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The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1909-05-06
PERSONALS AND OTHER ITEMS
Roper Send Is Many Items Of Interest
from Route s, ROxb0r0.


from Route 5, ROxb9ro.
Ed Clayton was around a few
days ago gathering May apple
roots and when asked what he
did with the roots he said he used
them for medicine. / tried his
remedy and found that it was a
success, but a very bitter one.
Mr.. Tingley, foreman on the
N. & w. Railway, came to my
home a few days and went with
me to the pig pen, where we
found one pig that semmed to be
dead. Mr.. Tingley took the pig
by the fore leg and lifted it out
of the pen and laid it down on
the ground. and the pig did not
seem to be breathing. l opened
its mouth and it jumpred up and
ran off. Mr.. Tingley said he
never expectey to see that for
he thought the pig was dead.
However, he was doubtless
asleep.
Recently Mr.. w. T. Gentry
lost three chickens. which were
caught by a large hooting owl in
the day time.
Last week Mr.. J. F. Reams ad-
mitted a fine little man into his
home, and Mr.. Reams is thinking
about how much good help he
is going to have in the future,
provided his loving little boy lives
and does we'll.
Farmers in this community
have just about finished planting
corn now they are preparing
their tobacco land. Some far
mers are of the opinion that a
full crop will not be planted this
year, owing to the scarcity of
plants, and if the crop would
be cut off by half the farmers
would realize better prices for
their tobacco. We all know that
it is not best to overstock the
market.
A. 0'Briant recently had bad
luck with two horses, as they
ran into a barbed wire fence and
inflicted some bad wounds. :
PRETTY HOME WEDDING.
Last Tuesday, April 9th, Mr..
Willie Tapp and Miss BERTHE
Laws. Leonard Barton and Miss
Florence Reams, Beam Reams
ans Miss Bessie Laws, and the
writer took a flying trip to
Granville county, to be present
at the marriage Mr.. Ernest
Reams and Miss Ethel Timber
lake, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
F. M. Undertake, which occurr-
ed on the 18th. / deemed it a
pleasure to speak the words that
united the couple in wedlock. 1t
is seldom that we ever see a more
beautiful home marriage. The
parlor was tastefully and beauti-
fully decorated. Those in at
tendance Mr.. Cleve Undertake
and Miss Florence Reams, Mr..
Beam Reams and Miss Pattie
Bowling, Mr.. Willie Tapp and
Miss BERTHE Laws. Mr.. Leonard
Barton and Miss Bessie Laws.
After the marriage, which was
at nine o'clock on Wednesday
morning, the wedding party re-
turned TO the home of Mrs. Ida
Reams, mother Of the groom,
where we found a table supplied
with everything that a hungry
man could desire after taking a
trip of about 40 miles. After all
had enjoyed the repast. | never
saw young people and old people
seem to realize more social enjoy
ment at a wedding. The bride
and groom are. both exceeding
ly popular and belong to the
most heightened families Of the
county. They were recipients
Of many valuable presents.
ROPER.
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The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1909-05-06
PILES CURED BY TETTERINE

one application Of TETTERfNE cured me of
sass ~ Itching piles had for Eve years - Bay
narn Benton. Watsrhoro, 3. g. TETTERfNE is
.ns c"s nnianing cure for eczema. letter. ring
worm. Old sorea. lnfaufs, sofre eralp dl.aaess
1an1fun, etc, Call for TETTERlNf AZ your
afuTgnts ~ he y out ~ ~ don't let Rim irnpnse
hApu4iitdie upon you, bot write direct. nendlne
- " The shaplins ca, Savannah. Ca.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1909-05-06

1T is a dull day when Senator
Tillman can get around that he
is not heard from.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1909-05-06

If the result Of the election
suits you or not, what are you
going to do about it?
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1909-05-06

My stock is complete for the
spring trade, don't fail to look
them over before you buy.
B. w. HoBG0oD.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1909-05-06

DID you carry your children to
the circus, or did you borrow
your neighbours children.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1909-05-06

Itch cured in 30 minutes by wooiford's
Sanitary Lotion. Never fails. Sold N
iIae.nsy Bsos.. Druggists.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1909-05-06

DR. Eliot declares that oratory
is on the decline. But still il is
to millions that money
las not lost the power Of speech.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1909-05-06

THE railroad may be a good
place to 20 to sleep upon, but we
prefer 10 sic y uEdisslr5ed.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-16
Humorous 9epartmsnt.
IL Affected Them.

The rain, which had come so sud
denly and Unexpectedly, was falling
in torrents.
Among the persons who had taken
shelter under a friendly Madison
street awning was a fashionably
dressed woman.
'I beg your pardon, madam" said
a plainly attired man, considerably
past middle age. stepping up to her
and lifting his hat, "but want to Of
fer you my sincere thanks"
What do you mean, sir?" she said
Thanks for what?"
81 never expected to see 1t again,
he went on with tears in his eyes. 1T
has been nearly thirty years since
SILENCE what, sir? What are you
talking about?"
Pardon my emotion, madam, but
used to live in Salt Lake City, and
"I have nothing to do with Salt
Lake City, sir. 1 never was there In
my life"
But 1 was. That was my home for
many years. And when 1 saw
when you saw what?"
THAT hat Of yours, madam. II
brought back the old thrill. It's an
exact reproduction Of the great Nor
mon Tabernacle, which my eyes have
heen aching, through all the weary
years, to see once more before 1 die!
My longing has been satisfied at last
and I thank you from the bottom of
a grateful heart!"
Again lifting his hat, he stepped
forth into the pouring rain and strobe
rapidly down the street, wipins MS
eyes as he walked.-Chicago Tribune.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-16
MILLIONS OF PIGEONS.
Two Hundred Young Pigeons From a
Single Tree.

The passenger pigeon lays only two
eggs, but seldom rears more than one
chick in each nest. The number of
these birds was formerly enormous. In
the early part of the nineteenth CEN
tury the ornithologist, Wilson, gave a
wonderful account Of them, writes
Professor Wallace in the Independent.
One Of their breeding places in Ken
lucky was a tract of forest land forty
miles long and several miles wide, and
in this space in April and May almost
every tree was crowded with nests,
both on the higher and lower
branches. AS soon as the young were
fully grown people came from the
whole country round and camped
there, feeding on the young birds and
carrying away sacks, or even wagons
full of them. During this time the
noise made by the myriads Of birds,
both with voice and wing, was con-
tinuous roar like thunder so loud as
to render it difficult to make ones self
heard. The ground was covered with
broken limbs of trees, eggs and young
pigeons, on which herds Of hogs came
to fatten, while high overhead birds Of
prey-hawks, buzzards and eagles
were sailing about and selling the
young birds from the nests. The coun-
try people cut down the trees most la
den with nests, and sometimes got 200
young pigeons from a single tree. The
parent birds daily roamed the country
to a distance of nearly 100 miles for
their food. Wilson describes one Of
these great focks on it's daily excur-
sion as being more than d mile wide
and Of very great depth. in the air far
above gunshot. They flew with i'm
mense speed-50, 60 miles an hour
and the stream went on for several
hours before it diminished in density
and some hours more in struggling
parties. He calculated, roughly, that
this one flock. going to and from one
breeding place, contained about 200,-
100000 of birds, and this was only one
out of many such aggregations known
at that time in the United States.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-16
Real Antique.-The collector Of an

tiques stopped off at Bacon Ridge.
Good day, sir" he said, addressing
the postmaster. II am collecting old
fashioned articles and would like tc
know if 1 could find anything like that
in this hamlet. Say antique mugs, fol
instance"
Uncle Jason stroked his chin whis-
kers.
Antique mugs? By heck, I know
the very place where thar be two OF
them, now"
"You do? Here's a good cigar Now
where can l find these antique mugs"
why, down on Main street, in Hi
ram Spruceby's barber shop Grandad
Wheatly and Pap Simmons are in
there getting shaved and, by heck
when it comes to antique mugs, reck-
on thars be the oldest in the country
stranger" r."-Exchange.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-16

Returned the Souvenir.-"David
Belasco, the playwright was being
congratulated on the success Of his
latest play" said Simon B. Bernheim-
er Of New York, at the Arlington the
other night. Writing plays is peril
Gus business said Mr.. Belasco
thoughtfully. with every fresh play
an author risks his ALL Past triumphs
don't count. He who has written twen-
ty superb pieces is just as likely to
be damned on his twenty-first as any
tyro.
THE public is critical and just be-
fore 1t is kind. / remember once
"Mr. Belasco laughed.
There was once" he resumed, q
playwright who sat in the front row
of stalls at the first night Of new
play of his. The piece failed. 1t fall
ed dreadfully. In fact, in the middle
of the third act the entire company
was Kissed off the stage.
LAS the playwright sat, pale and
sad, amid the uproar, a lady behind
him leaned over and said: Excuse
me, sir; but knowing you to be the
author of this play, I took the liberty
at the beginning Of the performance
of shipping off lock Of your nair
Allow me now to return it to you" -
Washington Herald.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-16
Worked Both Ways.

"Old Jacobb Weatherly Is man Of
extreme regularity, and on the prin-
ciple Of early to bed.' etc., Is the best
guiding rule for a household, he in
sists that every one under his roof and
authority shall retire at $50 o'clock,
said Jacob Krammerer Of Philadelphia
recently.
"As may be readily understood
continued Mr.. Krammerer, this rule
sometimes proves irksome to the
younger members Of the family, espe-
cially to Charles.
Recently, however, Charles reach
ed mans estate, and on his birthday
Jacob gave him his blessing. have
no longer any authority over you,
he said, now that you are 81 years old,
you must act as pleases you best
"On the following Saturday evening,
therefore, Charles returned home at
Ills o'clock and raped at the door.
who's that?' said Jacob from the
window.
Charles replied his son.
but why do you come home at this
hour? Don't you know we lock up at
9.3O%
Yes demonstrated the youth, but
I'm gone twenty one now, and can do
as please
"'Quite son., said the old man, but
so can l. And the window went down
with a bang, and Charles was left to
face the dark fact that twenty one
worked two ways"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-16
MAsoNs IN MOTHER TEMPLE.
Sessions Held In "SoIomon's Quarries."
at Jerusalem.

"Solomon's Quarries," lost for ages
and found by accident, are attracting
considerable attention just now, es-
pecially among members of the Ma
sonic fraternity, says a Washington
letter.
These quarries are under ancient
Jerusalem, and according to tradition,
the site is the birthplace Of Masonry
The Masonic lodge in Jerusalem holds
occasional sessions there now.
In a report to the state department,
Thomas R. Wallace, American consul
at Jerusalem, gives some interesting
facts.
Il am informed" he says, by Mr.
Floyd, one Of the oldest American resi-
dents Of this country, that Robert
Morris, of the United States, brought
out a charter from the Grand Lodge
Of Canada, and with Henry Mondsley
an English engineer; Charles Meter
a French Jew, and others, founded the
Royal Solomon Mother Lodge, No 293
August 7, 1873.
"Mr. Floyd was senior warden at the
time and later became master Of the
lodge.
| This lodge had the charter taken
away a few years ago on account OF
bad management. Several attempts
have been made to procure a new
charter, all of which failed.
These quarries, known as King
Solomons, have no seating or other
conveniences. Still Masons meet there
from time to time, notably during the
travelling season.
1.-THE quarries are municipality prop
erty, and an admission Of one franc Is
charged. Masonic meetings can be
held at any time. The last one was
held less than a year ago.
"I have been able to count up only
seventeen members of the Masonic fra
ternity, though doubtless there are
quite a few more.
Reference is made to the discovery
Of the quarries, and it Is Of interest to
note that all records concerning them
seem to have been lost, and their dis
covery was by pure accident. The sto-
ry Is that a certain DR.. Barclay was
out hunting and his dog disappeared
in a hole under the north wall Of the
city. AS he failed to reappear the
doctor tore away the weeds and earth
covering the orifice, until the hole was
sufficiently enlarged for him to enter
in search Of his dog, and thus the
quarries were discovered.
II understand that some Of the large
circular areas common in the quarry
are used by visiting Masons for lodge
purposes. The length Of time the quar-
ry has been lost is a matter Of coniec-
ture. Probably the entrance was clos
ed at the time Of the destruction Of
the city by the Romans, or from con-
slant accumulation of debris.
"As an indication Of the length of
time the quarry has been closed, at
tention is called to a find made by Mr..
Page, Of the American colony Of Jeru-
salem, in the quarry many years ago.
small pottery lamp was discovered
by him filled with dust composed Of
the dust particles that float in the air.
These particles would remain in the
vessel after falling, protected by the
rim from disturbing currents. The
pottery lamp is one that was probably
used by the workmen in the quarry.
It contained only the accumulation of
dust atoms, and as it was about one
inch in depth and was full, 1t will be
seen that ages must have passed to
thus fill the vessel"
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-16
Before
You Leap---

The record of the Mutual Benefit
Life Insurance Company, covering
period Of "a years, shows that 1t has
never failed to give each policy holder
a square deal while living and his es-
tate or beneficiaries the same kind Of
treatment after his death. Following
lis one Of the numerous incidents In its
career, and was related by Mr.. g. e.
Black one Of the company's general
agents for the territory embracing st.
Louis, Mo-, at a meeting OF the COM
pany's general agents held In Chica-
go last month:
MANY Of our older agencies can
doubtless duplicate our experience at
the St Louis Office several years ago,
which will tell as nearly as possible
in the words of my good friend and
partner, who vouches for its authen-
ticity:
Several years ago gentleman ap-
peared at the office and laid down
three policies-$5,000 Glass A. $4,000
Glass B. and $4,000 ordinary life, on
the life of his father who had Just
died. He said he had read the policies,
understood that the first two We're
paid-up, and worth their face, but
with a long drawn sigh) that the
other having lapsed several years be-
fore, was worthless. He had read the
latter policy carefully, and being a
lawyer had interpreted the terms cor
rectly. (The Life policy was Of the Is
sue Of 1862 A sufficient time hay-
ing been given to allow the impression
to soak in, he was given Blank Proof
Of Loss, and the suggestion was made
that he include the $4,000 in his claim.
and 1t would be paid. He was natur-
| ally perplexed at this, and the expla-
nation being given, he said feelingly,
| (for he was a half-owner In the in
surance), this Is very generous! He
was promptly reassured on this point
and It was made clear that the officers
Of the MUTUAL BENEFIT had no
authority to be generous with the
company's funds, but that 1t was an
illustration Of q very fair article Of
justice, and an exemplihcation OF
strict mutually"
No other company In business would
have paid the policy voluntarily, under
similar circumstances
You do not need to know anything
about insurance in order to get all that
is coming to you under Mutual Ben
eft contract.
Look before you leap. 1t Will cause
sorrow and vain regrets II you leap
first and then look.
Sam M GRIST. Special Aoeut
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-16
ScALPING.
Indian Tradition That Tells the Origin

Indian Tradition That Tells the Origin
of ti.e Custom.
According to the Indian tradition,
scalping arose in this wise:
Hundreds, perhaps thousands, Of
years ago, when all the Indians in the
world were of one tribe and under
one chief, there arose a dispute in
the tribe as to who should succeed
the old chief, who had just died with
out issue. There were two principal
aspirants to the honor, each having
a considerable following. The dis
pute finally ended with strife and
war, and for the first time in the his
tory was "brothers' blood shed by
brothers"
The chief of one of the factions
had a beautiful daughter, and one Of
the bravest warriors was a suitor for
her hand. Her father consented to
the match on one condition-that the
young brave should journey to the
camp of the enemy, many miles
away through the deep snow, kill the
chief, his rival, and return with some
unmistakable token of his death. In
spite of the snow and the distance,
the young man Immediately set out
on his journey and, after lying in am
bush for several days, finally entered
the camp, boldly attacked the chief
in his tent, slew him and cut off his
head.
Next morning the murder was dis
covered, and the tribe set off in hot
pursuit. Little by little they gained
upon the fleeing warrior, who in his
anxiety to elude his pursuers cast
away all his impediments, to his very
clothing, retained only his stone knife
and the trophy which was to win him
his bride
His pursuers gained rapidly until
finally so near did they come he could
hear them on his trail. His grew
some burden grew heavier and heavi-
er, and as last resort he whipped
out his knife, stripped the scalp from
the head Of the dead man and, thus
lightened of his load, reached his own
camp in safety, presented to his chief
the token Of his prowess and was wed,
amid great rejoicing to the damsel Of
his choice.
From thenceforth he was permitt-
ed to wear an eagles feather in hts
cap, and to this day the eagles feath-
er remains the sign of the successful
warrior, the number he displays de-
pending upon the number Of scalps
he has taken.-Chicago Record-Her-
aid
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-16

A Supposable Case.-This story is
being told on Kansas lawyer. The
lawyer was arguing case before a
Judge and desiring to illustrate by
supposing a case, he did so, as follows:
I'VE will suppose, your honor" he
said, that your honor were to steal a
horse"
mo, no, no." interrupted the judge
mot at all, not at all, sir" 'Tain't a
supposable case, sir"
Very well, begging your honors
pardon" said the eager lawyer, with
more zeal than prudence: very well
then, supposing that I should steal a
horse"
"Ah, yes, yes" said the judge, that
is a very different thing, very different
Mr.. X Proceed, sir."-Kansas City
Journal.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-16
FRIDAY, JULY I6, 1909.
terics and refuse positively ever to

terics and refuse positively ever to
let me enter the house again?'
Something of the sort, dearest
And didn't you give me to under
stand that we would probably have TO
meet clandestinely, and that In all
probability we would have to elope
and take the chances afterward Of the
old folks forgiveness?"
She smiled winningly
Yes, dear; but Just think Of 1t. It
has all been arranged so nicely, with
out one Of my forebodings coming true.
Indeed. / may say that father and
mother are both delighted. Now, the
only question is when to fix the we'd
ding day."
But the young man shook his head.
I'm awfuliy sorry, to disappoint
go home and think this over. You are
all little bit too anxious to get mel
Bits.
Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1909-07-16

Just quilted the air Is cool and still
But in this wood, although shadowe6
from the sun by the precipice, a close
hot, fitful wind is always blowing ol
rather whirling up and down the deer
carven hollows and rugged ridges; lit
tie whirlwinds suck the fallen leaves
They never rest, these leaves. In the
west we are used to thinking of q
fallen leaf as something small, fallen
from something large. But in the
east, where everything is upside down
fallen leaf is teak leaf, two fee,
long, fallen from a puny stunted stem
Beyond the wood is the cliff. The
last few hundred yards are real
climb, up steps worn in the hard bak-
ed clay by the feet Of worshippers
And so to the ledge in front Of the
caves. Beneath Is the wood, and above
the rock. 1t is not a natural ledge, but
carved out Of the precipice, so that
the doors Of the caves are a little way
withdrawn. Besides this the precipice
is in the form Of a semicircle, that nc
ray of sun, even in the torrid days OF
May, can ever have fallen on the ledge
And in the wild monsoon whether the
sheet Of water running off the face OF
the cliff above forms a natural veil
shutting off the caves from the outer
world.
On each side are rows Of cells and
the central is temple, with shrine
and carved pillars. The carving has
been partially torn from the pillars
leaving the rough core. Who has done
this thing? Not the Mussulmans. Oh!
tree, you suggest? No. You forgot;
trees do not grow in caves Who
then? Devout Hindus. Time and
again has some cultivator come thith-
er whose heir perhaps has been toe
long expected in vain. Hacking off a
figure from the pillar and toiling down
the slope again, he returns to his hut
Covering the figure with red lead, he
stands it in a corner. After some days
the heir is born. And the figure be-
comes the household god, the "dev.'
Some of the carving is already strip
ped from these pillars. And 1t all will
20 unless the scions Of the houses of
"Sonavle" appear in the world when
desired.
1.-The cells on each side Of the main
cave once held hermits. They drank
the water that gathered in these els
terms and ate the grain that was
brought to them by the temple visi-
tors. When they had no grain they
tasted or smoked themselves into in
sensibility. All the livelong day they
sat and looked out, as We are looking
on to the stretches Of rice fields far
below, blotted from view here and
there this February morning by smoke
from the rab fires, and listened, as we
are listening, to the dolorous churn-
ing of the wind in the wood below.
Thus they sat on without bodily COM
forts and without passions, meditating
themselves into oneness with the all
pervading Brahma-
The minister went and the mer-
chants went and still they meditated
on. But with the departure Of the
worldly ones the visitors to the cliff
temple became less frequent. There
was no grain to eat. One by one they
rose and went to another place. They
are gone, and the carving on the pill
lars is going. Only the all pervading
Brahma remains and the dolorous
churning Of the wind in the wood and
the dripping veil of monsoon water
from the cliff-London Globe.