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WHERE ANDRE) FOUGHT V Story of Meeting in Wf Himself on His Ener President Slif S The duel between Andrew Jack son and Charles Dickinson was fought on the banks of Red river, s small stream near what is now the little town of Adairville, Ky. Among the people of that section the details of the duel have been handed dowr I? from generation to generation, un til it is a neighborhood legend, clothed in all the romance which sucl folklore usually acquires, yet remarkably clear and true, even to th< small details. Jackson was one of the most renowned duelists as well as notabl* characters in many ways in United States history. But all agree that h( was a man of quick temper, fircr convictions and always willing and ready to fight. His severest critics pay him homage for his fidelity and devotion to his vyfe, and it is a sac fact that their marriage was undei such circumstances as to give rise tc a scandal that was magnified and used nc nnlitiral caDital during his first campaign for president. It was in defense of his wife's ... honor that he fought his most not able duel. His demeanor in this memorable encounter is a true inde? to his implacable enmity and his ab eolute fearlessness. At the time the quarrel with Dick inson arose, Jackson had located a Nashville, Tenn. At the age of 21 h< was sent as public prosecutor tc Pennsylvania, then a wild and unset tied country, where lawlessness hel( sway, and where his life was in al most constant danger, yet he is ere dited with having discharged his du ties fearlessly and well, and rapidl: made himself one of the foremos men of the times. How Jackson Met Mrs. Roberts. On reaching Nashville Jackson se cured board with a Mrs. Donelson widow of John Donelson, a pioneei who had been killed by Indians several years before. To this coupl< had been born a daughter, Rachel and, according to the custom of thos< early days, she had married at a verj tender age, Lewis Robards being he: choice for a husband. Lewis Rob ards is charged with having a bear !1SH dlSpOSlUOIl, auu uuuwuuau; found fault with his beautiful youni ' wife, and was insanely jealous o any man who spoke pleasantly t< her. At one time he sent hef bacl to her mother, where she remaine< for a year before a mutual frient effected a reconciliation. So it was that when Jackson, thei a young lawyer, took up his abod< in the Donelson home it was no long until Robards grew jealous o him. So violent was Robards' pas sion that he again sgnt his fair wif< back to her mother, and, two year! later, in 1701, the legislature of Vir ginia passed a bill authorizing th< Supreme Court of Kentucky to tr: before a jury the suit for divorc< which Robards had brought. After Sling his petition Robardi took no further action for tw< year?, but in the meantime Jacksoi and Mrs. Robards had been marrie^ evidently believing the decree of di vorce had been granted. Whei Robards did really secure his divorct on September 27, 1793, Jackson ant his, wife werp nubliclv married asrain Never was there the slightest sus picion of conjugal faithlessnesi against either Jackson or his wife save the ambiguous conditions un der which they were married. Ye the public never forgot or ceased t< gossip, and it is said that the over hearing of some of the tales tha were being told really caused Mrs Jackson's death. During the first campaign her hus band made for the presidency, wher stories were told and printe( throughout the country that form < pitiable commentary on the politica ethics of the day, Mrs. Jackson wa: in her room in an inn at Nashville and overheard some men in an ad joining room discussing her witl easy assurance and probably recount ing in detail the slanders that wTer< being circulated. The horror of th< revelation?for up to that time Jack son had been successful in his effor to shield her from all knowledge o the scurrilous stories?brought 01 the heart attack, and she died with in a few days. TooVenn'c frionHc Honlarofl +V>u ?;uv/ivuvu i* ?vuv4K/ u vv?u; v^u ^iiu Dickinson, grown jealous of Jack son's increasing popularity, had de termined to drive him from Tennes see, and seized upon 'the marita 3T cloud as a means to that end. In an; event, it is charged that he circulat ed the current stories and ba'd bloo< was engendered, but not to the poin of an open challenge. Yet only ai opportunity was necessary, and thi was given in a quarrel arising ove H/; I: V JACKSON IIS FAMOUS DUEL rich Old Hickory Avenged tiy, Dickinson?Future fhtly Wounded. - a bet made on a horse race. > Dickinson Good Shot. L The duel was fought early in the t j morning of May 30. 1806, writes M. ' j E. Bacon in The Tennessean, and ' any one living in or near Adairville 51 can show you the spot, point out l'the houses where both duelists and "! their attendants stopped the preced' j ing night and other items of inter1 est connected with the affair. Why '1 Adairville was selected as the meet' j ing place is not clear, unless it was j because it is just over the Kentucky" j Tennessee line, and the fighters J j wanted the encounter to take place in * j another State than the one in which *: they lived. Dickinson was a famous shot with 1 ; the pistol, and between the time of 5 j the acceptance of the challenge and ^ the meeting he did everything possi* ble to daunt his prospective adversary by exhibitions of his wonderful * accuracy and quickness. In his home he had a dummy prepared of about 51 the same size and general build as i the tall, spare form of Gen. Jackson, 51 and would amuse his friends who * I called to see him by asking: "and 5 j where shall I hit Gen. Jackson this : | time?" No sooner would they reply: " "In the eye," or "In the heart," than : his pistol would ring out and the bul* ! let would go true to the spot named | on the target. J On the road to the duelling ground } he entertained his companions and " | those they would meet by shooting * | small objects, even cutting small " i cords in two as they swung free, or "! hitting coins that were flipped into "' the air. At one tavern where the _ | ' ! party stopped Dickinson went 11 through his performance and left | the severed string with the tavern keeper, saying: "If Gen. Jackson . comes along this road, be kind enough to show him that." Bui r j these things did not disconcert Old . j Hickory. a ! Jackson and his party were the f i first to reach the neighborhood ot a j the duelling ground, and they stoprjped at the home of a Mr. Miller, r j where travelers were wont to be car_;ed for. About an hour later Dickin_ I son and his party stopped at the y same place, but finding the others alr i ready there they went a short dis3 i f | tance further, to the home of a Mr. j J Harris, a son-in-law of Miller, where 11 they were taken in for the night, I; Both of these houses are standing I I to-day. The Miller house is of brick ;and the earthquake of 1811 so badj j ly cracked the walls that it had tc 3 j be largely reconstructed. The Hart jris house, a rambling two-story frame f | affair, is still extant, though plain_ | ly showing the ravages of time, a j The next morning dawned bright 31 and clear, in sharp contrast to the . j rainy, disagreeable day before 5; Promptly at the appointed time the y | principals, with their seconds and a i | surgeon each, met near the Harris I home. Adairville pe pie will tell you 5 that the place selected was a paw3 paw thicket, and that before the 1 duel could proceed the bushes had to be cut away with pen knives. Jackson's Iron Nerve. i Be that as it may, the prelimina? i ries were soon arranged and a coin 1 j was tossed for choice of positions . Dickinson wron and chose to stand - facing west, which put the sun at his s i back, giving him quite an advantage , jThe distance was measured off and - | pegs set for each man to place his t toe against. At the word "Fire!' ) Dickinson leveled his pistol and pull ed the trigger. The bullet sped true t I and hit Jackson in the breast, break. I ing two ribs, an injury which weakiened and troubled him for the rest - j of his life. He showed so little i jsign of being hit, however, that Dickliinson cried out: "My God, I have 11missed him!" 1 j Dickinson, so the tale of the Adair5 jville people goes, then stepped away . ; from his peg, but his seconds forced - j him back and made him stand still i j until Jackson could fire. The latter -i calmly raised his pistol, took delibj erate aim, and Dickson fell, with a s mortal wound. He was taken back - j to the Harris home and made as t J comfortable as possible all day ir f i the shade of an enormous elm that i 'stood in the yard. When night cams - j on he was moved into the house, but ; by that time his vitality was nearly t : spent and he died about 9 o'clock - Dickinson's grave is in a small field -; near Nashville on the Bosley or Whit i worth lands, unmarked at the pre1 1 sent time save for a small plain slat y on which is no letter to indicate - ; whose tomb it is. 3 ! Jackson walked from the duelling t ! ground back to the Miller house. Oe i | the way he passed a spring house, s i where a maid was putting jugs ol r | milk into the water. He asked for a I ACREAGE LARGER. Only Two Cotton States Show I)e1 (Yeas? in Acreage. New York, April 20.?Reports to I the Journal of Commerce on cotton I acreage are incomplete, but partial returns indicate a slight increase. Cotton planting is late and incomplete, and it is yet impossible to forecast the final acreage. Returns thus far available, however, indicate an increase of about 15 per cent, which is sure to be exceeded when final returns are obtained a month hence. Nearly all States show fair increases. 1 except Oklahoma and North Carolina, ! where the acreage is, respectively, - 1.3 per cent less and 0.1 per cent less. In Oklahoma so littie planting has been done that a large percen^ - rofroin frnm tage 01 C'Orrecsyunuculo icno.ni estimating, while in North Carolina planting is late and considerable cot1 ton acreage is being put into tobacco. PICK LAURENS FOR MEETING. King's Daughters of State End Rock Hill Meeting. Rock Hill, April 30.?The King's Daughters adjourned to-day to meet in Laurens next year, at the invitation of Mrs. Hugh Aiken. The following officers were chosen: Member of central council, Mrs. W. H. Cornell, Charleston; State president, Mrs. F. E. Barron, Charleston; assistant State president, Miss Mabel S. Mitchell, Mount Pleasant; recording secretary; Mrs. C. L. Moore, Charleston; treasurer, Miss Lula Lee, Charleston; executive committee, Mrs. A. W. Finstrum, Columbia; Mrs. Herbert Smith, Charleston; Mrs. J. P. McNeill, Florence; Mrs. Horace Carter, Darlington; Miss Emma Ladd, Summerville; Mrs. J. B. Heath, ; Rock Hill. I Mrs. W. P. Cornell, of Charleston, and Mrs. J. B. Heath, of Rock Hill, ( were chosen delegates to the International Convention, in Detroit, May on Tha ^nnvAntion adODted the OV. X AAV W? . ' "Door of Hope," a well known institution of Columbia, as a co-operative work, if satisfactory provision i could be made. The report . by Mrs. Silcox, of Charleston, of the Sociological congress at Atlanta was ordered printed in para, phlet form. . A feature of the convention was the sermon by the Rev. K. G. Ginlay, of Columbia. Frank Eugene Barron, Jr., was an interesting visitor, and in recognition of his mother's services , received a set of pearl pins from the local circle just before the close of the convention. He was formally presented with and received the , "grand honors" with perfect composure. Any Time. Nell: "Eliza went to an astrologer to find out when was the best time i to get married." Stell: "What did he tell her?" Nell: '"He took one look at her and told her to grab the first chance." " cup of buttermilk, which was given ! him, and it was while drinking it ' that some one noticed blood from , r ' his wound and called attention to L it. Jackson replied with an oath not ' to mention it, as he wanted Dickin1 son to die without even the comfort I of irno-arinp- that he had been hit, and ! continued: "I would have lived long ' enough to kill him if he had shot me through the heart." / Dickinson's friends have always insisted that Jackson tricked his opi ponent in the duel?that Jackson, who was very tall and 6light of I figure, wore purposely an unusually ? loose fitting coat and thereby Dickin son was deceived as to the location I of his adversary's heart and aimed 1 a trifle to one side. In the river bottom where the memorable affair took place there ! stood until recent years two enor mous trees about ten paces apart that were reputed to mark the spots on which the duelists stood. These i trees were carefully preserved until weakened by decay they were blown ! down by a passing storm. 1 k a tU^nnarK oil nf hie stnrmv oft nau iui uu^a un vfc i4*u wwv* v? reer Gen. Jackson's tender devotion r to his wife never waned. It was af1 ter his election to the presidency the 1 first time, but before the inaugura' tion, that she died. As the sorrow ing husband was looking on the dear t features for the last time he said to : those in the room: "In the presence ; of this dear saint I can and do forl give all my enemies; but those vile ; wretches who have slandered her J must look to God for mercy. : She was buried in the garden at r the Hermitage, and Gen. Jackson had . a monument erected on which is int scribed: "Here lies the remains of Mrs. - Rachel Jackson, wife of President ) Jackson, who died the 22nd of December, 1828. A being so gentle and yet so virtuous, vile slander ; might wound but could not dishonor. i Even death, when he tore her from , the arms of her husband, could but I transport her to the bosom of her > God."?New York Sun. YOUR MARKET LIST. will not be perfect unless it directs that the meat items must be bought here. We take it that you want the very best roast, steak or chops. To do so you must leave your order at the meat market which sells only that grade of flesh foods. Ours is such a place as many splendid providers can tell you. H. O. DEEK BAMBERG, S. C. EVERYTHING A MAN NEEDS $1 Complete Shaving Outfit $1 10 Articles 10 To advertise our Universal Shaving Outfit and Universal Products we will for a limited time only, send this well worth $3.00 Shaving Outfit j for $1.00. We sell our products to the consumer direct and therefore you save all agents" profits which as you know are very large. 1 Hollow Ground Razor. 1 5-inch Lather Brush. 1 Razor Strop, Canvas Back. 1 Nickel Easel Back Mirror. 1.33-inch Barber Towel. 1 Bar Shaving Soap. 1 Box Talcum Powder. 1 Decorated China Mug. 1 Aluminum Barber Comb. 1 Bristle Hair Brush. Agents need not wfite. * Each outfit packed in neat box <$1.00. Coin or money order, postage "I fir* PYtra UNIVERSAL PRODUCTS CO. J>ayton, Ohio. SEXUAL KNOWLEDGE Illustrated 320 Pages. 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