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KILLED AT BALL IN FIST FIGH V ' * / ROW OVER "BELLE" RESULT EN BROKEN' HEAD FOR CECI ARTHUR OF NEW YORK?WA KNOCKED DOWN BY RIGH Allenhurt, N. J., Aug. 30.?Furth< . affsial investigation was made toda as the result of the death of a gue: from a fist fight involving the bel of the annual masked ball whic forms the summer's social climax f( tile fashionable beach colony here. *CedI Adrian Arthur of New Yorl man of Mrs. J. Charles Taite of Loi doa, England, died as the result c - a quarrel during "the dance. Salvadoi ' labor de, a student in college c Mechanical Engineering at Come Uuversity, whose home is in Havan Cmba, is under arrest. / The prosecution's chief witness ' i KA UM T <3 SnfnliAn -T' w ~w ? v? ?/%* v< ?f New York, who with her husban was Arthur's guest at the ball :an was dancing with Arthur when tk t altercation occurred. According t v lalncde's friends he thought he ret agnized as a friend Mrs. Sutphei 1 ark* was masked and who attr&te math attention by a masquerade coi taw of which black silk knicke: backers were a feature. He asked he t? fence and was refused. Then, ai aaadiiig to detectives who investiga '' ?i the case, his insistence led to tt 4pnxrel with Arthur. : The, fight took place during the ii tennission when the masquerac gacsta were in the grill room of tli lotel where the dance took iplac Jmc M. Ancuna and Manuel Fernai do, of Havana who were seated at table with L&borde, say Arthur wj flbe aggressor. In the fight Artht went down from a blow to the chi fed his skull was fractured. He die fe m hospital. Laborde was held in the Freehol Id today awaiting an inquest. H CMBpanions were held as materi witnesses in $f>,000 bail each, whic Aey provided. The head waiter, wl ?mlcr. oa o mfnoaa voe'tinoK . .. to provide bond. Ancuna declared two other wojne L : . at the dance were dressed like Mr Satpheir, with black knickerbodker Hbase and \am o'ahanter and one i ttem was a member' of the Cuban party. This, and the fact that Mr Sutphen's back was turned when L ftorde approached to ask for a danc tod to the mistaken identity. Ancur i -explained. *' | WANTS ABANDONED * AUTOMOBILEFound beside road, Ford Tourin car. Owner can get same by idei tifying and paying costs. L. i EE WIN, Antreville, 8, 31-3tp i _ 1 FOR RENT?Two furnished room dose in. Apply at this office. ' 8,31-tf. FOR SALE?Pears at 35 cents peck; also fresh eggs at 40 cen * dozen. MRS. D. A. ROGER! Phone 1. 8, 29-t KQK SALE?'Ford Roadster in goo condition. New top and fender See G. A. Neuffer, Jr. fOR SALE. OR RENT?Modern si room dwelling in Due West, wi1 ?Bectric lights, on three quart< *cre corner lot with good garde *ncT orchard, within two hundrt yards of Erskine College ground Will trade or sell on good terms 0. Y. Brownlee, Due West, S. C 8, 22-4tcol. The people of the United Stati spend $200,000,000 annually on t taeco. , i|i. COTTON (Stocks and Grain UNITS 10 BALES UP. Rote & Sons Private Wire M. C. Smith, Mgr. 1 204 Commercial Bank Building: GREENWOOD, S. C. * MRS. VANDIVI J HISTORY 01 Writes of Purchase of Te Long Cane Home of s Famous Men From L The Last Cabine s ' Secessio: T ' (By Mrs. Louise Ayer In 1752 Governor Glen of thep ir royal province of South Carolina 2 y made a peace treaty with the Chero- 8 kee Indians who owned and occult pied all of the northern state. The t early method of white settlers sim- * >r ply to seize and hold all territory on the Western continent they could, 3 had given way to the more subtile a 1" one of stealing it, and yet keeping * the red men satisfied by giving them ? 'e a few baubles. Governor Glen after ^ this fashion "bought" all of the ter- * H ritocry lying between Fort Prjnce v a George at Keowee, almost the loca- * ViVU Vi. TV W4UWUU) MUU xSMAftwp is close to where AJbfbeville now stands. * r- For this slice of Indian land he paid * d 30 "stroud" coats, whatever they B d may be, a number of "daffilH blan- ^ ie kets, some striped flannel shirts, I o some guns and bullets^ flint knives * -- and war paint, obtaining lawfully 8 for the province, the deed sealed F d and signed a strip of land the width e s- of the fort, from the one point to * r- the other, and the white people with- c sr. oat making mention of the matter, c 6- proceded at once to take, seize and * t- occupy, in virtue of this agreement, 1 ie. all off the Cherokee territory which ^ J comprises the present counties of ^ i- Oconee, Sickens, Anderson, AWbele ville, Edgefield, Laurens, Union, ie York, -Spartanburg, Greenville, New- * e. berry, Chester, Fairfield and Rich- ^ i- land. These 30 stroud coats and dutfil ^ a blankets were wonderful dry goods * is if they can vindicate the early Soijth 2 ir Carolinians in that Indian trade. t in Saltier* Mqved Caatioucly 1 id Timidly settlers pushed into the I 'new country; locating at first not 1 Id too far from already inhabited re- * is gions, and slowly advancing into the 1 al wilds. The earliest settlement on * f :h Governor vGlen's rich purchase was 6 10 that of the illstarred Calhouns at ; le iLong Cane. Th^, massacre of the c venerable Mrs. Catherine Calhoun c sn with two of her grandchildren ar.d 1 s. a number of other members of the I s, colony whose names have been lost, c >f is familiar to all Carolinians. The c 's spot where the tragedy took place 1 s. was (marked in 1760 <by a son of the a- murdered woman, Patrick Calhoun, * e, better known to history as the father * ia of John C. Calhoun. The place is * overgrown now by weeds and briars, ibut the filial monument is still stand- T " ing and the historic spot should be ? ' cared for by the people of the state. 1 A few years later, largely through 1 ^ the efforts of Gen. Andrew Pickens t _ and Maj. Andrew Hamilton, a fort !g' was built on land now covered by a n_ part of the city of Abbeville. A creek v ^ ran through the inclosure, and with- * ((j in the walls was a house with a huge 1 rock chimney. It was named Boone s s in honor of the governor, and there for refuge white settlers fled from ^ miles around at the slightest threat * _ of an Indian raid. The fort was also * a used as a protection from British c ?S and Tories during the Revolution. I A+. Tsrno- flans. Patrick Calhoun f and his (brother, William, oonducted s a sort of general supply business, ( l(j. and to their care the governor re- t g commended new settlers and settle- t ments. ( There also Major Hamilton locat- t ed, (buildTng the first house in what k is now the town of Abbeville. It * ;r stood where the court house is now. n ,n In that dwelling was toorn Abbe- t ^ ville's first native <baby, an infant t ^ destined to become one of the most c prominent citizens of the community, i Judge David Lewis Wardlaw. His family came to the section at the t __ same time that Patrick and William s gs Calhoun made their second attempt I at locating there, all coming from i Waxhaw, where the Calhouns had c __ fled at he time of the massacre. ( Birth of Secession jj; In 1794 Maj. Andrew Hamilton j \! was appointed keeper of ammunition ' ;i' for Ninety-iSix1 district. All of the 1 |-buildings in the little settlement t ;j:|were of wood, and it was not lawful 1 )!; j to keep powder in a wooden building t ^' so Major Hamilton erected a strong i 3 i! (arsenal of importe brick on the < ;||jbrow of a hill overlooking the fort, 1 'and "Arsenal Hill" has been closely 1 jllj connected with Abbeville history, i |though after the first secession con- i ER RECALLS F ABBEVILLE rritory From Indians. Calhouns, Many the Old District, it Meeting and n Hill. fandiver in The State.) . ention was held there, November 1860, it 'became "Secession Hill," , ind so it is called today. In the early years of the 18th cenury a number of families drifted nto the section, forming the nucleus >f a countylor parish, calling the ettlement Long -Cane from the charcter of the vegetation. Most of hem were Scotch-Irish, and as early is 1756 they had established a !Pres lyterian church known as "Long 3ane," which has been ever since a 'alued branch of the denomination n South Carolina. In 1762 a colony of French luguenots' recently la"hde<^ in Chareston, came to this outpost settleaent, led and governed by their beoved pastor, Pierre Gibert. The good castor's wife made the trip from 'Vance under peculiar conditions. In ome way the lady had become esior* 1 q 11 tt nihnnvinnoifn +lio l(V?n/?li /mv. ' rrnnent, which refused to allow her o leave with her husband and his olony. But the dame had no notion' ft staying (behind, nor had Pastor Jibert the remotest iea of attemptng to carry on his work in the new trorld without the help of his resoate wife. Came Over in Barrel. The Huguenots had permission to >ring -with them some of their goods rhich were packed in various ways. imong the lot was a large hogshead, nnocent looking enough, and passed tlong without special notice. Inside he hogshead, safely .stored away vas 'Madam Gfbert, of course sup)lied with food, water and air, and nade as comfortable as possible in ler restricted quarters; in her hands ler precious Bible, though she must lpve gained strength and inspiration tolely (by the contact of her fingers rifch its covers, for of course she sould not see in her small dark :hamber to read its pages. She nust have been about the gladdest >erson who ever set foot on Ameri:an soil. With her husband and his songregation she reached Lqng Cane. Vt least, so the story is told. The French people settled a lit ;le distance away from the Scotch'rish, and called their settlement Bordeaux. Among them was a learnid philanthropist. Dr. de la Howe, vho bequeathed a large tract of land ind money to support it to establish t free industrial school for iboys. The nstitution is still in existence, alii ough it suffered severely from the iffects of the Confederate war. Dr. de la Howe ?so. christened the dllage which sprang up around hese settlements Abbeville in renembrance of his native home in unny France. Among the Huguenot colonists vere families bearing the. names ^rrin, Moragne, Rogers, Covin, No >ie, and many otners tnat nave oeome well known in the state as Ab>eville. names. Very near the time of the French ettlement, there appeared it Long ]ane a German plantation which esablished itself on a stream which he settlers called "Hard Labor 3reek," more euphoniously knovqn to he present inhabitants as Saprona. The governor commissioned Patick Calhoun to look after both cololies until they could provide for hemselves. Mr. Calhoun furnished hem with large supplies of food and >ther necessaries and assisted them n starting their own industries. Into the making of Abbeville enered the virile blood of four of the Wrongest European nations, Scotch,"' rish, French and German and the esult has been that finest of Ameri:an citizenship, a 100 per cent. South Carolinian of the highest type. Petition for Court. In 1768 Thomas Bell, William alloun, Andrew Williamson and Patrick Calhoun presented a petition to ;he general assembly of the province requesting that as British citizens ;hey might have a court established n their own community, pointing >ut that it was 200 miles from their lomes to Charleston, where they vere compelled to go for the smallest legal business. It was that intolerable condition in the upcountry ? *1 . . ? which resulted in the organization of the "Regulators," a band of strong determined men, united at first for the protection of their property and families, but which #in the lapse of time degenerated' into lawless depredators. The Abbeville colony soon became prosperous, and it is said that before the Revolution, it required 3,000 wagons a year to transport their pelts, wheat and corn to Charleston, the nearest market. , The first lawyer in Abbeville was John Bowie, the precursor of a long line of brilliant jurists and judges Vho have called Abbeville home. Among the number was a young man wVin in 1Sft7 hnntr n nnmA nver Vn?s modest office door that some years later was known throughout the United States, even today is probably the most eminent of all South Carolinians, John C. Calhoun. In 1855 Dr. J. W. Marshall, one of Abbeville's leading physicians bought a large tract of land on the outskirts of the town which included Arsenal Hill. Over the spot where the old magazine had stood, he built, a handsome residence, which was burned in 1876. A pretty modern cottage now occupies the site, and is the home of! his venerable widow, now nearing her 90th year. To Mrs. Marshall's fine memory and unfailing interest in everything, pertaining to her native place, every student of Abbeville history is indebted for valuable assistance. Pointing to her dining room floor, Mrs. Marshall says, "Just there stood tye ancient arsenal." And then she shows to anyone who is interested a queer, heavy, perfectly iblack brick, which she says was one used in the building of the arsenal. When excavations are made near the place, some of these -brick are still found. ' "As before stated, the first secession convention was held ' in Abbeville on Secession 6tfl. Edward Nolble, John A. Calhoun, Thomas Thomason, John A. Wilson and D. * L. Wardlaw were elected delegates to the state convention, and instructed to cast Abbeville's vote for the secession of South Carolina from the Union. Written bj Wardlaw. When war was declared, all of her young (men, and many who ware not young entered the service of the Confederacy. Francis Hugh Wardlaw of Abbeville wrote the Ordinance i< f Secession. The first soldier killed was Clarke .Allen oi Abbeville. After General Gregg fell, Col. Samuel McGowan of Abbeville took command of his 'brigade. On that wild flight from Richmond at the time of Lee's surrender, President Davis and his cabinet stopped for a night in Abbeville. He was entertained in the home of Major Burt, and there he called his last real calbinet meeting, May 3, 1856. 'Mt. Davis, stubborn and determined, could not give up the cherished dream of a Southern republic, and at that meeting he urged that the Confederacy make a stand further south. He believed that Johnson could yet drive back the enemy. Unwillingly persuaded that the cause was hopeless, he covered his face with his hands and allowed himself to be led from the room. At Abbeville the cabinet which so far had traveled together, broke up, some going one way, some another. Mr. Davis proceeded to Washington Ga., where to the few still with him he made another appeal, and met with the same reply. There the last members of his cabint left him, and ' with his wife and one or two attendants he continued his journey, and a few hours later was captured. On Secession Hill in 1876 Hamp- * ton held the second of his great cam- i paign metings for the redemption of * the state from Reoublicanism. ( Abbeville is a typical Southern i town, quiet, serene, green and restful, with comfortable looking homes 1 set in old flower gardens and groves, < a public square for business, ^domed with a graceful monument to the Confederate dead of the county. It has dignified churches, suitable pub- ^ lie schools, shady streets; a place where men and women and children live in unhurried comfort, where r neighbors lend to each other a help- , ing hand, and each is interested in all; a place where every inhabitant has a friendly word for the passing ] stranger. TO TEACH IN RALEIGH Miss Elizabeth Clinkscales leaves ] this week for Raleigh, N. C., where she will teach this winter. . H HJirJ A ?cisooal W ' "*( AH l?) QBlGlE^ jvSj la our P- QtiyrtMi JL1 ILlTil I ' ' > ' : v From 1 to * 1 You arc invited to y # to see this unusual ' ? forecast from the 4 * - 4 AN EXCEPTIO] NITY TO PLAC1 ^ FOR ADVANCE . \ ' . - * ! iv. REMEME ?DA i * Septets From 1 tc \ Rosenberg III Departim Four Stores I I *?. . , y:? u> i~f' H' % >0 TALL HE NEEDS A SPECIAL COFFIN Watertown, N. Y., Aug. 30.?The )ody of William Haley faces burial n a pauper's grave. Haley was 6 :eet 8 inches tall and claimed the listinction of being the tallest man n the State. Relatives, told a special coffin vould be required, refused to pay ;he expenses. HYMN OF SUCCESS :t's a good thing to dream )f big things to be done, '.f, when you wake up, you begin 'era, tsui, Dy dreaming, aione, Things worth while are ne'er won, iTou've got to DO something to win 'em. :f you vision big business, ?our coffers to fill, . fust to wait, sleep and dream is not wise. 5fou must wake up, get busy, Keep saying, "I will," \nd, above all?"Advertise." ?From the Adz. mil ! n ftU'l |*u ^ w9 **** V - ' * ig Fifth Avenue to You 1 , T, :... ' :C jvcprcscuuiuYc Dressmakers ' * I hold xhibit f *\ of ^ \ jl Modes 1 ? ;s department, rI >J V ? . * aKlal 1 ' i ?5 o'clock. \ ' I be. among the first * display of Fashion's y* | world's style center. " % I .C ' ^t * '( i AL OPPORTU- ; 1 E YOUR ORDER | FALL DRESSE^ I < - (ER THE fi tfE tber 1st I ? 5 o'clock. . I lercantile Co, -I ent Stores 1 i /f ?<? < 1 /o h vi any lscjjuilui^jilo , ' :.<y: j Children Schools will shortly open? studying will soon begin. That boy or girl of yours may badly need glasses. Have us make an examinatipp. and learn the exact condition of your children's eyes. /***<. DO THIS BEFORE SCHOOL OPENS. 4 > > DR. L. V. LISENBEE OPTOMETRIST TELEPHONES: | I Office 278 . Ret. 388 |J 3 1-2 Waihington St. /M Over McMurray Drug Co. ABBEVILLE, S. C. (Becoming Glasses Cost No More)