The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-05-05

North Carolina NeirS
A. c. l. Increases Wages -
1t was announced from the genera
Offices in this city yesterday that tn
Atlanta Coast Line Railroad compan,
has increased on average Of abou
ser per cent salaries Of clerks. agent
and other employees who receive $12
per month or less.
This increase Is effective May
1910 and applies to several thousan
Wilmington Star.
Nearly Drowned
Last Wednesday, at Maple Cypress
D. p Street. C. H. Daughty and Bry
an Wellington were out in a ga
boat when the engine kicked on
and refused to work and the boa
was carried against the bridge by
strong freshet in the river. Tn
draw Of the bridge could not be oper
|, ed and the upper part of the boa
caught up against the bridge, an
the boat was threatened to be sucs
ed under. A colored man, went :
their rescue and taking on the tire
men, the boat pulled away an
the men saved from drownng-Ne,
Bern Journal.
Dug Up Skeleton.
While digging foundation for Dl
R. NJ. Brame's new home, on the col
ner of Ninth and streets, in Mort
i Wikesboro Friday. WORKINGS
unearthed an almost perfectly pr
served skeleton. Considerable specl
tation centers about whose unident
fed remains thus nnocently d
turbed but no one seems to know Q
has any means of knowing The phi.
y sicians who have seen the bones, e,
press the belief that il must have bee
colored man, II so, the body wa
q probably buried there during slav
4 times long before the civil war;
Wilkes Patriot
The Trial Postponed.
The tr.ai OF Conductor Pnsol
charged with abduction, which was
have been held before Judge Mile
IN the county court this morning. hs
been indefinitely postponed. The youn
woman who alleges betrayal, accor
panied by her mother came to Sail
bury from Sssncer early In the NOR
ing but returned to Spencer befo'
court convened and after counsel Il
both the state and defense had agree
to a postponement. Walter Murph
ESQ., and T. F. Hudson, ESQ., appet
for Conductor Pinson. and Clements
Clement assisting the solicitor
the prosecuton-Sali Post
Half Holiday to Begin Today.
II was currently rumored that Il
half holiday given Saturdays
the Atlantic Coast Line employees d,
Il ing the summer months would beg
sooner than usual this season, a
this confirmed today by the A.
l. officials In this city to Reco
reporter The holiday began Satl
day at noon a week sooner than hel
tofore
j For many years II has been I
custom OF the A. c. l. to give TIA
employees this half holiday on Sat,
day and the announcement that 4
RUE would go into effect Saturd
caused much rejoicing here among Z
amploys.-Rocky Mount Record.
Thought II Was the Comet.
The commissary on the depot va
here wrecked yesterday afterno
by freight which broke loo
from an engine and went speedi
!, down the side track and leaving Z
rails struck the eommssary buldIr
knocking II on its foundations smas
ing in side Of II and making
wreck OF things generally A numb
OF men in the house when Z
wild car struck y. but none Of the
hurt. but Il a badly frig
ened lot that out Of that hou
One man who In the wreck
house says that he was sure
tail OF Hailey's comet had stru
the earth and was crashing worl
and wreckng matter.-Monroe Enq:
er
Are Not Getting Az.
n the censuc enumerators
careless about getting names In
sections Of the city they 50
TO be in some. Charlotte win not ha
population Of $4,000 when the m
conclude their work In the News
hce for instance. these men have be
missed. and one of the men has a "a
Ily Of three. From every section ST.
lar reports coming in. For
e past several days Charlotte peop
who have been believing that this G
would show up well In the Gems
have been led TO believe that there
little doubt OF a very large decres