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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1908
Page
2
A Durham NC newspaper column from August 1903 reflects on the campaign dynamics. It notes weather interfering with outdoor speaking as candidates plan final rallies, discusses dinner-pail symbolism at gatherings, and debates campaign financing and the ethics of buying votes, focusing on William J Bryan and party rivalries.
In Charlotte last week a graded school principal was brought before a magistrate for whipping a pupil. He was acquitted and the prosecution bore the costs. The trial concluded without further action.
The Statesville Landmark denounces Charlotte court scenes where a teacher was bullied on the witness stand and lawyers attacked legitimacy. It condemns spectators' cheering and a titled squire’s inaction, urging respect for courts to curb mob law and preserve public order.
The county jail holds thirty nine prisoners with six weeks until the next court term. Jailer faces a full docket if criminal activity does not slow. Among inmates are W. H. Tilley charged with killing his wife and a black man accused of killing old man Jack Roberson at Carrington Lumber Co plant, to be tried next term.
An outline urges forgiving others to gain divine forgiveness and outlines consequences for those who do not forgive. It contrasts with the positive outcomes of forgiveness including influence, duty, and devotion, and notes a portrait presentation to the Supreme Court in Raleigh honoring Judge Archibald D. Murphy, father of NC public schools.
The Trinity Chronicle sketches the 1905 graduates six teen strong and their paths after college. P E Beachboard runs a Cleveland business, Julian Blanchard pursues a PhD in physics at Columbia, A V Cole leads Lakewood Park High School, and Daisy Freeland teaches in Durham. Other grads pace journalism in New York, theology study at Vanderbilt, preaching in Brooklyn, and cotton mill work in Roxboro. A broad spread of careers follows the small but ambitious class.
The text lists several Durham residents and their achievements: Miss Augusta Michaels serves on the faculty of North Durham Graded Schools. A. G. Moore runs a large poultry business near Los Angeles, California. M. E. Newsom Jr. manages the Durham Book and Stationery Company with noted success. N. S. Ogburn Jr. attends Southern Industrial School in Charlotte after college. Dr Phoebe Dubois, Cornell Medical School graduate, will join Flush ing Hospital staff and begin duties next January.
An advertisement asserts Woolford's Sanitary Lotion cures itch in half an hour with a guaranteed result sold by Hackney Bros and Deugists.
Hackney Bros L & M Paint Agents advertise the coating as having wearing quality comparable to white lead in elasticity. They claim the exterior coverage lasts about fifteen years and costs about $1.20 per gallon ready for use.
Seaboard timetable effective Sept 13 1908 shows trains from Durham including No 238 at 10 35 A M linking with No 38 to Portsmouth Norfolk later connections to Weldon and Eastern Carolina, plus connections to Richmond New York and Boston. Other arrivals and departures listed with connections to Charlotte Wilmington Atlanta Birmingham Memphis and Florida points. Timetable inquiries directed to F W Woodward Union Ticket Agent or R L Montgomery Agent phone 11.
Administrator announces settlement of the Linco Nichols estate. Debtors must pay immediately and creditors must present claims by September 6, or risk recovery. Names J I Wilson listed as administrator.
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