The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-09-20

The Candidate For Congress From the
Efftn District Finds More In
thusiasm and Better Crowds Than
During Any Campaign iii Recent
fears-Cther Items From Dur
ham.
Especial to News and ObserVer.)
Durham, Sept. 17-Before Justice
Harris this afternoon Rainey Cathren.
charged with criminal assault. was
held for probable cause in the bond
Of $1,000. In giving the decision the
Justice did not think it "a ease of life
and death, that there were mitigating
circumstances in it, brought by circum-
stances, no doubt Of former trials alike
to this. He declared that there We're
elements tending to show actual crime.
Before beginning the u~nprintable
thing, Justice is--~ts removed all men
not in some wise interested in the
matter while the feeble-fninded wom-
an gave her evidence. There was lit
tie brought out from her. Her in
ability to talk in language intelligible
to the courts made it difficult to get
the truth from her and she furnished
opportunity LOT cS9SeleSS WlalSleS d
the attorneys. Some of the hot shots
from them We're the most amusing
things occurring in the courthouse III
years.
The p~rosecutrix was Mrs. f. G.
Page, and she was represented by u.
H. Gladstone, a young barrister who
did his work we'll. The defendant
was in the hands of Attorney Sam
Holton, VINO was as much fun as he is
in a Republican convention. Asking
Mr.. Page, husb9nd OF the woman ques-
tons that were delicate and incrim-
mating, Page would say. Z don't like
you grammar. | am a Gentle ano
can't understand jew. Speak Gentle
and | can catch on to what YOU mean
| Amt fur enough along to understand
! jew"
Attorney Holton confessed being
full-blooded Jew, while Mr.. Gladstone
the real IEebraist. was the Gentle
~The witness had them mixed. It came
out in these cross-fires that Mrs. Page
had brought charges OF this nature
against men before and that they were
impeaching her For hat. Witnesses
testified that her character was bad
h whole affair was one Of the most
side-spIitting affairs ever tried here
To get those features in print makes
necessary the filth Of other things ant
the sum total isn't a bit funny. As
soon as the man left the stand, there
was a rush from the outside to ge'
on the inside and hear the story, whose
S~aIaciOus details can't be limited al
now.
In the Recorders cOur this morn
ing, Halle Bowling, a young negro,
was bound over to court on a charge
of having robbed Ed Robinson. q fire
man OF the Seaboard, OF a watch. So
in money and having accomplished II
with aid.
The accomplice wasn't with him
but the case went on anyhow. Inc
evidence was that the negroes hefd
the fireman up, took the money. and
on ronis of the railroad man &c
give him back-$2, returned n Watcn.
The defendant was without testimony
in his favor and waived examination
He was bound Owe in q SD BOND
which had been reduced from slO0.
Col. John c.. Angler, of the E1mlra-
der Company, a land corporation 90
ing business near Jacksonville, Fla.
is to go in a few days TO that place
and begin with his associates then
great plan OF colonization.
There are $4,000 acres in that tract
and it is to be divided up and sold IT
small farms. The prospectus declares
the land is good for anFtA'ng OF
earth, almost, great climate all thu
wear. rainfall light, but enough &c
make the crops grow. The Durham
man spends something of every
month in the year down there and ex-
meets to see a fine class of citizens &C