The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1906-12-07

nineteen-year old negro. is dead as
the result of the accidental discharge
of shot gun in the hands of e. S.
Ship, a white man. Ship is one
, of the clerks in the combination Il
quOr and grocery store at Market and
Thirteenth streets. This afternoon
, MOsley went to the store to deliver
milk and he asked Shipp to lend him
his gun. Ship consented and while
passing it across the counter to the
negro the trigger struck the bar dis
charging a load of shot into Mosley's
forehead. The negro died soon after
being taken to the city hospital. A
cOrOner's jury exOnerated Ship.
Asheville Citizen: Former Chief of
| Police ]. NJ. Jordan was yesterday
5 called on to pay $40 to the man
t whose wagon was used to haul in
4, the body of the desperate from
Fletchers. While the bill was pre-
/. sented to Mr.. Jordan as head of the
5 posse, being satisfied that the man.
A. G. Wolfe WAS honest he paid it,
! as there seemed to be no one else
t to pay it, and then asked Mayor Bar
= nard to order it paid. The mayor
. said that it was not the city's bust
r ness. Mr.. Jordan had about made up
5 his mind that it was out of his peck
| ct when Charles Malone, hearing Of
V the incident, asked the commissioners
, TO pay the bill. which they did.
Ashevile Gazette News: An Ashe.
vile gentleman who recently re
turned from a tip through Hender-
son county is authority for the state
J. ment that near the little town of
, Boilston in that county there resides
II man named Mark Simpson, who is
Il little more than 100 years of age.
and who, during this century of eX-
l. istence. has never been more than
= ten miles away from his home AL
i though the aged Henderson county
i citizen resides within a comparative
D. ~ short distance from Henderson
+ Vile, the county seat, he has never
: during all these years visited the
J. place. This gentleman says that Mr..
t Simpson Is still hale and hearty. and
is able to walk around and go about
as he pleases, Mrs. Simpson, the
II wife is also living at the advanced
J. age Of nearly 100 years She is Mr.,
l. Simpsons first and only wife and has
b been married for many. many years.
, High Point special to Charlotte OBJ
p. sewer: The train hauling John II.
:. S"',l:s' c!r""s. Was w"cc';e1 this
!. moi ming at Robtrdel. a small station
, on the Aberdeen & AshebOro railroad
r. ~ miles below Troy One Snowman
~ Wis killed and two were badly injur
4 ed as a result of the smash-up. The
causes of tho wreck are unknown.
Several of The cars were badly dam.
u aged and two horses and pony We
u badly mashed. The blame for the ac
) cidpnt was evidently placed upon the
70 conductor of the train by the' -sno?F
u men Immediately after the wreck
}! several Of them Infatuated by the
III death of their companions. turned up
Is on Conductor Slack and beat him In
Ia to insensibility. After taking their
u spite out on him they escaped into
u THE surrounding timber and have not
III been seen since, Immediately upon
! the arrival of the news of the wreck
IT, and the assault upon Conductor Slack
the sheriff swore In a posse and start
y ed for the scene. Every effort Is
'r being Made to capture the guilty par
" ties.
Is
n Mr.. Mnttox. the man who hal
NJ charge Of the block near Lynchbur.
,r when the wreck occurred last week
IL comes up and says he ran show I
o. clean hill Of health. not only by hi
!. word. but by the tally sheets In th'
n office ana by two other tc1egraphert
Of who were with him at the time. /
Is this be true. who Ii responsible
a. SifIed down the cause IN The pe!I mel
Pr way Of running trains. just like we al
H. do~~in hurry. continually making
p. double row Of tracks and pIungin'
10 ahead without deliberation or though
#. II We 60 TO the depot TO take n traI'
% and IL Is ten minutes late We kick: |
+, We get on and the train does not nj
q most NY We kick about tn" poor time
~ made. All this causes the roads "a
i, run trains just Hike We run-~cyery fl
n low for himself and the devil take tn,
-, hlndmost With such a way Of doIna
II things there will always he wrecks
RI no matter how careful the operators
u. No man can stand tho strain: It's :
IL pac" that kills. Statistics show tha
-. wa XIII 2.ooU people on our roads Il
H. where England kills two. or cour>'
m wa have many more miles of road mn.
IN all that. but gu over tn England 3n'
see If you can get an Eusli~hman In
/. hurry IN the railroads ar In hu&in, -
-, Of any kind. In fact Nh" first thinl
~ he thinks of Is being Deliberate IT.
the pace: that's aii~-t;rrcn@hor0 Rec
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