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The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1909-02-16
The Badge Of Honesty

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The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1909-02-16
A FIREMAN INJURED.
Len G. Cash Fell Under Hook and
Ladder Wagon Saturday NlQht.


An alarm of fire was sounded
Saturday night about 10:45 and
the fremen responded promptly.
AT the corner of Mangum and
Hunt street as the hook and lad
der truck was passing, Mr.. L. G.
Cash, a member of the fire de-
partment attempted to catch the
wagon with the result that he
fell under the wheels.
Mr.. Cash was carried to the
drug store of Haywood and Boone
and DR.. C. A. Adams was sum-
moned and rendered medical
aid. No injury Of a serious
nature could be discovered by the
doctor and Mr.. Cash was soon
able to be carried to his home.
THE FIRE.
A false alarm was pulled from
Trinity avenue and the firemen
were returning when an alarm
was pulled from Five Points.
This proved to be fire in the
undertaking establishment of ].
S. Hall & Co. The wood work
shop was on fire. A passer-by
saw the fire and used the hose
used in washing buggies and
soon had the fire out, or nearly
so by the time the firemen ar
rived. Little damage was done.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1909-02-16

1t may be q great annoyance
to travellers who carry mileage
books to have to present them to
the ticket office for a ticket, but
it is no worse on them than on
other people who have to go to
the Office for their tickets. =
Morning Herald.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1909-02-16
nr. Ericssss cid sssss.

Go see Il, it's beauty. II stands on,
among all It's neighbors, because The
colofing Is 50 bright and clear. Mr.
Ericsson painted with l.. q VI. Paint and
says II cost rs less than ever before. He
bought only IA gallons Of 4. Il. M.
Paint and 8 gallons Of Linsecd oil n
mix with II. This made III gallons II
pure paint, and cost only fI.7 per val.
Ion. It's as handsome rs the finest n
town. The l.. Il M. i sold Nv ~. A.
Mabfy, Durham, n. G.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1909-02-16

Having this day qualified as admins
traitor Of James Preston Poteat, deceased
late Of Durham county, all persons In.
debted 70 said estate will please come
forward and make immediate payment
and all persons holding claims against
said estate will present the same 10 the
undersigned on or before the oath das
Of Dec. 1g0g OF this notice will be plead
in bar Of their recovery.
This December oath, 1sos.
u. ID. CuNTKR, Administrator
Of James Preston poteal, deceased.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1909-02-16
Durham D0rin @' county rn'he Superior cour
Joe Hopkins
vs. Order OF Publication
Mag Hopkins

II appearing from he affidavit OF Toe
Hopkins in this action. thst Mag Hop
kins the defendant therein, Ia not 10 be
found IN Dniham County. and can not
after due diligence be found in the
State, and Il further appearing that said
defendant Is . property party 10 said &C.
ton for absolute divorce on the grounds
Of fornication and adultery:
II Is therefore ordered, that notice Of
this action be published once week for
six weeks In the Durham Recorder. a
newspaper published In Durham County.
setting forth the title Of the action, the
purpose Of the same, together with a
brief recital Of the subject matter OF the
same. and requiring the defendant 10
appear At the next term Of The Superior
Court Of Durham County, TO be held on
the second Monday after the FIRST Mon.
day In March, 1909, at the Court House
10 said county. end answer or demur 20
the complaint Of the plaintiff, or the re.
lief therein demanded will be granted.
This ID day Of February, 1909.
c. b. GREEN
Clerk Superior Court.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1909-02-16
Mr.. RADDRY REMOVED.
Investigation Of flremen Results In
Removal Of the Chief.

that has been in progress fol
some time,special meetings being
held last Thursday and Friday
nights, was concluded last Frida,
might and resulted in the re
moval of Chief ]. Frank Maddry
for too much drinking. Assistan
Chief A. N. Johnson was not re
moved, nor was Claude Turner
driver of Hose wagon No. 2.
The following report is from
the proceedings of the board
which will explain their findings
and purposes:
"The board Of aldermen having
patiently heard the testimony as
to the charges against j. F.
Maddry, chief of the Durham
fire department, and being salts
fled that the said charges are
sustained and are sufficient cause
for removal, do hereby, for causes
satisfactory to the board Of alder
men. of the city of Durham re-
move from the office Of chief of
Durham fire department and
superintendent of the electric
fire alarm, of the city of Durham,
N. G. the said ]. Frank Maddry
and the said office as declared
vacant. The said j. Frank mad
dry is directed to deliver to his
successor, when appointed by the
board of aldermen, any and all
property belonging to the city of
Durham now in his hands, pos
session or control, and that a
copy Of this resolution be served
upon ]. Frank Maddry. This
was unanimously carried.
After hearing the testimony
in support of the charges against
A. N. Johnson, assistant chief Of
the fire department, and the
testimony as offered by A. N.
Johnson, assistant chief, in re-
buttal of the testimony it is the
opinion Of the board of aldermen
and so considered that the charg-
es are not sustained" This was
carried unanimously.
After hearing the statement Of
Claude Turner, driver of hose
company No. 2. in respect to
charges against him for being
drunk on the day Of the book
store fire at s p. m, to the effect
that he was sick with toothache,
and had been relieved Of his
duties by superior officer and
that he asked the mercy of the
board and pleaded in extenuation
of his act, his long record in the
city's service, it being the first
time that he pas ever up and up.
on this statement it is ordered by
the board that the charges a.
gainst him be withdrawn.
Done by unanimous consent.
On motion it was ordered that
the special committee in the mat
ter of reoranization of the fire
department, to report at the
regular meeting February Is, the
name or names for the position
of chief Of the fire department
and said committee prepared or
dinances for the government of
a paid fire department for the
city of Durham and set forth
when said ordinance shall 90 into
effect and the paid department
90 into effect. /"
MR.. CHRISTIAN ELECTED.
At a special meeting Of the
board Of city aldermen Monday
night Mr.. D. C. Christian was
elected chief Of the Durham fire
department to take the place
made vacant by the removal OF
Mr.. Maddry. There were only
two applicants for the position,
Mr.. Christian and Mr.. A. N.
johnson. The recommendations
of the special committee, publish
ed in this paper last week, were
adopted and Durham now has a
partially paid fire department.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1909-02-16

II has been computed that one com.
mon house ny On the 10Th or March ii
represented By 30 On the 9th "
April. The 300 become 5000 By MAY
y. and by Aug s the number has been
squared twice more. making tho total
progeny amount 10 the appalling and
incalculabic number Of s.10O,Dy0.OOo.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1909-02-16

Rev. Hight G. Moore, editor of
the Biblical Recorder, filled the
pulpit at the First Baptist
church last Sunday.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-01

package, which In this csse need only be q bottle of ordinary size. The busi- ness is naturally ffourishing and as the liquid goods cost less in Canada than in the United States and the duties are not extremely heavy, the profits are matter of much enticement.
 The enect of that proviso is plainly to nuliify the prohibitory laws of the State. except so far as retailing is con rsrned. A man in New Hampshire may not legally sell liquor by the drink. but If he imports it from Canada or else where in quart or pint bottles they are 'orlginai packages" and he may sell them to his customers as he pleases It is not to be supposed that the mak- CTS of the law anticipated any such result as this. for 1t Is plain that this proviso legalizes the sale of any im- ported liquor in quantities small enough to be satisfactory to most users: so. while actual saloons may not be allowed. there Is practically no bar to selling and drinking as matter Of fact It Is but another evidence of the difficulty of enacting a law without some sort of loop-hole in it,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-01
CUTTING DOWN EXPENSES.

The announcement recently sent out to the effect that the War Department at Washington is contemplating the substitution of blue denim for khaki for soldiers uniforms causes The New Haven Register to become somewhat facetiously sorrowful, saying:
 Alas, how are the mighty fallen! From garb of steel down through broadcloth and gold lace to dull khaki he is threatened with blue denim. Mars in overalls! Is the defender of his country no better than ditch digger? Are the heads of our government ia league with the peace people to bring military glory down to the vile dust?
 There are two or three features in connection with this matter that our disgusted contemporary should not fail to take note of. It must bear in mind that reform is now the thing. and that this is evidently a step in that direc- tion. Time was when the glory of a warrior depended very much on his looks. Encased in glittering steel. with gold mounted helmet and scabbard glittering with jewels; perhaps with his feet In stirrups of silver or gold. he sallied forth to do things and also who saw him. Then war was glory and the warrior a glorious object to look at. Even in later days fine broad cloth ornamented with gold lace and
 kA kA fhA proper thing for those whose business it was to kill folks
 But that. too. departed. and gradually we have come down to more practi- In war so we get down to khaki, which makes little show and Is not expensive But now that Is also looked on as par taking too much of the pride. pomp something even more simple must be substituted, and the defenders of the country are to be arrayed in the stuff of which the workingmans overalls are made. Can there be any further descent? or will our brave boys be con- demned to go to war bare-legged?
 But there is another point to be con- sidered. and that is economy. Our gov ernment Is In a somewhat lamentable condition of shortness In money mat ters and must retrench or bankrupt. The expenses caused by the maladmln- istration of Roosevelt must be cut l same cause must be made good. Denim is cheaper than khaki; therefore. den- inns the thing. Great Is reforni
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-01
CUBA GETS WARNING.
State Department is far From satis
 fed

0GQ,
 Washington Special to New York Sun;
 According to information obtained here the State Department has recent ly sent a stiff note to Cuba concerning several things of deep interest to this Government, which are not being han dled by the Cuban Government to the satisfaction of the Washington admin istration. The State Department de- clines to discuss the matter. which is one of considerable importance as 1t principally embraces a warning to Cuba. The department appears to be- lieve that the less said about Cuba the better.
 While these representations have been made to the government in Ha- vana, officials here do not share the opinion that the new republic is tot tering to a speedy downfall. On the contrary, they contend that with proper amount of care President Co., meg can make his administration sue cessful.
 The note to Cuba deals with four subjects: First, the Oliver road build ing contract: second, the McGivney- Rokeby contract for paving and sew ering Havana; third. the proposition for an exchange of property between the United Railways of Havana, an English concern. and the Cuban Gov ernment. and the construction of cer- tain public buildings by the company, and, fourth, the purchase of arms for the Cuban army in France and else- where in Europe without giving Amer ican manufacturers opportunity to par ticipate in the contract.
 The Cubans are behind in payments to the Oliver Company, which is con- structing a section of a road from San Cristobal to Pinar del Rio, the capi- tai of the province of that name. and another road near Manzanillo. in the province of Santiago. The contract Is held by William J. Oliver of Knox vile, Tenn. He acquired the Manga nillo contract by purchase from an- other contractor. and the Pinar del Rio contract was given him by Governor Magoon. The Cuban Government has been backward in making the pre- scribed monthly settlements, and re- gently MT. Oliver made a personal pro- test to President Taft. It was the second time that he found 1t necessary to call on this Government for action. paving and sewering Havana was let by Governor Magoon after 1t had been pending several years Work was be- gun In the outskirts of Havana last year, but has not progressed satisfac- torily. Governor Magoon furnished by decree authority which made it pos sible for the new government to issue bonds to the extent of $16,000.0O0 for this sewering and paving. The decree provided that the bonds should be is- sued if the ordinary revenues of the cover ordinary expenses and the ex- traordinary expense of the big i'm provement The contracting concern which has the contract is dissatisfied and has made complaint although the new Cuban budget provides for an ap- propriation of $1,5O0,00O for the first years work.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-01
WOULD CHANGE THE NAME.

Our familiar little acquaintance. the house-fiy. is catching swats on all sides. and if he ever had any friends they have departed and left him to his fate. Now comes the Chief of the Chronological Department at Wash ington and suggests that the name of the little pest be changed from house. hold ny" as he is frequently iesig- mated. to typhoid fly" He argues that the fly has been sailing under false cclors and The Richmond Times Dispatch agrees with him. House hoid.' it remarks. suggests innocuous domesticity. serenity. comfort and se- eurity. all of which things are re- mote from the fly. Typhoid fly would advertise the tiny assassin in the world against him. It would be a name like the Look Out signal at a railroad crossing, like the poison label and prickles on an arsenic bottle. like the quarantine flag hung out before a smallpox house."
 The Idea seems to be not at all bad The name attached to an object fre- ouently has much to do with our opin- ion of it. It may be true that "a rose by any other name would smell as sweet" but there Is also another old adage which says. give dog a bad name and kill him." The word housedog has no unpleasant signifi- canoe but label the animal mad dog and the hand of every man would be against him. He would be looked on as an enemy to humanity and a men, ace to everybody. and all would be ready to join in the effort to put him out of the way.
 So it might be with what was once looked on as a troublesome nuisance, but practically harmless. The worst that was said of him was that he was numerous. troublesome and pestiferous, with q confirmed habit of getting in the way and not knowing 1t. and an equally weil-developed faculty for mussing things. but no one thought he was dangerous. That was because he was nothing but common house. fly. familiar to all. iespised by all but not feared by any.
 But if We change his name to "ty- phoid fly" as suggested, 1t would be very different. Most people now know. many of them from sad expe- rience. that typhoid fever is one of our most dreaded diseases. though but few were aware of its origin. Science seems to have demonstrated beyond reasonable doubt that flies are trans mitters. if not breeders. of the disease. and when that comes to be a matter of general knowledge the typhoid fly will be regarded as an enemy of the human race and treated accordingly. Let him be re-christened and shown up in his real colors and bad habits.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-01
Nelseless car WheeIs

MilWaukeo Wisconsin.
 placed with the S;sS GsSnes,s gee steel @ sss,. Com. pany at Pittsburg by the Chicago City Railway Company and the. Chicago Railway Company has a double signifi oi # fshf s n.S syssnss sae: sst ns reaching. their limit as to the with holding for financial reasons of orders for equipment and 1t Is also gratify- nat" street car wheel with its pound. Ing annoyance is to become thing of
 The steel wheels which have been noissiess wheels. Because they" they viii iii lass as three and half times as long as the old style cast wheels and are guaran- teed not to wear fiat The limit of en- Is iao. 600 miles. while the maximum limit of usefulness of the cast steel wheel Is less than 10000 miles. The new wheels are not only stronger but they are lighter than the old wheels
 The adoption of the solid steel forg- ed and rolled car wheels by the Chica- go traction system foreshadows gen eral adoption of the more durable and by railroads generally. If there be economy in the use of the new wheel Its adoption will be compelled as matter of course; but if It were be used without regard for economy.
 While a wheel that can. be trusted for service of l40.000 miles on rails of the improved texture such as have tenn after severe test, travel will be safer on railroads generally, especially during the winter months when frost puts a severe strain upon brittle metal tional stresses is liable to snap at crit teal moments.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-01
OLD SOLDIER PAYS
 BILL 42 YEARS OLD

bama Regiment was living in Union Springs. He was badly crippled and scarcely able to work. He was taken Hogan, now living in Montgomery. but then a citizen of Bullock's capital. When he asked for the btll he was told the amount. but specially charged that need not worry about 1t. He did net prosper here and moved to Texas. where he has been living for many Montgomery, hunted up Dr. Hogan and insisted on paying the bill contracted forty-two years ago. That speaks vol. that old Confederate hero. He was mparatively a youns man then. put lapse of years did not make him forget his obliRationA.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-01

derstand how 1t was that this psnni- less and sfckly foreigner, who came to Geneva in the first instance % ut terly unknown and without prestise as to figure in the records merely as "a Frenchman," ended by setting his stamp so inefaceably upon the place that 1t remains there even to our own day.
 Probably no leader of a great nove- ment Is regarded with more general disfavor. or with less comprehension than Calvin. To many of us his name is synonym for all that is sour and forbidding. We think of him as of one who begrudged any pleasure, how ever innocent. to his fellow creatures: a grim, sour man. who was never hap pier than when Committing the souls of poor. frail human beings to an eter- nity among the damned. Yet to the people of his own day such view could have been nothing short of as- founding. Among the men and women who lived in intimate, daily associa- ton with him. Calvin was muchf . singulsrly loved man: one capable. moreover. of giving out a very lively and sincere affection on what must seem to most of us but small provo cation.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-07-01
CORPORATIONS ALARMED.
Fear Bureau of Credits Will Give Fed
 eral GOvernmeat Control. Washington. Dispatch to New York

eral G0vernment Control.
 Washington Dispatch to New York
 Many of the large corporations and trusts of the country are sending their secret agents here in alarm to find out what Is behind the so-called bureau Of credits now being established in the Treasury Department. Wall Street. too, Is putting Its ear to the ground.
 They fear a scheme Is under way to give the Federal government indirect control of the corporations in a man. ner not contemplated under any ex- isting laws and altogether unprece- ment. The new bureau of credits, ao- cording to a statement given out off, clally. is to list the large borrowers of stated at the Treasury Department. Is to be done by industries. ''so the de- partment will know at all times just where where the he business of the country is
 The new bureau. which is to be un- der the Comptroller O; the Currency. is to give the government intimyate vidual financial institutions are being conducted, and enable 1t to supervise such institutions as are given to over loans and undue extensions of credit to will be spotted"
 This plan. If carried fully into effect. will give the governmeat. 1t Is said. ab- in Wall Street and elsewhere. Specu- iation. as is well known. is carried on through money borrowed from the banks. The banks that handle the business. as is equally well known, constantly over-lend 70 the brokers and their speculative customers. Thus, under the proposed system of govern ment espionage the treasury officials can practically control all stock spec ulation by merely keeping lists of bor- rowers and by curtailing or not cur tailing a banks lending privilege. The Treasnrv Denartment could say for in - stance, that the Morgan banks were lending too much. or that the Rocke- feiler- -StaHdard oil banks were lend- ing too mulch. Tn this way the gov ernment In emergencies. could swing the borrowers-and with them the speculation-from one bank or group of banks to another. It could stop or enlarge speculation at pleasure.
 In this way also the government can keep tab on the big railroad corpora tions, and insurance companies. and the trusts It would know whether undesirable citizens" were borrowing large sums and could thus restrict their operations.
 In presidential campaigns these gov ernment lists of borrowers would be extremely valuable to .ne fiat flyers" of the national committee.