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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1908
Page
2
The Durham Recorder announces its semi weekly schedule with editions on Tuesday and Friday and credits Zeb P Council as editor. It notes establishment in 1820 and second class matter status since August 1903. Advertising rates are available on application.
In Durham on East Main street at 9 pm Vera Markham and W Lucius Bowling were married by Rev A P Barbee. At 8 pm Ada Lillian O Kelley and Edgar Thomas Vickers wed at the bride's parents home with Rev A P Barbee presiding. Both couples reside in Durham and will stay in the city.
Mrs Maude Hackney Pugh and Dr L E Farthing of Pittsboro were married Wednesday at the bride’s brother H P Hackney’s home on North Street. The ceremony was by Rev E A Yates with few guests including sister Miss Bessie Hackney. The couple left by train No 21 for Asheville and will tour the mountains and southern states before settling in Pittsboro.
A bay horse weighing about 950 pounds with white hind feet disappeared from its owner after the outfit was returned to him. A liberal reward is offered for its return or information leading to recovery. Nearby towns report limited inquiries as residents try to locate the animal.
The obituary notes the burial of Mrs. Newton Craig at New Hope Church on Sunday afternoon with services led by Rev. H. S. Bradshaw. Age 85, she was a longtime New Hope member and widow of Newton Craig. Survived by four sons Milton, D J, Jasper N, I T Craig and three daughters R P Blackwood, Laura, Florence. The Observer extends sympathy to the bereaved.
Seaboard announces low round trip rates to Birmingham for the Confederate Reunion June 6 through 9. Fares from Raleigh 12.05, Durham 11.95, Henderson 12.80, Oxford 12.80, Hamlet 10.10, Wilmington 12.30, Charlotte 8.95, Wadesboro 9.60, with all other points on same basis. Tickets on sale June 6 7 8, final return June 20. extensions for illness only. Extra coaches and Pullman cars from Durham and Charlotte. connections to No. 41 and trains from Raleigh, Apex, Monroe. for details, contact C H Gattis Raleigh N C June 5. Hourglasses. In a London Church.
Mrs Nannie Curtis of Sherman Texas spoke last night at the Academy of Music before about 1200 attendees. Her talk lashed whiskey with sharp logic while the audience, mostly men, yelled and reacted vigorously to her feminist rhetoric and forceful critique.
A Texas born speaker at the Academy rally delivers a vigorous anti saloon argument. She mocks whiskey power while praising prohibition and citing missionary work. Rev G T Adams introduces her, notes on personal liberty, Isiah readings, and calls for church home and school backed reform.
A fragmentary line reports a poor newspaper man in Scotland Neck saying he was offered big money by an entity called Sais. The sentence hints at a continuation on page four and mentions applause.
An advertisement extols Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription as a cure for "deny drains, irregularity and female weakness." It criticizes examinations, claims nonalcoholic, non secret ingredients, and lists professional endorsements. Also promotes Dr Pierce's Medical Adviser and Pleasant Pellets with confidential correspondence from Buffalo New York.
The registration books for the Prohibition election open Friday April 24 1908 at 9:00 AM and close Friday May 25 at sunset Registrars will be at voting precincts only Saturdays otherwise voters must contact registrars to register Anyone who moved since the last election or crossed into adulthood must re register Those who voted in last May road bond election and have not moved are exempt This notice dated April 22 1908 is signed by H A Fouche chairman County Board of Elections.
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