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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1908
Page
2
Note appears as a fragmented OCR line about second class mail matter at Durham North Carolina dated August 1903. The readable items reference a post office designation under a 1879 act and mention the word Conte or Conté and an annonce of information coming to light.
Durham observers note a carnival air as politics mix with weather tales and business aims. Merchants form to press better freight rates with the NC Merchants Association while candidates weigh field moves and past party splits surface from 1906 rivalries.
Ben Banks died at Lincoln hospital from head injuries inflicted at Fitzgerald brick yard ten days earlier after a confrontation with Vernon Jordan who struck him with a spade. Jordan fled. coroner Maddry and Dr. N M Johnson ruled the death accidental from the wound. Fire department responded to a Hopkins House alarm unrelated to the incident.
Taft supporters held a Republican convention at the county courthouse with delegates and many spectators. Spencer Blackburn spoke urging unity, credentials were set, and J. C. Angier and W. G. Bramham spoke amid applause as committees for state and congressional delegates were named. Delegates supported Cannon and Cozart, with 34 of 53 votes represented. Bolters met with speeches in the mayor’s office and listed their own delegate slate. Resolutions endorsed Roosevelt, Taft, the state party, condemning corrupt practices, and instructed delegates to back Taft.
Washington reports the Supreme Court sustained Judge Pritchard in the Minnesota writ of habeas corpus appeal, and affirmed discharging James H. Wood of Asheville from imprisonment for overcharging on railroad tickets. The term marks a series of high court rulings this session.
Hackney Bros druggists advertise Woolford's Sanitary Lotion claimed to cure itch in thirty minutes with a fast neutralizing formula. Product promises quick relief and is marketed through the local druggist network.
Durham lawyers plan a $100000 damage suit in Wake county superior court. Mesers Bramham & Brawley with J C L Harris of Raleigh represent Hainer Manufacturing Company of Norfolk against Carl Duncan ex-collector for the eastern district Claude H Dockery United States Marshal John Nichols and Deputy Collector Adams. The complaint alleges false arrest on U S revenue laws and a case thrown out at trial.
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