The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1909-04-20
NEWS FROM RALEIGH.
Correspondents Send out Interesting
News Items IRON RALEIGH.


The actual flattening of q bull
let against the skull of a negro
occurred here early Monday
morning when Lee Lawson and
Bud Hall engaged in a fight over
a game Of crap in a shanty on
the yards of the Seaboard Air
Line freight station and Hall
drew his 32-calibre revolver and
fired squarely at Lawson's head.
The ball struck on the right of
the forehead, plowed an inch or
such a matter to one side and
then fell to the ground flattened
almost out Of all resemblance to
a bullet. Hall fled thinking that
he had probably MORALLY wound
ed Lawson, but when he learned
the real result Of the shot he
presented himself to a justice of
the peace and submitted to the
charge of assault with deadly
weapon. The police say this case
is one of the most remarkable
illustrations of the resistance of
a negro's skull to a bullet they
have ever known. The bullet is
on exhibition at the police sta
ton as a curiosity.
WAR ON THE CATTLE TICK.
The work of eradicating cattle
ticks, which used to be all over
North Carolina, in most sections
in quantities beyond enumera-
ton, is certainly being actively
pressed and there are now in the
field twenty United States ex-
perts and eight State experts.
Forty-nine counties have been
cleared of ticks, these being in
the western section, and the
good work is now in progress in
eleven others, these being STAN
lily, Montgomery, Randolph, Lee,
Chatham, Wake, Franklin, Hall
fax, Nash, Edgecombe and Will
son. In Wake surprisingly few
ticks were found in the northern
part of thel county, which ad.
joins territory where the stock
law has been in force for years,
this county having been fol
many years also stock law terri.
tory. In the southern part OF
the county ticks are found al
eleven points. This territory ad.
joins what is known as free
range territory, where there has
never been the advantage of the
nofence law.
State Auditor Dixon, who spent
a couple of days at the Confed'
crate Soldiers Home at Rich.
mond, says he found conditions
there very much like they are
at the Home here. There are
260 inmates and the income o.
the institution is $50, 200 annual,
of which the State gives $35. 900
the remainder coming from tn
camps of veterans and from
other sources. For the first tim
this Home now has more room
than applicants for entrance; il
other words, eleven rooms ar
vacant and there is only one ap
licant. The superintendent toll
Mr.. Dixon he thought a turninl
, point had been reached; in othe
words, that the institution ha'
r reached its limit so far as mum
6 bers are concerned. The Soldier
Home here at Raleigh has had al
income Of SIS, 900 annually, bu
the last Legislature increased
to $4,000. 1t is now full and
seems able to care for all who az
ply. Perhaps the turning poin
has been reached here, toe
Auditor Dixon has ordered un
: Iiforrns for the inmates Of tn
/. Home here. They will cost SIS
! each. At Richmond the inmate
! wear uniforms all the time an
! a coat, vest, hat and two pair
! of trousers are issued each year
! It is not yet known whethe
! this rule will be followed here Q
! not.