The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-05-23
SOCIAL WORLD
THE CHIMES OF sINGAPuRA.

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THE CHIMES OF sINGAPURA.
There stands q stately English tower
Where wild Sumatras blow;
Where sway the graceful rajah palms
In splendent sunset glow;
Where east and west the waters meet
With restless ebb and flow;
And myriad argosies OF trade
Unceasing come and go.
There England sent her Rallies
Some ninety years ago.
There III the stiffness OF the night,
Like some forgotten lay,
Drift slow-winged from the belfry
tower.
And float across the bay.
Waves OF celestial measure,
Crest with lullipg melody.
or all the bells love so well
None sound so dear to me
As the Bells OF Singapura
Waiting music DER the lea
Beneath the starlIt Southern Cross
Above the moonlit sea.
For merchant prince and coolle man,
For priest and preacher, too,
And man OF white and man OF black
And man OF yellow hue,
You strike the passing moments
With measured tone and true:
You toll the knell Of dying hours
For every creed and caste,
And voice their ceaseless merging
With the unreturning past.
Sweet Bells OF Singapura
May your voices never fall
TO tell In rhythmic measure.
And in diatonic scale.
The march OF fair Malaya,
Queen Of the eastern seas.
The brlghtes, gem IN Britain's crown,
The far-famed Chersonese.
OF all the bells ! love 80 well
Nome are so dear TO me
Ar the Bells OF Singapura
Sounding DER the tropic sea.
Written on board a steamer IN
Singapore harbor. where every year
$4,000 vessels OF all kinds come and
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pEissoxsLs.
Miss Norfeet Hunter returned THU
morning 10 her home In Oxford. sh'
has been in the city on q visit TO Mis-
willie Hunter.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. L. Timberlake. o
Helena. are in the city on visit q
their son, Mr.. ]. z. Timberlake.
Mrs. ID. w. Newbern. OF Oneida
Tenn. who has been In the city OF
a ylsit 10, MIS- W. =. Oriswold. ief
This morning Tor New Bern 70 visit
relatives.
Mr. and Mrs. W. r.. Griffin passe.
through the city this morning e.
route from Rougemont 10 their hom'
In Spring Hope.
Miss Laura Tingen. OF Roxbcro
passed through the city this morninl
en- route 20 Apex. where she will visi
relatives.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. ]. Hayes returne'
this morning from Greensboro
where they have been visiting rela
+. tiycs
Mr.. and Mrs. c. w. Kendall re
turned this morning from Greens
boro. where they have been sisitinl
friends
Miss Leila Beyes. OF Franklinton
Is In the city visiting her aunt. Mrs
l.. J. Cox.
Miss Emma Bolton. OF vincastis
Va. 10 spending few days In th
city with Miss Leonard Dunlop.
Mrs. John Y. Harvard and Miss 10
Taylor returned this morning fron
HIilsboro. where they have been visit
Ing relatives for several days.
Mrs. y. NJ. eagle and little son. 10
eagle. are spending a few days Il
Raleigh.
Mrs. J. n. Walker and daughter
Elizabeth, have returned from yisl
10 relatives In Granville county.
Miss Mary Pope and her grand
mother, Mrs. Freeman. left this morn
INK for Barium Springs TO visit Mis-
pope's brother. Mr.. Elmer Pope.
Mrs. J. 7. LeGrande left this morn
Ing for Raleigh. where she VIII yisi
relatives.
Miss Rcna Dupree left this morninI
for Cary. where she will visit rela
lives.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. ]. Woods returnes
this morning from Raleigh. wher'
they have been 20 attend the funcra
OF Mr.. Woods brother.
Miss callie Bolland returned THU
morning 10 her home IN Burlington
she has been In the city on visit I,
Mrs. n. T. Langley.
Miss Laura and Miss FlossIe Mani
returned this morning 10 their hons
In Chapel I'm. They have been II
ihe clty on visit 10 relatives.
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ENTERTAIN THIS EVENING.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. A. Foushee vii
entertain a number Of their friends
nj a barbecue and brunswick stew a
Lakewood park this evening. compli
mentarN 10 Miss Nancy Pcgues. o
South Carolina. and Mrs. Robert Col
and Mrs. d. A. Leake. n Rockingham
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HER TWELFTH BIRTHDAY.