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nrTTTr DUBS IECOKBEE r j ; i. I - . , :. 'v ft SEMI-WEEKLY. VOLUME 88. DURHAM, N. C, JUNE 11, 1907. NUMBER 12. U ft HEWS FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENTS Items of Interest from Various Places as Viewed and Told by Those on the Field. Personals. COUNTY TAX LEYT. FrsaTlmlerUki.r N Many hearts were made glad on last Friday as the gentle showers came down and refresh ed our feelings and our crops. George Yancey and family went visiting recently in the lower part of Person county." Mrs. Mollie Satterfield and family went to Roxboro, on last Thursday. ' J. J. W. Chambers told the writer that the Union Revival in Rox boro was the best in the history of the town and that seventy five professions of faith were the results of the meeting. - Mrs. W. A. Barton says for cranes to be flying around and especially up stream, is a sure sipa of rain, and so two very; large ones were killed on Bar-; ton's pond just before the recent rain. - tacn measurea aoouc nve feet from tip to tip. The writer's wife spent last Thursday with her sister, Mrs. Ida Reams. Charley Ashley has moved in to the residence that A. B. Creasy recently vacated. Samuel Moore spent last Sun day evening at J. P. Tingens. Messrs. Charley Ashley and Pig Blalock, have established a new plaining plant at this place, and the plainers are now being operated by the owners. C S. Blalock is building a new residence at this place, and may be on the lookout for a house keeper. Obie Tingen, of Gorman, was in our community buying up etrgs this week. We are always glad for Mr. Tingen to come around, let him be looking after whatever business he may. The people around Harican Hill school house met on last Sunday evening to organize a Sunday school, but they failed then to get a superintendent. Otitis hoped that C. H. TafT will serve as superintendent Our road supervisor has added one more new hand to his road brce. ' James Noell is taking the tax ist this week in Flat River town ship. Messrs. G. II. Jones and C. H. Garrett, are the land as sessors. f Roy Howard recently killed a horned snake, measuring four feet and five inches long. .When Mr. Howard first saw the snake it was in its coil, and when it would strike anything it would do so with iu mouth as other snakes, but its tail would go farther toward the object that it was striking at than any other portion of its body, and the end of its tail turned up about an inch. J. II. Howard cut off the horned end of the snake's tail ftnd will show it to any one who wants to see it. Mr. Howard remarked that he would rive one dollar to see a horned snake, but he now ownes one's horn and did not have to pay a cent for It. toper never had a finer plant wd than he had this year, and ?ot along well planting, and de vided some plants with one of my neighbors and it would be advisable for those who have plenty of plants to take care of heir beds and devide with their neighbors who a made a failure nis year in raising plants. : - Roper. Rev. G. T. Adams nreaeW t the county home last Sunday uernoon. From tbe Chapel Hill News. Last evening a committee con sisting of Messrs. F. B. Rankin, Prof. N. R. Clayton and J. F. Spruill, representing D.r Thos. Hume's classes, presented him with a beautiful loving cup, show ing their high regard and devo tion for him. Dr. Hume retired from the chair of English of the University with this commence ment . Mrs. Woods, relic of the late Elmore Woods, one of Chapel Hill's oldest land marks, passed over the dark river into the great beyond yesterday morning. She was close to the 95th mile post She had made her home at Mrs. A. B. Roberson's since the death of her husband. The remains were interred in the Roberson cemetery at 10 o'clock this morn ing. She was one of the oldest members of the M. E. church. Rev. W. R. Royall conducted the burial services. Thos. Myrick, who was mar ried only a short while since, was before his honor, Esq.- Bar bee Tuesday for administering a se vere thrashing to the woman whom he promised to protect and love. Mr. Myrick was fined $25 and the cost and placed under a $50 bond to keep the peace. Died, David Garrett -well known in this section, at his home in Cole's store neighborhood, one day last week of a complication of diseases. Mr. Garrett, was aged about 60 years. He was a brother of Mr. Woodson Garrett, a splendid farmer of that vicinity. Deceased leaves a wife and sev eral grown childern. . faint Joint tor Citebnte at Tfel ifrrt Orskaa Isjlan. In the great oak grove at the Oxford Orphan Asylum, on Sat urday, June 22nd, 1907, the an nual celebration of Saint John's Day will be held by the Masons of the State. A special communibation of the Grand Lodge of Masons of North Carolina will be called. The Oxford Orphan Asylum Association, composed of former trirkandboysof the institution, has planned to hold its second meeting. Grand Master Francis D. Win ston has appointed Past Grand Master, F.H. Busbee, of Raleigh, Orator for the occasion. The children of the Oxford Orphan Asylum will assist in carrying out the interesting pro gram of the day. A hearty invitation is extended to the good people of the State to be present A large attendance is expected. Many bring baskets and enjoy an old-fashioned picnic dinner in the grove. Barbecue dinner, lunches and refreshments will be for sale on the grounds. The Seaboard R'y. will, In all probability, operate excursion trains from Raleigh, Durham and Weldon to Oxford. Other roads will likely give special rates. Dr. James E. Seepard, Field Secretary of Sunday school work among negroes, has returned from a trip abroad which lasted several months, during which time he visited several foreign countries, and attended the Inter National Sunday School Conven tion uhich wa3 held in Rome. A Slight Increase Hade on Property and Poll to Pay off Railroad Bonds. Besides purging the jury list the county commissioners had many matters to claim their at tention at the meeting held last week. No business claimed their attention that was of more in terest to people generally than the fixing of the tax rate, which shows an increase on property and poll tax, this being necces saryto pay for the bonds' that recently came due, the bonds be ing those issued for the Durham and Lynchburg road. The tax assessed last Friday was as follows. For state purposes 21 cents on property and 63 cents on poll. Schools 18 cents on property and 54 cents 'on schools. Pensions, 4 cents on property and 12 cents on polls. County Eleven cents on each $100 of property valuation, and 33 cents on each poll. Roads, nineteen cents on 'each $100 of property and 57 cents on each poll. Railroads, ten cents on each $100 valuation and 30 cents on each poll This makes a total of 83 cents on each $100 valuation of property and $2.49 on each poll. This is an increase of 8 cents on pro perty and 24 cents on the poll. The board also levied the special school tax for both the East and West Durban districts. Both these were as provided by law, the tax rate by property and poll being named in the act In East Durham the rate is 15 cents on each $100 valuation and 45 cents on each poll. In West Durham the rate is 10 cents on each $100 valuation and 30 cents oh each poll. The matter of moving the court house was discussed and C. A. Owens was appointed a committee of one to investigate and report at next meeting. (traded School Teachers. The annual meeting of the board of education for the city of Durham was held Friday after noon. At that time many busi ness matters were disposed of by the board. The faculty for the ensuing year was elected with the except ion of the superintendent, who was elected at the regular month ly meeting in May, Mr. W. D. Carmichael being re-elected to that position. The following principals were elected: Principal of high school-E. J. Green. Principal of Morehead school B. S. Skinner. Principal of the Edgemont school C. F. Jenkins. Principal of JFuller school G. O. Ferguson. Principal of North Durham school W. A. Bivins. Director of Manuel training W.T.Martin. Supervisor of drawing Miss Lydia Bancroft Supervisor music Miss Inez Wooten. Domestic science Miss Mary Shaw. Teachers were also elected at this meeting. All the old teachers for the m. m m .. m colored schools were re-elected for the ensuing year. Mr. and Mrs. J. . C. Ancicr have announced the approaching marriage of their daughter. Inez. to Earle M. Stokes. The cere mony will be performed in Main Street Methodist church June 13ih, at 1050 o'clock. - SHORT LOCAL ITEMS. , Rev. E. M. Hoyle preached a special sermon to the Odd Fel lows of East Durham last Sunday afternoon in Carr Methodist church. A team of base ball players from Chapel Hill defeated the Durham Hosery Mills team last Saturday in a came of ball on the grounds of the latter team. The score was 11 to 5. ' Deputy Sheriff J. F. Harward carried Bennie Young, colored, to Raleigh last Saturday, where he Was wanted on two or more charges and was arrested here on a warrant from Raleigh. The rural maii carriers of North Carolina will hold their annual meeting in Durham, beginning July 3 and continuing for two days. It is expected that quite a number will attend this meeting. The funeral and burial of the 10-month-old child of Mr. and Mrs. Dutch Olive took place last Saturday afternoon, the funeral being conducted by Rev. T. A. Smoot, pastor of Main Street church. A "Tax Payer" writing in the Morning Herald last Sunday gives as reasons why the present court house should not be done away with that the county has not the money to pay for the same, and thinks it much better to pay as you go. Mrs. Dorson Mangum, mother of Mrs. A. VL. Phipps, of thi3 citywhose home was in Gran- vill county, died last week and the interment took place at the family burying ground. A num ber of relatives of this city at tended the funeral. J. H. Miller, who has been a resident of Durham for some time and who has been conduct ing a grocery store in the Far thing-Warren building on Main street, has left Durham, and several people are in the hole. It is said that the stock of goods he left here will not begin to pay off hi3 indebtedness. A negro woman by the name of Mary Collins was the victim of an accident last Saturday. In some way she was run over by a carriage which broke her leg. She was carried to Lincoln hos pital where she was given med ical attention. From what could be learned it was purely an ac cident due to the fact that the driver of the carriage nor woman noticed the approach of the other until it was too late. i i i llllNlWi i .t i ,.. Officers Elected. The Retail Clerks' Association have elected the following of ficers fur the ensuing term: President-M. D. Eright. First vice president W. D. Southerland. Second vice president-J. P. Home. Recording secretary Van Pat terson. Corresponding Financial secre-tary-A. W. Grady. Treasurer-!!. S. Torrey. Guide-J. L. Adkins. Guardian-W. A. Poston. Panama Canal-Erie Canal. Machinery I digging the Panama Canal a thousand timet quicker than the hovel dug the Erie. Machinery prodnce the L. & M. Paint at 30 times feu coat for labor than if made by hand. The 1 & M. ri-res the best job in the world, bccauM X. & M.Zinc harden I & M. White Lead and tnakca L. Si M. Paint wear like iron for to to 15 year. It Ofllr require 1 tallnna of thi m-t. brated Paint and J gallon of LlnaeedOU at 60c. per Jftllon. to Mint a moderate aiwrd house. If any defect ex iU in L.& M.rini will repaint bouse for nothing. Sold by IIACKNBV BROS.. Durham. M.C. . DEPOSIT Yf CITIZENS 7 c Offl B. N. Duke, Pres i Hi i MONEY WITH .TIONAL ' BANK JURHAM. I m ; m s 3 m ; and Oirectorst J. S. Manning, Vice-Pres. o mason, Lasmer, J. B. Duke, j aident American Tobacco Company. Y. E. Smitf upt. 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, v Attorney-at-Law. N. M. Johnson, Physician and 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 1, 1905 . Is Young, but Growing Statement of Bank it Close of Business Jat.26, N07i Itegonrces. Loans and Invest ments. $586,954.95 U. S. Bonds, 150,000.00 Premiums U. S. Bonds, 5,659.69 Banking House, 13,000.00 Cash and due from Banks, 293,129.84 Redemption Fund, 7,200.00 Liabilities. Capital, Surplus, Undivided profits, ' Circulation, Deposits, Dividends unpaid. $100,000.00 60,000.00 14,272.25 100,000.00 781,657.23 15.00 $1,055,944.48 $1,055,944.48 WE SEND these Reports to our Depositors and Stockholders on date called for by the Comptroller in order that they may be informed of our condition. WITH the strongest financial backing of any Bank in this State ann unsurpassed methods in every department, we invite new accounts, large or small, of MERCHANTS, FARMERS, INDI VIDUALS, FIRMS or CORPORATIONS that have not already done so, .to open an account with us. ABSOLUTE PROTECTION. Bonded Officers, Burglar and Fire Insurance, Fireproof Vault and Safe. To Depositors we offer Safety Deposit Boxes in our Fireproof Safe Free, where you can Deposit your Valuable Papers. I ; m ; ; m ; m . m m m m " m m m m m m m m m m T ! HOME SAVINGS BANK DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA Resources, 272,000.00 You are cordially invited to open a Savings Account with this Bank. Four per cent interest paid on Deposits. DIRECTORS- Georgb V. Watts I. F. Him, B. X. DfKE F. D. Markham W. A. Erwix J. S. Carr, Jr. J. W. Burroughs T. B. Fuller J. S. Maxgvm Dr. E. H. Bowmkg John Sprust Him, The best and tafest place foryour tnonev. All Loans are amply seemed by Real Estate or approved Stocks and Bonds. GEORGE W. WATTS. President, i W. W. WHITTED, Cashier. I Everything for the Parmer I We are better prepared than ever before to meet your wants in Hardware. Come in and I let us show you our I Com and Cotton Planters, Guano I Distributors, Stock Wire for fence. I Poultry Wire, Barbed Wire, Steel I Roofing, Plows, Harrows, Culti vators, Hoes, Shovels, Forks, etc. Walter A. 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The Durham Recorder (Durham, N.C.)
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