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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 05, 1908
Page
2
Entered as second class matter August 1903 at the Durham post office under the act of March 1879. Rates show one year is 1.00, three months 0.50, and other figures. Advertising rates available on application.
Durham area readers learn that county candidates will seek party rewards after state officer tests. The piece notes Republican stir over a Federal job and questions Democrats for state office wins. It reports primary results, names Craig Kitchin and Home, and discusses a New York dinner influence and Solicitor Brooks fee dispute.
The article lists partial county results for the governor race with C 166 175, Kitchin 85 58, Home 39 937 from 37 of 97 counties. It notes plans to update as more counties hold conventions and add delegates to the state convention.
The Durham board discussed placing an electric light near Commonwealth Cotton Mill and Durham Buggy Company and installing lights on Alston Avenue near the Southern and Sea Board tracks. Committees were formed to study a drain from C P Howerton’s back lot and to open Mebane street in Hayti. a paid fire department plan was directed for report at June meeting with aim to start August 1. The police and fire reports for April show multiple arrests, fines, dog taxes, and special taxes. licenses were granted for pool rooms and several restaurants.
Last Friday at the courthouse the campaign climax erupted when J Martin Umstead interrupted Solicitor Brooks during a self defense speech over fees. Umstead threatened to expose lies by Brooks in the clerk's office and print the record in The Herald. General J S Carr then spoke against Kitchin, noting past support, and Victor S Bryant followed with brief remarks as the crowd reacted.
Raleigh correspondent reports Dr Richard H Lewis secretary of the State board of health visited the location chosen for the North Carolina hospital of sanitariums for consumptives. The 900 acre tract has 200 acres of fine farming land and offers ideal scenery on the Aberdeen Rockfish Railway. Construction on the first building is to begin at once following legislative provision for the hospital.
The article notes a cottage will be built to accommodate 30 patients due to earlier site issues. A main administration building is planned to follow as the project progresses.
Main Street Methodist Sunday school arranges a trip to Wilmington on May 20 by Durham and Southern Railway. A six hour stay will allow visitors to enjoy the city and see the proposed new church erection.
The article extols the punch that felled Corbets and argues the stomach as a vulnerable organ. It promotes Dr. R V Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery for digestion and catarrh, noting its alcohol free formula and mentioning a booklet and the Common Sense Medical Adviser available by mail from Buffalo New York.
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