The news & observer., 1897-08-26
BEHIND CLOSED DOORS
LARGE ATTENDANCE AT WHlSKEY DEAL
ERS' ASSOCIATION.
Durham County Ranks Fourth, in the Stite,
for Valuation Of Property--Improvement to
City HaII--CoI. Carr Returns.

Clty Ha--Iol, Carr heturnS'
Durham, n. c., Aug. 25.-(Special ~
The North Carolina Dealers, Di5tillcrs'
and Grape Growers Association met
last EIght in the Opera House in this
2.,y. The attendance $ large. thuIah
not SO large as was contemplated 1t
is well differed and the efficient officers
are all at their posts. Mr.. Frank O'Don~
nell, of Asheville, is president; Mr.. Sam
Il. Smith, of Raleigh, first vice-president;
Mr.. I. III. Scoggins, of Durham, second
vice president; Mr.. +. w. Artman, of
Wilmington, secretary and treasurer.
They are i'll session again to-day, but
as the meetings are behind closed doors
it has been impossible to procure any
thing for publication. Among the MEM
bers in attendance are some of the best
business men in the State.
Mrs. III. NJ. Smith has returned from
Reidsville, where she visited brother.
Miss Blanch Blake has gone to her
home in Raleigh, after a most pleasant
visit to Mrs. Samuel Kramer in this
city.
Maj VIM. A. Guthrie is at Chase City
for n few weeks. He hopes to be bene-
fitted by the use of that most excellent
water.
Col. Julian S. Carr, Mrs. Carr, Mr.
Julian S. Carr, Jr., and Masters Clai-
borne and Austin returned yesterday
from Massachusetts, where they had
been to visit Mrs. II. G. Flowers
Mr.. Marion Cobb has returned from
Blowing Rock, where he has been most
of the summer. In the early fall he will
sail for Europe and will make an eX
tended tOuc of foreign countries.
Durham county is next to the young
est. in the State and one of the very
Smallest ip area and yet it stands fourth
on the list in. properly valuation for tax
-ation.' Wake leads, closely followed by
Buhcombe, Mecklenburg and Durham.
Durham stands first in the matter of
increased valuation of property since
1896, the increase being nearly a half
million. All these things are accom-
plished too in the face of the fact that
we are continually being told that as a
people we are divided into all sorts of
factions and that a house divided
against itself cannot stand. Durham
moves and will continue TO move despite
the croakers.
a number of young ladies and gentle
men picniced out at Huckleberry last
The party was chaperoned by Mrs.
Tomlinson, Mrs. B. l.. Duke, Mrs. Muir
ray and Mrs Tanning.
A ''tacky" party at the residence of
Maj. w. A. Gattis, on Morris street,
last night was the hit of the season.
Now that the guard house is being
enlarged and improved the suggestion
is made that the building be run up
three stories and the entire third floor
fitted mp for hall to be used for a
mayors court room and otlf~r public
purposes. This could be done at Il cost
not to exceed five hundred dollars, and
it would prove a great value to the city.
Will the board of aldermen consider this
suggestion?
There were five cases for trial this
morning on the police docket. Two
drunks and three fights. They were
small and the offenders got off lightly
and the city received very little
benefit.
Sheriff F. d. Markham on yesterday
took Mrs. Simpson Browning to the in
sane hospital in Raleigh This is the
sec0n time she has been treated for in
sanity.
Masters Frank and Needham Boddie
have returned from Nashville where they
nave been visiting kinspeOple. They are
sons of one of Durham's distinguished
citizens, DR.. n. Z. Boddie.
For a week DR.. Chas. Lee Smith has
been here ON visit to his brother, Mr..
Oscar II. Smith. He is one of many
North Carolinians who have gone to
other States and soon won distinction.
He is professor of political economy in
William Jewell College, Liberty Mis-
souri,
Miss Mary Whitaker has gone to her
home near Louisburg after n visit to her
uncle, Mr.. Thos. J. Whitaker, in this
city.
The breaks of tobacco on the ware
house floors were light to-day and the
weed sold at remunerative prices.
Mr.. w. II. Bottom has returned from
Falls of Neuse, Wake county, where
he has been visiting friends.
DIR. Jno. c. Kilgo and Mr.. Horace n.
Snow went yesterday to Winston to at
tend the State Sunday School Associa-
ton.
Miss Bessie Battle is home from
Pittsboro, where she spent some time
with relatives.
Mr.. d. II. Sasser has gone to Colds
boro for a few days. He is manager of
the large funiture business of Royal
& Borden in this city, and by clever
business methods has made himself won
derfully popular here.
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