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THE ROANOKE BEACON,
Plymouth, N. C.
A DEADLY DUEL.
An unholy lore and a sinful desire
for yengeauce caused the death of
two near this place Saturday.
A Miss Harris, living with one of
hr brothers-in-law on Sheriff
Knight'i place between here and Old
Sparta, became infatuated with a
married man, Will Burroughs, of
Pitt county, and he with her. They
determined to elope and Burroughs
came up Saturday morning for that
purpose.. He went out for the wo
man and the two endeavored to take
the train for Norfolk at McNair's
Crossing, but were too late for it.
From 3 o'clock till the fatal shoot
ing, nearly 5, they must have been
hiding or skulking about in the
ifooda beyond V. L. Barlow's, about
a Wile from town.
t Her people became apprised of the
indent of tne guilty couple and came
ujjy'here to ascertain if a warrant for
thipir arrest could be issued. Will
Harris, who was the spokesman, was
told that no warrant could be issued,
bat was advised to take his sister
and carry her home, this he said he
would do. He was advised to use
no force, to carry no weapons, and
to this he assented, but the advice
was not acted upon, for shortly after
3 o'clock Harris, John Wade, Itube
aud Will Koberson and Dixon, were
st'en on the road between MacNair's
crossing and Thome's store, Harris
with a shot gun and Koberson with a
pistol inquiring for a man and a wo
man. Later about 4 o'clock, or
somewhat later, the same men were
seen near the corporate limits of the
' town on the Wilson road. Their con
f.lOTHEl
The greatest ambition of Amer
ican men and women is to have
homes blessed -with children. -The
woman afflicted with female dis
ease is ojwtjuitly menaced with
becorniHg ciuldless wife . No
medicinal restore dead or-
nJI?5 of Cardui does
regp igments that pre-
nijjp&ptioii ; does prevent
mbeaiiLage; ' does restore weak
functions and shattered nerves
and doe bring babies to honies
barren and desolate lor years.
Wine of Cardui gives women the
health and strength to bear heal
thy children. You can get a
dollar bottle of Wine of Cardui
t
from your dealer.
U1UE" CARDUI
13 Market fctreet,
. Memphis Term., April li, 1901.
jruryt iswi, i too ono bottle of
Wine of Cardui and one package of
TasdiWd's BUck-Draught. 1 had been
veara ftnd bad never
ftvan birth to a child until I took Wiao
of Cardui. Now I am mother of a fine
bsy M which was born March 81, 1901.
Taa bAnv waiorha fnnrfjian nr...,.. i r
feej m well as any person could feel.
Vow my home is happy and I never will
, m wunoui wine or usraul in mv house
if tfaio. Mrs. J. W. C. SMITH.
If Klvlcs snd literature, sddrem, divine
H Symptom "Th ladles' Advtwry Ik-parti
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versation to a passerby indicated
that they were hunting rabbits.
Soon after this the hnnters had
made their way to a cemetery for
colored people, at the forks of the
road near Barlow place. Here the
eloping couple was found, and the
shooting began, lloberson was shot
through the abdomen, Burroughs
dropped shot in the head.
Both were brought here to the
hospital, but surgical skill was of no
avail, the wounds were fatal and
both died during the nfght.
Koberson made a statement before
he died in which he said that Bur
roughs shot first and only once ; that
he then shot at him several times ;
that he had no idea that Burroughs
iutended to shoot, that no one else
tired a gun.
Dr. Harroll, as coroner, Sunday
began inquest but did not complete
theij, adjourned over till Wednesday
for additional evidence.
Dixon says he was with the party
only to help them take the sister,
but not te violate the law.
Harris, ir. is said, has run away.
When one of the wounded men
were being brought to town in a cart
John Wade stopped the vehicle and
said it should not pass. He backed
up his declarations by drawing a pis
tol. Finally ho was persuaded to
let the procession pass.
He was tried this morning by
Squire Howard on two charges, as
sault and carrying concealed weap
ons. On the first charge judgment
was suspended upon payment of cost.
On the other he was held in de
fault of $50 bond to answer at the
next term of the Superior court.
Wade says at the time he was so
much under the influence of liquor
that he has no recollection at all of
what he did Those who arrested
him say he was much intoxicated.
Wade and the two Kobersons are
from Pitt county. Kube Koberson
married a sister of the misguided
woman. From what is told of him
he has been a turbulent character.
Kecently he served a turn ou the
rouds for forcing a minister of the
gospel to drink and then dunce and
sing.
The woman was with Burroughs
when the shootiug occurred. The
hunting party hastened to make pro
vision to have Koberson brought to
town, but did nothing for Burroughs,
who lay where he fell shot through
the head unbonscious and so remain
ed till death.
Miss Harris paid a colored man
$5 to bring him to town and then
she disappeared.
The wound which Koberson re
ceived shows that Burroughs must
have been sitting down, and Bur
roughs' wound indicates that he was
shot while in the same posture.
Tarboro Southerner, 14th.
The Great Dismal Swamp
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A $5000 Cash Priz Offer.
The Atlanta Constitution oilers $5,000
in a new cash prize contest upon tto num
ber of hales in the total United States cot
ton crop, 1901-02, provided the estimatea
are received daring April, 1902. There are
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WAR TAXES TO COME
OFF
Collector Rucker'Receiyes No
tice from Treasury Depart
ment Concerning Re
pealing Bill.
Collector of Internal Reytnues. II. A.
Rucker yesterday received notice from the
treasury department of the act of cougress
practically repealing the war revenue act.
Under the terms of the new bill the tax oa
everything which was levied at the outbreak
of the Spauisb-American war is taken off
with the exception of that on mixed flour.
Taxes which are reduced by the bill are
merely inado what they were before the
passage of the war revenue act.
Under the repealing act the special taxes
on brokers, bankers, proprietors of theaters,
circusses, public exhibitions, bawling alleys
aud billiard rooms, dealers in leaf tobacco,
manufactured tobacco aud cigars are taken
off. The stamp taxes on instruments, pa
pers, documents of delivery or trausfers of
stock and salts and agreements of bale,' or
agreements to sell stock, products or mer
chandise included in schedule A are taken
off. The taxes on wines under schedule B
are taken off. The stamp tax ou sets iu
parlor and palace cars aud berths iu sleep
iug cars is taken off.
The tax on fermented liquors is reduced
to $1 per barrel, the tax on snuff aud to
bacco to 6 ceots per pound and lue tax on
cigarettes weighing niorj than 3 pounds per
thousand ia reduced to $3 per thousand.
A drawback will be allowed on all un
broken packages of smoking aud manufac
tured tobacco and snuff iu the hands of
manufacturers and dealers July 1, when
the act becomes effective. Atlauta Cousti
tution, 19th.
Shot 111 His Left Leg.
For all kinds of sores, burns, bruises, or
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Beware of counterleits. 'A Buffered for
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It is possible to steal u penny aud still
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Don't neglect coughs and colds even if it is
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And yet it may depend
Ou whether you're the one in need,
Or whether it's your friend.
The Beet Prescription for Malaria
Chills and Fever is a bottle of Grove's
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iron aud quinine iu a tanteleks form, mo
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One Way to avoid being disappointed in
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An instructor in phywical culture adver
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