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The ancients had nothing that corresponded
with the code duello. The
idea from which that institution was
developed came down from the north
-with the barbarians who overran the
Jtoman empire. They brought with
! them the Ordeal or Wager of Battle
or judicial duel, which sprang from
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their idea to fight it out and let the
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^ruilt or innocence of the accused be
determined by the result of the bat<
tie.
Strangely enough, the judicial duel
was considered a fitting mode of settling
disputes between man and wife.
To equalize as much as possible the
inequality of such a contest, the man
was put in a pit in which he was buried
up to the girdle, while one of his;
pr arms was bound to his side. Some-;
;, times a barrel took the place of a pit. |
T,~- " ?v?r\/vn man haH a hflton '
JC U1 a nuzayutj. wv uiuu
or stick, the woman a kind of sling
-with a stone in it."
The story of the duel in the modjvv'.
era sense may be dated from 1527,
-when Francis I gave the lie to the
Umperor Charles V, a proceeding
-which promised to lead tox a combat j
of exceptional interest, but which
never took place because mutual
friends reconciled the pugnacious
monarchs.
By this time the judicial duel had
"been gradually abolished and the private
duel, fought before witnesses,
-who ieconded the principals in the
- encounter, came in. Sometimes the
seconds also mixed it up and instead
of a duel there was a quartet or. a
sextet. The day of duelling has passed
long since in England and America,
? and only lingers in France as a sort
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women, and there are two or
ill;,. three instances of duels between a
man and a woman?in which the man
ite did not always get the best of it.
One of the duels between women
6|$1, "was that between two "French women, I
fe.- v the Marquise de Nesle and the Comtesse
de Polignac, in the eighteenth
century. A man was the cause of it.
The Due de Richelieu was gallant to
l>oth women and instructed his secretary
to write each a note appointing
a rendezvous for one at two o'clock
;y\ - and for the other at four o'clock at a
' . certain place. The secretary, by
some sort of misunderstanding, app
pointed the same hour for each, and
the feelings of the two at thus meeting
each other must have been of the
kind much better imagined than described.
A /scene followed and the marquise j
challenged the comtesse to fight her]
?- a duel, and the challenge was ac-j
Icepted. Pistols were chosen dnd the
Bois$ de Boulogne selected as the
place of meeting. When the women
had taken their place the comtesse
called out to the marquise, "Do you
fire first, madame, and, mind you,
don't miss me; .don't imagine for a
i moment that I am going to miss;
x you!" The marquise fired, but miss-j
ed and hit a neighboring tree. The
comtesse smiled, "Your hand trembles
with passion, madame," cried
she; "you are lost!"
The comtesse aimed deliberately
at the head of the marquise and fired.
Tho mflrnnisp fell with a great cry as
(of one who had received a mortal
wound, but the bullet had only cut
away a minute piece of her shell-like
ear. All Paris laughed, and, no
doubt, the Duke de Richelieu as much
' as anybody.
Two duels have been fought from
Walloons. The most interesting was
that between M. de Grandpre and M.
Jje Pique, which took place on May 3,
f 1808. These two French gentlemen
liad about the poorest excuse that
one man can have for killing another
?a chorus girl, and a French one at
that. Why they selected balloons is
not clear, but possibly because ballooning
was one of the crazes of the
i-,-; Each duelist, with his second, got
Into a balloon in the field adjoining
the Tuilleries, and in the presence of
a great. crowd the cords were cut and
up shot the balloons. The combatSet?-*"
ants were armed with blunderbusses.
At about 800 feet from the the
ground Le Pique fired and Grandpre
immediately responded. The latter's
shot was effective and penetrated Le
^ - . Pique's balloon, which rapidly descended
and Le Pique and his second
were dashed to death on a housetop,
"while Grandpre and his second descended
safely some seven leagues
away.
A duel with billiard balls took place
5n France September 4, 1843, between
two young men, named, respectively,
Lefant and Melfant. They
quarreled over a game of billiards
and decided to fight a duel with the
t>alls with which they were playing.
They drew lots for the first throw,
and Melfant won. "I am going to
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BARBAROUS AGE
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Between Women,
i Balloon.
kill you at the first throw," said Melfant,
and, aiming the missile, he hurled
it at Lefant, striking him in the
center of the forehead and killing
him almost instantly.
Among curious American duels
was that fought at the Oaks, the famous
New Orleans duelling ground,
between M. Pedesclaux, a creole, and
a retired French cavalry officer, in
ante-bellum days. 4 The duel was
fought with both combatants mounted
on. magnificent stallions and armed
with broadswords. It was a fierce
battle, in which the ?French officer
was killed.?New York Review.
Had to Have a Wife.
Lavonia, Ga., Aug. 8.?To be
45 years old and fairly good looking,
but without a wife; to be engaged
to a girl in a town only a few miles
away and the courtship done entirely
by correspondence; to have the longdistance
fiancee back down and refuse
to have the ceremony performed
on the day of the arrival of her
lover; to have her relent and consent
to introduce him to several of
her girl friends in order that he
might not go D^ck nome without
some chance to offset the jeers that
might otherwise greet him; to meet
after a house to house canvass a girl
who fell in love with him at first
sight and he with her; to propose,
be accepted, change the license to
the new name and be married and
start ,home on a quiet honeymoon
in seclusion?that is the record of
Mr. John Carlton, of Lavonia.
Miss Bessie Cook, of Bowersville,
was his first "engaged." He arrived
at her home village a few days ago
armed with a license and assured by
her promise in writing to unite with
him in matrimony. When she saw
him, however, she declined and begged
off?not on account of any
homeliness of her ex-intended, but
for other reasons. Mr. Carlton was
not to be outdone; he had come to
Bowersville for a wife and was going
to carry back a bride to introduce
to the chaps awaiting him in
Lavonia.
Miss Cook, to make up for her refusal,
offered to introduce him to her
unmarried lady friends. He agreed
and with her he made literally a
house to house canvass. After visiting
several homes where there
ti-oro vnnnir In flips hp was rirftsented
to Miss Cecil Bennett, an attractive,
worthy and winsome young lady.
Though Mr. Carlton is 45, he is a
wooer and a winner.
It was a case of love on exposure,
and there was a quick proposal, a
prompt acceptance, and the marriage
was performed within ten hours
from the time he first saw his bride.
They left for the home of the groom
in Lavonia.
Honea Path Hotel Burns.
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Honea Path, Aug." 9.?At 10:30
to-night fire totally destroyed W. J.
McGee's hotel and the residence of
J. F. Monroe, also most of the furniture,
along with a few out-houses.
All were wood structures and quickly
consumed. The Chiquola mill
hose was run up town and saved the
residence of W. J. McGee and the
barn and residence of J. R. Callahan
and other adjoining buildings and
residences. The loss is not known,
but will be considerable.
Scraps of News.
Otto Licht anticipates a European
yield this season of 7,500,000 tons
of beet sugar, almost the same as the
1910-11 output.
Of the 4,300 known species of
flowers only 420 have an agreeable
perfume, the white and cream colored
being the sweetest.
The season of navigation in Russia
was exceptionally lohg during
1910, the ports of Cronstadt and St.
Petersburg having been open 248
days.
England has 11,500 ships engaged
in foreign trade, Germany over two
thousand, Japan1 nearly one thousand,
while the United States has only
nine ships so engaged.
A girl had gone to a dinner in
New York with her steady. The
young man noticed a speck of lint
on her shoulder, vvnen sne wasn't
looking he attempted to knock it
off with his finger. After several
futile attempts he took hold of the
line and started to pull it off. He
unraveled several yards of the fleecy
stuff and when he seemed to have
all of it threw the wad under the
table. That night the girl told her
mother that she had had a perfectly
lovely time. "But," she added, "I
have just been lying here in bed,
mother, and wondering what became
of my union suit."
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WANTS CORRECT MILEAGE.
Congressman Byrnes Lodges Complaint
Against Atlantic Coast Line.
Washington, Aug. 10.?Representative
James F. Byrnes, of the 2d
South Carolina district, has requested
the chairman of the Inter-State
commerce commission to cause the
Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Company
to reduce their rate now charged
for transportation from South
Carolina to Georgia, over their lines,
to accord with the actual mileage at
the rate allowed by law in the two
States.
Mr. Byrnes states that proof furnished
him by parties residing in
Hampton and Beaufort counties convinces
him that the railroad company
is charging passengers for four
miles more than is travelled; for instance
from Ridgeland to Savannah
union station, a distance of 35 miles,
the company charges as 39 miles.
The Southern Railway, using the
tracks of the Atlantic Coast Line,
advertises the distance as 35 miles
and the Coast Line published it as
39 and collects for the latter mileage.
A passenger from Charleston
using a mileage book has taken from
such book, for the fare to Savannah,
115 miles, whereas, it is alleged, the
distance is but 111 miles and the
railroad company, while charging for
115 miles, pays its engineers for only
111 miles.
No exception is advertised in the
mileage book and Mr. Byrnes contends
that if the railroad decides
to charge this extra 10 cents for Inter-State
travel, they should publish
the correct mileage and advertise
that the extra charge is made for
crossing the bridge, or whatever
reason they have, when the reasonableness
of the overcharge could be
questioned. He holds that if a railroad
is permitted to publish and
charge for an incorrect mileage, it
could, with as much right and reason,
charge for 50 miles more as
wen as four milete. He says that the
railroad, when it was called to its
attention by citizens through the
railroad commission, corrected it so
far as Intra-State travel was concerned,
but continues to make the
overcharge for Inter-State travel.
Chairman Clements said he would
call the matter to the railroad's attention
and had no doubt it would
be corrected.
George Was a Cheerful.
An ingenious young man once took
his fiancee to church in a small
country village and when the time for
"collection" came around he rather
ostentatiously displayed a silver dollar.
Presuming upon their engagement,
the young woman placed a restraining
hand upon the arm of her
fiance.
"Don't be so extravagant
George!" she exclaimed.
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uxj, mat s nuiiuug, , ne repueu.
"I always make a point of giving a
dollar when I go to a strange
church."
Just then the deacon came with
the plate, and George dropped a coin.
Everything seemed favorable, and
the young man beamed with a sense
of generosity. Then the minister
gave out the notices for the week,
and concluded with the wholly unexpected
announcement of the day's
collection.
"The collection to-day," said he,
"amounted to 95 cents."
George hadn't much to say all the
way to his fiancee's home."? Houston
Chronicle.
Young Diplomat.
Taddy, aged four, aften called on
his nearest neighbor, Mrs. Brown,
who petted him a good deal and usually
gave him a couple of her nice
cookies, and if she happened to forget
to pass them out, he sometimes
reminded her of it.
His father learned of this and chided!
him for begging and told him he
must not do so any more. A day or
two later Taddy came home with
cooky crumbs in evidence..
"Have you been begging cookies
from Mrs. Brown again?" asked his
father rather sternly.
"No!" said Taddy. "I didn't beg
for any. I just said this house smells
as if it was full of cookies, but what's
that to me?"?Harper's Magazine.
Rock Hill Grants Franchise.
Rock Hill, Aug. 10.?An election
TiTQc hold hpre to-riav and bv a vote
of 203 to 11 a 50-year franchise was
granted to the Carolina Traction company
to build and operate a trolley
road in Rock Hill. Less than half of
the registered voters appeared at the
polls.
The promoters have promised to
begin work on the railway within 60
days, and have five miles built and
in operation within two and a half
year's, though it is understood that
the men behind the plans will not
take so long a time to get things
moving.
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KILLED BY WAGON TONGUE.
Negro Struck in Face While Loading
Logs.
Sumter, Aug. 8.?A negro driver
for the Betts Lumber company, Sam
Anderson by name, was killed about
noon yesterday when the tongue of
a log cart, which he and another
negro were engaged in loading,
struck him violently in the jaw with
the result stated above.
The accident occurred in Black
River swamp, about 12 miles from
this city. It seems that while Anderson
and his companion were trying
to place a log on the cart, to which
no mule was hitched, the wooden
tongue turned, striking Anderson in
the face, it KnocKea mm some distance
and caused his death in a few
minutes' time.
Arrange Bonds for Building.
The South Carolina Agricultural
and Mechanical society, at a meeting
held last week, decided to issue bonds
to the amount of $25,000 for the
erection of the steel auditorium on
the fair grounds and for other improvements
contemplated. The auditorium,
as already announced, has
been purchased from Greensboro, N.
C., and will be sent to Columbia
shortly. It will accommodate about
35,000 people. The bonds will bear
6 per cent, interest.
It was decided to leave the details
of ^he bond issue to a committee consisting
of R. I. Manning, Sumter,
chairman; J. A. Banks, president, St.
Matthews; J. M. Cantey, secretary,
Columbia; G. A. Guignard, Columbia;
D. A. Spivey, Conway; J. D.
Frost, Columbia;. R. P. Hamer, Jr.,
Wam or Tho moptirf was nT mnst
important one and plans were made
for making the fair of 1911 a recordbreaker
in point of attendance and
exhibits.
May Veto Statehood Bill.
Washington, Aug. 9.?Word was
received at the capitol to-day that
President Taft unquestionably, will
veto the New Mexico and Arizona
Statehood bill passed by the senate
last night. His objection is to the
judiciary recall feature, which was
left in the Arizona constitution.
Democratic leaders of both the
house and senate declared, however,
that they could marshal enough votes
to pass the measure over a veto.
The president indicated some time
ago that he would take this action
unless the Nelson amendment requiring
Arizona as a condition of Statehood
to vote down the judiciary recall
provision in the constitution.
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Negro Snatched from Mob.
Savannah, Ga., Aug. 10.?Snatched
from the hands of a mob as pistols
were being drawn, Jake Collins and
Jake Eason, negroes, were brought to
Savannah to-night in an automobile
by Sheriff Kennedy, of -Tattnall county,
Georgia, after a ride o^ 40 miles.
The ftegroes were suspected of an assault
upon a 12-year-old girl, but
later it was learned that their offense
had been robbery at the girl's
home. They had been captured after
a long chase by a mob. Sheriff
Kennedy whirled into the crowd in
his automobile, seized the negroes
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ana as quicKiy wmneu a. way again.
Expert Testimony.
Two men who swore off New Year's
day for a year have not seen each
other since that time. One, tied, to
a city job, is under the guns because
all of his friends were posted on the
resolution. The other travels, and
if his foot slips on the road nobody
need be the wiser. The stationary
party to the agreement received a letter
from the traveling man and wrote
in reply:
"I removed the stamp from the
envelope containing your letter and
submitted it to a chemist, who reports
that it reeks with whiskey."?
Chicago Evening Post.
All Doing the Same.
"What is he so angry at you for?"
"I haven't the slightest idea. We
met on the street and we were talking
just as friendly as could be when
all of a sudden he flared up and tried
to lick me."
"And what were you talking
about?"
"Oh, just ordinary small talk. I
remember he said, 'I always kiss my
wife three or four times every day.' "
"And what did you say?"
"I said, 'I know at least a dozen
men who do the same,' and then he
had a fit."?Houston Post.
Reading His Inmost Thoughts.
A negro, having won a dollar at
a crap game, decided to spend it on
having his fortune told, says the Argonaut.
The fortune teller led him
into a gloomy room, with dirty hangings
and misty red lights. She took
his palm, traced it with a dollar,
spread out her cards,-and then said:
"You are very fond of music; you
like chicken; you have won money at
craps, and you have been in jail."
The negro looked at her with
bulging eyes and finally ejaculated:
"Mah goodness, lady; why, you
jest read mah inmost thoughts."
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BLIND, DEAF AND DUMB,
THIS CHILD IS A MARVEL.
Atlanta, Aug. 10.?One who has
never seen no light since 6 years of
age, who has never heard a human
voice, who has never spoken an intelligent
word, yet who is able to
communicate with and understand
communications from other people?
little 12-year-old Dewey Cantrell,
blind, deaf-mute from birth, is now
under the watchful care of his mother
and teacher while he recovers
from the shock of an operation that
may bring sight to his eyes and let
him at 1-east see something of the
world, even though he be unable to
speak to or hear the people who inhabit
it.
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UCYVC/ Xiao JUOl UUUf/igvuv a I VA^f
delicate operation at Wesley Memorial
hospital, the operation being called
needling. If it is successful he
will take his first gaze upon the world!
within a short time. It needs but
little imagination for one to conceive
what that would mean to a person
who is able to talk and hear, and
still less to one that can do neither.
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The reporter visited Dewey at his
temporary home at 49 Houston street
yesterday. He expected to find an
invalid, one who was absolutely helpless.
Instead, a bright looking little
fellow came to the door and opened
it just as the reporter arrived?a boy
who, save for a bandage over one
eye, seemed much as other boys. His
face was bright and alert, with no
sign of that heaviness that rests on
so many children who are so' unfortunate.
And his curiosity?there
was no doubt that he was a boy of
12. '
Knew Those Around Him.
His teacher, Miss Emilia Ayres,
and his mother were both in the
mnm and hnth seemed to be known I
to him, even though they stood several
feet away. Dewey is one of the
28 children in the United States who
is being educated at the expense of
William Wade, of Germantown, Pa.,
who bears the entire expense of their
maintenance and teaching. It was
William Wade who assisted Helen
Keller, one of the most marvelous
cases ever recorded.
The little fellow likes to know
everything about all that is happening.
He asked the reporter's name,
speaking on his fingers and being
answered by similar signs impressed
on the palm of his hand. When a
photographer came he wanted to
know who it was and went wild over
the camera, examining it with his
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isfied, but not until he had persuaded
his teacher to let him photograph
her, which h^ did by feeling the position
of the camera.
When the photographer had finished
Dewey answered several questions,
and much to the surprise of
the two newspaper men, readily told
the ownership of several articles,
such as pencils and matchboxes. It
was explained that this was done
through tha boy's sense of smell. The
party ended by a recitation of "Little
R/vo- T?1no" hv DPWPV.
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The Cantrells live four miles from
"Boiling Springs, in Spartanburg county,
S. C. Miss Ayres, the boy's teacher,
has been with the family for six
years and is a native of McGraw,
New York. She h^ been an instructor
in several of the leading deaf and
dumb institutes in the United States,
and waS^ one of the few selected by
Mr. Wade to carry on this speciah
work. She has been teaching Dewey
for six years since he was six, and the
result she has obtained are marvelous.
"Touch" is the only method
she can femploy, and beginning by
placing the little fellow's hand upon
some object while she ( spelled its
name upon his palm, she probabic
that the operation will pi;ove' a success
and a credit to the surgeons who
operated.
Of course Dewey is highly hopeful,
and talks much of the birds, animals
and people of whom he has heard
so much and will now perhaps be
able to see.
Though his extremely sensitive
hands and fingers are almost as good
as eyes, and after he has once run
his hand over a person's face he never
forgets that person, still that is not
actually seeing and seeing is what
Dewey wants to do.
Destructive Fire in Sumter.
Sumter Aug. 11.?Shortly before 9
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in the Graham stables and before it
was checked destroyed the greater
part of this building and six negro
shanties. W. M. Graham and the
Sumter Commercial and Real Estate I
company were owners of the property.
It is not known how the fire originated,
and when first seen it was a
roaring mass of flames. From the
stable the fire spread rapidly to a
nearby hay barn and soon the whole
row of negro shops on that side of
Hampton avenue had caught. At this
point the fire presented a grave aspect,
as Main street stores were now
only a few doors away, and to add to
the gravity of the situation the fire
department was late in arriving on
account of a misunderstanding as to
the location of the fira.
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