Say* James B. Duke Rode to
Fortune on Two B&nd Mule*
hum farm ami . ..nqoered it and eat
the feet of hi* sona upon Um path |
that M to Monte Crteta million*.
Any riirmirlt, however brief, of
the rawer of Dvka must
bag In with that dnafMy oM father of
Mu boraaee thia eon bain ao deeply
tha impress of Ma father's character.
Alan the turning bark to that laaf
makaa tha clearer what tha son had
ta da to lift himself oat of tha beat
and harden of that reluctant farm on
tha ootahirta of Durham, M. C., where
he waa horn IT yaara affo.
It maana fninf back to dvO war
days, whan Waahinirton Duke, vifor
'<>aaly uppoa«id to seeeeaiaa had to'
«aat Ma lot with North Carolina and
enlisted in tha Confederate nary At
that time ha ownad WW ungenerous
acres, hoairht with savings hard pat
hy. So, whan ha wnt ta war ha sold
tha farm and it* (leader appurtenan
oaa, payment to ha mad* to him aftar
tha termination of hoatilitiea.
At that time James B. Doha waa a
ha and tha raat of tha family war*
aaat to tha grandparents for care
while tha haad of tha family want un
wfllinrlr to sea.
Faand Farm Devastated
On tha retreat from Richmond,
Washington Duke waa captored by
, the inamy, held priaunet a while, and
than ralaaiad. Ha waa 135 milaa
fram home and all ha had waa a IS
Confederate Mil'. But ha walked
•eery foot of thoae weary mitaa. It
waa on tha way that he managed ta
trade that Confederate bill far 10
iMKhini home, footaore, every
thing hot discouraged.* he came up
on utter desolation. The farm which
had been hie had Iain In the path of
the armies of Sherman and Johnston,
they had wintered near hy, and taken
devastating toll. Fences had Ifone
far firewood. even a little stock of
tobacco he had stored in a ramshnck
lod barn had disappeared.
pui inen- ma ■ nnn in tnai num.
At once undaunted, He began the
task of setting hi* hnuae in order—
without a house. TV farm »u no
longer hia, ao there wa* nothing for
it bet that hr moat ko to work for ita
owner, and tkqr (truck it off at a
one third «t>ara basts. ,
So hard «m the struggle to wrest
anything out of that hard land that
for two years, Washington [hike was
unable to have Ms children with him.
The man who had "bought" the
Duke farm was unable to poy for it
when the time came, so Washington
Dnke took it back again, those 800
haH-rerlaimed acres. He bought two
Mind mules on credit from his broth
er and started in growing tobacco in
little patches of ground near the rod*
living house. "There wasn't anoth
er thing h« could have grown there,"
B. Duke said jrtan later of
in a log
to
to thU wne to ghw "Bark" and Ma
brother, Basil U. Duke, eneh a sixth
internet la the baslmss. A factory
7* foot Ion*. 40 feet wide and tkrM
•tori as high, had been buflt hi Dur
ham, H. C.. and IS man tm em
ployed than*. Thi« waa h).tt7B.
So whole-heartedly did every mam
bar of tha Doha family engage in
that uphill fijcht that by IMS tha
capita) of tha oadertaklng had redrb
r-d 1700,000 and tha boatnana of Wash
ington Doha A Bona had grew* to
*200,000 a year "fcfk", Ddta waa
how rhtaf salesman for the concern
and in 1M4 ha ventured into New
York to look Into tha mechanical
msnufactore of clgarettea.
Manufacturers predicted that ha'd
noon find himself la bankruptcy ex
perimenting with erode machinery.
Bat he kept at it and at last succeed
ed in borrowing M0,000 from an ec
centric loaf tobacco broker in New
York when, aa be once remarked, be
did not be Hera there waa another
person in the world who wooid here
lent him that many pennies.
During all thia time "Back" Duka
managed the business both in New
York and Dorham. Ha lived for a
time In a room lor which he paid IS
a weak.
Yaar by year the business grew,
"Bock" Duka never relaxing, giving
ten to twelve hoars a day to hie toeks
industry that in 1>M it waa taken
into the fonsnlldntlnn which la the
American Tohneeo company, the se
ra lied "Tobacco Trust." ft waa mads
ap at five concerns and espitaMasd
at mjtOOfiOO. Of thia amount tha
Duka firm received f7.M0.000. And
James B. Duke became its president.
COCK FIGHTING BEING
. REVIVED
Score* of Gam* Fowls Dm la
Forsyth Combats
High Point, Dec. 11.—The days of
cock-fighting have returned. In s
pit constructed in oas of the nooks of
Forsyth county, the sport held swsy
Thursday and Wednesday. Specta
tors came from three states to Wit
ness the spectacle, which lasting
through two full days, cost many
scores jf roosters their Ures.
The crowd, which numbered into
the hundreds on the first day, hung
over the pit in something like the
manner of the ancient Romans, who
assembled by hordes in the coloseum
to enjoy the gladiatorial combats be
tween their slaves, captives and crim
In yesterday's battles there were
entries from Greensboro, Winston
Salem. Charlotte, Roanoke, Vs., Ral
eigh, Concord, Statesville and many
other cities.
Many of the fights were practically
the same in tone. A bine cock and
a red one, of the round head, Dom
inicker, Indian, or Oalrwood variety;
two men holding them in their arms,
nibbing their legs to limber them
or adjusting the spurs wtuch pro
truded not unlike the gladiator's
spear,, while waiting for the
to give the j
On W.dnmsy ose maa I a
fine array of roosters, aw > a
this dty was net
lion at the
of MOO tons of
received tn
•led that «
he laid 4own la
sea frem lot
[
•«=. it Ur. » d' Vif
wkH*; har hoehand disappeared in
Southern Ruaaia, Mr •Mwll airce d»
mw killed arith the but at • Bolahe
«ik ri f)*.
Through the affarta of « faithful
«r»«it who wnpH to Pernia with
her Jewelry and whom *he Joined fatt
er the Film— nipfnrt«l herself and
fier daughter, Maria, through the in
tervening year* of exile.
Kb* waa educated with th/ children
of .the royal family in Petrograd
whara aha waa ham, twenty-aere*
yearn ago. aeenrdflig to bar etory.
The dowager Cxarina Maria waa rod
mother to her child aha aayi. She
learned to dance hecanaa H waa tha
thine for l*t imeaaea to dance. For
John Cort aha did a Chlneae dance
aha had learned yaara ago in royal
ehildhoad. She got the Jab. She waa
atmoat tearful with gratitade far tha
chance.
Child At Gekbfcwrw Mm From
Ha Bm
Goidsboro, Dae. 14.—UfOt Dorsay
Lm, Jr., tvo-jrMr-aM m of Mr.
Mr*. I. L. Edwards, M at an early
hour this morning, it—til multnt
fr—i bams rwlwd when it Ml into
an open flrvplac« jaaUrday.^ ^
slight burns wban they sndaavorad
to aMothar tba flame which w»*p
ed the rbUd't clothing Tba child waa
pis ring araond tba firs plats wbaa it
blase. Ita eriaa attracted tba atteo
tioa af tba atrthsr and aunt who bar
riodly sstrWaled it from tba flapas.
Bafora tba fiasaaa could he extiagsiab
ad however, tba little body was lit
erally roasted from tba month to tba
Executes Two; Tlurd J Maps
to Death
Paraplnma. Spain, Dec 7.—Having
Keen found guilty af plotting to over
throw the Spanish directorate, Enri
que Sam-bet Gil, and Juan Santillon,
were executed in tba prison bars at
dawn Saturday. A third man, Pa
Mo Martin, waa to have been put to
death at the same tine, having been
•"•ntenced with GU and Santillon,
hut while the men were being escort
ed to the execution chamber be triad
to escape by running to a high gal
lery, from which be jumped to death
when be saw wcape was impoaaibie.
Dr. Pinto's Trial Marriage Idea
Hits Snag in His Household
" * *
"I am Opposed to Any Such St
Idea! H« Didn't Believe in
Were Married."
Omaha, Nik, Dae. It—The two
year trial jnarriaire law proyesad by
Dr. A. S. Pluto, Health Cotamlaalon
er of Omaha, May maat with approval
violent opposition in the doetor'a own
hoata. Mis. Plata, wife ef tha Co»
■Iaalnnar fciit believe la any audi
Dr. Pkrt> several days ago, aa
Makead that ha would aappert a MB
In tha aest Legislature providing for
cancellation of all awria|« where
eUUna are aat bean wftMa twa
ta'hraak op Mt W T JM Ua£h
... .■ J i».
14* (M m St Nil lixi, to xM
at WMJW. Tto itowli has «Wwwl
to toMto ktetto luili n»)Mt
>Hto At plana iWiiiimi* at a nn
in* of Brookfya aad La* bland
Mathadlata at tha BraaUya CM
ThorWay a»«ht. wW «aat tlMOJN*
Wall Far Lawar Caal
Although of law toipoalmr macni
i tad*, tha prnjaet to itollar to tha yn
' "4 at Broadway and ITSd SUaii
Thto tolMtor, tha u>n>t of tha Bar.
Chriattan 7. RrUnor, paatnr of tha
rhatoaa M. K. Choreh, will ha twenty
torn otoriaa high and to to ooat 14,
MM/NW.
It will not ha both until pnamt
handing emta mrm toa«nd. Half of
th* coat will ha tonrawad oa a first
md**ca«a, Wing $2J*>0fi0 to ha
ralaad tkriMfh aato of I per cant,
L^atjla m, lit ■ ,it U
iKinn™ r wll w IIIC.II InvCTali IB IHH f[ llwy
•a toad. Bonds to tha astoat of akoJ
ll,M|N atroady have baan »old.,
Tha Mldliif'i »pon«or» agpoet rantato
from Btoraa, apaitnata and dormi
tory moan to eaaar Intoroat and ran
UnHlu th* Broadway Tempi*. th*
Brooklyn MMkw will b* in th* heart
of a raRRMitW nmtrr. Situated
near th* Atlantic A ram station of
IIm Lmi( taland Railroad, it ia in th*
busiest mlgMmrfcawd of Brooklyn.
| The first four floor* will natal*
inf 2.000: illicit offirta, and qaar
tar* for social wlfait and school
activities. The fifth floor will ha a
■par too* hall which on ha aaad eith
rr a* a dining room or aaaaahy rm
tr* Th* hanimt wf contain ■
wilt ho iqripH rsrreatkm, con
taining gymnasium. huwil*| alter*.
l issi m —, _ m
Ollimiu rOvM| w<
Hm building will hooaa foor atoraa
front in ir an Hansen Place, two on
each aid* of an imposing Gothic en
trance to the church auditorium. The
floors from the sixth to th* four
teenth will h* used for office* or
bachelor apartments a* local demand
mar warrant. Preliminary plana call
for 10.000 square fact of offle» spare.
A separate *et of elerators wilt serve
the commercial floor*.
CM ambus was seventy day* conf
ine to America in a ship weighing
100 ton* and carrying a cr*w rf fifty
two. Dr. Hugo Eelcner in eigkt>
hour* ram* to America in an airship
weighing ninety ton* and capable of
carrying a crew of eightr three.
off." Say* Mr*. Pinto, "Thm
Any Such Thing When W«
at him that'* all. The I4n! Why.
we were married three yaw* before j
there wan a little oae at ear hoaee.
"So no matter haw the doctor looks
•t it now, ha didnt better* In any!
la fact, tfa only since Dr. Plato cot
into pdblic office that ha
any af tMa talkta*. Of tana, he
*• ha ha- j
to
af aarh ac-'
,
TV double-UK plan la the
linn of Major W. H.
of the traffic rwmitew of Mm DW
tort of Cal—ibla psmaaa iwl. tW
district («nWMwn think well of
It and the probabilities as* It wfll he
Major Holromh'*
the fir* plM,
enjoy Wlif
Idea in that, in
teerther rather than
of Ca hi"
be irpn that thf in
rrtminstingly tl|H Motoriat will
immediately became aa object of ■»
pirion to «J1 traffic off icon, that ha
wiH ha called to ucamt far tha
oM offender, ha will
verity hi tha eourt
. Tha aMjar alaa
tage n all ran.
Ha favors likewise the
fra^uant revocation of
* Congress. which does tha
Ufi>latia(, la to ha
tha penalties far
moch severer than at
especially to penallaa
after aa aecidant, fall t« "top and of
during October.
Tha commissioners
*«
an appropriation from which to offar
liberal reward* far capturaa la all
Anothar law urged by Major Hol
'■oath. If —acted. wilt rtqolre every
motorist. oa ractMnf hla license to
fnrniah a surety bond to inaafr pay
ment of any daaafia hf may be
come responsible for.
In t tha meantime every motorcycle
policeman In the District a# Cohirn
HI* haa been pot in plain clothes, the
more effectively to fight speeding.
Instructions have been riven to foot
patrolmen to drop all other duties
snd pursue speeders whenever pos
sible.
Pedestrian* and responsible auto
mobfllsta themselves, and especially
street car conductors and motormen
have been' appealed to to take license
riumbers and report all caaea of traf
fic rule violations.
Rackleaanesa on automobilista' part
is perhaps not more prevalent in
Washington than elsewhere. but the
wide, streets and numerous points at
which aa many as four thoroughfarea
intersect make It danreroua
Hangs Self. B*Hcrm( He
Murdered Hi. Wife
Bay Side, N. Y.. Dec. 14.—The body
of Stefan Mats wma found kan|hi(
froar a tree here today. He ended
his life believing he had murdered
his wife, when he shot four tees
teat night. The ballets inflicted on
ly flesh wounds, however
Mrs. Mala said today Stefan «ms
dismissed from his position ha a but
ler. They had separated aad she
had begun divorce proceedings on the
groaads of enmity.
Last aifht. Mrs. Mats safe, Btsrfaa
lay la watt, far bar near the rasidsan
of Jaha HolHday, aeter, where she la
myliyid aa cook aad where ha had'
' • "'li'iTiffi'itir'fii'llili >Vr'~* '•' irfrifl
*A=g
to th« worn heart. and ha M bmm
van to ihk.
Ihtftolia a ad other poworfai attafr
nkuita w«* ifclala>«ii4 la Km hap*
rf
Mid told Miaa
effort far
md life h
"He k
rnrae to the i
>f who«i knelt in prayer.
Than, w If bjr pfumnimint,
*rh paaaad kin hand over the brow
if hi* dead friend and loft tba roam
'or the eorridor. peroral of the* hi
ear*,' the othera with difficulty (0|»
ireaainf their emotion*.
iteftnuoii Viikxt* Beef Herds
Fattening en Arctic
Bfae-Grua
Milwaukee. Dec. 11.—Vilhajalmur
■itrfannaon. noted Arctic explorer, la
i talk here but night Wanted the
K-hool-book ideU of the Arrtic re
rions with tta cold and •olitode.
"When people speak of the froaea
<orth with nil it* awful itillnewi and
ontlnual cold, I am forced to laugh."
he explorer aaid. "There are 760
rarietiee of wild flower* within the
krctlc cirrle, as covRftrid to fa WW
hnn 700 in Kentucky."
He predicted that la the future the
mited nopply of hutd iftl fore* eat
le-raiaer* to make t)ae at the Arrtic
•lain, which haa a graaa similar to
he hlue-gra** of Kentucky.
lad nerer seen a bouae of ioe, aad
rftuld probably laugh if told *oeh a
trorture was **e hellt. Amp mf
'■I gtoree and high fur cellar* te
at from moequito Mtoa.
"ft ia truly a beautiful light," ha
He *aid he wa* trying to baaiah the
rrmrm ef the Arctic. Ribepiw