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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1888
Page
5
Local commentary analyzes the third party rise in Durham County ahead of November elections and its impact on Republican strength. It notes tobacco trade talk, public education battles, and road projects aiding a forthcoming tobacco exposition set for October. A love-note vignette closes the item.
Assigned Messrs Johnson and Goodsin of Chatham County have transferred their business to T B Womack of Pittsboro. The Alican's of Chatham report 4 cats at Siler City and publish a ticket including J T Paschal A M Seif for the House Oliver M C Moth for Sheriff and W O Ferrell for Register of Deeds. The Ladies will exhibit fancy work needlework canned goods and preserved foods at the Exposition with Albert Kramer guiding exhibits and urging recovery efforts.
The Tribacca Plant editor G Burkhead and his brother W G Burkhead have accepted editing duties for a new local paper. The move raises questions about his past strong criticism of Democracy and support for Women’s suffrage and social equality in the Third party platform.
Durham Bazaa Robbins Stone advertise in Reconven promising a heavy stock of dry goods clothing shawls and more. They plan to leave this week and set the Bazaar as the permanent headquarters with low prices and best bargains for readers.
V. C. and A. B. Stronach promote their Raleigh stores as leading North Carolina grocery houses offering wholesale and retail options. The ad urges readers to read the new offer and highlights a wide range of items in a fine grocery. In other news, Debtor Durham resident Ce bora Durham died by suicide, found hanging near his barn, with his family reporting prior dementia and an initial hopeful prognosis. A Durham Telephone Exchange push has appointed a special committee to canvass subscribers, with the manager soon arriving to promote service.
Early last night two colored men, Loney Rodgers and Jake Sheppard, fought at a friend’s dwelling on the town’s outskirts. Sheppard was stabbed in the left breast, above Rodgers’s wound, and is in precarious condition with internal bleeding suspected. The incident appears linked to an old feud between them.
Local report details Rowland and Rogers as key candidates in Durham County finance and party lines. It describes the Democratic White Man's party record, the Third Party critique, and Rogers' stance on social equality and suffrage. The piece recounts speeches by C. M. Cooke and N. B. Broughton in Stokes Hall praising honest government, tariff issues, and prohibition.
An old advertisement promotes Pemberton's Liver and Kidney remedy claiming to regulate bowels purify blood cleanse the system cure consumption biliousness dyspepsia fever and other ailments. It touts relief for female irregularities and says no diet changes needed with 50 cents per bottle from the Atlanta based Pemberton Medicine Co.
The piece extols Broughton as a leading young Democrat in North Carolina and notes strong approval of his presentation of facts and figures last night. It asks whether the public will heed the voice of reason or follow feigned zeal.
Mr James W James a respected Caswell resident died last Saturday September 1 after brief illness. He left a large family all of whom predeceased him and Mrs R W Cooper their last survivor. A fervent church member, he won many friends and lived into his eighties.
Raleigh Visitor explains a postal law decision that publishers may arrest any man who takes a paper and refuses to pay for it. It warns against letting a subscription run long unpaid and then instructing the postmaster to mark it refused or to discontinue the paper.
Aantique editorial notes criticize publishers for accepting unpaid advertising content. The piece argues newspapers are sellers of space and labor and should not be expected to give away their “stock in trade.” It questions fairness of unpaid contributions while urging respect for publisher profits.
Advertisement claims Electric Bitters cure numerous ailments from blood impurities to malaria and headaches. In Sanford Express a young car shop worker, Malcom Johnson, killed himself after purchasing laudanum and a pistol, after reporting illness and quitting work. He was described as a respectable young man with many relatives in the county.
The letter from Thomas McAfer of Chattanooga reports his wife’s restoration to health after using Coca Wine. It cites relief from dyspepsia hysteria constipation sick headache insomnia neuralgia and persistent nervous symptoms. Dr C A Jyles of Atlanta endorses Coca Wine and mentions French Wine Cocas aiding mental strain headaches restlessness and typho malaria related insomnia.
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