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T 1 rO 6 ) DURHAM RECORDER. (Katabllihad 1830.) PUBLISHED KTBRT THURSDAY. . C. HACKNKT, I J. U. HUN1KK, f Editor. 8UBSRIPTI0N PRICE: One Year, i Six Month), One Dollar - Fifty Cents NOTICE. 11 person to whom Thb Recorder Is tent need have no hesitation In taking the paper from the postoffice. This an nouncement la made In order that those to whom the paper is sent through the courtesy of some friend of theirs may understand that no obligation is Incurred by them in taking the paper from the poatofflce. THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1900. Mr. Claude Kitchin's majority, in the Second district, is 10,389. Mr. E. W. Pou, in the Fourth district, is elected by 4,721 ma jority. There were sixteen Populists found in this district who voted for their man Hoover. Mr. W. H. Rogers, the Prohibi tionist candidate in the Fifth dis trict, received 53 voles. Hon. W. W. Kitchin, Fifth dis trict, received 18,558 votes; Joyce, 16,687. Kitchin's majority, 1,851. His majority over Adams in 1808 was 2,259. The North Carolina cotton mills are at work again, in some cases with new help, but mostly with hands which have been forced to abandon labor unions. Purification of .cities seems to be the order of the day. When wi the good work start in Durham TVho will iuaugurate the crusade against vice and sin in its many forms? When Chicago and New York conclude to eliminate politics and the bane of patronage from its municipal government, then the evils of which they now so loudly complain will disappear. Thn PrvsirYinstr.l"Innoral rwnm tnraSii'bat small (fourth- ""Maw) postoffices in the country be Vd, and asks for an appro of $4,000,000, to be plied to the service of free de- jthvei ivery throughout the coantry. We congratulate our good friend Furman on the prosperity that ttends his fourth passage of the anal mile Post. May time post- indefinitely all reverses and his readers continue to be as posted in the future as in the The Agricultural Department of North Carolina has evinced much energy in advertising the resources aud advantages of the Stale. These efforts are yielding good results in attracting capital and immigrants from many of the State; its will as from abroad. We have beeu telling the farm ers for a long while that Durham wants and inu-t have their kaf tobacco. They will btt under stand the lorce of this alien tl.ty ftre told that during the month of November, the American T b.i- t Company used 1,750,000 pounds of leaf tobacco manufactured ii.to smoking tobacco alone. ItlKAL lKI,IVi;UV. Free delivery ot mail at ihe country home, similar lo that prevailing in eitiep, is rapidly growing in extension in thin country. The l'uctmafcter i;n tral will unit of Conrea an aggregate of $121,'X"j,uo; uh the appropriation for the entire r vie.' for th; fiscal year ending Jun; 1 :".'. This includcn an estimate of f'J.S'to.ooo t t rural free delivery nervier. The success of thn nervice ho far instituted htm resulted in plann for a very general exten sion nest year; and doubtless it will be but a uLort while before free mail delivery will cover the whole country. Gradually the deni.en of the country districts in corning in for a share of government pat ronage and recognition- He hat waited patiently und uncom plamingly. THE KILGO-GATTIS CASE. The Kilgo-Gattis damage suit, tried in Oxford last week by a jury composed of farmers, termU nated Saturday afternoon in a verdict of $20,000 damages. The defendants in this case are Dr. John C. Kilgo, President of Trinity College, and Messrs. B. N Duke aud W. It. Odell, of Con- cord, whose counsel at once moved that the verdict bo set aside upon the ground that it was excessive and for other reasons. This mo tion was overruled by Judgo Hoke, Exceptions were made by counsel aud an appeal was taken. After the. publication of Judge Clark's prepared speech in the News and Observer and 10,000 copies of the same had been scat tered from one end of the State to the other, the Board of Trustees regarded this publication as dam agiug to the College and an injus tice to its President ; thought it right and proper that the whole facts as brought out in the trial should be published and dissemi nated as evidence to counteract Judge Clark's publication. It wns then that they issued the pamphlet, containing a report of the whole trial, evidence and speeches as reported at the lime of delivery, and taken from the records without subtraction or ad dition. The record was made and the Trustees claimed the right to make it still more public by caus ing its publication in pamphlet form for general circulation and information as a necessary vindl cation of its President, who had bten severely criticised in the letter of Judge Clark. It is well iu considering this case, pro and con, to'inquire as to the character aud reputation of the gentlemen composing this Board of Trustees. They are eminently among the best men in the Shite, noted for virtues that make up the best citizenship. Among the whole long list of Trustees, Messrs. B. N. Duke, of Durham, and W R. Odell were singled out in the suit for damages because of their wealth and liability for any amount oi damages that might be assessed. Mr. B. N. Duke i3 too well aud favorably known by the people of the entire country for us to at tempt any laudation of his life work, character or reputation. His name stands for all that is honorable, true and correct in every relation of life in Church and State, in financial and social relations. One great aim of his life has been the betterment of his fellowmen, and to accomplish this aim he has deemed no labor too arduous and no personal sacrifice too great. As a benefactor, his name stands high in the list of those who have contributed most to the relief of suffering and mis fortune. In a word, he is every where recognized as the model of a Christian gentlemen. Mr. Odell is a native of Greens boro, a graduate of Trinity College aud one of her s-taunchest friend and mot ardent admirers, both of the College and of Dr. Kilgo, in tihoin, as in every individual member of the B 'Jtrd of Trustees, he has the tno-t unlimited coiifi deuce and greabs-t respect; and any reflection upon either wn regarded find treated us a personal criticism which utie unpardon able no, to e ntrudict. As member) of the ISoard of Trustees, M- :-r. D ike and OJell felt, as every n.einhi r of the liniif' felt, that they wen- the fu-twlini:-of the honor und yI name if the College, its President und il every interest. When they lieved that the-: had been unjust ly availed they did not frame a reply to Judge Clatk' publication. I u doing they might have employed language suggestive of their indignation language that doubtless would have subjected th.em to severe censure. They re sorted to no such means. They rather ordered that the proceed ings of the trial be given to the public that it might form an un biased and intelligent verdict. The public is slow to see any malice In the publication of these records. No motive can be ascribed for any desire to injure Mr. Gattis. None existed. As far as we can judge this is the popular opinion. Dr. Kilgo enjoys today as he ever has, the confidence, respect and love of Trinity College, the Board of Trustees and all connected with the institution. And we are glnd to know that the same can be said of the good peoplo of Dur ham, and of the people wherever he is best known. As one star lifters from another 6tar, so doea oue mn differ from another man. Dr. Kilgo has been re ferred to by one of his best friends as a "steam engino in pants;" implying that he has an impulsive nature. Admit this to ' be the case and it must still be admitted that he has evinced in this whole case a spirit of meekness, gentleness and mod eration that has commended him to all admirers of these qualities whbh adorn his per fect Christian character. We would not conceal our sympathies; they are with Dr. Kilgo and Trinity College and the Methodist Church. We hav e faith in them all and claim the right to fight for their vindica tion. We are confident that Dr. Kilgo and the Trustees will be vindicated. Dr. Kilgo is just aud honest, and would sacrifice his life for truth and honor; and certainly the Board of Trustees is not composed of a set of rep robates and villains, as the ver dict of the Granville county jury would denote. P. 8. Yesterday Dr. E. A. Yates, at the North Carolina Conference of the M. E. Church, South, now in session at New Bern, offered a resolution ex pressing the utmost confidence in President Kilgo and Messrs B. N. Duke and W. R. Odell, Trustees of Trinity College, which resolution was adopted unanimously by a rising vote. Gattis vs. Kilgo and Others. At Oxford last week this case was heard before Judge Hoke, of the superior court. Mr. Gat tis sued Dr. Kilgo. Mr. Duke and Mr. Odell, as representing the trustees of Trinity College, for libel, son account of certain chargjps against his character published in a pamphlet issued by the trustees of Trinity Col lege setting forth the Clark" Kilgo trial. The case easily took preced ence of all other matters in the papers and in popular interest. The issues involved affected personally more than one emi nent citizen, and involved a great Church. It was argued by leading lawyers of the State. The jury found against the defendents and awarded $20,0C0 damages to Mr. ffattis. It was appealed to the Supreme Court. The sympathies of the editor of this paper are all with Presi dent Kilgo and the trustees of Trinity. The suit is not against him personally; but against the whole Board of Trustees, and. therefore practically against the Methodist church. We can not appreciate the reasoning that has led a jury to find such a body of men as the Trinity trustees guilty of malicious libel. We can not but believe that ultimately President Kilgo and the Trustees will he vindicated. If there was ever a true, chival rous, righteous man, that man H President Kiluo. and Boarp is above reproach He has loved the truth and labored for it; he has loved Lis Church and labored for it; he has loved the cause of Christian education and labored for it; and to crown all, he ban been called upon to ufT ran f-rien could, in be lut'f of thee thingi. We know of no in in more cupalde of en- luring for the Kukaof Uiiht and Truth .than he. Iu the conclusion of Governor- elect Aycock's speech we find these words, utterted by him in the shadow ot the creat offlco to which the people of North Caro lina have called him; they are not the special pleading of an attorney, but the deep convic tion of a w an whose honesty no man in North Carolina ques tions: "Gentlemen, I have studied this case. I have become in dignant at the treatment this defendant Kilgo has received from this plaintiff Gattis, who; is being used by gome one, I know not whom, to breaV down Kilgo and break down Trinity College. "They ask for one hundred thousand dollars, but that's not what they want. It's to break down Trinity College and drive Kilgo from the State. I beg that you will not allow it. Trinity College is one of the great educational institutions of the South uud it must not be checked in its onward progress. It is one of North Carolina's bright educational lights. When a man trieg to put out one of these lights that illuminate the State I d( clare to you he's a public enemy. I want these lights to increase in number until every boy and girl in this broad land has an opportunity to get r.a education, and behind these lights I want the power of God. You must and will, I km w, stand up for a man against any effort to break down ono of these institutions." We can understand how man of Mr. Aycock's honesty is stirred profoundly with indig nation as he reviews the series of persecutions that have been visited upon Dr. Kilgo for simp ly standing boldly forth in vorth Carolina for right things; for progress and for Christianity. He may be mistaken, as Ex Judge Graham declared, in sus pecting that some sinister power is behind it all; but he is not to be chided for entertaining such a suspicion. Biblical Recorder. HOLIDAY GOODS. Christmas is less than one month off, and already our stores are filled and being packed with holi day goods Most of our merchants have returned from northern cities, where they have been making selections of goods suited to the Durham market. The Duiham merchaut is uot satisfied that an article be attractive only; it must have real worth as well worth for service in an article of wearing apparel or for the household, and worth fr real enjoyment in the possession of the frailest, daiutiest piece of bric-a-brac. This elimi nates the "cheap" (not the low priced) nd shoddy goods which frequently flood otbf r markets and find purchasers among the un thinking aud careless. While the great rush of the Christmas trade will be deferred for a few days before Christmas, there are many "forehanded" peo ple who will begin at once to do their shopping, and thus secure the first choice of the stocks and avcid the inconvenience of the rush that is sure to prove annoy ing lati r on. Prt partitions are being made by the merchants for a big holiday trade, aud a glance at The Recor der's advertising columns will show where trading can be done to best advantage. The progressive merchant finds that by advertising his wares, telling what he has to sell, the time of his salespeople is not use lesly taken up, and that at the Farmers and Furrows A former it known by bit furrow aa r the carrnter i known by bia chip." It Uk firm hand and true eye to tun a straight furrow. No wonder the fanner weare out. apite of exercise and freeh air. One ihy't work on the arm would tire many a trained athlete. And the fanner work. Itardeat of all. The lint op and the last to bed, feeding hi team before lie feeds biniwlf, hit work U practically never lmie. Why doea not the fanner trr-nt hi .wn bod as he treats the land lie cultivate? lie puts back ia pbo. tli!e ! .t he takes out in cmps, or the Und would grow poor. The farmer limild jHit back into his body the vital element exhausted by labor. If be does ri'rt. he will awn complain of "poor health . T;ie great value of Dr. rierce's boMen Medical Mwovery it in its vital iing .cr. It gives strength to the stomach, life to the lnng purity to the blood. K supplies Nature with the tub stance by iich ahe builds up the body, J'ist m the larmer supplies Nature with the Milntances that build up the crops. iral tttmmmr 'mrtir Mr. O. B. MnLof Brrn. Im1 rrf fu UtMim awatiatri villi inryA 1 h.d im.pi-t.rwlM M terp Jf? "? ' 7 mileThe lull- ih I ait 111? MUpr A WML t MM . f;Hn ,h", wnoem, anil atkeit for Kirk. J' -l".1. Irrlh -CoMmi MMIral f 'X'l' I fell writ lhl n . "nnt. m I iria bfaa Iht to of M ami urn h turn i,m wrtka ba(r, when I twrmantMl carat Dr. Pierce's Pleatant Pellets InrW te stomach, liver and bowels, tat them bea you raqulrt t pUi, LEWITH MERCANTILE COM ANY. THIS IS THE BIG STORE WHERE YOU BX j KSTOYS AND HOLIDAY GOODS FOR At. 2 o 09 8 LARGEST "5 c O 3 wt3 CN . Cm o j u SO ,o 0 to 1 Cu'E td 50 T3 K &"3 5r Oo 65 ' r w vova-a; aw avif . H., wTOCgffg-a . hovii HAHDWAfiS LI aSa v r ' flKSlT"' -w V"""' 1 g : g i l E I i Hi i I ' r. 2 r. p 4s.LJ4 tM.iJ skh.&A ; e; 2 5 3 I - -f mt "L,A. I T EES"f"i -mAri:l2 C&M:IjyT 1 a ( i " -a,.y,,, T Illl I C b i , .-. 1 2 c p. 1et 1 P Tl 1 S Fl I 1 J J y : LJ J g csS. I A . b; n n V 'SI Furniture. Carpets. Rugs. Comforts.lBlanlicts, Quilts. BEST SHOES YOU EVEE SAW FOR MEN 0E WOMEN AT 33 Cf NTS. Farmers, we have tables prepared for you, where you may din';, ive and fuel fur nished free. Bring your bisters, cousins and auuts tj THE BIG STORE. 531-535 West Main Street. end of the day the aggregate of his sales is vastly more than it was under the old plan ot refusing to inform the public, by advertising, what he had for sale. Our progressive merchants value printer's ink, as will be seen in The Recorder. Mr. R. II. Wright, president of the Gorman, Wright Company, of Richmond, Va., is interested iu perfecting a new cigarette and packing machine, and a machine for pasting on labels, shortly to be introduced to the trade interested in such matters. Christmas and New Year holiday excursion tickets Nor folk & Western railway on sale December 22 to 25 and Decem ber 30 to January 1. Good for return passage January 4. 1901. W. B. Bevill, Gen. Pas. Agt. Elk's Memorial Service. According to their beautiful annual custom, the mi-tubers of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks held a memorial service at the Conservatory of Music, Sunday afk-moon, in com memoration of the Elks who rest. In the lodge there was one vacant chair in memory of Samuel L. Henderson. The meeting was presided over by W. A. Mabry, Exalted Ruler, who opened the lodge in due lora. A piano quartet was beautifully eiecuted by Misw Exum, Harri son, Griffin and Patterson in the opening ode. Rev. W. C. Norman offered prayer, and Mrs. Gilmore Ward Bryant's exquisite soprano voice was heard in the solo, "Tbe Beautiful City." W. Ii. Guthrie delivered the an- nual address. All who heard it wero pleased and instructed. It elicited much encomium, and wan declared a beautiful and able effort. The eulogy of C. T. Tcarson on "Our Absent Brother" was appro, priate, tender and lovini?. atid touched many a heart. A well suited tml udo to t1.i address was a violin solo rendered by Prof. Alexander Findlay. The musical nuurkt. of Miss Annie McCrae, of Concord, Mrs. G. W. Brvant. Mewrs. J. II Soutligato and J.A.Ranscy, added inucn to lite enjoyment of the occasion. The services closed witb ! 1 SM benediction by Rev. S. S, Cost, DEPARTMENT STORE 531 to (5 o 0 JHIfj 60 YEARS' . aT Tftaoc Marks Draicna aiwwaawlna a tlK'h and 4rrkm mmr anirai amnia nnn.i.i frae htiiv an lnvmlVn MvnliahlriM.mlalila. Omaianlra, lkmairlctlrivl)i)ii.fa. Ilwulhnnk m Halrl.U aat ttim. at ajrentr fur aMrurtna rwteniv. In-nia uaeo ihruua Muua A & matte scienilric Mitltm. tm Uon i.f avf av-iff fia fvbrit. trii)S.M ftf I'tfll aft i tn wew inn I ijHtem. r at. Waahliia-lun. U. U For Sale or Rent ! A nice, well-improved Tarm. All necessary outhouses. Fvur good ttibncoi barns and good pack lioim. (JikmI tUcllimt Knowp as the II. Y. Harris Funn, t ChM well Instituie. Will sell chwi, or rent, wugs or fn.it ion of crop. For particulars call on Durham, N. V, COL. A. L. SMITH CHARLOTTE, N. C, SAYS SO TOO. ai Apt I LT-r Mri. Jo Peraon: I wae aono)ed for a Ion if tin.. iit, holla of stubborn nature ItcVl;, (,t different tecllmnnlali, I dcrldr i , t your Itemed. Since I tga n about four yasrt ago, I bare r.t i,,., troubled since, and can Mfety r" n ti-nd It to any out fur tba abor. ub'I any m ber dltorden of tbe blood. a. I mm, Cbkrlotte, N. C, Not. 1, hM, 4 !;' ot,,;, 1 'A Fa KM - 535 West Mun Stu.-t. 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TEiRiT, Sole Agent, IJURIIAM. n. c. Homeseekes, and Selftrs1 BXCURSION TICKETS . . . -M - Columbus. Chiciq si I SI. Pu', -fd l lowi. a . City, anJ Omiha t.tn West nJ rVn-lh.u .. . uiir.iu p j Writt! for Dt-scrijitive Vimbfi' I mur.t t.tr. Ann ijvu k r.nrttr W 11 BKVIU., 'im. IN s. At. M. P. 6T,,0r HOANoKK, VA Major's ra . t. 7 iwmnnuw MAJonn H''HHKlt CKlr.NT, at I Ulilililayi m 'Mi
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