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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1907
Page
2
The Durham Recorder imprint lists editor Zer. P. Council and notes the 1820 establishment, second class matter status dated August 1903, Durham North Carolina post office entry under 1879 law, with subscription and advertising rate mentions including a 50 cent item and a 25 cent note, all as publisher information.
Durham readers decry judges who miss court openings while others face fines for delays. The letter argues judges earn good salaries yet shirk duties, urging reform and equal accountability under the law. The publisher cites a Liberal Chronicle critique of a failed bill to fine tardy judges and notes lawmakers' ties to the judiciary.
Lumberton reports a farmer Zachariah Plumper near St Pauls hanged himself over grief from losing an eye. Charlotte notes NC boys included among Annapolis cadets failing exams. Winston records murder charge against John Gordon for Brandham death with pneumonia listed as direct cause. Wilmington reports Nelson Rheam drowned at Hilton Lumber plant. Snow Hill notes Albert Dixon killed by falling tree in Brown town. Asheville reports Judge Cook’s anti drinking campaign with youths offered oath option. High Point poisonings devastate Warner Jackson family after tainted pork. Greenville Reflector ends with editorial on tax and jury system reforms.
A 1907 Gospel lesson notes Abram's return from victory over four kings. Melchizedek blesses him with bread and wine, and Abram declines Sodom’s reward. God reassures Abram with fear not, I am thy shield and great reward, and the vision foretells future bondage and deliverance.
The Wilmington Messenger notes lawmakers must extend the session so Speaker Justice can push his anti railroad measures. He appears far from finished with the agenda.
W H Markham Jerry Markham and heirs of Henry Markham deceased along with Mary Barbee Will Carlton Arabella Carlton and heirs of Mary Markham and Lewis Carlton are notified an action in Durham County Superior Court seeks sale of Henry Markham lands and division of proceeds after debts are paid. Defendants must appear at the Clerk's Office in Durham Court House on the specified Saturday in March to answer or demur. otherwise the plaintiff will seek relief demanded.
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