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The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1909-01-29

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NOTES FROM RoxBoRO. ROUTE s.
Personals and Other Person County
Items by Roper.

Items by Roper.
G. H. Jones allowed the young
people Of this community to have
an apron hemming at his home a
few night ago. and Messrs.
Ernest Reams and Roger Tapp
won the prizes, as they were the
most expert hemmers.
On last Monday Mr.. s. A. r.
Morton repaired the bridge at
Barton's Mill, which was some
what wrecked in the last flood.
The writer has purchased a
horse from Messrs. Satterfiield,
Thomas & Winstead. The horse
will be five years old this spring.
This company handles fine young
stock.
A man passed this way some
time ago whose business it was
to enlarge pictures, and he said
in passing through a back woods
country, that the people did not
eat anything but geese and
possum. and he also remarked
that he could relish the latter.
but could not stand the former.
j. H. Reams and wife, of Rox-
boro, spent last Saturday night
with Mr.. Reams' mother. Mrs.
Ida Reams. Mrs. j. H. Reams'
sister Miss Maggie Davis. of
Allensville. also spent the night
with Miss Florence Reams.
w. I. Gentry is not doing
much grinding this week, as he
is held in by the grip, but the
grain continues to come in. MIR.
Gentry gets the praise by all his
customers, and the mill is now
\ paying well as it ever did.
i On last Saturday night Mrs.
Ida Reams' gave the young
people of this neighborhood a
tacky party, which was greatly
enjoyed by all present. The
prizes We're won by Miss Laura
Tapp and George Pearcc, they
being the tackiest looking people
present.
Messrs. Beam Reams and A.
X. Tapp have returned home
after spending about a week at
Buffalo Junction. Va, where
they spent the time very pleas
antly.
J. H. Howard has moved TO
the Whitfield neighborhood. and
Mr.. Towards family will be
good neighbors in that COMMUNE
! ~.
Miss Florence Reams is stay
ing with her grans mother, Mrs.
w. A. Barton. this week.
During this Indian summer
several Of our farmers have
burned plant beds. but we are of
the opinion that the seed will
stay under a thick covering Of ice
and snow before sprouting time. |
II old Roper has no bad luck
he will complete his canal in a
few days. A person asked Roper
what he would charge to cut an
other canal like that and he re-
piled that $3.50 would be no in
ducement to undertake another
Job like that one had been. The
canal will improve the land in
value more than $500.
Messrs. W. A. Barton and
Robert Ashley are going to try
The Durham tobacco market this
4
week. Hope they viii be as well
pleased with prices as they were
bome time ago. when they sold
IN the same market.
Sorry to hear Of Mr.. Harrison
hshley's low condition Of health.
Dir. Ashley is about so years Of
ege. ROPER.
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Administrators Notice.

Having this LAY qualified A. admins.
traitor of James Preston Putcat, deceased,
late of Durham county, all persons III.
debted 10 said estate will please come
forward and make immediate payment.
and oil persons holding claims against
said estate will present the same Ii the
undersigned on or before The 7ltii dav
OF Dec. 1yOg OF this notice will be plead
in bar Of their recovery.
This December 74th, lons.
Il. d. GuNTsR, Administrator
Of James Preston Poteat, tcceasr /.
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NORTH CAROLINA Ii the Superior
Durham County Court.
Lorcna Bcck
4. NOTICE
ii. Il HECK.

rs. NOIIIE
A. Il. BECK.
The defendant above named will take
notice that an action entitled rs above
has been commenced In tic Superior
Court 81 Durham County for absolute
divorce on tlie grounds III abandonment
and I.ofnication aiid Adui,ry and tile
said defendant will further take notice
that he i required 10 appear at the
next term Of the Superior Court Of said
coanty be held on the 9th Monday lie.
fore Isl Monday in March 1900, III
the Court house of said county III Dur
ham, ". G., and answer or deinur to the
complaint in said action. or the plain.
till will apply 10 the court for tile re-.
lief demanded in said complaint.
This 18th day Of Deccbcr. 1905.
G. n. GREEN
Clerk Superior Court.
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The makers OF DIR. Pierce's Fayorite Pre-
scription. for the cure Of weak. nervous. rum
down. over-worked. debiiitated. pain-racked
women. knowing this medicine 70 be made up
OF ingredients. every on. Of which has the
strongest possible Endorsement OF the leading
and standard authorities OF the several
schools OF practice. are perfectly willing. and
In FACT. are only TOO glad 20 print, as they do.
the formula, or list Of ingredients, Of which
u - composed. In plain En0lish. on every
bottle wrapper
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1909-01-29
O0 You Think
For Yourself !?

VI. 90 you open your mouth like young
pird and guip down whatever food or medi-
Sine maS be offered your
lay + = n 4
UAs6SrAan intelligent thinking woman.
In need oflSlkf from weakness, nervousness,
pain and suEsNng. then II means much to
you that there one tried and true honest
neQlclpe OK HS-cQkr0sITiQy. sold By
crngglsts for The cure Of wopan's ills.
The Washington herald., 1909-03-14

Lake Champlain and by way of Lake
Ontario and tie Mohawk River. II was
geographical and political considerations.
that induced the board Of engineers on
deep waterways to recommend the route
in United States territory.
In the decade since the report Of the
deep waterways board was prepared,
however radical changes have taken
place. The work on the Erie Canal en-
largements has now progressed too far,
IL is probable. TO permit a real deep
waterway large enough for Lake ship
ping 70 be made across New York State.
Further than tits the increase in land
values and the difficulties in obtaining
right of way across the State at the
present time would certainly turn the
balance Of economy in favor of the St.
Lawrence and Lake Champlain route.
II the Canadians start the bail rolling
by promptly enlarging the Welland Ca
nal, and particularly If they follow this
up with the enlargement OF the St Law
renee canals. there can be little doubt
that few years hence will see the ship
ping of the Lakes coming down 10 New
York City as well as Montreal. and voy-
aging through Long Island Sound and
along the Atlantic coast as we'll as in the
Lower st. Lawrence.
Canada will get her full recOmpense
for this seeming final diversion NJ traffic
from her seapOrts in the enlarged pros
perity OF her western provinces and in
the tolls which she could readily charge
upon a route Offering such great advan-
tages to commerce.
The Washington herald., 1909-03-14
S. A. L. PLANS WAITING
REORGANIZATION Vow seems 20 Be
Far in the Future

Ear IN the Future.
Baltimore. March &c. Sidney sbep-
ard. Of New Haven. y. Y. cha man of
the reorganization committee Of the Sea
board Air Line Railway. was IN Balti-
more this week on business connected
with that property. Mr.. Shepard called
upon several friends in the financial dis
trict and later attended a meeting Of the
board OF directors Of the International
Trust Company. Of whicbyhe Is member
Replying 10 a question as TO the prog
reSs the committee Is making IN formu-
lating a plan for the rehabilitation OF
the Seaboard. Mr.. Shepard said:
The attitude Of the committee ar the
present time is one OF waiting. Reor-
ganization has been considered. Of course
but only in the most general way- Thus
Tar not even a tentative plan has been
proposed and I cannot say WHOM we shah
get down 20 the real work Of preparing
plan for placing the Seaboard upon its
feet I can say this much. however
the reorganization committee realizes fll-
" its responsibilities and is keeping a
close watch upon the situation. with the
view Of rehabilitating the system unon
the strongest basis possible"
Mr.. Shepard was then told that the
feeling among Baltimore holders of the
stocks and bonds Of the company was
that reorganization would not be serious
ly considered for At least a year. and
probably longer. To this Mr.. Shepard
replied: "On that subject I am not IN
position to talk
The Washington herald., 1909-03-14
FL0GGING AT ETON.
Boys Are SwIsked There Now as
They Were Fifty Years Ago.

Flogging. or swishing. 10 give Il its
proper name. ike everything else AZ Et9n.
Is still conducted on the same lines as
fifty years ago. The birch and block
have never been supplanted by any new
tangled methods
Moreover. il is usual 10 present the
recipient OF 4 swishing with a small por-
ton OF the birch. partly as a pleasing
mementO Of the occasion end partly 10
ward OF any further desire for wrong
doing.
A swishing may be the outcome OF sew
eral things Perhaps the commonest rea-
son for punishment Is that q boy has been
complained Of 10 the head by his form
master. the phrase complained Of mean
ing that the master is dissatisfied either
with the boys work or general behavior.
Other backsliGings are smoking and cut
ting chapel the former being a particu-
larry -heinOus crime. Boys below the nth
form are attended 70 BY the lower mas
ter. euphemistically known as the flea. .
who has more or less complete authority
over the lower schools The ''uppers." or
seniors. are looked after by the head mas
ter in person
In either case the proceedings DO not
differ materially.
On the day OF execution a praeposter
comes around 70 the victims class room;
and asks II so and SO is in this divi-
siOn2" On the master in charge answer
ing Yes the praepOster calls out:
Head master wishes 70 see him after
p"
There is an ominous pause as these
dread words are uttered The master In
charge smiles grimly. the victim looks
sheepish. and turns white. the other boys
exchanging significant giances.
Twelve o'clock booms out all too soon.
writes an old Etonian Ia the Gentle
woman AS the class clatters out down
the stairs. the victims friends cluster
round him and overwhelm him with hints
and tit-bits Of information. Does he
know the heads always IN a worse halt
on Mondays did he see that new ios
Of birches that went up only the other
day?'' and so on. II Is a horrid. heartlesS
world
Arrived az the execution chamber. Se
Is confronted with the two praepostors
whose duty II is 10 hold down." an Office
which is generally rather a sInecure,
though occasionally boys have been
known 10 struggle furiously. The head
master now appears. and n solemn ac-
cents says: "Kneei there, boy" indicat-
ing the block as he speaks.
over the next few seconds one may
draw a veil-enough 70 say that IN the
majority Of cases three OF four strokes
are held 70 be sufficient
The Washington herald., 1909-03-14
600 OrIentaI. in os MiIe..

In a brief field with the Ways and
Means Committee. J. H. Bloedel, Of Bell
ingham, Wash. makes affidavit in which
he says that he Is familiar with the
mountain districts Of British Columbia,
and continues: The removal Of the
tariff on lumber Is likely 70 food the
prairie States with lumber from this sec
tion, produced by cheaper Oriental labor
TO the detTiment OF the American manu-
facturer located in the States OF Idaho
and Western Montana and the Pacific
Coast Of the State OF Washington" Vic
tor Beckman. Of Seattle. has also made
the misleading. because incomplete. state
ment that the British Columbia govern
ment does not place head tax on the
japanese. He neglected TO state that by
convention between Canada and Japan
the japanese are practically excluded
from British Columbia.
The Washington herald., 1909-03-14
MOTOR VEHICLES IN AUSTRALIA
Oeennia Takes Many Automobiles,
Trucks, and Cycles.

According 10 a customs return recently
issued, S559 motor vehicles were imported
into Australia from 1901 10 1867. OF this
total II75 went 20 New South Wales, ]. 4ss
to Victoria 1a2 To Queensland. 4ss 20 south
Australia. 224 10 Western Australia. and
96 20 Tasmania. The total import value
Of these vehicles was s. 39e.I25. and the
duty paid on them amounted 10 SOL IO5.
or the total number Of automobiles i'm
ported during the years stated. no less
than a9S were imported from the United
States. In the year 1893 the United States
sent 20 Australia Il automobiles. valued
AT S55-962. in 1904. lSl. valued at S.5. .5S5. in
l905, -, valued az SS3.7S9. and IN 1906. a.
valued at S51.Sf. The figures for 1907 are
not YET complete, nor IS il possible 10 get
the figures for the first three-quarters OF
i9CS
Motor cycles imported during the nine
months ended September 30. 1915. were
valued AT $59.56l. the duty being SIC. ssl.
Bodies for automobiles motor trucks
and wagons. valued at Sl35.0Il. were i'm
ported during the same period tie dirty
amounting 10 $3.50 There We're further
imported during the nine months under
review chassis for automobiles. motor
trucks and wagons OF a total value OF
3.29i and the duty upon these amount
ed 10 So 4S9.
The Washington herald., 1909-03-14
Rubber Factory I'm In5,a

A rubber factory Is now In full opera
ton at Sourabaya, Netherlands. India.
The article is extracted from rubber
leaves by a chemical process. But It
takes immense quantities Of the leaves
and twigs 20 be worked OF to reach
profitable results. The difficulty is to
get regular supplies OF the raw material.
This has set capitalists at Sourbaya upon
the idea of starting a like factory close
TO the sources OF supply, at Banfermas-
sin. IN Dutch Borneo, where gutta-percha
trees are plentiful. Money for the pur-
pose has been raised.
The Washington herald., 1909-03-14
BALTIMOREAN ON THE BOARD
William C. Seldom Will Shape Fl
nances of A. C. C. 81.
New Policies VIII Be introduced in
Big Industrial Enterprise
Of Alabama.

Baltimore. March 13.-The election OF
William c. Seddon. Of Baltimore. as
chairman Of the executive and financial
committees Of the Alabama Consolidated
Coal and Iron Company has been well re-
ceived in this city, where the stocks and
bonds Of the company are largely held
Mr.. Seldom is known to have disagreed
with President HOadley in regard 10 with
holding the dividend on the preferred
stock. This dividend, which IS 7 per cent
annually, payable quarterly, is cumu-
lative. and is now in arrears for FIVE
quarters, the amount due being about
S100 900. Mir. Seddon favors using sur
plus earnings for paying dividends. He
is arranging to go 10 Birmingham TO
thoroughly investigate the iron situa-
ton in general and the prospects OF the
Alabama Consolidated properties in par
ticUlar. with a view to recommending
certain changes in the corporations fnan-
cial policy which may lead TO quick re-
sumption Of dividends on the preferred
shares.
The company now has three Of its four
furnaces in operation. which are produc-
ing iron at the rate Of 12.OO0 10 1900 tons
a month. The output is sold FOR four
months ahead. the prices being $13 a ton
at Birmingham. The three furnaces run
ming are said TO turn out as much pig iron
as and of a better quality than IL did the
four year ago. This is due to improved
methods introduced and more efficient Ia
Dor. Prior to the slump in the iron trade
the Alabama Consolidated was one Of the
most prosperous industrials OF its kind in
the South, but. like other corporations. Ii
suffered severely during the hard times
In the fiscal year ended October 81 the
company fell short $4,79S Of earning its
fixed charges, including dividends on
preferred stock Sales OF iron and coal
have steadily increased since NovembeR.
and many believe that the company Is
in position to resume dividends
The Washington herald., 1909-03-14
TOBACCO TRUST PROSPERS.
Annual Report shows 1908 Was It's
Most Successful Year,

The American Tobacco Company was
not affected by the business depression
last year; indeed, It was the most pros
porous year the company ever expert
enced. In the twelve months ended De-
cember 81, 1908. net earnings amounted to
S2S,704. 405. compared with S27, 81, ,O19 IN
1907 and S26, 4O6.373 IN 1906.
After charges there was a balance
equal to SIS per cent on the common
stock, against 424 per cent in the pre-
ceding year. Surplus after dividend was
$5.47l.554. The report shows cash on hand
Of S19.S61.726 against S9. 9.719,25 in the year
before Detailed results for two years
follow:
The Washington herald., 1909-03-14

With a capital Of $4,000 there has been
created at Berlin a new company styled
the Sudborneo Bergwerks Aktiengesells-
chaft- The company intends TO work 4
colliery in the southeast OF Borneo with
an area Of 1000 acres. The company in
tends 10 sell the coal especially as bunker
coal, which latter is said 10 be fully
equal 10 the japanese coal. and better
t.an the British Indian coal
The Washington herald., 1909-03-14
CANALS WOULD AID
RAILROAD TRAFFIC
ContInaed from Poo onr.


has built up Baltimore. Norfolk. and
Newport News. and the business which
now avoids her port because il can be
done cheaper elsewhere will never. come
10 her doors In fact. the providing ~
ample and well-arranged terminals IS the
greatest single item among the many
which go 70 make Up the total OF efficient
transportation facilities.
The construction Of a canal. or OF a
system Of canals, is a simple matter. as
compared 10 the conception Of and the
correct solution Of ali the preIimlnaries.
Once financial means are assured. once
we establish the policy that such adillncts
10 our present lines Of traffic are 10 be
provided. natural but wild and senseIess
scramble viii ensue for "a slice from the
pork barrel" Every little town. every
little city-not 70 mention every state
will demand 20 have its own little pct
canal. and such demands once conceded.
would not only cover the face OF nature
with useless and unsightly scars. but
would drive the nation. and probably
some OF our States nearly 20 bankruntcv
The only way 10 prevent such wasteful
and unnecessary results viii be 10 take
the whole matter absolutely out Of poT-
tics-as much so as are the deliberations
Of our national Supreme Court.
would Regulate Rates.
The argument that canals are needed
as a regulator Of rates may be noted
The same result Is sought to be produced.
through national and State laws. Neither
plan will prove effective
Two propositions may be laid down as
axiOms:
"First-Any article or commodity. natur-
al or artificial. for which there Is
legitimate demand, will be moved;
And. second-It should be moved at
sucn rates as VIII pay the cost Of trans
portaticn, plus fair profit TO the car
rier.
ANY other attempted solution Of the
problem viii result in failure. and. in
the end, In greater loss 10 the public
than 10 the carrier.
Looking into the future. there is an
other factor. which, although a side Is
sue. may become a very important one.
In the construction OF canals as a
natural result, there viii be the develop
ment of a large amount of water power.
which. properly handled. can be made 10
produce at low cost. power heat. and
light, through the medium of electricity
This will enable US TO conserve orr coal
supply. and thus 10 add millions 10 orr
material resources which we are drawing
so heavily upon. And no interest IS. more
concerned in the Cheapness of power
whether produced from coal or any other
agency-than the railroads For such rea-
son alone. they should feel deep con
cern in the successful Inauguration OF
canal system which they are bound 20 de-
rive such substantial benefits.
For another and very logical reason,
the railroads should not oppose the con-
struction of canals. A study Of the past
does not disclose any case where water
ways have driven railroads out OF busl-
ness, or have even caused them distress:
quite the contrary. as doubtless a mo-
ment's thought will convince the most
superficial student of the history OF water
transportation in the United States
through the by-gone years."
The Washington herald., 1909-03-14
Demand Special Privileges.

The main condition imposed by Ger
man bankers before issuing on the Ger
man markets portion Of the last Chinese
loan was that special privileges should
be granted TO German industries in the
Of the Tientsin-Pukow line.
IN accordance with that condition a Ger
man-Chinese export firm has received
a very large order for rails. bridges.
locomotives, and building material to be
used on the railway.
The Washington herald., 1909-03-14

A number Of Bangkok firms have been
asked to tender bids for the supply Of
stores to the Siamese railway depart
ment during the coming year. This Is the
first occasion on which the suppIv of
stores has been opened TO competition by
tender, and much satisfaction is felt
at the departure.
The Washington herald., 1909-03-14

Plans have been completed for building
road from Centerville to Perryville.
Tenn. 10 connect with a branch OF the
Nashville. Chattanooga and St Louis.
now operated from Lexington to the Ten
nessee River. The territory is one Of the
largest peanut-producing localities in the
Tennessee River bottoms.
The Washington herald., 1909-03-14
The Rule.

From the Cleveland Leader.
mo one understands mer' he groaned:
mo one on earth
It Is the old story wrung from many
tortured youthful heart The sufferer is
generally mistaken. but the pain is no less
poignant. Yet in this instance the mans
complaint was true. Nobody on earth
could understand him.
For he an announcer OF trains at
the union depot
The Washington herald., 1909-03-14

An examination Of nearly 1000 pupils
IN London's elementary schools showed
1.3 per cent more or less seriously affiict-
ed with pulmonary tuberculosis. Should
this percentage be carried out through all
the schools. London has over 1000 tuber-
culosis children.
The Washington herald., 1909-03-14

The Bavarian government has discon-
tinued the construction OF seIf-contained
motor CATS on its state railroads and Is
building instead light but powerful four
wheeled locomotives to naul single cars
10 ObYiate the difhculty Of the entire
car being idle when ics motor needs re-
pairs.
The Washington herald., 1909-03-14
Chevy Chase Invites.

Among the subdivi' oDs which are the result Of the
desire the part Of urba weers i've the woods
and fields and still be touch with the life and business
OF the city none Offers many advantages Chevy
Chase.
No other section around Washington has had the
healthy growth this the desirable Of ali the sub
divisions that have been placed the market Do be
misled BY aluring propositions OF real estate NEAR
CHEVY CHASE Buy IN CHEVY CHASE the Sub
urb Beautiful of the District Of Columbia This section
has had time grow and the homeseeker who buys lot
a Chevy Chase does not have the mushroom sur
roundings of an imperfecy built subdivision. Instead he
finds locality well laid out with reasonable restrictions
street lines established neghbors in plenty and CON-
munity that has all the elements OF stability. 1t well
to remember that the future development Of residential
Greater Washington viii be north OF the Connecticut
Avenue Bridge that the quantity of ground naturally
limited and that the demand constantly increasing.
The population OF CHEVY CHASE is made up Of
hghgrade business and professional men, the men you
know and want for neighbOrs- These have built
their homes, and result the entire section carries
touch OF the individuality Of the owners The houses
have not been put up IN by one builder and all
designed by architect
The service nearly perfect as suburban af-
nc be made, and the Traction Co.. stands ready
all the needs OF the territory that It's continued
growth demands There foot OF poor roadway TO
be raversed reaching IT, undesirable sections pass
through The continuous sale Of this property during
the demand-demand makes price. Land values in any
section Of the National Capital must increase and this IS
acknowledged to be the best section.
PIatS, Prices, and Particulars from
THOS. ]. FISHER & COMPANY, incorporated,
73S 18th Street Northwest