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DEATH III WftKE, FEDERAL W
OF CHICAGO F1RL' 72n BHILROMS
Twenty Five Fireceu Dead When
Warehouse is Destroyed
ENTIRE PLANT DESTROYED
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Union Stock Yard Threatened by
J-ireOi initiated In ebton, Blor-
i'U mm Co.' Ilant anil Fanned
jr With Wind K.r.al Kuphlly
to Adjoining itulltliiH.
Chicago, Dec. 22. Twenty-five fire
men are supiwsed to bo dead and Fire
Chief Moran and Fire Marsballs Bur
roughs and Lacy i t missing in a
fire which early this morning destroy
'd the Urge meat warehouse of Nel
buii. Morris and .company In the stock
yard district. Under one of the walls
ot the building, a force of 25 firemen
wer? stringing hose when th wall
I' ll, and all were killed. A Ister ex
planation is that it Is probable that
the deuth of the firemen was due to
tli explosion of a tank of ammonia,
thus rendering all helpless from lis
fume and preventing them from es
caping. At 8:4V the fire which was tinder
control again Increased In fury and i
call for ten additional engit.es was
sent out. It was feared that If :he
fiami-a were not soon subdued the
bodies of th dead buried In the rulaf
would be consumed. Lieutenant Ryan
issued statement that bolil Horah
and burroughs had perished with
more than 30 firemen. Marshall Lacy
Was later located.
With the call for extra aaaixtance
the fire swept by a high southeast
wind spread to the great four story
tallow bouse adjoining the tw-f hoase
and threatened la destroy the entire
plant. Late this afternoon the Are
uti'u were making a desperate effort
ti prevent the fire from spreading to
cither, nearby plants. The entire un
Im storg-yard is In danger. All f
the fire lighting apparatus in the city
a on taw scene. - ,
rush aTthTpostoffice
TIIK I.MPLOYI II WW PIT WITH
t THF.MKVDOIS WOltK.
If any one wlaiies to see the effects
of Christmas giving and swndins of
gifts they have only to peep into the
Durhjm post onto, and then see the
csrrlerf as they go out on their
rounds. .They .are losded down like
the pktuiea of Psnia Claus. and it
Utis their strength to tarry the
packages and niall matter. The en
tire force at the postoffic la In a
daily rush to meet the demands of
prompt delivery, snd serve the pub
lic to the best of their ability. Ye
good people, remember that the car
riers and rlerka are human beings,
not park horses, and have patience
If every package and letter Is not
delivered according to your Ideas.
I n ! Sam's postoffire employes are
mighty hsrdworked folks along
about this time..
Bet. Trott to I'rmcli.
R. Thomas Trott will conduct
services at the county horn Sunday
morning at it o'clock. The public
Is cordially Invited to attend.
lUoketball Team ne t.i 1mrlrtte.
The Trinity bakctball team left
this morning for Charlotte, where to
night and tomorrow night they will
play the Charlotte Y. M. C. A. tram.
Those who left were: Captain
lledrlrk, I'aul Klker, J. K. Itrlnn. C.
i:. Brlnn, Kdwln Jones, L. A. Pur
yea r. V. K. Moore, II. II. Houston,
Manager C. H. West, and Director
V. W. Card. Those who do not have
Charlotte for their homes and spend
Ihelr Christmas there, will return
Saturdsy.
fi.ks it.tir: or cmwk.ip Dkal
H Ml XF.W I1UII.DIMJ HITK JUT
.The option w-hlcb the KIks held on
thf W. J. Chrlstlsn pnwrty on Ihc
crrx-r of Chsm-I Hill and Orange
el rets, hss not been taken up yd
by the lodge, although It Is expected
that site for the pew building wilt
im ilelinltely decided upon within the
next few days.
liels l.lrege Is Wed,
Itrglsier of IMhIs M. tl. Markhain
Unliiy Issued n marring license lo
Mr. Horace lllbb. of Charlottesville.
Vfi.. and Mlits Lela., dniigtiter of Mr.
It. O. Hcoggln. The young man, when
seen, was unable to give the exact
lime tits ceremony would be perform
ed. Although he frit sure It would be
l.i fore Ch rim mas. ,
Xntall lire Thin Afternoon.
A small foliage on Hunt street wns
slightly dnmsged by fire this after
noon, the flumes being extinguished
liefoie much of the house was burn
el. The house Wss occupied by a
colored fsmlly.
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Unnecessary Sajs"Jodge Lovell
v at Commerce Hearing
New York, Dec , 22. Robert S
Lovett, successor to Edward H. Har-
riman as president of the Southern
Pacific and the Union Pacific rail
roads, told the railroad securities
commission yesterday that he was
heartily In favor of federal super
vision of rates, both Intra-state and
interstate, but that personally be
questioned the wisdom of or the
necessity for federal laws to govern
the IsBue of railroad securities. As
a railroad executive' he did not op
pose government regulation of stock
Issues, but did insist that If regula
tion Is to come, the authorities
charged to euact It be vasted with
fu'l power to enforce It.
The present status of the rail
roads, pricked on all sides by a
thicket f conflicting state laws, was
bad, iie said, but a further conflict
of atate laws and the federal laws.
was a probability from which he
hoped to be delivered.
Hates and capitalization, their re-i
l-Ulon to each other, and the relation
f tae public to both of them were
the gist of Judge Lovctt s testimony
He did not see tbst rstes bad any
thing to do with dividends In actual
i raulce, or that the government
Und hive any concern for what
sort of lallrosd securities the puhtl
"itnt. In Z. years' experience .e
nad not nut with an instance li:
which rates had been changed to
ends. :u loubtcd If there wero a
i-rfen traHe ueu In tiie country .vbr.
'iicw the varrfulliatli.n of. the cot
I uMes the.- represented.
A WOr,
KEESBORE.lX WATEKED HER
'II.0WERS WITH SHEET MILK.
A woman will work forever over
hT flowers. Wh-n cold weather
oomea ahe trill watch over-them and
care for them like she would a baby.
Joe Rt ece tells It In the R.cord thst
yesterday morning a woman, hitherto
known as being sober and of good
habits, sent a servant sfter a half gal
lon 'of sweet milk. The servant ae-
cured it and set It on a shelf In the
bark porch, the porch being inclosed
with glass. In a minute or two the
woman came out, concluded to water
bir flowera. which wre there, and
seeing a pitcher bandy, concluded it
held water, and taking it she poured
aalf of it on her flowers before she
no' Iced whst It was.
Then she abnsed the servant for
placing the milk where she found It.
And yd she says she is not feeling
her Qiristmas as yet. ,
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HAIIT ItllliWX SVM Kl I P IXSIIlK.
IIV lIUKK. COMP.IHH.
Young llsrrls. Ga., Dec. 22. Bart
Prown. of Gum Ion, this county, ban
Just emerged from the unusua.1 ex
perience of sleeping hours while
sewed up on the Inside of mule's
drtfcss. YfMerday ltrnwn and other
bibulous companions, aiier imotoing
much moonshine whiskey, wer
wending wobbly ways homeward
down the country road. The "going"
was too heavy for llitiwn and he col
laosed br the roadside near the
carcass of "old hump back""who has
been carrying the mall to and from
Hrsnnton for lo, these many years,
but who left the government service
several hours before' Hrown and bis
companions came along.
,The practical Jokers, seeing Ilrown
helpless, hastily transformed toe
mule Into a lower berth and stowed
Itrown asy. stitching up the bide
with strings.
The sleeping man finally awoke
and began yelling. After several
piHlestrnln had been badly fright
ened two men came tip and bearing
shrieks, cut the stitches and let
Itrown out. cold sober and naoiy
frightened.
Hrosn is now on tht water wagon.
but sesrs vengeance, lie compared
hla expcrlcme with Jonah s but sain
the sailing waa not quite as fsst.
KeepliiK llue 'ow. t
Mr. F. Itlnckwell Stlth, manager
of the Public Hardware company, of
this city, and his rhnrmlng wife, are
now keeping house and are In all of
the- pleasurcable delights or niring
wrvants and other incidents inai
make housekeeping busy, task
these days. They are residing in
th house on the Parrlsh place,
formcrfy occupied by Judge 3. Craw
ford limits. Their , friends wish
them tod, old-fashioned Christ
mas In their nequsrters '
Hagcrslosn, Md., Dec. 22.Flre
destroyed the Franklin hotel and a
number of adjoining buildings 4odny,
entailing a loss of $2n0,(ifin Many
guest had narrow escapes.
DURHAM RECORDER,
iran- KILLED
III FACTORY FIRE
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Firemen and Policemen Cang
Under Falling Wall
EARLY MORNING TRAGEDY
Twenty" IlodVs nave Been Tlemoved
and the Ilenlh I.Ut .May Kcach 30,
Ilcsult of Injuries While tight. .
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inn Scrlnu ' Fire In
Plilludilpliia.
Philadelphia, Dec. 22. With 0 btd-
ies removed and with an almost err
tain prospect that a dozen mor.j Uesths
will be added to the lkt. the tire which
destroyed I). Friedlander's f:iticry
presented early this morning ft trag
edy such as tbo city has idom seen
Most of the dead are policemen, end
fireman, who gave their liv. in an f-
fort to fight the flames. The trebl
ing wind and the Ice which was ,:k;'.:.
ed about the fire plugs mude the fight
moat diiliculL Several tiiemen were
overcome and rushed . to hospitals.
The walls collapsed at 2:45 this
morning, when it is believed 20 police
men and firemen were working , be
neath them. They were caught under
the red hot crumbling debris. Unable
to fight the flames from the roof of
the doomed structure, the firemen
climbed to roofs of three small dwell
ings adjoining, where they were when
the accident occurred. The men on
the houses saw the danger first and
yelled a warniug to comrades on lad-
deis but so sudden was the collapse
of the wall that not one of them was
able to escape the fall of bricks and
twisted beam girders. With a terrific
roar the five story mass crumbled,
carrying death and Injury its way.
RESULT OF RECOT FLOODS
WHIUI CAUSED FAHISE.
Victoria, B. C, Dec. 22. Xewa was
brought by the aieamshlp Aymeric
yesterday of floods that have caused
losa of life sud of a severe famine In
the Anhui Province of China, affect
ing two and a half million persons.
Rev. E. C. Lobensteln, a retu.nlng
mifslonary from North Anhul. said:
'Uo d-eperote were the people that
thousands banded together, robbing
any one who had food supplies, and
for weeks scarcely a night passed
without many murders.
"The floods caused great loss of
life. The rapid rise of wate. awept
sway scores of villages; thousands of
persons being drowned. A railroad
engineer reported that one of the
bridges Dear there had been choked
up with bodies and ho had been Im
prisoned two days In the tipiier part
of a temple before being tescued by a
boatman. ,
'The situation during the winter
will be terrllfc far worse thsn dur
ing the famine three years ago. The
starving can be reckoned by hundreds
of thousands, and relief committees
should be organized at once."
MISS VUUI CASH" Ml w' WIFE
OF MR. A. J. IIOMiUUTT.
The Tallyho church in Granville
county was the scene yesterday morn
ing at 10:30 o'clock of a pretty w "ti
lling when Miss N;mil Cash became
the bride of Mr. A. J. lloneycutt. Rev.
J. L. Martin officiating.
Tbe church was decorated for the
event and the mnrrfiage was witness
ed by a large circle of friends. Seldom
does a larger aprty attend a wed
ded couple. MIhs Mamie Cash was
maid of honor and Mr. Owen lloney
cutt was best man, the first being a
sister of the bride and the second a
brother of the groom. Other attend-
Huts were Miss Cornelia Bowling and
Mr. Kddle Washington, MUs Maggie
Hester and Mr, James Dean. Miss
Werta Cash and Mr. Walter Heiibow,
Miss Willie Lee Washington and Mr.
Bernard Bragg, Miss Mary Wrenn,
snd Mr, Kngeiie Mangum. Miss Jessie
Phlpps and Mr. Boat Currln, Miss Ola
Cash and Mr. Kitgcne Whltaker, Miss
Christine Carden and Mr. Grahnm
Thempifiii. Miss Annie Crews and Mr.
Hugh Peel, the ushers being Messrs.
Milton Washington and William
Jones. ' . . '
The bride was given awny by her
brother. Mr. Charles Cash. The wed
ding music, was a dlKllurt feature,
Schubert's serenade, Mendelssohn's
march, "Oh Promise Me" and "Just
Because t Love You", having place on
the program. After the ceremony the
couple took the train for point east.
They will ll'e In Granville.
Italian Corps tines Is Tripoli.
: London Dee. 22 A Naples dls
nstch today to Ihe Pall Mall Gazette
saya that an fisltnn army corps has
embarked at Naples for Tripoli as a
result of strained relations between
Turkey and Italy,
DURHAM, N. Or THURSDAY, DECEMBER "22, 1910. ;
FOR A GREATER ISSUES LETTER
TRllllieSCHOOLTOTREPAREIITS
Judge Prllchard and Ex-Gover
nor Glenn Make Trip
Judge '"Jeter, C Pritchard and ex
Governor R. B. Glenn will leave next
month to visit a number of northern
cities iu the Interest of the National
Religious Training Behoof and Cha-
tauqua, located In Durham. A meet
ing of the trustees of this institution
has been called for on January P.
which w ill be preliminary to the tour
oi iue aoove two gentlemen, rre&l-
aent Lir. snepara win accompany
Judge Prltcuard on this trip.
The work that is being doi.e at ihia
school will be fully presentsd when
this trip is made a d an effort win be
put forward to lave one of the largest
endowment foundations in the couii'
try lo assist in maiiiug tho Natioaul
P.t'igious Training Schcil one of the
largest ii: the sou 'i-ra slates.
THE GREAT WHITE PLAGUE
PI UIiA.il C0.V.YITTEE ASK I'EO.
PLE TO BUY STAMPS FOR ( AUSE.
Keep In mind , the Red Cross
Stamps, aud don't fail to use them on
yonr letters and packages during the
holidays. The Public. Health commit
tee of the Durham Civic association
Is sending out to olir citizens the sub
joined letter and It Is an appeal that
every one should lake well to heart
aa a personal matter, as ir your own
life depended upon it Read and heed:
Dear Friend:
We are writing to ask your co-oper-
atlon In tbe sale of the Red Cross
seals. It is our desire to collect $500
this season from the sale of these
seals. This will mean $437.50 for our
local work. S
When we stop to consider the finan
cial loss from tuberculosis In any
community of 25,000 people, $437.50 Is
a small amount, but it will be a big
help In our efforts to awaken the pub
lic to our actual needs. It will ena
ble Durham also to re-establish the
tuberculosis, disneiuury. .
We hope you will take every oppor-
unity between , now and the New
Year to speak to any audience that
opportunity permits. Our success will
depend on crealing a desl-e on the
pat of the public to help.
The seals will be on sale In all of
the principle' stores of the city and
will sell for one cent each.
Yours very respectfully,
MRS. JOHN M. MANNING. Cb'm.
T. A. MANN Secretary. -
WAS CONVICTED AT AUG. TERM
OF LARI EY OF COW.
Raleigh, Dec! 22. Covernor Kltchln
yesterday granted five pardons, among
which was that of Beeman Pickard.
of Durham county, convicted at Aug
ust term, 1910, for the crime of lar
ceny, and sentenced to 12 months In
Ihe state prison. Pardoned condition
ally, the reasons for pardon being:
At the trial of this boy, who is 18
years old. It wss stated that he had
ii uncle in Arkansas who would take
him, employ him on a farm and under
take his reform. The court Intimated
that If that could be assured he would
not pronounce sentence. Positive as
surance could not then be given. Since
then his kiuswople In Arkansas have
written offering to take him and try
to make a good citizen out of him,
Both the Judge and the solicitor re
commend a conditional pardon. He
haa served three and a half months
in prison. I therefore pardon prisoner
on condition that he remain of good
behavior and on the further condition
that he g forthwith to his um-lf, H.
Baldwin, Hickory Ridge. Ark., and
there submit to the service and con
trol of said mu le until his majority.
WILL DELIVER CHRISTMAS SUU
MO SIXDIT MO If MX'.
Dr. W. K. L Smith, who dellv.rjl
two strong sermons at (be Firrt Fat-
list church laid Sunday, has eors-nt-
ed to return to this city and pre.it-n
a Christmas sermon here Sunday
morning. Dr. Smith was for yea's
pastor of a leading Baptist church in
Richmond and Is one of the strongest
ministers Iti this section. He will
preach In the First Baptist chinch at
11 o'clock Sunday morning, and the
public is cordially Invited to attend.
Tit VIVO TO MAKK. MV
t:ta.isii cii.twF.L iiu.coiu)
Dover, Kng., Dee. 22. In an
effort to beat across tbe channel and
land the night record of 13 miles
in an Kngtixh built aeroplane, flown
by an Kuxtlshman, Cecil Grace as
cended early today and headed for
the French coast. He passed over
Calais some time later and bonded
Inland,
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Dr. Mann Will Vaccinate Popils
Free of Charge
T
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Superintendent Cai-niirhael, of Dur.
bam Public Kcliools, Hembi Letter
lo Pn rents of All Hudents Stat
in That Vaccination Must Bo
Given Immediate Attention.
Superintendent W. D. Carmicbael,
of the Durham public schools, has
issued the "following letter to the
parents of schol children In reference
to vaccination, In which it Is an
nounced that Dr .T. A. Mann will
vaccinate free of charge any pupil of
the public sebols of Durham who
will cal atl his office. The letter
follows:"
The school authorities think it
wise to urge upon the parents the
importance of 'the immediate vacci
nation of all school children who
have not been successfully vacci
nated within the past three years.
The best advice obtainable con
vinces us that we should take this
action, and we wish to express the
hope that you may give the matter
your immediate attention.
Tbe board of health of the city;
recommends that we put into opera
tion our vaccination rule,. passed on
iiaren 30th, 1904. which has not
been in operation aince September,
1908, because we had no smallpox
In the city.
After considering the matter thor
oughly, the board of education has
decided to request parents to have
their children vaccinated immediate
ly, if they have not been vaccinated
within the past three 'year, and to
apply ' our vaccii.atioh rule on the
opening of school after the holidays.
Accordingly, on January 4. '1911,
every pupil will be required to fur
nish a certificate, stating that he or
she has been successfully vaccinated
within the past three years, or has
been vaccinated within tbe ten days
preceding the date of the certificate.
The city health officer. Dr. T. A.
Mann, will vaccinate free of charge
any pupil of the school who will call
at his office. He wiU also give cer
tificates free of charge to all who
have already been vaccinated.
While certificates will not be re
quired until January 4, we shall be
pleased to have them brought In any
day from now until the close of the
school for the holidays.
This acton has been taken by the
school authorities on tbe advice of
the physicians of the city, the boa-d
of health of the city, and of the state.
and -the leading physicians of this
country. The schools of all the lead
ing cities have such a vaccination
rule. We feel that under all tbe
circumstances our responsibility for
tbe welfare of all the children can
not be discharged by any other
course In the matter.
We feel sure that the pafons of
the schools will appreciate this posi
tion, and will cooperate with us in
our efforts to deal wisely with all
the problems of the training and de-
elopment of all the children of our
city. Tbe superintendent will be
gad to see at his office at any time
any patron of the school mho wishes
to confer with him about this, or any
other matter pertaining to the chil-
drens welfare.
With best wishes, I am,
Cordially yours,
W. D. CARMICIIAEL,
Superintendent.
DEITHOFiJJ.no
SHoK MKIiCHANT PASSF.D AW AV
LATK VKSTF.nit.lV F.VF.XIXG.
Mr. A. W. Wood, who has been
suffering for some time with tuber
culosis, and several weeks ago went
to Ashetille In search of health, died
yesterday evening at ( o'clock at bis
home east of this city, aged 56 years.
Mr. Wood came to this city four
years ago from Knap of Reedsj and
until recently had been engaged In
the shoe business here.
Surviving are three brothers and
one sister: Mr. Hugh Wood, of this
city; Dr. T. W. Wood and Mr. Wil
liam Wood, both of Texss, and Miss
Maggie Wood, of Hickory, who has
been at the bedside of her brother
for the past ten days.
Mr. Wood wss a successful busi
ness man, although he had hot been
well for years. He made many
friends In this city who will sym
pathize with his brothers and sister
In this sad bereavement.
The remains will be taken to Knap
of Redi tomorrow for burial.
WILL ASK TOR
J SPEEOIf TRIA
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Son of Mr. Lade Saunders Will
Interview the Governor
Mr. w. B. Saunders, who went to
the scene of the terrible tragedy near
Hester Tuesday from bis home In Wil
son, stopped in this city last night on
his way to Raleigh to ask Gove-nor
Kitchln for a speedy trial for the mtir
derer, Nathan Montague. While here
Mr. Saunders In a pathetic manner
told of the terrible deed as he heard
it from his relatives. He stated that
the first person to find a clue as to the
guilty party was young Overton.
uncle of the, little girl that was killed
ne having found the . bloody knife,
wnicn gave Sheriff Wheeler the tin
The mother of the little girl was at
her home not five hundred yards dis
tant, w hen she noticed the fire, which
destroyed the house.
He further said that he had known
Nathan Montague for years and that
he had a good reputation as a negro
in tne past.
A quiet funeral was held yesterday
over the remain's ' of the three. Mr.
Laden Saunders, bis daughter. Miss
Mattie and the little granddaughter.
Christine Overton, the Interment be
ing made in the Hunt graveyard. A
memorial service win be held some
time later.
Mrs. Saunders," wife of the murder
ed father will likely go to Wilson to
reside with her son, so that she will
be away "from the 'scene where the
terrible ,tragedy occurred.
It M. JOXF.S HOMK FOR CHRIST
.MAS HOLIDAYS.
. Mr. R. M. Jones, former postal
telegraph messenger and operator of
this city, who holds tbe record as the
longest distance wireless operator on
the Atlantic ocean and Gulf of Mex
ico, is In the city visiting his mother,
Ur:MJ I. Jduea, of South street,
having won a vacation by defeating
several hundred wireless operators
in a contest.
The contest was that tbe operator
who worked over 1,000 miles direct
without a relay would be awarded
with a prize, and the one working
2.000 miles would have tbe pick of
any steamer that sailed out of New
York for any part of the world
Young Jones worked so near. 2,000
miles that the United Wireless Tele
graph company, of New Y'ork, gave
him the prize.
For five days young Jones sent In
a report to the New York office twice
a day without a relay, and did the
same thing coming back to New
York. "The distance I worked." said
young Jones, "was 1,853 miles with
out a relay, from New York city to
Galveston. Texas." Mr. Jones ssys
he could have easily worked 2,500
miles had the steamer gone that
distance.
Mr. Jones recently visited Barren
Ouella, South America, where he
went aa wireless Inspector on the
Prins Eltel Frlederlch.
Mr. George O. Jones, former wire
less operator, now business manager
of the United Wireless Telegraph
company, of New York and London,
and Mr. W. K. Jones, foreman of the
Illinois Central machine shops, of
Chicago, brothers, are also in the
city.
Mauretania Makes
Record Breaking Trip
London, Dec. 22. The big Cunard
steamer Mauretania which la complet
ing her record breaking trip across
the Atlantic and return Is expected
to reach Fish Guard at 10 o'clock to
night. If ahe gets In by that hour it
will mean a round trip to New York
iu II days. 14 hours and seven minu
tes. I'rrxldcnl Tall as Santa Clans.
Washington, Dec. 22. President
Taft will play Santa Claus as usual
this year in giving awny Christmas
turkeys to atl of the married employes
about the white' house and executive
offices, Including the policemen on
dui in the white house grounds. It
will require 102 of the holiday birds
H fill alt the baskets and the money
dntlay will be In the neighborhood of
$450. It Is a time-honored custom of
presidents to distribute turkeys at
Christmas time.
Veteran Drop Dead.
Wilmington. Dec. 22. C. IX Sykea,
a Confederate veteran, aged 75 years.
dropped dead yestcrdsy at his farm
near Watha, where he had gone to
spend the day. When he left home
this morning, he wss In hla nsual good
health. Mr. Sykes Is survived by his
wife, two brothers. T. P. and A. V.
Sykes of Wilmington, aud one sister.
Mrs. C. V, Woodcock, of Savannah.
He was an uncle of Recorder Sykes,
of Durham.
NUMBER 39
MID-WINTER
MUSIC COURT
Conservatory Students Will Give
' Recital Tonight
Final Concert of Fall Term Will Be
Given at Southern Conxervatory of
MukIc This Kvenin Beginning"
at 8.30 Kxcellent lvorrani :
Has Been ' Prepareii." " :.
Music lovers of Durham will be
given the annual treat by the stu
dents of the Southern Conservatory
of Music, who will present their mid
winter concert tonight. The public
is cordially invited to this concert,
in which the students will take spe
cial pride as this Is the final concert
of the fall term. ..
The program for tonight's concert
is as follows:
Piano quartet "Lustsplel Over
ture Kcla ' Bela First piano,
primo: Misses Herbert, Reade,
Riley, Cheatham; first piano, sec-
ondo: .Misses Wayde, Powell, White,
Thompson; second piano primo:
Misses R. Taylor, Glenn, Messrs.
Betts, Hudson; second piano sec
ond: Misses Ayers, Hamlin. Allen.
Beverly bnow. ?
Violin "Historltte" Block
Jacob Nurkln. -
Chorus "Natareth" Gounod.
Violin "Waltz" Jaeoby Joe
Dave.
Piano solo "Bag Pipe Waltz"
G. W. Bryant. ,
Violin "Barcarole" SchiH
Edna Constable.
Vocal solo "Dsnny Deever"
Damrosch Edgar M. Howerton. -
Violin "Spinning Song" Frey
Alex Abelhopf.t . . ,
Piano duet "At Full Tilt"
Raalte Primos: B. Dinwiddle, M..
Hood, T. Cates. M. . Bradshaw, E.
Scoggins; secondo: A. Dinwiddle,
E. Williams, P. Stephens, Mary Er-
wln, O. Jordan.-'. V -
Violin and 'cello "Bercense from
Joeelyn" Godard Violin, Miss
Ethel Wayde; 'cello. Max Bryant.'
Piano duet "Over Hill . and
Dale" Engleinan Primos: M. Er-
win, A. Cobb, A. Mahler, J. Smith,
B. Snow; secondo: . E. Erwin, S.
Erwin. M. Snider, C. Tlraberlake, M.
Wilson.
Piano solo "Barcarole" Hna-
la Mr. W. H. Powers.
Vocal solo "The Gardner Neld-
linger Miss Bessie Holt.
Violin solo "When Summer
Cornea" Sawyer Gerald Bryant. .
Piano duet "Lea Chasseurs a
Cheval" Y A. Smith Primo: . R.
Barber, L. Newton, E. Morton, S.
Warren, E. Boddle, G. Palmer. L.
Wilkinson, E. Howerton; secondo:
Duke, M. Moore, E. Ross, F.
Frink. O. Allgood, L. White, K.
Wilkinson.
Vocal solo "Song of the Al-
mlne" Delibes Miss Lola Jenkins.
Violin solo "Carlta" Ather-
ton Miss Ethel Wayde.
Chorus "Calm on the Llst'nina
Ear of Night" Harker Barltono
solo, Mr. E. M. Howerton; violin.
Miss Klnne; Velio. Max Bryant .
Piano duet "Oberon" Weber-
Leybach Primo: Misses C. Kearns.
Riley, M. Jones. B. Holt, J. Har
ris, B. Baxter, M. Womack, L. Riley:
secondo: Misses E. Ayers. R. Tsv-
lor, G. Williams. E. Green. A. Maan.
L. Hunter, L. Jenkins, A. Taylor.
Merry Christmas to all."
ONIT TWO DAYS DISTANT
DURHAM HAPPY IX AXTIflPATlOX
OF CHRISTMAS. !
The world Is happy for Chrlstmaa
la not far distant. The merchants and
children a-e happiest of all; tbe chll-
becsuse Santa Claus Is coming and
tne merchants because he has already
come. '
Never has such a unlv.-rial alne
of good cheer gone" up ftoin the sure
keepers of the Bull City. Business
has surpassed all expectations. The
shopping has been going on for
weeks. It wss thought that It ' waa
being done exceptionally early, and
yet it keeps up. The weather has been
Ideal. Never before has such a nertod
of good weather lasted prior to the
Christmas day. and aa a result tbe
streets and tbe shops have been
crowded. For two solid weeks there
haa been only one morning so dis
agreeable that shoppers did not want
to tenture forth. The air has been in
vigorating and bracing. It has made
people feel good, and the clear, bright
heavens has made them happy. Today
It has been very cold. The thermo
meter this morning registered 20. but
the Christmas season would not be is
success unless there was cold weath
Already tbe shops are becoming
empty. Already the people are de
claring that only one or two more
presents are unpurchased, and the
on great day la not yet at ho4.