Local notes report injuries and moves in Durham county
Will Shambly recovers from shotgun wound to the hand. A consolidated school opens January 6. Families move in and out of West Durham. Ed Couch remains ill. Shambly mule injures Mr. Shambly. Several locals convalesce. Holiday visits and marriages noted. Community reflections urge a hopeful New Year and personal improvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Shambly
J. Hester
Mollie Bowling
Red Mountain
Ed Morris
A. W. Cates
Sol Hester
Edgemont
Barber and
Horner
Durham
W. T. Neal
Gus Neal
B.F. H
Young hunter's accidental death shocks village
Quiet village mourns Carver Rigsbee after an accidental self inflicted shooting during a hunting trip. Several residents spent Christmas with relatives and friends across nearby towns, with greetings for a prosperous new year.
Mrs Landis Marshall Injury On Route 2
Mrs Landis Marshall reported a fall on Morrisville Route 2 and hurt her arm. She is uncertain if the injury is broken or displaced while Dave King has returned home and plans to stay in the community this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Landis Marshall
Dave King
Local society notes include illnesses and visits
Mr J A McBroom and Mrs Sarah Gray are ill with colds while friends wish them a speedy recovery. Miss Blanche Laws returned home after a week at Brees with Miss Eulalia Horner from Burlington. Lizzie Cothran shows improvement. W G Hall attended the County Board of Education meeting. R W Laws hosted a candy stew for the young people. Mrs Walter Cothran visits her brother W A Tilley. A young man joked about marriage, saying no it was a joke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carver Rigsbee
Charlie Wheeler
Granville County
Eva Hall
Nelson
O’briant
B. C. Waller
Chatham
L. Waller
Mary Paul Fogleman
Emma
Flora Rogers
SE. A
J. A. McBroom
Sarah Gray
Blanche Laws
Brees
Eulalia Horner
Burlington
Lizzie Cothran
W. G. Hall
County Board of Education
Two Boys Arrested for Store Robbery
Two white youths aged 16 and 17, Arkes Thompson and Albert Crabtree, were jailed during the holidays by J A Harris J P for breaking into N W Browns West End Grocery Co and stealing about forty to fifty dollars from a till and a cache of pocket knives. They were arrested in Graham by Chief Moon after most of the money was recovered. Crabtree has prior trouble with local officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arkes Thompson
Albert Crabtree
Joseph A. Harris
J. P
N. W. Brown
West End
Graham
Moon
Orange County Observer
Marriage confusion leads to wed after misfired license
On December 28 the Register of Deeds issued a license for Mamie Cates and Tillett Ragan who were later discovered to be fooling. William E Mangum sought a license. officials say the bride was in earnest this time and the marriage occurred Wednesday. Also noted, Miss Mary Ladd of East Durham died Tuesday of pneumonia. funeral held Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Register of Deeds
Markham
Mamie Cates
Tillett Ragan
William E. Mangum
Register
Mary Ladd
East Durham
Grading the Courts Increases Sentences In County Case list
The superior court disposed of cases with Judge Webb sentencing Lonnie Bailey to two years for assault with deadly weapon and intent to harm his wife. Several defendants faced larceny, affray, and concealed weapon charges with mixed outcomes and suspended sentences. The Wednesday verdicts included Charles Davis for receiving stolen property and trials of Haskins Burton and Trice for gambling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Superior Court
Lonnie Bailey
Webb
Bailey
Durham
Kinamall
Brooks
Davis
R. L. Faucette
Harry Khan
Khan
Bud Mitchell
Walter Kimball
Jasper’ Stewart
Howard Dorrity
Dock Foard
Will .Coles
Willie Layton
Ella Moss
Julius Hase
Fred Carlton
George Durnham
Henry Johnson
Charles Davis
Fred Haskins
June Burton
Wiley Trice
Haskins
Burton
Trice
John Dorrity
Old
Leroy Charleston
Gruilty
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Fannie Hawkins
Sam Coleman
Cumberland
Alex Wilkerson
Greensboro
W. T. Hawkins
Vivian Hawkins
Ayia Onsaiier
J. H. Lynn
Eva
Otho Ross
Durham County
W. G. Marshall
Bessie Oakley
Lyons
Will Cozart
Morrisville
Citizens National Bank OF Durham
J. S. Manning
J. B. Mason
Duke
American Tobacco Company
Smith
Durham Cotton Mfg. Company
YWOOD
Haywood & King
Juthgate
Southgate & Son
Rigsbee Capitalist
Rawls- Merchant
Duke, Et Soperior American Tobacco Co
N. M. Johnson
Citizens National
Depository OF the People
County OF Durham
City OF
United States OF America
Br Resources
Atal
Deposi
Elemeek
Home Savings Bank
North Carolina
George W. Watts
Ohn Sprunt Hill
W. Whitted
T. B. Peirce, Jr
Reade Bros. Go
Reade Bros
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