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THAIiJBDi WW ATLANTAf
••toil* €M4rmHl Vraa tk« Oaasiita*
! - liwt«rihctlllb>
r lil ihi MNifCiH» r rt
4\\9 Nene WM m the
middie room of tho offices of the B*.ate
ireasnry in !tle cnpitol building. Tlio
6lnte treasury ia located upon I lie ground
floor of the building and immediately in
°*rT w-TS"
Hi and Forsythe st rrela. The room waa
about twelve by fifteen feet in dimeu*'
" aioiM and was used as a sitring room
u and desk office by Col. Murpby, clerk
to tlio treasurer. -It was the oae into
which the vault o|>eued. In it the p«t^
* lies met aud the affray occurred in the
j presence ot State Trcaattrei' Renfroc,
a Capt. Nelms, Die principal keeper of the
. =-S£«Hr -
We have endeavored to get at the
jtruih iit tlie matter and we give the con«.
nectcd account made up from the states
: ineuts of tlioae who would eonsent to
•lieak about them. They are to the ef
fect us below given.
-THE CONVICT LEASE ACT
patsed by tiie General Assembly in 1876,
; under which tlie couvicts of lh3 Stute
) upoiia farm in Taylor coimly . Geueial
' Gordon has been for anxious
. to sell Mt bis tbt lea»J«fid
:
lie has bcep 'd» so (for
some inoidhs, hud,when'Cdlonef
.Wlio warm personal
lejt Washing
*t^?op
power of attorney to sell
iiis interest in Pcnlntlary Company
| AKD 
1 It appeirs that Mr. Jesse Wallers, of
r Albany, ia » representative, frqfla
Dougherty county In the present logUlas
ture, bad beeu in correspondence wifb
(iieiicral Gordon upon fbe subject of this
interest antjl was desirous of purchasing
the same. When General Gordon plao
• ei the interest hi tlie hands of Colonel
'Alston for sale he wrote to Mr. Walters
informing him of the fact and suggesting
' l»t he soft CoL Alston concerning, the
matter: feevfcral days ago Trfr.
came to this city with the view of meet-.
>gttoUAl«tQ», and upgoiiadftg sliojut
I tlie interest offered for sale. Col. Aleloii
reached the city from Washington on
Sunday last and «» Monday had An fitter,
view with Mr. Walters. In the mean
time Mr. Cox, who was a neighbor of
General Gordon and Col. Alston and an
intimate friend of many years standing
dt the latter, had decided to£get out of
tlie lease business himself, and some ai>
Htugement had been made between him
and Mr. Walters upon that subject also.
Tlie substance of it was, as we leavn,
that iu the event Mr. Wallers pnrchused
the Gordon interest upon advantageous
terms lie w*uld also take Mr. C6x't in
terest opon term* satisfactory to the
latter. Upon this account Mr. Cox was
particularly anxious thai the Gordon
share should be passed over to Mr. Wfd>
ten, and naturally set himself to the task
ot aiding this result. When Mr. WuK
t«rs aud Col. Alstou met, however, the
former would not consent to pay the
\ price demanded by Colonel Alston,
which was $4,000. Col. Alston Was
acting as the agent ot General Gordon,
and was anxious, as his friend and sgent,
I [to realize from the sale « sura that would
free Geueral Gordon from the lease with
out loss. In other words, that amount
of money wonld iiave fust covered the
expeuses or General Gordo;; in the trans
action. Col. Alston refused to make
lifter figures and Mr. Walters said he
Would not buy and hade Col. Alston
adieu. This to Col. Alston was an an*
derstauding that negotiaUons were at an
end in that direction. lie looked else
where and found a party who would buy
in the person ot Col. C. B. Howard, one
of the co-lessee*. Cel. Howard agreed
to purchase the interest for $4,000, and it'
Ip said a portion ot the purchase money
I was paid to make the bargain certain.
TKYDiG TO BREAK THE BOND.
When the fact was made known that
GRAHAM, N. C-, TUESDAY MARCH 85 1879^
came gteatly edited, «nd declared the
matter should not teke tliatiHreetlou. 11
f t'lfj -*I ('jt- i'-'t-J Uul; , -tl '
TUB FIUST ALTERCATION.
The fact itppears to be that Cox first
» encountered Alston In the l>arl>or-#hop
of Dougherty THutchins, on Marrietta
i sfreet about ndoiu" lie asked Alston in
to the back room Jto talk, nn«l Alston
afterwards staled that Cvx demanded of
him {fahiiMie recind the trade with HoW
«rd end make the one with Walters.-
stating that.Walters wonld pay more
i than Howard fyr Ihe interest at stake.
;■ £;: CM. Alston replied to him fhat it was
i. now impossible to do (hat thing. He hid
, sold to Ilowanl and tho trade must stand,
i He, hfd offered the refusal.ottire share tV
r Walters and he had declined to take the
saiAe.'- 4 i
Mr. Cox persisted and said it Alston
did not sell to Walters, he (Cox) wonld
be UvokeH, or ruined, aud he did not iu> i
'■ tond te stfidtK. His dwyiirWrtknitty," l
a ho said, dertttanded the crMtSnmmntion'
of the other transaction and it must bo
don*, Hf)--rMr. jh ■?.>*, 4 ,. : n
AUton again refused, ami explained
his rcasoiM. it is here stated that tWfr
conversation became audi(»le to tlipse iu
the shop, at the time and that Alstou wafe
talking in a conciliatory wav vhile Cox
was angry unli very rndch excited, tHe
denounced Alston sweepingly as not
having treated him right and demanded
that Ahtjn do as he, Cox, derired.
Alston-paid lie could not do It, apd
would not'ifbe ©onld. vHe (old Cox he
wonl# not be bullied Into doing the thing
prqpqseii to ' , >.,,'4
It Is stated that Cox drew, or ta.l in
his head, a knife with which he threat,
ened to l "> iU >' "'; v • '«• ' K
K »1 HI FFIT THROAT
i nn Vw« he acquiesced in the plan propose
S ed. He seemed to have had an idea 6f
frightening Alsfon Into cfimpftaYice. :
Albion told Cox' he was unarmed and'
desired w#ljs«)»My with Ww.» Cnxiheo
told him to go and armirimselffaitdimeet
him there at thai place fn ren min
ntee. Alston said he would do it. and
thot parted. After Alston left it is al
leged that Cox indulged infverv abusive
languor ahonl Alston, and said if; AU
stow dW' liot'do rightHn the matter he
wonld kill him before sun-down.
It'wtyi j'hen seen that both# the 'men
were excited and angry and a serious
difficulty was expected to arise between
them.
. a, t.a
ALSTON'S MOVEMENTS.
Wllhi Colonel Alston l r ft the bsber
shop he went to the State capitoL aMi
entered the office of the State treasurer.
He there CoL Renfroe, Col J&w*
ard and others and spoke ot the entire
tratnuotion with Obit at the barber
, . . 7 .
•ho|i* |. (ui m,.. iS . t.-tmi iinT'#'-
While be was thus engaged'in eon ver»
sation a messenger arrived from
Thiapersou wan a young man named
Sams, we learn, who bad been in thg*em»
ploy of* Cox. Hf brought word to M
ston that Cox • ' •, v/n U» -
*•» o' I" ■ . •• ; •1: • .i.
WAS READY ARD WAITING
for him, and to come on end see it out,
or fight it out like a man! Alston asked
Sam* if Cox wae drinking, and Saidtf re
plied that he did not know, but that he
was very much excited.
Alston told Sams to go bock and say
to Cox that he Would not come to meet
him, hut for Cox to attend to his own
business, and he, Alston, would attend
to his; that he wanted no difficulty with
Cox, and that it wonld do neither one of
them any good to shoot the other. The
young man went away, and it is sup
posed told Cox what Alston bad said. •
Alston then got tip and, as Governor
Colqoitt whs at dinner, he started out
to find the Governor or intercept him
upon hie return. He met the Gov
ernor on Forsyth street and told him
all the facts in the matter, and remark
ed that be beiieved, in justice to hiflMelf
and family, and in self-defense, he
ought In get * double, barreled shot gan
and
KIU ED. COX OK SIOBT. PffiS? f
The Governor at mice diaraaded him
from any sneh idea, and tola him that >
the matter could be arranged peacefully;
that he woald send word to Cox tnd try
to ealm him and in his cooler moments
endeavor to harmonise affairs. As the
Governor then went on to his office Al
ston stopped at Peter Betrotft restaurant
on Fonyth Street, and said as he had had
no dinner be would go in there atid get
something to eat. ;
Alston went into Berron's and the
, Governor readied hie office and sent
* O*. »>• FM4W» °I M
*j*pen*tonrieryy-to #ud CO*, and, if poetic
ble* perauade ljin. to go no fnrthw m.
the affair and not precipitate a
t with Alstou. Capt. Nelroa went down
b M epetta|stiee t and found Cos, we leant,
| \tx th* tbe PVHrtT faloon, and
, tried to call bjuu out to apeak with him,
f Co* aaML* "Kecuee fete* fe»ptaiii, I am
. ivety bWajr, and *tp ( waiting here fijty t]
I friend." »«■ feline replied that he
• Cox on *«y , flrt»|wn-t»nt
business, but Co* «cain d.clined and
1 Capt. Neima went bark to Gov. Colquitt
| *n£ sofrefwHed. "ft- asked
| him to go again* eu4 bo atorted to do
! so, »*to J* * * ' ■*'
Alston subsequently returned to the
Capitol. ij. -ji!) w»>u«.W *»'anis'arrt..'',
About this time A'ston'nnwlCflx edta>
ing excitedly toward the capitol with
' *ltU[right;liand convehieh'Cljp pVdfd? RTF
a prompt resort to ItU pistol;, He called
the attention to toe fact and
went out. CdX entered the treasurer's
J - -±: w' i' U T ■l» i ■ V "• 'I
office to find-Alston^,Co* and, Alstou
were both considerably "edited, but Qo*
welt.
They began the controvuray again, Ou*
telling Alston Chat be had treated bin)
got up, and |mt|Uff>hMhand gently upon
'Mr. Cox, I do not want to have any
difficulty wfrirron febolft 'title mailer,
and there h .io lor ns d'-op
it now. , It »to *"** l AOWh
hie, and do mho good toJtill yo«|}—no-
' a bl* in the world."
,Cor replied ib an ijbrttffre manner ind
continued to denounce ,A!#U»n and |o
, urge him onto the affray. It wal thonght
bis object wee to gb*d Alston to the
«r*t AVthe iline oiify Ti?*iwrer
Reutrqe and 0B tax collector of Gilew
county wera in theofltoe, Capt* Nelttis
coming In soon 1 after. WMIe thb quarrel
was Jll progress gentleman
remarked that Cox was abusing Alston
beyond tb*t Alston 9«IM
n* to;iet * man |al)c, to him to tint way*
| but, onghtto kill him. i> tilUiuVt ijteai
f Treasurer lteufroe, feariug the diflh>
' enl fy told them'notto have a light in hie 1
office. Upon this.
COX INVITED ALSTON OUTDOORS
to settle the matter', but Alston declined
to go, repeatingthathoditl notjwant any
difficulty. Cox replied that he should
havooiio, > coqlfl nqt
avo|fl it be supposed be would. Cox
told Idm he could not gpt ont of • it, and
Alston asked bka'if he wanted to. begiu
U right then, Co* said that it WM'M
good n plane any, and (hat a difficulty
wm what tie had owrte for. He went W
the front doof of the>oorti and attempt##
toshatit. Treasurer Rent roc told him
not thathoor, but Co* paid no
atteution to him, but,seeing that it, vat.
hooked bock to the wall, he unhooked k,
and «b# it* turned and advanced
toward Alston, who al*oroaeand atepped
forward. Capt. Melue ran 4etiween
(hemaad>oatehitfg «nol» by'the ehoaider
With his hand*, but aa he did to "
BOTH Mieir DREW THSm PISTOLS
and began to ffre at each other with
great rapidity. Capt; Nehns fell back
upon (he table, and Treasurer llen
troe, and the other .man were stand
ing iu the room next to Jft»ri*ite
street and near lh« door while Col.
Aiatou waa .standing in fiwtit of the
store. .u».-
Col. Alston, when he arose from hie
chair, had bia coat bnttoued aoross hi*
breast, but he unbuttoned it and drew
his pistol from an inner pocket. Hie
waa a self cocking pistol, and this
enabled him to get the flrat shot at Co*,
tbe bail striking Co* on theiefteide of the
npper hp aiiti penetrating tbe mouth and
jaw. Cox tbeu got iulo the corudr and •
fired at Alston, bat missed hint and the
ball went iulo tbe Weil behind. Alston
tbeu fined twice In eoeceaton, hie seeoud
ball striking Cox iu Ike left baud,
fleshy part between the thumb and
fore-finger, and tbe third shotguLtg wild
and burying iu the plaetored wall about
a toot from tbe floor close J# Co*—«o
elose, it appeals, to bare gone through
the breast portion of bis eoat as he
stooped and leaues fjfewayj to avoid
the shot. Cox tbeu to#e and fired bia
inch fr jm ao^I level wub lheeye. Il ranged
biain aud lodged under the
aoalpat the back ot the heatt ou tbe left
lower mwi odi to
OM.. ALSTON WMHiKMO. RCELKD
and fell in the other door, athwart the
threshold, bleeding .profusely and uu
conscious upon the iustaut. Mr. Co*
changed position from t lie corner lo op- '
poaite tide near the table, but toeing the j
of this shot be did not attempt lo |
shoot again, lie was bleeding him
self copiously troin the wonnda iu 1(10
uioutbaudia bis band. JLTe said to
TreaWrer «Wti 1 are botf. pf
u ? M went Into llie
%ew une v—iilng to thel neene ot ' aim
«yi, fry*"**
lieggara •eeoOpllon, and Jickeucd all
Mlk -of 1 blood
!n'aearnh of nn ontfcet.^Oiwof Vtie^men
iK.rtlblc .fn.r tn ilw taiUU".,) th. Mhor
s lowing rrom alfd hie I
IhmW (Mpphjg e* tWMfgh taken from a
ikkH ot ciiUnson lile-blood. On tbo floor
were found a a>i«tvl;bnll Mid someookf k
the teeth knoekeu frorn Mr. CoX*»inouH:
when ii» was hit. Tlieple(uro was one
rividinlts silent testimony of the dies
petuffe fflfray totally closed could
be put u|M>u cauvaa.wr ia priutor'e Ink
in Col . Alston's head was
rhoto or
u Wa t bati not
.While obis woHiid'Wai souglit W" W
•launched aud hit bead bathed, • She,
affair came 011 a* 3.20 p. in., and tor
lM3Mrly. une hours efce taelt wet* tCM«
leae, and uiyedibin way oiioe clear acioee
the/ W w in hU sn aggles, lio
tp consciousness once but only for a brief
hioMMt fr f w tt. Mr. Frank Gordon,
soiM»r benalon Gurdtiii, was prwnptly at
ot mtougnltiew and faintly halted lit«
r rnimiifitttLntit roooifniro iiki wifai
tooeecntot tlie linal etruggle aigjke*
uitei able awe. Tears and oh of 1 sorrow
fiHtfdyid^a^»tot lowed alter the syir.t
a man jMyulhur. character. IU was,
fiMr'A
a principle, or t.enanient* of honor and
or fa
ffietcd. , ■
": Col. Alaton'WaeboM In Macony s oa.,
on ibei«M4Uy/>f W t At.
emerging from his school days be
engnagWT In Ih
Charleston, S. C., end at (he of Si i
'began the stud v ot law and was adiiMIUM' 3
to practicefu l§sß. Me
mini the War c imu on, when lie entered
tbo iM>rviae and rose tiulta taction hM me
ban*, mitt througtr e hundred llgWto''
t* cklepsl'.istvjtod dentli but uettei^MeeiMr
K d ,: -
itfrtor haiving fide Wseqit tfUot^ffMl
!WU»V4 M ryjun a s*w il Jti 'i
I'KfcJVRNTISO A PROPHECT.
Ctol. Alwon hits often nrtiiarUrd to (he
Wiil«|aMi ln«t|nuraiii tkn*aa)ittJe Mbi
KZT&Z VI VMM
devrtf.-nut that iie'ehOnfti eeiUedtof,'
with bis boots on!', Ue said tins 4*
Cm'aiu Ed. Mercer, one of his moat des
voted adMTnm; and Wlfen yb^rakv !
Captain Meraer looked npo.i the dy|egi
form pi his friend ,be tin M,
prophetic word. And when the oody
was carried to a bed chamber the f*»th
fni ft lend friend fciUmned .end lemtoriy
sr. Mr ILSMXX &
shot down. Hndid-uet wadMO aee that
prophecy fulfilled to lie lei tor. f ,„ riru
vev wn.» sot mm seaai
j FSB.
* ■ ; f*r £ Ail itJto .*1 « ;.4 * a ' V*
Yow will not he aorry .for bearing be.
forejudging.
For thinking before speaking.
For holding an angry tongue.
1 For atopping the ear to a tale-bearer.
For diabeiciving meet of the ill M
forta . ■: :l
For being kind to the diatresaed
f ~ For being patient toward everybody.
>*;9for'doing fcoodtoi ail nb, I : > ■
For asking pnrdon. foe nil wrong*. />.
B|>buking evil oi uo oae.
For boiug courteous to all.
Secretary Kvart# aaya h,«n every
body who on hnu. When a nwu
asks him to fl* d lime for kt Interview,
htaajra, "Oh, take it now." Thto is
whose oto dlibr frona the aeeretnry.
I When * npn calls on n#, we juct sey^
■** ** J
VMaiutna, w a id a wicked youngster,
chilo, Why doll
you .nk ?» *»Oh, yon *f#aytf
any yoo like to een peapU paddie their I
dwn canoe, and i dibu't know betmaybo ,
*3BQh4"
fF" file an in at
IC,«- « » JfiPr nr
pUe« mml i4n ruin to Yw .«•» -
'"■** »»m j
j&BMUAAK
Uy bo l*w», but if*n»**l*WWr...,
wa^j^iuilj
:
feenwix* or *uwmu»Hp>. 4
«bw"i«, • i»« ,
S&EBIEi
J|irfV>rWi"»|MTTf if t *i «r-ifo It b«t* |iww
u WWfcr« tw J
»afee;
* itefttid mood.} Wur*i4: 4 l h**&. e
£gi|3£&aK
ed the time." .ta#N* *M*?«
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MW *& #Wrt«i| ■*f f •' 1
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$ dirf**«*» >»«» ■»*
b ' -
SeriX 'SiTe Wieß
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at eue. SbeUeowHt'gpnUf U
ly young lady- jjft y»o*i."w.i> -a aid V"
"Brick" Poioeroy baa «onilade.l to go
back to l*aCreaae, Wia., tU« V§i!'
earlier newapepwr. work, »«»
2d will st4rt another fr*. **"**; ™
pens lhat the Jh« h* *»«*« &**
*re it a blbek owrted by biaitat * ,f V '
(now "Miaa" PttmW, *• t**W«»>.h
t'roin who M w**M*orm>A '
. j, poor «»• MMAQ 44lnitl
rith. % > ■■■ -: >.;- r %)i. 56 ■•*•■> d *V# i> ♦».
mi.uiH, n%
v>* H ejgt
' A yertfKint«»« h»» adv«rtte«a »_*M ~
in His paper iii hia «•*»'* •
'Seine people liave stbe vu|(|if neuit of
calling Voe BiH»
in* pari et U. My name Wi'liMl |
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