DURHAM
RECORDER
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S EMI -WE E K. LY,
VOLUME 87. ,
DURHAM, N. C, FEBRUARY 15, 1907. ,
NUMBER 84.
HE DIED IN A HAY WAGON
Only Companion was Jasper Mayes,
a 16-Ycar-01d Boy.
T03 MUCH STIMULATION THE CAUSE
Drank Full Pint Corn Whiskey at one
Unit; -The Remains Brought to
Durham for Interment.
James Redmond, of this .city,
son of V. T. Redmond, died sud
denly in, the country some six
miles west of Durham Tuesday
afternoon, At the time of his
death he was in a wagon with
Jasper Mayes, a young fellow
about sixteen yearof age, and
Mayes had an experience that
he will not soon forget. For a
while he drove along with the
dead man in his arms and then
laid him back in the wagon and
ran oil for help.
A soon as possible after the
.!! n death was reported t6 the
: ;.:: ty here and an undertaken
was sent out and brought in the
body, reaching here about 11
o'clock Tuesday night. The re
mains were taken to his father's
home on Burch avenue, and
prepared for burial.
The best story of the sad death
of Mr. Redmond is that he died
as the result of over-stimulation.
Yountf Mayes told the story and
said that Mr. Redmond went with
him to get a load of hay. On
the way to the point where the
hay was to be loaded, said the
youth, Mr. Redmond stopped him
and asked him to wait awhile.
In about an hour, continued the
boy, Mr. Redmond returned
and when he came back he had
two pint bottles of com whiskey.
After getting back, continued
the boy in his story, Mr. Red
mond took a drink from one of
the bottles and also gave him a
drink. Latr Redmond took one
r tvo other drinks and the bot
t '.vas nearly empty. Then the
oih r bottle was opened and the
ly ha.J that Redmond drank all
of this the entire pint without
stopping, that is without replac
ing the stopper in the bottle. In
less than an hour he fell over
against him, seemed to have
Konu'thing like a fit and then
death tells the remainder of the
story. This is the statement
made by young Mayes the
only witness to what he says oc
curred and the only one present
.Jhen Redmond died.
P Speaking of the death the boy
f aid that when Mr. Redmond fell
over against him he thought he
was drunk. Then there were
evidences that he was having a
fit or something of that kind and
he became scared. Tlacing his
arm around the man he drove on
for some distance, finally reach;
ing the hay stack from which
they were to get the load of hay.
nen he lay the burden back in
the wagon and ran to where some
men were at work and asked
'hem for help. When they ar
rived Redmond was just as he
had been left, there were no
pulse and he was getting stiff.
They removed him from the wag
on, wrapped him In 'quilts and
attempted to warm and rub life
back into him. But he was dead,
and everything indicated that he
must have died . when young
Mayes says he fell up against
him and seemed to have a fit. It
was the quivering of death that
he noticed.
Mr. Redmond was the oldest
son of W. T. Redmond and was
born on November 2G, 18G7. He
would have been 40 years of age
had he lived until next Novem
ber. Many years ago he left
here for the South and was an
FOR A NEW COURT HOUSE
County Attorney Prepares Bill to Allow
Commissioners to Sell and Build.
Below is the full text of a bill
introduced in the legislature
relative to a new court house for
Durham county, which will ex
plain itself:
"Thegeneral assembly of North
Carolina do enact:
"Section 1. The board of
county commissioners, of Durham
county, are hereby authorized
and empowered to select and
purchase a site for the building
and erection thereon of a new
county court house, and to levy
and collect a special tax for the
purpose of building a new court
house, on the site so designated,
andjissue bonds in payment there
for, for such amount and to run
for such time and bear such rate
of interest as they may determine.
'Section 2. The said board of
commissioners are further autho
rised and empowered to purchase
additional land to be used as a
farm in connection with the man
agement of the county home and
work house.
"Section 3. To carry out
the purposes of this act the said
board of county commissioners
are hereby invested with the
power of eminent domain.
"Section 4. Nothing in this
act shall be constrccted to com
pel the county commissioners of
Durham county to purchase said
land or to build a new court
house.
"Settion 5. That the board of
commissioners of the county of
Durham are hereby authorized
and empowered to sell and con
vey, by and with the consent of
the b ard of aldermen of the city
of Durham, the present property
now owned and used for a court
house and jail site, and if they
shall determine to sell the same
the sid board is authorized and
empowered to subdivide the same
into convenient lots, and offer
the same as subdivided at public
auction after thirty days notice,
to the highest bidder, or to offer
the same as a whole to the high
est bidder, and make and exe
cute deeds or deed in fee simple
to the purchaser thereof. And
the board of aldermen of the city
of Durham are hereby authorized
and empowered to join in the
execution of said deed or deeds
to the purchaser therefor. And
the said board of commissioners
are further authorized and em
powered to purchase other ad
ditional property as a court house
and jail site, and erect building
thereon and hold the same suhr
ject to the trust now existing on
the present property in favor of
the city of Durham.
"Section 6. This act shall be
in force from and after its rati
fication." If you expect to get a premium
knife do not wait longer, but
send in at once.
engineer for quite a long time,
lie returned to Durham less than
a year ago. . He was not married.
Recently he had been spending
much of his time with his aged
grandmother, Mrs. Tolly Red
mond, out near the reservoir.
He left father, three brothers one
sifter. His brothers are W. P.
Redmond, this city; Charley Red
mond, of Tarboro, and Thad
Redmond, of Rocky Mount The
only sister, Mrs. Nodie Crabtree,
who lives here. 1 .
The funeral and burial took
place from the residence of VV.
T. Redmond Wednesday after
noon, "conducted by J. II. Mc
Cracken, after which, the re
mains .were Interred In Maple
wood cemetery.
JACK BARKER IS CAPTURED
Arrested While Working at a. St ill in
Lebanon Township.
OFFICERS MAKE A SUCCESSFUL RAID.
Entire Outfit Destroyed, Including I,
000 Gallons of Beer, 25 Gallons
of Whiskey and an 80-Gal-V
Ion Still.
Revenue Officers Jordan, Pool,
and Banks Vent out in the north
ern part of the county Monday
1 and succeeded in finding a large
still in full blast, with five men
at work. The still, beer and
whiskey were destroyed and one
man captured, that man being
Jock Barker, husband of the
woman that was dragged from
her house by Freeman Jones,
who was hanged here last Fri
day. The still was found one mile
east of South Lowell, near the
Durham and Orange county lines,
in the northwestern part of this
county. When the officers ap
proached the still five men were
working, two being white and
the others colored. The men
working at the still scattered in
every direction when they saw
that the officers were coming.
The officers gave chase and when
they returned to the still one
man had been pap tu red and that
man was Jack Barker, who
could not run as fast as the
others.
Then the work of destruction
was begun, the beer stands being
cut down, the furnace torn dows
and what could not be brought
to t-wn by the officers was de
stroyed. They found every evi
dence of what might be termed
a first-class blind tiger distillery,
they having everything fixed not
only for the making, but for dis
posing of what they made.
Among that portion of the prop
erty destroyed was a 25-gallon
keg of whiskey, which could not
be brought to town, and a con
siderable amount of low-wines
was poured out.
Jack Barker skipped out from
here sometime ago, probably a
year or more, leaving behind
four bonds, the aggregate of
which am6unted to some $350 or
$400. He was charged in three
cases with selling whiskey with
out license and in the fourth was
chaged with being a party in
robbing a store in East Durham.
In addition to having to face (he
charge of making liquor in vio
lation of the laws he will prob
ably have to face the other
charges that were against him,
as these were nol prossed with
leave to reinstate.
Bis Life was Insured.
Some rather curious documents
are filled out in the insurance
business, but none that are more
so than one that was filled out in
Durham one day this week.
This was the death certificate of
Freeman Jones, who carried a
small life policy with the Life
Insurance Company of Virginia.
In giving the cause of death the
physician that was filling out the
blank stated the cause was "neck
broken," while the answer to the
question of duration of last ill
ness was "nineteen minutes."
The claim will be paid by the
company, that is if the past is to
be an indication of what they
will do. The money will go to
his wife.
Wl llT ..IIT. ( ( .,lt,m ii.--
Delos W. Sorrell, county at
tnrnev. went down to Raleich
Wednesday to carry the bills that
the county commissioners order
ed drafted, which appears in
another column. -
A BILL TO AMEND CITY CHARTER.
Aldermen of Durham to Be Given More
Power Regarding Officers
and Streets.
A bill has been introduced in
the legislature by Representative
Manning, at the instance of the
present board of aldermen, that
is of interest to the citizens of
Durham. This is a bill to amend
the charter of the city, giving
more power to the board of city
aldermen.
One provision of the proposed
change is to give the aldermen
power to employ an assistant city
clerk and other officers if needed.
Under the present charter it
names the various positions to be
filled and there is no provision for
either bookkeeper or assistant
clerk. This will give them addi
tional power, also the power to
create such new offices as are
needed or desired.
Another section of the bill pro
vides that no one person shall
hold two positions in the city
government and for the purposes
of this act the school committees
are officers. There i3 a proviso
that this shall not apply if the
city desires to make the assistant
clerk also bookkeeper for the
city.
One of the most important pro
visions of the bill is to get some
system into the laying off of
streets in the future. Heretofore
the streets have been laid off by
private parties just as desired
and the result can be imagined.
This feature of the proposed
change provides: "That no in
dividual, corporation, association
or partnership shall open or lay
out any new street or streets or
sell lots abutting on same with
out first having had a plat of
said proposed street or streets
made and submitted to the board
of aldermen of said city and
approved and accepted by said
board. The said board of alder
men may pass all necessary ordi
nances to regulate and control
the opening of streets and alleys
in said city."
Anojther section deals entirely
with the street railway question.
It given the aldermen power to
regulate and prescribe the kind
of rails to be used; manner and
method of laying these rails, and
to require the street railway com
pany to lay grooved rails under
certain conditions when thi3 is is
dc-sired or thought best. This
same act gives the aldermen
power to compel this as to future
franchises and also as to any
franchise now in operation. This
grooved rail can be required
where the streets are paved with
brick, asphalt or other improved
paving other than macadam.
The act requires the company to
keep its road bed in repair,
where it is thought that repairs
are needed, and .that the com
pany shall use the same kind of
paving that is used by the city in
any particular locality. The,
roadbed is described as being
that part of the street between
the rails and eighteen inches on
either side of the rails.
Anotherprovision of the change
in the charter will be to define,
enlarge or add other duties to the
chief of the fire department. In
other words to leave this matter
with the board of aldermen en
tirely. The judgment of the court in
the case of G. W. Vickers against
the Durham and South Carolina
Railway has been paid. When
thecase was settled in the superior
court, giving Mr. Vickers $042.50
the attorneys from the rfiilmarl
crave notice of anneal, hut later
the amount has been paid by the
company, which ends the suit
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CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK
. OF DURHAM.
Officers and Directors
B. N. Duke, Pres. J. S. Manning, Vice-Pres.
J. B. Mason, Cashier.
J. B. Dukk, President American Tobacco Company.
Y. E. Smith, Supt. Durham Cotton Mfg. Company.
C. L. Haywood, of Haywood & King, Druggists.
J. H. SOUTHGATE, of Southgate & Son, Insurance.
R. H. Rigsbee, Capitalist.
Q. E. Rawls, Merchant.
B. N. Duke,
Director American Tobacco Co., and Capitalist.
J. S. Manning, Attornev-at-Law.
N. M. Johnson, Physician ancf Surgeon.
J. B. Mason, Cashier Citizens National Bank.
DEPOSITORY OF THE PEOPLE,
THE COUNTY OF DURHAM, THE CITY OF DURHAM
AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
This Bank Opened tor Business May I, 1905
1st Young, but Growing
Statement of Bank at Close of Business Jan. 26, 1907
Kt'noiiret'H.
Loans and Invest
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U. S. Bonds, 150,000.00
Premiums U. S.
Bonds, 5,659.69
Banking House, 13,000.00
Cash and due from
Banks, 2?3,129.84
Redemption Fund, 7,200.00
$1,055,944.48
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Liabilities.
Capital,
Surplus,
Undivided profits,
Circulation,
DejHisitM,
Dividends unpaid,
$100,000.00
60,000.00
14,272.25
100,000.00
781,657.23
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