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The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-03-28
Decided 10 Have
Survey al Once

A meeting o. the incorporatcrs OF
the Durham and Danville Railway
company was held IN the Office OF ..
L. Morehcad this afternoon.
The fncorpofators decided TO have
the survey for the new road begun at
once. The survey Is to b. In charge
Of Mr.. g. G. White, and will be started
as soon as the necessary arrange
mcnls can b. made.
No part Of the route has been deter
mined AZ yet. The promoters have
not decided just what towns VIII be
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-03-28
NOTICE OF LAND SALE.

Under and by virtue Of the powers
conferred upon me in a deed OF trust
dated February 2Sth, 1910, by L. II.
Prince and wife. Carolina Prince. as
VIII appear By reference TO book OF
mortgages 81, page Sas. In the Office Of
the Register Of Deeds for Durham
County. default having been made in
i tae payment o. said notes therein Dc.
holder 81 said notes. I will on
sATtHDAN. 18th day Of APRIL, 1911,
at ~ o'clock N. at the Court House
door IN the City OF Durham sell 20 the
hlghest bidder for cash at public
auction. the following land, to-wit:
Adjoining lots Nos. ~ and ~ Of the
the west; public thofoughfare on the
south; Lots Nos. 40 and ~ OF the lands
OF w. q. Pearson and others on the
East. and George street on the North:
~ the CITY OF Durham, near Fayetts.
vile street Soad, known as Pearson.
town and being Lots Nos. AZ, a.. al. III.
ot the lands. OF the late George Pear.
i iSs ana maa = s shoyn on plat book !, page
orded IN the Office OF the Register Of
Deeds for Durham County. Beainntne
~ q stake on the Southwest side ii
Seorge street and in the Northwest
thence Southwardly 200 feet TO a stake
OF point In the Southwest corner n
the within described tract and public
thoroughfare. thence Eastwardly alons
tue line with Public thoroughfare 100
feet to a stake or point In the south.
cast corner % the within tract ana
public th0ruughfare. thence In
N0rthwardiy direction 200 feet Ia !
stake or point in the Northeast corner
teorue street. thence Wes< war.iiv
along the line OF George street 100 feel
70 the beginning. containing .4g acres
more or less a'es
This tract being divided into four
lots. to-wit. Nos al al A 49, III
each lot being 50 feet by 100. will 10
SOLO hrEt separately and then All 10.
Eether or either See Deed from III.
y. i'sarson e ais TO L. u. Prince, rec.
ham County
This the 18th day of March. 1911.
u. 3, SKINNER, Trustee.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-03-28
Three Candidates
Make Announcement

Chairman Foushee this morning
received announcements from three
other candidates who desire TO take
their chances in the democratic pri-
mary for city Offices. Mr.. j. G. Mark
ham announces himself as a candi-
date from the fourth ward, DR.. J. r..
McCracken from the second ward.
and Mr.. w. A. Carr from the third
ward.
All OF these gentlemen are citizens
Of standing and influence in the COM
munity and commend themselves
very highly as candidates for the Inn
portant offices TO which the yaspire.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-03-28
An nrltlsh shonrlnr Meck.

London. March 25.-"All-British
shopping week" was ushcred in to-
day as the elimination OF a wide
spread movement to induce the Eng
lish consumer 20 buy EnglIsh-made
goods in increasing quantities. The
movement Is aimed especially at
German competition which in the
past few years has seriously threat
cned the prosperity Of the English
manufacturers. Leading shopkeep-
ers Of London and Of all the larger
provincial cities have agreed that for
an entire week they will display only
BritIsh-made goods IN their windows
and on their counters.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-03-28
Soulh Rend 20 Yrars 0ld.

South Bend. Ind. March 27.-south
Bend this week celebrates her eighth
eth birthday anniversary, having been
plated as a city on March IS. 20 and
80. 1881. by Lathrop NJ. Taylor and
Alexis Coquillard. The city was in
corporaied IN 1855. and at the cleo
ton held In June Of that year W. @.
George was chosen as the first mayor.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-03-28
Visitor Has Shoulder
Blade Fractured

Mr.. C. W. Rochelle. who formerly
resided in Durham but who has been
living in High Piont for some time,
while visiting his son at Trinity col
loge Sunday night. accidentally fell
over a pile OF debris at the ruins OF
the old dormitory and fractured his
shoulder blade.
The injury was very painful, but
Mr.. Rochelle was able to return TO
his home at High Point this morning.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-03-28
Durham Man Sells
Henderson Property

Henderson. March 27.---Considcr-
able valuable real estate exchanged
hands last week In Henderson. A. G.
zollicoffer, trustee OF the estate Of
the late w. W. Reayis. sold several
business lots, aggregatins the sum OF
$4,000.
Hotel Vance, not yet completed
was sold by G. r. White and J. II.
paschall for $4,000 THURSDAY. w
y. Moss. OF Durham. sold 40 lots. al
bringing good prices
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-03-28
To Talk 10 students.

=. D. Walker. Of Philadelphia. is in
the city for the purpose Of giving a
smoker and talk to international Cor
respondence schools students located
la Durham. These schools have over
200 students here.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-03-28

nobeson Advance.
Ii your business Is not worth ad.
yertinIng. advertise II for sale.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-03-28

Y.M.C.h.' ARE ENCOURAGED
Two Hundred Dollars Reward for
Murderer Of Captain GIbbs-Ra.
leIgh's Building OutIook-An Un-
solicited Subscription Of $1,000 to
YIN. c. 4. building.

Raleigh. March 27.--Ra.eigh is
heading now toward her first legal
lied primary in which both parties
are to vote on the same day for candi-
dates for city officials TO be voted for
in the May election. The primary is
to be April IL and is to be under iron
clad restrictions as TO party affiliation
and obligation TO abide by the results
OF the primary. The act was passed
by the recent legislature At the in
stance Of the Wake representatives.
and applies to both the city and the
county at large. The republicans are
not likely to put out any candidates
at All or the nominations. at the most.
will be perfunctory. However the
outlook Is for a sharp contest between
the two factions OF democracy. the
wing Of the party defeated IN the sena-
torial primary two years ago being
greatly encouraged over having Sc
cured the defeat OF the commission
government bill last week that was
supported by the city administration.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-03-28

This week there will be the argu-
ment OF eighth judicial district APP
peals IN the supreme court. There
are nine appeals as follows: Fields
v. Hill, Unifype Co. V. Ashcraft
Bros. Wilcox '. Railroad; Woke v.
Railroad. currie v. Gilchrist. Dowdy
v. Dowdy. McLendon V. Hill. Bank Of
Baltimore v. Rock. Rollins '. Wicker.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-03-28
Reward Offered.

Two hundred dollars reward Is Of
fercd by Governor Kitchin for the un-
known murderers Of Captain Il. p.
Gibbs. who disappeared 10 mysteri-
'ously from his home IN Elizabeth City
early In February. and whose body
was found later with indications OF
murder. but no clue TO the murderer.
There Is a $3.50 reward offered by the
family
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-03-28

The funeral OF the late Claude NJ.
Brouehton. who died suddenly on Fay
etieyille street Saturday afternoon.
was conducted from Tabernacle Bap-
list church sunday afternoon. The
interment was under the auspices OF
the Junior Order United American
Mechanics and was largely attended.
The deceased was brother OF DIR. Len
O. Broughton. the famous Atlanta
Baptist minister.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-03-28

The workers for The $4,000 fund
for Y. NJ. c. A. building are greatly
encouraged over receiving an unsolic-
tied $1,000 subscription srom Herbert
w. Jackson. former Raleigh banker,
now Of Richmond. Va. The solicitors
rounded up the fund Saturday night
70 s2s.S37 and are confident OF getting
the fun $4,000 during the remaining
SIX days that the whirlwind canvass
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-03-28

IL "a a notable fact that a conscrvar
tive estimate Of the prob.blc building
operations IN Raleigh for the present
year, not including the 100000 mu-
nicIpal and auditorium building now
under construction. rounds no si.137.-
600. Furthermore. none OF the small
er building operations. such AZ resi-
denccs. arc included IN this. II does
include 100000 for hotel facilities as
su-ed, and Il includes fhc s250.0oO for
a iireproof state administration build
Ing provided for BY the recent legisla-
iurc aud Il includes 100000 for build
Ing at the A. aud N. college.
yomnr Lady Becomes Clerk.
In the Offices Of the corporation
commission there has been a change
whereby Mr.. O. stedman Thompson
rctires from a clerkshIp he has held
for several years and IL succeeded by
Miss Adams. Of wayncsvillc. she be-
Ing the candidate for the place urged
BY Commissioner Lee. who succeeded
Commissioner Rogers on the commits
sion last January.
The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-03-28
TN. G. A. Workers Encouraged.

The second OF the eight-day cam
paIen now on for the $4,000 fund to
erect a Young Mems Christian ASSOC
citation building IN Raleigh showed the
great illuminated dial on the front OF
Metropolitan hall TO be registering
$4,000 IN pledges secured. The cam
paIgn Is expected TO close next satur-
day nleht aud high degree OF conf
dence IL manifested by the promoters
Of the movement mat Is expected to
relieve Raleigh Of the distinction Of
being the only state capital city in the
linlon having 40 Y N ~
The Washington herald., 1911-04-16

the given point. and took the plainest
one, which was not the extreme right
hand path 1t lay next to the path
which he should have taken. and which
was so dim in the evening light that it
would have required sharp eyes to have
noticed 1t.
So, on the wrong path, David climbed
and climbed. And after a while he real
lied he was going the wrong way. for
great boulders soon doomed up before
him and the path disappeared into q
thicket which led to a very steep preci-
pice. Here David paused and looked
about him. As he did SO, a form dark
ened the path Just ahead Of him, and a
voice addressed him: ''Ah, you are lost,
my lad. WHITTIER are you boundT'
I'm going to Dame Higgens' home, ."
informed David. For he had no idea he
was talking to the old witch.
''Ah, then follow me, my lad. /. too.
am bound for the good Danes farm.
She is friend Of mine So saying
the witch led David up q very steep in
cline, then into a dark path between
high walls Of rock. After a long. long
walk, David began to have grave sus-
picions that his guide was not leading
him Alright. He paused and said: Are
you quite sure that you are on the right
path to Dame Higgins FARM
''Ah, you doubt mer' And the witch
turned q hideous face to David. Before
The Washington herald., 1911-04-16
REATRICE'S EASTER
i'm THE COUNTRY.

brightly tinted tissue paper and the rolls
of tiny wire and yellow centers.
oh, the material for paper flowers
said Beatrice. II thought maybe you'd
like to learn how to make flowers during
my visit
"Oh. should love to- cried Mamie.
I've wanted so much to learn the nrt. :"
Il don't know that one should call II
an art laughed Beatrice. Although
mamma says ii requires q certain artistic
taste TO make them so that they look
real
That evening after supper the Moore
family were gathered about the big cen
ter table In the living-room when the
dOorbell rang. The young minister was
calling, and was invited to Join the fam
fly circle. He had come to nsK Mrs
Moore's assistance in decorating the
little church. a plain wooden building In
which the country folk attended services
each Sunday.
You see. Mrs. Moore" said the young
minister, who was doing his first pastoral
work, Il think we should have the church
nicely decorated for Easter. I thought
that perhaps you might take charge OF
it-with the aid Of Miss Mamie and her
cousin. Miss Thomas. whose ideas. I am
sure will be valuable, since she Is from
the city,"
TONED the fact OF Beatrice being city
girl And Beatrice. fun Of gay spirits.
replied. iaughingly; Don't be too hard
on me, Mr.. James. ! really can't help
Tiny being from the city. And
Ppt sSm,se .o 70 g very, very good when
Then therseWaa much happy social chat,
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you into a toad. And you may hop home
to find your mother will sweep you out
Of the yard with a broom. All. with one
move Of my arm can make you a creep
ing thing"
But what have I done to make you
wish to wrong me?" cried poor little
David. I'm q good boy, and my parents
love me, and ! love them very, very dear
ly. We are happy, and why should you
wish to destroy our happinessf'
"Ah, ] want you for my son." shrieked
the old witch. Il guess I'll turn you into
an owl-just to hear you tootI toot! toot!
for a night" AS the wicked creature
said this. she started to strike David q
blow on the head with her long ella wed
fingers But as the arm descended. some
thing struck It. and II fell a withered
thing at her side. As she rolled over and
over on the ground In agony of pain and
fright-for she knew a fairy had struck
her-David turned and looked above him.
There was the most beautiful form he had
ever beheld. The fairy was seated on top
a huge boulder, just above the old witch.
For a moment David could not speak.
he was SO overcome by emotion. But
presently he found voice and said:
''Ob. good fairy, lead me away from this
wicked witch. She was about to turn
me into an owl. Just TO hear me toot."
Yes, my child" replied the fairy. I'VE
will 60 as soon as this old witch is dead.
She's dying now. OF fright. not Of the
The Washington herald., 1911-04-16
GRE4Z4RZZ5ZY
=- 4HERZC4
GILBERT STUART.

TT was on December 3, 1855, that GIL
bert Charles Stewart (since spelled
J Stuart came into being in the quaint
little Rhode Island town of Middletown.
near Newport. The child's father had
been a follower of the Pretender in
Scotland, and fed from his native hills
after the battle of Culloden Moor. seek
ing refuge in the New World. In the
town of Middletown he built a snuff
mill, which failed of financial success,
although there was a great demand for
snuff at that time, all the gentry" being
addicted to the habit of dipping snuff"
While still very young. Gilbert Stuart
showed signs Of unmistakable talent in
drawing. He made crude pencil por-
traits Of his family and school friends.
One day the Stuart's family doctor saw
some of the little fellows artistic at
tempts, and straightway provided him
with an outfit of paints and brushes.
This gave the boy encouragement to pur-
sue his work with energy and determi-
nation. He studied the effects of light
and shade in every print or engraving
which came under his observation. He
then began to see these values in the
faces of his subjects who sat to him for
likeness. At Is the youth was paint.
ing portraits of Mr.. and Mrs. John Ban
mister and it is said that the resemblance
he caught and placed in crude form on
the canvas was most remarkable.
Gilbert Stuart's first teacher of draw
Ing and painting was Cosmo Alexander,
o Scotchman. who came to Rhode Island
when Gilbert was in his fifteenth year
After some study with the wandering
Scotch artist" Gilbert accompanied him
to South Carolina. the artist stopping
long enough In the principal cities en-
route to paint portraits of the gentry and
their families. Then the two. middle
aged Scotchman and youth Of 16, held
together by congeniality of tastes. found
they way across the sea to Scotland, the
home of Gilbert's forefathers. At Glas-
gov, Alexander placed his pupil In the
University of Glasgow under the care of
Sir George Chambers. But very soon
thereafter both Sir George and Alexander
died, passing away within few months
of each other. This left the American
boy without friends or money in
strange and war-impoverished country.
There was no work for him In Scot
land. and he managed to work bis way
bach to the Colonies on board collier.
but in good spirits. nevertheless. He had
again reached "home,' which, after his
hardships and wanderings seemed q very
dear place indeed.
Study abroad In the university of learn
ing had had its influence upon the young
man. who was now In his nineteenth
year, He had learned many lessons dur
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he dust and died

face in the dust and died.
'Now. my son. that wicked cowardly old
witch is no more. We fairies have been
trying for centuries to get at her so as
to frighten her out of the world. She will
harm no one any more. She was Sin,
and now she has passed away"
"Ah, good fairy, and now that you have
saved me, will you be so good as to guide
me- TO Dame Higgens' farmI l lost my
way" .
The fairy called to n white pony IN the
bushes aud told David to mount upon his
back. The lad did as hidden and the
fairy said: New. Wild Wind, hy with
your little burden. Let him OF at the
gate to Dame Iiiggens' yard" Then. be-
fore David could thank her the fairy was
gone. So, seated astride the white pony's
back. David was carried quickly TO the
old DANES gate. There he sprang from
the pony and went inside the house. He
found the good dame preparing many
beautiful wreaths and bouquets Of lilies
for the holy day of Easter. and wuen he
told her the object Of his call and also
Of the death of the witch, Of the good
fairy and how he had ridden there on the
fairy's white pony, the good dame was
much excited. "Ah, ! am SO glad. lad,
to know that the old witch Is at last
The Washington herald., 1911-04-16

that moment, she had been disguised.
wearing a pretty face. But now she
showed herself in her right appearance.
David jumped aside, SO frightened he had
become at sight Of her. And at once he
knew he had fallen into the hands Of the
old witch.
"Ah, you know me, son." And the old
witch cackled wickedly. well, you shall
serve me from this night. am getting
old. and need some one to carry on my
work. ] shall teach you all the mischief
that / know, and you will become as dan
gerous as /. All, how people hate me!
And they will grow to hate you In the
same way"
mo, you wicked old WITCH" cried
David, I'll never be your accomplish In
wrong doing. I'll go home to my people,
and tell them of you, and they'll search
the mountains till they find you. and
they'll drive you forth from our beautiful
country"
"Ha. ha. har' shrieked the old witch
And she gave vent to such loud screech
that she brought about her own undoing
1t so happened at that very moment u
fairy was passing overhead, and caught
the sound of the old witch's screech. And
she knew from the sound that the wicked
old creature had some one in her power
So the fairy dropped closer to earth and
overheard the following conversation be-
tween David and the old witch:
TRY to leave me, my son. and III turn
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WAY up In the mountains tnere
lived an old witch. And she was
as wicked an old witch as ever
y dwelt on the earth. And also In
the same mountains there dwelt
a band of fairies. aud they were as good
as any fairies that ever dwelt on the
earth. And at the foot Of the mountains
there nestled a village, and In the VII
lage there dwelt family by the name OF
Brown.
Now, Jacob Brown was a good man.
and his wife. Mary, was a good woman.
And they had q little son, David, VINO
was a very fine. honest. kind-hearted
lad. And dwelling q short way from
them. in the same street. there lived an
other family named links And the
Jinkses had a dear little daughter who
had fallen quite Ill Just before Easter.
And one day when David Brown, the
neighbor boy, came to fetch the nttie
girl (whose name was Rose) some Iruit
from his mothers garden she asked OF
him: Are the Easter lilies in bloom
yet?" And David replied: NO. the frost
came and killed the lilies But you see,
il did not hurt the early strawberries.
for my father had them well covered
over with straw so that the fret could
not touch them
.Ah. and will there be no lilies this
Eastern" asked little Rose.
'All that were set out In the vhlase
were killed by the frost" replied Davld.
But when he saw the look OF dlsappoint-
ment on the little girls face. he quickly
added: But it may be possible that old
Dame Higgens-up on the mountain
side-will have some Easter lilies. You
know she has a flower garden SO wei
sheltered from the winds and the cold.
and in a sunny spot. that she has mowers
very early in the season. earlier tnan an!
of the village folk. shall ask mother to
permit me to go 10 Dane Higgins place
this evening after my chores are done.
And if she has any lilies she will gladly
send some TO you. Shes q sood oiu
SOUL
les. know Dame Higgens," replied
Rose. Then her mother came into the
room and the subject was changed from
Easter lilies to little family matters
After a short call. David returned home,
and told his mother about his converse
ton with Rose, and she agreed to his
going to old Dame Higgins on the
mountain side that evening. saying: IF
she has any Easter lilies. she will gladly
send a nice bouquet to little Rose
That evening after his chores were
done. David set out up the mountain side
She dwelt in a sheltered nook between
two very high mountain peaks. In sort
OF sun kissed valley. where winds and
snow never came. And although she was
far above the village folk in altitude, her
place was much milder than theirs, for
down at the base of the mountains the
frost often bit the gardens in early
spring, while in her sheltered garden 1t
never came at all
David had been at Dame Higgens'
home once with his mother. but that had
been two years previous to this story,
and as he went singing along the noun
tain path he was not as watchful Of his
way as he should have been. True. his
father had guided him by telling him to
keep the right-hand path aft>r leaving
a certain spot on the big roadway. But
as the evening shadows were darkenins
the earth. David did not look closely at
the paths that led away from the road at
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Mrs. Moore promising to do her part
towards decorating the church for Easter
services. II have so few blooming
plants" she explained. But they'll
make some show. And III have our man
take them to the church on Saturday
morning. The girls and / will go over
with him and see to placing them about
the altar. And, i believe, Mrs. Davis
has some blooming plants that she'll be
glad to lend. Wen stop on the way and
gather them up
So Mr.. James, young and earnest and
enthusiastic, went away feeling assured
that his little church would look bright
looked to Mrs. Moore to do all these
things for him, for she took a great deal
Of interest in church work
Early on Saturday morning John Handy,
the man Of all work on the Moore's farm,
hitched up the driving horses to the fam
lily carriage and carried Mrs. Moore,
Mamie and Beatrice to the church, one
mile away. And In the back of the car
rage were the potted plants
dozen in all-that Mrs. Moore was taking
to the church. Several of the plants
were blooming. Others were just In bud.
IN route they stopped ut the Davises
Yes, Mrs. Davis would gladly lend her
house plants for Easter. But while her
housemaid was washing them OF, and
setu1g the unslghty eartnen pots wrap
ped In tissue paper she begged Mrs.
Thomas and the girls to come In and
have cup Of tea and some hot ginger
bread she had just taken from the oven.
As the group Of women and girls sat
about the dining table enjoying the re-
freshment cry was heard in the front
yard. They ran to see what was the cause
Of the cry, which had been repeated in a
very exciting voice. To their horror they
saw the Thomas horses running down
the road at furious gait. John Handy
was running after them, crying out:
Whoa. Stop" The carriage was tip
ping from one side to the other, threat
ening at any moment to go over. At
deep ravine the horses and carriage dis
appeared from sight for a moment, then
they were seen going up the opposite
bank. And splitting from the rear of the
lowbedded carriage were the ported
plants. those belonging TO both Mrs