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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1907
Page
2
A compilation of local items shows court cases, deaths, tax on dogs, meat handling laws, road building discussions, and a new Pass & Song ad from Roxboro. Mentions Mrs Bettie Davis and Mrs W H McCabe at the deathbed, Horner vs Cheek settlement, and upcoming council meetings.
The issue features an advertisement for the Star Warehouse of Creedmoor with tobacco viewing details. Other items note the Guthrie murder case delayed in the supreme court docket until November, F. H. Heidt named Western Union Telegraph manager, and possible government revenue men in the area. Wedding of Miss Omie Gill and R. I. Barnes in Raleigh. local vagrancy and whiskey case resolved. Cedar Grove meeting led by Presiding Elder B. Hurley on November 2 and 8. Corner Stone contents for Memorial church including religious and historical documents and lists.
Oct. 23 in Asheville a 10 year old white boy Gregory was shot in the right leg when a firearm discharged while a 16 year old cousin helped climb a chestnut tree. The entire load shattered the limb below the knee. amputation was performed at Mission Hospital and the boy rested well with hope of recovery.
Last Thursday night a fire at Hillsboro Clay Manufacturing Company plant 2 1 2 miles southeast of town destroyed about 75 cords of wood and 6000 feet of lumber due to carelessness by workers who slept while a brick kiln burned. County Commissioners awarded a contract to Carolina Engineering Company to build an iron bridge over Morhan's creek at Purefoy's mill, with completion by March 15 1908 and payment of 2000 upon finish. The Fourth Quarterly Conference on the Hillsboro Circuit meets Rev. J.
Master Sammie Cook, a young wagon driver for H L Parks & Co, was hurt near the Gib son Mill after a wheel hit a rough street, toppling him under the horse. The horse kicked, tearing the left shin with a long gash requiring stitches, but no bones were broken.
The article cites Dr John Fyfe and Prof Finley Ellingwood and others praising Unicorn root Helonias Dioica and Golden Seal root as key ingredients in Dr Pierce's Favorite Prescription. It claims benefits for uterine disorders, enfeeblement, dysmenorrhea, and other reproductive and general weaknesses in women.
Public sale of J Claudius Leigh deed of trust property on court house steps at noon. Trustee H A Foushee to sell parcel in Durham County on Shepherd Street with 768 feet frontage and rear depth, eight foot sidewalk, lot 589 in Peony district as described. Sale to satisfy default on note dated May 6 1905.
Wake Forest reports the suspension of five freshmen for hazing has been reversed and the students reinstated after a faculty discussion and a petition from a student committee. The petition pledged to report future hazing offenses if the suspended students returned. Asheville sees a shop lifting case where a young woman, new to the city, is linked to missing items valued at $350 though prosecution is not planned.
A publisher invites readers to view their photo collection by calling for access. The message emphasizes pride in the photos and a readiness to display them upon contact. No further details are provided about dates, locations, or contact specifics.
Qualified as administrator of Edward McAdams late of Durham County this notice asks all creditors to immediate payment and all claimants to present them by August 9 1908 or be barred. Dated August 9 1907 The Fidelity Bank Administrator of Edward McAdams marked as such.
The Recorder offers a pocket knife to every subscriber who pays for one year in advance. Old subscribers know the knife, new readers can see them at the office or at Taylor and Phipps Co’s store.
The notice advertises a premium at premium No. 2 for customers who pay one year in advance and bring one new subscriber for one year. It promises a better knife than premium No. 1.
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