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SEMI-WEEKLY V 1 VOLUME 88. DURHAM, N. C, SEPTEMBER 10. 1907. NUMBER 37J i t NEWS FROM 01 REGULAR CORRESPONDENTS Items of Interest from Various Places as Viewed and Told Those on the Field. Personals. by Lillian. Routt I The fellow that grumbled about dry weather can still grum ble and say that it is too wet for his crops. There is but little sickness in the community at present: Mrs. A. Ferguson is right sick with chills and fever, J. E. Ferguson was sick last week, but is bettor now. The writer was coming home from Durham Tuesday and the cloud was so bad that I stopped at Mrs. Candace O'Neal's and had to remain all night. Two gentlemen from Mt. Hermon neighborhood, Alex Merritt and John Ferrell, spent the same night with Samuel Egerton, on account of tho rain. Ovin Nichols la spending thb week with his grand father, A. Ferguson. Mrs. Katie St. Sing, of Edge mont, is visiting in this commu nity this week. Mrs. Sis High and sister. Mrs and just here I will say that I know of no young man that has more friends in this place than Mr. Reams. J. H. Horward is new survey ing another large tract of land in the lower part of the county. Rev. J. K. Faulkner, pastor of Antioch church, recently related a very amusing incident of the renowned and sainted Rev. Elias Dodson, saying that Mr. Dodsoii had many peculiarities, but that was of a very amiable disposition The incident referred to was as follows: Mr. Dodson had two coats, one a very long white dus ter and the other a short black coat, and he concluded to attend court and wear his long duster, and unthoughtedly put on his black coat over his duster, which i attracted all the attentbn of the ! crowd and caused much merri- ment to the people that day. I Willie Tapp is now building an j office for his father, C. H. Tapp, I which wJH be quite a convenience Samuel Hunt, of West Durham, j when completed. are visiting relatives and friends ! It has been reported that when in this neighborhood. : some of our young men goes to H. M. O'Neal is very busy ; the store and cannot induce hu preparing his gin and other; fat her to purchase what he wants things around the place for the j he begins to cry and his father accommodation of his patrons, j soon concludes to respond to hi and ere cotton is ready will be ( wants, well fixed to handle it. j Not long since my friend, G. Tobacco curing is about over i W. Moore, related a circumstance in this section and we have not heard of a barn being burned. All claim to have made good cures, but say that the tobacco is light and chatty. The writer has a small bird dog that went to the water mel on patch the other day and brought back a canteloupe that weighed three pounds or more. of a man who was wearing a long black coat and some young ladies were gigling and laughing at his coat. He told them that the Bible said that seven ladies will cling to one man's coat, and he. thought he would have his coat long enough so that they would have no trouble in get ting a good hold upon his. They BOY IS BUSKED Til LEATH. He did not steal the melon as it concluded that it was not so fun- was from his master's patch, as ny after all. Roper. I tracked him to see where he j secured the melon. J. E. F. I - from TlBbcrlakt. Last Sunday Antioch church called Rev. J. K. Faulkner as its pastor. A. P. Long, of this place, has moved his family to Mt. Tirzah. The recent showers have been tine on turnips, peas and late corn. The Charge Fell Thrcucb. In a sermtn recently Rev. W. C. Darrett made the charge that one of the police force in the city was guilty of taking a drink in one of the stalls at the Parrish stables, basing his charge on in formation he had from Reuben Shipp, while in conversation with him. Chief of Police J. F. Freeland Mrs.J. II. Horward recently i i?an working on the matter by invited Mrs. R. H. Jones and I saving an ms men lined up ana Mrs. W. A. Barton over to eat rcnuestwi ,Ir Barrett to be pres water melon with her. nt and identify the man guilty J. M. Denny has returned to the charge. This Mr. Barrett could not do as he had not seen the occurrence. Last Saturday Mr. Shipp was in town and he was asked to identify the man he had seen taking a drink with some young men in the stables at the ware house. He did not recognize any of the force as the one he saw there, and stated that he judged only by the blue uniform the police wore, and after con- his home in Kentucky, but on last Sunday he attended services 't Antioch, his old home church, and publicly asked if there were present anyone that was baptized when he was, 37 years ago, and also asked if there was anyone li t re who was a member at the time he left, and his sister, Mrs. W. 15. Brooks, was the only one living when he departed from this section. Mr. Denny ex pressed himself with a great deal of solemnity when he re ferred to the vacant seats in the church caused by the departure f the older brcthcrn and sis ters, and the fact that those seats were now occupied by the younger people of the commun ity, also he was sad when he ex pressed the belief that this was probably his last visit to this church, but he grew cheerful aud bright when he contemplated the idea that ere long he would meet many of the older mem bers of this church in the city eternal. .1. F. Ream hia rrhrt!? to hiii WutLsi ia l,04wv.u, : sideration, he said he must have se.n a street car man, as they wear blue uniforms. This ends the matter so far as the investi gation is concerned, but the feel ing created among the policemen will likely remain unchanged for some time, as they have a right to feel hurt that they should be accused of an ottense that could not be sustained. Mr. Barrett agreed that he would make a statement of the facts in his pulpit at the next opportunity. Wanted Men, Women, boys and girls to represent McClure's c .. frd !V. .iiivM C7 Lao. mi ijt., Ne.v Yolk Ctti . George Wilson, a Deaf and Dumb Lad, Perishes Trying to Reach Window. This morning at 1:30 o'clock fire broke out in the matrix room, on the third floor of the Observer Building, and destroyed the third and fourth stories of that, the rear section, of the building. Some one in the Southern Manu facturers' Club discovered the fire and before the alarm could be given the top part of the b lilding was full of flames. The men in the composing room on the second floor were hurrying to get the first edition of the paper to press when the fire was dis covered. Immediately after the alurm was given the linotype men had to quit their machines, grab their coats and fly for their lives. The firemen responded quickly and began to fight with all their might, but it was some thing after 2 o'clock when they got the flames checked. The origin of the fire is un known, but it is lelieved that George Wilson, the deaf and dumb boy who had been in the habit of slipping into the matrix room and sleeping, dropped a match and it started from that. Wilson had" been run out of there several different times, but it is believed that he went up there last night early. When it be came generally known that he wa3 in the habit of going there an effort was made to find him after the fire had got under way, but smoke was so dense that a thorough search was impossible. There is a bare possibility that he perished in the building. The printers crossed from The Observer-Building over to The News plant, which Mr. W. C, Dowd opened up and turned over, and continued their work, put ting into type the matter not al ready handled. The press and other machinery in the basement of The Observer building was covered with oil cloths so that they would not be seriously damaged byjthe flooi of water and the linotype machines on the second flor were treated in the same way. The damage has been great, but at the hour of the morning at which this is written no one can tell what it is. The front section of the building, which includes the editorial rooms, the city editor's room, the business office and the Southern Manufacturers' Club, was not touched except with water. Dy 3 o'clock the fire was out. It was then estimated that the damage done to the building and machinery would amount to at least $15,000. After the flames had been quenched and the smoke had cleared the boys made a final search for George Wilson, but could not tind him. If he is in the building he is under a pile of rubbish. The fire, coming at the time of morning that it did and being in the heart of the city, brought out hundreds of people from all sections of the city. Men and women swarming on the streets. Early after the fire commenced the electric light wires were burned and the lights in the com posing room where the printers were at work went out. It was then that every fellow struck out for himself. The fourth floor of The Obser ver contains the bindery of the printing house. That was com pletely ruined. At 3:30 o'clock the dead body of George Wilson was found some distance from where the fire originated, lie had evidently trie I to escape frwi the mulim? was found in the hoi thwest cor ner lying between some type cases and the wall close to the window which he must have been trying to reach. In the northwest corner his shoes and hat were found. Messas. Paul H. Brown and R. C. White dir- covered the boy. George Wilson was born in Crab Orchard township. He was about 15 years old and was bright, smart boy. He had spent a year at the Deaf and Dumb school at Morganton and was going back this year. Everj - body in the Observer Building liked him. If he was the cause of the fire, he did not intend to and it seems impossible fcr him to have caused it. Charlotte Observer, Sept. 9. Bouad Over by the Mayor. A negro by the name of Dallas Bailey wa3 sent over to the grand jury last Saturday for assaulting a negro by the name of Davis. He could not give bond and went ta Jail. Whitt Brown was before the mayor one day last week charged with stealing some money and a watch. When the evidence was in he was bound over to court and went to jail in default of bond. Henry -Durham and A. C. Blaikwood were captured by the police while enga?ed in a gamb ling matcb last Friday night. In the mayor's court Saturday morning they were bound over to' the superior court in bonds of $50 each. Blackwood give his bond and was released, but Dur ham was locked up as he could not give the required security. John Wilson and J. A. ' Tingen were charged with carrying con cealed weapon before the mayor Saturday were bound under 25 bonds for their appearance at the next term of court. Tingen gave bond by depositing the cash while Wilson went to jail. Irvin Barbee was before Mayor Graham Monday on tiie charge of burglarizing the home of Ida Merrett. They are both negroes and live in that section of the city known as Little Washington. After hearing the evidence in the the case Earbee was sent to jail without bail to await the action of the grand jury at the next term of Durham Supe rior court. Other case3 tried by the mayor were as follows: Fate Owens, selling whiskey without license, $50. This bond was given. H. E. Beasley, as sault and battery, bond $75. The bond was given. John Henry Ray, cursing, fined $5 and cost. Rosea Barbee, assault and bat tery, fined $1 and cost. Elijah Greenhill, loud and boisterous cursing, fined $5 and cost. Bob Turner, drunkenness, fined $5 and cost. Helen Turner, curs ing, fined $5 and cost. John Bruton and S. W. Johnson, get ting drunk on Sunday. Fined $10 each and cost. Lucy Gills, drunkenness, fined $5 and the cost. John Butler, assault and battery. Fined $1 and cost, total of $3.30. S. E. Beasley was charged with being drunk on Sunday, and for this he was fined $10 and the cost. Duncan Hart, colored, was up for assault ing his wife and for this he was made to pay a fine of $10 and all the costs of the case. Htr(t(r((Hltli((((Klitt(l DEPOSIT YOUR 1 s CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK OF DURHAM. NEY WITH Officers and Directorsi B. N Duke, Pres. J. S. Manning, Vice-Pres. J. B. Mason, Cashier. J. B. Duke, 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. H. RlGSBEE, Capitalist. Q. E. Rawls, Merchant. B. N. Duke, Director American Tobacco Co., and Capitalist. J. S. Manning, 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 CITV 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 ot Business Jan. 26, 1937i , Resources. Loans and Invest ments, Liabilities. U. S. Bonds. Premiums U. S. Bond3, Banking House, Cash and due from Banks, Redemption Fund, $5Sfi,954.A5 150,000.00 5,659.69 13,000.00 293,129.84 7,200.00 Capital, Surplus, Undivided profits, Circulation, Deposits, Dividends unpaid, $1,055,944.48 $100,000.00 60,000.00 14,272.25 100,000.00 781,657.23 15.00 $1,055,944.48 rjWE SEND these Reports to our Depositor; and Stockholders on date called for by the Comptroller in order that they may be informed of our condition. WITH the strongest financial backing of any Bank in this State ann unsurpassed methods in every department, we invite new accounts, large or small, of MERCHANTS. FARMERS, INDI VIDUALS, FIRMS or CORPORATIONS that have not already done so, to open an account with us. ABSOLUTE PROTECTION. Bonded Officers, Burglar and Fire Insurance, Fireproof Vault and Safe. To Depositors we offer Safety Deposit Boxes in our Fireproof Safe Free, where you can Deposit your Valuable Papers. IMONEY WORKS j IN 'HOME SAVINGS BANK DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA We Pay 4 per cent Coumpound Interest on all Saving's Accounts Come in and start an account to!ay. received anil l.ire ones in proportion. Small dqx$iU will be thankfully nimf m;,m , air.in , cm its h v titi tt GEORGE V. WATTS, President. JOHN SPRUNT HILL, Vice-President v v wuiTTwn rod,; T. 13. VI A KCE, Jr., Assistant Cashier. t I OPEN ALL DAY SATURDAYS a Wlien you sit for a Portrait And the prHfs "come out" ail rinlit and the picture are le livt rvd e-io!i a'ike. handsomely finWu-d. carefully tolled, nicely Hummed, no spot or blemish to inur their twee . . . ". ri N H 3 THE N YOU ARE WELL PLEASED. M H Now thw i jnt the kind of work we are doing each day. Let M rH help you in Mf'ectin-.; n tv!e tuitaMe for vou. Sittings aiiy 2 dav .' " '. In a game of base ball between the Durham Hosiery Mills team and a team from Haw River last Saturday, the former won with out any trouble, and the visitors at nj ti;nu st. 1 any show of M M H H 14 ifirzxsxzzirtxrxrxitixirzzxisxxzirxtyxrzxxxrszxrsszrsa MISS KATIE L. JOHNSON lOoJ East Main Street. Durham, N. C. IE. CIS CAN'T BE RUBBED OUT Here arc some: Taint is the only preservative known for huiMinj;; the better the paint the longer it last. The IH-Voe paint are rich in eolor. durable anl don't pctl 01T. 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