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The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-08-18

The followers Of Mr.. Duncan are
Of feeling good, Of course. but they
IN submit TO the dIctation Of Mr..
Aatler and the new organization Will
pw turn Its attention to wrestling the
|ate from the democrats. The COM
nation IL not one 10 be laughed at.
(utler Is probably the most cordially
hted man In the state. but he is cum
ms and rcsourceful and abuse OF him
pes not please him. The democrats
Hye work TO do in North Carolina and
Rey win make mistake II they un.
PIRATE the strength Of the Butler or.
(nization.-StatesyiIIc Landmark
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-08-18

The New York Tribune very proper
ly urges that an example be made Of
the man Gallagher. who attempted
to assassinate Mayor Caynor and all
but succeeded. II IL now being a..
gued by some. az II always 10 after
such crimes. that special safeguards
should be thrown around public exec
utives who may incur danger In virtue
of their public character. We doubt
whether the specific menace Of death
would deter fsnaticsl assassins. but
the porpricty OF vigorously enforcing
general penalties against al muir
dercrs whomsoever appears self.evi-
dent. Even n Mayor Gaynor's assas-
sin had, as he claims. worked himself
up In A state OF temporary irresponsi-
biiIty By brooding over his supposed
grievances. no reason for abating the
full severity OF the Jaw would exis'.
There could not be more complete
and characteristic cases OF deliberate
murder than such a. present this fea.
turc and 40 all potential murderers
should understand. II II we're clearly
known by every one that murder In.
VOWED the death penalty these blood
thirsty individuals, instead OF brain.
storming, would with few exception
restrain themselves ct the start
Charlotte Observer
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-08-18

The democrats have a nice kettle
Of fish In the sixth congressional dis
trict-two democratic candidates for
congress. each claiming to be regular.
Whatever the final result, II II will
break up the nonsensical habit. long
since abandoned In other districts. Of
turning down . representative when
he has served two terms regardless
Of his worth or capacity, simply d
give some hungry fellow his place
something worth while VIII have beer
accomplished. The sixth district Il
composed OF az fine folks a. there
are in the state. but q car load or &c
OF politicians might be spared from
the district without material loss
provided. Of course, they don't dump
'em on some other part Of the state
Statewide Landmark.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-08-18
oIenn,s Mistake.

Ex-Governor Glenn Is an exceedingly
kind-hearted man. He is generous to
a fault and he ia loyal to his friends.
Than him there are few stronger
stumpspeakers in the country. But
Governor Glenn has mixed politics
and religion too much. His personal
popularity Is statewide: his sincerity
Is unquestioned. but we feel pretty
sure that he made mistake In tender
ing his services in behalf OF that gen.
tleman in the fifth congressional dis
trict. It would have been extremely
indicate In Major Stedman not 10
have accepted the offer SO promptly
rendered. Governor 0ienn's particIpa-
tion IN the campaign means the STIR
ring up Of embers that had been better
left unmolested. II may be calculated
TO draw anew old lines that had been
forgotten. and Mr.. Glenn Is almost GER.
tain to inject some talk that win cause
Embarrassment to the candidate whose
cause he espouses. We cannot but
feel that II would have been better for
Major Stedman had Mr.. Glenn stuck Ia
HIS missionary work and kept out Of
the political mixup in the NTH dis
ltrict. Saying this much. we want "a
repeat that our idea Ia that while Mr.
Clenn's intentions are Of the best. his
Judgment IL bad.-charlotte Chronicle
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-08-18

Neither democratic nor republican
congressman have any business using
their ranking privilege for mailing per
sonal letters. We mentioned Sunday q
case where Congressman Morehead. a
republican. abused hts ranking priv
ilege and the News on the same date
unearthed letter written by Congress-
man Webb. democrat. and with equal
improperly franked in an oficial en-
yelope. Men in high place are the ones
who should have the keenest scruples
about resorting 10 anything that IL the
least bit questionable. --Greensboro
Telegram.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-08-18

Mr.. =. s. Milsaps, a successful far
mer in Iredell. spoke parable when
he said: There has never been any
system OF farming anywhere that has
or will permanently be successful with
out live stock" II is a saying among
Iowa farmers that no crop Is success
full that has 10 be transported-that -
that the farmers ought to raise enough
hogs and cattle to consume the crop
and be driven instead OF hauled to
market Certainly Mr.. Milsaps Is right
in this sta'ement--News and 0bserv.
err.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-08-18

But the worst Of Il Is that Duncan
living been licked TO frazzle. viii
lxt be ejrked on Of the national
fmmittee. This will break his heart.
4 has about been weaned from pub
ONCE: now to kick him again In
Il way win be too mean. but they are
ping TO TX him. Tom Settle Is the
an who chaperoned Morehead In the
mpaIgn two years ago and elected
p. and he 10 not going to submit "a
mean remainingso the committee
% truth Ii Tom should so on the
mmlttee himself. Or how would L
10 put Butler ons--Geensboro Rec
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-08-18

II appears TO be agreed that the
present attitude Of foreign bankers
toward bills Of ladIns for southern
cotton may affect the general situa'
ton financially. Delay or slackenlng
whichcauscd sever ttetetetcefeee
which case a severe temporary
curtaIlment In our already insult
nclcnt trnde balance would exercise
an unfavorablc influence. so this
problem does not concern merely the
farmer, the exporter and. by It's Of.
feet upon market conditions. the
mills everywhere. Bankers Of New
York and Boston are showing very
siderable interest The great at
tention thus given the blll-of.ladins
question on both sides a the Allan
tic Affords excellent assurance that
Ia will shortly be solved. Relating
principally 10 commodity which
the world must have. the urgent &C
cessIty for action ia evident. TO
doubt the outcome is to entertain a
very low opinion Of ORGANIZED modern
|commercc's capabilities Many more
difhult problems have been worked
out and. ~ problems. forgotten
Char1utte Observer.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-08-18

A number Of Democratic newspapers
ave been asking Governor Patterson.
Tennessee. to withdraw from the
race In that state for
be sake OF party harmony. That Is
be only way the war between the
|atterson and anti-Patterson factions
hn be terminated and II Patterson
|.ally had the interest Of the party at
|eart he would take such a step at
hce.-winston Sentinel.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-08-18
Would ee eatIefied.

A new alignment Of the Taft admin
istration is undoubtedly in process.
That BaIlinger viii retire from the
cabinet Is definitely settled, but Of
more general interest than all II the
report that pans are under discussion
to shut the door on Speaker Cannon.
II the shake-up should go no further
than that the country would be salts
fed Charlotte Chronicle.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-08-18

Britt, Of BuncomDe. in Withdrawing
Duncan's name. made pathetic plea
for just Judgment Of his man and took
a fall or two out Of the majority, in
toxicated by victory. But then he
spoiled It all and showed Duncan a
small man, by asking in Duncan's be
half. that said Duncan's vote be cast
for Major Alexander He missed a
good opportunity TO show himself q
graceful ser.-Webster' Weekly.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-08-18

The doctors are going TO kin Mayor
Gaynor yet II they are not careful.
Too many OF them are working on him.
Dispatches to The Record yesterday
said the public was not satisfied with
the situation and were of the opinion
that something about his condition
was being concealed. The dispatches
this morning confirm this. His ply.
sIcians are disagrceing Garfield was
doctored TO death: so was Mckinley.
One good surgeon and not more than
two good physicians Is all that Is ne
ecssary. Greensboro Record.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-08-18
Cannot cef Around Ihis.

Senator Aldrich may or may not put
up a good defense for the Aldrich fam
lily and the rubber trust, whichever
way anybody on earth wants to look
at that part OF II, but the tariff mogul
does acknowledge the corn that the
rubber tariff was stretched from 80
per cent 10 IS per cent. for the bene-
ut Of rubber manufacturers who use
the raw rubber sold by the Aldrich
family. Rubber neck at that fact, and
don't forget it-Wilmington Star.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-08-18
500 Not Apply g Party.

What this paper has been forced, in
seIf.defense, to say Of certain individu-
ais, did not, and does not. apply to the
republican party. and republicans will
not be misled by the deception Of the
democratic press Greensboro News.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-08-18

They have seen . whale at More
bead City and the Atlantic hotel 10
enjoying q good August business.
sorehead and the Atlantic hotel usu-
Iry have some sort Of novelty In
|dvertisinG each season. but they will
lever again have as good one as
pr. BlacknaIl gave them, the time he
lent up = child attached to a bunch OF
By balloons. Charlotte Chronicle.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-08-18
rhat's About Al.

About two hundred barrels Of beer
could be seen At the freight ware
house yesterday. but still some people
say that prohibition prohibits. It
does prohibit the city from getting .
tax, but that u about all. Greensboro
Record.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-08-18

The funny part Of the business is
that down this end Of the line the
republicans who favored Morehead.
with his local option platform, are
rank prohIbitionists. while those who
favored Duncan are on the other ex-
treme.--Wilmington Dispatch.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-08-18

We see some democrats are taking
great consolation over the fact that
bforehead Is Buffers man and that this
TACT will take the place Of the Niger
IN politics" We see no great consola-
lion in this. Az we see II. Butler In
politics in North Carolina means
trouble and lots Of II for the demo.
cratic party.-Catawba County News.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-08-18

Whether the court house is to blame,
for It or not, the fact is evident that
murder In North Carolina has become
almost an everyday crime. In our
career as newspaper man. we don't re-
member to have seen reports Of muir
der come as thick and fast as they
have come within the past two month";.
Charlotte Chronicle.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-08-18
Hs was Fortunate.

District Attorney Herbert Seavell
was unfortunate In his statement that
Mr. Morehead had been carrying on a
campaign OF SANDER. II was with DIFF
fculty that he finished his speech.
Luckily, there were no rotten eggs In
the place. or some Of the newspaper
men might have been spattered.-
winston Journal.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-08-18

Thieves. especially sneak thieves.
are not noted for humane feelings.
but no Rallies ever showed more
heartless cruelty than the purloiner
who distracted the Sunday-go-to-
meeting suit and shoes Of member
OF the Salisbury Posts stain. Who
knows but the robbery knocked our
professional brother out OF a most
agreeabIy anticipated engagement
We protest against the great society Of
IIght-flngcred gentry operating among
the newspaper men until every other
opportunity Of graft has been closed
to them.-Charlotte Observer.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-08-18
This EXPLAINS II.

OF course horses are afraid 4 au-
tomobiIes and some farmers are nut
at all pleased with the manner In
which drivers Of these machines dash
by, seemingly without notice or the
fact that lives and vehicles are en-
dangered by 80 doing. We have
heard 1t remarked that It's q nlss
strange that horses and mules VIII
turn things over and leave the road
In spite of everything that can -
done when they meet an automobile
and pay no attention to buggies and
wagons. But an old negro woman ex-
plains the matter this way: Il guess
II you were % meet . pair Of britches
comm down the road with no man IN
EN- you'd be scared, too" And its
real good logic.-Our Home, Marsh.
Vile.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-08-18

Fshy waste sympathy on T. spcn-
Blackburn now when he n out Of
Flucsg Fosr years ago tho organIr
In was abusing him world without
z; now he II being shown great
npaihy. but he does not need IT, He
~ lar better business than plltics.
port has Il that be IL up In Watau.
county running q mngic lantern
~ and giving lectures on the Pana'
canal. the price Of admission 70
'cn Ia fifteen cents. What does 4
thus ''heelcd" care for the politi.
gcme?-0recnsboro News.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-08-18


We are not 30 sure about the cleo
ton Of Representative Morehead as
chairman of the republican state COM
mittee. He appears to be In the lead,
but so was Blackburn four years ago
at this sage of the game. 1t Is worthy
of mention, also. that Morehead has :
number 81 the same counties Black.
burn had. In some cases whole coun-
ties came here instructed for him. but
when the machine got through with
its manipulations many Of these In
'structed delegations wheeled around
and voted for Adams. Watch these
same fellows play the game on More
head. All they want Is . little time
to see" the delegates after their r.
rival Duncan is no doubt laughing
In his sleeve right now.-Greensbort
Record.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-08-18

CsnDlllss lppslnied y North Carolina
Press association Decides That the
nsnsfy siihe Iansnied nunoFlsl
Shall y Ionsfsd Ia ! Pfac-
deal Manner.

The committee appointed at
the recent meeting Of the North
Carolina Press Association to take
in the matter Of a State memorial
to Bill Nye, met in Salisbury,
Wednesday, July s, in formal
session, and after hearing all the
propositions before it unanimous
~ decided:
i. That the memorial to the
lamented humorist shall take the
form of a memorial building, to
be one Of the group and part Of
the Stonewall Jackson Training
School, generally known as the
State Reformatory, in Cabarrus
county. near Concord.
2. That the building, furnish
led and equipped as the trustees
of the institution may direct, to
the best advantage for the rescue
Of Grant boys, shall cost not less
than 5000, and shall be known
as the "BILL NYE MEMORIAL
BUILDING
5. That the following news
papers be designated to receive
and acknowledge subscriptions to
the fund for this building, said
funds to be transmitted promptly
to the treasurer, JOHN M.
JULIAN. EDITOR OF THE
SALISBURY POST.
The Observer, Charlotte.
The Evening Post, Salisbury,
The Citizen, Asheville,
The News and Observer, Raj
eigh,
The News, Greensboro.
The Star, Wilmington,
/ The Uplift, Concord.
! a. That while the COMMITTEES
believes that this memorial should
be distinctively North Carolina
tribute to the lamented man 0
letters, it deems it wise, in orde
Al :
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-08-18

The democrats will find out that
their pear-beer suhterfuge contains a.
much Of the reeking red as the term
local self-government." Still they
will try to force the issue according to
the Interpretation that will best suit
their attempts At further deception. ~
Greensboro News.
What's this bryan may bolt?'
This is q headline to . dispatch IN
the Washington Herald from Omaha,
Nebraska. and has reference to Bry'
ans fight for local option, whilc biz
party Is dead against It, the republi.
cans favoring his plan. It Is thought
that such being the case he win join
in with the Republicans to carry hia
point. Wish he would. Greensboro
Record
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1910-08-18

Tickets on sale for all
trains of August %. Good
Is days from date of sale.
For full particulars write
or call on the undersigned.
H. S. Lizard, D. P. A.
Raleigh, N. C.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-09
NEW YORK TA1LoR.s INVENTION
Says He Has Greatest Airship Ever
Known to Man.

New York. Sept. "a New York
tailor announces modestly to the world
in six-page typewriter statement
that he has invented the greatest air
ship ever known to man. The prin-
cipal feature of the new craft. he says,
is the motor. which is to run by per-
petual motion
count Zeppelin is using some of
my IDEAS" says the tailor in his state
ment- 81 don't know how he got
them, but I've still got one great prin-
ciple that he has not struck upon.
That's perpetual motion. The machin-
cry which will run my craft will be
a combination of the bicycle and this
new perpetual motion I'll give the BIZ
cycle pedals 4 lew turns and after that
the machinery will go on until 1 stop
it. I'll only devote myself to steering.
1.-THE airship, which is now nearing
completion. will carry twenty persons.
The first trip will be to Washington,
where 1 shall pay my respects to Presi-
dent Taft and congress Any twenty
persons who want to go with me will
be welcome. After that I'm going to
establish a trans oceanic service
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-09

white stand up collar and a low cut
vest while on duty. Two minutes
notice giving him a chance to call a
cabbie is all he needs to be ready for
the SWEETEST dance on the program.
The teachers of Shawnee county will
have an interesting program for their
meeting on Saturday. Besides having
the work outlined for the var by
Superintendent Eby, a number of pa
pers will be read and a lecture on
School Sanitation will be given by G.
H. Lerrigo, NJ. D., formerly president
of the Kansas state board of health. Z
Frank FARRELL, head of the Santa Fe
publicity department, is in the eastern
part of the state gathering facts and
figures for big stories" which are due
any time The Pennsylvania railroad
has always had a reputation for favor
able pubIicity-but the Santa Fe,
through J. r. Koontz and Frank Jar
reII, will soon push the Pennsylvania to
the background.
Joe Dolley last night awoke to the
fact that he was political car. He
read in the paper where he had issued
instructions to the political parties of
Kansas to make public their cam
paign funds. AS a matter of facs lie
hadn't. What he did do was to chai-
Ienge heads of the state committees OF
narties other than the Republican to
make a full statement under oath of
all campaign funds received and dis
h11rsed
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-09
PRATT STORY A FAKE.
Citizens of the Town Did Not ASK for
State Protection.

Wichita, Kan. Sept. "a story
from Topeka stating that J. c. Lees
and G. A. Williams. a negro. had
asked protection from state and fed
eral authorities was repeated to Sher-
if D. M. Burnett of Pratt over the
long distance telephone from this
place last night. The officer at once
declared that neither man was in dan
ger of being offered violence and that
such action was wholly unnecessary.
IT anticipate no trouble said Sher-
iff Burnett land I mi%ht add that the
stories in regard to the matter have
been much exaggerated Several news
papers did Pratt great injustice by
the report it published of what it
terms a race war. armed men and so
on. There was nothing of the kind
happened here and at no time did
any one think of going armed to see
the negro, or Of there being any war.
There was no mob and merely an or
derby company of the leading business
men of the city walked to the home of
Williams and told him not to move to
the white settlement
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-09
seized $500, 900 worth of Gems.

New York, Sept. 9.-That the vigil
lance of the customs agents at this
port is profitable is shown by a report
from Surveyor Henry showing that
over 100000 worth of jewelry has
been seized from alleged smugglers in
the last two months. More than half
of the gems were taken from women
and about half is still in the hands of
the authorities awaiting confiscation or
adjudication. The recent prosecutions,
the surveyor says, have begun to have
an effect on the passengers who for
merry tried to smusgle and the dec
larations are being made with greater
care and accuracy than ever before.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-09
LEGAL.
IPublished in The Topeka State Journal
September 8, 1901
OFFICIAL CITY COMMISSION PRO-

OFFICIAL CITY COMMISSION PRO-
CHEDINGS.
s entan,h Chamber, Topeka, Kansas.
lneI IN regular adjourned session at 9
NISSAN SSH a: m, with the following Com
Holman. Miller and Tandyl. Mayor fsiI
lard in the chair.
by cVG% n5s nj from Ringing Brothers.
ASKING that the Three Hundred Dollars
e pd'o by them as a license fee, be refund
Oh commissioner Bone. filed
10 e. zig "a, OF o LuttJohann & Folks In the sum
4elfif r. e4i.ss; given by the United States FL
uSea1y ana Guaranty Company of Mary
land and approved by the city Attorney,
loW nv PRESENTED eo1a and approved by the fol-
- ho Oh Miller and Tandy and Mayor BIZ
The following resolution. presented To
Commission on September = nv Gon,1n; 20
s ,Iner 6one' was, on his own motion,
RESOLVED. that the sur, ot E,,
thousand Dollars ($5,0O0Oo) be. ana the
same sam Is, hereby transferred from the Cen
Reve nnlpr over Fund to the General
"a An Ordinance authorizing and providing
Rond dlse ISSUANCE of Internal Improvement
pay the cost of the special irnprovementS
n ne named. presented to Commission
passage. Each section was read and on
stsparate motion. adopted. On roll cali.
ing vote: Ayes, Commissioners Bone. Hol-
man Miller and Tandy and Mayor Bill
isrd-5. The title was read and approved.
= various claims of r. s. -GiIfflian and
Son Tor paving certain Streets in the civ
t OF Io % were, presented and. on mo-
On motion of Commissioner Bone Miss
Sovell was granted q. two weeks vacation.
beginning with Monday, September u
CITY Attorney be instructed to notify
,Whlteker Brothers to place an electric
a ~ II unoer their awning on their building
at First and Kansas Avenues the mofio1
prevailing.
Commissioner Bone moved that the mat
ter Of the ventilation of the Majestic the
alter be referred t. Commissioner of Parks
and Public Buildings, which motion pre-
vailed.
On motion of Commissioner Tandy. Conn
mission adjourned, no further business APP
pearing. ~
lSeal1 G. B. BURGE,
CITY Clerk
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-09
Old Time Ball Player Dying.

Newark, N. J.. Sept. 9.-Joseph
Hesterfer, an old time baseball player
and father of Larry Hesterfer, the for
mer Eastern league pitcher, is dying
at his home in Bloomfield from in
juries received yesterday when he was
run over by a heavily loaded van.
Hesterfer is very deaf and did not hear
or see the vehicle. Before the driver
could stop he was knocked down, his
right leg broken and his skull fac
tured. The driver was arrested.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-09-09
WIN Appoint Grievance Commillee.

New York, Sept. ITO guard
against further strikes in the cloak
and suit trade in New York city, a
joint grievance committee of four has
been appointed by the Cloak, Suit and
Skirt Manufacturers Protective asso-
citation and the Cloak and Suit Makers
union to settle all disputes which may
arise in any factory in accordance
with the terms of settlement of the
recent strike.