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The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1909-05-06
From the ROXbOrO Courier.

From the R0XbOr0 Courier.
A series of meetings will begin
at the methodist church in Rox-
boro next Sunday night. The
Pastor, Rev. ]. A. Hornaday will
be assisted by DR.. Underwood.
1t will be a pleasure to the peo-
pie Of Roxboro to have an oppor-
tunity of hearing DR.. Under
wood, some years ago he was
the Pastor in charge Of the Mt.
Tirzah Circuit, and was well and
favorably known to most of our
people. The members Of the
other denominations have been
invited to participate in these
meetings.
Sheriff Winstead has appointed
Mr.. w. l. Newton as his chief
Deputy, and placed him in
charge Of the Office. Mr.. New
ton is a splendid business man,
and we can assure Sheriff Win
stead that he has selected a man
for this responsible position who
will manage the affairs of his
Office in strictly business man
ner. 1t is especially gratifying
to Mr.. Newton's many friends
throughout the county, as. it
brings him back to Roxboro in a
business way as we'll as one of
its citizens. We congratulate
Mr.. Winstead on his wise selec-
ton.
MR.. w. E. NEWTON DROWNED.
Mr.. w. /. Newton received a
telegram yerterday morning
stating that his son Earl, was
drowned in the Hudson River, at
New York, Monday evening.
The only information he has yet
is that Earl and two other men
were boating on the river when
the boat was capsized, throwing
them out. Earl tried to swim to
the shore and when within about
$50 yards of the shore sank.
The message did not say whether
his companions were rescued or
not. The body had not been
found.
This is peculiarly sad death,
he being the only son, and was
loved by parents and sisters as
only can be in such circumstan-
ces. He was a remarkably
bright young man, and had an
exceedingly bright future.
He had been with the Ameri-
can Tobacco Co., in New York
for sometime like two years, and
was highly esteemed by his en-
ployers both for his splendid bust
ness qualities as well as his
pleasant, jovial and amiable dis
position
At home he was one of the
most popular boys that ever went
out from Roxboro, no one here
but liked Earl Newton, he was
always full of life. To US, he
was one Of our most admired
young friends, we had watched
him as he came up from boyhood
to young manhood, and admired
him for what was in him, he was
always kind and courteous, and
we feel his sad death keenly.
Only last Monday morning We
had a letter from him, and just
to think to-day he is dead.
The deepest sympathy of our
entire community go out to his
devoted mother, father and sis.
tiers in this terrible hour; God
alone can comfort in such an
hour, and to Him we commend
/ their bleeding hearts.
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The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1909-05-06
Negro Drops Dead.

Prince Edwards, a negro that
has worked in the Duke factory
practically all his days, dropped
dead Monday just after noon.
There was no indication that
he was i'll, he simply threw W
his hands and fell. Physicians
were summoned and rendered
what service they could. but
with no avail. He was about
40 years Of age and left a family.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1909-05-06

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The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1909-05-06

The Great 0sterling Shows
will amuse The people Of
Durham III on week.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-11-15
Automobiles

They are necessity with the Farm
er as well as the Town.man; they
have come to stay. The OVERLAND
lire are the best on earth for the
money, and SIMPLEST to OPERATE
from 80 to 30 horse power, ABSo
LUTELY RELIABLE. If you think Of
buying, write for Overland Catalog,
and investigate before placing your
orders. Agents wanted
CENTRAL MOTOR CAR COMPANY,
1927 w California Ave.
Oklahoma City, Okla
Largest repair shop in Oklahoma.
Agents for "2Oth Century"
Tire Protectors.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-11-15
Indians Not Decreasing.

The popular idea that the American
Indians are decreasing in number is
dissipated by official figures showing
that today there are more than 300,-
600 red men in the United States.
The increase in population of about
10000 during the last two decades is
attributed to the governments con-
stant effort to uplift the Indian to the
level of contemporary civilization.
To encourage the industry of the
Indian the government has found
feasible the plan to cut down the mum.
Der Of approved leases on Indian al.
lotments, and thousands of Indians
have become competent to conduct
their own affairs free from govern,
mental control. During the present
year the leases approved numbered
about 1000 less than during 1908.
During 1908 about 1000 Indians were
given the privilege of handling their
own allotments, although the legal
title was retained by the government
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-11-15
Sermon TO LabOring Men

Next Sunday night at the Christian
church will DO a sermon to the labor
ing men of Anadarko.
The church urges all laboring men
to come and enjoy the hospitality that
will be given them. They insure all
a warm welcome There will be an IL
lustrated song, sung by the choir.
There were two good audiences at
the services yesterday. One addition
at the night service. There was a
large attendance at the Eudeavor So
ciety at p. M, and a most interest
ing lesson studied Better work still
will be done when their new supplies
are received.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-11-15
MANY A PRECEDENT
RECORD OF PLAGIARlSMS is
EXTENSIVE.
Kitchener's Recent Use Of Lord Cur.
zon's Speech Recalls a Few His
toric Instances of Oratory
That Was Not Original.

They are telling q tale on Lord
Kitchener of how bis speech. when
ho bade farewell 10 India. was prac
tIral'y q repetition of the address OF
Lord Curzon on similar occasion.
two or three years ago. and what
would add to the embarrassment of
the circumstance is the rofofiuus fact
OF the bad UNDERSTANDING between the
two when they divided authority as
rulers OF the most ropulous ard pos.
sibly the most extensive OF AN the
British possessions.
Something like it occurred I'm our
country the FIRST half of The last cen.
tury John White. a member from
Kentucky, was the speaker OF the
Iwentysevonth cungfoss He was
from the mountain section II the
state, proud and sensitive. and got to
be speaker because he was the fol-
lower and protege of Henry Clay.
u was very stormy congress.
owing to the quarrels between the
president and the two houses. and the
speaker was very busy man the clos
ing hours Of the last session. When
he returned thanks for the accus-
toned resolutions commendatory of
his official conduct, It was a beautiful
speech he made, but IL subsequently
developed that it was verbatim the ad.
dress Aaron Burr had delivered i'm the
senate in 1905 upon retiring from the
vlcepresidency and the most stately.
as well as the most beautiful address
an American presiding officer ever de-
liverod himself of.
White explained that n friend "pre.
pared his address, and that he was
totally ignorant of its origin. Never
theless, he took his own life not long
altorward. It is pretty safe TO CON
giude that Kitchener, the grim sol.
dicr IS of more callous fiber.
When II was found out that John J'
Ingalls, eulogy of Representative
Burns of Missouri was taken from the
funeral oration pronounced by Mas
sillon on that son of France who was
the Telomachus OF Fenclon's immor-
tal work, the brilliant senator from
Kansas said not a word. but ONLY
shrugged nus shoulders and tNinhed
his eyes.
II affords food for speculation If
FCae'ons pupil had survived to sue
coed Louis XIV. on the throne Of
France, and had reigned a score of
years Il is safe to say the crown
would have reformed the administra-
ton, and its wearer been the king of
his people as well as of his mobiles.
Had that occurred there would have
been no revolution, no terror. no en-
piro. MIrabeau Danton and Robespier-
re would not have been prominent.
Neither would Napoleon Bonaparte.
But God doesn't make such folks as
they without providing them with
job Hence he took the French Tele-
machus to himself.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-11-15
A New Electric Clock.

An interesting electric clock, run
by a single dry cell and quite indie
pendent of external connection, has
Just been put on the market in Eng.
land. A heavy balance wheel is kept
in motion by an electric magnet,
mounted Numerically across it. As
the balance wheel swings against
the action of the coiled spring, stud
on the axle makes contact with a
light spring, this completing the elec-
trio circuit and energizing the mag
net, which acts for moment upon
the balance wheel. This impulse is
given once every four seconds. 1t is
said, that dry cell will run the clock
for 1000 consecutive hours. The
movement is noseless, and the clock
may be placed in any position without
interfering with its running Youths
Companion,
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-11-15
For Sale

The following described property !:
SEl.4, 25.s-l0 containing 160 acres,
Sc Ia. 20-6,l0 l60 "
1-2. s E IA. 34-S-l0 " 80
SW IA, 86.9 l60 4"
Lot 8, Blk 4S. property known as
The Anadarko Bakery, first door west
o: Bryan Hotel.
Lot 8. Blk 4s, Preger Hardware
location.
Lots 9 and 10, Blk 10.
Lot 8, Blk IL.
Mosler safe.
lo3 shares of stock In Anadarko
Hotel Co., better known as Prysn
Hotel. Par value $50 per share.
Capital stock $25OOO.
am now ready to sell the above
real and other personal property OF
KARL PREGER, deceased.
Max Goldman, Executor.
Anadarko, Okla, Nov. 10, 1909.
& WI.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-11-15
Her Pleasant OCCUPATION.

Attorney p. j. Brady is the father
Of daughter named Bertha, aged
four, who is as surely the boss of all
she surveys as ever the Emperor
Charles ", In whose possessions the
sun never set She is demure young
miss, but she doesn't miss any Of the
fun that's lying about loose.
The other morning her father came
upon her as she was carefully altering
the shape OF his new four-dollar derby
with a garden mallet-one Of those
croquet things
Goodness, child" he exclaimed,
what are you doing?"
"Oh," she replied. giving the hat an
extra dent. nothing particular Just
keeping out OF mischief"
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-11-15
Plans Tor a Larger Bible School

The teachers and officers Of the
Christian church met last week and
laid plans for the Bible school cam
paign between now and Jan /. These
plans. which were adopted by the
school Sunday. were as follows:
Goal for school. Every class doubl-
ed by Jan ! Aim for teachers and Of.
lcers. Every teacher and officer pres
ent on time or substitute provided
during the contest The roll call Of
teachers will be had at the opening
exercise
A banner is provided to be claimed
each Sunday by the best class, on tho
basis Of the atterdarcs and offering.
The class making the largest per
cent gain during the contest and the
class having gained the small banner
the most Sundays are to be pronounce
ed the Strand Bonner classes.
The heating plant Of the church is
being remodeled this week and every
thing put in readiness for a success.
ful winters work in the Bible school
and church work.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-11-15

Ladies social unicn of Presbyterian
church with Mesdames C A Cleveland,
C r Hume. C l. Ellis and f B Ties
will entertain at the home of Mrs
C A Cleveland Wednesday afternoon
from to p m. Ladies are re-
quested to bring their friends and
silver Offering.
Anadarko daily democrat. [volume] (Anadarko, Oklahoma) 1908-191?, 1909-11-15
BOarders Wanted

Mrs. L NJ Spivey is prepared TO ac-
commodate few gentlemen boarders.
Large rooms, first. class board, House
modern, bath room, electric lights.
4l5 East Oklahoma Ave, phone ll2.
If
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-09-09

The complete success Of the new
fuel while on the 2650.mile public
test and the advantages gained
through its use were well described
in the following dispatch which the
correspondent of the New York Sun
sent to his paper at the conclusion Of
the tour:
"a feature Of the tour which was
watched with special interest was
that the White Steamer used kero-
sene, or coal OIL as fuel instead Of
gasoline. The new fuel worked
splendidly throughout the 2650-mile
journey, and all claims made in its
behalf were fully proven. First of
all, as regards cheapness, the White
driver secured kerosene all along the
route from cents to 10 cents cheap
er per gallon than was paid for gaso'
line. Secondly, the new fuel was
handled without any precautions, and
1t was not unusual to see kerosene
being poured into the fuel tank while
the crew of the car and an interested
crowd stood by with lighted cigars
and cigarettes. At the finish Of the
tour, the White was the only car per-
mitted by the authorities to enter
Convention Hall, where the technical
examination took place, without
draining its fuel tank. Thirdly, the
new fuel proved to be absolutely
without smoke or smell. Fourthly,
kerosene could be purchased at what
ever part of the route was most con-
venient, and not once during the trip
through the ten States Of the Middle
West was there found grocery store
where kerosene was not readily and
cheaply obtainable. Finally, the
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-09-09
By Albert Payson Terhune
ELI WHITMEY-The Magician Who Made Nation Rich.

accomplish just a thousand times as
much work In day as before. 1t was
equal to q cotton-separating force Of
1000 workers.
News OF the miraculous continuance
spread through all the south. People
travelled hundreds Of miles to view
the invention and to watch 1t at work
WhItney's name was on all lips. Then
as he was arranging to patent his cot
ton gin, thieves broke into his work
shop one night and stole the model
hoping to copy 1t and make similar
gins of their own before the patent
could be secured. Thus at the very
threshold of success, Whitney re-
~eeived his first terrible setback. Furi-
GUS at such ingratitude from inhaDi'
tants Of the very section that was to
profit most by his invention, Whit
ney left the south and moved to Con
necticut, where he began a systematic
manufacture of cotton gins. In this
he was aided by the state OF South
Carolina, which showed its thanks to
him in the very practical form OF a
gift Of 100000.
But his rights were assailed and be
became involved in a series OF costly
lawsuits, nearly all of which he lost,
Thus his invention of the cotton gin
proved merely a barren honor.
But the gin itself had by that time
revolutionized American commerce.
In 1871 only 1S9,5O0 pounds of cotton
had been exported to Europe. The
next year Whitney's apparatus was
made, and in 1903 the annual amount
of export cotton had been increased
to 100000 pounds. Cotton growing
became a splendidly paying industry.
Thousands of miles of southern terri
81. IN. tory were opened
n0DDeo OF III" up to cultivation
"e"~"' and trade, and
employment was secured for mil.
lions of workers. The price of
cotton fell and 1t became well within
the means Of the poor. America for
the first time was recognized the
world over as great trading center,
United States products became abso'
lutely necessary to Europe. What
Washington had done for freedom
Whitney had done for trade, His cot
ton gin trebled the value Of southern
land, changed barren wastes to rich
estates, built up capital and created
new valuation and distribution Of
property.
(Copyrighted)
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-09-09

A factory was on fire. The anger
-crazed mob who had set it ablaze
danced about the flames and clam
ored for the factory-owner's life. Not
content with impoverishing him and
burning his life-work, they now
searched for him far and near in or.
der to complete their atrocities by
tearing him to pieces or throwing him
into the fire. The man they sought
was James Hargreaves. The only
crime he had committed was to revo
lutionize the cotton industry by in
venting a machine which should some
day make cotton many times cheaper
and give employment to countless
thousands of poor people.
Hargreaves, an ignorant, illiterate
fellow, who nevertheless had latent
inventive genius, one day in 1857 saw
q spinning wheel accidentally knocked
u.v Aoo,d.r. over. He noticed
Gave Hsrgreav.s that the wheel
L. ~" kept on turning
nus 'ueS' in spite of its
overturned condition. This gave him
an idea. Using the new position Of
the wheel as a basis, he set to work
on what he called spinning engine"
and what the dialect Of his country
later changed in name to spinning
jenny" ("jenny" and gin" are both
corruptions of the word "engine")
This machine contained at first eight
and later so spindles, turned by q
common wheel or cylinder, which was
worked by hand. It was capable Of
spinning from 20 to 30 threads at a
time, instead Of one, as formerly.
The natural result of course would be
to lower the price Of spun cotton,
popularize its use and thus In time
not only cut down the expenses of the
poor, but give employment to thou
sands where only hundreds had before
found work But the weavers and
spinners were too short-sighted to ap-
preciate this. All they could see was
that their old-fashioned hand work
was no longer In demand. So they
burned Hargreaves' mill and wrecked
all his property they could lay hands
on. Other and luckier men took up
Hargreaves' idea Of the spinning len
ny and reaped untold fortunes from It.
Richard ArkwrIght, q Lancashire
barber, saw HargreaFes machine and
became Interested n the idea. In
1851 be added 70 Il BY inYepting 9
eSpinulns fFams" ArkWTiehtG @fFBmOg
~ taFsHs n lsF e'Fee q ap'psaS
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-09-09
-Four Men Who Were Punished for
Helping Mankind

or hardness, leaving the operator moth
ing to do but to join broken threads
and to feed" the machine with cot
ton. The spinning was done by rollers.
the carding passing through one pair
of rollers and being received by a
second and faster revolving pair. In
this way the thread could be drawn
out to any size.
Arkwright worked hard over this
device, neglecting his work as barber.
His family grew poorer and poorer.
His wife, a hot-tempered woman,
spent most Of her time scolding the
inventor for his lack OF money-earn-
: ing capacity. At last, one day in a
gust Of rage, she seized the just-cOm-
pleted machine and smashed It into
so fragments. All the work of years
was ruined and had to be gone over
again. The Unmatched couple sepa-
rated after this grand row. Arkwright,
after another long struggle, won sue
cess. He was made knight and ac-
quired a large fortune, out of which
he allowed his ex-wife $3.50 a year.
Samuel Crompton, poor widows
son, was next to improve the cotton
industry. The gravest flaw in the
previous inventions was that the con-
The Punishment slant breaking OF
q. s"r"a. threads hampered
Ino E.IIo~ Men the operator s
devised a simple way Of doing
away with the industry's chief
drawback He worked at this inven.
ton in every spare hour, supporting
himself meantime by playing the fid.
die In a local theater orchestra. He,
too, came in for his share of mob VIC.
lence, was forced to sell his idea for
$500 and died miserably poor.
So much for spinning. The old.
time slow method of hand.loOm weav.
ing was reVolutionized about the same
time by. John Kay, another English
Workingman. The same weaving sys.
tenn that had been used in Pharaoh's
time was still In vogue. No one had
taken the trouble TO change It for the
better. Kay, however, by a new sys-
tenn Of reeds, flying shuttle and other
additions, cut down the labor and time
Of weaving by One-half and doubled
the possible production Of cloth. For
this he was mobbed and his mill de-
stroysd. He Was for years the best
hated man IN England. Driven from
town 70 town. bis ne ana properly ~
Eayg n PERIL bO Of last dlsd,
IGppTHfsIsal
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-09-09

The most interesting announce
ment ever made in connection with
the automobile industry was I'M
doubtedly that made month or two
ago to the effect that the new models
Of the White Steam Cars could be run
on kerosene, or coal oil, instead Of
gasoline. Everyone at once recog-
nized that the use Of the new fuel
would add materially to the advan-
tages which the White already pos
sessed over other types Of cars.
There were some people, however,
who were sceptical as to whether or
not the new fuel could be used with
complete success, and, therefore, the
makers of the White Car, the White
Company, of Cleveland, Ohio, deter
mined to make public demonstra-
ton of the new fuel in the 1909 Gid
den Tour.
From the standpoint Of the public,
no test more satisfactory could have
been selected. First Of all, the dis
lance covered on the Glidden Tour,
from Detroit to Denver and thence to
Kansas City, was 1850 miles. This
was certainly more than sufficient to
bring cut any weaknesses, If such had
existed. Still more important was
the fact that the car was at all times
while on the road under the supervi-
sion of observers. named by those
who entered other contesting cars.
Therefore, it would have been impos'
sible for the driver Of the White to
have even frightened bolt without
the fact being noted and a penalty in
flicted. At night the cars were
guarded by Pinkerton detectives and
could not be approached by any one.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-09-09

A young New Highlander went down
TO Georgia In 1892 to teach school.
He was raw-boned Massachusetts
youth, Ell Whitney by name, who had
Just worked his way through Yale by
doing carpentry jobs and tutoring his
less clever classmates.
Young Whitney had no money; no
prospects. The part of Georgia to
which he went could support school
master only at starvation wages. 1t
was a farming section. Cotton was
the principal crop. There was not
much money in this product, for the
time and labor involved in picking
and cleaning It for market were too
great to allow large margin. Hence
the planters were poor and many of
them talked Of emigrating.
Whitney lived on the plantation Of
Gen. Nathaniel Greene's widow, a
thrifty soul, whO took a motherly in
terest in the poor New Highlander. He
Is also said to have been deeply in
love with pretty Georgia girl whom
mutual lack of funds prevented his
marrying.
The chief topic Of conversation in
the neighborhood was cotton, and the
chief complaint the difficulty OF sep
arating the lint from the seed In the
cotton boil. This work was all done
by hand. One man, working hard,
could only separate a single pound Of
cotton in day.
Mrs. Greene had noticed how handy
her young boarder was with carpen-
try tools and in improving and patch
ing up farm utensils. She told some
I,v..4. OF her neighbors
1h. co.4o- e, she was certain
~ O''0" N'"' he could devise
some sort Of apparatus for helping
them out of their difficulty. To please
the old lady. Whitney set to work
thinking out the desired invention.
Soon he became intensely interested
In 1t on his own account. He utilized
an clubhouse for his workshop and
drew up rough plan for what was
later to be known as "the cotton gin"
At last the first cotton gin was COM
plete. 1t was a mechanism of revolv.
ing brushes and saws, fitted up with
an automatic fan to throw aside the
lint as the machinery moved. By
means Of this invention, which sin
gle man or woman could operate, 1000
pounds of cotton could be separated
from the seeds in a day. In other
words, It would enable one man to