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S HM I -W EEKLY, VOLUME 88. DURHAM, N. C; JANUARY 21. 1908. NUMBEK 75. 4 NEWS FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENTS items of Interest from Various Places as Viewed and Told . by tboss on the . ' Fram Tlnibertaln. ; - Beam Reams carried a load of the weed to Roxboro on last 'Thursday and was well pleased ' with pricey. ' - Miss Lucy Rogers, of Gorman, spent last 1 Thursday with the writer's wife and her mother, Mrs. VV. A. Barton, land they were glad to have Miss Lucy as ' their guest as she was a neigh - bor in gone by years and is a close relative. On of our. vounir rents who was ashamed to shave in the presence of his parents or friends secluded himself by going to the spring, using that as a mirror to shave by, and his scheme proved to be a success. 1 - - . The schools in our township have all ' started off well as to the number of pupils, and they are making splendid advance ment in their studies. P.L. Tapp, of Scuffle Town spent last Sunday with . R. I. . Satterfield of Roxboro, Route 6. ' Dock Lawson came to Barton's mill a few days , ago and passed off some lively yarns with Mr. Dunn, and Mr. Lawson liked so r:ell that he expects to return .gain as soon as what- grain he had cracked gives out. " ; Miss "Helen Mason, who is the teacher of District school Nau 5, ' is now unable to teach : as she 7 has a bod om tkt ffoDe. - and a Mr. Bridgestock b teaching in her stead. Brul Blalock has opened up a woodland black smith shop at this f, place, and is ready to serve his customers. t Robert Ashley called in his neighbors on last Tuesday and succeeded in cutting lots of fire land flue wood. j On last Thursday Roper killed I and on the same day "W.'A. Bar f ton killed two, one weighing 200, 1 and the other 219 so we wound up hog killing in this community for" this season. - One of our young men was es corting a lady home from a par ty, and blundered against a stump, and fell fuU length be yond the stump, ever since his accident that stump is better known by the name of the red stump. I understand that Rev. G. T. Watkins, of Roxboro has been caUed to the First Baptist church ofGoldsboro, and I am of. the I opinionthat Roxboro and Person I county never had a more active I and stronger minister, and the 1 growth and development of the churches that he served bears ? me out in my statement, and his place will be difficult to fill, while the Lord is able to supply the right man. The people of Per son of all denominations in this part of the cogntry are 'loath to give Brother Watkins up, and Goldsboro will find him to be a powerful builder of mental and spiritual issues. . v It seems that Bethel Hill Insti tute is some what unfortunate of late as a recent fire swept away the dormitary. However, some of our livest school) as their dwellipgs seemed to spring up almost out of the ashes of their previous dwellings consumed by Ire; but 'every enterprise that amounts to much has to pass through the ashes and smoke of fircry trials, and the most bright arid val'ish! jweia nave tn stand Fieli-Personals. - : thoughts down through profane and Bible history and see that my remarks are true. Our farmers have entered the new year very hopeful as they have bid farewell to the old year with its success, failures, sick ness, sadness, . prosperity; sor rowful partings and panic, and have grasped the hand of the , Rew year trusting to be guided j to 1909 with wheat in their garners, corn in their cribs, meat smoice nouse, money in their pockets, a good bank ac count, good laws to live by, to have lots of good friends and to provide well for the mental train ing of theiifchildren. . ' - ' Roper. t Barilla, lostiS. Mr. Sara Clayton and David, have the grip. I son, wish them a speedy recovery. ' Frank Holloway is reported as being very ill with pneumonia." Mrs. Mattie Latta and. son Phillip, of Lebanon .township, are very sick with pneumonia. Joseph (Shields is suffering from an attact'of rheumatism. Mrs. Jack Carroll Is having lumber hauled to build a new barn and stables and ,do repair work. 'A- Our people through here are busy cutting wood and crossties. Rev. Mr. . Hackney, of Bur lington preached at . Mt Her eon cnurcn fcaiuruay -fv..w and Sunday..' Vu': J l:y Mrs. Ben Hester has been suf fering right much with neural- i' gia. Little Janie Hester Shas been right sick but is improving. Well, as news is scarce! this week and our editor is opposed to correspondents writingpoetry, although my hair and whiskers have grown out long enough for me to be a pretty good one (if this was the only requirement) I will close and warm my nose and little toe before it snows, 'cause they are froze, by the wind that blows. B. F. H. CealU ctllr. Borlon. Thomas B. Horton, of Chat ham county, brother of Mrs. R. J. Hooper and Mrs. P. F. Carter, of this city, died at his homei Saturday morning at 6 o'clock. Mrs. P. F. Carter, Carrie Jand Miss Fannie Hooper left Satur day morning to attend his funer. at Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock. Mr. Horton has to sisters in Virginia and one brolherlin Colo rado. He has many friends in Durham that will be pained to hear of his death. ( Krs. Broio, Deal Mrs. Narcissus Brown, aged 72, died Monday morning at 3 o'clock, at her home in East Dur ham. She was buried today at the Watts burying gaund, four miles from Durham, at three o'clock. Rev. J. W. Downey of the Baptist church, conducting the funeral services. Mrs. Brown leaves three sons, Mcfisrs. W. R., C. F. and H. L. Brown. She had been ill longtime. " ' News was received in the city the first of the week that John Graham former agent here for the, Southern' railway was ser iously ill in Asheville, where he has been for some time hoping to regain his strength. His wife, whfl washers, left r.t one for BIG SUNDER CASE IS ENDED. Compromise In Suit by Mrs. Car v. .... ..: ncr. . There was great interest mani fested in Durham in the outcome of the great slander suit of (Mrs, William. R. Garner against Thorn as M. Thomason, which was tried in Oxford last week.' . ine jury at the convening o court Saturday morning brought in a verdict of guilty. A compromise vas then agreed upon' by the terms - of which Thomason, the defendant, .was to pay into the criminal court the sum of five hundred dollars to coyer the cost of action that he was to pay an additional sum of two hundred dollars for the bene fit of the prosecuting witness, Mrs. Garner, it being understood that this was to be applied . to payment in part for her lawyers and additional sum of fifty dol Iarswas;paid in to, cover the cost in two civil actions against Thomas M. Thomason, and Gus Flemming, these being for five thousand dollars each and brought by Mrs. Garner as a re sult of the criminal action. Un der the compromise all three ac tions go off the dockets, and the entire matter ends. Thomas M. Thomason, the de fendant in this action, is a farm er and saw mill man. who lives about three" miles from Creed moor, tGranville county, and he ; is backed i by r some of the most prominent citizens of that section and that county, many of those who side with him being men of large means. The ham R. Garner,? lives t;,iBvii- moor, and she, too, h lare backing in the way of influence and plenty of money, and inas much as her name was connect ed with that of Dr. J. F. Sander ford, a physician of large prac tice, who keeps four horses with which to handle his extensive business, there is much, influence from this source. There is no doubt but that Granville county has been stirred by this fight as it has not been stirred in many years. " , The twelve men who tried the ease are all farmers ana men who are more or less prominent in their sections, one of these, Mr.T. D. Clements, having serv ed the county as clerk of court. The twelve men were given the case late Friday afternoon and soon afterwards went to supper. This was before considering the matter. After supper there was a hung jury for sometime and they retired, returning the ver dict Saturday morning. Thes men who tried the case are: Me -srs. J,. S. West, H. W. Davi , W. T. Lumpkins, W. E. Morga i, J. P. Adcock, R. M. Kick Charks Loftis, R. Y. Crews, C. f ri 1 n t rv t It Hfcks, and C. R. Gordon. There were thirteen lawyqrs interested in the case, eight these appearing for the defend ant and five forthcState. lein of these were present and mile speeches in the case. It wad a hard fought legal battle, every Inch of the ground being cin tested f romlthe very begir n hg of the case until the jury return ed the verdict more thaW 100 witness:: . But the large array of lavyers was not all. There were more than one hundred witnesses, many of these being baiktrs, business men In all walks knd callings of life, professional njen, prominent and leading fanners, men and ladies. At thi jbe ginning of the trial in oiler to fair show the witnesses were all separated and brought into the the court room one at a time. Not stopping here the court de cided to keep the jury together and thus be free from any out side influence that might develop and the twelve men were kept shut from the outside world from Tuesday morning when the case was called until Saturday morning when' the verdict was returned. ' This matter began just about i a year ago, that is, it first be gan to show itself then. It was later in the year, in the early fall -when it came to the ears of Dr. Sanderford and also to Mrs. Garner and to her hus band that Mr. Thoa3 M, Thorn ason, a prominent citizen had quoted hi3 son-in-law as saying things that damaged Mrs. Gar ner's character and also injured Dr. Sanderford. Then Mr. Thomason was arrested and giv en a preliminary trial before Jus tices Taylor and Burwell, who sent him to court under a small bond. In all the trial that has followed Mr. Thomasson has not denied that he said some things hat he had heard, but he ha3 de nied that he knows anything of his own knowledge, and then had large numbers of witnesses summoned to prove the character of the prosecuting witness. The other side responded in kind and there was the hard fight on from then to the present time. It was a fearful bitter trial. Damage Sail Seliiel i A damage suit that has been through the courts once and con- cacn siae was settled in the su perior court Monday. This was the result of Mrs. J. W. Allen against the Durham Traction company for the sum of . $20,000 on account injury she received while getting off a car near Five Points. ine terms of the compromise were not made public, but it is talked on the streets the Mrs. Allen received $2,503 and some say that the amount she received was $3,000. Another important case was compromised last week, though no record is made of it. That suit was against the Standard Oil Company with Robert Perry, administrator of Tom Lunsford. laintiil. This action was for $5,000 and was for the death of Lunsford who lost his wife in an explosion ofja gas tank. Luns ford a green handand lit a match that caught the gas causing the explosion and the death of him self and Webb Holloway. Mrs. Lucy lioioway. nas a suit now against ine standard un com pany amounting to $C0,000. This will not be tried at this term of . a court, most nnoiy, tsu: it is a very interesting matter land it3 settletpent will cause a big fight. The city schools celebrated Lees birthday last Monday with appropriate exercises. Address es were delivered by the follow ing ministers at the schools named: Dr. Mims spoke at the high school. Rev. C. J. Thomp son at the r uiler school, Kev. u. T. Adams at North Durham school, Rev. E. It. Leyburn at Edgemont and Rev. S. & Host at Morehead. FOB SALE! White and Brown Leghorn Eggs $1.00 for 15. White and Partridge Wyan dott Eggs $1.50 for 15.. Onlert booked foi future delivery. ' t "Y" POULTRY FARM, 1 " . Ik Ml Ik Mt Mi Mi ' - Mi Ml Ml Mi Ml Ml Mr Mi Mi ' Ml Ml Ml Mt Mi I DEPOSIT YOUR MONEY WITH CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK OF DURHAM. Officers and Directors! B. N Duke, Pres. T J. S. Manning, Vice-PreB. ' J. B. Mason, Cashier. J. B. Duke, President American Tobacco Company, Y. E. Smith, Supt. Durham Cotton Mfg. Company. 9' k "AYW00D. of Haywood & King, Druggists. J. H. Southgate, of Southgate & Son, Insurance. R. H.RIGSBEE, Capitalist. Q. E. RAWLS, Merchant B. N.Duke, Meretiant. .Director American Tobacco Co., and CapitaliatA J. S. Manning, Attorney-at-Eaw. 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 Baok it Close of Bu-'ness Jan. 26, r007 Ml Mi Mi Mi Mi Mi . Resourced. Loans and Invest- Bients, $586,954.95 u. S. Bonds, 150,000.00 Premiums U. S. . Bonds, 5,659.69 Banking House, 13,000.00 Cash and due from Banks, . 293,129.84 Redemption Fund, 7,200.00 $1,055,944.48 Ml Mi Ml Ml Ml Mi Ml Mi Mi Ml Mi Ml Ml Mi Ml Mi WE SEND these Reports to , j.,. i.. . , - ,r vr r- .."iwrs ana oiocKnoiaers on date called for by the Comptroller in order that they mav be informed of our condition. y y D ftnWiI?n!?ngeslfi?an-ci81 backin,e of a"y Bank th State ann unsarpassed methods in every department, we invite new accounts, large or small, of MERCHANTS FARMFR? ivrn VIDUALS, FIRMS crRPOWtlKJSiS done so, to open an account with us. y ABSOLUTE PROTECTION.Bonded Officers, Burglar and Fire Insurance, Fireproof Vault and Safe. To Depositors wlofferSaf it? oTvamtbk Paps.Firepr0Of S&f 9 ere you HEY. 1:0. I HOME DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA J Pay 4 per cent Coumpound 1 We Interest on all Savings Accounts !ome in anl start an account talay. Small deposits will be thankfully eived and large ones in proportion. ' OPEN ALL DAY SATURDAYS GEORGE W. WATTS, President. JOHN SPRUNT HILL, Vice-President. W. W. WH1TTED, Cashier. 1 T. B. PEIRCE, Jr., Assistant Cashier. lcade. N HELENA, N. C. H Have the best and largest chandise on hand that was iz try store. Our stock consists of all kinds of goods M h Guano to Fine El 13 Come to see us, we have plenty clerks to wait on you nicely, and we have the Goods and Wo Arc Going to Sell Them M Thanking you for your past patronage H ' Yours to serve, " IHeade Eros. Co. m m m m ; m m m m m m m I m m m m m m m m m 9 m 9 m m m m m liabilities. $100,000.00 is, ,60,000.00 vided profits, 14,272.25 ulation, 100,000.00 posits, 781,657.23 ividends unpaid, 15.00 m m 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 $1,055,944.48 depositors and Stockholders on WORKS I SAVINGS BANK! pes. Go. stock of General Mer- 8. ever carried in a coun- H M Dress Goods 8 Lis jdiiUc1. Urn if.. cuj vUh Vl:i 11 j Kist imrhjiii,:;. C. .'. Uiif;,i.,
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