06 Sep 1907
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Newspaper
Durham Recorder
Location
Durham, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1907
Page
1
Regular correspondents share small town items from various places. additions to Barbee schoolhouse planned before fall term. family visits illness of Elie Allen. Dora Barbee travels to Raleigh. baby death at Lee Allen home. melons weigh forty and y pounds. fishing excursion ends with a boat mishap. writer captures a large five and a half foot moccasin. melon patch visits case reported. J F F noted as writer.
Mr and Mrs Morris of this city announce the marriage of their daughter Carrie to S Eubanks in Asheville on August 15 1915 They will reside at Annette Avenue Durham on September 1 The couple kept the marriage secret for some time Until families learned of it. A large baptism service followed at New Hope Creek with 21 persons baptized by Rev J F McDuffie of Mt Moriah church after a protracted meeting at his church last month. A mile long procession formed after the service with buggies carriages wagons and pedestrians. The grove and church were crowded with vehicles and attendees. The Rev McDuffie delivered a fine sermon and has labored faithfully this year with gratifying results.
county commissioners this week asked for bids to build an eleven mile Roxboro road extension to the county line. bids due at once with adjourned session to let the contract on the 24th. sheriff Harvard bond set at 80000 dollars and jurors for sept term listed. efforts to form a state baseball league include Ernest Landgraf visiting Durham to gauge local support for a team.
M W Thompson found dead near Funston siding on the Southern Railway. identified as Edgemont cotton mill worker with wife and six children visiting Hillsboro. Huey Campbell drank laudanum at Durham Marble Works but revived after stomach pumping. he is a well known local employee with no stated motive.
Mrs. W. B. Dunn died after a lingering illness at her Vickers Avenue home last Wednesday around noon. She was 29, lived in Durham over a year with husband from Rocky Mount, and left a husband, mother, three sisters and two brothers. Funeral held at home Thursday afternoon with Rev. W. C. Barrett officiating, burial in Maplewood cemetery.
The Virginia State Fair Association renews efforts for the October 7 to 12 event with enhanced publicity and 10 000 dollars spent on grounds and buildings. Directors promise improved facilities and full readiness to attract visitors to Winadele.
General J. S. Carr of Durham installed a Memorial window in the Methodist church honoring his father John Wesley Carr and his mother Elizabeth Parnell Carr. The central Ruth and Boaz wheat-field scene is praised as very pretty and costly, crafted by artist V S M Meldrum of York, Pennsylvania.
Census figures from Hill Directory Company show Greensboro three mile limit 12 179 inside corporate limits 22 100. Charlotte within 9x5 miles 40 000. Wilmington suburbs 30 000. Raleigh suburbs 25 000. Durham including East and West Durham 23 554. Winston Salem and Asheville results pending. Durham Hose Co No 2 elected Mabry foreman Seeman assistant foreman Hackney secretary Wicker assistant secretary Burch treasurer. W L Jacobs sued Dr T A Mann for damages over a bicycle wreck with an auto. case ruled for Mann, appeal planned. accident cause unclear which party struck first.
Wanted men women boys and girls to represent McClure's Magazine for good pay. Apply at 67 Mast 23 Street New York City.
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