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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1908
Page
1
Farmers smile as rain aids corn crops and vegetables. Local visits include Chandler, Crudup, Markham and Holloway families. School and church events feature town meetings, Sunday School workers, and Hillsboro and Durham graduates with awards and diplomas.
Editor of the Durham Daily Sun admires Dr. J E White of Atlanta for his Academy of Music address titled The Unfinished South. The speech praised Durham and its schools and urged future progress by the young generation. A private letter notes a 14 pound boy born at Chapel Hill, with plans for growth to help replant horn.
In Orange County the vets carried the county by a majority of 314 votes with 1 438 ballots cast. The Board of Canvassers met Friday morning May 28 and approved the returns. Rev M M McFarland and Rev J H McCracken, pastors, are leading a protracted meeting at the West Durham Methodist church.
Miss Effie Elliott Stephenson and A J Chandler were married Wednesday afternoon at 5 30 at the home of Mr T J Anderson in Durham. Rev J M Arnette of the North Durham Baptist church officiated. The couple will reside in Durham.
Seaboard offers a five dollar round trip from Durham to Portsmouth and return. Valid for travel May 30 through September 6. Tickets usable on Saturday trains with return Monday. Inquiries to ticket agents or traveling passenger agent C H Gattis of Raleigh North Carolina.
Woolford's Sanitary Lotion promises quick itch relief in 30 minutes. Sold by Hackney Bros Druggist. A practical remedy advertised by local druggists.
For sale notice from Durham North Carolina listing items including GG Srigue and Br. Public catalog fragment shows sale context but details are unclear.
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