The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-12-01

Among the inccrporaiora are /. d.
Bond. Prank wood. ]. n. Prnden. The
board Is chartered without capital
stock
Aaethcr vetcrsn Passes.
Raleigh At the Soldiers Home
last evening there passed away SID
IRy salmon. aged 70 years. who came
to the home seyen years ago from
Bear Creek, Chatham county and was
4 veteran Of Company G, rOrtieth
North Carolina regiment. Confederate
army. He was buried at the home
this afternoon.
Ncrthers Spertsmcn Return Hsne.
Greensboro Clarence MacKay and
George Gould. with party. who have
been spending week at their lodges
near jamestown and Trinity, return
ed to New York Sunday. Both of
these gentlemen own large preserves
and magnificent lodges in this sec
ton and they spend a good part Of
their winter In the fields. The bird
crop this year = unusually large and
Messrs. MacKay and Gould and their
friends all reported good bags and
splendid sport
Twenty -One Fairs IN State This rear.
Raleigh. III is a notable TACT that
there have been held In this state this
fall twenty-one district and county
fairs compared with seven held dur
ing the season Of 1910. Major w. A.
Graham. commissioner Of agriculture.
has visited quite 4 large percent OF
the fairs this season and Is enthusiast
tic in praise of the excellence Of near
IL all Of them. TIE indications. too.
are that there wilb be quite a large
increase next year In the number OF
fairs compared with this seasons
1ne record and that the standard Of
the fairs will advance very consider
able also.
Biz StIll Destroyed.
Mt. Airy.--last week one OF the
largest Illicit distilleries that has been
destroyed In years by revenue officers
was captured and chopped W in this
county. In the raidIng party was
Revenue Oficsr Robert Henry. one Of
the 5est I'm the service and who b
Just now recovering from gunshot
wounds received at the hands Of al
legged moonshiners in Wilkes county
several months ago. II Is said that
lNr. Horny declared that the still
xzs the largest blockade outfit and
! ne most thoroughly equipped that he
had ever seen. One alleged blockader
was arrested. The still Il Is said. was
| in full operation and run" a stream
OF liquor as large as mans thum.
Many thousand gallons Of beer were
poured on the ground.
Welcomes yIlniEhf Guests with Lead.
Elizabeth City.--A dispatch from
Gum Neck received this afternoon
tells how one negro Is dead and an
other wounded. a the result OF mid
night invasion OF smother negro's
domicile. The dispatch failed 10 give
names. but the incident i ~ follows:
A colored man. an ennploys q the
timber woods. WA calmly sle~pius
I In hEz shanty. when be was awakened
/ by a tremendous noise On mis- door
He incurred the cause Of 80 much
noise al such an unseemly hour and
was informed that his visitor intend
ed 10 Kill him. Tks darkey. nov
lthorcushiy awakened. seized hh
trusty rife, which was lying concen-
liently near. and shot through the
door. shoosiug one OF his zssaiIsns,
through the neck He fred another
shot and wounded the other.
Essekea OyerAsard ana Drowned
| EIlzao>th city.--A young white mzs
named Ben Jethro was knocked over
beard by a jioing boom on the schoon'
er Irene near Summons Landing. u
scnppesnong river. and was drowned
The young man helped 20 load TIL
vex<l al come point on the Scupper
| noux river between Columbia am
lcresneli and was making the triI
10 Columbia with Captain coodviI
on the Irene when the accident hap
pened. me vessel was under sail
| as we'll as being toved- The boon
xaIfted and took him over with Il. NJ
sank IN the river and vas drovne'
before be could be rescued. fmmedi
afely after the drowning ocrurre'
parties began 70 search for the body
Captain Goodwin stopped the sesse
and helped In the search. The ssarcl
was Kept up until the body was re
covered about 10 o'clock the neat day
Charters Granted.
Il Raielgh.-A charter Is issued y
the Pee Dee Navigation Company, Q
Rockingham. Richmond county. 70
the purpose Of operating pzssense
land freight motorbozts on the Pc
Dee and Yadkin rivers and for estat
: fishing parks. club houses and othe
instrnmenfsllties for developing bus
mess. The fneorporstors include .
b 4. setele, w. u. Cole, Charles