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VOLUME XXV
LITTLE WILL M
JlffiV RULES AFTER
LONG DELIBERATION
Wadesboro Court Announced
Verdict This Morning, End
ing Case of Great Interest
in the State.
CAVEATORS SOUGHT
TO BREAK WILL
Contended That Deceased
Was Not i Competent to
Know Actions at Time He
Made the Will.
(By Iht A.soelatril Pt«m)
Wnde*boro, N. C., April 2. —A verdict
sustaining the Will of the late U. A. Lit
tle in wh'eh he disposed of an estate val
ued at upward of $200,000, wbr returned'
‘ by a jury here today.
The verdict was given at 8:30 this
morning. Deliberation on the rase was
begun yesterday, and at midnight the
jury was looked up without reaching a
decision. At dawn, however, they had
agreed and notified Judge T. D. Bryson,
who has presided over the special term of
court, to this effect.
The trial was an outgrowth of caveators
seeking to break the will on the grounds
that the man was not. competent to know
h’s actions at the time.
Last night's session was featured by
the closing argument before the jury of
James H. Pou, of Italeigh, of counsel for
the propounders. Other attorneys who
addressed the jury at the night session
were U. L. Spence, of Cnrthage, of
counsel for the caveators, and R. L.
Smith, of Albemarle, representing the
propounders.
The night session was prolonged on
account of a desire expressed by the
jury that as many speeches as possible
be heard in order that the ease might be
concluded as quick’y ns possible. The
majority of the jurors have been away'
from their homes since last Monday
week, and they wish to return as early
as possible.
A large crowd was in thf courthouse
all day, and the cnee has been followed
with great interest by tha spectator*.
The )case has presented mnny ; ; ggpects
and ’angles of law and has been contest
ed ifith unusual legal acugtea by (both
sides, every possible point being <*>Bel£
and carefully scrutinised by able and
aggressive lawyers.
Considerably more than one Hundred
witnesses had been subpoenaed to testify
in the case, some of these being mem
bers of state-wide prominence. The
prominence of the parties involved has
made the case of more than rdinary in
terest.
Attorneys who have appeared in the
case are F. E. Thomas and F. G. Coxe,
Wadesboro: John C. Sikes, Os Monroe;
Robinson, Caudle and Pruett, of Wades
boro; McLendon nnd Covington, of
Wadesboro; James H- Pou, of Raleigh;
R. L. Smith, of Albemarle; H. F. Sewell
and U. I* Spence, of Carthage.
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The Concord Daily Tribune
MI OF MG
CHILD RESULTS IN
I ARREST OF INDIRHS
1 Charged That Pate Nay Bur
- ied His Baby Alive With
t Its Mother When Latter
Died From Natural Causes.
MEDICINE MAN IS
, ALSO BEING HELD
l He Is Charged With Murder
i ing Man Who Chided Him
s ' About Advising Nay to
Bury Alive His Baby.
(By the Associated Press)
Cortez, Colo., April 2. —An aged Indian
. medicine man of the Cte tribe in south
. west Colorado and his srtn-in-law were
[■ prisoners here today,, while ‘‘pale face
brothers" set in.motion laws of civiliza
i tion to exnot penalties for the death of
; a papoose, buried alive in accordance with
, tribal rites, nnd for the killing of a Mex
ican.
Chided by bringing about the death of
the infant, Mormon Joe. a medicine man.
tore a leg from a chair yesterday and
clubbed Joseph Chavez, Mexican cell
mate, to death. Chavez who was held for
bootlegging, was killed by the Indian be
fore other prisoners or the sheriff could
intervene.
Federal officers were to arrive from
Denver today to take charge of the inves
tigation as the burial was on an Indian
reservation under federal charge. The
state, however, will probably prosecute
for the killing of Chavez, which occurred
alongside the reservation.
The government charges that Pate Nay,
his son-in-law. whose squaw recently
died, wrapped the body in a blanket
with the child, and bur’ed them, "on co
ercion of Mormon Joe." The bodies were
exhumed on the reservation last week.
The verdict of a coroner's jury was that
the infant wns buried alive, and that its
mother died of a natural cause. Pate
Nay is held ou a murder charge, and
Mormon Joe as an accessory.
JOSEPH ELLINGSON TO
SKEAL FOR DAUGHTER
WUI TeU What He Knows Thdt Might
Indicate That Dorothy EUingson Is In
sane.
(By the Associated Press)
San Francisco, April 2. —Joseph El
ltngeon, father of Dorothy EUingson, 17,
was expected to take the stand today
to tell what he knows that might indi
cate his daughter was insane when she
shot and killed her mother, Anna Elling
son, last January.
Witnesses for the defense sere expected
to testify as to the girl’s early life and
environments. The young defendant was
removed to her cell in the county jail
last night after she had swooned at the
close of the day’s proceedings, and later
was visit*! by several experts on mental
disorders. >
WILLIE SINGLETON WILL
DIE IN ELECTRIC CHAIR
Found Guilty of Murder of Henry N.
Banks, and Will Be Electrocuted Next
Monday.
(By the Associated Press)
New Bern, N. C., April 2.—Willie
Singleton, negro, this morning was- sen
tenced to death by electrocution at the
State’s prison for the murder of Henry
,N. Banks on March 7th. The date of
execution was set for May Bth by J.udge
,C. C. Lyon, tv ho sentenced the negro.
Banks was killed and robbed of $1,200
pay roll on the night of March 7th. The
negro was arrested a few hours later and
had approximately that amount od his
person. Verdict of guilty was- returned
last night.
Warns Against Bunion Pads.
Washington. April I.—A warning
against the use of bunion pads as a
dressing, in vaccination against any
disease was issued, today by Surgeon
General Cumming. He said this use of
such pads “appears to be more com
mon than would ha supposed," and that
as a result several fatal cases of tetanus
recently have occurred.
Shepherd Again Denied Freedom on Bail.
I Chicago, April 2 (By the Associated
Press). —Wm. D. Shepherd, charged
with murder,' today a second time was de
nied freedom on bail by Chief Justice
Jacob Hopkins in the criminal court.
The judge set Shepherd's formal align
ment for a week from today, after defense
attorneys bad indicated they proposed to
appeal to the State Supreme Court in the
question of bail.
Booth Pleads Not Guilty.
(By the Associated Press)
Washington, April 2.—E. F. Booth,
former solicitor of the Interior Depart
ment, who is under indictment here with
Senator Burton K. Wheeler of Montana,
on charges of conspiracy, pleaded not
guilty when arraigned today and was re
leased on SI,OOO ball.
WIU Not Delay Sale of Steamers.
(By the Associated Press)
Washington, April 2.— An effort to de
lay confirmation of the sale of the five
California-Orient steamers to the Dol
t tar interests, pending a ruling by the
attorney general as to the legality of
the transaction was blocked today at
a meeting of the shipping board.
•Oiantl Contest in Gastonia.
Gastonia, N. C., April 2.—Two stiver
loving cups have been offered by the
Gastonia Merchants' Association for the
winners in the city’s first choral con
tfst now being conducted through the
public schools. Over 400 cd idren are
expected to enter this contest.
CONCORD, N. C, THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1925
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STEEL FRAME DIRIGIBLE
TO CARRY 100 PERSONS
Will Have a Framework of Rustless.
Stainless Steel.—Will Be 720 Feet
Long.
London. April 2.—The Air Ministry's
new airship, the R-XOl. to be used ou
the Eogland-to-Indin route, will lm’ve n
framework of rustless, stainless steel.
The keel probably will be laid in July
or August.
Another innovation will be a smok
ing room, made possible by employment
of engines burning heavy oil instead of
gasoline.
It is partly as the result of experi
ence obtained in construction ot all
metal airplanes here that the designers
decided to use steel instead of duralumin
in the R-101.
The airship will be 720 feet long and
140- feet high, with aeeopi mods turn* for
100 'passengers. One deck will carry
two-berth sleeping cabinß and the other
general living, rooms.
The dimensions of the two rigid
dirigibles owned by the United States
are: Los Angeles, 058 feet long, 100 feet
high; Shenandoah. 680 feet, long, 96 feet
high. Both have duralumin frames and
burn gasoline, but the use of helium in
stead of highly inflammable hydrogen
for inflation eliminates one of the
greatest perils of airship navigation.
With Our Advertisers.
To the first 25 ladies attending the
opening sale of J. C. Willeford's auction
there will be given free a valuable souve
nir. The sale will open Saturday morn
ing, April 4th at 1$ :30. Two other sales
will be hejd, at 2:30 and 7 :30 p. m.
Make your dreams come true by tak
ing shares in Series No. 55 in the" Ca
barrus County B. L. & Savings Associa
tion, now open. The big word nowadays
,:s “all stock is non-taxable.” Act today.
Fancy red fin cronkers, roe and buck
shad at Sauitary Grocery Co.
Stylish coats for Easter, low in price
nnd splendid quality nt J. O. Penney
Co.’s. Priced $9.90 to $29.75. In the
new poliaires nnd similar fine fabrics.
Boys, you wiU find your department at
the Parks-Belk Co. thoroughly up-to-date,
date. You will find here suits, ties, skull
caps, handkerchiefs, knives, watches,
whistles, suspenders, belts—in fact ev
erything a boy uses or wants, from suits
to Jews harps.
You will find new arrivals in smart,
Easter millinery at Efird's. Prices 951
fents up. /■
Efird’s Pre-Easter Sale.
Friday. Saturday and Monday will bo
the big days in the Pre-Easter Sale at j
Efird’s, and both the Concord and Kan
napolis stores. Although they have a
whole page in today’s paper, they Can j
mention only a few of the hundreds of
bargains they have to offer you. Ask to
see the Betsy Lee sweaters at four spec
ial prices from $1.85 to $4.85. This big
sale will continue daily until Easter.
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income form a combination almost certain to lead to ad- jj
vancement.
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April Ist.
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THE COTTON MARKET
Opened Steady at an Advance of 3 Points
to Decline of 5 Pojnts With Most
Months Lower.
(By the Associated Press)
New York. April 2.—The cotton mar
ket opened steady today at an advance
of 3 points to a decline of 5, points,
most months being lower on prhrate re
ports- of rains or prospects for rains
in the southwest, and a report from one
of the private crop reporting bureaus,
pointing to an increase of 4.4 per cent!
in acreage.
Liverpool was relatively steady, how
ever, while there was further trade buy
ing in the local market. After selling
off to 24.80, July rallied to 24.90, and Oc
tober worked up from 24,28 to 24.37 with
the general market about nt unchanged
to 5 points higher at the end of the first
hour. Liverpool veas'-a moderate buyer
here and the continuation- of yesterday's
covering movement was encouraged by
uncertainty of adequate, rains in Texas
and expectation of a further recovery
from recent severe declines.
Cotton futures opened steady. May
24.65; July 24.85; Oct. 24.29; Dec.
24.321 Jan. 24.14.
BUILDING AT CLEMSON ~ ’
COLLEGE IS DESTROYED
Agricultural Building Completely De
stroyed in Fire Discovered Early This
Morning.
(By the Associated Press.)
Clemson College, S. 'C., April 2.—Fire
discovered -at 2:30 this morning com
pletely' destroyed the. agriculture build
ing of Clemson College, with a loss esti
mated at more than $200,00. The or
igin of the fire is unknown.
The flames were dying out at an early
hour, as the building was . consumed.
Other buildings on the campus were not.
seriously endangered, as the agricultural
building was about 200 yards from any
other structure. The cadets fought the
flames os soon as they were discovered,
but to no avail. /
Conference at Greensboro.
(By the Associated Press)
Washington, April 2. —Commissioner of
Education Tigert today called the fifth
annual conference of negro land grant
college education for April 16th through
the 18th, at Greensboro. N. C. The
presidents and officers of the seventeen
I negro land grant institutions of the south
will attend, as well as a large group of
state and federal educators. Dr. G. F.
Zook, chief of the division of higher edu
cation of the bureal, will preside.
j Deputy Collector Indicted.
(By the Associated Press)
| New York, April 2.—Federal grand jury
indictments were returned today against
[seven deputy collectors of Internal Rev
jenue on charges that they extorted
j “hush" money from business men of
■ Westchester nnd Bronx counties.
STOIEIOUNTAIN IS
FfIEELV DUD
HI BOM SPEECH
looted Sculptor Spoke in Con
cord Last Night at Request
of .Members of Daughters
of the Confederacy.
AUDIENCE ASKED
SOME QUESTIONS
And Sculptor’s Address Was
In Reality Answer to Ques
tions—Plainly Showed His
Interest In the Work.
Gutzon Borglum opened his heart to
his audience last night at the High
School auditorium. He poured out his
very soul in a talk teeming with pathos
and left the listeners on the verge of
tears.
The noted sculptor took his hearers in
what seemed to be a confidential conver
sation and told to them the whole story,
at times being so overcome with his emo
tions that people on the back seats had
to strain to catch the words as they feil
feebly from his lips. At other times his
eyes' flashed and his voice hardened as
his anger became aroused. The whole
speech, according to people who have
heard him, was entirely different from his
usual address.
After an introduction by John Jl.
Oglesby, of this city, in which he said
that every few generations produced a
genius and that the Daughters of the
Confederacy had secured a genius to
speak here, Mr. Borglum began his ad
dress by stating that he would answer a
few questions which had been asked him.
In answer to the question "Should the
memorial be a work of art?” Mr. Borglum
said that the work on Stone Mountain
could never be done by a plumber or a
brick-mason. It had to be done by au
artist or it would be a "grotesque vaude
ville.”
lu answer to the question "Shall we
buy the coin?” Mr. Borglum made a
lengthy answer. "The South did not con
ceive the memorial. The plan was
brought by some one not of the South
who realized thal the war contained a
great drama, cost almost your very lives
and almost meant the extinction of the
economic Use of the section. The stogy
os brought hj someone' dfc cat not be left'
unfinished.”
Leaving the matter of the coin, Mr.
Borglum continued by telling the story of
the Association's lack of interest in the
project. During the entire, period he had
been carving the mountainside, the As
sociation never eame to view the work.
At a luncheon in Atlanta, he had re
marked to one of the members of the
Association that he would give SIOO
apiece to get them to come and look at
the work. The member to whom he was
talking said that they would be glad to
come and so he immediately sent tele
grams asking them to lunch with him on
the mountain during the following week.
Out of the four replies received, only
two accepted aud only one of those who
accepted came.
The "so-called Association," according
to Mr. Borglum had on it two real estate
men, several lawyers, several bankers but
no one who knew anything about art.
There were no professional men on the
committee, no men connected with the
universities, aud no artists.
“I came here,” said Mr. Borglum, in
starting his address proper, “on the re
quest of several citizens. It is a big
thing that your forefathers played the
game. It required more heroism to do
what Lee did than was required for
Washington to do what he did. Robert
E. Lee, with 800 years of service to
king and country back of him, suddenly
finds himself asked to take part in a
war against his Southland. Lincoln of
fers him the command of the Federal
forces and does he He asked
that his resignation be accepted imme
diately. How then can you people hesi
tate? My God! cau you hesitate about
a memorial is to be built? Have I got
to go up and down the country making
speeches? Yes, because I see how badly
you need a memorial.
“I am a sculptor. I love every part
of this country and try to understand its
history. I have studied it from the time
John Smith sailed in the Chesapeake Bay
and landed in Virginia. AU these things
are material for drama, for pointings and
for sculpture. When I eame South I
found, what I had missed elsewhere in
America. I found people trying to keep
alive the memory of she Confederacy,
clinging to the ideals of 1865.
Mr. Borglum then told in fascinating
fashion the story of how the idea for
making the monument on Stone Moun
tain came to him. He had come South
at the request of the U. D. C. to design a
small monument about 10 feet square to
be placed at the foot of the mountain.
When he saw the mountain and the
way in which the women of the South
were trying to keep faith, he refused to
design it, telling -them that it was far too
small a thing to commemorate the Con
federacy. He then went to Stone Moun
tain nnd spent three days and nights on
it studying the situation.
He could make, he said, neither a
Northern victory nor a Southern victory
since this would not be liked by either
of the two sides. Then suddenly he bad
the idea of having Lee’s army inarching
northward at the moment when the
Bouth rose in defense. The sketches were
made and this idea has only been chang
ed slightly since the beginning. “For
; eight years I have worked and have spent
lover SIOO,OOO of my own money. I
found one great concrete subject open
for mass sculpture, an epic which lends
(Continued on Page Five)
CHAPIMN ON STAND
DENIES HE KILLED
PATROLMAN SKELL?
Defendant In Murder Trial
’ Spoke In Clear Tones, Re
maining Cool and Collect
ed During Examination.
TELLS OF/MEETING
WALTER F. SHEAN
Knew Shean Who Was Pres
ent When Skelly Was Kill
ed But Says He Was Never
In Davidson Store.
Hartford. Conn., April 2 (By the Asso
ciated Press). —Gerald Chapman this
morning took the stand in his own defense
on a charge of having murdered Patrol
man Jns. Skelly in Xew Britain last Oc
tober 12th.
Chapman, cool and collected, speaking
in clear tones, denied that he had been in
the Davidson & Levantlml store in New
Britain at any time. It was in this
store that Skelly was murdered.
His d : reet examination was brief.
Crider questioning of Frederick .1.
Groehl he told of having met Waller F.
Shean, of Springfield. Mass., who first
accused him of the Skelly murder through
the agency of “Dutch” Anderson, his pal,
in the New York mail robbery.
Cnder cross examination he refused to
be rushed inton answers at the hands
of State Attorney Hugh M. Alcorn. Al
corn went into the prisoner’s pact life
over the objections of Kroehl. who Judge
Jennings overruled.
Cooly and candidly he discussed his
spectacular criminal record under Al
corn’s urging. He admitted four pre- '
vious criminal convictions and discussed
them dispassionately.
AT ben Alcorn asked the unflinching
witness if he had a gun when he held
up the mail truck in New A'ork in 1921 1
he said he did uot. "Anderton had. but I
I had not.” he said.
Alcorn disagreed with Chapman’s ver
sion of the mail robbery, and the witness ;
looking straight into the prosecutor's i
eye, said r
"I don’t want td argue this matter i
with you. I don’t wish .to go into the ]
case at all. It has nothing to do with
tlus charge of murder,”
He bad fired a shot, at a Munoie police- ]
man at the. time at because: I
he thought him a holdup man. lie said, i
He said nothing "before he poked a gun i
into my heart,” he added, stating he was i
“an unreiiossing fellow at best.” He i
acted on the impulse, he said., thinking i
the policeman a highwayman, and he i
fired to save $4,700 lie had on his per- i
son.
The nitroglycerine found in hie effects 1
he said had been bought by him and i
Anderson at Shean's repeated urgings. i
“It tyas for him and his gang,” he said.
“We got it in the Pennsylvania oil I
fialds.” |
So forlorn does Chapman’s hope for 1
acquittal appear, and so great is the fear 1
of what his daring may lead him to do, '
that when two ten-ounce bottles of 1
nitroglycerine, enough of the pale yellow 1
fluid to blow the Court House to pieces, 1
were put in evidence, four deputy '
sheriffs rose to their feet about him as 1
he sat fingering a pencil.
They stood silently. Their hands were *
not six inches from his shoulders. They ■
were ready to toss him back or shoot ’
him if he made the slightest movement. 1
The bottles were exposed for an in- 1
stant in an open bag, not twelve feet 1
from where Chapman sat. State's At
torney Alcorn lifted them tenderly out
of the bag. One after the other he put
them softly on the table.
Chapman only glanced at. the bottles
nnd turned toward the witness. His
right hand touched his chin thoughtful- i
ly. His left lay limp in his lap.
Seeking Securities Chapman Stole.
Detroit. April 2. —Securities stolen in
the $2,400,000 registered mail robbery in
New York in 1922 and in whirl) Gerald I
Chapman, now on trial for his life in
Hartford, Conn., was alleged to. have
been the leading figure, qre being sought
in Detroit .it became known today. Ac
cording to local secret service operatives,
Chapman spent several weeks here in
March, 1922, and during that time pur
chased some real estate and contracted l
for further investments. Payments for
the property, the officers say, were made
in bonds and other securities identified
as part of the loot in the mail robbery.
Smith Has Red Posies Embroidered on
Shirt.
Albany, April 1. —To the famous A1
Smith smile and the equally famous A1
Smith menagerie add this:
A shirt.
A white shirt, embroidered with out
standing crimson fleurs-de-lis. each a
quarter of an inch long, and with collar
and cuffs of a roseate hue like the dawn.
The Governor wore the shirt when he
, reached the Capitol from New York to
day. and smiled with pleasure when
newspaper correspondents congratulated
ed him on his haber-dashery.
The sidewalks of New York have seen
few shirts like this;
Legislator Pays SIOO Fine For Immoral
Conduct.
I Raleigh, April I.—Representative D.
; P. McKinnon, of Robeson County, in
! City Court here today entered a plea,of
> nolo contendre to a charge of immoral
. conduct and was fined $l6O and costs.
. The case was the outgrowth of his ar
rest last FrMay in the home of Mrs- J.
J. Guilfoii. The same charge was entered
, against Mrs.. Guilfoii who -orfetted o»»
i bond by not appearing for trial. A
bench warrant was issued for 'her ar
rest. ’
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NO. 78
I
MIHG CHANGES
THAT ME TO COKE
No Building Program Yet
Announced But Prelimi
nary Matters Are Being
Rapidly Perfected. 1
DURHAM GROWING
IN BIG MANNER
Changes Seen on the Trip
Through Counties Once
Backward But Now Most
Progressive.
BY \V. M. SHERRILL
Editorial Corres)M>ndent
Durham, April I.—Those who harbor
in their hearts a desire to gaze again oil
the Tr’nity College they knew in this
city of culture and tobacco should lose no
time in do’ng so, for the plant known as
Trinity soon will give way to the step
of progress even as the name has done,
nnd on the site of the present buildings
there will be erect ed more pretentious
structures, which will form the material
background for a university that will
take rank with the larger and more am- ,
bit-'ous ones throughout the l'nited States.
Duke University of today is not unlike v
Trinity College of last year, but the roE
semblance will uot continue long under S
jilans being devised here in accordance
with the J. B. Duke fund of $40,000,000.
Actual construction work on Duke Uni
versity as it will be kuown in future «> ; f
years, has not been begun yet, but on
every hand there are evidences indicat
ing that the work will be underway soon.
One of the largest rooms in the East
I take building is now filled with blue
jvriiitts; on a part of the campus near the
former home of the late Bishop Kilgo (’
there have been erected sample walls
showing the various materials that have
been suggested for the buildings which are
to house the students and equipment of
the university: many acres of land ad
jo'ning tiie present campus have beeii pur
chased : trustees of the Duke fuud met
here Monday for a conference: and there
is an air of expectancy that seems to i
penetrate to every part of the campus.
1 have for Trinity college the love and ,
resjiect held by all former students for
their ahjia maters, yet I find iu; me M
Sorrow Shat the college wifi give way to
the university. Fond memories were
aroused as 1 visited various buildings on
the campus today, yet 1 found in me no■■■is&i:
regret that more suitable structures -will
replace those which brought the memo
ries to me. It seems fitting to me that
the Trinity I knew should willingly and
graciously step aside for the Duke Uni
versity I am to know since the latter will
offer more opportunities to more young
men nnd women.
Dr. Ff’W spoke briefly of future plans
for Duke University, confining his talk
to generalities since full plans have not
been made public by the trust fund com- ’
mittee and the university officials. The .
change means added duties and responsi
bilities for Dr. Few but in bis quiet and
diguified maimer he showed nothing but
pleasure that it will be his lot to play a '
big part in the organization and manage
ment of the university.
I found Dr. Frank Brown and Prof.
Charles Markham, who seemed especially
interested in me while I was a student at
Trinity, working id the room which hous
es the various blueprints. Neither look
ed older than when A left Trinity almost
ten years ago aud each declared he felt
no older.
Among the faculty I found other
friends, some of whom were students with
me, but on the campus I found no famil
iar faces. That is one of the saddest
things about returning to college years
after you have graduated. 1 felt almost
like a stranger even in the building in
which X had slept for four years.
There is another peculiar tiling about
visiting a college after you have been
out several years—all of the students look
like youngsters. As a matter of fact they
are youngsters, but somehow one forgets
that he too, was a youngster when he
was there.
• * *
Durham in the past ten years has
changed as much as any city in North
Carolina, and the change is not to be re
gretted. Business houses now occupy
lots where formerly stood homes in which
1 was often a guest. Properties that
were known as "so nnd so woods" are
now thriving suburbs. This morning as I
stood on the square trying to realize that
this is the city I once knew so well, a
band started playing and a question to a
passerby brought the information that the
band concert was the offertory to an- >
other land sale, despite the fact that |
many such sales have been held in the ■
and near the city in recent years with
prices rising with each succeeding sale.
There is some uncertainty about land t
in some parts of the county, however.
On man here told me about some land
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