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HOW IT WORKS IN ENGLAND.
There is more resemblance be
tween the people of Great . Britain
ard the people of this country in
their legislative systems and methods
. than there is between the people of
this and f any other Euro
pean country. Great Britain is a
monarchy, it is true, but the monar
chy is a mere form, a relic of past
ages which survives -simply because
the people regard it as a mere form
which does not materially affect their
condition one way or the other.
They have not yet progressed far
enough to abolish the hereditary
system of "nobility," and while that
remains, it . doesn't - matter much
about letting a nominal - Queen or
. King play the empty role of royalty.
It costs some money, however, to
support so much costly style, and
that is about the most inconyenient
thing about this lingering relic of
former ages.
There is no country in Europe
where the citizen enjoys more indi
vidual liberty or where that liberty is
better defined or better protected by
law, iwns there any couritryirl Eu
rope where the rights of the citizen
are more keenly watched by the citi
zen or more unreservedly assserted,
nor is there any, country where the
Parliament is more sensitive to pub
lic opinion. The extension of the
right orfranchise has brought the
Parliament closer to' the people, so
close that if it were :ot for the he
reditary House of Peers there would
bi but little difference between the
Parliament and our Congress, if there
is much now, with our lordly Senate.
Being of common stock and inher
iting many of our customs, laws and
legislative methods from Great
Britain, we have imitated her in
many things, sometimes well and
sometimes otherwise, and we have
sometimes failed to imitate her when
we might have profited much by do
ing so. She once pursued the pro
tective tariff policy which we bor
rowed from her, but she abandoned
it for the better and a wiser policy of
tree trade, whilst we kept on and
carried the idea to an extreme that
she never dreamed of. By throwing
open her ports to the world she be
came the ruling spirit in the world of
trade, wjille we by showing a disposi
tion to close our ports fell back from
me prominent position we had at
tained to a position where we were
entirely overshadowed by the more
progressive and broader-viewed
Britoti.
But there are other things in which
we could learn lessons from Great
Britain bv which miK
much. It is one ot the nations which
has studied and orotrresri in th t
ot taxation so as to distribute the bur
bens of taxation and make the bulk
11 "a on the shoulders best
able to bear. it. 1 She derives her
revenues from few subjects of taxa
MUUi "y'ug ine taxes on incomes.
lands and houses, spirits and thines
that are classed over there as luxu
ries, although some of them, such as
coffee and tea, would be regarded here
as necessaries. The bulk of her revenue-is
derived from the income tax
and from the tax on lands and houses,
which in that country are owned by
a comparatively few people, as the
taxable incomes also belong to the
comparative few. Thus the wealthy,
auu mose wno can
afford to" indulge in the luxuries
mainly support the Government,
while the. necessaries of life, which
ire m common use by rich and nnnr
... ' - fww.
aimc, are tax free, the opposite of the
course pursued in thiscountrv. -v,Ar-
n,.tr.! " "
thehfaviacf ft r 1 1 ..
. idus upon tne neces
saries nf life . .1 .
uu Uj,oa iDose WnQ are
least able to bear it. -
Just now there is a big howl raised
at the proposition to impose an in
come tax in this country, to shift
part of the burden of GovrnmAn
f --w.hm.vmi
mm fk t
:-",c naers of the- weak to
-..wu.uci oi tne strong, from the
vol: xxv.
shoulders of those who' feel its
weight to the shoulders of tfyose who
would not feel it, and the-cry goes
up that this is an oppressive, unjust
and Inquisitorial proposition: We are
told that It would be a failure, and
that instead of a . big revenue we
would have a big crop" of perjurers.
All this was said about it in Eng
land half a century ago when an in
come tax was proposed there, but the
tax came, has been perpetuated and
yields more revenue now than it ever
did. In his speech on' the tariff in
the Senate the other day, speaking
in advocacy of the income tax, Sena
tor Walsh quoted the following from
a paper i)y Mr. .R. A. Spofford, Li
brarian of Congress, showing how
the income tax has operated la Eng
land: y - -. ;
"Ttae fiscal experience ol England i
chiefly valuable as representing a people
singularly tnaepeadent and jealous oc
proscription and of private rights, yec
submitting for half a century toa&ind of
taxation which is denounced, as of ail
other, the most inquisitorial.' Originated
in 1798 as a war tax. it continued till 1815.
with brief intervals, and was re-established
in 1842 to cover deficient revenue
in a time of profound peace. From tbat
day. to this it has survived under all
administrations, in peace and in war.
simply because it has proved the most
convenient, the most elastic, ana trie
most popular of - all taxes that upon
liquors alone excepted. It has put into
the British treasury every year from
$30,000,000 to $80,000,000, and how pays
nearly 40 per cent. Of the whole annual
cost of the Government. It has been
subjected to every ordeal of criticism, of
investigation, and of denunciation, in
the press, in Parliament, and on the
hustings when Parliaments are made.'
"Two toyal commissions of inquiry
upon the income tax nave reported in
1852 and in 1801, after hearing all the
testimony brought against it, that thev
could not recommend its repeal.
In spite of the alleged . inequalities
and inquisitions ot the tax, it has
survived that chronic attack of grum
bling about ' public affairs which
IS the inalienable right of every Eng
lishman. There has been no demand
from the ereat commercial interests of
England for its abolition. It is periodi
cally denounced by a pportion of the
press, and as periodically re-enacted by
Parliament. It has enabled England to
reform her entire financial and commer
cial system upon the lines which have
prevailed in that country, reducing or
abolishine all taxes upon consumption
(except luxuries), and levying her taxes
upon property and upon gains in every
iorm. -
It was an unpopular proposition
when first broached in England, be
cause people who also had taxable
incomes didn't want to pay taxes on
them just as that class of people are
kicking against it in this country,
but experience proved its wisdom and
the result is the tax which was in
tended to be temporary has become
permanent and will remain, as it will
in this country after it has had a fair
trial.
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scription to the Weekly Star re
cently ? If so, is it correct ? If cor
rect, why not pay it ? Is there a man
on earth who can print a newspaper
for nothing and pay the postage be
sides ? Can a farmer give away his
corn, and cotton, and wheat, and
chickens, and eggs, and keep out of
the poor-house ? If so, let as have
the recipe. It will be valuable to as
just now. - -
The Gould family has palled ap
and migrated to Jersey because It
objects to paying taxes on $10,000,-
000 worth of personal property. Al
though its sire, Jay, - left an estate
worth $70,000,000 he dodged around
and managed to get off by .paying
tax on $500,000 and kicked like a
Kentucky mule when the tax listers
increased it to $500,000 from the
$300,000 he had. been paying on.
Men take different views of these
things. We would cheerfully pay
taxes on the whole $70,000,000.
The practical joker got in some
more of his work in Washington the
other day when a sensitive young
man shot himself because be was
unable to keep up bis dues in a mili
tary company in Baltimore to which
be belonged, and for which he was
-made to believe that he would be
court-martialled, and perhaps shot.
imaginary disgrace preyeo
LuPnbim 80 hat he sent a bullet
rougn nis neao
Col. Breckinridge has succeeded in
having the Congressional Conven
tion in his district staved off until the
15th of September, which is said to
be a victory for him, as he is fighting
for time. But that doesn't necessarily
mean that he will set the nomina
tion. -
Mr. Boetler, a German of primi
tive ideas, proposes to establish a
lazy man's paradise in some of : the
South Sea Islands. ,The only re
quisite to citizenship will be tbat the
applicant live on fruit and grass and
wear no clothes. This beats the
Coxey idea all hollow. -
Jesse Seligman, the millionaire
Hebrew recently deceased, was no
discriminator against denominations.
t- u:- t, a i t
XU UIS Will uc wauc UCUUCSW IU
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neany every cnantaoie institution m
New York
In his speech on the tariff Senator
Walsh, of Georgia, did some, pretty
good advertising for the South, but
especially for Georgia.
It has been judicially decided in
Illinois, that a turtle is not an animal
I Altai
I
but a reptile of the snake species.
I That was no snap judgment.
TRY BROOM CORN. - - , , ;
A SngRestton. to the Farmers of This Sec
tion Broom " Corn Will -Pay 'fcbm
Twenty to Forty Dollars n Acre. "
Now that a broom factory, is to be es
tablished in Wilmington, it will be well
for some of the farmers in this vicinity
to try-the experiment of raisingv broom
corn. Begin this year on a small scale;
planting from one to five acrrs, and note
the. result. In this connection the an
nexed from an article in the Savannah
News will be of interest : ;t : - c
Another product and one of wb icb
there is little doubt of making-a suc
cess, is Jroom corn, to which attention
was called by the Morning News a. few
weeks ago. in an "interview . with. Mr.' F."
J. Knlman. oi the Savannah Broom Fac
tory. This factory, which is compara
tively a new enterprise in Savannah, he
stated couia utilize me product. ot ao,
000 acres; whereas the annual acreage in
this section at the present time is only
cbout 1.000 acres. 4- i:.
This manufactory now has to import
the broom corn used from the west, as
it can make use of twenty times as much
of the product as is made irxthis section.
The price of the broom-corn at the tac-
tory ranges from VA to 4 V-cents, de-
4 ending on the quality; and the quality
and amount produced depends on the
quality ot the land on which it is grown.
The corn brings all the way-from (20 to
$40 per acre, and its cultivation is far
easier than rice or the products of the
truck farm. r ; ' . ;'
Many of the rice planters are -putting
broom corn in their fields this year, and
the probability is tbat the acreage will
be somewhat increased, though it will
be nothing like the amount that can be
used right here at home. The seed is
supplied on application at the factory,
and there have been numerous applica
tions for it this year. Some two or
three hundred acres are to be planted on
; Hutchinson's Island this year, and others
are using their rice lands for the same
purpose... Even the pine land in the
sections away from the rivers and creeks
produces a fair quality of the broom
corn, though it is not so good as that
produced on the richer lands.
These are suggestions as to some of
the uses to which unused rice lands may
be put. They are industries which no
doubt will be rapidly developed in this
section if experiments prove, as they no
doubt will, that there is .sufficient profit
ic them.
.The distribution- of standard
novels under the Star's coupon plan is
decidedly the most popular one it has
introduced. The books are by the very
best authors, and are so cheap at four to
five cents each, tbat the sales now
promise to tun far into the thousands.
examine the list.
THE KITCHEN MARKET.
Prfoea of Perishable Products that People
" Purehaee.
Spring chickens are active, but some
of the faintly feathered birds sent in from
the country are slow of sale. A dealer
bad a lot, a little too fresh from the nest,
that he offered vainly at 5 cents a
head. The regulation spring chicken.
high-stilted, fat j and - fall feath
ered, , commands respect and the
highest price from 12 to 25 cents
apiece, according to weight and length
of days. Ancient j fowls, (age unques
tioned), sell at 25, SO and 83 . cents
apiece. Eees are going up, and retail
now at 12 cents per dozen.
! . 1?t)i rnntinnn In onrk1 innnlv Ann
prices yesterday were : For flounders
15 cents a string; trout, 10 cents; perch,
5 cents; sturgeon, 5 cents per pound;
rock crabs, 20 cents per dozen; channel
crabs, 10 cents.
The vegetable market was supplied
with cabbage at 5 and 10 cents per head;
beets, 5 cents per bunch; snap heaps, 20
cents per peck; peas, 30 cents per peck;
new potatoes, 40 cents per peck; sweets,
20 cents per .peck; onions, 5 cents per
bunch; squash, 20 cents per dozen.
Strawberries were on sale at 5 cents
per quart and blackberries at 7 cents.
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Complete novels by Dickens, Haw
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lectors. . This method of bringiag debt
ors to time comes high, but it will be a
great thing for the "funeral directors'
when the personally conducted pic-nic
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There is to be a big excursion from
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WILMINGTON N; C.V FRID4Yr JUNE 1894.
PANDEMONIUM REIGNED,i K ift
Panic in the Y. M. O. A. Hall at Charlotte
During ; Commencement Exerelaee of
'. Charlotte' BemtoaryVt;.:'-?i.::-...
'At the Commencement exercises ot
the Charlotte Seminary, held" in "the Y.
M. C A. hall in that city last . Thursday
flight, while Prof. C. R. Harding was de
livering an address, there occurred an
exciting scene. which is thus described by
the. Observer: : -
'Some one in the gallery 2 bearing a
noise in the street cried 'Fire!" ? "
Instantly there was a stampede. To
add to the consternation a loy in the
gallery shouted "the gallery is .falling,"
and the panic which ensued can better
be imagined than described The people
up. stairs were no less terror-stricken
than those down. There was a' wild rush
for the doors. The crush was dreadful."
Hats were knocked off, dresses caught
and torn and the scene was one of graye
alarm. :--;V-.r -i ' -'"-..i. ''
Bianched-faced people . jostled each
other in the ' crowd, and for a few min
utes it looked as , if some one must - be
hurt. While pandemonium reigned
Rev, Mr. Boyd and Dr. Creasy stood
upon the platform calling at the top. of
their voices to the people to sit down.
that there was no danger, and finally 1
Mr. Boyd, by telling- them tbat he bad
heard the fire alarm, and if fire there was
it was some place else in the city, got
the crowd pacified, and gradually the
panic subsided.
Sixth ConaTeaaional District. .
-The Maxton Scottish Chief "says :
"The nomination of J. D. Bellamy lor
Congress in this District grows brighter
every day. . He is nearer the . Demo
cratic platform of our "daddies" and the
hearts of the great, mass ot the people
than any one spoken of for the position.
Wilmington is entitled - to the nomina-
ihis time. Let her have iU: y
Those who are now understood to be
candidates are . Hon. S. B. Alexander,-
present incumbent, of Mecklenburg, Mr.
John D. Bellamy, 3rn of New Hanover,
Mr. J. A. Lockhart, of Anson, and -Mr.
J. T. Le Grand, of Richmond. There
. are intimations that there is a fifth can
didate "hid out" in ' Columbus, but his
name has not yet transpired. , ; .
AK0THEB, ATTEMPT TO MURDER.
Mr.
, Hintoa Piaford the Victim of a
Das-
tardly Crime.
Special Star Correspondence.
. Clinton, N. C May 81st.
Mr. Hinton Pigford was the victim of
a dastardly crime, committed last night.
He was asleep, in a cottage on his father's
farm three miles north of Clinton,
when an unknown villain entered his
room and with some tool, evidently a
hatchet, or an axe, struck him a terrible
blow on the forehead, cutting to the
skull. Mr. Pigford's brother Tom was
sleeping with him and was awakened by
bis brother s moaning. . .
There is no cine as yet that would jus
tify making an arrest. Dr. A.M. Lee
was called to the young man s side and
rendered surgical aid. Mr. Pigford is a
son of W. K. Pigford, Esq., of Clinton,
one of the most prominent citizens oi
Sampson county. His wound is a dan
gerous one, but it is hoped that'its result
will not be iatai. - i v s - " ..
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American Encyclopaedic Dictionary.
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ton Catletf , Principal of the Cape Fear
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Mr. W. H. Bernard:
Dear Sir.' I have examined very
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hji cyclopaedic Dictionary- I am really
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I have made a parallel comparison with
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words scholarly and accurate, the defini
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by many extracts from leading -modern
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each page.
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ments of the scholar and filling the wants
of the general reader and man of busi
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FOIL Y0TJS SCEAP BOOK.
Some TJaefal Beolpes They Are worth
Trying. ".
The housewife is always interested in
anything .that pertains to improved
cooking, and she may find the annexed
recipes valuable if preserved in her scrap
book: ; r :
BROILED HAM WITH CUCUMBER,:
Cut thin as many juicy'sliCes of ham
as desired, broil evenly over hot coals
until well done, and pepper and buttef
each slice. Around the slices arrange
chopped cucumber that has been steeped
in salted vinegar several hours.
: SHRIMP ' BISCUITS. .
Have in teadiness as many delicate
biscuits as desired, and spread them with
shrimp filling. For one pint ot prepared
shrimps add five ounces of butter, a dust
of pepper and salt and ' pound to
smooth paste.- Add one teaspoonfnl of
cider vinegar and spread upon ' tne
biscuits.' ' j
. v; : HAM SANDWICH. - . -
Mince fine with a meat chopper equal
portions of pickled cucumbers and lean,
boiled ham. . Add celery, salt and. pep
per and spread between slices of a fresh
roll nicely buttered. An extra supply
of these will be needed. -
CHEESE AND BUTTER ROLLS.
Select evenly baked fresh rolls and
split them.. Grate half a pound of good
cheese, either cream or Swiss, into half a
pound of butter, and- beat until -thor
onghly mixed. Spread -between the
sides of the rolls. ;
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lJ1I,I1
wflliam H: isjtrtui JCillad. by . Andrew
- Cowan at Begrd Bali Sear Wrlshta-
', '1 yille The ' Murderer Arrested and.
:' IiOdKed in Jail Coroner tnaueaU !
; A negro ball was broken ilp by a mur
der, about 11 o'clock. Wednesday night on
Wrightsville Sound, eight .miles from
this crry?5
ine murderer was Andrew. wOwan, a
negro, 10 years old,: whose home' is ia
Charlotte, N. C, and who was brought
here about five months ago' by -Mrs. T, H.
Pritchard as a servant.. - :.'.-"
The murdered man . was -Wm. ; Henry
Martin, negro, about twenty-four years
of age? i Son of John Martin, farmer and
fisherman, living near Seaside "Park. ,
Yesterday morning about ten jo'clock
news reached the city that a murder had
occurred , at : Wrightsville' and Sheriff
Stedman, Deputy Sheriff W." T. Hafker
and Coroner Jno. C Walton left at once
-for the; scene, where they found .the
negro tied. He: was,' delivered' to the
StaenfLC;VMft
" j5" CORONERlS" INQUEST,'
Coroner Walton at ouceproceeded to
hold an inquest on the body of the mur
dered man, with a jury as follows : . ; '
W. H. Stokley (foreman), Jos, Lippitt,
R. B. Cameron, W. A. Wright, W. T.
Harkerand N. N. Bryan. .
' Margaret McCabe, colored, being duly
sworn. testified that she was in the
pavilion " where the shooting occurred.
"I said to George Mandy, Andrew has a
pistol and you had better take it away
from him before he does some damage
with it, and then: Geo. Mandy tried to
take it away from him and then Wm
Henry Martin who was standing near
them looked towards Andrew Cowan,
and then Andrew Cowan fired the pistol
and he (Wm. Henry Martin) fell, and I
left immediately. I heard no quarrelling
or any words between them at any time.
I know Andrew Cowan. He was drink
ing; both were drinking. I smelt the
whiskey. I was' raised with Wm. A.
,Martin.
Carrie Jones, colored, testified: "I
was in the pavilion when the shooting
occurred. . I beard no remarks, but
heard -the pistol fire and saw when Wm.
H. Martin fell, but did not see who fired
it, and do not know what became of the
person who fired' the' shot. I . know
Wm. H. Martin, and testily that this is
his body, and also know Andrew Cowan,
and testify to his good character. I do not
know: whether -either was drunk or
drinking.
Rachel Fair, colored, testified: "I
was sitting in the pavilion with Geo.
Mandy when Mag McCabe spoke to
Geo. Mandy. Geo. Mandy got up and
went to Andrew Cowan, and then I saw
Geo. Mandy take Andrew Cowan by
the. hand, and then Wm.. Henry
Martin, who was sitting on the other
side 1 of the pavilion, came over
when Andrew Cowan was returning the
pistol to his pocket, ' and Wm. Henry
Martin reached Over Geo. Mandy's arm
and said; you ; -.why don't
you put up that pistol?' I walked off and
heard a pistol fire, and saw Wm". Henry
Martin lying , "n the floor. I then left.
Both parties were drinking, but I do not
know whether either was drunk. I am no
relation to Andrew Cowan,, but he and I
came to Wilmington together. I never
heard any threats between the parties
about Carrie Jones. Never heard' the
parties quarrelling together.
Edward McCabe, colored, testified
"At a festival on my place, I heard from
some parties that Wm. H. Martin was
shot about half past ten o'clock Wednes
day. May 80th, at night. Some parties,
not remembered, notified me in. my
house near the pavilion that Wm. Henry
Martin was shot. I went to the pavilion
and found Wm; H. Martin dead. Then,
about three-fourths of an hour after
wards. Geo. Mandy came to my
house and I asked him who
shot Martin. He said it was Andrew
Cowan; Then I said to George Mandy,
Charles Hines, John Martin and Thos.
H. Brown, let us go and arrest him. Then
we went to Solomon Mandy's house and
heard he was there. - We then sent Scott
Holland to Magistrate E. W. Manning's
for ; information,: who sent an
swer that he did not "at pres
ent do anv business in that way. We
in the meantime were guarding-the
house. Receiving no information from
E. W. Manning we entered the bouse
and took and tied Andrew Cowan and
brought him to the pavilion and guarded
him until 8 o'clock Thursday, May 31.
After daylight I went around the pa
vilion and found a pistol near the turn
pike about twenty feet from the pavilion,
Previously I searched Andrew Cowan at
the house where he-was taken.
Sarah Mandy, Colored, testified: "!
was at the pavilion; during the festival.
Left the house before the shooting. An
drew Cowan came to my mother's house
sometime during the 'night. I asked
him where was Sarah. He answered; j'l
left her by Mrs. Brown's.' Then I asked.
him where was Wm. H. Martin, and he
answered, 'Dead, dead, dead,' and then
mother called me.and I left him in the
room. ' He-also said he wished he knew
who killed him." - -
Geo. Mandy, colored, testified: fl
was sitting in the pavilion. Mag McCabe
came across the pavilion and asked me
to go to Andrew Cowan to get him to
put his pistol in his pocket. I went to
him and caught hold of the hand that
the pistol was in. and told him to put it
in his pocket, or I would have tojake it
away. He turned around with his face
to me ' and placed it in his
hip pocket, Wm. Henry Martin ran
L across the hall and said 'you
, put your pistol in your pocket,'
and Andrew Cowan answered, 'what?'
and took his pistol out and shot him.
i The jury, after having heard the testi
mony of the foregoing witnesses, 're
turned a verdict that deceased came to
his death by a pistol ball, at the hands
of one Andrew Cowan. ; :
1 Coroner Walton then recognized the
witnesses to appear at the . Criminal
Court for New Hanover; the 3d Mon
day in July next, and ordered that the
prisoner, Andrew Cowan, be committed
to fail on the charge of murder. .
Star
Sheriff Stedman broueht" Cowan to
the city about 5 o'clock in the afternoon
and placed htm in tail. -
An- eye-witness of the affair (not a
witness at the inquest) tells the follow
ing story:
TheT occasion' was a ball and" festival
given by Parr est Jones in a pavilion on
the left-band side of the turnpike coins
towards the Sound, about one-fourth of
a mile from jbe Seacoast crossing, some
seven .miles . from -town.'- The trouble
started about 10.45 p. - m. Andrew
Cowan, the one - accused ot the killing,
had a pistol. -flourishing it about, when
Geo; Mandy, the floor manager, remon
strated with him and caused him to put
the weapon back into , his pocket. The
argument then became . general, when
William Henry Martin used: the. Words
The wind blew out one of the
two lampsthe one nearest them and
immediately the pistol went off andMar
tin fell dead. Cowan asked, who shot this
man?: No one . made answer. - There
were those there who knew that he did
the deed but did not speak up. A call
was made for water, and Cowan went
and got some. More 'water was called
for and Cowan;- remarked .'He is dead
now, and commenced to console Mar
tin's sister whom he afterwards took . to
her bomeand went next door to Mandy's
honse and fell asleep, and where he was
tied and taken back to the pavilion and
kept until morning. Cowan and Martin
were said to be intimate friends. Both
were drunk, but Cowan was the drunker
of the two. After Cowan shot Martin
he kept snapping his pistol in the
crowd. - Fortunately it bad but one ball
in it, and that one killed Martin. .
. , THE PRISONER S STORY. '
After he was put in iails Cowan made
the following statement to a reporter for
the Star: .
'I was at the dance at McCabe's
pavilion. Am a particular friend of
deceased, Andrew Cowan. He was fat
the dance. His father lives on the
Sound, and I see him often. I was in
toxicated, and know nothing from
the time I had the pistol until
five o'clock in the morning, when I was
tied. I never had a better friend since
I've been here than the man they say I
killed. 1 don't remember shooting. I
was tied in Mandy's yard, four hundred.
yards from the place where the shooting
occurred." ;;-" -' . . ; -" ":. , -
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four miles north of Charlotte, and had
been telegraphed for and he expected
him to come to-day and employ and ar
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SPIRITS TURPENTINE.
Durham Sun: Mrs! Margaret
Morris, relict of i Henderson Morris
aged 01 years, died Tuesday at her resi-
dencenear massheid, presumably from
old! ?r i- s. .-T-'
4-Raleigh jPrr: . Mr. Thomas
Webb, one of the most, prominent citi
zens of Hillsboro, died at his home last
Tuesday afternoon, aged 60. He was at
one time President;of the North Caro
lina Railroad. , ' . ; -
- Henderson Goldi Leaf: " ' Mr.
John W. Vauehan. an old and well
known citizen of Henderson. Was found
dead in his bed Monday morning. Heart
disease is supposed to have been' the
caiise of his death. . -
4 Rockingham Rocket : " Com
plaint are numerous of poor prospects
for cotton m this county. The recent
heavy rains and cold weather have hurt
the crops.and in some places the plants
arb dying. The corn crop is reported as
dfting very well. 5j '' ' .::- -r
I Salisbury Herald : A promi
nent farmer, told the Herald yesterday
that the wheat was dying fast and falling
TdjjWn. A kind of . rust is attacking it.
la many places the damage, is so ereat
that there will I hardly be any wheat
csade. Cotton is also badly damaged by
the cold. . - 4 .; - .
J- Mount Airy News ; Up ; in
ffloyd county a few days ago three horses
were sold at auction and the lot only
brought $15.00. t They were said to be
Jairly good work horses. A car load of
iorses were shipped some time since
trom Pulaski county, Va., to a Northern
market and only averaged $20 a head.
I StatesviHe Landmark: Geo. W.
Kerr, . aged 67 years, died suddenly at
the residence of Rev. T. H.trobecker.
it Barium Springs, last Thursday even
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wue ot k. a., rung, one ot ireaeirs Kep
ivsentatives in the Legislature of-1893,
pied at her home m Sharpsburg town-
nip about l o clock last Thursday morn-
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Charlotte News: The death of
rs. Gen. Younsr. which occurred at her
home on North Tryon street to-day at
110.30 o'clock, removed from the scenes
pi Charlotte one of the most prominent
and most esteemed personages. . Mrs.
Young, before her marriage, was Miss
Malvina Graham, and was a daughter of
apt. John Davidson Graham, of Lin-
oln, who was a brother of William A.
ham.
Weldon News: Sixty convicts
ave been received and put to work at
reat vails. This company is now at
ork in earnest digging foundations for
he two large mills to be erected at once.
The force of convicts just received will
pe put to worR laying the foundations
for the mills, making brick and buildine
the race ways, i The company has on
fand one and a half million brick already
po De laid, and the work will be pushed
napidiy forward.
j ; Charlotte News: Daring the
munder storm Monday afternoon Mr.
Gephus Fife, of Mt, Holly, received a
stroke of lightning which paralyzed him
xfipr some time. I He was near his house
wnen tne peai oi tnunaer ana tne nasn
of fire ali came at one time and shocked
the whole town. He was knocked down
ahd remained speechless until yesterday
afternoon. Mr. Fife says he did not
hfear the thunder at all, -but the last
thing he remembers of the storm Was a
ftyme of fire and a ndise something like
m)eat frying in a pan. , It was a narrow
escape tor him. !
Newbern Journal: A live alliga
tor ten feet four Inches in length was
brbught to this city yesterday. He was
captured six and a half miles above the
city, at the mouth of Haywood's creek,
Trent river, Monday afternoon by Capt,
Af Tillman and two colored -men. who
were fishing with a drag net. When
they felt the alligator in the net -they
had a sturgeon. .The alligator was with
difficulty pulled ashore, made secure by
thfee ropes around his body, kept there
ailpigbt and then towed like a log be
mad tne boat to the city yesterday.
I Durham Sun: Bob Madkins.
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through Durham this morning on the
eaf y train to Raleigh for sale-keeping.
i be train stayed here "until some time
after sunup, and it being rumored that
helwas on board attracted alarce crowd
cuiious to see the human fiend. Hels a
sum, ordinary lookmg darxey and talks
abiut the matter with the. most aban
doned indifference. He displays every
evidence of being a brute in human
form. We are told that he was secreted
in the woods last night and put on the
ine wooos last nignt ana put on tne
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succeeded in breaking out and got away.
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