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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 02, 1908
Page
2
The missive notes postmaster apparatus and declares that only calm reasonable speakers win campaigns. It laments bitter rhetoric and warns that prohibition supporters are humane, while the immoral forces threaten the state. Clements asserts North Carolina’s public conscience favors purity and truth and urges county commissioners to heed the advice.
Durham dispatch notes Kitchin gaining votes as Bryan allies press for a strong showing. Prohibition remains a key issue with dispensaries and saloons likely to persist until Jan 1 1909. Rocky Mount Daily Record praises staff changes and warns uninstructed delegates may face tricks in the convention.
The article reflects on the prohibition battle and future voting in November. It argues no party law should force a dry voter to back a wet candidate, criticizing politicians who misread North Carolina's stance and stressing voter autonomy and foresight for lawmakers.
The Supreme Court narrows poll tax to two dollars in Durham, limiting any extra county caps. East and West Durham face 700 disfranchised voters who must pay arrears if they voted early. The ruling clarifies constitutional cap placement and directs county levy adjustments for the year.
The Durham company of the N. C. N. G. First Regiment honored dead from the Spanish American War by decorating their graves in Maplewood last Saturday. Secretary T B Edwards read the roll of the fallen including Barbee Stone Eubanks Henderson McDade Andrews Remington Bowles Cates Strickland and Bennett. Captain Sidney C Chambers delivered a brief address on duty and national service in a fitting ceremony.
The Southern Conservatory of Music opens fall term on September tenth. J E Pegram returns to Durham after aiding Raleigh prohibition efforts. Griswold Insurance and Real Estate sold 40 lots in Pearson Town at auction, all fetching satisfactory prices. J Frank Maddry becomes local editor of the Daily Sun succeeding H B Branch who left for Wilmington. Merchants Association marks its third anniversary and notes strong progress for Durham merchants. City aldermen convene monthly and order an undergrade crossing at Gregson Street opened by September 1. Two drinking fountains were ordered, near the courthouse and Wright Building. Minor issues discussed before adjournment.
A Chicago literary figure recalls Rudyard Kipling describing Simla as a cool mountain retreat. He recounts meeting a woman he thought a grass widow yet learns she is a genuine widow, prompting reflections on husbands left behind in hot plains.
An advertisement notes that Cloth all Wool and Paint all Paint cost less than shoddy cloth or shoddy peat. It explains M. is Zinc Metal turned into zinc oxide with white lead, then mixed with pure linseed oil in a grind over thousands of gallons, claiming long wear and a price of 11.90 per gallon. Hackney & Dros. J. & M. Paint Agents handle the product.
Longstanding popularity of Dr Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery and related products is attributed to honest composition and proven results. The text touts no alcohol in Pierce’s Medicines, stresses printed ingredients, and argues for reliability over rival pitches, noting enduring appeal and superior curative virtues despite waning novelties.
A Philadelphia Ledger excerpt captures a debate on ballot counting. The first speaker insists every ballot must be counted while a subsequent speaker argues that in certain emergencies some ballots could be counted twice.
Public auction to the highest bidder for cash of lots in Durham City Durham County North Carolina described as lot 7 44 in the W Mangum Pratt land platted in Book plast 1 pages 172 et seq. The sale is under a 1907 deed by Bt W Mangum and wife and recorded in Durham Register of Deeds. Sale at Court House door at 42 o'clock PM on Tuesday June 30 1908.
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