DURHAM! REC0R0ER.
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SEMI-WEEKLY,
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VOLUME 88.
DURHAM; N. C, JlfLY 9. 1907.
NUMBER 2).
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NEWS FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENTS
Items of Interest from Various Places as Viewed and Told
by Those on the Field, Personals.
From Tlmberlake.
It was reported that some man
not far from our community had
a hog to fall, braking three legs,
three ribs and its bock bone
twice, and of course that hog died
without a doubt. The owner had
some pork after the hog was
knocked in the head.
R. B, Spencer passed by the
writer's a few days ago, and we
had a good old social chat. Mr.
Spencer said that I had the ad
vantage of him as my boys would
soon be lots of help to me and
said that his boys were all girls
except one, and I will say; that
ones future prosperity and civ
ilization 'depends just as much
upon the girls as it docs upon the
boys.
White Rogers cut all of his
father's wheat, and that did
well for a boy who had just come
out of school a short while before
wheat harvest.
Our crops are in a thriving
condition now, and to prove to
you that the farmers are more
hopeful of their crops, we hear
some singing now and then.
Lenard Barton made a flying
trip to Durham on last Saturday
night and returned home on the
following Monday morning., ;
Sometime ago one of our young
riien," who was barefooted, hap
pened to go in where there were
some younj ladies, and he being
a gentleman, said young ladies
please excuse my white slippers.
George Prince and sister. Miss
Inez, went to spend a short time
with relatives near Erooksdale.
Ai post-office has been discon
tinued by Uncle Sam.
J. W. Chambers, carrier of
Koxboro, R 5, has been extended.
Uncle Sam is rsakingsome grand
changes in the mail system.
Mrs. Ira Rogers and sister,
Miss Ida Wilkerson, spent a por
tion of last Monday with Mrs.
W. A. Barton.
Mrs. J. II. Howard and daugh
ter, Miss Lula. spent last Wednes
day evening with Mrs. R. II.
Jones.
On last Tuesday a roan by the
name of Spoon came this way
looking after the cow tick, and
on the same evening a man by
the name of Sugar came through
our community. Well some peo
ple think that the cow tick men
are doing a work"' that will be
very profitable to the cow owner,
while others think that it is a
money making scheme, and we
have yet to learn of one public
man about whom some one would
not grumble or raise a howl
about Go on you tick men and
'o your duty and you will keep
J our heads above water.
Miss Ella Howard run a very
narrow risk a few days ago. She
and her mother were at the
spring washing, and ner mother
had washed the white clothes.
and then Miss Ella took up the
colored clothes and was putting
them in the tub, and she found
that sho had gathered up with
them a large copper head snake,
and she threw it down before it
bit her. Miss Ella's mother
said that the snake was as large
as her arm. ,
Rev. B. D. Thames poached
at Antioch on tho fifth Sunday,
indhURiihWf
Feast." Bro. Thames handled
subject wisely in showing
"W the King defied Goi and
'w God overthrew 'the King for
irctogii'ttlot;;. Hi'v. Mr.
Harris came with Rev. Thames,
and also made : a temperance
speech, which was very instruct
ive and it is very likely that An
tioch church will call Bro. Har
ris as their pastor, and we do
not see how Antioch can do any
better than to call him.
Roper.
MorrUilIIe, louti 2. :
There is to be services at An
drews Chappel second Saturday
and Sunday. Two services Sat
urday one at 11 o'clock, one
in the afternoon. Dinner will be
served on the ground. It is not
yet understood . whether there
will be two services Sunday or
not
The women are not selling very
many young chickens in this
community. Wait until the re
vival meeting's begin. Then
walk about chickens.
W.W. Ferrell is visiting his
son. Z. P. Ferrell, this week.
He will soon return back to Dur
ham. J. F. F.
- lutialoatiS.
Mr. Lem Chandler and two
daughters, of Mebane, are vis
isting the family of Mrs.- M. M.
Strayhorn.
Drew Cards, sister, is spending
several days with him. ... . .
Mrs. Mary Lunsford, of Surl,
Person county, , is" visiting rela
tives in this section this week.
Immense crowds passed here
on the 4th, going fishing and
picnicing.
Mrs. J. H. Shields and two
daughters paid a visit to Mrs.
Jno. Bell this week.
Jno. Bell fell from his wagon
a few days ago, breaking his
arm. It seems that he is having
unusually bad luck of late as he
has lost two horses quite recently.
Jasper Rhoder and his friend,
Mr. Seal, of Virginia, who are
employees of the Western Union
Telegraph and Telephone com
pany, working near Greensboro,
spent the Fourth at J. R. Rhodes.
There is considerable sickness,
caused by warm weather in this
section.
James W. Bennett Jr., has ac
cepted a position at West Dur
ham. On account of the agitation
caused by some wanting to con
solidate the schools in the fourth
districts here last winter. Bar
bee's district was deprived of
any school, and notwithstanding
that the people in this district
were forced to pay tax to run
schools in other sections, they
are taxing themselves again by
paying a teacher to teach for
them this summer. .Miss Euva
Strayhorn is employed as teacher
and it gives us great pleasure to
say that sfio is meeting with
success, as the children all like
her and are learning rapidly.
As we have said before we arc
opposed to this consolidation, not
because we are opposed to ad
vancement, but because we do
not believe that to move a good
school right from the very door's
of the children as it were, and
put it out of their reach. These
four districts, if consolidated
will contain something like thirty
six or forty square miles, equal
to a township, and to accept one
school in the place of four In so
large an area is retrograding.
D. S. "Garrard killed a rattle
moke on his farm one day this
v.uk. 1. 1. t).
SHORT LOCAL ITEMS.
The Dictionary offer is good un
til August.
Golden Link lodge of Odd Fel
lows of this city installed officers
Monday night.
Mayor Graham had twenty-one
cases to claim. his attention last
Monday morning and eleven were
sent over to the higher court.
Congressman Kitchin was here
a short while one day last week
on his way home from a trip to
the Western part of the state.
The Woodmen of the World
unveiled a monument in honor of
the late E. C. Hackney last Sun
day with appropriate exercises.
. All readers of the Recorder
should take advantage of the
Dictionary and complete Pocket
Library offer found in another
column. . ,
John W. Scott was landed in
jail last week on two charges for
selling whiskey without license.
He will be tried at the next term
of Durham superior court
Quite a number of Durham
Odd Fellows, members of the
Durham Encampment, went over
to Oxford one day last week to
Institute an encampment at that
place.
Elijah Brogden died at hb home
on Wilkerson avenue last Sunday.
Heart trouble was the cause of
his death. He was 70 years of
age, and left a wife, two sons and
three daughters. :
45,800 words this is the num
ber of words contained in the
Webster Dictionary offered by the
Columbian Bureau for only 25c.
See ad. in another column. Re
member Shakespeare used only
15,000.
An examination ot teachers
for white schools in Durham
county will take place next
Thursday. The following day
examinationn will be held for
teachers in the colored schools of
the county.
Mary Belle, daughter of Mrs.
J.T. Jones, died last Saturday
morning. The funeral was con
ducted from the residence, on
Roxboro street last Sunday
afternoon, after which the re
mains were interred in Maple
wood cemetery.
Robert A. Christmas, who was
married about a week ago in South
Carolina, and it being reported
that he and his bride had gone to
Shreveport, La., arrived in the
city Sunday on a visit to relatives
and friends. They expect to make
Durham their home.
J. Scott Burch, who has been
traveling with the orphans of the
Oxford Orphan Asylum on their
concert tour, is at home with his
family for some. time. Mr. and
Mrs. Burch and little eon have
gone to Orange county to spend
sometime on visit to relatives. '
Invitations have been received
in Durham to the marriage of
Miss Nellie Mae Jeager, of Ohio
to Mr."N. Bruce Underwood, o'f
this city., The ceremony will be
performed July 15th, at the home
of the bride, after which they
will come to Durham to reside.
In the matter of raising the
telephone rates by the Inter-
State Telephone Company of this
city which has been before the
Corporation commission, the lat
ter decided with the teleohone
conpany against tho plaintiff.
Thiatjf ttles the matter, and if
people want to use telephones
they had just as well make un
their minds to pay the price the
Inter-State Company want to
charge. ;.
Little Frank, son! of Mr. and
Mrs. R. N. Neville, of Chapel
Hill, died last Friday, and sev
eral relatives from Durham went
over to attend the funeral, among
the number being- Arthur and
Otis Leigh,, uncles of the child.
The little fellow was about eight
months old.
A large crowd attended the
district Sunday school meeting
at Fletcher's Chapel last Satur
day. Addresses were delivered
by Sunday school workers, and
the day was well spent. Dinner
was served on the grounds, and
it was estimated that more than
one thousand people'attended the
meeting.
, A warrant U out for the arrest
of Walter Cash for attempting
criminal , assault upon Laura
Evans, both parties living in Oak
Grove township. The . attempt
was made one day last week, and
facts in the case are rather hard
to get at, but will probaby be
brought out at the trial if the of
ficers succeed in getting hold of
Cash. ,
The ministers of the city have
begun their tentjrevival meet
ings, the . first sermon being
preached Sunday night by Dr. J.
C. Rilgo in the tent; Back of
these meetings are most of the
ministers of the city, it being
their purpose to hold meetings
about at different places it the
city whire many people may be
reached that are not conveniently
near a.church.
, Jack Beasley, a negro serving
a sentence of eight months on
the county road force, whose
time would have been out next
Wednesday, was taken with the
fever last week and was carried
to the county home where he
could be 'cared for better than
with the road force. He failed
to get better and died Sunday
afternoon about five o'clock.
Progrtsslre Hillsboro.
Hillsboro is taking on new life.
The signs of improvments are on
every hand. Among the late ad
ditions to the old town is the
painting of the Richard's House
where all Chapel Hill delegations
stop. By the way, Mr. Richard
feeds "up-to-date." Mr. T. Nor
fleet Webb's new residence is a
beauty. Hon. S. M. Gattis is
erecting a new and modern resi
dence, and there are a number
of new residences scattered all
over town, while the paint brush
has been used in telling effect on
many of the old residences. A
nice macadam street to the depot
is another big improvement
The town and township has voted
bonds amounting to $50,000 to
build Good Roads and the work
is progressing rapidly. A large
cotton and knitting mill, giving
employment to several hundred
operatives has caused a town to
be built out around the depot,
called West Hillsboro. All these
improvements made in the last
ten years entitles Hillsboro to
join the procession with other
progressive towns in the State
and it is no longer called the
"Cornwallis town," but pro
gressive IIillsboro.tChapcl Hill
News.
frnatna Canal Erie Canal.
Machinery U dinR ,tht 1'anama
Ctmt a thousand times quicker tbati the
nhovcl dug the Krle.
Machinery produce tbe h. St M. Taint
at 50 time leu co-t for labor than if
ttimlcbv tintffl.
The L & M. gives the best job in the
world, because L. & M. Zinc harden L.
& M. White Lead n, make i & M.
Taint near like iron for to to 15 years.
It only require 4 gallon of this cele
brsted Taint and 3 jcatlonsof Linseed Oil
at 60c. per gallon, to paint moderate
sized house.
If any defect exist In L.&M.l'aliit,ill
repaint house for nothing.
JVdd by HACKNKY BROS, Durham
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DEPOSIT YOU1 40NEY WITH
CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK
OF DURHAM.
Officers and Directorsi
B. N. Duke, Pres. J. S. Manning, Vice-Pres
. " . J. is. mason, t&shier.
J. B. Duke, President American Tobacco Company.
Y. E. Smith, Supt. Durham Cotton Mtg. Company.
' C. L. Haywood, of Haywood & King, Druggists.
J. H. Southgate, - of Southgate & Son, Insurance.
R. H. Rigsbee, Capitalist.
- . u. kawls, Merchant. s;rI
B. N. Duke,
Director American Tobacco Co., and Capitalist.
J. S. Manning, Attornev-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 i, 1905
Is Young, but Growing
Statement of Bank at Close f Business Jan. 26, 1907i
HcHoureesi.
Loans and Invest
ments, U. S. Bond3,
Premiums U. S.
Bonds,
Banking House,
Cash and due from
Banks,
Redemption Fund,
$5S6,954.&5
150,000.00
5,659.69
13,000.00
Liabilities.
293,129.84
7,200.00
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
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