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VOLUME 92.
DURHAM, N. C, AUGUST II, 1910.
NUMBER 13.
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TF.E CLD I.1AN OS AGAIN
Attczs t3 EcpuSIIcsa Convention
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C".:En AT FECPLE S3 SATO.
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"The Old lian" came in again
this week to see if we had heard
of what had been transpiring
since he came in lasc week-
"I" was here last Saturday
morning early because 1 wanted
to buy something at the opening
of the new ten cent store. I ex
pected that it would be mostly
among the women that bargains
were to be had, but thought pos
sibly a man would stand some
show of securing something that
would be worth bis time. How
ever, I was disappointed, for the
women were bo thick that I stood
no show whatever. The wonder
to me that people will do such
things to save ten cents and then
turn right around and spend a
dollar for Bomethinj that ia not
worth two cents. I saw women
at this store trying to save in
purchases what they believed
would amount in the aggregate
about 50 cents that would not
hesitate to spend ten or fifteen
dollars for a hat, and others that
would spend $30" on a summer
outing. But when it comes to
chasing bargains no special class
la guilty, but all kinds of people
go in for all they are worth.
t "I attended the Republican!
convention Saturday and was
tth iatereuUd in the proceed
ings. Hany 'things not on the
program . ejeurred to furnish
amusement. '
"When soTieone suggested that
a certain prominent Republican
should be called upon for a
speech, he remarked that only
newspaper men and contractors
were allowed that privilege,
w hereupon a by-stander remark
ed that he roust have been at
tending the caucuses of the dele
gates to the county convention.
"From the first it was evident
that the Morehead crowd were
in the majority, and that they
were determined to have their
own way with anything that
came up. The first vote, which
was a test of the strength of the
forces showed that the Morehead
crowd had about two-thirds of
the voting strength of , the con
vention. "The real business of the con
vention, as those in charge made
it, occurred just after Sir. A. E.
Holton had made a speech, and
both delegates and visitors began
to sit up and take notice.
"In wandering around Dur
ham, seeing some of the improve
ments the Civic League caused
to be made, I have wondered
that they have failed to notice to
many unsightly signs, that
stretch across the Bidewalks.
Some of the merchants have
signs that really servo their pur
pose and they are an ornament
to the store, but along Main
street there are many signs that
extend across tho sidewalk and
besides being dangerous they are
very unsightly.. But like many
questions that ariso and would
be a decided improvement to the
appearance of the city, this leads
to the one conclusion of what are
you going to do about it.
"I don't know much about the
facta in the case, but it docs
seem that the arrest - of Mr.
Rufus Maseey for indecent ex
posure, was stretching the mat
ter a little. From the accounts
of the matter in the papers, Mr.
M.iisey was in his room on
church street and thoughtlessly
SsaclE. E. resell EbSs Ms Life -
Uni Est fezr Bays. , .
In the near beer saloon of J.
F. Belvin, Aquilla Powell, the
oldest son of E. E. Powell, the
slayer of the Chief of Police G.
W. Dunn, of Scotland Neck, and
recently sentenced to life im
prisonment, telling a friend that
he had only three minutes to
live, and writing his name and
the name of a friend on a card, a
pistol ball he fired into his body,
and fell to the floor. A physi
cian was at once called and the
patient was removed to the
Watts hospital, where an investi
gation of the wound was made.
No definite cause can be as
signed for the attempted suicide",
but it is thought it was there
suit of brooding over a misspent
life. He recently, attended the
trial of his father, and while
there saw the ruin of home life
which had been caused by him,
and it U probable that the
thoughts of this drove him to
commit the deed.
' Although the young man hsd
deliberately planned his death,
he begged the doctors to do
everything possible for his re
covery. For a day or two it
seemed that Powell would re
cover. He gained strength Sun
day and his chances were more
favorable. On Monday he began
to decline and gradually grew
worse until Tuesday afternoon
when ht passed away.
Up to the time of his death
none of his friends were allowed
to see him. His brother came
immediately after the deed was
ccnitted and remained to the
last. The body was turned over
to the" un&rtakeTB, - and - will be
sent to his old home Scotland
Neck. '
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Mrs. R. L. Bowen was ar
rested Friday on the charge of
stealing a pocket book from Mrs. I
J. D. Kelly, while in the five and
ten cent store. Immediately af
ter Mrs. Kelly missed the purse, I
she called Officer Dupree, and
pointed out Mrs- Bowen as the
one who had taken it The of
ficer followed Mrs. Bowen, who
left the store. She hurried into
Holland Bros, store, and going
down the aisle threw the purse
to the floor.
She was arrested and carried
to the police station where her
bond was fixed at $50. She did
not have the money to meet his
bond, and her distress aroused the
sympathy of Editor Joe King
and Auctioneer J. J. Kiley, who
put up the money for her re
lease. The case will be tried in
the Recorders court Friday.
We wish to call attention to the
advertisement in this issue of the
excursion to Danville and Lynch
burg. This will be one of the
biggest trips of the year and the
fare is very moderate Look up
the ad.
failed to draw the shades before
dressing and the policeman hap
pened to see him passing from
one room to another. For this
he had to pay the costs of the
case.''
"To any fellow that has evr
read Charles Di:kens'. Pickwick
Papers and remembers Samuel
Weiler, the modern court scene
must appeal in the humorous
way. Some of the court scenes
in this book, were they published
as original, would doubtless
cause the fellow that published
them to be attached for con
tempt, but if you happen to go
around where a trial is being
held and happen to remember
one of these trials told of in tho
book, ju?t make the comparison
and see if the funny side of the
situation does not appeal to you.
REPUBLICAN COUNTY CONVENTION.
Steam Roller Squashes Out the Bun
can Delegates and Goes Solid
for Koreiesi
Durham County Republicans
met in convention, Saturday, and
gave the solid county vote for
state chairman of the party, to
John Motley Morehead.
! While such a statement is eas
ily made, the bringing about of
the vote was after mu;h parley
ing, and considerable steam roll
ing. The much harped on "har
mony" program had seemingly
been forgotten, as republicans
who had fought many campaigns
hand in hand, were arrayed in
opposition, and used language to
one another not such as political
brothers should.
Chairman Giles called the con
vention to brder and in a brief
manner stated the object of the
call, and reviewed the achieve
ments of Durham republicans for
the past several years. He then
called R. H. Rigsbee to the chair,
temporarily, and H. A. Neal was
made secretary. The temporary
chairman then named a creden
tial committee. A motion was
made to elect Mr, Rigsbee pre
siding officer, and the first test
of the convention came in this
vote. N. Underwood was nomi
nated by a Duncan man, then the
vote came. It showed that Rigs
bee had 53.5 and Underwood 23.5
clearly indicating the majority
of Morehead men.
District Atforney A. E. Holton
was escorted to the stand at this
point and delivered a speech that
sounded good 'to republican ears.
He spoke briefly of , what the
P3rty is doing and discussed the
issues of the day. At the con
clusion' of Mr. Holton's .speech;
the business of the convention
was resumed. The committee
for reccommending delegates to
the state convention reported,
and a motion was made to accept
the report A fight was made by
the Duncan crowd for an amend
ment to the motion but the More
head men won. On the con
gressional delegation were
some good Duncan men, but they
promptly withdrew their names,
declaring they would not be
treated that way.
Col. J. C. Angier furnished the
oratory for the Duncan crowd.
He declared that if the steam
roller did not run over him he
wanted to make objection to that
delegation. He stated that he
favored Morehead for Congress
and Duncan for state chairman,
or if Morehead would not run for
congress he support him for
chairman. He wanted the dele
gates of Greensboro to vote ac
cording to per cent each man
had in the county convention.
Col. Angier was powerful with
his speech, but could not avoid
the steam roller which was con
tinually being passed over him.
It will be remembered that he,
together with Mr. Giles bolted
their regular convention two
years ago, and that their dele
gation wa3 seated at the state
convetion, but at this time Mr.
Giles has joined the Rigsbee
crowd, while Col. Angier holds
on to the opposition.
Mr. Angier took occassion to
say that if Mr. Giles would pay
more attention to getting re
publicans register and pay poll
tax, and fighting the democrats
that the party would be stronger
than by sacrificing it to More-
head.
The Morehead crowd testified
that they had tried to get the
Duncan crowd to take five of the
seventeen votes, but that they
(the Duncan crowd) had refused
to take the ofTer. Col. Angier,
brought them to the point when
he asked if they would support
a motion to that effect, but they
ftS CEATKS Cla'NG WEEK.
Sr. Godxla Drops Dead While la Gar
(fcarBealQ ol Kr. Eaoley.
In apparently good health Mr.
Needhara Godwin Gaston walked
out into his , garden Sunday
morning to gather vegetables for
dinner, when he dropped to the
ground, and before he could be
moved was dead. Heart failure
is the cause assigned for his sud
den death. ;
Mr. Godwin was a resident of
this county for 2- years, coming
nere irom wase. He was 74
years of age and had been very
active Op to the last. By , trade
he was a carpenter, but recently
had moved to the country. He
was arconfederate veteran, and
a member of the Primitive Bap
tist church. ,
The funeral wa3 conducted by
Rev. Davis, of 'East Durham,
and the burial took place Sunday
afternoon.
DEATH OF MR. STANLEY.
Mr. Thomas Stanley died at
the county home, Monday after
noon, after an illness of some
time.. He was recently carried
to the home on account of a mind
trouble. He had suffered a stroke
of paralysis, which caused the
derangement of his miad. .
He leaves a wife and several
children. The remains were
shipped to Creedmoor where the
family formerly lived.
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' : Sao force Classes.
The editorial and tyrjograDhi-
cal force of the Daily , Sun has
been materially changed during
the past week. Mr. F. A. Moore.
of Winston Salem, has purchased
a good block of stock in the cor
poration and cornea here to take
over the management of the pa
per. , ..
The former . manager. Mr.
Gardner, while remaining here
for a short time, will leave at an
early date for another place.
The foreman of the office, Mr.
Sowers, whose work in making
the Sun a good looking DaDer
has received the admiration of
everybody, has gone to the
Herald and will be connected
with that paper in the future.
Mr. Fletcher, editor, has rpqiotu
ed and will leave at an ' early
date. Mr. Proctor, local man,
and Mr. Jaffe. circulation mana
ger, will leave in a few days, the
first to take a good position
teaching, and the other to enter
college.
Mr. Moore takes over both the
editorial . control, - and financial
management of the paper, and
hopes to combine the work so as
to get out the paper with a smal
ler force. The town and people
who have known these men who
leave, regret that they have seen
best to cast their lots at other
places.
brazenly cried "naw-"' After
several yard3 of spiel and mock
motions - the. Holton-Morehead-Giles-ar.d-Company
(per CoL
Angier) steam roller fired up
and crashed through the conven
tion leaving a few fragnnts of
the opposition and the resolution
giving Morehead the , solid
county vote for chairman and
for Congress was praised.
The date for anothercounty
convention to nominate candi
dates for the county ofliccs was
set for August 27. The conven
tion the adjourned. ,
Thus "harmonized" the re
publicans of Durham County. ,
rrtry.lH Tklf lidi let.
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wing, porch furniture will require only
nall ttt til our Domestic J rht in
open mouth cans to make thein look
like new. Get it frwn V. A. Jtabry,
Durham.
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