Local Notes Reflect Farming Life and Community Events
Regular correspondence highlights spring labor and harvests in a rural town. Mentions Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Dixon, Miss Dana James, Miss Lizzie Garrett, Miss Carrie Pool, Paul Stephens, Ellis Wreen improving from pneumonia, and neighborly thanks. Reports on peach crop scarcity, tobacco planting, a playful tale of hawks and hogs, rural mail inspectors, deer hunting, church attendance, and road improvements led by Spencer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar Dixon
Mullins
S. C
Jamestown
S. Y. Wrenn
Rogers
Luther Day
George Johnson
Day
Johnson
Roper
Three Negroes Involved In Fatal Rock Blow At Duke Factory
In Durham on Saturday James Simms died after Harvey Lyon threw a rock striking his head. Lyon fled but was captured and jailed awaiting grand jury action. Elsewhere Ed Bass cut Hillman High on Parish street and Charles Bell beat a colored woman, drawing police attention. A later street shooting involving Alex Holman and Ed Hargrove was non fatal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Simms
Harvey Lyon
Duke Factory
Simms
Lyon
R. A. Moore
West Durham
Cates and
Pendergrass
Maddry
Becky Lyon
Hickstown
Durham County
Orange
Hillsboro
Durham
Hillman High
Ed Bass
Parish Street
High
North
Ferrell
Charles Bell
Pendergrast
Crockett
East Durham
Foster Street
Alex Holman
Ed Hargrove
Holman Negro
Hargrove
Holman
Vote on Road Bonds Overwhelmingly Defeated by County
Official canvass shows 2 812 registered voters with 897 for road improvements and 1 218 against. The county bond result fell short by over five hundred votes, signaling opposition. The new aldermanic board has yet to act on many items but already faces public discontent ahead of elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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Panama Canal Era Compared With Erie Canal
A historical note contrasts the Panama Canal and the Erie Canal, claiming rapid progress via machinery and optimization of L. M. Paint products for labor savings. It advertises L. M. White Lead hardening formulas and a repaint guarantee by raremey brothers of Durham North Carolina with price points for linseed oil and paint.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama Canal
Erie
Ty Raremey Bros
Durham, N.C
Also Mentioned on This Page
Brooksdale
Paul Stephens
Mill Horse
Ellis Wreen
Tom Riley
Dreamer
Ida Reams
W. A. Barton
Barton’s Mill
Mr. Dunn
Reams
Abbie O’briant
Mt. Tirzah
Flat River
Messrs. I. L. Jones
E. R. Noell
J. W. Chambers
D. J. Bowles
Stem
Button Dunn
Alex
J.C. Cates
Mr. Cates
Oak Grove Academy
I. L. Jones
Lillian Timberlake
Lula Williams
Jones
Auldrege Creek
Spencer
Board of Aldermen
Freeland
8. E. Thompson
Hayti
Erie Canal
Citizens National Bank OF Durham
B. N. Duke, Pres
Duke
Pres. Smith
St . Haywood
Southgate
J. Rigsbee
Rawls
J. S. Manning
N. M. Johnson
J. B. Mason
J.S. Manning
Sident American Tobacco Company
Durham Cotton Mfg
Haywood & King
Southgate & Son
American Tobacco Co
Citizens National Bank
Depository OF the People
County OF
City OF
United States OF America
U. S
Home Savings Bank
Durham, North Carolina
Jenny Sprunt Aint
J. S. Carr, JR
W. Burroughs
B. Fuller
J. S. Mancum
E. H. Bowtixc
George W. Watts
W. W. Whitted
Walter A
Pollard Bros
Hardware East Main ST
Durham, N. C
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