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DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA. WEDNESDAY APRIL 29 1891.
VOL- 72.
NO. 16
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FARTHING & DUKE:
WHOLESALE
teriss-DrfCfiofls.
Notions, Clothing, etc
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We cany w uck everything jou
cb find in aoj general alre.
We carry large stock of
V.L. DOUGLASS
Shoes, batters
JLewis & Cos
Shoes;
OLD HICKORY
i rid Pie J moat Wag
ons Road Cms.
Door' Fertilizer Tho Na
tional and Durham Ball Fer
tilizer. The mxt "'' f r thj lent awjer
FAItTHLW DUKE.
for Infants
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big:
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tice of Mrilieine, Uijiveniity
Vn (, riir: "I cheerfully
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Kmulijn U the xtt furm for; the
idmiiiHtratioir of Cod Liver Oil
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ever f rtl. In tlie climate 'if .tli
S nth and Weal it hw peeuliarad
antim that are of then-atest im
portance, maintaining it iu)pritf
at all canons of the year, noti'b
s!.iiidirnf it contain th preat
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we know of in anr Emulsion. !
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THK 8UIMti:UE COUItT .Or
illi: COUXTKY DJSMIS-SUSH'SI'LISA.
A tlifiory of itie Muriler For
1 1 U U IJe In t I'ti.v the rcn-
. Hlty . t Ilia
fit Wonh Oaurtta, April Jltli. '
J. W. Davis, the convicted
murderer 6f the lamented B. C.
Evans, has now but one possible
chance for life, and that lies iu
executive clemency. Telegrams
were received yesterday from
Washington, D.C., announcing
that the supreme court of ; the
United States bad granted the
petition of the state of Texas
and dismissed the petition of J
V . Davis on the ground tnat
the court had no jurisdiction
whatever in the case. Davishas
now been tried in our district
court, found guilty and the death
tenalty assessed, lie has twice
been heard by the highest court
of Texas, and his execution then
stayed by the supreme court of
the laud until yesterday, when
they dismissed bis petition.
When the mandate trom Wash
ington is received Judge Peck
hum will sentence him a second
time, and he will bs deprived of
his life by hanging. , v
Davis beard the news calmly;
he has "always been calm when
ppoken to on this subject. He
is a constant reader 01 taeiibie,
and is seeking Divme support
and comfort.
Why is J. W. Davis to be hung?
The following account printed
in the Gazette July 6, lS-A will
tell- : . :' -
Tho most woeful occurrence
. a .1 ... .
ever chronicled in ine cuy 01
Fort Worth is that which took
place at 3:40 yesterday after
noon in which JJ. U. ii-vans iosi
his life, and a whole city is
plunged in grief. The blow
stuns, it paralyzes, men stand
aghast with horror, grief and
nitre while the poor, neart-uroic-
en widow weeps and the father
less children gather about trie
sacred dust of the once loving
parent. Better had Fort W orth
bor n laid in ashes than that B.
C. Evans should have been rob
bed of life in the way he was,
for Fort Worth would h tve risen
from herftshe&uJtiviJreJjeautifcl
than ever, but the taking oil ot
the good man, the loyal citizen,
the fond husbaud and father,
the great merchant and the pro
moter of public affairs cannot
be undone.
At 3:40 yesterday evening J.
W. Davis sho: and killed-B. C"
Evans. Hundreds who were
within a few b ocks of the B. C.
Evans company's etitablifdinwht
on Main street heard the sharp
ring of a pibtol fired five time!
with remarkable regularity,
and from the interval between
the show, with apparent great
deliberation. Men standing a
block away could see the smoke
from the pistol curling out
through the entrance to the
carpet department of he house
and carried away oy me gun
breeze. At the first shot hun
dreds started to the place, and
when the last shot had been
fired and Davis was putting the
iiistol intuo inside breast pock
etof his coatscorcsof men were
at the store. Martdial tanner
was there, and at once took the
dstol from Davis and took htm
in custody. Charles I. hite,
an employe of the company, ran
to Mr. Evans, wuo lay on me
floor of the little office in tho
carpet room, his head and
shoulders projecting under the
baize curtain, and partially lut
ed him up. Physicians were
summoned at once, but nothing
could be done and in ten rain-
nt the soul of B. U. Lvans was
with the Creator. A scene of
wild confusion was witnessed
both in the house and on the
streets. As if on the winga of
the electric current the . cwshad
iiowu uu y.
Evans is dead.
"B.C. Evans has been mur -
dered:" flew from bp to lip and
.......... I r...i, IKillail t.l Itlttfi
iiuobu t.v,..
MESPA1.BAK0 kxotku
rami runniuc from every dircc-
tion the laborer, the mechanic,
flm hunker, the lawyer, the
merchant, the clerk, pressed for -
ward to the Doint whew the
mnrt.il remains of B U Evans
lay. The cltrk in tlw house
came from every point and
floor, and from every countct
and gathered about the rcma ns.
The doors were closed haKiiiy to
keep out the crowd and hide
from thomi without tbe body of
the dead and the weeping em
ployes. Yes, many wept, as
there was cause, for the best
friend many a man and woman
in that house had would lever
again speak a kind word or lend
'helping hand.
, . breakinq'thekews ;.
to tho widow waa a heart-rond
ing task. Two lady relatives
went at once to the family re
sidenco onLaniar street and
told the wife with choking sobs
that Mr. Evans was badly hurt
Then Mr. WhitDryden, ahroth.
er of Mrs. EvanB, came and told
her that the injuries were se
vere; that the doctors had little
hop?; that Dr. liui ta said tnere
was no hope. And tlien nuime
friends bearing the ci-pse sof
him who had Deen so. jnuch to
her, and who but a few hours
before had kissed her ,aud his
children pood bye, stopping at
the threshold ; to take, little
Ethel, his two-and-one-half-years
old baby girl in his arms
and embraced her for the last
time on. earth. They bore the
form into the parlor and - laid it
gently down, and even then the
widow could not believe turn
dead and the agonized children
called for him and to him.' '
In another home friends came
and told a stately old lady of
sixty -five that her son was in
jail and why he bad been placed
there. That boy was ter all,
be was her son and she .wept
for him. He had supported her
and been kind in her old age
and she grieved, she would have
given her own life to have un
done that day' work, .but too
late and the inexorable Ja s of
time and God went on' with
their work. J
THE FACTS OF THENARS." ! r
As far as careful and rigid
investigation could, arrive at
the facts, they are ' these: Six
years ago J. W . Davis entered
the employ of B C. Evans. Pre
vious to that time he had been
with the Bt. Louis dry good
company, lie was a trusted
employe of Mr Evans, who hid
been very kind and lenient Jo
him on many occasions. iWhen
k;k the employer had gone ,0
see hiju and eaw that he want
ed for nothing. Davis' was aT
dictod to drinking, and Mr.
Evans had repeatedly spoken to
him about the evil effects of the
habit ; and .its , damage to his
buxi iies' prospect. Davis was
in the clothing department, and
sonic ' time tea. his drinKing
cntianin-,- Jin Evans- piuceU
James Johnson' ia thirge of the
d partment making him superi
or in rank to Davis and at the
same time reducing his salary.
Yesterday morning Davis came
to the store and it is said had
been drinking. Mr. Evans had
a conversation with him in the
morning and told Davis h' could
stand his drinking no longer; he
must stop drinking or quit his
employ; be must begn new
Monday or grt another place.
4 bout noon tavis went to A. J.
Anderson's and bought a 41
caliber pistol, saving he wanted
it to kill dogs lie returned to
the store avid it is evidence that
he abused Mr. Evans to the oth
er clerks and made threats
against his life. About 3:15
the conduct of Davis and the
threats made, induced Robert
Sandidge, one of the clerks, to
go to Mr. Hollingsworth. the
treasurer of the company, and
tell him that Mr. Evans should
be.warned. Not beliovrgthat
Davis intended harm but feeling
that if Mr. Evans were told of
Davis' actions the threats of
Davis would be executed, noth
ing was said to him and he was
utterly unconscious of his dan-
Kr.
Mr. Homing, who was in the
i-tore about 3:30 talking to Mr.
Evans noticed Davis walking
up and down the carpet room
while be was there, but thought
nothing of it. He left about
3:35 md Mr. Evans seated him
elf in a chair at thedexk in the
oflictj. and. Dickinsr vv venter-
! day's Gazette, began to read it.
waR u tho back firt of t)w car
Mr. r. 1. Jloumirsworth, wno
i r,tt room ith liugii Juiliaon
saw Davis walking down the
t fo hefe Mr. Evans was
UsL Ue turut(, hh heaj fur
I .. ..
ft ,,rond when ne nuara a sno,
He facwi about and saw. Mr.
Evans hold up tha pam-r with
' both hands, and heard him say,
I "Don't. Davb: don't." Ho saw
1 Davis fire again, and MK Evans
fi ll from me chair forward on
hU fa' o, Davis continuing to
fire into the body of the pro
irate man.
' Charles I. White.the man who
wcnt jn the store just after the
iftfit ehot was fired, says he mid
Marshal Farmer entered about
the .'une time. Farmer went
to Davis, ,who was standing
about the middle 01 tho room
tok tho piwtol from him an
arretted him. White ran to Mr,
Ev.in and lifted him up, the
dying man gawd into his face
1 and a gush of btood issued from
his mouth. He gasped and said,
"Oh, my God. ',' Again he gasped
and the blood flowed from his
mouth a second time, in a feeblo
voice he said: "My God," and
his eyes closed and his head
dropped. Mr. White savs:
"When 1 got to Mr Evans he
still had the Gazetto in his
hands, his right hand clutched
the fifth page, his left rested on
the editorial page. In falling,
a bunch of keys dropped from
his right pocket. I gently took
the nuDer from his hands and as
I did so the blood gurgled from
UiB throat onto my hands.; I
sent for blankets and we placed
his head on them as a pillow i I
then went for Justice Reynolds
and he came and viewed the re
mains and t ?ok testimony as to
the cause of death." . ..
s When Marshal Farmer 6aid to
Davis, MVe had better get to
the jail," Davis remarked, '1
must get my hat," and not find
ing it he picked u a straw hat
and told a clerk t j cha .ge it to
him; it wasn't his, but to charge
it. Arriving at the jail his
shoes were taken off and ho was
given a pair of slippers, he re
moved his coat, vest and hat
and was placed in a cell. ,
The CoimiuTClal Co.ijfress. .
The Lynchburg Advance Bavs:
The- proceedings of the Com
mercial Congress, which closed
its labors at Kansas City last
week, were watched with more
than ordinary interest. Every
body felt a considerable degree
of anxiety to know what would
be its outcome. Whether its de
liberations would result in the
determination to form a new
party, "or whether the discus
sions would " disclose ' practical
unity in the advocacy of any
fijce i policy. Now that the ses
sion is over the timid may
breathe more fr.ely. Party
lines are unbroken. The ap
prehension of a third party is set
at rest for the present at least
Of course there was much di
versity of opinion ou many sub
jects, but it is gratifyirg to ob
serve that there was practical
unit ' on one point and that on
of paramount importance viz:
the necessity for tariff reform.
Is early half the membership was
Kfiii&lutn ivnd y-t - mua:tlwii
was at a discount in the Con
gress. Borne of the speakers
tried to hedge and straddle, and
inject a little of the protection
poison into the resolutions, but
they were rewarded with small
success Ihe overwhelming
sentiment of the body was in
favor of the reduction of tariil
burdens and the Teport of the
majority had the clear Dem
ocratic ring. As was to " be ex
pected, the silver question play
ed a prominent part in the pro
ceedings, out it is encouraging
to observe that it did not as
sume the place of the para
mount issue. . According to the
indications of the Kanhas Con
gress, tariil reform holds its
place as the leading issue in the
grand contest of 'VI. On this
question, the West and -the
South are and win remain prac
cally united. Under this ban
ner they wm march on to glori
ous triumph. , .' .."
' Bring n Another Mule.
Clav county. Missouri, will bo
represented at the World Fair
by a span of mules 18 hands
1Kb, and
which weigh 3,800
pounds.
A Ciuwl Walker.
A correspondent writing from
Abcrnethy, X. C, to the States
ville Landmark Rays: A well
known old lady who live in this
county, Mrs. '.Margaret .Camp
bell, aged 85 years, enn very
easily walk 18 miles in one day.
mere are no more uiun uuu ti
the young girls who can walk
" . .. . 1 .!.
18 miles iu one day.
Do vsto other as you would
have others do untv you" is a
rolo that should govern the
daily life of every goo I citizen,
Whether ho is a clnircii in-jin jer
or not. It is a rule th tt em
braces the whole duty of limn
to his ft llow man in every de
partment of life. It is a safe
guide in jaditics, society and
business. A man neea never
h afraid of doiiitf wrong, un
der any circumst.uicei, a hmg
as ho ko. ps this precept in view,
and is controlled by it. ,
Fravk MAto.traveliiijrs iles-
man, who was ejatod trom a
Lake Erio and patern pawii
gor (rain for refusing, iu ilefuuit
of a ticket, to pay lu cents more
than the regular fare, hm ju.-t
recovered a verdict for f 2,im0,
ft is a test cao.
Subscribe to Tub Rkcorhkh.
- FIX AX CI AL liTIX.
It may be set down as . a fact
that the diinkin ? man can nev
er accumulate money, unless, he
is the fortunate possessor ot a
bonanza a business that is,' as
to profits, beyond any considera
tion as to xjxpenditure, no mat
ter how reckless. Rum has
burned a hole in his J pocket
which leaks faster than any or
dinary business or money-making
avocation will replenish it.
Bankruptcy and financial ruin
aro" inevitable. Tho drinking
man is at a disadvantage in his
business, because tbw money
which should bo used tot push
trade, or tide over dull times, or
extend his operations into new
lines or new territory, is spent
for rum and in the excesses
which follow in tho trail of that
demon. He becomes more and
more involved, and tries re
trenchment in all ways but the
One which is ids ruin. He will
lop olf all needless expenditure
save that for rum and its at
tendant vices. But they are
like the horse-leech's daughters;
they cry, "Uive, .give," until
the man becomes desperate; he
who was reckless incidentally,
now becomes ifccklebs habitu
ally. The crash of financial
ruin comes and n s course trom
that time is a direct plunge into
habitual drunkenness, poverty,
and finally death. ; :
Kinder, did you ever consi
der the grim fact for fact it is
tha! ninety per cout. of the
men engaged iu legitimate lines
0 . trade in ; this country fail
sooner or later.' And did you
ever trace this lack to its cause?
Ths path-way of trade is strewn
with wrecks, and nine out of
tan of them were caused by rum.
it should be plain to ah that in
these days ot fierce competition
in trade, the legitimate profits
in any ime of business are too
small to stand the drain on the
pocket imposed by the rum
habit. Apparently the cheap
est of all uitioipatious, drinking.
is tho most eosdy. All other
extravagances have a limit, but
the thirst for rum is limitless.
It is like the ocean which re
ceives all tho ri vers of tha world,
yet it is never any fuller.: The
ianrH.vou, ijnuk the inoxci'ou
uiubi, auu tiiCi'o can X-c out one
end to both the drinker's money
and his physical endurance.
Rum not only cott frightfully
in money, but it takes away the
power to make money. It is a3
dangerous to a man's finances
as it is to his body, his mind and
his soul.
But though it is a fact that
ninety percent, of our business
men fail, sooner or later, the iu
dueuce. of ram in causing the
failure of at least nine out of
every ten i not so clearly seen.
We do not moan to say tnat
these all ail bocausj they drink
up the money that shuuld be
used in business. While luadV
do this, there are many others
w ho do nut, and yet who down-
fail is just as .surely tho result
of rum as -it they had done so.
io do a succeshtul business in
these ruhiii,f days, when every
avenue ot trade is the arena of
keen competition, requires
brains. It will not do that a
man shall have business saga
city, that ho bhall be- tdiarp in
bargaining and quickwitted to
avail himself uf every oiwniiig
for profit. He must not only bo
all these, but ho must remain
so; and he must give all his at
tention to buhiu !ks. i'ow, he
cannot do Ihee hingi and dally
with rum. With many ineu a
siugl ) glass- of the infernal stuff
benumbs tbe brain; and the man
in this condition, with his men
tal faculties clouded with the
lumen of rum, can never hojie
to succeed in the struggle with
a compeiibvr ot euui natural
bilitv who never toucnes rum,
an iso keeps Lis head clear, hiS
v. ll.l ki.'CIl, UilU Kti ni latuiuw
ua tho alert, lie who ctnnks
will surely fall behind, through
his dulled whs His trade oe
t,eiU him, Iw hasljst th ability
he uuce poshesiHsd lurougli boa-
mollis biuid 111 rum, and ue
i to tl.o wall. The cause h
utcd as ."bad ijiveetinent,?
loo gte.it competition," "b.id
debts." or soti.cihiiiir mmiur.
uul theso&ro the result of drink,
and ruin is tcuily tue cause ol
his failure.
The business man who begii
to drink might just a well clow
tin his e4Ubiibme.icnt one J it
he intend to conuuuo tho un
equal eiiort to com with rum
and willi his business rivals at
the 8.11 no time. 1 here is no line
of safety but in the entire aaa
doimii'iit ot rum. He may keep
hi head above water lor a few
j unn, but i he tuev it.tble end w ill
tut auiviy loiue. v lowing mese
facts, is xln'ie not (Krtineucy in
the claim that it is the highest
duty of man to save h:s brother
man from himself? This insidi
ous devil of. rum, when he once
gets his claws fastened upon a
yift:m, never loosens his hold
fill he has him at the mduth of
the pit of hell. ' "
Happenings In Our tat Out
, aide of Durham.
Lumberton Robeson ian: There
was an abundance of cotton
planted in this county last week.
J rom different sections of
the county comes in the report
of t le hail and rain .Thursday -afternoon.
It is said to have
been the largest ever seen by
tho people. Gardens and ' or-
ehards were badly damaged.
' Carthage Blado: An old white
man named Jno Maness, an in
mate of the County, House for
the Aged and lnhrm. committed
suicide last Saturday afternoon
by hansrimr. He was a lunatic. ,
and had not been an inmate of
the Home long, but ever since
his entry there, had been threat
ening Belf destruction in various
ways. . . ...
AshevilleCitizeni J C.Clarke
of Riceville, Buncombe county
killed a. sheep and Bold . him
in Asheville for $8.58. Nine
pounds of tallow were taken
from the carcass worth 36 cents:
before slauerhterinflr. ihe sheen
was sheared and five pounds of
wool gotten which sold for $1.67;
the skir. was wo4h 25 cents,
making a total of f 10.86.. And
yet there are many people who
raise more aogs than sheep.
Asheville Journal: About nine
o'clock Saturday night consid
erable excitoment was created
by the report that a dead man
was found in the rear of the
Buck hotel. Tho body was st md
ing on its head in a barrel of wa
ter. The crowd wan prevented
from disturbing it until the ar
rival of the coroner. When that
official did appear it ws discov
ered that he was about to hold
an inquest over a rag man. The
crowd disappeared an I have
not shown up around there since.
Maxton Union: Mrs. Isabella
McRae, rolht of the late John
McRae, died ot her residence in
this township Sunday morning
4. l II. AX. .it wvr - i a m wsw ajvwt
her mree score md ten. -Sam
Brown and his wife, colo.-ed,
show up a pretty fair average
record. Sam is 77 years old and
his wifo is 78. They are the
parents of 11 children7 boys
and 4 girls and they ha 'e IU
living grand children and; 2(J
dead . Sam and his wife wee
born and raised in Robeson
county. .
R Ueigh Chronicle: Yesterday
noon, according to a notice
published in several papers
the Holden residence on Ilar
g3tt stre jt was sold for the bene
fit of tho execution in favor of
Mr. Josiah Turner in the old
Turner-Holden suit Mr Turner
bought the properry for one dol
lar, no one else biding against
him. Unless the Bale of Mr. Hoi-
den's interest in the estate.
waich took place several years
ago, is proven void, Mr. Turner
cinnot derive anythlnir from
the Bale;
As exchange savs thev hav
invented n new kind of amuse
ment. It is called "avoirdupois
party.'' All the girls are
wo'ghed and the weight of each
girl is written on a slip of paper
and put into a hat. and tho
young nm draw. The younsr
man must go tomipper with the
girl whose wolght lie draws and
pay one-Iiftlf cent por pound.
It is very excitin? as far as tha
yoiin men are concerned, and
it ii great fun to see their faces
when they draw a fat girl.
What & narrow escape! Eu
ropean physicians now insist
that cows milk is a deadly
poinon to the system when taken
unboiled. The millions who
have Wen driuking the lecteal
fluid in its natural coudition for
yetrswill simply be horrid hI
when-thcy realize what miirht
h ive b.:u their, fate. Boil the
Durham reservoir wator, if you
wish. Take good, pore milk
straight.
Last week a facetious mem
ber introduced in the Illinois
legislature a bill requiring every
niilroud'in the state to employ
;i nun 011 each train to be
known n a "hog-killer," his
luty being to club passengers
who p.iy for one seat, but oc
cupy two while other persons
are standing. . . i
-- 1 .11 t"
It'f. Father Sherman, son n tha
"m' 0' iier.d Shftiu in, has txn
p!eed in cliar. feiiiwrarily.if Sf
M chaet a parish, in Sr. LouD, ia
plaVl ( t . 1 t l', 1 stave,