The Durham recorder. [volume] (Durham, N.C.) 1879-19??, 1911-05-30

4 New York. May 27A.-The women in.
terested in the success of the woman
suffrage movement In this state seem
to be thoroughly aroused. Their fail
lure to obtain favorable hearing III
Albany and the hostile attitude OF the
Judiciary committee OF the state legis-
lature toward the suffrage bill seem
Ito have strengthened their determine
tion not to abandon the fight, but to
carry the war right into the territory
LOT the enemy, SO to speak. The wom-
len have decided to raise a campaign
fund Of 100000 to be used in a fight
against the members Of the legislature
who are opposed to the woman's suf-
lfrage clause.
| The women say they have been
ltricked by the politicians, treated with
ldiscourtesies by them, and now they
mean TO play politics in the masculine
way. One Of their plans Is to obtain
Ia house boat on the Hudson. which Ii
Ito be used as the headquarters of the
women who are to conduct the CAM
|paign. The houseboat will travel up
1.-THE river, or wherever it stops meet
Iings will be arranged and speeches
delivered TO arouse the women and
1.-THE men fayoring woman's suffrage.
II is hoped In this way to exert pow
erful influence upon the coming leg
Islative elections throughout the state
and. perhaps, to defeat the opponents
Of woman's suffrage who are candi-
dates for the legislature.
The first conviction under the new
automobile law, which provides PEN
atty for a chauffeur who takes out his
employers automobile without leave,
was obtained the other day before
Judge Foster In general sessions. The
defendant, employed as chauffeur Of
a wealthy merchant, had taken the
wife OF the employer home from the
opera and had been instructed to take
the machine to the garage. Instead
the chauffeur went on wild Joy
ride" which ended with. his arrest for
speeding He was indicted for grand
larceny and the fury found him guilty
OF petty larceny
1t Is almost unbelievable how care
less some persons are In taking care
lof valuable property. Every day
brings new evidence to support that
| fact, and strange to say also OF the
phenomenal luck of these same care
less persons. The other day woman
reported TO the police that she had
sent o shoe, in the toe OF which she
had hidden $1,000 worth OF diamonds,
Ito a cobbler, and that the diamonds
were gone when the shoe was return
led. A detective was sent out to in
yestigate the case. and instead OF ar
resting the eobbler as the woman de-
handed. he made a careful search in
her apartment II was not long be-
fore he found the diamonds hidden in
the toe of a slipper.
On the same day a man applied at
the surrogate's Office In Jersey City
for permission to look al the record Of
la viii admitted 20 probate about
twenty years ago. The book contain
ing the record was handed to him. ard
he spent some time examining the
records OF the case. On the following
day he returned TO the surrogate's
Office and inquired whether anybody
had found wallet containing large
sum OF money and some valuable pa
pers. No such wallet had been found.
but the clerk took down the volume
OF records which the. man had been ex-
aiming the day before and In II he
found the valuable property. There
Is no record that the woman who had
misplaced the diamonds showed her
gratitude for the recovery OF her prop
erty, but the man who had misplaced
his wallet gave the clerk an order for
a suit OF clothes.
Suburban newspaper correspondents
are In a class by themselves. They
may not be like George Washington.
who. according TO popular belief,
would have been ineligible to the An
anias club, but their imaginative pow
er Il simply fierce. They could give
Victor Hugo. Jules Verne. Dumas and
Rider Haggard cards and spades
and defeat them easily. The larry
town correspondent OF one OF the New
York papers, Is 4 worthy representa-
tive Of his class. Some days ago he
told In one OF his daily correspondent
ces 4 wonderful story OF the white
Leghorn hen by certain man In Glen |
vile. which followed her master 10
the trolley car TO bring him nickel |
for carfare which he had forgotten. |
The other day he supplemented his |
story o. the intelligent hen BY another |
remarkable account.
According 10 the story. Mr.. Grohan,
the owner Of the wonderful fowl. hav-
Ing a half-holIday. started 10 build
small chicken coop. The hen stood by |
and watched him pick MP nails and
drive them home. After he had pick
Cd up half dozen the hen Just walk
Cd TO the nail box, picked up one OF
the nails with her beak and dropped
Il into her masters hand. TAIs was
simple and Grohan was getting along
we'll with his jobswhen he smashed
bis finger and couldn't hold the nails.