The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-11-03
NEWS FROM DURHAM
The Tobacco Market There
is on a Boom.
RELIGIOUS AWAKENING
LIEUTENANT GEORGE PIERCE
HOWELL TO WE'D.
TWO WAREHOUSES; SOLD 100000 LBS
Interesting Personals in and About the City,
COL Carr Now in Winston--RaiIroad
Track to be Laid Along Gig
arctic Street.
RELIGIOUS AWAKENING
TWO WAREHOUSES; SOLD 1900, 900 LBS
arctic Street.

Durham, N. c., Nov. 2.-(SpeciaD-
The Board Of Aldermen met last night.
Besides the transaction of such routine
business permission was granted the
American Tobacco Company to lay side
tracks along Cigarette street, near their
factory. This company has purchased
several lots near their plant on Petit
grew and Cigarette streets, and will
Immediately begin the erection Of
mammoth storage house on the same.
During the month of October the Of
fee of the collector of revenue here sold
one hundred thousand, four hundred and
eighty-one dollars worth OF stamps.
Stamps for export to the amount OF tif-
tv-threa Thousand seven hundred and
five dollars were disposed of, making Il
total of one hundred and fifty-four thou
sand one hundred and eighty-slx dollars
which the government collected from
Durham manufacturers. This shows the
immense amount of tobacco which is
manufactured here and shipped through
out this country and abroad.
A series of meetings was begun Sun
day at the second Baptist church by the
pastor, Rev. G. J. Dowel, assisted
by Lev. NJ A. Adams, the Wednesday
evangelist Miller, who was here some
time ago with Rev. w. 2. Fife, viii be-
gin meeting at the court house.
| Invitations have been received here to
the marriage of Lieut.. George Pierce
Howell, Corps of Engineers, United
! States Army. to Miss Louisa knight,
daughter of Mayor and Mrs. John q. d.
| Knight. This happy event will he
solemnied at Millett Point, New York,
on Wednesday, Nov. 18th, 1897, at 3
| o'clock p. m. Lieut.. Howell is a popu-
+ lar son of North Carolina, who left the
| University in 1889 to enter West Point.
| The four warehouses in Durham sold
nearly two million pounds of tobacco
during the month of October. This is
quite an improvement over the same
month of last year. More important
than this though is the fact that all the
farmers who sold here were pleased
with the prices which the tobacco
brought The Durham market for some
years has been on the retrograde, but
now there is hope for the building Of a
large market here.
Messrs. r. E. Boone and P. G. Gra-
ham, are attending court at Hillsboro
| this week.
Messrs. Geo. W. Watts and w. II.
Branson have gone north on business.
Miss Annie Louise Watts, who has
spent the summer in New York, has re-
turned to Durham for the winter.
Mr.. III. n. Snow is taking in the
| Winston Tobacco Fair.
! Col. J. S. Carr left to-day for Winston,
where he will open the tobacco fair.
Mr.. j. e. Stage went up to Burling-
ton yesterday.
| Mr.. T. d. Wright has gone to Wilson
on business.
! Mr.. Ashby Jones, OF Richmond, is
visiting his brother-in-law. Mr.. Il. Fl.
Martin this week.
Miss Daisy Vaughan who has been
visiting her friend, Miss Lottie Tomlin-
son, returned to her home at Winston
to-day.
DR.. John C. Kilgo has returned from
Wilmington, where he preached Sun
day.