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... . ... - . p BURH. SEMI-WEEKLY, VOLUME 88. DURHAM, N. C, SEPTEMBER 27. 1907. NUMBER 4?. RECORDER NEWS FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENTS Items of Interest from Various Places as Viewed and Told by Those on the Field-Personals. Kordlilllli Routt . Most of the" farmers in this section have finished curing to bacco and are now busy getting it ready for market. Mrs. Nat Broach died Satur day morning and was buried at Wheelers church Sunday after- On account of her mother's ill ness Miss Thomasson will not be gin her school at Wheelers until the 7th of Oct. Miss Lela Compton came over to Mr. Vernons Sunday and will teach the Hester's Store school again. Miss Bessie Baynes will teach at Bushy Fork this time. IN WAKE COUNT! COURT. The Rowland Case Kext Monday Rail road Hen Will Answer lor Wreck. The superior court of Wake is in session this week and the grand jury have acted upon two caies that is of general interest to the people of the state: The first case that attracted much attention was when Dr. Rowland and wife appeared in court on the charge of the mur der of Engineer Strange, the particulars of which are familiar to our readers. A special jury was ordered summoned and the case set for a hearing next Mon day. The Raleigh papers state ! 4L-4 aI f i Miss Myrtle Warren of Pros- "iat ine connnemem m jau does pect Hill, spent last night at Mr. j not seem to go hard with the O'Brient's. ! Prisoners and that they seem 'to Dr.S.E.MaloneofGoldsboro. take-tne Mtter in nonchalant who is staying a few days with j mancr . The mnttpr of th Anhnrn friends in thu neighborhood, ! . U(ou ... . . . will leave for home tomorrow. ! , ' (fciaim jujj auu miucssea were Misses Addie and Claudia Hes- examined ter. htepnen uraasner. nenryi Theerand iurv found n true Hester and Frank Satterfield re- bill for manslaughter against W. tamed home Monday after , Rjppey, engineer; C. M .Oakley, ending several days at the conductor; B. P. Ketcham, chief Jamestown Exposition. train disDarcher. and Victor Par. Robert and Calvin Warren j vin, train dispatcher, on the Dur- started this morning to James-j ham division of the Southern town. We are glad to learn that Miss Martha Daniel who has teen so lick, is much better. -L. S. Fined lor Contempt There was a case in the police court Thursday that was like many other cases that appear on the docket J. W. Shepherd was charged with assaulting his wife. ! Railway as being responsible for the wreck on the first of Septem ber near Auburn, when W. C. Parker, engineer: Robert Young and W. J. Betel, firemen, were killed, the indictment saying that the defendants named "felon iously and wilfully did kill and slay" these men whose lives went out in that head-on collis ion. It is hardly probable that The warrant was sworn out by j"1 e e neara ai mis the wife and when she failed tojsion, a e Everett Spence make her case and the mayor se to follow the Elvira Pow dismissed the warrant, Mrs. Incase and the Rowlands trial Shepherd marched out of the;"05 Monday, court room, remarking as she! Another matter that is of did so, that "it was a dirty trick, " special interest in Raleigh this Mayor Graham directed that ! week is the publication of items she be brought back in court, j in the News and Observer and which was done, and she was j Evening Times relative to the asked to show cause why she! amount aid by the Southern -h;M not be fined for contempt, j Railway to the latter paper for Afti-r hearing what she had to schedule and special notices. V )-, fi.u'd Mrs. Shepherd five j The hard things said by tach are iVilary and the costs. She paid read by many people and com the tine and went her way. j mented u;n by the op!e not - - i only of Raleigh, but by readers Dca!b fit Tounj Lady. of the two journal. M Cancra Page, an orphan; that i ;sme here from the Oxford TERRIBLE DYNAMITE EXPLOSION. t'rj han Asylum, and who has ci't'ie her honr.e with Mrs. Mar- t:'- n Angier avenue, died at trc WatU Ilrnital last Thurs- r,i.rr.ing. Typhoid fever ;- the cause of her death, and he had been seriously ill for sev eral iJays. Mi. page Was 1G years of age and leaves one sister that is blind. ?irl,'" ming to Durham she has ttiuny friends. The funer 41 ar-'l lurial took place Thurs day afternoon. Thnmas Carroll Dead. At t he age of 22 years, Thorn to t'arroll, whose home was Ik' ? four miles west of the city, J'- last Thursday. Typhoid ""r was the cause of his death jrea.d left a mother, five sis rm lwo brothers of his lm liate family. The funeral was conducted Mt. Hermon Baptistchurch wthre. o'clock this afternoon, ''' which the remains were ,a'dto rest in the chufch burying Krouiiil Married In BaSHmnre. News was received in the city last Wednesday that John Chand ler of this city, and Miss Annie Stewart, of Baltimore, had been united in marriage in that city. Mr. Chandler, wlu is princi pal stockholder and manager for the Durham Hardware company, of this city, is well known here. The bride spent sometime here last spring and made many friends. They will spend some time onta wedding tour before re turning to Durham, where trey will reside. MMa Convict Escapes. The penitentiary authorities an nounce the escape from the con vict gang near Lumberton of John Moore, white, aged 40, who was sent from Wilkes county two years ago to serve five years for manslaughter. This is the second convict to escape this month. The number of escapes during the past two years has been much less than before that time, as pecial care has been taken to guard convicts. -Ral-fieh Prrreior,dent Charlotte Oeeivtr. Buck Clark aod Eugene Davis Blown from a Well. A phone message from Chapel Hill Wednesday night gave the particulars of an explosion of dynamite that almost cost two men their lives. The cause of the serious results was premature explosion of dynamite that was used in blasting in a well which Eugene Davis and Buck Clark were digging. The two men above named were at work digging a well about one mile west of Chapel Hill and they came to a rock that required the use of dynamite. While packing the dynamite Thursday afternoon there was a terrible explosion and two men were seen coming from the well. They fell some distance from the mouth of the well. Clark was badly burned, and the message stated that it wa3 not thought that he would re cover. Davis wa3 also badly burned and bruised, but it is thought that he will recover. The cause of the explosion was thought to be the result of a match being in with the fuse and when the men were packing the dynamite in the hole that had been drilled, it ignited and caused the dynamite to explode. ' Mtt .l.ll.M Tree Struck; Hnuse Wrecked Winston-Salem, Sept. 25. During a thunder storm Sunday evening a large white oak tree in the yard of Mr. John G. Hanner, near Ore Hill. Chatham county, was struck by lightning, which Splintered the giant of the forest and the broken pieces fell upon the house damaging it to a con siderable extent. Only two rooms are now fit for occupancy. Mr. Hanner and two or three of the children were eating supper at the time and received severe shocks, but were not to say in jured. Mr. 0. W. Hanner of this city, received a letter yesterday from his brother at Ore Hill telling him of the destruction of the tree which was the pride of the fam ily, and the damage to the house. Mr. Hanner says that the tree was the largest of the kind he ever saw, and because of its size and age the family was very much attached to it. The tree stood near the house. When it was struck by the lightning the l.eavy limbs flew in every direction and crushed in the roof of the house. The win dow lights were all broken. Will Give Extension. Asheville, Sept. 25. -This was the day set by consent for the re port, to the court, of Judgi Mont gomery, master in chancery ap pointed by Judge Pritchard to take evidence in the railway rate controversy relative to the 2 1-4 cent passenger fare law. The master of referee, however, was not able owing to the failure of the State's attorneys to conclude the taking of evidence, to file his rojort. Jadge Pritchard had written Judge Montgomery in re ply to Judge Montgomery's let ter asking for an extension, sug gesting that counsel for both sides agree upon the length of time necessary to complete the taking of testimony. Judge Pritchard, however, has stated that he would grant a reasonable extension, but desires that the attorneys representing both sides agree on the matter. In the event that counsel cannot agree Judge Pritchard will then sign a formal order extending the time to such a date s he deems jirvjvr. SHORT LOCAL ITEMS. Policeman R. A. Crockett has resigned his position as police man, taking effect last Thursday. Two more new lawyers to be added to the list practicing in Durham are A. S. Hobgood and Charles Scarlett. Editor J. H. King, of The Her ald, and his family are spending a few days at Kinston with rela tives of Mr. King. i On complaint of his wife John Gentry; was arrested Tuesday and put under a bond of $50 to keep the peace. He gave the bond and was discharged. J. Edward Pegram has secured liceense for the practice of law and will locate in Durham, and has opened up an office in the Warren-Farthing building. The Byrd Manufacturing is a new concern organized for Dur ham. The principal business of the firm will be to manufacture knot tying machines which are used in cotton mills. J. A. Woodall, former Chief of Police of Durham, has accepted . a, . M a position with tne boutnern Railway to do secret service work." He will reside in Dur ham, but go wherever needed at any time. Mr. Woodall has been engaged in this line of business. most all his life and will make the Southern a good man for the position they have chosen him. A negro by the name of Wiley Holeraan was arrested last Tues day night on the charge of sell ing whiskey without licen'se. When the officers went to arrest him and searched under the house they found a basket full of bottles of whiskey, and negro whiskey and all were brought to the police station. The case was tried Thursday morning and Holeman was bound over to court. Bound Over to Court. Last Wednesday night the po lice arrested a man that has been evading them since last January. John Robertson fcwas under the suspicion of selling whiskey in January rnd his arrest was only a matter of being located by the officers. He was successfully evaded them until last Wednes day night when he was placed ander arrest. When the evidence had been produced in court against Robert son, the mayor bound him over to court in two cases for selling whiskey, the total amount of the bond being $150. He could not give bond and was locked up in jail. Death tl Mrs. Katie Leathers. Mrs. Katie Leathers, whose home was two miles from Dur ham on the Guess road, died last Wednesday morning. Being 85 years of age, general debility was the cause of her death. The funeral Tand burial took place at the home Thursday. Wanted Men, Women, boys and girls to represent McClure's Magazine. Good pay. Address 07 East 23 St., New York City. I bat Oar Reporter Jaw la Sew Tork. A recent visit to otic of the largest paint farturir in the world, Wlicl in n tiin try that him produc itij( i,im gallon of Taint, nii.1 loinK it tatter ami in h time than loo gallons coulit In- mink ty liati't mixing. This was tliecelcl.ratr.l I.. & M. Taint. The 1.. & M. Zinc nrlen I, & M. White l.ri.l and makes 1. M. Taint wear like iron for loto t$ ver. 4 lotion I.. & M.inixe.f itli 3 gallons f.eitefl Oil makes 7 gallons of (taint at a cot of Ir? titan f 1. Jo cr gallon. If any defect exists in I.. & .!. Taint, will rrnitit honse fur nothing. Itenations of U. & M iii.kIc t church .S'l.l 'y llaiknrjr Itmiluts, Huthani Mi Mil DEPOSIT YOUR MONEY WITH CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK OF DURHAM. Officers and Directorsi B. N Duke, Pres. J. s. Manning, Vice-Pres. , a. mason, uashir- I ill Ml Ml Ml Ml Ml Mi Mi Mi Ml icco ComDanv. .vlfg. Company, .ing, Druggists. . Son, Insurance. Capitalist Merchant. J. B. Duke, President American Y. E. Smith, Supt. Durham Cof C. L. Haywood, of Haywooc J. H. SOUTHGATE, of Southgf R. H. RlGSBEE, Q. E. Rawls, B. IN. DUKE, Director American Tobr Jo., and Capitalist. J. S. Manning, o Attorney-at-Law. N. M. Johnson, 2 sician and Surgeon. J. B. Mason, Cashie ,zens National Bank. DEPOSITORY OF i HE PEOPLE, THE COUNTY OF DURHA :HE 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 Jan.26,l907i Resource. Loans and Invest ments, $586,954.95 U. S. Bonds. Premiums U. S. Bonds, Banking House, Cash and due from Banks, Redemption Fund, 150,000.00 5,fiT)9.69 13,000.00 293,129.84 7,200.00 Liabilities. Capital, $100,000.00 Surplus, ' 60,000.00 Undivided profits, 14,272.25 Circulation, 100,000.00 Deposits, , 781,657.23 Dividends unpaid, 15.00 $1,055,944.43 $1,055,944.48 WE SEND these Reports to our Depositors ard 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 everv department, we invite new ?rC,c,nH'Jai?.U?FoSma11' 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 BoxesJn our Fireproof Safe Free, where you can Deposit your Valuable Papers. 1 LlO ME Y WORKS IN ! HOME SAVINGS BANK DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA We Pay 4 per cent Coumpound Interest on all Savings Accounts Come in and start an account today. 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