The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1889-06-19
LOCAL ITEMS.
.,,.,,am News, Gathered Here
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The Teachers Assembly is in
os.;on at Mofehead City. N. G., and
viii Sv continue until the LIST OF next
month. nj 1*a(..> ...sI
in spite Of iniunctions, shade
trees and railroad syndicates. the
s s uf the Durham & Northern X.
R., is in the ascendant.
Mr. He. Glenn, Of Wakecountv
was married on the 2nd inst. to
Miss Cora Lynn, of Durham county,
Rev. J. w. Atkinson, ofkciated. !
Trinity Methodist Sunday
school will picnic at exford next
saturday: fare for the round trip
81: children under II years old 80
cents. A good time is anticipated
The huge brick factory, where
the whrr OF machireryis heard at
all hours of the day and the air Of
thestreets il filled with thefragrance
Of cigarettes w. Duke Sons 4 Co,
are shipping by the millions.
The ex-Goafederate veterans Of
Durham county will havea meeting
in Durham the 4th of next month,
and we trust their weary bones will
have a soft bed--awake with the
Growing cock, prepared to have a
big time.
The excursionists had a most
delightful time at Wake Forest lasr
Thursday. Quitea number got left:
they said the tram would leave Dur
ham at q o'clock sharp, 20 in the
future, all must remember what the
word sharp means.
MIR. II. n. Snow, having been
elected n delegate to the Worlds
Sunday School Convention, at Lon
don, In place Of Col. L. J. Parrish,
who could not go, will sail from
New York tomorrow. Trinity
Methodist Sunday School will BE-
we'll represented as well a. the town
Of Durham in. the person of this
gentleman.
-Messrs. |. M. Reams, II. A.
keams and Frank Reams, left here
last Saturday to attend the funeral
of their brother, Mr.. Alexander
Reams. He died at bis home
near Clarksville, Va. lastfhursiay,
This gentleman had the confidence
and esteem RI the people in the
vicinity in which he lived: honest
aud upright in everything The
deceased was about sixty years Of
age
That's the way to do Maj
]. w. Dowd. Superintendent of the
stamping department Of Blackwell
Co-0per4tiys Tobacco Factory, ha,
established q circulating library
with a hundred volumes to com
mence with. and every time tn,
employees suhstribes a dollar tn,
President hands in one: 80 We SCI
the story Of the lives Of those in
side the walls Of that mammoth
factory turns out to be pleasant
one.
-"My son Oliver" Oliver II
Dockery. who was urged to the full
exhibition Ut it, strength by tn,
Radihal party to be Governor of tn,
Old North State, and who tried l.
make the people vi Durham beIiev
that he ms the greatest farmer th
Stale ever produced, has a. last beel
recognized by the President ~ con
sul-general ut Rio de Janeiro. TIL
place rays 5000, including off
eial fee.
In speaking Of Wesley Hender
son, Who manages the garden an
kitchen of our esteemed t0wnsmau
Mr.. Thos. u. Jones. carrying tw
hakcts. one containing fine roastin
ears, the finest We have seen, an
the other large, fine peaches Til
"plant" says further, ''Thre
cheers for Wesley IIender ON, III
brAg gardener Of the town" On
might think that this was sign
To stop. hut you must remembc
that there il another woolIy hea
appearing besides him: Abn'
banks; three cheers for the gre'
tomato mnn.
On Friday evening, in th
place, the. spirit Of Mrs. W. I
Dixon tpoa it, everlasting iligI
IN faimr scenes above. On We
nesday evening Ut the "Co'tas
Prayer Meeting" she confess
Christ NJ her Savior. and asked %
mission iuto the BAPTIST Churc
She was 10 nave been buried vii
Christ IN baptism ON Sunday nigh
aud ~ arise into u newmess Ut lit
but tiud decreed II otherwise, for :
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