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A SAD The IPerry-Bynnm I Da ? Souther i Mir.: Yancey L. Gantt, business manager of the Southern field, was presented by Anderson's Studio, of Anderson, S. C), with a photograph of t historio spot in the Palmetto State, It is a little island in the Togalo river, not far from Clemson Coll?ge, and is tho scene of the fa mous due* betwc?u Perry sx>d Bynum, and in which the former was shot dead on the spot, The picture will be framed and ornament our business office. To Sooth" Carolinians this duel forms a part of the historic records of that State, bat a brief recital of that bloody ovent may be of interest to our rcad ers in Georgia, as this island is in tho stream that forms a part ' of the western boundary of Georgia. Benjamin F. Perry waa one of the ablest men. upper Carolina produced. He was appointed by President John son Provincial Governor . of South Carolina immediately after the close of oar civil war, owing to hie strong Uni?n sen t?menlo. Mr. Perry bitter ly opposed secession, bat wheo his State acted he went with it, and did his fall duty ag a loyrl son. Even when a yoong man he antagonized the ruling and aristocratic element in his State, and while the distinguished Wm. L. Yancey and B. F. Perry were young men .together, both living in Greenville d?str?ot and near neigh bore, they were widely divergent, on the political issues of that day. Some thirty-five years ago? in writing a sketch of the great men of his. 8 ta te, Governor Perry saw fit to reflect upon the ? memory - of this great secession statesman, and which article was con clusively answered by Col. Ben. C. Fanoey,who lived in Athens. Bi. F.-Perry located in Greenville as a struggling young lawyer, without friends or influence, and to help out his mesare income was given editorial charge of the Greenville Mountaineer, the ' leading paper then in the' up country, and which is still published. Perjry's sympathies Were ail w|tb what ts known as "tho common people," and through the oolomns of : the Mountaineer bitterly attacked the dominant and rnlieg class.- Hie pea was dipped in cauotio, and being an able and strong: writer, ms opponents Bat in order to r?tala their political ascendancy ia epper Carolina, it was necessary, to oilocoe yoong Perry..;ia 80!ae way- Ho WOB looked upon ns a peaceful nlsn? for he seemed to stu diously avoid., personal ? diffieai?es.W? those day a - tho codo duello was in fall prsoties among the chivalrous South C?rolinisiia, end any maa "wh?i would not fight was eoci??ly oatrac?Eed and branded aa a coward,. Itr3?as . : finally. deoided to Send to North Carolina and import a noted duelist, named By mun, and who had , 4Swinged" several men and was cele-' : brated os a dead. shot at ten paoes, to edit an;^oppo^siti?n p Green ville; BytiurUy it appears, was an ad- 1 veutorer, and gladly aocepie^ ' sitien, ; w ?th the distinot ? nader9t$'a$ | that"he : must either prpv?k?? Perry j into fighting a dael sad kill him, or 1 drive him from tho 8tete. V ? ibo riyal paper. to the fountain-' 1 e?r, with Bynum ? Sta pdltori waa >? soon launched, and wi^ itsj^s^Usae ? he-^gaji- tb; attach Perry;;.. Bot ho soon*'-- found he; ""i?ii^t?d.';' ?t??jfe- "^^??aaq?i???'i words pr 'argatoe?ts. with his rival, -1 when Bynum deliberately set to work i to provoke Parry Jbto fighting a dael, or make him /'show tho-whito ; feather/' and whioh ia those times c . meani-sccial ostrseisni aud political ,t death. But lt was haVd to thus force t ; Perry.icto measures., With h?s/ab?e; } J i?en ^parried/^ve^ih^dst^^^.' .' aimed, at b|ni, obid s?> kept h?s antag? eiaton rted?fensive/ It fras.generak ly eou?eded that Perry w*f a craven, . and -tryisjg tc ??adO ; sending a ebal? j/ lenge. , W?th ttfa:jta*\ysa\was-esr-, I tainly mightier tha? the sword. : Each s i week, when tko Moapt?jueer appeared c I Bynun^Jpoid^ftod'^-^mSoU hoisicd^ i I U?^^^k^^^? time ."..aid - again I ? ICSed Words ia IC?VIB?SU w-w wuw? j of therMpant?inosf^ ?bst'''*O%?(|*1?*Y;$' $ sont a lesa^.cold-blooded jm'aa io the a acid ot, honor, ta tho . meantime t ?flrry continued to riddle with log?d h **nd ;sai^^^^^^i^|^b I Pinong, mealing of the dominant, b ? ??asg^aa^eld in Greenville, and-it -c Iv vasd^de^Jtn'at things feld $eo# lar fi I ???ugfy abd* Perry 4r??$?^tt&t&i? 1-Jt?^ sijp?b;^ I ib She preci s ? .?sde^ .? pip Duel of j^nte-Bellum .ys. D Field. Perry must either fight or live beneath fue acorn and contempt of hi? people and every bravo South Carolinian. Young Perry had long been expect ing this culmination, and was prepar ed for it. Ho was really at . heart a I ravo and cool mao, but intended to put Bynum and his hackers so dearly ia the wrong as to vindicate himself should he fir vi YO - that encounter. Perry promptly requested Bynum to name some friend to arrange prelimi naries between them, and as Bynum was the challenged party ho had a ohoioo of weapons, and named pistols. Ho was said to bo ono of thc finest pictol shots in tho South, and could hit a silver quarter at twenty paces nine shots out of ten. On the other hand, Perry had no practico whatever with the pistol, and in sending,that 'challenge it was generally conceded that he bed, with his name, signed his own death warrant. Bynum was so confident of killing his opponent that he boasted to his friends how ho would hit Perry's heart at the first fire, But nob content with this, he contin ued to practice until the day of the duel.. Perry also secured a duelling piotol and with his second practiced in the woods around Greenville, but his poor marksmanship waa generally noted. .' lt.was late in tho- afternoon when the party repaired to that little island in -the T?galo river, and a view of which hangs in the Southern Field office, with the positions occupied by the duelists marked. The usual for malities were gone through with, but Bynum would not listen to any settle ment of the difficulty, for nothing but Perry's blood' would satisfy him. Iq fact, report says that his friends had prepared a big supper to welcome his victorious, return from the "field of honor.*' But Pevry was also cool and deter mined,' and when his steel-grey eye and set face met bin antagonist's, it is said for the first., time in his life By nuns'5 ebeek blanched upon the field. The meit were stationed tsu 'paces apart, and it was understood that the duel must end in the fall of one or the other antagonist. Those Who expected to see Perry disoomfitsd Were grievously disappointed. ; 6it ?SUSOI?O were as rigid RS hon, and at the words "one, two,lhrne--HBre$'* no sportsman aiming at a squirrel in a tree;: ever raised his weapon more deliberately/ Or took moto careful Both pistols went oft! simultaneous- \ ly* When the smoke began to lift, ,, Perry was seen standing unmoved, aa \ whea he took his pySmou, his eagle \ eye watching his opponent, whose -| frame began tb .quiver, wheoThe drop- j ped; to the ? earth. Perry's ball ha? \ sped straight to its mark and pene- ? ?rated; Bynum'a heart. ELO had \ fought one duel too toeny and his last, , Perry's : friends rushed him off the \ blood-stained, island; and he remained f away *frona {. Greenville, until tho ' ex- j 3itcment blew G vcr, when ho returned) j and became one of the most disti?-? ? juished men in South Carolina, hay* t ing been frequently honored " by.his '' p eople wi tb the highest OffiooB within their gift. ';. " ' 1 ? But let u? return' to that .field. ; Tt?V aa this ,fiuel onded, 4ho sun '6?pk n tho west, ?nd a frightful rain storm ? jet in, as /./f even the heavens were ; - scoping ov-sr tho bloody tragedy, . A \ *?w friends lifted up tho body of the . ?ead^tit? placing thc corpse in ; ?'.' boat, carried it to tho rn$> inland >ver in South Carolina. - Beaching he shorb a consultation was. hold as 0 what should ne dono with.tb? body. ?yOujQ had ,n> re?at?Tes in Greenville; ind ^ithltXo deaths -:;'; ho political hopes of hi? baokers wished; ; Ferry weald now he 1 the' |\ f?v^oud his faction strengthened. A J 1 ?ter was ma?e from some polee fon nd .'. 0 tho bank, and upon this tho body a: Itone Churchy about >wb . miles from he present sito of Clemson ??llegeV ^ ,nd iwh^h o?d struetuio hast;!^? v ta?dibg since Redaya of the &ovb- ?;,.; utiob. : Near the edifice waa a burial x%>cU ^.pome negroes t were;- foun|^ M he rata pouring down in tortenis, the j? |?p^?^hiftd duo?st waa consign- ' t^M^.^^?^^^i? read'' byer'?jS^ ody; ^nd;'thor'; intcrmai?^?O:; -Oj&jfceV}^ 1 a ?old^r t?lled ca rth^ ?ol? or tot/ io. Two uprooted pino, samplings npported tho rigid body, an^ 4. io*;, to mait/the ,vfcbby; -ilrer*-- >} ' tuck $t\?t^ he^^ But :\ here was enbngh^Ualtty in these .^ks::v;ioli?kbrob'i? ;aod'Stb^%r*> ij he: So^i^el^ediior v?si^?.? % >X^ttroh\ :?nsd wis' sho^:{.'tbfr'gfAyb % ?S the burial-ground, had out down those pines, but their stumps wort still standing. In this old burial ground are thc dust of many great South Carolinians, inoluding the ancestors of our friend. Mr. Berry Benson, of Hartwell; bul to our oyo the saddest spot is tL< neglected grave of that young' mat who sold hia lifo to vindicate pol?tica resentment, aad was the victim of < bloody and brutal practice. Several years ago we met a son o Gov. B. F. Perry, and spoko to hiu of that duel. Ho said his fatbc never reoovercd from tho horrors o the deed. He never spoke of th matter but once to his family, am when the aubjeot was brought up raised his hend in mute protest, an< then stated that ho never desired t have that unfortunate and deplorabl occurrence mentionod in his family that he would give all bo possessed i the world-fame, fortune and politice future-if he could only wipe froi bis hands tho stains of Bynum' blood. It* haunted Perry t? bj grave, and his saddened face plain! chowed that tho bullet wbioh carrie death to Bynum ou .that little islan also indicted au inourable wound j Ina own heart. The writer is familiar with the hi tory of this tragedy, for his father i that time lived in Greenville oonnt; being a young many and we' hai heard the facts recounted mar timon. So that picture ^possesses histor interest, especially to South Oaroli ians, li yon ever visit Clemson C( lege, do not fail to pay a pilgrimage that old Stone Church, ?nd which still standing, but no longer used ac place for publia worship. Its gra yard is. still kept up, and oontai many costly ind imposing monument In a few years those pine stumps ti mark poor By nu m's grave will ha decayed, and this sad spot beooi lost. There is no doubt that this the gravo of Bynum, for it has be pointed out by men, who were prest at both that fatal duel add the dian burial. But the present generati seems ashamed that this duelis dust mingles with their ancestor and it is said those sentinel pii were purposely felled that the mc ory of this bloody tragedy might i sooner fade from the public mind In that old Stone Church John Calhoun onco worshiped, as also J Picke no, and other distinguished n from the old Palmetto Stats. In tl little graveyard repose the bones leaders in the ' American Revoluti and men whoser eloquence and stat nanship were heard and reoogai throughout the world. Bynum was dearly .in the wro for hi wa? a hot-brained and imp Rous, ye? gallant young m and the dael he forced on bis opp ?nt proved not only his own dee knell, bat lefs a blot open hia aaj Bia antagonist lived a iong and h md life, bat he ooald never w 'rom his hands, or obliterate from nind, the ; stain of ?haman bio rim was tho first and iah perse ?o counter Gov. Perry Waa ever (aged in. He had established reputation for oourago, andJwas" c< fal eyer ' after to so guard his wo ind actions-as to live at peace n iib fellow mian;; A settled git teemed to .ever '". hover over him, i .he public respected his self-s?leo leoldsibnGov. Perry, >ever af lad a horror of bloodshed; and ; m >eliev?i'.-.that this fatal duel was tp?nsibl? for bi a; strong oppositioi recension. While the great mass of the people of the State differed with Gov, Perry politically, ho had their universal reopeot. In politics, Wil liam Lowndes Yanoey represented what you may torm tho Cavalier ele ment in South Carolina, while B. F, Perry waa typical of the Puritan. Both of these great mon havo long since passed away. But even when clearly in the right, tho sad career of Gov. Perry shows that tho stain of human blood eau never bo wiped from ono's hands. But the code duello has uow been abolished in South Carolina, and it is a criminal offense to either scud <r carry a challenge. But in old ante bellum days, only blood oould wipe out the sligLtCBt affront, and many of thoBC little islands in the Savannah river have had their sands reddened with tho blood of bravo and chival rous gentlemen. The Waste of Time. When we wero email boys we con tracted tho habit of wasting a portion of our time. Many of us did at least, and this habit has toa great extent followed us and bas interfered with out being richer, wiser and better. Weeds too often grow faster than tho crop they interfere vithandit ia said that bad habits aro more vigorous and persistent in growth than are good habits. The farmers more than any other olass of business men have a habit of wasting time. They are not conscious of this habit and the faot makes it ail the worBe for them .and thoy can't quit it. One serious habit that the Southern and particularly tho ootton farmer has formed is the habit of "laying by" crops and of considering tho time be tween "laying by" and "gathering" a time in which there is no work to be done on tho farm. The faot is that this is the best part of the year for several things that aro neglected. Particularly is this period of tho year a good one for clearing off ditch banks and for ditohiog tho wet strips along the branches. These wet strips aro the richest ground on the average farm and aro neglooted beoause of the propensity of the farmer to waste time when' there is no imperative work to be done-imperativo from the time wacter's standpoint. They should be cleared of bushes, briars, trash, etc., and ditched in this "lay by" season of tho year since the work can- then be done with muon iesB cost and very mtsoh less inconvenience anddisoomfort ' ^'B'?in wintor when the other 'tfabhual iil?o period comes. Ir the farmer will sit down for half on hour and think over the things that should b^ttssdsd tv" Gu his farm hs will .sosa sea 'thai there is no timo for. idling and would not be if there were tbirt?en instead of twelve months in the year. Instead of idling in July and August-idling and contracting indigestion-we should at leset pr? vido an ample supply of wood: and means for keeping it dry, ?hst we ind our wives and . children may not poly Lu supplied with tho comforts of a warm house but subjected to less dan ger of contracting illness. There are many things that may be done between now had the middle of 'March sud there is no better period of the year for doing many of these things than ! December, January and February. : Without attempting to di sous s these several things supposa we enumerate them and see if we havo not overlook ed or neglected sc-mo of them: Have the grape vines aud fruit trees been pruned? Has that heavy crop of weeds that was allowed to grow in tho garden boon plowed under? Have you provided tho necessary material for hot heda aud cold frames that tnirat soon be started? Of coarse there is an abundaut sup ply of winter vegetables now io thc gardon euch ad cabbage, collard*, orees, kale, onions, turnips and turnip greens, salsify, carrot, parsnip, oclory, parsley, radish aud tho Irish aod sweet potatoes and beets aro keeping well. Aii these vegetables aro in con dition lo bo used whenever wanted through tho winter? Is there no attoution that might bo given' the poultry, oattlo, hogs, &o., that would niftko thom moro comfort able, useful and profitable? Have you provided a good supply of ? hickory and oak from which to mako sioglo trees, double trees, wagon tongues, axe and hoe handles, &<j.f through the wot weather when you have boen in the habit of doing noth ing? Are thero no rails to split or posts to oat for wiro fences? Is there a new gate needed? . Does your gato sag? Is there a miserable filthy cor nor of tho barn lot that noeds atten tion? Have you noticed that a gally ?B forming in your back yard and near ly ft hundred in your cotton fields? Are there no better oomforts and con veniences about tho house that would make? if provided, less labor and more comforts and pleasure for your wife? Dear farmer sit down and think; then kiok yourself soundly and hire your self to your wife's husband and go to work.-Southern Farmer. An Anti-Expansionist. A Virginia mountaineer who had strayed to Richmond on an excursion, and who, as bis holiday progressed bsoamo rather hilarious, grew over confident of his own greatness. "Gentlemoo," bc said, "I kin liok any man in Richmond." No one offered to dispute tho asser tion, and he tried again. "Gentlemen," he said, "I kin liok any man io the whole Stato of Vir ginny." The words were ?ardly out of hie mouth before a tall, sinewy man from hio own part of tho Stato entered tho game and gave tho boaster t a good thrashing. The mountaineer had a . sense of humor. He slowly picked himself up and faced the group to which ho had boasted. "Gentleaso," he said. "I am now ready to aoksowlcdgv ?hat ? kivered too mach territory in that last alate rno ut."-Baltimore,Soo. - "Thoso who are not aoonstomed to rain are frightened by it," says ? writer. "I once s av? an Arab reified on for the first time. He was ahjeot ly terrified end demanded to have hie passage paid from the country--Stotly -in which the dread phenomenon oc curred. He had been conveyed from the Sahara, I think, by e European, whose servant he was, and ho evident ly thought his master was behaving abominably to him in permi'ting him t) get wet. By the first steamer xhe returned to his native desert, aban doning excellent wages, and shaking the rain drops furiously fiom his slip pered feet." ' - Thero are better Waye of show ing your sand than throwing grit in the other man's eyes. A given nd^J-'of acres fertilized with Farmer s' Bone produce a greater yield of colton, than tht same acreage with ordinary fertilizer. It ma^esjt possible to reduce 8|f :the acreageand ?^cr?aie ??^ yield. Try it this year. The man - . whouses mm r? ' Mada W,th nsh1^? "1 1 ha^^^ kick of tilth; Ovef |?| J3,000 carloads of Royster fertilizers were used on the crops of 1905. ||| Thi? voiunw ^ fe^in Bone the best* Wm 100K ?T CUB T?Sf?f?TV VPA?S' 5E0SS5^^ ii fl yj^l I life T O secure the biggest crops of corri, fertilizers must be used liberally* Apply at least 500 pounds to the acre-with 2JA per cent, nitrogen, 8 per cent, available phosphoric acid, and 9 per cent. POTASH. POTASH is a most important factor in com culture. Our practical books for farmers are: yours for the asking-no cost or obligation of any sort, and a vast fund of invaluable' information in them. Address, GERMAN KALI WOHKS, New York Nusauu Street. or Atlanta, (la.- 22i? So. Broad Street. j-!-BBB.? "BBB ..." ._JJ_mm_i FRED. G. BROWN, Pros, and Treu?. | B! F. MAULDIN, Vico PreBld??. A. 8. FA HM KR, Secretary. 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Now ia the timo for throwing Around your premises to prevent a case of fever or some other disease, that will cost yon' very much more than the price of a barrel of Lime (81.00.) Wo have a fresh shipment in stock, and will be glad fcf-'send yon . some; If voa contemplate building a barn or any Other building, ere us before buying your-^ CEMEHT and LIME, As we sell ?fce very?beet*qualiti?s_;on!y;] \, o.m. 'ANDERSON: