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80MB FAMOUS FIGHTS.
Two Notable Duels Recoiled?The
Inventor at the "Bowfte-Kmlfe.**
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Eren men of pence admire men of
distinguished courage who have engaged
in personal combats. Achilles
and Hector and David and Goliath
will excite interest and admiration as
long as there are children in the
world. Then Hercules, the first
knight errant, who went forth as a
champion of the people. Horatius and
Lancelot' will be remembered for
?wr. tiven ir tney were ail
myth* they are still admirable. The
fact is after two thousand years
myths and realities are about the
same.
But there were two notable duels
in this country which were real
bloody fights, although a thousand
years from this date they may be
ranked with ancient fables. Men
had been fighting kid glore duels
with seconds and surgeons from Colonial
days, but it took cool, deliberate
Southern men to enter Into a
eombat that would equal any feats of
chivalry. At Natchex, Mississippi,
tilart was a fight which showed the
gpsatsst courage, skill sad enduraasei
OoL Jim Bowie and Major
Morris Wright wore the actors.
They fought with modern weapons in
Angnst, Hit.
The afhtr started as a duel between
Dr. Maddoa and fiamuel Wells,
both prominent Men, in which two
shots were fired with no damage.
Then the adherents of the principals
got mixed up in a general row, in
which Bowie was wounded. But he
singled out the man who had shot
htm. a Major Wright, and, though he
had no gun himself, went at the latter
with a short knife that he had
made with his own hands from a
blacksmith's file. The Major emptied
his revolver and then gvabbed a
sword and they went at it They cut
* find slehhed each other unmercifully,
and both Bowie and Wright Were
bleeding terribly from their wounds
before Bofte could do fatal work
with kit short kails. Finally he
phnner It op to the hflt in Wright's
heart Wright leu dead. The battle
had lasted for aon than aa hoar,
tad ted been (ought outdoors and la
a teed by the side of the field.
The eBcecy ef this short halts was
y . so weU kaowa la this light that It was
pit oa the market and called the
"Bowie knife/* after Its inventor.
Bowls was afterwards killed in the
SHMaere in the Alamo, ia Texas.
One of the greatest fights in hiotory
was that between John Pleesaats
sad GoL Ritchie, of Richmond,
Ve., la that city la lt4t Ritchie was
tte editor of a asnspapsi that ted
mb some unuaa tuagi aootu rieasfnft;'
4 politteiaa, which osly blood
twM irlpo ait An ordinary doel
Um would mot safitoe. They decided
to go tho fltld of battle armed la
vary way possRlr, and their weapons
tadaded toor pistols each, while
PHawata took a sword ease sad
Ritchie had a short knife in hie pocket.
They hegaa firing at 100 paeea
aad jffttid their pistols as they
g!' draw aear each other, Ritchie was
attack several tiaies with Pleasaats'
ballets, bat kept oa trial, aad the
f%mm drew sIon to each ether, Ptaally
thalr pistols were eaiptled aad It
baua a matter of pemoaal combat.
Tlessista drew Ms sword cane, aad
tlMp went at tt They foagkt eovered
with blood, atrial terrible woeads to
each other. Ritchie had a horrible
jf" CMh aeross bis faoa from Pleasaats'
sward eaae, aad the ballets la bis
body weakeasd him terribly; bat be
foaght on aad finally maaaged to
threat Ms kalfs lata a vital spot ta
nismiif anatomy. The latter fell
dead. Tte duel bad lasted nearly
two boars, and Ritchie barely surTtfod
bis wounds.?Capt. Charles
Petty* to Spartanburg Journal.
BBdVlip AlyOnCU IB VSS|mMVf?
ikcu, March IS.?Dispensary No.
t In Ibis dty has been dosed by the
county dispensary board, pending an
totodfgaflon of a reported shortage.
The amount of the alleged shortage
Is not known, bat, as the dispensary
dose a nnll business, it can not be
a very large amount.
The board is now investigating the
matter, and until the investigation is
completed, the dispensary will remain
dosed. Until the Investigation is
completed, the board declines to discern
the matter, exoeot that matter
will be straightened out shortly.
An Unsafe BML
"How did the new parrot turn
out?"
"Oh. he's a fine talker, but I'm
awful afraid I can't keep him."
Why not?" - .
"He used to lire In a medical college
and the students taught him a
whole iot of professional terms. I
was so mortified the other night.
That rich Miss Morris was calling on
ns, and somebody asked her to sing.
You know what a voice she has.
Well, she sang a long French ballad
for us, and the instant she finished
the last verse that dreadful bird
screeched 'Chloroform her.' "?Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
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EHRHARDT NEWS ITEMS.
Fertiliser Business Heavy ?. Frost
Kills Fruit Blossoms.
Ehrhardt, March 17.?The fertiliser
business here so far this season
is the heaviest in the history of the
town, and the end is not yet in sight.
UUk 4~._a.tii aj - - -
mgucr lerutizaiiua, oeuer preparation
of the soil and better culture
of the different crops has been determined
by most of the farmers of
this section.
All farm work is well advanced,
and corn planting has begun in some
instances. \
Dwelling houses are in demand
and several buildings are rushing to
completion.
The Conrad Ehrhardt Company recently
finished an attractive dwelling
on Main street, which is occupied by
the Rev. Mr. Freeman, of the Baptist
church. Mr. Henry Ehrhardt will
soon finish a splendid two-story
dwelling on Railroad avenue, which
will be occupied by Mr. John M.
Kirk land, manager of the Farmers'
Mercantile Company.
The city fathers have given oat a
contract for a two-story brick store
on Main street, 100x25 feet Cement
sidewalks are being put down with a
rush on Main street which will add
materially to the looks of the town
and the comfort of pedestrians as
well.
The Lutherans have awarded a
contract for repainting the Lutheran
church, on Franklin street The
Baptists are building a much needed
house of worship on Madison street
The ladies of the Methodist church
are preparing a bazaar, the net proceeds
to be used in improving the
church and parsonage.
Capt J. M. Donnelly, the veteran
horse dealer, has sold a large number
of horses and mules to the farmers
of this community.
The merchants are doing the heaviest
credit business so far this season,
sines the founding of the town.
The cash trade is almost double that
of any previous year.
A heavy frost this morning has
probably killed all that portion of
the fruit enifi alreadv in bad m
bloom, such m the peach, pear and
plum. Tender vegetables that were
up are also killed. *
Prohibition does not prohibit here.
There are no blind tigers, not c*e,
bat the express companies, if the
thing keeps up, will grow fat and
saucy on the revenue from the daily
shipments of whiskey to this point.
Prefers Waiting for Court.
St Matthews, March If.?John
Murray, now notoriously know* as
"Dr. Murray, of. Washington," the
negro who married Callius Robinson
of this place, and who at present Is
confined in the county Jail, waiting
to face the various charges brought
against him, was given the opportunity
to-day to have a preliminary
investigation, which he quietly derted.
Murray says that he prefers
remain In 1a.il nndfafnrtwwl nnHl
court, being unable to fire bond in a
satisfactory figure. That means thet
be will remain in Jail for more than
two months, the nest ensuing term of
the conrt of sessions being the third
Monday in May.
When prsMsfl by friends of the
piusecsiilk to glee bis motives for
his pecnllar conduct, he quietly stated
that he was soon coming back to
take his bride to his Northern home.
Efforts to cause any revelations on
his part have been shrewdly ignored.
Be is far beyond the ordinary negro
in intelligence and is cautious in his
remarks. On account of the good
name and general reputation which
the Robinsons bear in this community
and the very clever conduct on the
part of Murray in disorganising their
otherwise peaceful home, quite a lot
of interest is being taken in the case
by the dtlsens generally.
80 far Murray has not retained
oounseL
Milam Qtmi Eight Yean.
Laurens, March 18.?Before final
adjournment late this afternoon, of
this term of the criminal court, Judge
Dantsler, after having overruled motions
for new trials, passed sentence
on the several convicted defendants.
Among these were Parrott Milam,
convicted of shooting W. M. Irby,
eight years; Ferrel Milam, brother of
Parrott, convicted of adultery, six
months or $160. The John Irby
Puller parricide case was continued.
May Dying of Consumption.
There was a pathetic meeting
Saturday, in the tuberculosis hospital
at the penitentiary, between C. S.
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mji uiv uciBuiuus chj imwurer 01
Rock Hill, and bis wife, who had
come down from Rock Hill to see bim
in response to a letter be bad written
ber that he bad just suffered another
severe hemorrhage. It is thought
May can live but a few months. He
was recently transferred here from
the jail at Yorkville by Governor
Ansel on account of suffering from
tuberculosis. ? Columbia Evening
Rseord.
RICH MAN IN PEN.
; W. H. Brigman, of Marion County,
Begins His Term.
The penitentiary authorities had a
new experience to-day in receiving a
wealthy farmer from Marion county
for beating a poor old helpless white
woman who had been cooking for him
for the heinous crime of disobeying
his orders in leaving his house in his
absence. The name of the convict is
W. H. Brigman. who is said to have
been in numerous cutting and shooting
scrapes, bat who had always managed
to buy off his prosecutors. He
1 had apparently succeeded in hushi
ing this old woman willi money, but
Solicitor Wells unexpectedly handed
out an indictment and he was convicted.
Brigman decided to plead
guilty, evidently expecting this would
result in only a light fine against him.
but he was disappointed, for Judge
Ernest Gary, who was presiding, gave
him 18 months without the privilege
of paying a fine.
When asked what he had to say
why sentence should not be imposed.
Brigman said that the reason he
flogged the woman was that she left
the house when he went away against
his orders, and that when he returned
it had been burned. When he
came and found the old woman had
i disobeyed him. other witnesses testi
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uv? bc wcui uui iu uie yini sua cui
. a stout peach switch and beat her
soundly.?Columbia Evening Record.
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A Financial Psnfe.
Here is an incident that a Channte
man tells as having occurred in a
certain Kansas town. He was in the
ticket office and watched the proceedings.
says the Kansas City Times.
A man came np to the window
and asked for a ticket to Kansas City,
inquiring the price.
"Two-twenty-five," said the agent.
The man dug down into a well worn
pocketbook and fished out a bill. It
was a bank note for $2. It was also
all the money he had.
"How soon does this train go?" be
inquired.
"In fifteen minutes," replied the
agent.
The man hurried away. Soon he
was back with three silver dollars,
with which he bought a ticket
"Pardon my curiosity," said the
ticket seller, "but how did you get
that money? It isn't a loan for I see
you have disposed of the $2 bill."
"That's all right" said the man.
"No I didn't borrow, I went to a
pawn shop and soaked the bill for
I1.50C Then as I started back here
I met an alt acquaintance to whom
I sold the pawn ticket for $1.60. 1
then had $8., and he has the pawn
ticket (or which the $8 bill stands as
security."
RAID ON BLIND TIGERS.
Thirty-two fl?perts Arrested at
Lancaster Ifyii Convictions.
Lancaster, March 18.?Qnite a sensation
was caused here to-day, when
it was known that 82 alleged Mind
tigers had been ran In. This work
was done at the instigation of the
mayor and the energetic city attorney,
who had quietly employed the services
of the Highpoint Detective
Agency, J. W. Ashburn, chief. They
have done their work well, extremely
well and to them great credit is due.
The mayor's court was filled to
overflowing to-day, and four cases
were tried; Ben Thorn well, fined
$100 or thirty days, took the days;
8am Pharr, guilty on two counts,
$200 or sixty days, took the days;
Non Perry $100 or thirty days, took
the days; Henry C. Whaley, white,
$100 or thirty days, took the days.
More convictions will doubtless follow
next week, as this splendid detective
agency has worked up cases
against about every tiaer in town. It
is said that this raid will result in
breaking up illicit whiskey selling in
this town, which has been carried on
extensively since the dispensary was
voted out.
Mtinny Collier Exonerated.
Orangeburg, March 19.?The
shooting near Felderville last Sunday
afternoon, which resulted in the
wounding of Manny Collier, familiarly
known as "Top" Collier, and the
killing of a negro named Brown Oliver,
is still the topic of conversation
in the section where the affair occurred.
and many ugly rumors are
afloat
The jury holding the inquest, which
was presided over by Magistrate
Thomas M. Pelder, completely exonerated
Manny Collier of blame for
killing Oliver, as it was shown that
the negro deliberately shot Mr. Collier
for no apparent reason.
That illict whiskey selling was at
the bottom of the tragedy is freely
stated. Rumors are afloat to the effect
that the negro Oliver was armed
and ready to kill some one. and Collier
was the first one to come across
his path.
It has been stated here that detectives
were at work on the case for
the purpose of ascertaining the inwardness
of the affair, and some Interesting
developments are loked for.
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RECEIVERS NOT TO PROSECUTE.
Stockholder* Host Bring Action
Against Clark and Jones, if at All.
Columbia. March 18.?The receivers
for the Seminole Securities Company
met here to-day with attorneys
for the receivers and passed upon
claims of the stockholders. This was
the only matter placed upon the minutes.
but it is stated that informal
discussion of the matter of prosecution
of Messrs. Jones and Clark was
had. No action was takan In thU
| matter, however, and it does not appear
on the minutes. Although it
has been stated that the receivers
were going to prosecute, as already
pointed out, this is not exactly the
situation. It is understood that some
stockholders may prosecute, but the
receivers are not furnishing the money
to do this. Of course the receivers
will give all data in their possession.
The receivers, as explained by one
of them, do not wish to be understood
to be in the attitude of opposing the
prosecution, but at the same time
they are not going to spend any of
the funds in their possession for any
further prosecutions.
Reward Offered by Gov. Ansel.
Gov. Ansel has offered a reward of
$200 for the arrest of the person or
persons who set lire to Harbison college,
the negro school at Abbeville,
which was destroyed by lire on Thursday
morning when three of the students
lost their lives and a number
were injured by jumping from the
upper stories.
The citizens of Abbeville end the
city council of that town hare offered
a reward of $300, which makes the
total reward offered $S00.
' Mr. DeBruhl, assistant attorney
general, yesterday recalled that Harbison
college had a similar experience
about five years ago. There
was at that time two factions among
the negroes, one headed by a preacher
named Amos and the other by Williams.
It is believed that the former
lire was incendiary and was caused
by some overwrought partisan among
the negroes.
Mr. DeBruhl and Judge Fuller
Lyon yesterday advanced the belief
that the second fire is an outgrowth
of the former bad fueling.
. $1*500,090 BONDS RECORDED.
Westmoreland IssQw Company
Makes Large Deals.
Beaufort, March 1$.?The Westmoreland
Lumber Company, which
operates a large plant at Cheehaw, on
8L Helena Sound, recently floated a
million and a half dollars* worth of
bonds through the First Trust and
Savings Company, of Chicago, after
absorbing the* Combahee Lumber
Company, Charleston Lumber Company,
Hawtree Lumber Company and
the Atlantic Company. The mort
WtviUil >MI? UOT4 W UVUI? 1 W"
corded in the Court House here this
week. It amounts to the shore
named figure, and Includes thousands
of acres of land In Beanfort, Hampton
and Colleton counties and millions of
feet of stompage on other lands.
The Westmoreland Company is
seeking a site in the neighborhood of
Beaufort, or Port Royal, where they
will hare both water and rail shipping
facilities, and if a site can be
secured at a reasonable figure it is a
certainty that they will establish a
large milling centre in this rldnity.
BRUTE ATTACKS CHILD.
The Fiend Was Panned by a Posse
Bat He Got Away.
An unknown negro man made a
desperate attempt to criminally assault
the 4-year-old daughter of W.
C. Hearn, a prominent cltisen of
Bellerille, Ga., Thursday afternoon.
T&e negro was frustrated In hi* desperate
attack by a man named Benton,
who drove him away and rescued
the fainting and dangerously injured
child.
A large posse of enraged citisens
was Immediately formed, and it is
thought that if the negro is caught
he will be lynched. Bloodhounds
traced the negro to a swamp near
Pembroke. He later escaped from
the swamp and made his way toward
Daisy. There he was sighted and
fired upon by a citizen. It is believed
the man was wounded, but he managed
to escape.
Much Money from Corporation Tax.
Washington. March 19.?Estimates
made by treasury officials now are
that the revenue this year from the
corporation tax will far exceed the
amount Secretary MacVeagh originally
thought would be derived from
that source, some of them putting it
as high as $40,000,000. This estimate
is based on the returns up to
this time. They indicate a larger
amount of net increase over the -
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000 exemption than was at first
thought would be the case. Returns {
hare been received from about 300,000
corporations and when the delinquents
are all in it is believed the
total number will approximate 325,#00.
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TRAIN KILLS NEGRO BOY.
Southern Freight Runs Over Albert
Edwards at Braachville.
Branchville. March 18.?This afternoon
at about 1 o'clock, as a South
ern railway local freight was going
out on its regular run to Augusta, it
ran over and killed Albert Edwards,
a negro. The accident occurred near
Baxter's crossing about one mile
from town.
It seems that the boy was watching
his father's cow on the grass and sat
down on the railroad track, not
thinking of the serious danger. Soon
he went to sleep. The boy was about
10 years old. He was a son of William
Edwards, who works for Harvey
Baxter. A jury of inquest has been
empaneled, and Magistrate A. S.
Dukes will examine into the case.
Manila nghter Verdict. '
Florence, March 17.?A verdict of ,
manslaughter was brought in to- ,
night by the jury In the case of young
R. L. Bazen, who killed L. E. Poston,
at Blossom, in the lower section of
this county on the night of January
28. A difficulty occurred between the
two at a school entertainment and in
the fight which followed Basen stab- ?
bed Poston in the neck severing the
carotid artery, causing death almost
Instantly. Arguments for the defense
and the State were made this afternoon.
Both parties in the case are very
young. Poston being 21 or 22 and
isasei! only 18. Sentence has not yet
been pasted.
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1 We repair all kinds of ma- I
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Bring your engine mad hm the
cylinder bored. Make itnrn like
new end give yon more power.
Bring yonr cotton gins end
press ports end hare them repaired
before the busy season.
stitch in time saves nine. We
repair saw mills, grist mills,
cane mills; in fact we ran a
hospital for sick and disorder*
ed machinery. Bring it in and
have it cored. Gas engines and
automobile engine cylinders
bored, and new pistons and
rings made that wont leak.
Gives yon more power and bet*
ter efficiency. We repair and
charge storage batteries. Can
when In trouble and see what
we can do.
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and rug*?? fine finish given. I
We dye garments any color do* I
sired in a flirt-class manner. I
We want more clnb members. |
We also clean and renovate I
Hats of all kinds, and we can I
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J. Aldrich Wyman EL H. Henderm
Wjrman a Henderson
Attorneys-at-Law
BAMBERG, 8. C.
General Practice. Loans Negotiated
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All butnea entrusted to tee
will reeeiye prompt attention. ; jg
Investigation of land titles n tpet laity
Offlce for present at court hoasa.
FBAKOZS F. OABBOLL J
Attorney-at-L&w '.ti
Offices Over Bamberg Banking Oa?
GENERAL PRACTICE.
Shoe ft Harness Beptixitt /
I hare mooed my shop to my note
bnOdtag la rear of Johnson's HaStBl
by the psssrngw depot, where I am
read to serve yon with all blade et
borates and upalilag, as weO as niter JS ^
work In the horn see Una. Gtea ate a
trial. .
HEYWOOD J0HN80H
BAMBERG, A CL
"I suffered for coany ycara . ^
from what some people call
epilepsy. Dr. Miles' Restart* ~':Mtive
Nervine cured me, and yotft
can imagine how thankful I anL^S^l
M. I. COFFMAN,
Cold water, Mkk ,
"My daughter was cured
with Dr. Miles' Restorathrt '?m
Nervine, after haying bees > %
afflicted with fits for five years.1*
PETER McAULEY,
Springfield, Mm J
Tor a year my little boy bad If
spasms every time he got a little |
cold. Since taking Dr. Mile*
Nervine he has never had one
of these spasms." -*^?91
MRS. MYRTLE DAGUE,
Rochester, Ind.i
"My daughter couldn't talk or
walk from St Vitus' dance
Seven bottles of Dr. Mile*
Nervine entirely cured her*
MRS. NANNIE LAND,
Ethel, Ind.
"Until my son was 30 years
old he had fits right along. V/e K 1
gave him seven bottles of Dr.
Miles' Restorative Nervine Hi
has not had a fit since he began
on the fifth bottle"
MRS. R. DUNTLEY,
1 Wautoma, Wis.
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