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RE60RDEK
SEMI -WE EK Ly.
VOLUME 88.
DURHAM, -N. C, JANUARY 10, 1908.
NUMBER 72g
NEWS FROM OUR REGULAR , CORRESPONDENTS
Items of Interest from Various Places as Viewed and Told
by Those on the FIeId.-PersonaIs. , - -
Dorian, louti I.
. Will Shambly who accidental
IJrshot a hole through his hand
withashot gun, is about well
again, - .
' The consolidated school, about
which there has been so much of
a wrangle in this section, oper.
ed Monday, Jan. 6th.
A. W. CateOnd family have
moved to West Durham. '" '
John Micol recently went to
Oxford and Goldsboro where he
assisted in making music for
Germans.
Ed Couch, who has' been. con
fined to his bed for six months
with white swelling, does not im
prove any. ' "
, W. R. Shambly s mule became
frightened at a load 'ot, pork he
was ' drawing and J ran ; away,
throwing Mr." Shambly out Into a
barbed wire fence and - crippling
him badly. . .
ST J. Hester, who has been low
" with a complication of disease, is
convalescent.
Miss Mollie Bowling, of Red
Mountain, ' was a visitor here
Christmas. . -
Ed Morris and family have
moved into the house vacated b
A. W. Cates. Sol Hester has
imoved to the Taylor place, so we
have new neighbors ..Tney.tre
both industrious younr fturoer
and we welcome them to thi
section.
Robert-Bennett,; while on s
visit to relatives in Chatham
county was taken with a severt
spell of pneumonia and is unabU
to return home.
Drew Card and wife, have
moved to Edgemont.
. Messrs.- Barber, and , Hornei
have moved their saw mill from
below Durham to' the plantation
of W. T. Neal near here.
Gus Neal is cenfined to his bed
with a severe attack of inflara
matory rheumatism. B. F. H.
" It has been quite a long tinr
since I have written anything fot
: the Recorder, so I will try and
send in a few notes this week
from our wide awake little vil
lage.
The Christmas holidays cam
and passed of! very quietly ant
nicely. Most of the time we had
ideal weather for visiting, whicl
was taken advantage of by man.
people in this section.
Mrs. Fannie Hawkins, who ha
been confined to her room foi
several months with sickness, i .
improving and I hope it will not
. be long before she is entirely
well again. ( v
Sam Coleman, of Cumberland,
Md., is visiting relatives and
friends in this community, and
expects to return to his home in
about ten days. '
AIexWilkerson,of Greensboro,
spent the holidays with hit
daughter, Mrs. W.T. Hawkins.
Several young couples were
married in this community be
fore and during the holidays. .
little .Vivian Hawkins, who
was terribly burned some time
ago is Improving.
. As wea are beginning a' new
year lets" turn Lover a new leaf
. and start right. Cast your mind
back for a moment and rehearse
. the past year and see if you can
not find something left undone
that should have been done some
little kind ' words you left un
spoken that would have gladden
ed somebody's heart, some little
wu-k that you faund to dj that
would have not only helped some
one else, but would have made
you happy. Again; consider for
a moment how fast we are flee
ing by the. mile posts of time
but yesterday we were . small
children V playing around our
mother's knees; today " we are
grown up, and soon will be num
bered with the older people. Let
us try to live in such a way that
all around us will love and re
spect us, and not only' that, but
because it is l right to ; so live.
Wishing alt a happy and pros-
perous new year, filled with all
all the blessings that God in his
mercy can bestow I upon us, I
hope to let' you hear from me
again soon... A. P. D.
. . new Fna tonus.. , .
v Everything is very quiet around
our little village only the wind
and we can hear and feel At , too.
' Xmas is gone with all its glory
and only one' accident ' that was
the sad keath , of young Carver
Ritfsbee, ' accidentally shooting
himself while out hunting.
We resret rverv much that
Charlie Wheeler has moved his
family to Granville county tc
make their future home. . ,
Miss Belle Markham '. returned
front, Rogers Storey Sunday, to
re-open, her school for the -year..
Idtss Lucy.Kogers and brother
Howard, are spending sometime
at Creedmoor.
Miss Eva Hall spent Xmas
with friends at Nelson, she'wat
accompanied' home by Mist
O'Briant.
B. C. Waller, of Chatham,' re
cently i visited his parents Mr.
and Mrs. L. Waller.
Miss Malissa Markham, spent
Xmas with friends at Holland
and Willow Springs.' She was
accompanied home by Miss Sor
rell and others who joined her at
Durham.
Mrs. Hawkins Addison Is stil.
very ill many will regret to learn.
Mba 4Ela Holloway recentl
spent sometime with relatives at
Knap of Reeds.
Miss Blanche Holloway,, ol
Durham recently visited her fath
er, Steven Holloway.
, Mrs. Addie Gooch Is spending
a few days with relatives at
Stem.
J. J. Cheek and daughter Mis
Mary Paul Fogleman and sister,
Miss Emma, and Miss Flora Rog
ers and others were the welcome
guests at Mrs. JE. A. Markham
Sunday. v
A. M. Carpenter and S. M.
Suitt spent Saturday in Durham.
J.D. Hall, Mr. and Mrs. T.
M. Hall of High Point spent the
holidays with relatives in out
village.
Miss Maude Hall returned to
High Point with them and will
be gone sometime.
J. F. Glenn is still confined to
his room with a complication of
diseases. '
Wishing all a prosperous year.
"GC."
Itrrltt Ills, loati t,
Mrs. Land's Marshall started
to get of! of the wagon and fell
and hurt her arm. She don't
know whether her'arm is broken
or knocked out of place as she
cannot use it any yet. . .
Little Vernon Martin has been
very sick, having fits, but he is
improving rapidly.
Dave King has returned .home
and intendi to stay in this am
tnuMiy tliu year. . '
J. H. . Lynn has been very
feeble during the last week but
he is improving some. . v' -:
Misses Eva and Otho Ross, of
Durham county,' spent Sunday
with the family of W. G. Mar-
shall.'- . . ;'
Miss Bessie Oakley, of Lyons,
is visiting her parents in this
community this week. ,
Will Cozart recently went to a
place and tied his horse near to a
wagon shelter and at bed time
when he went to get his horse
he found him under the shelter
in a wazon bed. Guess the horse
got tired of standing as it was
bedtime. School Bo y.
" tongemsBt, Ro, I.
Mr. J. A. McBroora is very sick
with cold.
Mrs. Sarah Gray is also on the
sick list. Their friends wish for
them a speedy recovery.
Miss Blanche Laws returned
to her home Sunday, after a
week's stay at Breezj. She was
accompanied by Miss Eulalia
Horner of Burlington, who is
spending a few days with her.
Little Lizzie Cothran is much
improved, i I am glad to know.
W. G. Hall attended the meet
ing of the County Board of Edu
cation Monday.
R. W. Laws gave the young
people a candy stew - Monday
night All had a nice time and
of course "got sweet.."..
Mrs. Walter Cothran is visit
ing her brother, W. A. Tilley. ,
A young lady asked a young
man not long since if he would
not let her have his white horse
to drive r ''courting' this year.
He replied "no," ftr he didn't
want to . marry. - Don't believe
that, girls," he was joking. :
M.T.L.
Tib Bojj Irrestei
Arkes Thompson and Albert
Crabtree, two white boys, aged
16 and 17, were sent to jail dur
ing the, holidays by Joseph A.
Harris, J. P., for breaking intc
N. W. Brown's West End Gto
cery Co's store and robbing the
money drawer , of forty or fif t
dollars and stealing fa lot ol
pocket knives. The boys had
nearly all of the stolen money
when they were arrested at Gra
ham by Chief of Police Moon.
Orange County Observer.
'Albert Crabtree is known to
the officers of this city, having
been in trouble here more thar
one occasion.
Was Oalj Fooling.
On December 28th Register of
Deeds Markham issued marriage
license for the Miss Mamie Cate
and Tillett Ragan.
Nothing more was heard of the
papers until one day this week
when William E. Mangunr ap
plied for the necessary papers .to
tie himself up and the register
saw that he had already issued
the license. When explanations
were asked for it was stated that
thelintended bride was only fool
ing the first time, but this time
she was in dead earnest. The
papers were issued and reports
say that the wedding took place
Wednesday of this week..
The county commissioners are
In session this week looking af
ter matters of interest to the
country. The only matter out
of the routine business was the
re-election of T. J. Thompson as
superintendent of the road work
of the county. , t
Miss Mary Ladd died at her
home In East Durham Tuesday
morning after a brief illness with
pneumonia. The funeral service
was held at 2 o'clock Wednesday!
afternoon. I
THE GRINDING OF THE COUITS.
Number o! Cases Disposed !oI Life
and Dealt) Issue.
The work of the superior court
progresses with ; precision and
many cases that have been ' re
ceiving the attention of the solici
tor and the court Many" prison
ers that have been wondering
what would be theoutcomevhen
they faced the jury now know
what they will have to do Some
have been let off ' light, while
others have been made to feel
the heavy hand of the law. Be
low will be found a list of cases
disposed of since our last issue:
; In the- superior court Tuesday,
Lonnie Bailey pleaded i guity to
assault with deadly weapon and
with intent to put his wife to the
bow-wows and Judge Webb gave
him two years
Bailey made no defense but en
tered his plea through counsel.
He shot on December 24 his wife
while "she was attempting to
leave Durham on one of the out
going trains and for several days
it appeared that she must die.
She has recovered but her story
of the shooting was not told. It
is remembered, however, and
Bailey shot her merely because
she insisted upon going to Km
ston against his will. r
Wednesday was another record
small things and Solicitor Brooks
and Judge Webb are clearing the
docket as rapidly as they can
reach the cases. .
The day ended with the .trial
of Charles Davis,, charged -with
the larceny of a mule. - ":l
R. L. Faucette and Harry
Khan; affray with deadly weap
on. Khan called and failed.
Judgment suspended upon pay
ment of costs by Faucette.
' Bud Mitchell, larceny. Not
guilty.
Walter Kimball, retailing. Not
guilty. -
'Jasper Stewart and Howard
Dorrity, affray with deadly
weapon. Both guilty and 'judg
ment suspended upon payment
of costs. -
Dock Foard, retailing. Guilty,
no sentence.
Will Coles, larceny. Guilty,
no sentence.
Willie Layton, larceny. Guilty,
but judgmeut suspended.
Ella Moss, carrying concealed
weapons. Guilty. Four months
in the workhouse.
Julius Hase, Retailing, N:
sentence.
Fred Carlton and George Dur
ham, larceny. Guilty and sen
tence of 13 months each on the
county roads.
Henry Johnson, gambling.
Pleads guilty and pays $5 and
costs. t
The jury Wednesday morning
returned a verdict against
Charles Davis who was indicted
for receiving property known p
have been stolen. This was the
case in which a black mule fig
ured. The heavenly triplets, Fred
Haskins, June Burton and Wiley
Trice, tried for gambling, were
convicted in sections. Haskins es
caping and the other defendants
receiving punishment Burton
was given three months on the
roads and Tries paid $10 and
costs.
John Dorrity for carrying con
cealed weapons waived bill 'and
pleaded guilty to carrying con
cealed weapons in one lease and
to assault with deadly weapon in
the other. Judgment was sus
pended in the first case and he
was fined $10 and costs in the
second,
Lcroy Charleston pleaded guil
ty to larceny and took four
(Continued on second poge.) s '
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C. L. Haywood, of Haywood & King, Druggists.
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