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The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-02-10
Honor Memory o. Diekcns.

London, Feb. 9.-The burial place
Of Charles Dickens. In Westminster
Abbey. was piled high with floral
offerings Tuesday In commemoration
81 the anniversary Of his birth. Next
year will mark the centennial ami
versary Of the birth OF the famous
novelist, and already the numerous
Dickens societies throughout the Uni
ted Kingdom are preparing TO cele.
brate the event.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-02-10
NORFOLK. SOUTHERN
RAILROAD
Route Of the
might Express"

Travel by Raleigh Union Station
and Norfolk southern Railroad. 10
and from all points In Eastern North
Carolina.
lschednle In effect January s9l
The following schedule figures pub
lished as Information only and are not
guaranteed.
Trains Leave Raleigh.
1915 b m. daily Night Express"
Pullman sleeping car for Norfolk.
s:l5 .. m daily--Fo Wilson. Wash
ingion and Norfolk, parlor car be-
tween New Bern and Norfolk.
s:i5 a. M daily. except SUNDAY for
New Bern via chooowinlty.
800 p. m. daily. except Sunday. for
Washington
Trains Arrive Raleigh.
40 q. m. dai!y--ii 30 a. m. daily,
except Sunday. and 500 D. IN. daily.
Trains Leave GeIdsbore.
1915 D. m. daily-"Nlgh, Express
Pullman sleeping car for Norfolk. via
New Bern.
7:i5 q. IN. daily. for Bcaufor, aud
Norfolk. parlor car between New
Bern and Norfolk
$40 .. m. daily, for New Bern,
Oriental and Beaufort.
For further information and reser-
vations Of Pullman sleeping car
space. apply to D. V. Conn. s. p. A.,
Raleigh.
W. n. HUDSON.
General supt
W ". cRoxTON.
Gen~al Pass Ast
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-02-10
Nark TwsIn,s neeL, nj tuctIon.

New York, Feb. 9.--DO0k collectors
and dealers from all over the country
we're on hand today al the opening Of
the sale at auction Of the library and
manuscripts Of the late Mark Twain.
The books, with few exceptions. con.
tain the dated signature Of the famous
author. Included In Che collection are
presentation copies from many noted
wrifera
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-02-10
A. Rare a. Hen. Teeth.

Norfolk yirginian-Pllot.
The man, who IA 70 modest az NOT
TO think he could outpreach the
priest. ouiprescribe the doctor, out
write the editor and outauto the
chauffeur. Is as rare as the old maid
who doesn't think herself an author
ny on the rearing Of babies
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-02-10

IN, 10. ~ make. connection AZ Ana,
,si.h Ssaboard Air Line No. az IA" H. H.
,.slsn. Norfolk. Richmond, washinvtan
baiumore. philadelphia, New vorE ~
q southport train 10. :. f or b ssls,ss
no. VI makes connection a. AL.
with sssboard Air Line No, a "a, n ~ ~
,ord, pinehursf. Southern pines ftsn.
~, charlotte. Rockinghafn' htbsns
Atlanta, Birmi.gh Montre,nas,
ano All points In the West ard s.a,,h
west; Columbia, savannah. iaes.nn
VIE. TAMPA and all points In Florids
BEST SCHEDULE OUT or Duuu -
10 THE SOUTH
Al tickets are acid by this conp.n,
ana aceepted BY the passenger VIZ
th. understanding that this co,,,.n.
VII not be liable for failure 10 r,,n NJ.
trains 90 schedule time or fos 80
suen delays as may be incident 10 tss,,
operation. Care n exercised 10 give ac,'
rect time OF connecting lines. but M.
company u not Responsible Tor re srr ss
NO SUNDAY TRAINS
Act Gen. psss. A4s. mol. rsss. An
ourks nsbgssA,
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-02-10

y We are going 10 have primaries,
u y better 70 have them legaIized.
Have some uniformity about the
matter, and have them in all the
counties the same DAY. Pas, *.
perience establishes the fact that this
is the correct thing to do. And il Il
well to learn something from en-
perience.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-02-10
FIVE LAsHEs on BARE BACK.
salty Sentence for Man Who Assaulted
His Wife.

Baltimore. Nd. Feb. s.-Fiye lashes
on his bare back and two months In
jail was the sentence imposed by
Judge Duny in the criminal court
here Monday on George z. Wooden
for assaulting mis- wife and terribly
mutilating her face with knife. The
last time the whipping post in the Jail
here was used was In 1907.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-02-10
Not the Mar 10 BRING a.

Meridian tNissD Dispatch.
One pastor says he millennium viii
b. here IL 1915 and then another
pastor said BE- vas treating the truth
recklessly. which provoked both men
e such an extent thai they had 10 be
separated % prevent q night. Foru.
nate that the millennium was not pre-.
diced for 1911.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-02-10
Niehols.Cothran.

Mr.. Walter Co,hran and Miss Ora
Nichols. OF Rougemont. were married
Tuesday night at the Corcoran hotel.
The ceremony was performed BY
Rev. o. y. Marshall. of the Edgemont
Baptist church.
The wedding was a runaway affair,
the couple driving here in an auto
mobile.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-02-10
Hope He VIM Have Better Sense.

Charlotte Chronicle.
Champ Clark has received pair OF
mules. behind which he Il to ride IN
triumph 70 the national capitol 10 as.
sumo the Office Of speaker. II looks
as II NJ Clark Il 70 persist III making
q clown Of himself.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-02-10

Wilmington Dispatch.

Wilmington Dispatch.
Connecticut claims a hen that lays
eggs a qua-fer Of a pound each in
weight. At that rate Connecticut folks
mus, have % employ a catapul. TO
toss them on the stage at actors.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-02-10
Oracle Frpm DR.. Reeer.


Greensboro RecOdr.
Durham is trying 10 DIT the red
bird against the ground hog as a
weather prophet. No use; ground
hog got there first ayd is an cstsb-
lished as well as rectsniEed author.
ny By al thinking L(ople.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-02-10

Chicago News
y does NOT matter 30 much whether
they are sending us pure champagne
Or limitations from France, al most
persons In this country who buy the
fzzy stun judge 4 solely By iba price
anyway
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-02-10

Raleigh News and Observer.
The MAJOR Of Norfolk compelled the
company 70 stop the performance
"The Easiest Way about the wors,
ins,alImeni Of nasfness ever seen In
this country. n Norfolk couldn't
stand Il It must have been "tun.s
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-02-10
&c IL 9 Hog.

Cleveland Plain Dealer.
a Pennsylvania man ate I've chick
ems, fifty waifies and Ave pies at
single sitting Every now and then
somebody hobs up who thinks that
feat Of this sort is an accomplishment.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-02-10
A LeraIIred Primary.

Raleigh News and Observer.
North Carolina needs a legsIlzed
primary for both parties On a common
LAY. The sooner Il Il adopted the bet.
Ter for good politics aud good govern:
ment
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-02-10

Every school established, and
every school built in the state, has
been accomplished by the hearty aid
and cooperation Of the press OF the
state. This work has been done with
pride and was labor OF love. The
state press Is now unanimous in ask
ing the schools and school children
10 observe bill Nye Day. and make
contribution 70 the memory Of this
journalist, who put 80 much sunshine
into life, and smoothed 50 many
rough places while be lived. We
publish elsewhere the Official letter
q Hon J Y. Joyner. state superin.
iendeht d public instruction. TO the
county fuperiniendents and public
school teachers designating wednes-
day. February p. as Bill Nye Day"
in the public schools. Mr. Joyner al
the outse, seknowle ges a deb, Of
gratitude % the state press for wha,
], has done for the public schools and
the cause Of education in the state.
and says this u The irst time in
the states history where the press
has called On the schools for any pur.
pose. Mr Joyner urges the public
school teachers and children 10 re.
spond literally A special program
has been arranged BY Mr. Joyner for
the exercises February y. ii aii the
schools Of the state.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-02-10

Wilmington Dispa ch.
sui you cant blame those senator's
who are opposing the direct election.
because you could hardly expect a
man 10 sign his own death warrant.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-02-10

The engineer on local passenger
train is the man of the period. He
has so many stops.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-02-10
One idysnssre.

Charlotte Observer
The revolution in Mexico will have
this advantage AZ least. that II viii
furnish the best kind Of field practice
% numerous troops Of United States
cavalry.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-02-10
Would They Drink Themi

UtITUT fFtt PFp8s.
In one Of the Washington clubs
sin y-sesen different varieties OF cock
tails are served Even II a man is
able 70 name them all we should think
he would hesitate 10 drink them.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-02-10
More In the same Fix.

Iht IOnmoner.
When the tariff commission" is APP
pointed We wan: TO submit a carefully
preserved lot OF bills from the
butcher, the baker. the grocer. the dry
goods man aud the coal dealer.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-02-10
Mniher.s Hand.

Washington Herald.
We hear loi about self-made men.
The real self-made man who amounts
70 Anything will admit that he owes
his success 10 bis mothers training.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-02-10

jacksonville Times-l'nion.
When a man is in love he never
knows whether his heart IL IN the
right place or no..
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-02-10
Too ,Ian, i,i,erees y.r.

Raleigh News and Observer.
Gentlemen q the general assembly.
We have TOO many divorces now.
Don't open the divorce mill 70 IN.
crease The deplorsDle product.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-02-10
SPECIAL RATES TO ATLANTA. GA.
via
SEABOARD AIR LINE RY.
Account Southern Commercial Con.
grcsS. March 8th.fOfh f0ll


grcss. March sth-i0th. 1911.
Account OF the Southern CONNER
cial Congress. which meets in At
lanta. Ga. March sth-i0th. 1911. the
Seaboard Air Line Railway has au-
thorized exceptionally low round trip
rates from all points on It's lines.
Tickets account this meeting viii
be on sale March 9Th. 9Th. eth and
for trains scheduled 10 arrive in At
lanfa morning OF March sth. Tickets
will be limited 10 return until
March 90.
The Seaboard affords excellent
double daily service to Atlanta, trains
consisting Of Pullman Sleeping Cars.
Excellent Dining Car service, also
high-back-seat yestibule coaches.
Call on your Local Agent for rates
from your station. also Pullman Res
eryations. or address the under
signed.
II. S. LIZARD,
Division Passenger Agent.
Raleigh. ". c.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-02-10
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
GLeANINGS AND GOSSIP


Wilbur Wright undertook aviation
5 as a cure for nervous indigestion and
! heart trouble He thought he needed
more exercise and fresh air, and he
has found that flying has improved
his health
II will probably be granted that q
!. socialist wedding which took place in
Illinois the other day was the real
thing, at least as far as appearances
We're concerned. The bride, Miss
Rhodeghiero, was dressed entirely in
Ired-gown, hat, shoes and stockings.
Her husband is socialist lecturer.
A Brooklyn younge woman who
charged her brother with larceny told
the court that the young man stole
4 the ice box in the summer and the
stove in the winter, and that she and
the family thought this was too much.
1t happened that the young man who
stole the furniture wanted money 10
buy cigarettes.
A statewide spelling bee is under
way in Indiana, and thus the novelists
of the future are receiving the rudi-
ments OF their literary education. Re-
ports of preliminary matches in some
of the districts show preponderance
Of successful girl spoilers. On one
Saturday nea ly all the first and
second places were won by girls.
Chicago is to observe "sweatshop
Sunday" when well-to-do women will
make house 10 house canvass OF the
residence district to solicit contribu-
tons of money for the benefit OF strik-
ing garment workers. The idea origi- |
mated with the relief committee OF the
woman's trade union league and was
taken up by other organizations.
A higher mortality was found
among fishermen OF the New England
coast than among any other class OF /
workers In this country last year. |
The mortality among these men was
IL per cent. or per cent more than /
among railway employees. The num-
Der OF wage-earners who are killed
in accidents in year in this country !
Is between 10000 and $4,000.
80
Two hens were found sitting on
their eggs in the midst OF the debris I
after fire had destroyed a chicken
house in Los Angeles. Cal. The ire-
men had been pouring water into the
ruins and were tearing down what
was left OF the chicken house when
the hens were found. They had been
protected by some. boards which
formed covering over them, but
heir fidelity TO their nests has ex-
.ited admiration.
The sum Of $4,000. which was ac-
cumulated from concessions in. the
building at the worlds Co
lumbian exposition In 1893. has not
been disposed Of and remains on de-
post in a Chicago bank. The build /
ing was under the charge Of board
composed OF women from all the
states OF the Union. and the agreement,
was that the profits should be devoted
70 national charity. The original COM
mittee has never me; to decide what
10 do with the money.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-02-10

u you have a man to work for you
and he proves dishonest or can not
do hts work you discharge him. don't
you? Why not discharge public OFF,
Gals who lay down on their job?
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-02-10
Need a Pressing Club.

Danyille Register. AL
The pantaloon skirt has not yet
appeared In DsnyilIe. This city Ia
slow taking on new wrinkles In the
costumer's art.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-02-10
And BIaeLIerrIes.

Greenville Piedmont.
Even II the peaches should be killed
We would have the watermelon crop
20 fall back on.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-02-10

wife-Darling want new
gown.
Husband--But you had new one
only short time ago
Wife-Yes; but my friend Ellen is
to be married. and can't wear the
same dress | wore at her last wed.
ding .-Fliegende Blaetter.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-02-10

Sure road to affiuence; Earn dol
lars, spend dimes.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-02-10

Advertising rates made known on
Application.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-02-10

When something happens in Dur
ham that will please everybody. it
will be the morning of the millennium.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-02-10

The fruits of labor is found on
Industries.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-02-10

Entered at Durham, n. c., postoffice
as second class mail matter
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-02-10

The tax on watches in Norfolk is
s21.s3. They value time in the yir-
ginia seaport city. But we guess the
cause of this high tax down there
comes from the fact that they have
SO E,any hard cases" on hand.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-02-10

Woman. lovely woman. We must
confess that we do not understand
you. A woman in an Indiana town
had mania for laces and embroid-
cries, and il got her into trouble.
She was first arrested for shop-lift-
ing, and sentenced TO from two to
fourteen years. she had the good
fortune TO escape from Jail soon after
being committed. but naiyely wrote
to the sheriff from her hiding-place,
asking him 10 please forward some
Of the fnery which she had left be-
hind. This solved problem for the
sheriff. who thus learned where she
could be arrested a second time.
What do you think OF that?
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-02-10

The Dsnyille Register SAYS:
Thursday, the 18th, is Lincoln's
birthday. and Sunday, the 22d, is
Washington's. The sermons will
probably team with Washington
lana" He is hitching up his days
and his dates in a cart before the
horse manner, and were these illus
trous gentlemen-Col. George and
Col. Abe-to see that they would not
know 'tother from which"
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-02-10
We would say the clothes line.

Ticket sellers report that since the
price of top berths has been reduced
the lower compartments are going
abegging. This leads the Norfolk
virginia-Pilot to observe that it "in-
dicates the public likes to travel on
its uppers To our mind II APP
pears that the travelling public wants
to be little above its fellows.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-02-10

What is the most popular line in
the English language" asks an ex-
change. The line OF least resistance.
is our guess.-Norfolk Ledger-Dis-
patch.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-02-10

Division Passenger Agent.
Raleigh. n. C.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-08-17

Sept. |, 1911, petition the county board
to make the improvement in 1872 and
must levy tax to pay the remaining
80 per cent of the town s share, unless
such levy together with all other
levies for state aid roads and bridges
would result in tax of over mills.
Ii the town in which the road lies
has called a special meeting to con-
slider the question of levying a tax
for state aid roads (notices of which
special meeting must be posted on or
before Aug. III it would be best to
petition the town board as above, and
then have z tax for the improvement
voted by the town, adding to this tax
the amount of the subscription. Even
If the town meeting refuses to vote a
tax for the Improvement, the town
board viii have to levy the tax and
petition for county aid.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-08-17
WOULD TEST THE LAW
Many Plumbers of the State
Are Opposed to the Ma
terial Mans Lien
STATUTE IN FORCE 20 YEARS

A movement is on foot among several
large plumbing contractors of the state
who are opposed to the material man s
lien-because they believe that it not
only is an injury to the property holder
but that it works a disadvantage to the
honest contractor because it allows If
responsible men to bid on contracts and
to get the work by giving low initial
figures-to have the material man s
lien tested in the courts.
Although the statute has stood on the
Wisconsin statute books for twenty
years it is claimed that there are sew
eral questions that could be raised
which might affect the constitutionality
of the law and which have never been
passed upon by the courts and it is
intended to bring up these questions.
1t is said the action will be brought
in the federal courts and the case will
be carried clear to the United States
tors claim that property owners should
be very much interested in the action
for the reason as they claim, that I'M
der existing conditions irresponsible
contractors now very often take CON
tracts at a low figure and then fail to
pay the material men and lien follows
which necessitates payment, twice by
the property holder, who, although he
may have paid the contractor for the
work, is held responsible for the unpaid
bills to the material men.
The plumbing contractors who are be-
hind this movement for another court
attack on the lien law are the same men
who tried very hard before the leeis-
lature last winter to secure the repeal
of the material mans lien law. They
were unsuccessful, but the fight they
made over the question gave it state
wide attention.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-08-17
PLANNING NEW LEAGUE
Indoor Ball Players Start
Agitation Which May Re.
suit in It's Revival Here
MANY CITIES READY TO ENTER

Efforts are being made to revive
the interest in indoor baseball in Wis
consln and kenosha promises to be the
center OF an agitation which will re-
suit IN the formation of a league to
include number of the cities in this
section OF the state. Kenosha was
formerly one of the leading indoor
baseball centers of the country and
al CT ort IS being made to bring the
game back to its pristine glory. Al
ready steps have been taken for the
organization of a team for Kenosha to
be composed of star players and Ke-
nosha is to take the lead jim the or
ganizatlon of league. Just as sool
as the Kenosha team is ORGANIZED a
meeting will be held at which plans for
the league will be discussed. The pro-
motors of the league in Kenosha are
making an effort to secure the use of
the Goldberg Auditorium for games
during the winter, but failing in this
they hope to get one of the other
large halls in the town. Letters have
been received from managers of teams
in Chicago, Milwaukee, Racine, South
Milwaukee and Waukegan offering to
go into lake shore league if such a
league can be formed In these let
tiers the promoters suggest that the
league be formed along the same plans
as baseball leagues now in existence
with a view of continuing the game
from year to year. 1t is thought pos
slble that in short time halls might
be built in the various cities for no
other use except indoor baseball. Ra-
cine and Milwaukee both have large
halls which can be secured for the
game and it is certain that plenty of
halls could be secured in Chicago.
The followers of the sport in Keno
sha will watch the development of the
league idea with great deal of in
terest.
The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1911-08-17
MAY FORCE TOWN BOARD TOACT
State Highway Commissie On Sends Let
ter Broadcast Urging she People of
the State to Act if the Town Boards
Refuse to Levy Tax.

The people of the towns of the coun-
ty may avail themselves of state aid
for road building even if the town
Boards refuse to act TO levy tax for
this purpose and the state highway
commission is now sending letters
broad cast to the people of the state
urging them to act independently of
the town boards to secure better roads
where officials decline to take up the
matter. In the open letter sent out
the state commission says:
If there is a piece of road in your
county which you wish to have i'm.
proved in 1912 and the town in which
it lies has taken no steps to take ad
vantage of the new state aid road law,
you still have chance to secure the
improvement, provided the road lies
or viii lie on the county system of
prospective state highways.
The new law (Chapter 337, Laws of
1919 provides that if town does
not at it's annual meeting vote tax
or taxes amounting to mills on the
dollar of it's valuation, for improve
ments to be made the next year under
the law, any group of freeholders in
the county may secure a desired i'm
provement lying in that town provided
that before August 18th they present
petition to the town board, stating
that they desire such and such an i'm
provement and file with the petition a
receipt from the town treasurer, show
ing that they have paid into the town
treasury an amount equal to so per
cent of the town S share of the cost of
the improvement. This SO per cent of
the town s share will normally be one
sixth Of the total cost of the work, so
that subscription of 5000 (Which is
the minimum) will ordinarily secure a.
81 200 improvement.
IF such a petition and receipt are
filed with the town board before Aug.
Is, 1911, the board must on or before