Local notes from Rougemont recount visits and harvests
Regular correspondence from Rougemont reports visits among Bowling and Jones families, mill work by Ned Moore, watermelons shared with neighbors, tobacco farming hopes, and a dry spell delaying bread. Social events include gatherings at Ida Reams’ and a Neptune Academy trip with C T Pool. Religious reflections urge preparing for the Lord through prayer and right living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James E. Bowling
B. P. Bowling
Wm. Billings
Durham
Henry Bowling
Sam Jones
Gertrude
Kathleen
Wa. Bowling
E. H. Bowling
Edwin
Ned
Moore
James Riley
Noah Jeffres
Rufus Jeffres
Redmountain
J. D. Bowen
Corinne Bowling
Sam H. Jones
Oxford
Scholarships Offered by Western North Carolina UDC
The Daughters of the Confederacy Western North Carolina chapter offers two scholarships at State Normal and Industrial College for descendants of Confederate Veterans in counties west of Greensboro. Applications should be sent to President J. I. Foust in Greensboro, N. C., with selections made on September 10. Signed by Mrs. J. G. Brodnax, Chairman Educational Committee, Western Section UDC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daughters of the Confederacy
Western North Carolina
State Normal and Industrial College
Greensboro
J. I. Foust
N. C
Forty Three Defendants Sentenced During Court Session
The term of court closed with forty three defendants sent to county roads and the work house including three women. Twenty six defendants were discharged by paying fines totaling 375 dollars. Rev C J Thompson, pastor of the First Baptist church, returned from vacation in Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Roads
Rev
C. J. Thompson
First Baptist Church
Virginia
Court Adjourns After Busy Durham Session
Durham Superior Court wrapped a week of trials with many cases disposed of though the heavy docket caused numerous continuances. Key verdicts included Major Guthrie convicted of murder and sentenced to hang on October 11 and John Thomas sentenced to 15 years in the penitentiary for attempted rape.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Durham
Major Guthrie
John Thomas
William Herndon
Hallie Bowling
Charles Williams
Lonnie Trice
C. C. Callaham
William Russell
Frank Sharp
al Crabtree
John Andrews
Sampson Woods
Will Sharp
John Gibson
Paul Collins
Ollie Burnett
Walter Hobbs
Lucy Allen
Tom Linthicum
Cornelius Gregory
W. W. Ellington
Virgil Meeks
Hoot
Martin
Return of Rev A P Barbee to Pastorate
Friends of Rev A P Barbee, former pastor of the Christian church here, learn he has accepted the pastorate again. He will begin service in late October or early November after residing recently in Jonesboro.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. P. Barbee
Christian Church
Jonesboro
Ane Ore Penrs
Pas'tor
Contempt Charge Faces Bud Dezern in Court
At the courthouse a capias issued for Bud Dezern cites contempt of court. He allegedly spoke to grand jury member O T Carver about whiskey cases and sought help amid pending prosecutions from West Durham. Dezern denies intent to harm or corrupt the court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Court House
Brooks
Bud Dezern
Dezern
O. T. Carver
West Durham
Burglary Bill Presents Death Penalty Risk in Hayti Case
Grand Jury returned a bill for burglary against Miller after a break in at a colored man’s home in Hayti. The case, initially considered as entering with an open door, is now to be tried for his life and will be heard at the December 1 term of court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miller
Hayti
Verdict Against Doctor in Nigger Biting Horse Case
The case against Dr. N. P. Boddie was ruled for S. S. Kearney by Justice J. E. Owens. A $15 judgment plus costs was awarded, with plans for possible appeal. The suit claimed the doctor’s horse bit a plug from the head of Kearney’s young son as he walked by.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice of the Peace
J. E. Owens
N. P. Boddie
S. S. Kearney
Kearney
Dr. Boddie
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Rougemont
A.M. Denny
Neptune
W. B. Brooks
Ida Reams
Mr. Jones Dixon
Mr. Dixon
Barton's Pond
Roper
Matt
George Brown
Recorder
Roger Tapp
Neptune Academy
C. T. Pool
J. G. Brodnax
Educational Com
Western Section
Raleigh Miller
Citizens National OF
B. N. Duke, Pres
J. B. Duke
E. Smith
Haywoon
Sourucats
Rigsbee
Rawis
Duke
American Tobacco Co
Attornemercy
Citizens National
J. S. Manning
N. M. Johnson
J. B. Mason
J. S. Maning
Esident American Tobacco Company
Durham Cotton Mfg. Company
Haywood & King
Southgate & Son
Depository OF the People
County OF
City OF
United States OF America
U.S
U. S
Home Savings Bank
Durham, North Carolina
George W. Watts
W. W. Whitted
T. B. Peirce, Jr
Katie L. Johnson
East Main Street
Durham, N.C
DeVoe
TAYLOR @ PHIPPS Co
Parrish and Mangum Sts
Durham, N. C
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