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DURHAM
KECOMDER.
SEMI-WEEKLY,
VOLUME 90.
DURHAM, N. C, DECEMBER 4, 1908.
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I CITIZENS NATIONAL BANK I
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OF DURHAM, N. C.
J ORGANIZED MAY ist 1905.
Capital $100,000.
.u.jjiuo aim unuiviucu r run is id,ta.I . -.jjj
Stockholders Liability 100,000.7
Depositors Protection 273,455 3
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J Officers: -
B. N Duke, Pres. J. S. Manning, Vice-Pr .
X J. B. Mason, Cashier.
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Directorsi 2
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J. B. Dlkk, President American Tobacco Company.
Y. E. Smith, Supt. Durham Cotton Mfg. Company. $
C. L. Haywood, of Haywood & Boone, Druggists.
J. H. Southgate, of Southgate & Son, Insurance.
R. H. Kicsbee, Capitalist. 2
Q. E. Rawls, Merchant. J
2 B. N. Duke. JJ
Director American Tobacco Co., and Capitalist. m
a, J. S. Manning, Attorney-at-Law. J
J N. M. Johnson, Physician and Surgeon.
J. B. Warren, Capitalist and Farmer. m
J. B. Mason, Cashier Citizens National Bank. J
2 DEPOSITORY OF THE PEOPLE, 5
2 THE COUNTY OF DURHAM, THE CITY OF DURHAM J
AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 2
JjJ It will pay to deposit your uninvested money in this Bank,
where it will be safe from fire and robbery, and earning you 4 per S
cent, interest, if left for 4 months.term; it will be protected by
fire proof and burglary proof sites and vaults; managed by pre-
dent and conservative business men; and handled by courteous an
qualified bonded officers, always glad to wait on you.
We invite new accounts, large and small, of Individuals, J
Farmers, Merchants andFirms, that have not already done so, to
open an account with us. 2
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j HOME SAVINGS BANK
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA j
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GEO. W. WATTS. President T. B. PIERCE, JR.. Cashier.
t JOHN SPRUNT HILL, J. R. WEATHERSPOOX,
Vice-Pres Asst. Cash'r.
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t We welcome the accounts of every mar, woman J,
and child in Durham county. This is A BANK FOR i
ALL THE PEOPLE, and is j.atronized by every- t
body. We pay courteous attention to small as well
t as large deposits. Money left with us is a SAFE
t INVESTMENT, and tarns 4 p?r cent interest com-
pounded three times a year.
Open All Day on Saturdays
ENGINEER FHED HOLT KILLED.
Bile Getting Coal at the Coal Shute
Thursday Morning.
THERE IS NO CLl'E TO GUILTY PARTY.
not afraid to die but that he
hated to leave his family at this
time.
In about two hours the body
was brought up to the undertaking
establishment of J. S. Hall & Co.,
and there locked up pending the
coroner's investigation that
started Thursday morning at 8:30
o'clock. His relatives were noti
fied and the railroad people
along the road were told of the
fatal affair. Engineer George
Freeland, of Burlington, came
down on No. 112 and taking the
seat made vacant by the murder
carried the train on to its desti
nation at Selma. It was extra
train No. 723.
THE CORONER'S INQUEST ON.
The coroner and jury got to
work Thursday amorning at 8:30
o'clock and there was a short in
quest. Dr. Johnson, the healht
officers, examined the wounds and
in the presence of the jury remov
ed several of the shot. There
were.
one hundred and four wounds
made, indicating by the scatter
ing that the man must have been
twenty yards away, and this
bears out the statement of the
fireman. The shot were No. 4
or what is commonly called
squirrel shot. Most of these en
tered the cavity.
After this part of the exami
nation the jury adjourned untill
The conductor went at once to this morning at 9 o'clock, this
phone for a physician and the re-, in order to get the railroad men
mainder of the crew did what who were on the train at the
they could for their suffering j time back here and also to give
companion. I the officers more time in the
statements from THE crew. searching work that is being
"I first thought it was a torpe- j dune-
I'nknown Assassin Shoots Engineer
and Makes His Escape. The
House of M. Greenberg
Fired Into.
The citizens of Durham that1
have of late had many shocks by
crimes being committed in our
midst during the night and it
times during the day, were faced j
with the most cowardly murder j
of recent times, when it is consid-
ered that the crime was committ
ed apparently without cause by
an unknown person.
The story of the crime may be
briefly told in the following:
Engineer J. Alfred Holt, in
charge of extra freight No. 723
had pulled up to the coal shute
and after the coal had been load
ed and while the fireman was out
on the tender getting water,
someone unknown who had been
noticed under the shed fired a
shotgon. The entire crew with 1
the exception of the flagman,!
were on tne engine and they ;
quickly got out of the light to j
avoid a second shot. i
CHIEF'S REPORT NOW READY
Big Business for the Month ot November
80 CASES BOUND OVER TO COURT.
do." said the conductor, "and! SHOT THROUGH THE WINDOW,
then I saw that Engineer Holt! A second attempt at assassin a
was hurt and I saw a man stand-; tion was made when about an
ing under the coal shute. I could hour after Engineer Holt was
not tell whether he was white or j killed that a bed room in the
colored. Fearing that a second ' home of Mr. M. Greenberg.
shot would be tired I ltft the cab! Trotter street, was fired into, a
and the light. Th( others did! shot gun being used and Mrs.
the same thing." 1 hat is about ; ' ireenuerg ami io oaugnu-rs neous "0. Total 212. Sent to
all he knew of the matter. narrowly escaping with their j, J h court 80 Casn fines
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iinuiinaiioajjiiwiiiiviiam, " ; lecieu orwea oui on me
" " L,v'v"' streets $53. Total collection lrom
The fact that a shot gun was; ... . . Meta , .n,i a i.,! ,av
when the shot was fired. He, used in both cases, and that ;15o
was on to the tender and the man there was sumeient time tor tne f
Chief Freeland's Report Shows 212
Arrests for the Month. A Bad
Record of Crime of Var
ious Kinds.
The regular monthly report of
Chief of Police J. F. Freeland is
ready forjthe meeting of the
board of aldermem next Monday
night, and some of the things it
will show are of interest to the
general public.
In the first place it is the worst
record so far as number and
character of cases in the history
of the town.
The jail is full with two
prisoners guilty of killing another
at large. The officers have evi
dently been busy during the
month and while Van Ray and
Charles Merritt are at large,
when the superior court convenes
Monday it will find plenty to do
besides try W. H. Tilley for
killing his wife or Wesley Bates
for the murder of Jack Roberson.
There were 212 cases before
the mayor for the month of No
vember and of that number
eighty have been bound over to
court to await the action of the
grand jury.
It will be of interest to the
public in general to know the
nature of the crimes charges.
The following figures are taken
from the report of Capt. Free
land and shows something of the
crimes that hafe been done here
in a month: Carrying concealed
weapons 11, assault with deadly
weapon 21, simple assault 29,
cursing 15, drunkenness 27,
gambling 2-'), larceny 7, affrays
23, selling whiskey 18, miscella-
the
higher court 80. Cash fines col
had stujd at the shute and was
yiht getting ready to get out
aware there
is no special reason for this
crimes
-tandinir under the shute. He murderer to have gone from the;
had noticed him a moment before, j coal shute to the home of Mr. e jg ! 0f amsts and
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t earing a second f hot he quickly I'ireenoerg. ami ine iuriner iaci!or vioalions 0f tne aw 0f
l ut out his light ai.d jumiwd to! that tracks found at both places jcour!St, a number of these cases
the grtwnd on thv opposite side. ; are identical, makes the officers jare fof 8t,jinK u hjey an,j jn
He noticed the man did not gi; incline to the opinion that it was j Mme jnstane(?s one erson has
away hut walked oil a short dis- i one and the same man. If this sev ,raj cases for tj,js crjme
tance and Mop-d again- j ' so. just as Detective Woodall j (,.jk,cra 0f the cjtv have been
Alout this time the fireman and other officers suggested, it j kept hwy wUh lh"e work that
cached the engine and ojx'ned j must have Uvn some crazy fool j has been pik.4 up for tht, 5upcr.
the valve and eased the train on out on a rampage of murder. , ior court Jtxt wt,ek anj have
towards East Durham. In the; hap narrow escape. I dune their work well, and the
meantime Engineer Holt had Several members of the Green-1 conjesttHj condition of the docket
stated he was shot and Conduct- ber family had been down to wi,j m)t l)e cem,j t0 begin tne
r Waddell went on a run to the tne nome oi n. urauy, a wn?-lnw year win
u.wtT for the purpose of calling man, ana uiu noi gei nome uniu n0WeVtT a3 tiK.se cases will
a doctor. Thi.i was done. jvery late, ihey went to the
n far as the crew knows this i dining room for lunch and it was
all that could bo learned alnrnt' about 2 o'clock when Mrs.
the terrible affair. ! ( JreehUrg and two of her daugh-
T,.PA!X;H,i,hVE. !l'r t0 M u,tai bed
In the meantime the life blood j " l , 0m: ? ,
of the big engineer was ilowing f m fL
fast "IamalMUt gone." he said her ,ir
to hi fireman. "I have been ! Jer 10 look under the
.t:aml am: dying. I hate toj'u B"f " ,MT "
fa at this time and leave my i
wife and children without sup-j
l-ort. Co to them and tell themi
'i;t 1 said goflltye-
"f my brothers goodbye.
the wall. Just as the elderly
lady (stooped the load of shot
tore through the window blind,
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Tell each ; t, asnmK ine Knss ana pencirai-
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man's voice wavered and he! .V ""-Jl
asked for water. Then he shook
hands with his fireman and con
ductor and told each goodbye,
lust a.s fife was passing and he
could not talk above a whisper
! tried to say something about
baby. It was over. He was
'I'-ad a moment later. While he
talking bo calmly of death
eonductor asked him how it
" ih him nnd if he wa.
Ui . to uk. "No," i.e was
I he head of Mrs. Greenberg and
had she not been stooping death
would certainly have followed.
The entire family was aroused
and Arthur Greenberg shot sev
oral times but he did not know
what ho was shooting at. He
saw no person.
The K. of V. I)dge of this
city held a uanqut iasr nignt.
Simp of the member
invited
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be threshed out in detail next
week in the superior court we
withhold further mention.
The Holladay Studio force
have been hard at work this
week getting things in shape
to resume operations for Christ
mas season. While Mr. Holla
day suffered a total loss of most
of his effects he hojies to soon be
in osition to make better'photos
than ever and be just as prompt
as usual in delivery.
A PAIO FRIE COMPANY.
The Home Saving Hank has a
change of ad in this issue to
which your attention is called.
PRUDENCE
Say t'tty Uwlflr a IxiltJc of
l".nw mi' rrc'juutioii ami !
j'rt jMwl f-r tlio first ytiij'
tni" of Ctoiij', Piiciittietim,
irvriit tout cures. It is
rtcm.i1. ?$f 5: f.to
All i1ui:Ril lmvo it ill ymtr
lii(tic. I'.r tr.i h (in-! tlic
IK! rc;;n'l- tt "tHf.
Expressions Favorable to Such a Plan
Heard io Many Places.
In many places for the past
several months there has been
much talk of Durham having a
paid fire department. Just what
shape the matter will take in the
future remains to be seen.
Many citizens are talking this
matter and there may in the near
future be a petition prepared to
present to the board of aldermen
asking that they take the matter
in hand and take steps to see
that Durham has a paid company
that will give special attention to
this work and be ready at all
time3 to answer the calls in time
of fire.
However, it should not be un
derstood that there is any dis
satisfaction at the service the
city is receiving at the hands of
the present volunteer department,
for such is not the case, but in
many cases the boys are scatter
ed over the city when they are
needed to fight fire. The three
volunteer companies have doi e
well, but many are of the opinion
that we have reached that stage
when the business interests of
the city demands that we have a
company of men that will make
it their business to know the
best way to fight the fires that
we have be at all times ready to
answer calls when an alarm is
sent in.
The volunteer fire department
has done much for Durham and
every citizen, whether he has a
fire or not, commends the young
men that have stood ready to
fight fire to the best of their
ability.
A paid department will mean
some expense to the city, but in
the long run, many believe, will
be the best investment the city
has made in recent years. This
matter is now occupying atten
tion and the hope is frequently
expressed that it should take
definite shape receive action at
the hands of the city aldermen.
Death ol Miss Sue W. Turner.
Miss Sue W. Turner died at the
home of her brother, Mr. Jeff F.
Turner, in West Margaret Lane,
HilIsl)oro. on Friday, November
27th, at 213 p. m. Miss Turner
had been sick about two weeks
with typhoid fever, and was 32
years of age. She leaves a
mother, four sisters and two
brothers. For many years this
young lady had bten a consistent
member of the Walnut Grove
Methodist Church.
The interment was at Walnut
Grove Church Saturday after
noon at 1 o'clock, and the funeial
services were conducted by her
pastor, Uev. M. M. McFarland.
The Observer extends to the
bereaved the sincere sympathy
of the entire communityOrange
Couty Observer.
Kev. S. S- Host was a witness
in a civil action in Rowan superior
court this week and spent sevtr
al days in Salisbury.
Tne ttldcnce In m Cm.
jt$ year ue i evidene Million ;
eotisittiu-r is ev iiti-me m.uv
iM,ttMi at-itt i eviiluui-. You Im-v i
gallon I, & M. 1'aiiit niiil ; u,i!litii Pirn
l.innfil Oil tat M ciiit" mix litem an-1
make 7 jjii5kiMlHntniiittvrtly for tt"c
cl only f !,. r '' t'nv in
ittiunlc. Hackney I'.nw., I.. & M. I'.um
Aritl.
FOR SALE!
White and Brown Leghorn
Eggs $1.00 for 15.
White and Partridge Wyan
dott Eggs $1.50 for 15.
Orders (looked for future dclivirv.
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I REDUCTION SALE!
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We are going to commeiK't' on the Sth of j1
this month to oiTer all our Dry Goods an( d
Shoes at Greatly Keduml Prices for Cash M
We arc overstocked on these goods and M
we are going to reduce our stock, and we
will save you money on these good. N
All cotton goods are now going up M
some, but that don't make any differ-
ence, we are going to sell at lower prices. fc
Don't wait, come and supply your wants. M
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