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SKETOH Or THE OLD SAND BAR FERRY, FAMOUS DUELLING GROUND OF LONG AGO. James T. Bacon in Charleston Sun day News. We wrote the following account of Sand Bfr Ferry thirty years ago. It was a evry good picture of the his toric duelling ground and its -envir ons as they were then. In these mer cantile days Sand Bar Ferry is a posaic place enough: There is no a spot of greater in terest in any part of our conutry than the secluded glade known in the history of the South, of South Caro lianl and Georgia especially, as Sand Bar Ferry. A comnmiionplae name enough, but attached to a glade or faily ring set apart for the conven tional duelling ground when the Code Duello was the first resort of gen tlemen in settling personal difficul ties. In some respects it would seem that this spot were fashioned for some such purpose, so quiet, so perfectly secluded, so easy of access and at the same time so out of the way that a most bloody duel could be fought to a finish before authority from any point could arrive to interfere. This historic duelling arena lies three miles southeast of the city of Augusta over what was once a wheelsearred and rugged road, heavy in places with fine sand, and again marshy where it dipped into a bit of low land or struggled through a ton gue or undraned swamp. The road lies along pleasant farm lands, and plume-like elms meet in leafy arches overhead. Now it runs deep into the heart of the dim swamp, now close along the margin of the rushing, mud dy, turbulent Savannah, bordered by thousands and thousands 'of finest specimens of the trailing water wil low. This duelling ground lies on either side of the river. With the belliger ents of the Carolina side who wished to settle differences with leaden-ar gumnlts, the fairy ring beneath the hoaryI miss-draped trees on the Geor gia side was chosen as the scene of action. With those already in trouble on the latter side, the clean, firm sands of the mid river bank were prefered. On the Georgia side the famous spot might well be mistaken for the artificial work of man, fash ioned with a view to the purpose which it served. The ground is as level as a dancing floor; a soft car pet of moss covers it, through which the vivid fruit of the partridge vine or ground ivy glows like the crimson stain of blood. All around tall ced ars, feathery elms and towering gums interspersed with a few black-boled pines, draped with long streamers of the funeral gray moss shade the trav eller from the too-ardent rays of the semi-tropical sun. On the left tihe river runs, broad cning out into wide shallows, the sand bars shoaling out from either bank, until at low water, or (luring the summer muonthis, personis standing on the furt her end of the bar couldl clasp hands across the bed of thme then p)lacidl river. On the right a thick hedge of flowering junipecr shuts off the view of a most prosaic object, a railroad trestle poised high and span ning the river from bank to b)ank. On thme Carolina side white chaff cliffs loom up, cut by a road that winds up and up until lost to sight over the high browv of thme wvhite, bare hills. It is a singularly quiet place, this famous Southern duelling ground, the natural face of which seems never to change. No sound breaks the still ness of the occasional flutter of the winged inhabitant of bishes, the lap of the water over the sand bars, or the grinding of the wheels of an oc casional vehicle that has just been ferried over. Formerly, when thme on ly communication between the Geor gia and South Carolina coasts was hv means of this ferry, a much-travel led lhghway skirted the duelling grounmds bet ween the glade and the river, but now that route to thle sis ter' State is practically abandoned for a nearerC way amnd a nearer road to Aunusta from the Carolina side. Nevertheless the ferry still remains a primitive, oldtime, ramshackle af fair consisting of several small boats strung together on a sort of cable, and resting at equal distances on the uneasy waters. These boats in some manner propel the huge rafe ''flat,'' as we South Carolinans and Georgians call it--which, wheni push ed off from the bank by a pole, slow ly wavers or wobbles across the stream. It takes many moments to make the journey between shores, so leisurely is thme motion of thme primi tive raft. And the ferryman. What an object of novel interest to a North ern main or woman I He is pictur esque to the last degree-in his wvay. lie is quit as primitive and ram shackle as his raft-and many thmous and years older. Old ho is, in very truti, stooped and bent with iany years, his small black, weazen face as seasoned dried and wrinkled as a decayed pruie. Ii. former times lie was wont to manage the ferry alone, but now a snall black, bend-eyed, ragged gnome assists him-at least nominally; and the ancient mariner says: "'Fore God, Marster, dis Ing- t ger boy bin torment my life outen But hear ye that sonorous hum- I ming and buzzing? The mosquitoes C in the lagoons below the ferry. We r have said that all is silence on the shores of these horrible lagoons. I While the sun shines, this is so, but ( when ihe sinks to rest, and the inky fi shadows creep between the houghs I of the overhanging, close-growing I trees, a sound long-drawn, shudder- i ing, terrible, echoes and re-echoes on c the dense silence of the desolatewaste I: of noisome growing things anld )IeC- C jack, turgid water. The sun is sink- r ing behind the horizon at this. mo- 1 ment, and our companions, or rather i guides, two stalwart negro mien, say: ''Marse Jeenis, dis trip ain gwin be no fun fur you.'' Through all the I hours of twilight.and early night you I hear the horrible hoot of the fore bodingowl-the great, staring, dealit fore-telling night owl. This unholy t hoot racks the silence, interspersed i with the clash and clangor, the shrill C pipe, the hoarse horn and rattling ( whistle of many million frogs of all ( possible sizes. 'Sometimes, we have been told, ad- I venturous hunters launch boats upon ( these still waters and paddle from I one lagoon to another, but no game I worth the bagging can be had. A f few loathsome, fishy birds, huge hawks, giant owls aiid swarms of < Crows abide in the branches of the funereal trees, and tihe shy, lovely I heronI hides her nest in twigs and I branches wherever she may find a foothold. It has been said by hunters I who have passed much time among the lagoons that they are bottomless, that. no sounder that could he devis .ed by them has ever toehed bottom. Yet thiey swarm with manly kinds of fish, yeilding them generously, but they, tile fish, are valueless onl ae counilt of their bad-tasting flesh. Many of the la(oons have never been explored, and just, how many there are calnlot, seeimingly lie ascer tained. Dense eanebrakes, absolutely as imlpregiable as a stone wall, suit ting out dayligh, in their vicinity, Cut oft comiuiention except where t he tilled lanlds skirt them, or where a narrow and tortuous passage leads into the Savannah. It. is a eurious phlenolieplon that however high the rive rises, or however low it sinks, the waters in tile lagoon remain the same-weird, ghostly, mysterious, a freak of nature in her most sombre mood-spots of eternad mournuing may hap for bygone t ransgressions blots5 upon0 thle fair face of natunre be neathI the~ arIdent Soulthern' sun. But. let us climb up to the top of the high white cliffs of Beachi is land, on the South Carolina side, whence spreads out thle level duellinig gro)und4. The September 11oon1 is rising', and the silence is intense al most palpable or tangible as it were. The reddening, gum leaves flutter in the lazy breeze-flurrying lightly ovecr the moss with a sound that might be0 things unseen1., Even the bird voices seem far away and hushed; the moon light filters thrnough thme whispering pines that complain in far-off hushed undertones a ;nd standinig there one feels as though civilization and the fret of life and the strife of man had been left many miles behind, and that the laud in which it is always after-1 11001-if iiot black nighit-wvere wvell at hand. We do not shudder, but we fell in- 1 tensely sad, and as the red and yellow I gum leaves flurry softly over our feet, we look, almos(1t longingly, for the fair shades of 0our two slender and youthfCu) uncles who perished hlere-on the' field.of honor-long 1)e fore we were born. S0o1e of the bloodiest duels of mod eeni times have been fought here duels that make up bits of the fate- I full aind dramatic histories of families inl South Carolina and Georgia-af fairs of honor, rivalries, personal and , political feuds, brolfen hearts of mothers, vain tears of women-all culminating in this quiet spot, and amid these scenes it is not hard .to a conjure up a vast and weird phantas magoria of victims of the CodeDuello -victims of human folly, and sorrow, aind wailing, and long despair. Beach Island is a fair and blessed land. but there hangs, a dark' and bloody. fringe aloiig some of her bor ders.James T. Bacon. Preaching wvouhdn 't be munch of a business if there were 110 weddinigs to nneform. 1AAKON AND MAUD ASCEND THE,THRONE King Halakon and Queen Malv rero on Friday crowned respectivel: :ing and queen of Norway in the.ca hedral. The royal party left tho Palace at- 11.05 a. in., and enterei lie cathedral six minutes later. Th oronation ceremony began immedi tely after their arrival. The crown ag of the king was completed at 12. 5 p. in. The coronation of th4 ueen began at 12.20 and was com leted at 12.35 p. in. The completion of the crowning o: [ing H1aakon was communiicated b. wo army signalers, wigwagging eross the city from the enthedral tc he lill batteries. The first gun an 01un(liig the ti(ling-s boomed fort1 isfiantly and tihen there was a roni f guns from the Ships and land atteries and the bells of all the citj hitrelies began ringing. These sound. arried the tidings over the city an arbor and] the echoes were crkrri6 p) and down the fjord. The coronation cereniouies whiel ,ere very elaborate were conductei y the bishop of Tronhjem, assistee y the leading cabinet ministers ai hidef justices of the supreme court Lfter the annointing of the king b lie bishop, the latter and Prime Min ter Niehelsen conjointly placed tih< Vown on his head, after which For ign Minister Loveland and the bish 'p conjointly handed him the seep re. After a prayer offered by th< ishop the latter and Interior Minis. er Aretander conjointly handed thi :ing the orb and later Ministei )lsson and the bishop handed ti( word of state to his majesty. Thes< eremonies were followed by the ben diction. The king having taken his seat or lie throne the queen was crowned bi he samie high personlages and in f imilar ianner. The ceremon broughout was impressive. When the newly crowined sover igns retiurne( to their thrones afte1 lie episcopal benedietion all the roy d guests aid special ambassadors 11luted them with deep reverences. Ntliing occurred throughout tlh 10remon11011y to Caluse the prinlcipal par icipants tihe slighiest uneasiness. Th< :ing. with soldierly bearing marche 1reet. and without a smile throug lie long choir to the throne befor he altar in the apse. He wa! lioroughly composed th roiglout. Thu .rowni although-l reduleed in size sine tI was used by King Osear, prove( (0 large for King Iaakon, and fail i to Confer dignity on tle monarch mt lie Imaiintainied his Composure de pite the fact that tle crown threat mied to fall over his ears. Queen Maud looked attractive ii er-royal robes and diamond collai 'he bowed graciously on either sid, Ohcn she advanced to the throne b -eeeive her crown. The queen an ier ladies in waitinig wvere simlh rownied. There were not court train id t hey had no feat hers in thbei inir. There wer*e few elaborate toil 'tIes among the audience. NoTICE. Notice is hereby given thait the tun lersigned, as administrators of J. W( 3edenbaugh, deceased, will make ~inal settlement before the Probat, ourt on said estate on July 3rd 906, and wvill immediately there af er apply for a final discharge as sai< dninistrators. J. P. Bedenbaugh, Mary M. Bedenbaugh. Barbecue. I will furnish an up-to-date bar eene at St. Philips church July 2( .906. Meats of the best quality. Th andidates are invited and ever mody else. Come one come all. Re enember the (late. J. .J. Rluff. 48th Year begins Sept. l2ti vith full faculty of five men anc lne women. 145 Pupils, !5 increase over last yea New Carnegie Dormitory vith all modern comforts, ready for occupancy in the fall. Usual Extras. 3oard and Tuition $1 50.0C pbr year. REYS AMES BOYCE, Pres., Due West, S. C., Ahhbetile Cn Concerned About Her Sister. Some Oklahoma people in Washing ton wvere low in their minds recently about an outrage or two perpetrated on that territory by the statehood . bill. One of them was making quite a fuss about it, claiming that things would be .all wrong when the terri tory becomes a state, say? a special to the New York World. "Reminds me," said Raconteur Oulahan, "of a thing that happened in my school days. We used to have a lecture every Friday afternon, and S one day the lecturer was a geologi cal sharp and chose 'Niagara Falls,' for his topie. "lHe told us all about the g'colog iell formation of the falls, described the differeit periods that. could be traced in the gorge and then went on to say that the falls were slowly wearin back toward Buffalo and that within the course of some 200, 000 years they would be worn back to Erie, Pa., and that town would be lelt high an(d dry. "Just then one of the girls inl the class began to sob wildly. 'What's the matter asked the teacher in alarm. "i Oh,' she wailed, 'I've got a 1 living in Erie. To Our Visitors and Citizens How could Newberry College be anything else, but one of the . best Institutions of learning in the South C with Dr. J. A. B. Scherer President and his able assistants? How could C we have a better town government, C with A. T. Brown as Mayor? The Newberry Cotton Mill with 27104 spindles, 900 looms, Z. F. Wright President, J. M. Davis Sup erintendent, is already a success. The Mollohon Mfg. Co. with 30000 Spindles, 736 Looms, Geo. W. Sum mer- President, E. B. Wilbur Supt., stands right at the top of the ladder. Both of these mills have the very best. of help. There are also two successful Cot ton seed Oil Mills in operation in Newberry. We have thirteen churches- a r fine Oraded School System, two of the hest County papers, four strong Banks, practically four Railroads, two new Knitting Mills, and number Contractors-all kept busy. How could Newberry be anything but a healthy town, with two artes inn wells 300 feet deep-almost the . entire dept through solid granite ---supplying the very best water for iher citizens. Water that needs no boiling like (some oif our neighboring cities.) Why do sone of our Colum hia friends send to Newberry daily for drinking water? Answer-Why How could you miss it by investing in Real Estate of any kind or a h home at this place. Come and edu eate your children or go in business i of some kind.,We already have more ,new build(ings than any pla0ce (ofits siz.e. TI s is what peole away fromi here say. .Chiarley, you said a few days ag'o t hat I didni't have a brick store on Main street for sale at $2200.00 .Now, I have five brick stores on Main St. forit sale-yes on Main si reet as fol -la ws-$2300, $2200, $2100)t, $2000, This sounds cheap-but, T want to a sell them. Next year these will be co nsiderably higher and you will be . sorry you did not get one. The Post Office building as I haveS saidl before, is a splendid place for tt a Bank. This is really the best C; place for a Bank here. You know people as a usual thing do not wvant everybody to see them going to the Bank, so you could stop) on your w~ay to and from the large new Post Of -fice and attendl to your Bank busi ness. This is next door to our sky- d, scraper. ~'I have six lots in front of the Lutheran Church and Graded schools thatI would bue the very place for " (elerks. Why? Because they are. Sn V(alv Qltfrnl knowvi as t he WVheeler p)ro)perty. Y ou will not need to be at thle expenlse ol. keeping a Ihorse, bycicle or a ut omohilec. If you should buy one of these. Direet I y on the 'water and sewerage. Chlarlie one of these lots would suit you. You know you like to wvalk C home and back three of four times each day. Buy one of these anid be S a neighbor to Alex Brown and Tench Pool. I sold a lot very near these to one of our good friends Saturday. If you are fond of keeping a horse, Bycicle or automobile, I have other lots would just suit you.% Come and see me, write or cr11 me over the 'Phone, No. 57. F If I hav 'nt wvhat you v~.ant, I will do my best to get it for vou. I have some good stor ks for sale. My ambition is to pl mase my ensa t(omuers. J. A. BURTON, "The Man Bwete' n'.e RAII We have reduc very article in ell you ~)ry Gooi Millinei Shoe :)wer than ever ,ou value that mi iest buyers. Ot omplete. Our Pi f 25, 35 and 5C 'ilk Tissues and 3 and 15c. the yE Remember, A. "icking at 12 1-2c, 50 doz. LadiE 2 1-2c., yours for 36 in. Sea Islar iow 5c. yd., 10 y, Hair & The Right FRUIT This is the season for ave a full supply (all si :lly glasses. Also rubt s supply your wants in GED. 0. DA The Seller of Goc A CENTURY ( For more than a hundred 3 PRINGS MiNERAL WATER Lousands are ready and willing icy in all diseases of the Liver Physicians I Patients Del: Everybody F Drink Glenn Springs Mineral -ink this water and be restored Glenn Springs Company, New berr apital stock paid in urplus . .. eposits . . .. We do business on bu We extend every coi ith safe and sound bal our per cent. paid o: Department. Fi Burglar Pr IS. McINTOSH, President. A XX IVJ V IA VIED. ed the price on the house. Will is, s and Notions We will give ist appeal to the ir stock is still ice is Right. Lots c. wash goods, White Goods ai Lrd. C. A. Feather yd. s' Hose worth 7 1-2c. pr. d worth 7 1-2c., is. to customer. Havird, Price Store. JARS! putting up fruits. We zes) of fruit jars and ers for fruit jars. Let this line. Prices right. ENPORT. d Things to Eat. )F HEALING. ears the merits of GLENN have been recognized, and to give testimony as to its effi Kidneys, Stomach and Skin. -rsrb It. end on It. raises it Water and keep well; if siz,:;. to hea'th. Glenn Springs, S. C. y, S. C. . . $ 50,000.QQ . . 25,000.00 .a 235,000.00 siness principles. :sideration consistent iking. ri deposits in Savings re Proof Vault. oof Safe. J. E. NORWOOD, Cashier.