The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-09-14
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DURHAM COUNTY FARMERS HAVE LoSi
..-.,rsD FL THEIR BU0YANCY. af5 it a.
Superior Court CIoses--Mr. Alonzo Parham
Badly Hurt--Dr. Vanderslice's Meeting
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o. Death of Mr.. James Holman

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ri, Death of Mr.. James Holman. ..
y Durham. ~ c., Sept. 13.-(SpeciaD-
The reports that are coming from the
country are anything but encoura ging.
The eirly1 corn it is true was made, be-
Fore the Drought set iii, but late corn.
is g almost d fixture. O fFlIeI cotton crop
il Fibeing seriously fdainaged by the dry
weather. The hotfs,ln is forcing the hollis
1lopen Il before jmilturity and much of
the oIutton will be- OF aGTeTy inferior
quality. Late Gtobacto tad comess in for
Of full fshare ofddamagef IrOm the edf;ys
;opppessiye oweather!i A,rfewl weeks Ago
rfaylners eonld DE seen, only on eur streets
with broad issnptiles en- their faces, " tho
to-day. Look anything but their 1. former
haprV self.,ot This change, in She. crop
prospect is, ipdeed 2 great disappointment
TO, many besides r THE n farmer, Every
body is dependent, upon. TIL, farmeerr7I7and
when his, crops are; poor .apd . 4 prices
low then is, stagnationf i'm every branch
of Industry "fhe Mcttinleyy politician
too is swert off his feet 80 Already be.
p fa's} ih9 MSRifiiy Wave "" of Of
prosperity had brought, and was bring
Fingii Wien, 10! the tsiiffs cease and the
much boasted waves OF 4iiSbsparity proves
only to be bubble. oil
1The gsrimainl term iofi Dnrlrinr seouIlty
bo,frti iel6se,iA SatEsiay otuenin sdtfAhH
week of, good work. 1oThis WaS G3hdge
Hti.Ins first appearance upon thesfet otr
ia o Buidiani county and he went 'lawtay
lea wing; aagood ssrecord Behind He iis al
good iawyeF, Ii mann Of most excellent
bisiness sense and dispeaises Justice with
AM eye aoo the :best interests OF the State
yet tetnfpaS4i mfithfnssrcy.l 'Phe bar, the
people and csar-t officials iftA we'll pleas
ed with Judge A,isians's administration Of
SosicitSt Byh,finFis Serving the
tiiifd year ST hisGa Administrations as S0h-
citor aud Gle Stitte bats had Few If any
better prosecuting OFFICERS than Mr.
Bynum.f sl'bef j adse and Solicitor made
IL good tram and much business was
done and we'll done.
DBL lVanHcaklfcel ctJsldsieted three sera
vices at sI'rinity church yesterday and all
were attended by large congregations.
He preached h powerful sermon 70 an
iniiItenge coH grcgatiOn AIT II O'Clock. At
in itlsp iafterno0nl the services were for
the slesial benefit of chiIdreR and we're
of PECULIAR interest. p OF the large num-
Der of children present some sixteen gave
their ;hearts to Jesus and after the SER
vice event 80 their homes with bright
and joyt5lis. facessj During II the week
there, will he two services a day, one at
IL q clock in the morning and the other
mt, s in the evening. DR. Nanderlice is
preaching with great power, the people
hear him gladly and many souls are
turning TO the Lord and Master. n9
Mr.. AlonZo Parham, Wake county
farmer, happened to quite Il painful acct
dent here Saturday morning His home
is twelve miles from this city. He was
coming to town in a wa gon and when a
the railroad crossing at Redmond's grove
his horse took fright and ran away. He
with a companion was thrown from the
:wa gon. Mr.. Parham had his right leg
:between the knee and ankle broken and
was otherwise badly bruised. The com
pa1ion escaped with only IA few slight
bruises. He was taken to the, Watts
hospital, where Drs. Cheathan, Pierce.
Boddie, johnson and Manning admins
tered to his necessities and the patient
is said to besdoing well. - 10
MFR, james Holman died atEhis homo
out at w st Durham this morning at
9 o'clock of typhoid fever after an iIl-
ness of tpb weeks. {Hethad been a resi-
dent of Dtrrliam for some years having
moved here from Person county. He
was SIN of Capt. James Holman who
repreSehsed Persoh County in the State
Senate in 1885. 40 wife. one child and
a innmbeF & of devoted relatives MOURN
their, loSso untnquo 9it 81 iliW Huss
Mr.. j. Frank Maddry, who has edited
the esald for the past eighteen months
has a., " kl his interest in the paper, ret,
signed the editprship and entered the
Unive .kity, where he will take a special
,coursa lfugoX Oil 80 .q94l5R jH3it al
DIR. Nv. II. Edwards went over to Cha
pei Hill Saturday, where he will do
some dental work. T.,
@ Mi Eliza Moore has been here on a
visit Sto her sister, Mrs. u. M. Wahab,
and has gone to her home in Raleigh. 'p'
M Jas. w. Walker, Jr., one of Dur
hams prosperous young business men,
spelst Sunday on the sea coast. 'ifat D"
r ". J.2H.7 Pendergrast was here from
Raleigh and conducted. services ,in1 Gath
oIic hall Yesterday, iaA . ti Jffss Is m
Few. w. G. ITyree conducted services
at the First Baptist church SUNDAY
mo .ning and also at night. The con-
gregations were large at both services.
Ir. George Harden was here this
m pning from Raleigh shaking hands
with friends in Durham He has a vast
nlgnbers Of them here. e.sgs eif
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