The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-07-24
LOCAL ITEMS.
Durham News Gathered Here
and There. IL. II

lngt0n most cnhrnihS ana acc0m-
plished young ladies, is visiting rel
atives in this city. ~.
--.pe advertisement Of A. Sum-
merfcld in this issue. He has re-
Gently moved here from Danville.
This house is old and reliable.
Bro. II. A. Latham. Of one OF
our most valued exchanges, the
Washington IN. q } "Gazette," has
visited our city IN the past few days
Mr. Il. A. Oldham arrived in
Durham Monday. He will soon
commence the publication of the
"Daily Globe" Welcome -success.
Ii IL clear ~ MONDAY that all
that is required to boom Durham is
more factories. A move in this d.
rectiou (all together) would he the
capstone to the prosperity of the
place. *@I%I u
Miss Addie Yates. u highly es-
teemed young lady Of Charlotte,
died last Saturday Of consumption.
She MAS neice of Rev. DIR. Il. A.
Yates, pastor Of Trinity church,
this place.
Go! gone. Fastest time on re-
cord; bring in another horse Mr..
Sterling Cain. At Chicago, last
Friday, the great Western Ally ran
q mile in one minute thirty-niue
and four-fifths seconds, the fastest
mile ever recorded in a race.
Its q hard matter to find a
breathing spot, these warm morn
ings, the flies are 50 annoying. and
at night the musqnitoes present
small bill: whats Is to BE- done with
these insects and unpaid bills? Its
a dead-shot 10 an editor. sure.
Read advertisement OF Peace
Institute. Raleigh, y. g This i,
one among the Oldest aud brst edu-
Gators in the State, and beside, il j.
situated in the most beautifullart Of
the city. In the language Of fair
one, III is just lovely"
This old-world custom OF set
ting EN- up" to the printers, j, not
forgotten by some; one day last
week Major VIM. A. Guthrie, treat
ed the whole RECORDER force TO sne
OF the finest watermelons Of the
season. Nowadays a treat Of this
kind j. n much appreciated as Of
yore. Here is our hand Major, with
Eur heart on IL. ~ ~ @~ ~ "
Tile State Fireman's Associ-
alton meets at Raleigh, 18th and 18th
Of nexi month This will bring to-
gether nil the companies Of the
State; among them the Dick Black
nall Hose Co., Of Durham. Go b.
their engine room at any time, and
you will find them ready. II is truly
ablessing TO have such accompany
As the Dick Blacknall Hose Co.
The Durham Light Infantry
came buck from the Encampment
few days ago; and the command.
ing officer, w. A. Gattis, Jr., re-
turns hIs thanks 10 each and every
membr for their prompt and cheer
ful Obedience and gentlemanly con-
duct from the time they left their
armory in Durham until their return.
This speaks well for the boys at
home aud abroad. The Comman-
der feels proud Of his company aud
20 do the people Of Durham.
There has been quite heavy
breaks al the warehouses for the
past few days Sales have been 90.
ing on in each warehouse daily, each
one taking is lead on the daily sale
in rotation, parrish's, Alliance and
Banner. The business Of these
warehouses are steadily increasing,
We are glad 10 note. And ~ an
ouigrowth Of this business, our
manufacturers are assuming large
proportions.
Come along: don't stand back |!
An Important consolidation took
place in Duharm last week: Messrs.
j. Y. Whitfield, u. J. Parrish, and
!. NJ. Whitfield have incorporated q
tobacco company under the name
and style Of "fhe J. Y. Whitfield To-
bacco Co." with capital stock Of
ten thousand dollars with power 10
increase 10 any sEm not exceeding
one hundred thousand dollars. This
Is spike team and q mighty strong
one ioo. They will manufacture
chewing aud smoking tobacco.
We have often looked ION this
pictdre;" the Green. ilurshing,
plant: Il changed hands, its head
grew red, but again another change
was quietly affected last week ashas