Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Ayl PUBLISHED WEEKLY. WINNSBORO, S. C.,VWED.NESD-AY, JULY5[9.ES A L H D184 THE FIELD OF HONOR DUELING IN NORTH CAROLNA IN THE DAYS GONE BY. Tragedies In Which Some of the Fa mous Men of the State Were Unhap pily Involved-The Diamal Swany Was a Favorite Meeting Place. Dueling in the Old North State in the early days was not the light and airy pastime which the French make of it these latter years. The history of duel Ing in North Carolina is in most part quite misty, and really authentic rec ords do not go back more than a cen tury. Up to the time of the war of the Revolution swords were used almost exclusively by duelists, though in sonic cases guns, pistols and even knives were used. For example, about 160 years ago, near the old town of Bath, there was a duel between two ship captains, growing out of a quarrel about a trifling matter, in which their left hands were ..shed together, while each had a dap er in the right hand. Each dagger was fastened to the wrist with a lanyard so that if it slipped from the hand it could b3e grasped. Both men were killed in this desperate encounter, which was witnessed by several persons, in the cold blooded fashion of that time. Dueling continued to be much in vogue until the period of the Mexican war-in fact. there were duels up to the time of the civil war. Toward the end of the eighteenth century dueling came to be the fashion. and this went over into the nineteenth century for some years. The State university was then in the early stages of existence and the president and faculty called upon the famous Colonel William Polk of Raleigh. the greatest North Caro linian of his time. a distinguished Revolutionary soldier, the frien- of Washington and o. Lafayette and the father of Bishop Polk of Louisiana (afterward a notable lieutenant gen eral in the Confederate service), to go to Chapel Hill, the seat of the uni versity, and by his precept and exam pile stamp out dueling. Colonel Polk went and talked to the students In such a way that duels ended there. Perhaps the most interesting of all the fatal duels in the state was that between Governor Richard Dobbs Speight and John Stanley. This was fanght in the center of the historic town of Newbern In 100. Newbern was the most' aristocratic place In the state. It had been for years the seat of the royal goverinent nnd for a 'con siderable time of the state government under the federal constitution. The duel was the result of one of the in tensely bitter and prolonged political controversies which marked that pe rlod. The challenge was sent by Spelght, and Stanley, exercising the rIght of the person challenged, chose pistols as the weapons. The place cho sen was a lawn under some noble elms In the rear of the 1asonie lodge, and It is one of the strange facts that com plete publicity was given to the affair :and that not the least effort wvas made to stop it. In fact, a number of promi neat persons witnessed it. The friends of Stanley pleaded for a recone1Uiation, not only before the duel. but while it was in progress. After the first exchange of shots, which was in effectual, the friends of Stanley urged Governor Speight to end the matter and renew the old friendship, but he refusedL and so five times these mien took aim at each other and exchanged shots, At the fifth shot Governor Speight raised his hands, staggered and fell, death resulting in a few mo ments. Governor Speight and Stanley were aristocrats of the highest type. Speight had twvice been governor. A son of Stanley became governor of the state of California. MIembers of both families yet live in the state. Another son of Stanley became prominent dur ing the civil war because of his ap pointment by President Lincoln as go9P'Lior of North Carolina. Of course yie coyi be in charge of only that part of t~b s&M: which was under federal eitro-#ay., .about fif tee-i coun tiez, with ,Newbr as the capital, the Federals itgvigag ac#piyl the latter city in the summ~Ier .o.f 5.? A brother of John Staaig Agured :ip another duel, also at Newbern, Tfi3m was Wright Stanley, and his antagoe nist was Louis D. Henry. The latter .was a man of great talent and very marked personal beauty, who in later years became attorney general. - At the im~e of the duel Stanley and Henry wgy quite young and ranked among pp ag~hg beaux of North Carolina. 4g ge gryiy out of a trifle. At a tea psdy it ums Several young ladies were presg epy papelessly flipped with his thumb ago fctjige gt bit of biscuit across the table 'aggl WG 8O key's cup of coffee. Stanley wass M~p ly offended, colored high, rose from the table, but resumed his seat and a little later in the evening sent a challenge to Hernry. This was at once accepted, ##Ch details were arranged the next day,. M f~his meeting Stanley vwas shot 4 ag jwpy lost a finger of the left jasgt, wg4 t:as cut off by the heavy buUet isop #anley's pistol. stanley's second was 6eusge y padg er of Raleigh. who many yeais B~; ward was United States senatur and who was one of the greatest men North Carolina has ever produced. When Badger left the senate the latter 94apted resolutions of regret. It is aM4 tut it was the only time such a j'his was ever done. Tbj 'efiw: fought very near the line betw~a M4o i. a nd North (Caro lina, a few miles sortw ,, .Suffolk. V a. Nesof it got out, and uuu aggc~inia gnd North Carolina otticers hurrul,-dt iW the place. When they arrived th-ey found Stanley's body on the ground, dbath having occurred almot instantly from a wound near the heart. Banger. Stanley's second, left the field in a great hurry a few moments before the officers arrived, and thus avoided ar rest. This action of his ever after sub jected him to some criticism from the friends of both duelists. The death of Stanley really ruined Henry-s life. Though a fearless nian, lie never after ward dared sleep alone at night. A fatal duel took place in 184.; in the great and lonely Dismal swamp, pre cisely on the line between North Caro lina and Virginia. I. C. lionas. a very ardent politician of GIr'enville. N. C.. challenged Colonel Edward C. Yel lowly, a great poater of the same place, the challenge following a politi cal controversy. Yellowly was very much opposed to a imeeting and up to the last moment endeavored to effect a reconciliation, but to no avail. He killed Thomas at the first fire aud this made him miserable thereafter. Never theless he had another meeting. witih Ferdinand Harris. a member of the legislature. and killed the latter at the first fire. Yellowly was a particularly fine shot. He was a man of very court ly manners and marked bravery, and uring the civil war served in the Con federate army. Most of the duels fought in the state were in the east, where the great plant ers lived. men who were literally "lords of the manor," and who brook ed no insult or even a hint of one. The Dismal swamp was quite a fa vorite meeting place. not only for North Carplinians,. but for Virginians. Dugger and Drumgoole fought In the swamp. one standing in Virginia and the other in North Carolina. and two shots were exchanged. Drumgoole be ing killed at the second fire. Fenner B. Satterthwaite and Colonel Kennedy. both of the old town of Washington. fought a duel about IS50. They went up the river near the town a little after dawn and fought with double barrel shotguns. Kennedy -was killed at the first shot. The affair grew out of politics. Both men used buck shot, and Kennedy was terribly man gled. Some shot grazed Satterthwaite's shoulder. Dr. Daniel E. Johnson and Thcmas S. Jones. both of the quaint little town of Hertford, In northeastern North Carolina. went out of the state to fight. their quarrel growing out of some do mestic troubles. They faced each oth er with revolvers at the bloody spot at Bladensburg. in Maryland, long known as the national dueling ground. Johw son was shot through the head at the first exchange of shots. In the western part of the state there - .have been extremely few duels. the'r mountain people having little relish for that sort of business. There were, however, at least two duels early in the last century, in which the old fash oned long barrel deer rifles were used. In one case there was a duel with pis tols between Dr. James Vance of Bun conibe county, an uncle of the noted governor and united States senator. Zebulon Baird Vance. and Samuel P. Carson, in which the latter was wound ed. but not seriously. The duelists at once iade friends, aud the matter end ed happily. 4 General Thomas L. (lingmnan. who for years represented the mountain district in congress and wvho wvas brig ;dier general ini the Confederate army. - was twice a challenger in duels and - was once challenged. Ie was "out" three times, but was unhurt. All of his duels were fought out of the state, one of thenm while he wams in congress. i Ther~e were some~ duels whichl had a e'g~nic sid", one of these affairs being that in wili Shocco JTones figur'ed and which grew ot of a dispute about a1 pi:g. In this neither pa r~iip ant wa~ hrt. Jones was a gre::t plant r and gi writer of much local repuite. anid onei of the oddest books ever writ ten ab out the state .s lhis Terensfle of Nortih Carolina." in whuli lie r'oast'Id 'Thinos Jefferson on the ground that he hadn J been studlotusly unfaIr to North 'aro lina because of his intense partiality to Virginia. It was with one of .Jones' kinsmen that John Paul Jones, one of the most famnotus sea lighters this ('(Jn try or the world has ever known, lived for sever'al years. the home of the Jones' kindly paitr'on not being far from Shoeco. the "seat" of Shoco Jones.-('harieston New's and Courier. Ogg~ the Jalps Lost at sea. P'robaibly ot jg~wspaper readers arec unawar'e that the VUnited Su:' once fought a naval battle with Japan,~ in which the .Jaipanese were not v'le tors, says the Leavenworth (Kan.) Times. The American force. ..om manded by Dav'id S. McDoagal, con-~ ssted of the Wyoming, a second class ] 120 ton sloop. carrying six guns. The1 Japanese had thriee inmpriovisedl w~ar - ships. converted merchan tman, mount ing twenty guns among themm. These wrie aided by seveii land forts. with. tirty any af the best type of the time. The lclti, rougl,.z i fuly 1G, 19'2. E asted just. one bour. Mt'tho te i or that time thme Jlaps didn't have any 3 was"hips left and the seven forts hadi retired from business. Thbe Wy'oming was a little battered, bat still inm thme No Secret A bout It. It is no secret, that i,:,r Cut Burns, Ulcers, Fever Sores, Sore Bves, Boils, etc,, nothing is so 3ective as Buck'len's Arnica Salve. "It didn't take long to i uire a bad sore I had. and it is all . K. for sore eyes," writes D. L. Gregory, of Hope, Te':. 25c at McMaster Co.'s, Ober Drug Co.'s and John H. MeMas ter & Co.'se rng stoe...: i In Memoriam'-. H. 'leans. In the cemetery of the Fir:;t Presbyterian hurch of Columbia here has been placed a stoue. vhich fittingly conunemorates the lu1alities and public servicns of >ne of the leaders of the Stite before and in the war; a mani wl) bore a large part in the siaping )f the secession doct ine aid who svillingly gave his life~ in defeuse of southern principles. Emble nati> of his substautial ciaracter ind enduriug iniuenre, his mon aiment is a large boulder of ranie from his native Fair ield, the polished surface bear ug the following inscription: JOHN 11'G1i ME.ANS "onl of homas and Sa1a-.h Milli Born August 1s, 1s12. Mortally Woundied at Second Bat tle of Araassas Aug. 26. lst;2. 'Dule et deceoru ni est pro) patria nori. A (RA1ADUATE1 of South Carolina Colletre, B?2. REPRESENTATIVE from Fairfield District,1844. GOVERNOR of South Carolina. 1 50. PR E FY DENT of the Convention of s1-2. MEMIBER of the Secessioln Convent ion. ISO. cO( LON E L of the 17th jie t S. C. V., C. S. A. And For 3any Years an Elder of Salm ('hurch. "And thus he bore wit hout rep1rOAch he grand old name1t of peitleieI.'' He is buried inl tie Means ('emeterv, inl Fairfield County, And this Cenotaph is erected 1To his memory at the 'hurcli He loved. The mouument was erected by 7ov Means' grandsons, John Eugh Means of Virginia and Robrt Preston Means of 3irm ngham, Ala., and his nephews, Tames Q. Davis and John G. kiobley of Fairfield. A Bad Scare. Some day you wiW get a bad sare, when you feel a pain in Fou:- bowels, and fear appendi :itis. Safety lies in Dr. Kink's ew Life Pills, a sure cure, for all Todwe nd st6mach diseasvs, such i ts headache, biliousness, costive ess, etc. Gnaranteed at McMas er Co.'s, Obear Drug Co.'s and ohn H. McMaster & Co.'s drug1 tores; only 25c. Try them. Taking to the Woods. The announcererAt in the press ispatch yesterday that "as soon s tae investment of the charges >f leakage in cotton statistics has >een completed" Mr. Wilson vi make "a tour of the Western orest rese-rves," is intercsting ut then we expected the Secretaryv >f griculture would have to 'take to the woods" before he was through with the cotton sta istices scandal. --News and Ciou ler. Interesting to Asthma Sufferers. "'I have had aisthnia for three or foaur ears5 anfd hiav~e tried about all the oughi andl asthman enir(s ini the marii :r','' says' Danie. 1 :antz, of' Ouervill, romt physicians in New York and ther cities, but got very little beei mt il I tried F'oley's H1oneiy anid 'Sar h ichi gtave mue imn u i rei ef andm I r l never bec v:ihouit it in mev hiou-. sincerely reconuencid it to all."' Sold y MIe3aster (Co. The stronges': ass t of the com aercial world, the strongest se urity to our poiliticali strncture, s the Christian religi on.-Living Turch. Ten Years in Bed. "'For tenl years I wfas conin ed0( to my' 2( with d1ias of my' kirineys. iot mo-: pa'S ' t of time I cUonsl. the v'ery bes-t meidicail -kill avaiilabb', mid.ev Cuire was r'connnlf'1ede to me. Men are so proudi of their priv leges thlat t hey en't feel that a :irl has real good se-nse w lhen slhe ekowedges t-hat sie never en 'ed them the pri vil go of smnokl Spra'ned Ankle, 5tiff Neck, Lame Shoulder. who ic Chamberilin's l'%in R ~ilmii tiering' wh len t'obtleud with my onetiit )kug C. Literature is the thougrht of hinking souls.-Carlylie. To Cure a Gold in One Diy 'ake LANXATI VE1 iiOMO)( QU - 'INE Tah iets. Al l ruisf s refunid lie mioney' ifit falils toLue E. W. Girove's inaurI- IS on eachi JUST WcV0R D that word i It -ref-s to Dr. Tutt's Liver Pilis and ME ANSz T HE AL TH. Trat'bccd wiA indigstion? Si-ckred:e ? AN/ r a s2 spsd any others "KO'z 2Tocci Take No Substitute. Country Editor's Vacation Time. The countrv editor, like all Nditors, is (regarious. Despite a -riej voujsly commounopiuion to the ,outrarv, he loves to eat, drink aud be rurrv, to la.rd over atten aated ribs with the substance, an(I not the shadow, of eartl's good things, to refresh a jaded mind by attriti.n with other bright in tellects and to revive drooping spirit by the inspiring aurali of the veal's successes. Thus we dlways fiad that about this. ti me Year sanctums are deserted,1 cissoirs are rusting- in unaccus toaed id'eness, the paste pot is surrendered to the blu.e--bottle fly and "Pro Bouo Publico," "Veri - Las, "Ctij n an 6Subscriber", ire turn"d over to t he t-1nder mer-' :-ies of the office devil. The ed tor is off on bis ainu innket - Portland Oregouian. For OverSixty Years MIrs. WINSLow's soouril I N; SYuuP as been used for ove:* (;0 years by mil ions of mothers for their children while teething, with pirfeet seecesss f [t soothes the chil1d, softens the guInis Illays all pain; cures wind colie, aid is :le best remedy for Diarriea. It will relieve the poor little su fierer ininedi itely. Sold by druggists in every part >f the world.*Twenty-tive cents a LIottle. Be. sure and 'ask for "Mrs. W~inlow'. S; o)thing Sy rup, and take no other imno. Sow a thoughit, yov reap an act; Sow an act, you reap a habit; Sow a habit, yoa reap a char acter; Sow a character, you reap a Jestiny, CASTOR IA For Infants and Chilidren. The Kind You Have Always Bought ( fShe Accepts You :oi wViIIl' li cofronited wVithI theL gro Ami: we'll wager& youi will Ifid it a - ighty~ hard lpropiositionl, too.] Starit raiht-get ne:juainted with US --wi Il hel sm oothi thIe th ornyv path ti We will serve :ou both euonofmi(.ally andl promphItly *-w will kL ep your waiits supplied at For ayuu n ple, as am rule. miiust aarr oni :1 S?':i sah-,-w' suionl the rallts of t he' sinull famhi! \ :as readilyl as heI dem,~:~Ius of the larget hotel. Ip We have m 1r clea god-. nIa clean I \ 5~ailu 2li011 el.ekp Starting rig'ht t Sh:If the'a bt le-wve'Il tui::ht twVo WV. C. Royd. A l'hi:;delphia Gallant. There is iotling that astonishes a wtom0an S> 1:11(1h as meeting a man who tal:ts !:' at her word. A certain very i:vpetuous young woman living in 1i- suhurbs of this city experienced ths l:iiqei Sensation when she at tenticil a inusie:lie given by a friend and maet a specimen of the too literal nule. She was about to leave the house when her hostess called after her: "Oh. donI't think of going out on such a storiy night alone. 'Mr. G. will be gi:)l to go with you. Won't you. M1r. .'' turning to a gentleman at !er ri-Dht. "Delighted." said the would be e.-wort. heaning on the young vomnan!. anrid h:e slipped on his over (xat and sto;d ready with hat and muliirel:a inl ha1nd. "Oh. please don't hoilier." said the protesting girl. "You 1:now I ::,i ruitc acen'Ustoni1 to going otut alonre. I amn not the least bit frid. I nearly always leave here un escorted." "Oh. well. If that Is the :sei, s:idd tht stupid man. "I don't ned to go theu. I would not think of interfering with your lifelong habits." And without giving the independent youig wonan a chance to avail herself :if his escort he threw off his overcoat md joined a pretty blond at the end >f the hallway.-Phliladelphla Record. Willing to Oblige. On one occasion, when Robin Allison, who was beadle at Kilwinning, had qarried. some goods for a traveler visit ng his customers. he was delighted with a dram over and above his pay. "'Deed, that's rale guld o' ye, noo," a:1i(d Robin, "but maybe I'll be able to The ye a gid turn yet. Ye ken I'm :he gravedigger. Dae-dae ye like your iead high',"-London Standard. Ills Originality. Uncle George-I have read your arti -le over, and I must say it shows a :reat deal of originality. Arthur Chanks. I'm sure! I fiattered myself here were some ideas in it. Uncle xeorge-Oh, I was not speaking of the ,omposition, but of the spelling. The CAstomary Clima:. Nordy-Iow did the new play end? Sutts-Oh, in'the usual way. Nordy and what do you call the usual end? 3utts-in a whir.l of hats and feathers tnd opera cloaks.-Houston Chronicle. It is not helps. but obstacles; not fa iiities, but difficulties, that make men. -Mathews. Warning. If you have kidney or bladder trw ile and do not use Foley's Kidney Cure, 'ou will have only yourself to blame )r results, as it positively cures all >rmis of kidney and bladder diseases. ola by McMaster Co, Summons. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, (CUNTY OF FAIRFIELD. COURT OE COMION PLEAS. . T. Matthews and R. W. Matthews. as copartners under the firn name of R. T. Matthews & Son, Plaintiffs, against Alexander Bell, Defendant. o~py Summiiions, for Relief. Complaint Filed. 'o thme Defendant above-named: You are hereby summuoned anid re uired to answer the complaint in this etionI, of which a copy is herewith 'rrecd upton y'ou, and to serve a copy f your answer to the said comuplainit n tihe subscribers at their oftice, No. 2 ank Range, Winnsboro, S, C., within w'enty days after the service herhof, xelusive of the day of such service; nd if vou fail to answer the c'omplaint 'itin the time aforesaid, the plain II' ini this acetion wvill apply to the ourt for thle relief demanded in the ( imiplaint. Dated June 2:Ird, A. D). 100->. A, S. & W. D). DOUGL ASS, Plaintitl's' Attorneys.1 t) thme ab)sent Defendant, Alexander Blell: Take niotice', that the sununilOns, of hieh the foregoing is a copy, and the )mplaint ill this action was filedi in ie otTice of the Clerk of Court of Conm lton Pleas for Fairfield County on the ;rd day of June, 1905. A. S. & W. D. D)OUGL ASS, 6i-2.S64t Plaintiffs' Attorneys. [T IS AFACT! TJh'e/ a suoeessful busin&ss oan only a ttainmed through honest dealing, r'ompt ser'vice, and indefatigable at 'ation to detail. Tim/' no pe'rnmaent sulcoess was ever Tlim/i qu~ality' wins first, last and ways, and that ;mlaufacturers pro ult'e diiierent classes of Pianos. T/mi there are some Pianos much :tter than oithers. T/w/ it is our p)olicy never toi nlis . -presen t ainy thing, nour a!m~ aur sales Itn! to dlo S. /'hag we i~now~ that this is a good >icey, becauselS through strict attention these niethiods, our business coul nules ton gr'ow~ r'apidly. 'That it mecans a gtood deal to you ka ow inl ad va mnee that t lie r'eputation ourll line of ptianos has been estab ~hm'd i'rta. 6i5 tot S2 years. T/mt there is one in Columbia used leat for'ty year's, anid t he town qud-.i y shows not evitdence of goig~ ut ui 7'5 1,e 1C no5y. wil secure from altone's 2lusi 15tHouse will be the bs mat we, wvithI yea:'s of experienee in inotinlg tihe btest, can buy. F~or ('atalogue, prices andi terms, Address MALON E'S Muisic House Columbia, S. C, DIANMJ AND ORGANS. ~TYIU< ASTORIA~ For Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Alway 8 Bought AVegetablePreparationforAs- y similatng thefoodandRegda ingtheStomahsandoweso Bears the Signature PromotesDigestion.Cheerful nessandRest.Contains neither Opium,Morphine norineraL Of W0T XARC OTIC. Norl Nec usec Ser!acsab=mea Fasi& Signature or o SOuR So iThirty Years =T COT WIABA$TORA BUILDING MATERIALS. ' I have just received two carloads of Dressed Flooring and Ceiling; Weather-boarding and Rough Lumber, all cut from long-leaf pine. Shingles, Laths, Moulding, Brick and other building materials always in stock. A full stock of Buggies and Harness at special prices. Everything in Furniture. See our Baby Car riages and Organs. This is the place to get a good Cook Stove. Our stock of Dry Goods and Notions will inter "est you. J. 0. BOAG. Cheap!. _heap! I wish to call special attention to my line of GINGH-AMS, COLORED AND WHITE MADRAS, PERCALES and ORGANDIES. If you need anything in that line pretty and heap, be sure and call. S~ Geo. R. Lauderdale. YOUR DRINKING WATER IS OF VITAL IMPORTANCE TO YOU. TO GET THE best water you have to go down in the ground for it. We are making a speoialty of Drilling Deep VWells that do not go dry and afford a coostant flow of water n contaminated by surface drainings. Try one of these deep wells. We can drill it for you at reasonable cost. We can drill right through the hardest rock with onr new well machine. If your water supply is not satisfactory, let us know about it and we wvill make it all right for you. Correspondence invited. We succeed where others fail. R. T. Matthews & Son. Preserve Your Fruit, BIave Fruit and Vegetables in the Winter Time. PINTS, QUARTS AND ONE-HALF GALLONS. Jelly Glasses in two sizes. Call on us and we will treat you as well as any one. Respectfully, McMASTER COMPANY Under Winnsboro Hotel.