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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1908
Page
2
The fragment indicates a postal notice from August 1903 stating second class matter at the Durham North Carolina post office under a March 1879 act. It mentions a 50 cent rate and a 25 cent reference, suggesting stamp or postage-related details within the notice.
A stream of comments covers candidates, immigration, and injunctions. Mentions Taft and Bryan potential presidential pairing, Judge Pritchard’s injunctions, Durham High school exam standards for athletes, lawyers defending clients, and college sports coverage with the U M C Remington shooters drawing large attendance in Durham.
Wake county jurors found Engineer W. W. Rippey and Conductor J. M. Oakey not guilty after five hours of deliberation on charges of man slaughter tied to a collision between train No. 136 and a freight at Auburn. The verdict follows prior cases against dispatchers B. P. Ketchum and Victor Parvin, whose indictments were not pressed.
Mrs. Alice L. Webb wife of Brodie L. Duke of Durham North Carolina may be taken into the debtors court to satisfy a $650 judgment won by George D. Trot en. Attorneys Creekmar and Smith seek to arrest her and seize valuables based on hotel receipts showing liquor served at the Great Northern. Webb's current address is unknown.
A clipping notes continued pursuit of a woman in debt collection efforts over alleged jewels. Authorities indicate the case may proceed to settlement or proof of the claim, with vows to persist until the debt is paid.
Elks lodge members elected officers led by Exalted ruler Ralph G. Jones and Treasurer L. S. Puryear. Elected leaders include Esteemed Leading Knight W. P. Budd, Esteemed Loyal Knight Jas. G. Huckelbee, Secretary J. A. Warren, Tiler H. S. O Bryant, Trustee T. H. Scoggins. Luther B. Markham named representative to grand lodges in Dallas next July with alternate W. A. Mabry. Installation set for Monday night April 6 followed by an old time social session.
Former Governor Charles B. Aycock spoke to seven or eight hundred in the Fayetteville armory auditorium opening the prohibition drive. Rev. J. J. Hall presided with local ministers present. Aycock, praised for clarity and humor, said he had not touched alcohol in a year and planned further campaigning.
Friends learn that Columbus Theodore Pearson and Ella Cheek quietly wed on March 5 1908 at the Spartanburg Methodist parsonage in a small ceremony. Pearson is known as a popular haberdasher in Durham and Ella Cheek is the daughter of Senator Thomas F. Cheek and his wife of Orange.
Rail lines offer reduced fares for the North Carolina Sunday School Convention in Burlington on April 7 8 9 Tickets valid April 6 and 7 with final limit on arrivals before noon April 8 Attendees should request reduced rates from their agents.
The note asks attendees to send their names to Mr. W. K. Holt in Burlington. Entertainment will be provided at the event.
Mrs. B. W. Hobgood underwent a three and a half hour operation at Watts hospital and rested well afterward though in very serious condition. Rev. A. A. Pruden writes his family is returning from the Philippine Islands to Durham with an expected three month arrival. Republican clubs form in Durham backing Taft and Uncle Joe with a likely merger after the Greensboro convention. Cornell beats Trinity College 6 to 3 in a pool game. A light office remark about shoes concludes the item.
A historical account notes physicians often misdiagnose female suffering as separate illnesses while the root cause is a uterine ailment. Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is promoted as a scientific tonic for overworked women, with Pleasant Pellets for stomach liver and bowels.
Effective January 5 1908 Seaboard trains depart Durham with No 238 at 10 05 A M linking at Henderson to No 38 for Portsmouth Norfolk arriving 5 20 P M resuming at Weldon with A G for Eastern Carolina and at Portsmouth Norfolk with steamship lines for Washington Baltimore Cape Charles New York and Boston Also connects at Henderson with No 66 for Richmond Washington and New York No 241 arrives Durham 6 P M No 221 arrives 9 20 P M No 222 leaves Durham The Durham and Southern train connects with 41 and 43 for Charlotte Atlanta and points West and Columbia Savannah Jacksonville and all Florida points Tickets and timetables available via agent Phone 11 or C H Gattis Traveling Agent.
The Recorder offers premium number 1 pocket knives to any subscriber who pays for a full year in advance. Old subscribers recognize the knife, new readers can view them at the office or at Taylor and Phipps Co's store.
The notice explains that any person who pays for The Recorder one year in advance and brings one new subscriber for a year earns premium No 2. It promises a much better knife than premium No 1.
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