R
HAM M ECORHEK
SEMI-WEEKLY.
VOLUME 88.v.
DURHAM, N. C, JUNE 21. 1907.
NUMBER 15.
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NEWS FROC Hi , REGULAR , CORRESPONDENTS
Items of Interest from Various
byjfwn the
Batumi Item. -
Messrs. D. CLManum .and
vArnr VL Thombsoh' 8ient the
day in Bahama last Sunday,, and
were the guest ox Messrs. I). IS.
Eoberts and J. Df;. Turner.
The weather hw now turned
...m on1 farmPT nrft Triad. o
the crops waitgm tOj' grow
some.
All the ML Bethel Sundav
school scholars are requested to
be present next bunaay morning
f o'clock. Brins your lunch
basket along. The school wishes
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to uevote muss viiijf iraj
practising songsjtci - v
Marcus Ball is very sick and
his condition is such that loved
ones and friendarf ear .;ih.?yrse
old age. -. J. LL.C.
Kew let.et
We are having weather
now which is &ne oa.goowing
crops. Most of iur peoplj are
busy in the harvest.Jelds. - w
Miss Nellie Gray visited at the
home of Mrs. M. E. Wilsoir -Saturday.
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Bunnie Iws'aiiu'SLiss Bertha
Robinson spenfj Ias'C' Saturday
night with their uncle, Ike Laws.
Miss Ida Gates, pho h$sbeen
spending sometime .with 4her
aunt, Mrs. Fannie Long and Mrs.
G. S. Holman, ne$rjy$boro, re
turned home MondnyM&he was
accompained hdme " By Misses
Ethel and Jugret Rogers and
Blanche Gooch. v
J. W. Berry vpaa ground Mon
day jetting uDa1c2i3of chickens
and eggs to carry to marVetr
LTtt!et5T- Hall, of - Durham,
has been visiting her sister. Mrs.
eWRlTUley. - . '
Misses Mettie and Maggie
Laws spent Thursday evening
with Miss Ida Gates.
The home of Tom MonK was
mad sad Tuesday about 11 o'clock
by the death of Mrs. Monk. She
had been ill for a long time and
her death was no suprise. She
was about 23 years of age, and
followed her little baby that went
before her some three weeks
ago. May God in ins goodness
bring comfort to their grieved
hearts and show them that his
way is best , M. R.
firm 1ml Int. .
W. M. Batchlor is at the point
of death, having had the third
troke of paralysis last Saturday.
He cannot talk or eat and those
watching by his bedside expect
the end at any time.
The little child of George Yates
i very low. He has enlargement
n the liver caused by the mumps.
Mrs. Emma Lee, of Cary, is
pending a few days at the home
J. D. Brown.
There was an Ice cream supper
at the home of Rev. Madison
Vatcs last Saturday night; , and
ill report t pleasant time.
A 8 AD DEATH.
The remains of Mrs. Bettie
Davis were brought here over
the D. & S. Railway from Dur
ham last Saturday, and laid to
rest in the old lurward burying
sTound. The burial service was
conducted by Rev. C. J.Thomp-
on. of Durham. ' Hustler.
larlia, taitti I.
We are very sorry to learn
hat Ed Sherron la very sick.
Ve hope for him a tpcedy re-
overy, ' ,
f Miss Maude Sorrcll" has lecn
Mting friends In this rIKhbor.!
She left on th early'
Places as Viewed and Told
Field. Personals.
tram Monday for Chapel Hil',
where she will enter school.
oaston rurgerson had very
bad luck Saturday afternoon.
His horse died which was worth
about $175.
Misses Mamie Page, Lottie
Jones, Maude Sorrell, Messrs.
Kemp Nichols, Percy Jones was
the welcome guests of Miss Era
King Sunday night.
Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Ferrel
was the welcome guests of A.
M. Sorrells' family Saturday and
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Perry, of
West Durham, spent Saturday
and Sunday with Ed Sherrons'
family.
Miss Mamie rage, or Lary, - is
visiting her cousin. Miss Lottie
Jones. ' E. E. K.
Annual Farmers Institute.
- The annual Farmers Institute
for Durham County will be held
at the County Home, Saturday,
July 20, 1907. There will be two
or three speakers present from the
State Department of Agriculture
in addition to the local speakers.
These institutes are for a free
and informal discussion of every
day farm problems and no farmer
can attend and take part in these
discussions without receiving
more than enough benefit to pay
for the time spent
No attempt will be made at this
meeting to lay down hard and
fast rules by which any man
should run his farm, but improv
ed farming methods will be dis
cussed and the reasons why these
methods are better than many
of those now practiced will be
given. We are assured that no
speaker will recommend any
thing he has not himself done
and that dozens of farmers in
this part of the State are not
also doing at this time. n -
Do not forget the date of this
meeting, Saturday, July 20th, at
the County Home and see that
your neighbors know of it and
attend.
INSTITUTE FOR THE WOMEN.
In connection with the regular,
annual Farmers Institute for
Durham County to be held at
the County Home Saturday, July
20th, 1907, there will also be held
a meeting for the women from
the farms. One or two women
speakers will be present from the
State Department of Agricul
ture and these will be assisted
by the men conducting the men's
institute. As this meeting will
be held on the same day and at
the same place as the farmers
institute a joint meeting of the
mn and women may be arranged
for the afternoon.
The women have even greater
and perplexing problems in the
homes than the men have on the
farms. Why should they not
come together and discuss these
problems and get inspiration and
help in solving them?
We have heard or , no woman
attending such an institute who
did not become interested. .Do
not forget this meeting for the
women at the County Home,
Saturday, July 20th. 1 ' '
Franc Jones stole $80,000, it
is said, and gets six years. ' A
poor white man or a negro "gets
half of that for a small theft, all
of it for a little larger one. And
if a man kills another, he is ac
quitted and becomes a hero.
Lexingtun Dispatch.
DR. BOWLMD AND WIFE IN JAIL
No Bail Allowed Alleged Murderers-
Trial to Be In July;
Raleigh, N. C., June 17.-
Special-This morning at
o'clock the case of Mr. David
Rowland, in jail ; here for the
poisoning of Chas. R. Strange,
engineer on the s Seaboard Air
Line, was called but Justice Se-
parks announced that the hear
ing would be postponed until the
afternoon when the i hearing
would be in the form of a coro
ners hearing with a jury for the
purpose of. hearing the case in
detail. In the court room with
Dr. Rowland and his wife were
his two uncles, J. A. and D. H,
oiu, two orotners, Hubert and
J. L. Rowland, and brother-in
law, R. K. Hill and E. K. Rogers.
Dr. Rowland was looking remark
ably well in view of his four
week's confinement in jail.
ine nrst witness examined
was Dr. Symme, chemist, who
analyzed the stomach of Strange.
He testified that the analysis was
as thorough as could be made
and showed no poison that would
have caused death. In reply to
questions he said there were poi
son that could have been admin
isteredhypodermically that would
not show up in an analysis such
as ne naa made., inese were
digelatis and aconeit either of
which would have spread through
the system immediately and
caused death. As small a quan
itv as a three thousandth nart of
dramme had been known to cause
,
death Jhere wa no known
means of definitely tracing the
poison when injected.
Engineer Mike Teghi, of the
Seaboard Air line, was the sec
ond witiness. He knew Strange
intimately. Went to the house
when Strange died but was not
allowed to see the body. He and
others sent word to Mrs. Strange
that they would sit up that night
or aid her in any other way,
They were informed that "Mr.
Turner" was in charge. He
had no idea who Mr. Turner was.
Their services were not needed.
He swore that he saw Dr. Row
land and Mrs. Strange together
several times, first about a month
before the death of Strange. He
watched them walk several blocks
together, then seperate and go
by different routes to Dr. Row
land's office after dark. He
watched Mrs. Strange go to this
office or at least to the building
and up the steps on Fayetteville
street on two other occasions
after or about dark.
The testimony of other wit
nesses was sutatantialiy the same
as that of Engineer Teghi.
Monday night the coroner's
jury returned a verdict in the
case. The verdict was to the
effect that Engineer Strange died
from some unnatural cause and
the jury recsmmended that both
Dr. Rowland and his prisoner
wife, who was the wife of
Strange, be held to the grand
jury without bond. It was con
sidered by the jury that the evi
dence tendedo show that En
gineer Strange had died from a
poisoning that cannot be traced
in any analysis.
On the report of the jury Cor
oner Separks commited both Dr.
Rowland and his wife, Mrs.
Rowland, to the county jail and
there they will probably remain
until after the trial of this case.
Throughout the trial of this case
here was an effort to force
Coroner Separks to allow the
presence of Dr. Rowland in the
court room. This the coroner
refused to do, and there' were
numerous h.ivr -hwhkjs.
Uut tlx action of the coroner
leaves but one way open-that
will be the writ of habeas corpus".
NO BAIL WILL BE ASKED.
Raleigh, N.; C, June 18. It
looks now as if there will be no
application for writs of habeas
corpus for pr. and Mrs. Rowland
and that both of them will await
in jail their, trial at the July term
of Wake court. It is understood
that their counsel are divided as
to the advisability of 'application
for habeas corpus writs. There
is fear that failure to win in such
a proceeding would tend to pre
judice their case for the trial.
: Death o! Aged Lady.
Mrs. Rebecca Roberts, aged 79
years, died Tuesday night at 11
o'clock. At the ; time of her
death she was living at the home
of her son,! E. T. Roberts, No.
1411 East Main street
Mrs." Roberts was born in Gran
ville county in 1828 and in- that
county she -spent the greatest
part of her . long life. For the
last eight years, however, she
has made Durham her home.
Several children survive her.
There are '.seventy-seven grand
children and forty-two great-grand-children.
Two of her sons-
Messrs. W. P. and E. T. Roberts
and their families live in Dur
ham, i
Mrs. Roberts was a consistent
member of the West Durham
Baptist church. The body - was
taken to Stems Thursday, morn
ing for interment, the funeral
services being conducted by Rev.
G. H. Church, v" -
PIC-Mc Excursion ta Oxford Saturday.
The Seaboard is arranging
three big excursions to Oxford
Saturday June 22nd, from Dur
ham, Raleigh and Weldon, ac
count St Johns' Day Celebration,
Masonic pic-nic and big Barbe
cue for the Orphans. You should
go and see this ideal Orphan's
Home the pride of every Mason
in North Carolina, who has made
this place the Home, the school
and prepared for life over two
thousand little orphan boys and
girls. There will also be an ex
tra session of the Grand Lodge
of Masons. The round trip rate
from Raleigh. Durham and Wel
don is only $1.00 and' graded
down from intermediate points.
Train leaves Raleigh at 8:00 a.
m., Durham 8.-00 a. m., Weldon
at 6:43 a. m. and return in the
afternoon.
To Erect Kew Residence.
T. L. Setzer,. of the James
Lumber company, has let a con
tract to Messrs. Salmon and Sol
mon, contractors, for the erect
ion of a beautiful residence. The
new home will be out .on the
Chapel Hill road almost in front
of the home of Capt J. R. Renn.
The contract calls for an eight
room house that will be supplied
with all modern conveniences.
It will cost in the neighborhood
of $5,000 and will be one of the
prettist houses of this beautiful
suburb.
Dr. Edwin Mims, of the chair
of English at Trinity college, left
Wednesday on the westbound
train, his final destination being
Colorado. v
Panama Canal-trie Canal.
Machinery i dicrinir tht Tanam
Cinul tliou.am! time quicker than tht
sbovtt dug the Erie.
Mficbinery product the L. St M. Pa nt
t 5" timet fpi cot for labor than if
naile tf band. i
The L.& M. Kivet the heat lob in the
world, because L & M Zinc harden h.
A M. White Lead and make L. & L
faint wear like iron for to to is war.
It only require 1 enllon of thi eel.
hrated Paint and t eallowof Linared Oil
at 6oc. per gaUon, to paint moderate
iwtd home, "v-. .
If anv defect exiat In Lit M.Pint.-llt
repatni nouse lor ncxninjj.
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OF. DURHAM.
Officers a tid lrectors
B. N. Duke, Pres. Vj. S. Manning, Vice-Pres.
J. B. Mj son, Cashier, v
J. B. Duke, President American Tobacco Company. . t
Y. E. Smith, Supt E urham potton Mfg. Company,
. C. L. Haywood, oi Haywood & King, Druggists. "
J. H. Southgate, o ' Southgate & Son, Insurance. .
R. H. Rigsbee, Capitalist.
Q. E. Rawls, , I Merchant. '
B. N. Duke, , : .
Director American Tobacco" Co., and Capitalist
J. S. Manning. i Attorney-at-Law.
N. M. Johnson, Physician and Surgeon.
J. B. Mason, Cashier Cituens National Bank.
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Banking House, 13,000.00
Cash and due from
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Redemption Fund, 7,200.00
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