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NO matter how busy you are these days, you owe it to yourself to take a few minutes time to loot through our line and see for your self the many wonderful values we are showing in Men's and Young Men's Clothing. A great line of Men's and Young Men's Suits at $8.50 $10 $12.50 $15 $16.50 $18.50 $20 ' and $25. REGAL SHOES lu all the newest style and leathers at $4.00 $4.50 and $5.00. Other Shoes $1.50 to $3.50. This is the time ot' year you wont to pull off thc heavy underwear. We have any kind of the cool garments you want, from 25c to $1.00. R. W. Tribble THE UP-TO-DATE CLOTHIER wen- mou who afterwards held th?? positions indicated hy their till??; F. W Pichen? of ridgefield, United Slate? mini -'i r lo KM 1,1 and war governor of South Carolina; (Jen. Carlington of Laurina; Coi Sullivan of Laurina; Col. .1 Poster Marshall of Abbeville Coi. Kori of lexington. All of these wore sj ron K men. bul Brooks won "In a walk." and ultlioiiKh ho would not canvass bis own county- Edgell? hi also the home of Gov. Picketts, he carried (lils county and among others. iwf.ij ?i.;.iv j.j.. ??yj?j?. became known over the entire union. Charles Sum ner, senator from New York and af terwards secretary of war under President Lincoln, made a hitler speech on the question of slavery in Kanuas and in Hie abseile?? of Sen ators Stephen A. Oouglas and A. I'. Butler pronounced bitter strictures uguiiiKl those gentlemen. Senator Huller, a very aged man. was a k!n:s nian of Hrooks. The latter waited until Sumner'* speech was published In full bofore lukins any step. II?; tried to catch Sumner outside of tin' capitol building bul could not. Hrooks approached Sumner Hom in front. n?>t from behind as malicious persona have cburged, and said: ".Mr. Sumner I ita ve read your last speech with ?are and with ns much Impartiality as is possible umler the circumstances, and I feel lt my duty to ray that you have libelled my State und have slandered my kinsman, who ls uged and ubseut. ami I have l inne to punish you for it." Sumner ofiered to rise at Ile word punish, ile was physical I j a much more powerful n .1:1 than Mr. Hrooks. Thc latter struck Sumner with a hol low, guttu percha cane, such as wa:j much affected in those days. He rained several blows on Sumner until Hie later in escaping fell. This light cane wa? more of a toy than of a wea pon, and could not have caused ser ious bodily hurt. This wus chun., teri/. :d by an r**n lli.h writer a? "the llrst blow of the Civil War." The country was wild with excitement. Itcsolutions pro posing thc expulsion of Hrooks trom Congress were proposed, anil reported favorably by the committee, lt re qulroa u two-thirds vote to become of effect. The vote was 117 for expulsion to 85 against. Thc feeling was Intense Among thoo* defended ?rooks was Thomas L. Clinginan of North Caro lina, whose speech op this occasion was a masterpiece of bitter earcusm i nd of eloijuenc" It was known thai when one member of thc house had assaulted anothor member, no action had been taken. When one senator attacked another, no action had been iaken. And it was a more excuse to try to expel Brooks because he had at tucked u member of the other con gress. H-- Ks resigned and was Immediate ly unanimously reelected by his con stituents. His reception when he came home wsB well nlgn un ovation. Ho was presented with loving cup?, and received over DO handsome canes and riding whips. Ono of the latter is In possession of Miss Maggie Rion, li brarian of the University of South Car olina and lias over $50. worth of gold inlaid work. '-\ 'The last dramatic Incident of Brook's Ufo was the proposed duel with Congressman Burlingame of Maine. This was tho outcome of the F'.'i rt-r affair. Ai 'chhtCtigu wns pass ed and accepted. Rifles were chosen as tho weapons but Burlingame insis *ed ??s fl??b*tag tn Canada. Hrook'c friends dissuaded bim. telling him he would have to go through the North, which was hostile and he would ha assassinated. Tho meeting never took place and Northern pape* character ized Brooks ap 5 bully backed down. Brooks lamented the fact that he had a reputation aa a "fire eater." He declared that he detes'.ed a brawl and opposed the code duello. W?K death WSB ?B ?Jrnnwic a? ins short life. He died suddenly lu Wash ington from some throat trouble. He died in tho arms of Senator Qultman of Mississippi. Funeral services were held tn the capitol buidiug, and mea from north and south paid fine tribute .0 his memory. A WORK ron WOMEN Two Buy's Session lu Home Erono? mies nt Kock HUI. Miss Carlington, whoso Interest lu thu welfare of thc schools of thc county has been proved by her work during thc school year, urgos every school improvement association In thc county to send a representative or rcpt cuni tat i ves to the two days' ses sion;; in Home Economics to be held at Rock Rill May 7 and 8. This ses sion ls under the direction .of that splendid woman, Miss Mary E. Fray ser, who did so much good in this county last summer, going about and pleading for thc emancipation of thc women on the farm. In a letter tc the school Improvement assoclatlone of the county, Miss Carlington says: "lt ?viii bo for good ot each Asso ciation to send a delegate. They will be the guests of tho College, so thc Only expense will be railroad fare. If the Association can send wide awake delegates. I will advise that you pay their expenses. Let me urge that each president appoint a dele gate by the 39th. and ask her to send her name, immediately to Miss Mary Frayaer. kock HUI, S. C. ' I have de 'cided to attend the meeting, and will bo glad to have a delegation to leave Anderson on Wednesday, May 6th. al lg o'clock over the Interurban. 1 would be glad also to have the nairn Of the delegate." Described New Have? Deal. (By Aisoetated Press) ' Vfjashlngton, April 29.-Oakleigl Thorne, former president ot the Trust Company of America, today .told thc interstate commerce commission shout the deal which result *? tn iho sa!o cl the franchises of these two roads tc the New Haven for 18,500.000 on whlet he collected a commission of ? 1-2 pei ?.->?? viniriiB said ?list, after retiring from the presidency of the Trust Company of America, ne onrned ail I tba ?vapora relating io tue irauaaCiiuo. I Claude Sorrels of Hartwell. Gs., wai lin Anderson yesterday oe business. 'ANDERSON SHERIFF MAKING RECORD j SETS A HIGH WATER MARK FOR ARRESTS HERE TWENTY IN CHARGE I Bum Vv hiies and Blacks Were Rounded Up Yesterday On Only Two Charges lt may not be a record for the Staio but Sheriff Ashley certainly made a record for Anderson county yesterday when he rounded ui> twenty offenders in Heiser and Helton and brought them to the Anderson county jail. About half of these are negroes while Hie remainder are white men and there arc only two charges-selling liquor and gambling. The Sheriff and his deputies have been busy for the past few day? in securing evidence in va rious cases and yesterday tiley were ready to act. They secured the war ran.s and hit tho trail for Pelzer and Helton with thc result that the Ander don county jail was entertaining more guests last night than for some time. ll was impossible to obtain last night a complete list of ali, the charge? but tho following is some of the cases to bu seen on the docket in Magis trate's court today: For Beliing whiskey: George John son. Forest Fant, WIM Burns, Slick Pollard, E. C. Pepper, Colbert Clink scales. Gambling: .Hm Campbell, John Campbell, Bert Compton, Oscar Lewis, Will Burns, Colbert Clink scales, Waddy Compton, Orange Mat tison. Tom Wall, charged with larceny and wanted in Georgia for that crime, was caught in the net and is now in thc jail, awaiting the arrival o? the Ccorgla officials. James A. Williams and Bass Williams were also among the late arrivals, both ot them being charged with breach of the peace, car rying pistols, and almost everything else mat one could Imagine. Waddy Compton was brought over from Bel ton on a charge of non-support of his family. There were several other .charges lodged against various mem bers of the party brought in yester day and almost all of them will have to answer for two misdemeanors at least. Two prisoners were also sent to An derson yesterday from Federal court at Greenville to serve their terms. These were Perry Aiken, convicted of making liquor and sentenced to three months In the Anderson jail and Mar low Darby, likewise convicted ot mak ing liquor and sentenced to six months in the Anderson jail. South Carolina road supervisors will meet l? Cc??mbltfcthjB week, but South Carolina candidate:-, will con Umie t0 ^S;> ^ t OOOOO9OOOOOOOO o SIX AND TWENTY o O o 0000000 0000000 Wc have, never bec^'so fortunate a3 to bo thc editor of-u, newspaper, but wc have seen enough to know that very tow, if any papers receive thc support and encouragement from the farmers that they are due to receive. "Many of us will knock a i paper for doing or not doing the things that wo arc us mueil and many times more to blaine for than the editor is. If tho farmers who are making a success would drop in rod tell the newspaper man about it and tell him how it ls being done ho would be help ing his community, his county, his state and lils homo paper and above all. his own self. If we make a good crop of anything whatever. If wo have tried some ex periment in tho way of fertilizing or cultivating that has proved a success, V-i's pass lt on to our fellow man so that others may benefit by what we have learned. There ls no editor who would not. bip glad to publish short ar ticles on farming for they are as much interested in the welfare and success of their readers as the read ers are themselves, if you have a bit of news that would be interesting to the public give lt to the editor or to ' some of hts assistants. If you like his paper tell him about lt and cn 1 courage him to give you a better one . -if your views differ from his, allow i bim the same privilege that you take and respect him for IL Help your home paper and thereby help your neighbors and yourself. ! WSU there never be any end to as sociations, union and many other > piar? and schemes for the benefit ot : the "dear farmer." Nearly ovt-ry thing i Hint conies up is advocated hy some - one who ls a dear lover of the fartn I er to the extent of trying to win their ' support. The latest .ls the big . scheme for a great national' market I lug association to finance the cotton i crop. This ope Is nacra by those : "loyal and firm friends- of the farmer** [ the tobacco trust Dake.?. Will some ! ene please tell us h?w-V.:*9 w??| h.-*!? tho man who makes tho cotton. Claude Vaaknlght of Waterville. MIKS.. a car inspector waa visiting here a f?w days ago. i The way of thc transfcnncor fc* hard. t.Hen Salli-.-m. a white man '*ns s*.n I'tb-.ced by Judge Guyton j court Inst >. ? week to serve SO days or tba chala ? gang for violation of a contract. ? 80 far as we know there is not- a i person In this section who ia at pres . ent under the care of a physician. : Here's hoping that the county 002 i ventlon which meets ta May wm be i a more harmonious one than ' ib*s 'nix- ?i??u th?.-rc two ye;.r? agc. Surely ' Anderson can haye a campaign thia i year free from mud silaging. Some voters think that the mer? Bud a can didate '.ii Hie better iiualtfled lie . llb to lill the office for which he off/em, I win n a? a matter of Ian he ia not worthy of the ?uffrage of a respecta ble people. Dr. C. L. Guyton gave an example the oilier night tor Intelligencer read ! cr?. We recently saw a short article in a Georgia paper where th?; writer had seen where there wer?' only 1700 or ismi (we have forgotten the exact number) of crazy people in South Car lolina. li?' wound up by saying that I h. .i.. ....i.. tna| .i...... ........ m rim ....... nc tnougm ........ .>.....v ....? ...uro pro-1 pie than that voted for Blease two years ugo. We don't know, but we expect if the truth was known Hlease .as paroled better men than the wri ter ot thut squib. ? There is ?mite an epidemic , of i chicken pox in the Piercetown neigh ' borhood. None are seriously ill, how ! ever I N Willie Cobb has been spending the , past two weeks with the family of Mrs. Robert Murphy of the F.oberts j i section. ? The example was given to a group i of teachers who were standing au ex ? animation several >eurs ago by an uncle of the Doctor, ile said that a I tuan had a plot of ground that was ?"all long and no wide, all up hill and I domn rocky." How much land in the ! plot. The doctor offers a day's pro fessional service for thc first correct answer. j W. M. Smith and A. M. Martin were i business visitors to the city last Sat I urday. I James Addison of Peteer was a vis itor here last Saturday and Sunday. Miss Mamie Massey of Mt. Springs lionw shrd shrd shr ?hr shr shrdM was visiting her sister, Mrs. Minnie Stone last Monday. Early planted corn is up to the standard and is looking well despite Hie cool weather that wc have had. Boozer Kay and Miss Bessie Moore visited at the home of T. M. Welbourn of Lebanon last Sunday. John Massey of Easley and Miss Callahan! of Brushy Creek were vis iting here Sunday. Every body is asked to be present at Sunday school next Sunday prompt ly at 10 o'clock A. M., so that Sunday school can be over with by the preach ing hour. Misses Zoe and Ada Wilson of Leb nnon and .Miss Florence Moore of Six i and Twentv visited Miss Janie Link of Willis' ('Impel last Saturday. John Fowler of Trinity was' visiting herc last Sunday. Anderson Griffith of Slabtown and .Miss .Martha Elrod of Piercetown at tended Sunday' school here Sunday. PlcrcotQwn 'Club wet; Saturday . and Sunday ana elected the following'del egates io the' county ?certvant ion: W. W. Walker. C. L. Guyton. W, H. G. El rod, Walker Moorq and A^ M^Quy-r tpn -: " . ' ' . tiuees Six .ind,Tv.-.-iify has ho would be candidates Anyway no ono lias yet offored to go from herc to help whip the Mexicans. , - U. S. ARMY GOES TO STOP RIOTS WILSON ACTS AFTER COLO RADO GOVERNOR ASKS FOR THE TROOPS MINE STRIKE IS ON President Explains That Federal Side In Controversy Washington, April 28.-President Wilson today extended thc protecting arm of the federal'govcrnment to the State of Colorado, where because of riots and pitched battles between strikebreakers and striking miners, Governor Ammons bud found the state militia unable to cope with the situa tion and asked for helo. The Colorado delegation in* congress, minc owners and miners; themselves joined in the request. It was one of the rare occurrences in American history when a State found itself impotent to assert its au thority, but the president. In a tole-, gram to the Colorado governor, ex-! pressly stipulated that the Federal troops would confine themselves io maintaining order only "until the State can re-asBcrt Its authority and resume tl; . supreme control." Troops To Scene. Secretary Garrison ordered three troops of the Fifth Cavalry from Fort Leavenworth and two troops of the 12th Cavalry from Fort D. A. Ruase!! Wyo-jing to Trinidad and Canon City, respectively. Colorado members of congress say the mere presence of Federal troops will prevent rioting. Efforts of the Rederai ?"?v^ament to settle the strike, thus, tar have tailed. On this point the president made lt clear that Federal troops were being sent mere:y to preserve order and not to interfere jin the strike controversy itself. "I shell not, hy the use of the troops," the president wired Governor Am mon s todsy, "or ?by any attempt at jurisdiction, inject the power of the federal government into the contro versy which has produced the present situation. The settlement of that cou* troverey falls strictly within the field of state power." ; " The president asked that the militia bo withdiawn temporarily Until the legislature, which wilt meet Monday. ' considers the situation and arranges for lt to resume tte police duties in the State. "fvTfhe^ltuatlon In Colorado occupied Hie president ana bl? cabinet at a ions meeting after which the president's telegram tc Governor AB>?5o?i! ?PA ? formal proclamation calling on mal contents to disperse, were made nub ile, i FEDERAL JUDGE JONES IS DEAD Decedent Was Twice Governor Of Alabama-Appointed To Bench By Roosevelt Montgomery. April 28.-Thomas G. Jone? federal judge of the middle Ala- | iju?i.t district, former guveruor of tho slate and one of the most prominent ligures lu .Malunna for half a century, died this afternoon at ''1:30 o'clock nt the family re-iidence here. Judge Jones wa? born In Macon county, und with the exception of the periods at the Virginia Military Institute and with General Lee and Gordon during four years of the civil war, he spent in his entire life in this State. I Following the war Judge Jones waB a leader in restoring white eupr?macy in Alabama, and edited the Daily Pica yune ( a powerful Influence during the ? lav.- of reconstruction. In a memorial day address in this city in 1874, he sprang into national prominence by using the sentence: "We can be queath tu our children nobler legacies than discord and hate." He was elect ed governor In 1890. and In 1902, on the death of Judge John Bruce, he, was appointed federal judge by Presi dent Roosevelt To Confer on tbe Strike. (By Associated PreBB) Washington, April 29.-President Wilson has asked the president ot tho Kentucky Mine Operators Association and Hie Alabama Mine Operative Or ganization to come to Washington im mediately for a conference with the view to further attempt a mediation for the Colorado mine strike. TWO MOTHERS CLAIMED CHILD Court Gave Him To One and Jury Convicta Man Who Stole Him I - (By Associated Press) in district court in the trial of W. C. Opelousaa, La., April 27.-"Guilty without capital punishment" was the verdict returned by the jury herc today against Walters, Itinerant tinker, charge with kidnapping five year old Robert Dunbar. Under the lawB of Loutsana the verdict ls equivalent to life imprisonment. Boy Claimed by Twp. The verdict legally determines the identity of the boy taken from Walt ers at the time o rbis arrest and le gally clears a mystery that presented many unusual phases, including the ability of a mother to identify ber own son. It means that the youth claimed as their son will remain m the home of Mfr, add Mrs. C. P. Dunbar here, where ho lias been ; since the arrest xjf~"Walters more ttfan-H" >ear agb, and that Julia Anderson, now iii in ? N?w Orleans hospital, was mistaken when she ' testified at the trial that the boy was her own. '* Look Like Vioicuce. The jury deliberated from ll o'clock this morning, at which time Judge Pavy had concluded the delivery of his charge and the jury had retired. Thc day bad been ono of much ex citement. Sheriff Swords had placed guns in the parish, jail, in order to bc prepared for any emergency. The finding o fthe jury does not end the litigation. Ccunsul for Walters have announced that if the usual mo tion for a new trial is overruled they will appeal to the State Supreme Court. Walters was arrested April 20, 1913, nearly eight months after Robert Dun bar disappeared from a Ashing camp cn the hanks of Lake Swayze. At the time of his arrest he was accompan ied by a boy who Mr, aad Mrs. C. F Dunbar and identified as their lot., j chichi, but who Walters claimed was I Bruce Anderson, Illegitimate son of Julia Anderson. He claimed the wom ! an had entrusted the boy to his care, I and she ' later identified him a's her I son. Two States Interested, .. .. So much doubt existed as to tho identify or the boy taken from thc ? tinker that Governor Brewer of Miss issippi., refused to honor the requis' ! Hon of the governor.ot Louisiana f'.r thc return of Walters to that State until he had held a test. John M. Parker of Kew Orleans, appointed by Governor Brewer to represent him in thc inquiry, after hearing the testi mony of a number of persons, ruled that the boy waa Robert Dunbar. Governor Brewer then honored the requisition, but attorneys for Walters appealed to tito supreme court of Mip sippi, which on January 12. 11)14, or dered thc extradition of WfKtrs to Opelousas for tr hi. : the trial began here April 13. COTTON MEN AT BANQUET North t ?roiin ian Is Toast Sf adder at New York Mee tl ag. ' ? -~ ? ( By . Associated Press) . New York, April 27,-About 800 manufacturers and guests attended tho dinner, at which th* retiring presi dent. Stewart W. Cramer, of North Carolina, was the toatetnastor. Other speakers were Lewis W. Parker Nat ional Bank of Richmond, Va., and W. S. Lee of Charlotte, N. C. The dinner was held as part of the association's, annual convention. Del egates from all parts of the South aro attending. Officers will be elected tomorrow and most of the delegates then will go to Boston to attend a textile exhibition. Heath vttlUfcMtc? J; Sk??th Wiliissisto?T?nr!! 28.- Thc .BU day Kinging imm si II:IK place bun i day proved a great success In every . r/vii?w>i A large ?umHnr t\t vlull/.r* ! attended and a number of them stated .that lt was the bmt ?hurta? th** ?~r {tooTc part m. ARRANGING TRIALS FOR MANY PRISONERS MAGISTRATE BROADWELL IS SETTING DATES '? ?%^?\.mm M. k/i IUI?? * Soon To Try the Many Prisoners' For Gambling and Selling Arrested Last Tuesday Magistrate Broadwell was busy yesterday arranging to try many pris oners secured by Sheriff Ashley and Deputies Williams and Sanders wheu they made the combined raids on Bel ton and Pelxer last Tuesday. Practi cally all of the cases to be tried will come under one of two heads, either that of Belling whiskey or gambling. About half of the defendants are white and half negroes. Slick Pollard, wno is charged with st iling liquor and was arrested Tues day gave bond yesterday for his ap pe?rs?cc p.* the rex*, term of the court of general session and was released. Jim and Bass Williams, who arc \ charged with breach of the peace. ?carrying pistols, shooting and cursing on the public highway, and various other offenses will bc given a hearing at 10 o'clock this morning. Feaster Chiles will be given a bear lug Friday morning at 10 o'clock while Colbert Cllnksoalos, charged with both gambling and selling whis key will be tried next Tuesday morn ing. . E. C. Pepper, churged with selling whiskey, yesterday furnished bond for his appearance at tho next term of the court of general session and bis pre liminary was set for May. G. On May 2 will bc held u hearing ?n the case of R. L. Bryan, charged with ob taining goods by false representation. POWDERED MILK. Kew Trade Wrinkle Expected to Pat the Milkman Out of Business. (From the New York Sun.) Milk from Normundy in powdorod form wil be introduced in- the New York market within a month by Jas. R. Hatmaker of Paris, who was for a number of years secretary of tho late Cornelius Vanacrbilt. The pow dered milk will be shipped here in tins and sold directly to the consum er from a central distributing point.' Mr. Hatmaker has developed a pro cess of manufacture and extracting.of the water from the milk without add ing or taking away anything, 'rom milk, itself. .When tho.water is added again, the milk is tho same ab before except that tho-milk, has been steriliz ed in tho process. It taste'* tho same and cream wil riso on H and lt can ho kept without Ice for several months. Dry milk, Mr. Hatmaker believes, will revolutionize tho milk industry He thinks bottlod milk will be a rar ity within a few years. He has been at St. Regis arranging for'the Baie of his product in New York. Boforo be . sailed yesterday on the Lusitania, to get tho first shipment ready, he said: "I am going to supply New York with milk of the highest grade from tho world renonwned pastures of Nor mandy at 8 cents a 'quart. This is possible, owing to the new process of dairying milk free, and to the new par. . - - .-. -Liai. _ ?._ . 1_"_ ,,"!{.,_., psjBl, YVUXVIl UUC1D .:- - "Thu Normundy milk will be known as ambrosia dry milk and will be sold I In carefully packed boxes, represont ; lng 12 1-2 quarts by the Ambrosia Milk Corporation of 120 Liberty st. ' "I believe the public, will be quick . to -appreciate milk in the dry form. Tho greatest milk experts and hygien ists in the world are convinced that before 20 years have passed, liquid milk, on account, of its dangers, will not be allowed in large cities, i - "The new rapid high temperature, process of drying milk kills all .dis ease germs found in the liquid milk, and the dry milk cannot communicate tuberculosis and typhoid fever. Dry milk is not only safe but lt keeps with, out Ice like sugar and flour and thore is no waste tn its use. It does not Bour and'does not have to be delivered a quart at a time. .if anyone doubts the future of the dry milk, let him think how it would be If Buger were sold In 'bottles In tbe form of a thin soup, as it is yielded by nature or even In the form of ta-, hie syrup. How much would Its price be increased and its usc limited? "WV? have now passt-1 the bottle stage and the condenced or. syrup stage for milk, and la the near future there will be no milk problem any more than thore ls now a sugar prob lem or a flour problem." Monnaient te War Prisoners. (By Associated Press) Charlotte, April 2iL--Visiting 8alis 'bury thia afternoon. 258 meniborB of , the New York Monument Dedication .Commission erected a monument In i the cemetery there to the memory of {12.148 uaton. soldera who died In the told Salisbury prison during th? war ?between toVeuUeav " ": More l??4?^ ' ~'^ About a League. mill league for summer baseball and lt ls possible that such an organiza tion may be effected within-the neat few weeks. Some of the mills of the city are able lo pul ont1 teams io raak with some ot the vry best semi professional teams of the *je*miry and ' j li it cwt oe ??"rangea so toa? jarnos {can be played once or twice a week I ^nJ#TM? rvnnpln ?rill nmhihlv ! interested." >R that'the movement I <uut? ttt* anm* MU tn tsKc th" lead. ""' ?J?V The Laie Prei Captain of the Saluda Men In th? Duel With ?Lotis % Wigfail- 1 Whipping the Bully Charles i elected By His District-Di Among thu distinguished South; Carolinians In '?e war with Mexico Vi crt-Ui a. ?rcsks, o? Ninety Six. ; ttdgelield District, who later became a national figure because bo caned lilias. Sumner, the bully or the United States Senate. Tho following sketch ?il! Mr. Brooks may at this time be of unusual Interest: Preston s. fir?w>cM tx Huid to have ; ' been a man ??f groat physical beauty and of magnetic personality. Ho died ; in his :i7tli year. Otherwise his name . might huve hrmn written hl<;h among those who uliulncM renown fur Strategy and gallantry In the War be tween tim States. Into his short lifo were crowded three of tho most dra mat ic. Incidents In State history-his ? ?niel with Wlgfnll. his caning of Charles Sumner, and hts proposed ex pulelou from Congress. ? Preston Smith Brooks wu? Ix un at Edgeficld Court House August 6. 1KI??. ?r.d died January. 27, 1R57. lils pa ternal grandfather. SUtrharlah Smith Brooks served a? lieutenant In the American Revolution under General William Butler, und afterwards mar tied General Huller's slater. To them one son wus born-Whitfield Brooks, Ute first master in oqulty of Edgefleld County and a lawyer of some promi nence, who after 18 years of public Service retired to bis home at Rose lands, near Cambridge, (Ninety Six) Sow the homo of the family ot his !fi youngest eon, Capt. J. Hampden Brooks, who died last year. Whitfield Brooks married Mary Par son? Carroll, eldest sister of Chan cellor Carroll, a distinguished chan cery judgo. To them were born Pres ton S.. James Carroll, Whitfield But ler. J. Hampden and Miss Kilon ;- Brooks, wife of R. G. M. Dunovant, a Confederate general of distinction. Preston S. Brooks after graduating st the South Carolina College paid de moted attention to a young lady is Fairfield County, lt was while his younger .brother. James Carroll, was ! In college and ho himself was visiting his "ladye fatro" that tho tragic in cident occurred which led up to tho meeting between himself and Wigfail. The latter was a lawyer ot some L promiso. He engaged in a spirited wspapor controversy with Whitfield rooka, under nom de guerre. . igfal! became offended, learned the -'.-- Idcz?itj" G? 523 CS?pO"CP? if niacuB f' ' . sion and saul a challenge to Brooks. -. ' The challonas was presented by a *iing lawyer named ?Coleman. Whit field Brooks waa then an elderly man, and he scoffed st the challenge, beat ??'if \'viwi? n?Tvrs.y - >. ?i ."?~"?? ? .] lion S. Brooks i Palmetto Rnrrirnnril--FMMIII - Spelled From Congress For Sumner, Unanimously Fe ied Before He Reached 'iO driving bim from thc premiso? Coleman was so overcome with tills reception ?f-,s? lip lort the country after reporting to Wigfalt. The latter then "postod" Whittiold Brooks as coward. In other ?words he wrote a placard to that effect and stuck it on a pont or treo on the public square nf Edgetlehl. Ile stood by with a duelling pistol'In his hand de fying any one to tear down tho pla card. Whitfield Brooks not having learned nf this denoucement, and two elder sons being away. Tern Bird, u nephew, r.topperi up sud pulled tho placard down, at the same Gmo firing at Wigfali. The whot went wide. Bird then folded his arms and took hts medicino Wlgiall shot him dead. Chancellor Carroll nosing tho trag edy ran up and shouted "arrest thc as Hassln.",This resulted in a challenge being exchanged between Carroll and Wlgfall. They mot on uu island In the Sav annah river. Governor John L. Man ning waa W'.gfall's second and (Jen. .lames Jones was Carroll's. Ono shot was fired by each, and a r?con ciliation was then ?'fleeted by tho seconds. Communication was slow In those days, hut by this time Freston Brooks had returned from Fairfield. Ile immediately challenged Wigfali, and the latter accepted and rifles were usoti. P'.Sbton Brooks was Just 20 years old. Wigfali was a little older. They nut on Goat Island, Capt. Baus nott's plantation, in thc Savannah rivor February 10. 1840. Ak the first fire both missed. Wlgfall took a drink of brandy. Brooks refused and Carroll exclaimed."Hy gad, our cock needs no water." At the second Arc both were badly wounded. Brook's ball passed through both of Wigfall's thighs near the I trunk. Wigfall's ball passed through Brook's side and near the spins) column, .piercing* and breaking the left arm which was resting behind tils back. Desperately wounded they were taken ashore in the same flat boat, their feet nearly touching. They recovered and tho families became re conciled. However Wlgfall moved to Texas. He represented that State tn the senate or the Confederate States i snd later In the United States senate. i HO WUK on?? ni fhn ru.tiihjt muni ?ir.? llant orators. j Preston 8. Brooks after this affair (practiced law tn Kdgeneid and com manded the company from Ninety Six tu the War with Mexico. In 18M ; n? rs Ti for CO FIR Fem?, Kio Oyj?n.*n?;u?3