.
A historical advertisement touts Dr Pierce's Favorite as a quick cure for pelvic organ weakness and related female ailments. It notes glyceric extracts, no alcohol, and that ingredients are printed on the bottle wrapper. The piece emphasizes endorsements and warns against unknown substitutes and inferior imitations like the Pleasant Pellets.
The Recorder offers a premium pocket knife to any new or existing subscriber who pays one year in advance. Old subscribers recognize the knife, while newcomers can view it at the office or at Taylor & Phipps Co's store.
Announcement for advance payment of one year to The Recorder. Each new subscriber secured for a year earns premium No 2 a sharper knife than premium No 1. Offer targets readers and promotes signups with a tangible incentive.
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