The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1891-02-11
DURHAM RECORDER.
NEDNE,D TX. February IL, 1891.

WOulu Dt WbthihE III tttCil kQI
dens If were not for the fact
that the ground is too wet.
Durham has had several
kinds of weather lately, mostly
wet; but last Sunday was just
as fine a day ss you ever saw in
February.
Six persons joined Trinity
Methodist church last Sunday
on profession of faith. The
protracted meeting continues
this week.
AT the First Baptist church
last Sunday night, nine persons
signifie,l their desire for the
prayers Of the church by giving
their hands TO the pastor.
Tobacco is steadily moving
to market now, and the Durham
warehouses ara well filled with
the golden leaf every day. The
breaks were large yesterday
and there were double s.lles.
The twelve page boom edi-
tion of the Globe was a good
o Q. IL contained a great deal
of valuable information about
Durham most interestingly
written and very handsomely
printed.
Mr.. d. +. st Clair, late editor
of the Sanford Express, has
taken q position on the editorial
staff of the Charlotte Chroicle,
st Clair is an interesting and
versatile writer, and a man OF
strong individuality.
The kidnapper score is not
confined TO the colored portion
Of the population. A white man
was seen going home on one Of
The principal streets of Durham
the other night with a pistol in
his hand.
Mr.. Byron A. Pugin, D
former citizen of Durham, has
struck it rich. He has been in.
formed that relative in Eng.
land has shuilled Off thismortal
coil and left him three hundred
thousand dollars.
MIR. X. 4. White, Of Dan.
will, has signified his acceptance
of the general secretaryship OF
the Y. NJ. G. A. in this city. He
says that he will come rs soon
as his engagement ut Danville
will permit him to leave there.
Maybe the ground hog Is
responsible for all the rainy
weather we have had since the
End instant. IL he can keep il
up six weeks, The REcoRDEE
will surrender and pin its faith
to him hereafter.
The prospectus of the Nh.
tual Loan and Trust Company
of Middletown, Va, appears il
the advertising columns of thii
paper. II win repay reading
by those intending TO make in
vestments. The agents in this
city will take pleasure in telling
readers what the advertisement
may omit TO inform them.
As d result Of q misunder
standing between two coloret
citizens last Saturday night
one Of them, Doney Long, b.
name, got q pistol bullet loigeC
In his jaw bone. DR.. johnson
probed for the piece OF lead, bu
was unable 20 locate it. Bill
Hawkins, the citizen who free
the shooting iron, made his ext
Immediately, and has made him
self scarce.
The advertisement of Oh,
Durham Marble and Brown
Stone Works will not be over
looked by the reader Of thii
paper. Mr.. X. I. Rogers, tn
proprietor, Is O hustler in bust
moss. He would almost as soor
sell u corner LOT as q tomb stone
but as he says nothing abou
corner lots in his advertisement
Il is only necessary TO bear il
mind that he does first clasi
work and fearlessly asserts tina
he Is the cheapest tombstone
man in these parts. You ma,
depend on Il that Bob Roger
knows what he Is talking abou
when he tells You anything i
his line Of business.
We call attenti ton TO the al
vertisement Of the West Licking
ton Land Company which ap
pears elsewhere In this issue
This stock comes endorsed b,
such men as Ex-0ov. Fitzhugl
Lee, President of Rockbridg
Company, Glasgow, Va, an,
Col. A. T. Barclay, Presiden
ofBuena Vista Co., Buena Vista
Va, each Of which gentlemel
has taken q large block Of Oh
stock. The property controllel
by this Company Is surrounde
by the land Of the Lsxingto
Development Company, Oh
most popular land company l
Virginia, the stock Of which
held by such men as the lat
Paul G. Cameron, Hillsboro, n