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VOLUME 90.
fffw. BICKETT 'SPEAKS
Oemocrals Hear Able Presentation
of their Principals.
ARRESTED FRS FRAUD.
GLOWIG TRIBUTE TO KITCBIX
Candidate fur Attorney General Has
a Geod Crov;d and ncascsllis
Bearers.-Kcch Cneerlng.
Hon. T. W Bickett, candidate on
j, i icniocratie ticket for attor
ney Kfiieral, spoke to a large
crowd of Democrats at the court
boui lust night ' ana new . nis
crowd until he had finished his
speech. The following account
of the f i e ca is nom mo worn
inr lit raid:
jlr !! kett was Introduced by So-
Bator J'f-a Fuller, who said be is
.. m.v, ..f treat ability, a speaker
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of fin- i Kiucnoe ana a wyor or
pvat !.'.rnliie." Tbe little maa rrom
t.nbu:.' barely above Ave feet four.
c " "' scratch, and said. "I have
tn -..!..I'h.'Ubj my cainjign thut
f,r -i f titreme west, barring a
fcC f ... sic in nee room iwrornB.
I bavf -;..k.-n nineteen time In the
n,;rf..r mntiei comprlsinj' .. tbe
ttmli wn Carolina district, and It
ti my liberate Judgment that .
V. Ksf h n will receive In tbe No-
r-n-t-r . !Ttlon every aemocratic
tot- !:- ancestors ever had a drop
of ilin- "d'.ic tlood la their veins.
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(? -.tjrity for the man Main
wnrked so hard than tbe
him.
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incrmfm the tiiarity of
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that behind tbe bal'ot
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to the voter. I'fcit If
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il. And today I find
. in tbe fix of liftl John
d l,r the teacher whrr1
tii-'tMlld new mwKkTS tbst
"1 bo tnatantly replied
"v o!d litch., The
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"olina'a treat commoner,
ho In the evening of bin
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and with flaming sword
all the Pharaohs of cmd
I'ifti rlRbta to alt and sne
to none (Great ap-
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where need and want
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W. R. Knker Under Bond of 51,000 lor
Appearance.
, . Mr. VV. R. . Kuker, an erst
while prominent "society and
business man of Durham, who
Was president of the Durham lorn
Works company, and who now
lives' in South Carolino, is under
bond to appear before Justice of
tho Peace J. E. Owens on Octob
er 19th, the charge being one of
fraud and false pretense.
- The arrest of Mr. Kuker, who
was here attending-the superior
court in a matter in which he was
interested, came Wednesday
afternoon. He has retained as
hii counsel Messrs. Winston aed
Bryant and Messrs. Manning and
Foushee. The prosecution has
Messrs Guterie and Guthrie.
The charge against Kuker is
that he sole to Mr. H. N. Snow
91 shares af the capital stock of
the Durham Iron Works company
for which he received $3,500 in
cash and CO shares of stock in
the Durham Book and Stationery
company. It is charged in the
warrant that the defendant stat
ed there were no outstanding
obligations other than;$5,100 and
these notes named. Afterwards,
so it is now claimed, there have
appeared a number of obligations.
The prosecutmgiwitness claims
that it 13 a bad case and the de
fense claims that it id a matter
of persecution and to further
claims before the civil courts.
Cataracts lor Building UL
Raleigh, Oct. 7.The Bickett
Hospital Commission to-alght
announced very important
action. It awards contracts to
J. D. Grandy, of Charlotte, for
th.ee buildings at Raleigh for
nale epileptics, three for female
epileptics, and three for insane
males. Each group will ac
commodate one hundred ard
each group will cost $11,813. It
also awards Grandy the contract
for a targe single building for
a colony of insane women of the
convalescent type to cost $21,920.
Thus four hundred additional
patient." are provided for and be-
siiis this a male annex, ac
cmir.odating one hundaed will
bo ready in ten day. All white
epileptics in the State will be
brouzht here and placed in the
Uo colonies.
Tre commission awarded J. F,
Ange, of Goklsboro, a contract
for two buildings for epileptics
r.nd two for consumptives at the
Eastern Hospital at Goldsboro,
thus providing for one hundred
additional patient?. Total cost
of building ?23,C50. All build
inirs at Raleigh and Goldsboro
will be of brick and will be com
pleted in six months from date.
The commission is allowed to
spend only $123,000 annually and
has expended the money as
rapidly as available. The com
mission has purchased furniture
for the new male annex at Rat
eisrh and for the nurses' home at
the Western Hospital at .Morgan
ton.
The commission further de
cides to provide two buildings for
consumptives at the Morganton
Hospital, one for males, and one
for females, with room for atl
white insane consumptives in th j
State and a committee will award
the contract. Consumptives
now in the hospital here will be
transferred to Morganton, The
total cost of buildings contracted
for to-day, with furniture and
equipment is $125,000.
Hon. T. W. Bickett and Solid-
tor Jonei Fuller went out to Wil
ton. Granville county, today and
addressed the voters of that section.
SEMI-WEEKLY.
DURHAM, N. a; OCTOBER 9, 1908.
THE ML Ziltf ASSOCIATION.
Thirty-Eighth Annual Session Held at
Burlington This Week.
The annual session of theMt.
Zion Baptist Association, embrac
ing churches of that denomina
tion in Durham, Orange, Ala
mance and Chatham counties,
was held in Burlington this week,
beginning Tuesday, and closing
Thursday morning. ,
Forty-three churches Were rep
resented by delegates and the
reports froni them were of an
encouraging nature. There are
about 7.000 members of the
churches of thi3 association and
the annual meetings are always
well attended.
It was strictly a business meet
ing and the needs and condition
of the Baptist cause in associa
tion. State, Home and foreign
fields were discussed in detail
and pledges taken from the rep
resentatives of the churches.
The annual sermon was preach
ed by Rev. J. M. Arnette, pastor
of the North Durham BaDtist
church. Rev. W. C. Barrett pas
tor of the Second Baptist church,
of this city, was elected modera
tor. The other officers remained
the same as heretofore, which
was as follows:
Clerk C. L. Haywood, of Dur
ham. Auditor-R. T. Howerton, of
Durham.
Treasurer-Zeb. P. Council, of
Durham.
The next session of the asso
ciation will convene with Mars
Hill Baptist church Tuesday after
tho first Sunday in October, M
Deal!) of Mrs. Socio.
Mrs. M. A. Booth, who has
been seriously ill several days.
died Wednesday afternoon at
ten minutes past 2 o'clock.
Mrs. Booth was a native of Ox
ford but had moved there from
Jame3 City, Va., where she was
born and married. She came
here not Ion? thereafter. She
was a Miss Richardson and was
known well in her community
She was C5 years old, the relict
of the late Mr. R. W. Booth, who
was a brother of Dr. Sam Booth.
She leaves two sisters, Mrs.
Prittctt and Mrs. Smith, the lat
ter named of Richmond. There
are four children.
The funeral services were held
from the home on Watts street
and the body was shipped to Ox
ford to rest by her husband.
Death cf Ers. Lloyd.
Mrs. Nancy Lloyd, the relict
of the late W. H. Lloyd, died
yesterday morning at her home
in Orange county.
Mrs. Lloyd was seventy years
old and leaves a family of eight
children, two of them live here,
Mrs. C. S. Sugg and Mrs. S. W.
Bynum, Besides the. children,
are three brothers. She belonged
to Orange Grove Baptist church
from that place will be conducted
today at 1 p. m. by the pastor,
Rev. Mr. Hacket. She was
good woman, liked by everybody
in the community.
Hon. Walter Murphy will be in
Durham next week and speak
for the Democratic cause. Mr.
Murphy is the man that has
challenged Col. Walter R, Henry
to joint debate and is a strong
speaker. A large crowd will
doubtless go out and hear a good
Democratic speech.
IN ORANGE COUNTY.
The Observer Contains Interesting
. " Items This Week.
We are glad to learn that our
friend, Mr. Jack Smith, a Con
federate veteran, who has been
quiteJH at his home at Efland. is
reported as being on the road to
recovery. )
Every Democrat in good stand
ing in Orange county 13 a delegate
to the Senatorial Convention which
will be held at Hillsboro, October
12th, at 12 o'clock m., to nomi
nate two candidates for the State
Senate. Some good speaker may
be on hand to address the Con
vention. ,
The Hillsboro Democratic Club
has been organized with over one
hundred members. Mr. Charles
H. Robertson, Superintendent of
the Eno Cotton Mills.is the Presi
dent, and Mr. E. Marvin Lock
hart, Secretary-Treasurer. The
Club will meet twice a week.
The Orange County Sunday
School Convention will meet in
Hhe Methodist Church at Hills
boro on Saturday, Oct. 17, at 10
a. m. Let every Sunday School
in the County elect four delegates
to this Convention. Mr. . N. B.
Broughton and other prominent
speakers are expected to attend.
All come and bring your lunches.
COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION.
The County Board of Education
met in regular session Monday.
Present, Cape J. P. Lockhart.
Chairman; Rev. John C. Hocutt,
County Superintendent of Schools
and ex-officio Secretary of the
Board and Messrs. Pickafd and
Forrest. The session was taken
up withminor school matters and
in making a quarterly settlement
with County Treasurer Parish on
account of the school fund.
Superintendent Hocutt having
closed up his work, he turned the
o.Tice over to Mr. T. Wingate
Andrews, who was elected some
time ago to fill the vacancy caus
ed by the resignation of Mr.
Hocutt, who retires on account
of ill health. The oath of office
was administered to Superintend
ent Andrews by Mr. Charles
Strayhorn, Clerk of the Superior
Court, and the new Superintend
ent entered at once upon the dis
charge of his duties. He will
make Hillsboro his home in the
near future.
I bin a Iillitadi if tin in Carirel
TheL. & M. PAINT covers defects in
prcvioua painting, and wear for 10 to lj
years, because the L. A M, Is pure Ha
tred oil binder-pure oside of fine-pure
white lead, and you help to make the
naint bv mixing three Quarts of tinneed
oil with each gallon of paint. It done
in a minutes. Makes eoxt only fi.ioprr
gallon. Hackney Bros., L. & M. Taint
Agent. .
Enlarging BGSpltal.
The Lincoln Hospital is being
enlarged. The board of directors
of tins colored institution are
having ten rooms built to the
main hospital. Eight of these
rooms will be for private patients
and two will be general wards.
The hospital needs a heating
plant but as this work is to cost
$2,000 there will be no money
left for the other work.
Big breaks of tobacco were
here today and so far as we have
been able to learn, the farmers
that sold the weed were well
nleased with the prices thev re
ceived.
NUMBER 44.
FOR SALE!
White and Brown Leghorn
Lggs $i.uu lor 15.
White and Partridge Wyan-
dott Eggs $1.50 for 15.
Orders booked for future delivery.
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Y. E. Smith, Supt. Durham Cotton Mfg. Company.
C. L. Haywood, of Haywood & Boone, Druggists.
J. H. Southgate, of Southgate & Sen, Insurance.
R. H. Rigsbee, Capitalist.
Q. E. Rawls, Merchant.
B. N. Duke,
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J. S. Manning, Attorney-at-Law.
N. M. Johnson, Physician and Surgeon.
J. B. Warren, Capitalist and Fanner.
J. B. Mason, Cashier Citizens National Bank.
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Administrator's Notice.
I lavinr this btv ou.tiffrd a, m inf
iltrator of tbe entats of the !( t.ni
Nichols late of Durham County, this is
to notify all person indebted to him to
come foward and make immediate pay.
ment. and all oernon holding riin.
againrt bis estate will present them to
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.lie MiiMri riur. vn in LIUTV IDC lUf a
day of September, tono, or this notce will
be plead In bar of their recovery.
nit ftcpiemucr, loin, 190s.
J. L WrtKKRSOit, AminUtrator
ofLuico Nichols, Deceased.
HELENA, N. C.
We are going to commence on the Sth of
this month to offer all our Dry Goods and
Shoes at Greatly Reduced Prices for Cash
We are overstocked on these goods and
we are going to reduce our stock, and wj
will save you money on these good$.
All cotton goods are now going up
some, but that don't make any differ
ence, we are going to sell at lower prices.
Don't wait, come and supply your wants.
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