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The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1890-02-05
Something About ''Hard Times p

II
It is true, the times are hard; but
are we going TO have better tunes
by simply sounding it in ones ears
from day to day? No, for 1t is writ
ten, "by the sweat efthy brow thou
shall have bread" And again, those
who work, (and there's plenty to do
in this wide world for all who will
work do not care for repetition
of the same old story, "hard times
This is not astrange delusion amon
street loafers and lazy men; they
are all the time saying, there's moth
ing good can come out Of this or
that. Such people would find fault
with the Virgin for looking old and
worn out. II is a question whether
or not, in these days with some-is
work honorable; if il Is I'll stand
around and wait for something to
turn up--and talk about "hard
times"
There have been cropfailmes int his
State, but still provisions are cheap;
we have had a warm winter; thous-
ands Of dollars would have been
spent if it had been severe; we
have been blessed compared with
other parts Of the world, but can
not appreciate it. Suppose the
greatest artist the world ever pro-
duced had given up, when he paint
ed a picture, the "Flight into Egpyt"
and It was pronounced a failure.
He didn't give up and say il was
bad luck and "hard tines and so
on; 10, he still spent years in the
study Of one picture; still painted
and re-painted, worked with a pIod-
ding conscientiousness which
thought no time or labor too great
so that he obtained what he con-
sidered was in store for HIM. But
alas! times have changed with some;
but working people are the salt of
the earth, they are honored and res
pected rJwhere; the King upon
his throne looks upon working men
rs the masters Of the age. Go TO
work and you will get out Of these
depressed surroundings and not un-
I'll then.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1890-02-05
NO. 6
More Than Fifty Years Ago.

/
We are thankful to the friend who
wrote the following for the Mebans
Item" last week There are num-
Der of good old citizens living in
Orange and the adjoining counties
who still possess, and will possess
while they live a kind feeling toward
this paper; they never will forget it's
founder, Mr.. Dennis Heartt. who
never wronged, and never unfaith-
fully acted; history like this is sa.
cred to us:
1T was with Measure that | looked
over the columns Of the Durham
RECORDER Of December 18th. This
copy Of the RECORDER is model Of
enterprise, neatness and good taste.
More than fifty years ago | read the
paper when it was called the Hills
boro RECORDER. Irecall with pleas
ure its weekly visits to my fathers
family. | remember the high es-
innate in which it was held by all
the people Of the neighborheed IN
which | live. Old Mr.. Heartt and
his two sons, Leo and Edwin Heartt,
we're men Of lncorruptlble integrity,
and were honored and, respected by
all who knew them. We know
that the good example which they
set to theirfellow men, and the pure,
chaste paper which they published,
has had an influence which has lived
after them.
An oil postmaster once remarked
of a family living among rather
abandoned neighbors, that this
family was better than the relatives
and neighbors Of that family for the
reason that they took the Hillsboro
RECORDER, and it had moral and
restraining influence on this family.
At one time a farmer living on
the waters Of B ok creek, sent by
the stage to the editor very large,
fine pumpkin, with a note, 81 send
this pumpkin, grown on the waters
of Back creek, the man in Hillsboro
who edits paper next to the New
Testament" The note was publish
ed, and ever after the friends Of the
RECORDER delighted to call it the
New Testament.
May the paper long continue to
prosper"
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1890-02-05
4 Great Tobacco Comnanr.

At Trenton, N. J., last week Ar
ticles of incorporation were filed in
the secretary Of States office by the
American Tobacco Company, which
il Is supposed i TO consolidate a
number Of companies. The capital
stock is fixed at S25,0O0,0O0. The
number Of shares Is 100000. OF
said stock Sl5,0OO,000 is divided in
to 300 shares Of $4,000 each, which
shall be the general or common
stock and Sl0,00O,0O0 is divided in
to 100000 shares Of 800 each
which shall be preferred stock. Said
preferred stock entitle the holder to
receive each year a dividend Of eight
per cent, payable half yearly, be-
fore any dividend is set apart for the
common stock, or stock so much Of
the eight per cent, as the profits
Justify The amount with which
the company will begin business is
900, divided into 200 shares.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1890-02-05
TIIE PRISONER sMrI ~.

Mrs. Morris during TIE entire even
ing occupied a set by her counsel,
and when the jury retired she kept
her seat. The Judge, lawyers and
others chsittd away, and until il was
announced that the jury had agreed,
the courtroom was in a considerable
roar. Several friends went across and
spoke encouraging words to Mrs
Morris, who seemed inclIaei to grow
nervous. She was seen to smile hope
folly once or twice. II was just twenty
minutes past four by tho court house
cl, ok when the jury entered the
c suft.TO0m.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1890-02-05

Monroe Register: Mr.. Michael
Osborne. one Of the oldest citizens Of
Union county, died at bis residence
near town last Tuesday morning, aged
nearly eighty-one years - Mr.
Sam Jones, q young white man who
was working IN Mr. John q. Austin's
cotton gin, got his right hand caught
in the gin last Saturday. and il was
terribly lacerated. Sas =
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1890-02-05
THE VERDICT, "Sor GUILTY"

There was a dtath like stiffness as
the voice If the clerk rang out: "Gen.
tlemen ofthe jury, have you agreed
on vetdiclg"
{" We have" answered Foreman
Sanders
Addressing Mrs Morris, the clerk
said:
"Prisoncr, look upon the jury" and
then turning, "GchtIemen Of the jury,
look upon the prisoner"
Mrs. Morris cast n halt hopeful
and half despairing look at the men
who held her life In their hands.
"what cav you, gentlemen, guilty
or not guiItyT
"Not guilty. answered Foreman
Sand ,rs, and the others nodded their
hrads in assent
DRIVEN 70 HER HONE.
Mrs. Morris at once left the court.
room, accompanied by her father aud
,thcr relatives aud friends. Many
rushed up and extended her colgrat'I
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1890-02-05
Lexinrlon Laapar. Mr. 1

Lexington Ledger: Mr.. J. r.
Bulla killed two eleven months old
pigs last week, and they pulled the
beam at 457 and 4Sl pounds each.
This Is the best for their age we
have vet heard Of. Who can beat
it? Lexington Is soon TO have a
coupon ticket office. This is in adj
dition TO the local ticket Office, and
will be 4 great convenience TO par
ties desiring 10 travel a long dis
tauce. The railroad company are
to be commended for supplying this
long-felt want.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1890-02-05
he MaKEs ms WILL

On August 0, 1889, Mrs. Morris
It'd her hatband that If he would
make bis will and place all his pro.
perty in her favor, aud insure bis
life foi $40, 900. that. beginning with
september /, 1889, she would begiu
4 n.w lie. and be 10 him q loving
aud faithful wife in every respect.
Mr. Morris At once made his will as
requested, aid took out the required
pol cy with The Mutual Benefit In.
.urli &C Company Of Newark, Nj,
and on Friday. August 18Th, he de-
lisered % herth policy. Three days
later, Monday morning, August 10 b.
Mr. Morris was found dead in bis bed
with a handkerchief thoroughly sa..
urated with chlorolorm over his face.
Liddy Williams, the cook, was the
iirst 10 discover that Mr.. Morris was
dead and when she told Nrs. Morris,
she told her 10 10 on about her bust ,
nrss. Liddy, hoseye. told Sam
Nall and he went and spread the new
around town. Several warm friends
uf Afr. Morris went TO inquire about
the report, bot his wife tod them il
vas fase and her husband was only
resting. The coroner returned a yer.
dict that deceased came TO bis death
from chlofofuim administered by his
wife, she was then placed under arr
rest,
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1890-02-05

No wonder Speaker Reed didn't
want any ntw rules. lie makes lis
own rulings, and il doesn't matter
how unprecedented these rulings
may be, lie is supported BY the Re-
publican majority. He decides ali
votes himself. = COncOrii Standard.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1890-02-05
. NOT GUILTY..
MRS. CORA MORRIS SCALES
ACQUITTED In COURT.
The Defense Offered no evidence
and After Beng Out Five
Minutes the Jury Rem
dered n Verdict OF
Not Guilty.
[stnte Chroniele.l

The readers Of the Chronicle were
shockeiin August last TO read that
Mr.. ID L. Morris, a prominent ao.l
wealthy ci izen Of Reidsyille of higf,
standing, and a member OF Meth
list church. had been found dead
Ills bed, aid that suspicion If il
murder rested upon his wife C1i
Hay Morris, niece pf Ex-G yefno
Scalts. Mrs Morris il II yea II
aye. of smalI figure, 4 full blonde
regular features. i,ill Of yivaciiy aD j
grace, She had the very best advan .
/ Z 5 aud had wealthy and influential
relatives and friends. The following
il CONDENSED from the full accounts
in the Atlanta Coastiiatioa:
Since Cora was child and frolicSed
abont hsstoge at Rel lsyill.., Mr. Nor
i b. ia loysI her. AZ Ito girl gspa
der. bis infatultion for her grew
stro ger. but Mr. Morris was net
0ra's ideal Of a mal. He was Of a
very quiet, easy disposition, pious
and very careless in lis dress. For
!, long time Cora regarded him as !
friend, but wh,n be prep sed 10 her.
he greatly surprised, and scorned
tie idea d ever becomil q bis wife.
Iiui he bad secured The influence af
i relatives snl Continued III hope.
.N th, beginning 1885 Nr. Morris
apk up lis abo.e at Mr. Scales
pnme, and heaven and earth we're
. s.d To vim Cora over Ii the rich
Dachelrr.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1890-02-05
tHR prolDEs TO ACCEPT HIN.

All last the girl yielded d he pres
sure and tie marriage was ANNOUNCED.
Il took place at the brides residence
ON the 12th q December. 1883. and
congratulations and gifts showsred in
aIun the Supposed happy couple
But il wasnot hs ms marriage. Cora
bad told ar. Mo i that she did not
io7e him, aud neYr could, and she
would only marry him 70 satisfy hsr
relatives. But Mr.. Morris Unly langh-
ed At this aud told her that he knew
she would lore him some dar. "Bu.
wou't," the pretty young woman re-
liiei. Il cant, and never will love
pl." Afiei the marriage ceremony
4 been perforated, the bride bioxe
dtwn, cryiug bitterly. She refused
emphaiically TO 20 on bridal tour,
and spoke but Few words 10 her newly
made husband. When the hour 10
retire for tie night arrived, Mr.. Mur-
ris was shown Into the bed, chamber.
and as he entered his wife scream d
for him . 20 back" aud as be lie.
clined TO do this. she jumped out Of
tie bed and went TO ano,her room,
wherr she rem iped duiing the night,
aud 81 the break ast table the mkt
morning, she demanded that they oc-
rupy entiie'Y separate apartments, i,
and in that manner they lived up 10
the time other husbands death. Mr.
and Mrs. Morris were never seen tor
gather on the street or at any sort of
gather ngs. and although twice every
sabbath Mr. Morris occupied his seat
in the Methodist church his wife was
never ssen BY his side.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1890-02-05
rnE CLOSING SPEECH.

Mr. r. b. Glenn's appeals in be-
half Of his client were pathetic In tho
extreme, and tears tricklsd down the
cheeks Of three jurors besides many
in the court house. Mr.. Glenn de.
clare that the State had failed IN its
effort TO make out any case at all,
saying ihlt even the eSideacs that
wa introduced was only cirtumstan.
tial, which never should cJnyict any
womIn. he ai pealei to the man.
hood oftbe jury. and piciuhd to them
the hideousness Of conYicting a poor
defgnse'ess girl on - weak evidence.
which might, when too late. prove
no evidence at all. Mr.. Glenn closed
his speech at twenty miDut es to four,
and Judge Merrimon At once began
his charge 10 The jury. At ten mins
nts TO four the jury retired.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1890-02-05
TIE TRIAL.

4
The trial commenced at Wentworth
on Friday, Judge j II Mprrimon
presiding. She was defended By
Messrs. w. N Mrbane, Hi Ii r. Scott
and r B, Glenn I'll, prosecution
was conducted by Solicitor Settle,
and Reid & Reid, and 3 I'D and Dohn-
son. The defsase offered nj evidence
and the prosecution examined only
fi7e with sses. The defense held that
the evidence was wholly circumstan.
tial and Of too weak nature t. con-
yict. II thi, opinion the Chronicle
hears Judge Dilltril conclrs.
THE TtsrIMoSY.
Martha Villa ii on, the co'ored
cook, was the first witness ex ,mine
She testified that on the morning Of
Au :ust 10, 1889, she went TO Mr.
Morrls's 70, nj. AMI that be WIS wing
oL the bAl with his hands folded
acrlss HE breast as ii deal. a bands
kerchief was sp cad ever his face, and
an empty chlOroform bott e was near
the bed, She told MIS-. Morris that
her husband was dead. and shs told
hec to goon about her business. Said
she was fnl.
Chtries Feizer Raidsyille drug
gist, testified that he received note
on Sun lay iigit, the 18th OF August.
1889. saying:
"Send Two ou ces Of chlofoform
aud chlrgetp Mr. siorris." Mr. Fet-
ger sent the chloroform as requested.
@. NJ. Goode, who was the first
white pnrson 10 70 int Mr. Morris's
room after bis death, was put OF. the
witness stand. He said Mrs. Morris
did not want him to 60 into Mr.. Nor
ris's room, saying lie was not dead,
but sleeping.
Twenty witnesses who had been
summoned we're not examined. Mrs. |
NJ iris did not make any statement
as il was expected she would do. |
Court adjourned at late hour SAT-
urday night, and the case was Il ished
Moneay. Mrs. Morris spent sunday
at her hpme in Rsiasyihc aud il i |
saii went to the cems.erj where Ii
il hurled and wept over his
grave. She was carried to the Court |
House in a phaeton drawn by two
black horses. She was accom- panied |
Jy some If her relatives and her attnr-
MY. She looks like she erioys 70.
bust health. and apparently was CON-
noel throughout.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-03-19
Very Shameful.

We copy the following from the Somter
Watchman, with our hearty endorsement.
There are several persons in this county
who do not subscribe to their county paper.
Set they will borrow (steal their neighbor's
paper, read it, and some times the subscrib-
er. the one who pays for it, never gets to
see 1t. We have had several such complaints
of late. Here is what the Wutcltnaon says:
We were met few days ago on the street
by an intelligent gentleman from the coun-
try, who asked Us about matter OF local
news that had been published in both Sum
ter papers. We replied that We knew moth
ing more about it than what had been pub
hshed. He then asked rs to tell him what
had been published. After frsther conyer-
sation we were surprised to learn that this
gentleman. who is intelligent, the head Of
a large family, and an extensive reader,
does not subscribe to either Of his county
papers. He is living in ignorance Of all
that is going on about his home and bring
ing up his children in utter Ignorance Of
the contemporaneoush history OF their coun-
ty. Yet this man subscribes to three news
papers-a religious publication--an Atlanta
weekly, and one Of the New York papers.
We consider it duty every man owes his
faraily, his country, and himself to sub
scribe to at least one local paper. Two dol
lars year, the price of the Hatchma1e and
.Saithrce, for instance, is very small sum,
yet there are hundreds of people IN our
county who do not take this paper or our
esteemed contemporary over the way, ex-
sasIng their neglect on the ground Of pow
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-03-19
ILLEGAL WHISKY SELLING.

We have been shown partial list
of the names of parties in this county,
who hold United States revenue whis-
key licenses. The natural presump-
ion is that any man who spends
twenty-five dollars to buy a whiskey
license, buys it for the purpose OF
selling whiskey; and coupling the
two facts, that the man runs coun-
store or small shop and has a
whiskey license in that shop, we
think this evidence alone ought to be
sufficient to the minds of any inteli-
gent jury to bring in a verdict OF
guilty of selling whiskey without a
State license.
Il We can get the names OF the par
-ues in this ey6ntyFy eF whe~hold .. S.
whiskey licenses, We will publish
them, so that our readers may them
selves judge whether or not there is
any violation in this county of the
State liquor laws. OF course when a
man takes out license, it is public,
and no officer would decline to make
fhe records of such a license public
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-03-19
ADDITIONAL SHERIFF'S SALES.

TIME SHERIFF WILL ALSO BY ORDER
: Il Of court sell in front Of the court house
in Manning, Monday, April 7th the three
following described tracts of lana:
DUNDEE MORTGAGE AND TRUST INVESTMENT
Co. ag1;,,st W. D. McFADDIS. All that tract
of land in Clarendon county, containing
eight hundred and fifty acres, and bounded
on the ncrth by other lands Of the granto.
(W. D. McFadiin), on the south by lands Of
John H. Johnson, on the east by lands of
Robert Thispen and J. E. 'rhigpcn, and on
the west by the first run OF Douglas Swamp.
WILLIAM sIoRAS ayluts! RUFUS DCEANr
AND JEFFEEsoN SnANNoN.-An that tract of
land in Clarendon county, containing tHo
hundred and siXty-tiye acres, more or less,
and bounded Oh the north by the public
road leading from Fulton to Manning south
by lands of Mrs Julia Weeks ana of William
L. Reynolds, east byJ ". Broadway's land,
and west by lands of William l.. Reynolds.
j. E. T1SD.n AND J. B. BROWN. EXECUTORS
OF Il. J. HOLIDAY, cyiitst W. W. GED-
DINGs. All that tract Of land containing
sixty-tive acres, near Hacisville. III Claren-
don county, and bounded on the north by
lands Of Il. ~ Bartlett, east by lands Of J.
W. Hudson, sorth by lands Ct J. VI. Curtis,
west bv lands Of Mckrlur autl Noise.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-03-19
The Lime Kiln Club on Negro Emigration
10 Africa.

II hev been asked, said brother Gardner,
as the meeting opened, Il hey been asked
to give de opinvun of dis club on dc matter
of de black people of dc United States gwina
ober to take up deir residence in africa.
hev divided my opinyun into seberal parts,
as follers:
q. De American Guild man has no mo
business wild de nigSers OF Africa dan he has
wid de Eskimos.
-. We was bo II heah an it is our home
an kentry.
IS. We belong heah jist as much as de
white man does, an reckon we has about
all de rights and privileges we kin make use
Of
Il. If cnll'd people are mobbed and
maltreated now an den in sartln locashuns
SO are de Chinese an odder people.
% De Guild man who advises Guild
people tc leave dis kentry fur any odder on
airth is either paid fur it or hasn't got
sense. If we can't git glong among de peo-
pie who hev knowed us from de cradle up,
what luck would we hev among strangers:
Il say to you my frens, be honest indus
trious, civil, and law abiding, an you will
cit all de rights IN privileges which de white
man has If you go triflin' around, begsln'
an stealth If you doan SHOW Cat you new
honor an intergrity-if you spend your
time loafn' an won: pay your debts, you'd
be sot down on by any people on airth. If
dar' ar communities in de Soaf wnar de
cnlrd man can't get a show-whar mobs ar
Ii ,ble to break loose an shoot him down on
sight cause he's Il Niger, then let hlm PICK
up an tote hiSsef off to some odder place.
Dar am localities ~har' he Is wanted, an he
doan hev to stop to sell ont anything when
he gifts ready to move. Dar's bad niggers
an respectable Guild people. Now an den
de innocent may suffer, but de same rule ap-
plies to de white men.
"Jist you sot right down an make up yer
minds dat dis United States is your home,
an de place whar' you ar gwine to end your
days. On top of dat behave yer conduct,
improve yerself at ebery opportunity. an
dis race question will soon settle itself.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-03-19

When Grover Cleveland left the
White House to become private cit
nen in New York the newspapers
that had antagonized him to such lit
.tie purpose spoke of plain s'Grover
Cleveland, ESQ., with great glee, and
predicted his relapse into utter obscu-
Erity with apparent relish. Their I'M
aginary triumph was short-lived, how
ever, as Ex-President Cleveland has
been more prominently before the
public and has been the recipient of
more popular applause and attention
since his return to private life than
any man in the country, not except
ing-the present chief magistrate.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1890-03-19
WEDNESDAY, March 10, 1890.
THE TOWN ELECTION.

THE TINES has of late been discuss
ing the approaching municipal cleo
tion, but as yet there seems to be hit
tie interest taken in the matter. This
is an important subject. The Council
viii be elected to serve for two years,
and the citizens should give this mat
ter some thought. AS general thing,
heretofore, a half dozen persons have
nominated one ticket; another half
dozen another ticket: and the rest OF
the citizens were left to take their
choice between the two. The ticket
should be selected with care. The
men chosen for our city fathers should
be men OF decision, conservative but
with sufficient. character to insist on
being part and parcel of the Council
Our past Council has, we believe, been
e good one, and we doubt if they will
be much improved on, yet they have
made mistakes, have failed to please
some, and have proven that they were
only men. We think, however, that a
dozen possible Councils could be
named that would fall far short Of the
record made By the present Council
It is rumored that very wet whis-
key ticket Will be put in nomination.
Our people know what such ticket
means, and should be governed &C
cordingly. The town license for sell
ing whiskey is now $3.50 a year. The
effort made by those in favor OF whis-
key and cheap license, will be to elect
Council that will either put the whls-
key license at nominal figure, or
raise it so high that one barroom
would have a monopoly of the busi-
ness and they can do it, too, unless
our people wake up