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tht eyaid And PMu, STOCKTON'S GREAT COURAG DUELS OF TE FAMOUS OFFICX DRSCRIOED IN A LOG BOOK. StArtling Advenltres of TOne of U] Most Celebated Figbte?s in the Old Amnerican Navy. An old sailor's log, brought to ligi by the Princeton Alumni Weekli records some startling adventures c Capt Stockton, afterwards the fan one Commodore Stockton, of the Un ted States navy. The courage an reckless daring of this member the historic New Jersey family aj remembered at Princeton, yet tb events set forth in the log eclipse an; thing that has ever before been gex erally known of his doings. The log was kept by an office named Squibb, on board the Unite States storeship Erie, off Gibralta in 1849. The story of the Comm< dore's adle'tares on this ocasia has bee'a told in his family and th version of it in Squibb's diary corre sp. R 91fi atel"-with theirs. Charle S al*bb, of B*boklyn, a son of th atbor of the log, has sentthess serpt to the Stoakton family. He say that he is sure 'it is authentic, be cause his father was very careful L suck matters. Here is the story a told by the elder Squibb's log: "This Gibraltar in the place wher the English ofers were taught tx be more civil and wore sparing it their use of oprobrious epithets to ward our offlris and countrymer after the last war. This lesson they learDe, too, upon their own im pregable ground. Mediterranean ships at that timetequentJy came in hero to buy supplies, and, as the officers were commonly insulted in the streets, duels were by no means uncommon and generally terminated in favor of our ide. To such an extent was this carried that the governor first prohibited fighting within the garri son' and prohibited his offiers from going ou.tside, and ng~t prohibited American offiers from coming ashore, except under a7liar ciroum -"Abo,ut this time an English off oer grossly insulted the consul, who1 was a peaceable old man of family and did not resent the affront. This very ship Erie came in soon after, under the command of the fire-esting Stockton, of Princeton. He, hearing of this insult to an old consul, son,ht out thiii offier and grossly insulted him in return, with a view to elicit * ~ ing a challenge. Finding his efforts -unavailing, he challenged the offier, who promised to make arrangements ffor the duel, notwithstanding the prohibition. "A few iu after Stockton re eived anot him that if he would land at the Ragged Staff 8tirs, and take castain roads up the mountain to a 'o4n precipitous ledge,' a an appo&ted time, he wedid ad his advetyready. The lbtiel pledged bh6h1 that Stock -totwbuIsd be alisabd to return to his ship unmolestetif he escaped being sbot. "Stockton vent, of course, and on reaching the spot found his adver sary ready. But just as they were about to take their places a guard was seen coidg up by the wayj Stockton had taken. He, however, inated on hadng a fight, since they had'^come for at purpose, before the guard asi They took their places and 'Ired, the Englishman e falling, not killed, but maimed for a life. Stokton startedthen togo 1 down the hill in a direction opposite A to that by which thag~uard was corn . ing, but soon found himself opposed i, by another guard in front. He there-p fore returned to the ledge in front and met the offier of the first guard just as he was mounting upon the ledge. He asked to be allowed to c' pass, but was told that he was a prisoner. He then stated that the " .honor of the regiment was pledged tc for his return to his boat, and was * insolently told that there was no de pendence to be placed on his word. C Stockton immediately clinched withfi the offier and sprang with him over G the precipice, falling a distance of wi 30 or 40 feet. When he regained his senses he found the Englishman dead in his arms. He made the best Ia i of his bleeding and bruised toward his boat. w "When he had come into the pub- wi] lic road agamn he saw an oficer on tw horseback and begged him, if he had boa aDy pity or honor, to lend h1im his the horse. The offier replied that he nos would see all the Yankees in creati hanged frst. This was enough: Stockton. He seized him by t E leg, capsized him off his horse, into the saddle and rode to the Rf a ged Staff Stairs. Here he fou himself impeded by two soldiers wi fixed bayonets, with orders to arr every one who attempted to pa Talking and explaining to them got close upon them and push their bayonets aside and sprang os the parapet. Here again he lost sE f sibility and was only aroused by t victorious cheering of his boat's ere who had picked him up, pulled im d the bay and stopped to cheer. "The result of this expedition w that Stockton immediately challeng e the whole regiment for their dishon and bad faith to him. Some tir after that he received notice that he would come upon neutral grow r just before sunset on a particular d d he might get his satisfaction. No r, both the English and Spanish guar had orders to arrest any officers se a together upon the plain. Stockto e knowing this, picked out a boal crew of his best men, armed the a with pistols and cutlasses and start< * for the rendezvous. Leaving' tl crew at the boat, he crept on h B hands and knees until he came withi sight of the meeting plsce. "There he saw the English ofi aers disarmed and in charge of guard of seven or eight Spanish so a diers, all sitting down, with thei arms stacked close by, evidentl waiting for the result of some meF sage which they had sent. to th Rock. Stockton returned to th crew, explained what he was goinj to dog and told theip to desist as lonj as possible from the use of thei arms, particularly pistols. They al crept softly- up, took the guard b surprise and, before they could usi their arms effectually, had them al tied upon the grouud. 'Now,' says Stockton to the officers, 'we can havE our fight undisturbed.' -Squibb's dialry then tells how sev eral ot the English officers went aside to determine by lot which of them should meet the captain, while Stockton, seated on a rock. conversed with one of their number; how the lot fell the man with whom he was talking, and how Stoekton sa'd: "I don't want to fight this man; he is the only one among you I-know, and, although I have only known him for twenty minutes, yet I believe him to be a gentleman. I would rather fight any two or three of the rest of you than this one man." The En. glishmen, amazed at the unflinching nerve of the Yankee, consulted to gether again, and then requested that the affair be called off, prom ising that the "single coward" among them, who bad failed to keep his word to Stockton, should be im mediately sent to England, cashiered. Later an American midshipman was insulted by the English and the cap tain sent a challenge to the Gover nor of the place, ''which," says the; log, "pedneed an apology and put1 an end to the cause of disturbance by; iducing the . English to mend their, nanners." Commodore Stockton was the offi er who commanded the fleet sent long the Pacific coast during the war with Mexico and, in co operation~ with Fremont, did more than any >ody else to accomplish the cession >f Oalifornia to the United States. le commanded the United States teamer Princeton, on which, during to trial trip up the Potomac during. 'esidenat Tyler's term,'- one of its uns exploded, killing the Secretary; f State, the Secretary of the Navy ud Mr. Gardiner, whose daughter, resident Tyler afterward married fter his retirement from active ser ie Commodore Stockton was prom. ~ent both in national and State lites. -i It took the jury in the Molineaux se but fifteen minu'es to render a rict of "not guilty." The verdict reality meant "not enough proof i convict." Three insane negroes were burned! death in the insane ward at the iarleston hospital last week. The. e e originated in this ward and it e is impossible to save these inmates. Ben Henderson, the negro barber_ o was recently shot and killed by - >oliceman in Chester, left $1,505 ash in his safe, which was found en the safe was opened. In his' 1 he left this and his home to hisV girls and the shop to his two 's, 10 and 14 years old, w ho, withL assistarce of an older-barber, are ' r running the shop. C on CONDENSING N2VELq. ror I be A New Trade Which is in Growing Do, mand and Requires Brains. ~ot [New York Sun.] "There'goes one of those conden th sers," said the publisher, pointing tc at a tall slender young fellow wearing 38 glasses and with a number of books he under his arm. "His business is con ed densing novels, and when a man .b corus an expert at it he dotsn't have er to look for work. e "This has been a very busy world for some timne. There are thousands W' of people who want to keep up with the novels of the day, but haven't as the time to read them as they are Bd originally written. So there are hun dreds of readers and elocutionists who go about reading condensed i 'novels to literary circles, olnb, church id societies and private families. "The demand for readers for pri vate families is growing astonish i ingly. The readers go to this house 4 or that one night a week, or possibly twice a week. The head of the house invites in a few friends, or maybe he m and his family have the reading all to themselves. e "They don't want a continuous is performance; they must have at least one story an evening. If the stories they want are too long for one even ing they must be cut down to fit the a time. "That fellow who just walked r into the ferry boat tackled The Crisis" a little while ago. The order was to cat the book down to two hours. "He found it took eight hours to read it as it was written. It took him over a month, working regularly a part of every day or evening to cat r it down. Then the people who hired bim made up their minds that it must be shorter, so he had to go to work to hack it down to one hour and a quarter. What do you think of that? "He did it, although it was a fearful job. It took him longer to cut off that last 40 minutes than it did to get rid of the first six hours. "'It requires more brains somne times to.cut a book down than it does to write it in the first place. Nothing of importance mnst be left out. All the strong features, the pret ty scenes, the amusing dialogue?s and so on, must be left in. "It is really surprising, howevAr, how little that is importint is cut out. If you had read the original 'Crisis' and then beard the condens ed story yon would have to cudgel your brain a little to make out exact ly what is missing. "There's a knack about it, as there is to anything else. The con denser must first read the story care-, fully to get.its general effect. Then he very often reads it to study the mechanism. "At first reading he has seen pas sages that may be dropped and no one be much the wiser. On second = reading he takes out even more, and pretty soon he has the thing cut down perhaps half. "Very likely he will now take a copy of the book . and cut all the pages loose. The pages he has marked out he throws away, and the fragments of pages he pastes together to make the re quisite number of lines for a page. - "He is now getting things down to a working basis, and here it is that his real genius comes out. He plays strange tricks with that story as he goes on, and he often surprises him self at-the things he dares take out. Every now and then he reads the condensation to some member of his !amily, or to some friend who had -ead the book, and c.n whose judg nent he can place some reliance. "They tell me it is really most en frossing work, while it is very fati going at the same time. That fellow N se vho went into the ferry boat just now Ca m s an enthusiast. He makes far more to money than many of the chaps who *U trite ti-e original stories. Honestly, don't know but what he deserves SCHEDULE IN EFFECT AFTER JUNE 2, 190 . 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ProofpiAINS PER CENT i goodseclusivel o Residue on Evaporation. .105.9 flrai?'s 'er U.S. Galo en or agents. We guaran- iNon-volatile Matter.. . . .. 5-. e absolute satisfaction. Salts of Lead Copper, Lead and Z/ine . .. Nn nal Bank ESouter rx Respectfully submitted, N. P. PR ATT L uv. 888'Aent Corkscre and glasse. with every order. WXrite for our parnpier? onf ~he GLendale Springs Distilling Co. ATLANTA, GE~ORGIJA. Department 9. e Ladies'Exohange I-THE rs. R. C. Williams MtIflllI B98d of NBNj~rySW C pectfully i nf or m s (ESTABLISHED IN I87I.) ladies of Newberry Capital--- -- --$150,000.00 di vicinity that she Surplus and Profits - 96,865.88 s open e d a n E x'- General baukinig business .ransacted b inge for the pur- with promin-nss special attention to Se or exchange of Ia- colections. Oorrespondence solicited. f" s', children's and men's Savings Departrment. and hand clothing, and neoisallowed interest at tbe rate c.ts. i atoae of per cent per annum from date of Cdsterptoae eposit. Interest payable January 1st ersons on business wil Iand1 July 1st of each year. tse call at the E xchange, M. A. C ARLISLE, Pre.tt. twell H otel, first floor, i ..S DUNCAN, Cashier uAen 9 a . nd 4 pW . mrn_ J W. M. SIMMONs, A-ts. C'r BLUE RIDRE RAILROAD! H. C. BEA'b TI, Receiver In Efrect June 8 1902. etwaEn Auder v WaIalla. Ea-BolnD WWWRBOUNJ. ARRIVE. LEAVE. Mixed. Mixed No.9. No. 12 StatIons. No. 11 No. 9 P.M. A.M P.M. A.X 310 955...............Belton............ 320 0 co 248 933........Anderson F. D......... 340 1110, 245 9 30. nderson P. D. 3 45 11T1 ........ 925.......W est And.-ison....... 349 ........ ...... . 919 .............Denrer.............. 5 .W ...... . 902........Autna........ 405 ...... . ........ 8 5) ....... ...Pet-dicton .. .. 4 t ....... ........ 81' .........!herry.. ..... -1 '1 ........ ..... 8 ..... .. a . J ...... 4 2 . .8 8 ... J0danitiJu et 43 . ...... ........-ee ca .. ........... 4 5 ........ ....... ..Wust Uil .n ........ 5 4. ........ 8 I) ......... W alt alla ............ All rer,zwqr tr Ins f A el.o * to Waht , "Ave PerPced$41 ce over tra)iTv_ of eat lk'. ovill . in) tle' 0opp0ieit. diretton unlt s o'h e wi- specifle;t b.% fri . order Will a "o stop at the following sations to tak- oil and let off pEsRengers- Ph!nne., s Jf mea and Sand y Springs. ! . AO >RlacN.St prianRdaTF Augusta and Ashevillo Short Line ScheduJo In Eftect July 6, 1902, Loave Augusta...............:o 0 nam 2 56 p i A rrive Greenwood.......12 44 pm ...... ..... . Anderson .................. 7 I0p Yr Laurens......... 1 46p m 10 30 a m Waterloo (H. 8.)... 1 12 p m ............. Greenville............1222 p m 9 30 am -Glenn Springs...... 4 45 pm ............. -AkSparfanburg....... 38 0 p m 9 Oe a in Saluda.................. 5 38pm ............. Hendersonville..... 8 03 p m ...... Asheville......... 7 15p .... Leave Asheville........ ...... 7 05 pM . ........... Spartanburg .........12 01 am 3 30 p m Glenn Springs......10 00 am ............. Greenville ..... ......12 15pm I 45pm Laurens... .. ..2 05 p m 6 30p m Arrive Waterloo(H. 8.)... 2 33 p m ........... Greenwood....... 2 1 pm 7 45 pm Leave Anderson ...................... 7 25am Augusta................ 5 20p m 11 85am Leave Coiumbla.... ....... 11 20 am Newberry........ 12 42 pm Clinton 125 pa Arrive Greenvillo............. 3 25 p-n "partanburg ........ 3 30 pm Glenn Springs...... 4 00 Pm Leave Glenn Springs...... 10 00 am Spartanburg......... 120 pm Greenville............. 12 '5 pm ArrivA Clinton.................. 222 pm Newberry......... ..... 306 pm Columbia............... 4 30 pm Fastest and Best Line between Newberry and Greenville. Ppartanburg and G'enn Springs: Connectio)s from Newbe'ry via Columbia New berry and Laureas Railway. For any information, write. ERNE'T WILLIAMS, Ge-. Pass. A gt., Auiusta, Ga. T. M. hynq. ur. Traffil lkan&ger. ha Iih,nyLwinL C . (Eistern Standard Tiv! e.) Southbound. Northbound. Schi dule in Effect August 25th 1901 STATION S. 8 40 am Lv Itlanta (s.A.L) Ar. 8 50 pm 10 50 am Athens 6 19 pm 1185 am Elberton 5 17 pm 12 58 pm Abbeville 4 05 pm 1 22 pm Orbenwood 3 35 Pm 2 15pa. Ar Clintor (Din'r) Lv. 2 45 pm ' (0*W.O.) 10 00 am L.v Glenn Springs Ar 4 00 pm 12 15 pm Sparta.nburg 30 pm [2 21z:m G.renvl1le .3 25 pm (Harnis Springs) 1 12 pm Waterloo ' 2 35pm 1 4. n mAr Laurens (DIn'r) Lv 2~t7 pm 22 53. ,62 85 Dait ?rt Diy Ft Ex sun Er Run A.-u P.v Ph. A.P 6 00 202 i. Laurens Ar 150 500 6 E 2 07 " Parka Ar 1 42 4 50 6 4) 2 2 ..Clliton.. 1 3' 4 30 6 58 2834 Qeldvlle 117 851 7 08 2 43 ..Klnad.. 110 3 40 7 17 2 49 ...Gary... 106 3831 726 254 ..Jalap.... 100 -822 800 310 14ewberry 1246 31t' 825 321 Proprty 1282 222 842 384 ....ilh... 1223 202 85339 LiMoutain 1219 156 924 367 Hton 1202 t'au 9 29 4 01 W hite Rook 11 69 124 93, 4e7 allent1ne 1154 115 9 52 4 17 ......rmo..... 11 48 1 00 10 02 4 21 ..Leaphart.. 11 40 12 48 10 30 445 ArColumkbiaLvI1120 1230 4 53 LvColurrbla (A.o L.)A r 11 JO 6 20 Bumter 96 59 9 20 Ar Charleston Lv 7 00 Train. 53 and 52 arrivs *: 4idepat trem new anion depot. Trains22 atd 85fromnA. C. I4treigLtd'pct West Gervais street For Rates, Time Tables, or further informa tion call on any Agent, or write to W. G. CHILDS, T. M. EMERSON, ? President. Tramc Man~ager.? Jf. F. LIVING8TON, H. M. EMERS4ON. Sof. Agt. 4Genrt.&ass Jg1 IYa1ambla. M C WeIinrte.n N C ATLANTIC COAST LINE ! CONDENSED SCHEDTTLE. WILxreTom, N. C., July 2's , 19.2. 2 Through Trains Charleston to Grcenville No. 62. No. 53. 7.00 amn.....Lv...Charleston, S. C......Ar 9.20 pm 8.36 am..Lv....Lanes................Ar 6.20 pm 9.50 aw.....Lv.....gumnter..............Ar 4 55pm 11.10 am.....&r.....Columiba......Lv 3.45pm S 12.29 am.....Ar..Prosperity.....Lv 2.24 pm . 12.42 pm.....Ar.....Newberry....Lv 2.i0Opm - 1.25 pm.....Ar..Clinton. ....Lv J.25 pm 1.47 pm.....Ar........Laurens.........L.v 2.10 pm 3.25 pm .....Ar.....Greenville..Lv 12.22 p. 3.30 m.....Ar.....8partanburg ........Lv 2-15pm FROM COLUMBIA, 8. (. Nio. 53 Arrive Sumter 6.5pm; tw yille 10.ip m; Wi'mington 11.25 p a; ti Rocky Mc ant 1245 am; Weldon 1.50Oaw; Peterb.2 g 3. 6 a ; gich.mond 4.12 am; dj SWashin - on 7.54 am; New York L.63 pm. 4o. 54 Arrive sur ter80 am; Florence 9.85 D( )aIly am; Darlington 10.80 am; Cheraw 11.45 r.55 am; Wadeaboro 250 pm* Hartaville Dl A M 11.20 am.Varion 10.53 air; Wilmington 1.40 pm irayetteville 12-35 pm; Rocky t b Mount 3.50 pm; Weldon 4.58 put; Pe torsburg 6.44 pm; RlchmnDd 7.45 pa' 08 SWashIngton 1.40 pm; New York 7.14 am t 'ullman Bleeping Cars New York to Tampa. 'ullman Dining Carn New York to Savannah. y For rates, schedules, etc. write W. J. C.alg, Gen. Pass. Ait., Wilmington C. T. M. Emerson, Traffic Manager, Winming- sh mn. N. C, H. M. Emerson, Asa't Traffe Manager, Wil- br uington, N. C. Have Just returned from the North with beautiful selection of ewelry, -Clocks and Silverware,i id invite ) ou all to inspect themn. 0 Prices Reasonable. 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