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VOL. LV. NO 15. ONION, SOUTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY&VPRIL 14, 1905. *1.00 A YEAH.
I Win. A.| Nicholson
Union, Soul
PAY iNTEl
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Time Certificate
STORY OP
CONFEDERATE DUEL.1
I
An Old Tragedy Recalled
by Death of Lieutenant
of Guerilla Quantrell.
The death of William Halley,
\ the chief lieutenant of the noted i
guerilla, Ch tries Quantrell, dur-'
ing the civil war, at the state
insane asylum in St. Joseph,
Mo., a victim of paresis, recalls
duel fought on the plains of
Texas as ne was fleeing with
Shelby and a handful of confederates
from the United Siates
to seek an asylum under the
reign of Maximillian in Mexico.
After the last remnant of?the
comnterid^^der Gem J.oq
. ^elbv, wi?ich ^a^ then making
its %vay td a poVjit, on the Bra#*;
river, in Texas, wifcb thgpiftfpectation
x>? making a. Mjn attack
upon federal Jorce&and supplies
at Corsieians. &?! **
. toimMKgijB
companleS'' a Cim^aien 'of a
J ^ ^ ^*Uyl V
accompanied Shelby to the city^
of Mexico, returning only after
the army was disbanded, upon
the refusal of Maximilian, advised
by Bazaine, to accept the
Missourians into the service of
the empire.
QUARREL OVER A WOMAN.
The duel was one of those sud
den and bloody things so thor
v.i,r in Voprtinc- with the des
UUgllljr ... . r ?
perate nature of the men wh
witnessed it. The duelists botl
young men, quarreled about
woman, a fair young thin
enough. She was the captain1
{U, by right of discovery, the liei
tenant's by right of conques
At the night encampment si
abandoned the old love for tl
new and in the struggle for po
session the captain struck tl
lieutenant fair in the face.
"You have done a serio
thing," some comrade said
him.
"It will be more serious in t
morning," was the quiet rep
"But you are in the wroi
and you should apologize.''
He tapped the handle of
revolver significantly and m:
answer:
"This must finish what
blow has commenced. A wor
worth kissing is worth fighl
P for."
OThe name of either duelist
heretofore remained unspol
Most of the men who witne
the tragedy have long s
passed to their reward, and
" -r ur^ii.
o?[y since the aeatn ox un>?
this city has one of his comr
in arms who witnessed the
has volunteered to give his n
There are those today livii
Marion county, Missouri, v
sleep in eternity will be lij
and sweeter if they are li
ignorance of how one fair-h
boy died who went forth to
tjie battles of the South
ijfrmd a grave when her b
h ended.
r CHALLENGE ACCEPTED
L .6$ The lieutenant challenge
l/Rwy captain, but the question
1 acceptance was decided up
fore the challenge was rec
These were the terms:
I \ *" At daylight the principal
w to meet one mile from th<
upon the prairie, arme<
/ . with a revolver and saber
& Son, Bankers, jj
h Carolina,
REST ON
es of%eposit.
were to be mounted and stationed
20 paces apart, back to back. At
the word they were to wheel and
firp nrlvnnpinor if nlinM ? <
? v.v. ? viivj vnvov;y vi
remaining stationary. In no
event were they to pass beyond
a line 200 yards in the rear of
each position. This space was
accorded as that in which the
combatants might rein up and
again return to the attack.
I So secret were the preparations
and so sacred the honor of the
two men, that, although the
difficulty was known to 300 soldiers,
not one of them informed
General Shelby. The general
would instantly have arrested
the principals and forced a compromise,
as he had done once before
under circumstances as urgent,
tut in ho way similar. It
>sps a beautiful morning, all
bahn* and bloom and . verdure.
TheT&.waf not wind efiough to
jtafcfevthe sparkling dewarops
T?otn tiie grass, hot.wfnd enough
to lifjiibreasthigh the heavy odor
.rfilh^ftowerfe. The face of the
sky placed and benignant.
Some red, like a blush, shone
in the east and some clouds, airy
and gossamer, floated awav in
^^^&^sans''0o;
dank." A few ralo jokes were
heard, and they died out quickly
as the combatants rode up to the
deadline.
Both were calm and cool, and
on the captain's face there was a
half smile. Poor fellow! ther<
was already the scars of thre<
honorable wounds upon his body
. the fourth would be his deatl
_ wound.
They were placed and sat thei
o horses like men who are abov
h to charge. Each head was tun
a ed a little to one side, the fe<
g rested lightly in the stirrups, tl
's left hands grasped the rein
x- well gathered up, the right han
t. held the deadly pistols load<
ie fresh an hour before.
ie "Ready?wheel!"
,s- The trained steeds turned u
he on a pivot as one steed.
"Fire!"
us The lieutenant never mov
to from his tracks. The capb
dashed upon him at full gall<
;he firing as he came on. Th:
ly. chambers were empty, and oh
igf bullets sped away over the pi
rie, harmless. Before the fou
his fire was given the captain 1
-j- oKfonRt. of the lieutenant
aue
aiming at him -at deadly rar
the Too late! The lieutenant th
nan out his pistol, which was of
Ding heavy dragoon variety, until
muzzle almost touched the
has tain's hair and fired.
Ken. . The mad horse dashed a
ssed riderless, the captain's lifefc
ince upon his trapping and his gl
it is hide. There was a face ii
sy in grass, a widowed woman in 1
ades ouri and a soul somewhei
duel the hush and waste of eter
ame. A great dragoon ball had
ig in directly through his brain,
rhose the captain was dead befc
?hter touched the ground. Thej
eft in ied him before the sun ros
aired fore the dew was dried up<
fight grass that grew upon his p
i and ture and bloody grave.
>attles LIPS sealed.
The men returned fro
' scene of combat without i
id the of comment upon their
of its I Lieutenant Halley so%g
on be-1 quarters, took a cup of Cc
?^ hi.q coi
:eived. snort nap, ttUU VTIVU ic.w
resumed the march towa
s were Mexican border. They
2 carqp and went straight to the
1 each Mexico, engaging in battl
, They most every step of the j
M ^
finally to reach their destination
and have their proffers of service
to an empire rejected.
Halley and a few companions
organized into a band for an early
return to the states. Halley
dared not return to the home of
his childhood,near Independence,
Mo., because a price had been
placed upon his head. He was
scarcely more than a boy,
the next da.v^or Salt Lake City,
where for many years he discharged
the duties of a peace officer
in that wild and unsettled
country.
Many outlaws fell victims to
his unerring aim with the revolver,
and in the course of a decade
the feeling against him and
the guerillas of the civil war had
so much ameliorated that he re*
turned to Missouri and became
an officer of the St. Joseph police
force.
REMINISCENCES OF THE
WAR BETWEEN THE
STATES.
History, Sayings and Do.
Jngs of Company - H.
' Hi5th Regiment, South
Carolina Volunteers.
m BY W. H. H.
At the place where
negro captured the horsew^Mid
there on arms that nlgptl* The
next morning coppaay^ H wag
sent off up tno/jriver on picket
doty>*W& Started and went up
the river, a mile and a half 01
tnore and stopped on a^high ele
vated place where tb^re was a
house and a fine Orchard, Vhere
the
when a courier came with orders
to join the regiment at Raccoor
Ford, on the RappahanocP
. where the yankees were attempt
1 ing to recross the river. W<
1 started and reached there lab
3 that afternoon when there wa
3 one of the hardest rains I thin
,? that I ever was in. The regimer
" was in a piece of woods aboi
half a mile from the road, whei
'J the yankees had made faint a
tempts to recross the river :
order to cover their retreat. W
lay there on the ground one 1
ie two hours then there came tl
commissary wagon with sor
^ bread, but it had been in the rs
3(1 and it was well soaked. J
Milwood and myself went to ?
the rations for company H. >
P" took it in our arms, and when
got back to the company it lool
, more like a flour sack than brej
The next morning the mist 1
am cleared away and the yank
3P' had made good their retr<
ree poor joe Hooker, like his \
re.e decessors, went back with
rai" full assurance that Richm
irth Pn?id not be taken that way,
the command of the federal a
and wouid require some other n
Then we went back to our
quarters, but when we got th
there was nothing but the p
the ?everything had been ti
caP- away, but we stayed there
night, and next morning
fay whole of the 15th regiment1
jlood jn^0 the cpty of Fredericks
lossy an(j company H occupied
1 the same house that it did onc<
*^1S.S" fore while on picket duty at
'e m place. That was about th<
nity. or gth of May and the we
gone wag pieaSant, and in the mo
aad we would have company dr
>re he the afternoon regiments
r bur- an(] dress parade all at the
e' Jo?- time. There was a large
>n the flatt y0U might say the f
rema- battle field, east of the roc
where so many of the f
Irish brigade made their
cessful charges on Deceml
. 1862. after which they
* Tina1 a ?f truce to our
ht Cj* dead. They dug a long
iffee a a^out three or four feet
rv^rLo and picked up the dead ar
rd the them in with a light
rrnqqpH of earth on them, an
Citv of would drill over the groi
l i.i could see their toes and
oumev 8ticking out above the i
^** 1 The yankee8 on one side
pahanock ank we on the other,
\ye wouldHo picket duty of a
nigjit and W,the same time we
boys, UkeytfSll other boys, pot
some fisllBPoks and would fish
every cha&te w.e got, and catch
some goMMih, such as rock fish
and f*ts?m>hn Smith, better
known a^Jnpiiper Smith, caught
A lampranfeel which attracted
our attenfmpvery much. It had
ninP holes W the side of its head
reseibblihi 4phoe eye. We boys
' an animal a3 that
Wfore not know what it
was^iiiit',we^howed it to -some
old citizen c*-Ilhe town and th?y
told tfs wnallt was and that it
was pOisoiitw^and you may bet
it w^3 cast ckkle.
TMere^jpaTmrV hard rain one
afternoon'ant the water was a
little (rfnpiddyt after drill and
dress parade \Richard Parr and
myself wentjfishing on Massaponal
Creek ^hich emptied itself
into the riveii at the lower part
of the city. I dropped in my
hook and ca ght an eel and I
kept throwin : them out until I
I caught 13, w en my line broke
and bait gat< out, when Richard
Parr said lefctvs go up to that old
ice house vtagre all those dead
yanke^s wrfe thrown in and
1 catch some oj those big rats and
make us baitf >Thor?.wa9 a large
hole'dug outj jh the ?earth pre
ga&ws.'Mrej
to hWAHi^nl:,USL .cnou^h dirt
; ratsinauL s?2 V,(T' and the
r> Siri ^ ? Ee aImosfc
T^irl wa DU?ot get out
' wSs-fSlk f iJf? pape? mill
t 2Af 3;j late P?nd and
: SiSlfS. h$^S ?f a sein
? i-tP c^tch many
' iblacfrnilf'f Cai^ Plenty of
: A BITWHIVTORY.
2 Col. Henry White Fight,
Tories and British in
k Newberry District.
It W. hT-White.
re
t- The battle of Mud Lick wj
in fought in the summer of 1781,1
Je the remnant of a regiment
or militia under the command
he Colonel Roebuck, (Benjami
ne and a garrison of British soldit
tin and tories stationed at Willian
im Fort in Newberry district,
ret The Whigs did not exceed c
iYe hundred and fifty.men, wh
we the enemy was greatly supei
' u??.0 onrl discinline,
ceo in nuuiucio u..u ^
ad. sides having the protection c
lad strong fortress. In order to
ees prive them of this last advant
?at. those of the whigs who w
)re- mounted riflemen, were ord(
the to show themselves in fron
ond the fort, and then retreat h
and advantageous position, sele*
rmy by the commanding officers,
lan. The enemy no sooner saw
old militia retreating than they <
lere, menced a hot pursuit, confi
dace of an easy victory. The
aken onset was furious but it
that checked by Colonel White
the his riflemen as soon as the g:
went coat cavalry made their apj
burg ance Colonel White levelec
I the rifle at one of the officers in
i be- and killed him. The fire (
; that other riflemen was also ver
* 7th , structive, and brought the <
lather | ry to a halt until the inf
rning came up, when the engag<
ill and became general* and con!
d drill about an hour, with alterm
t same ' vantages. At length the I
open and tories were totally
amous | with great loss,
k wall ! The whigs did not lose
amous j but among the killed w?
unsuc-' tain Robert Thomas, an
ber 13, j very much beloved and 1
came : ed.
* ??ii? ,
y their I Col. White was oauiy
ditch, | ed, but recovered. This
; wide, broke up the enemy's etr<
id turn- j in that section of the c
cover- and relieved the peopl
d as we those marauding bands v\
and we fested every part of t\
fingers where there was a Bri
surface, tion.
of Rap- j The names of Colone
I ' ?
F. M. FARR, President.
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WE EARNESTLY SOL
min Roebuck and of Colonel Henry
White are not mentioned so
far as we recollect in our revolutionary
history, and yet there
were not in the service of the
country two more active or enterprising
officers.
Col. Roebuck was a native of
Spartanburg district, brave to a
fault, and disinterested as he was
brave, wholly devoted to the good
of his country. He had the command
of a colonel in the battle at
Cowpens, and was the first who
received the attack of the British
in that memorable action.
He was also pnomnpofl ii-v
em?lS~S: wish'to
emoalm the memory of all suoh
?i?fa"d devoted Patriots He
mftted to" ,pnSOner'. a"d com!
NiWV <? cl?se . confinement in
Ninety-Six district, was repeat
edly.wounded, suffered much
abo?t theW?UndSrancl final|y died
about the close of the war. He
w~-*d' his only command
brave militia of Spartanburg-and
^ ork Districts all
patriots. S' friends and ^llow;
friend WES ^e- intimate
?lf p^lClmpaT?lon in a S, of
independence for which he hac
bravely fought and bled.
S Col. Henry White spoken of ii
this history sketch was the grea
grandfather of Rev. W. 11
White the present pastor o
Lockhart, Salem and Santuc
Presbyterian cHurches. Rev
W. H. White was born in Spai
iS tanburg county near the hea
W waters of Fair Forest creek, an
?* has a number of relatives in th
county. In his early years wj
n' identified with the old Fair Fo
est brick Presbyterian churc
a s which old church was also t1
first regular pastorate of the ve
!ae erable Rev. A. A. James. T1
vst old church has been torn dov
'lor and the brick sold. The mei
^e" bership of this church has be
^ a moved to Jonesville. At the <
ae~ Fair Forest church cemet*
a?e there will be built a chapel to
rer? used for funeral services i
>recl probabiy for Sunday school
l*-?* ercises. The pulling down
0 ar] the old brick church is the
ctec* literation of a loved and hone
landmark, and there are but
' now living who were attene
;om- services there when first buil
dent ^ ^
nrsL
was LEE WITH HIS ARIT
! and
reen- Was Kind and Consid
rt-: ate?Always Refu;
front Whiskey.
)f the . .
y de- As the Civil War recedes f,
caval- er and farther from the pr
antry day there looms larger and 1;
*ment m the story of it the figi
tinued Gen. Robert E. Lee, the a
ite ad- leader of the Confederate ar
British There is scarcely a househ<
routed importance in the South in
some story of him is not pi
many, told, but few illustrate -he
is Cap- ties for which he was b
officer better than these which th
?i ? ? TimoQ.Dpmocrat re
ament- wncano ? ..
from a woman who met th
wound- al on his last retreat:
victory The army had halted tw
inghold ^om Petersburg, on the
ountry, Appomattox, and Gener
e from his stalf had been a
rhich in-! dinner at the home of i
le state : known jurist at Summit
tish sta- mint-julip was the favori
| erage of Virginia genth
:1 Benja- those days, and when t
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and guests had assembled, just
before dinner was announced,
the glasses were passed. GenerlalLeewas
in conversation with
j a young lady. He offered his
! glass to her, after the old style,
then barely raised it to his lips,
and set it down untasted. He
took up and drank instead a glass
of water. Looking round the
room, where all the men were
drinking with relish, he said:
"Do you know, I really believe
this glass of water refreshes
the inner man far more than
the julep."
Even his host's famous liouor
I could not tempt him. It was said
that a bottle of brandy presented
to the general before the war
was returned to the giver unopened
after the surrender, with
the request that sheV would use
it in some case of need.
At the dinner General Lee
; took a cup of cofFee and added
| sugar and cream. It was especially
fine Java, brought in before
the war, and his hostess exclaimed,
"Oh General Lee! Do you
take cream in your after-dinner
coffee."
"I haven't tasted coffee for so
long," he said, smiling, "that I
take ,it in its full ?alwas
sent ir & ?- - _
away from Suml
ler,
old woman who
i to the army. The_
t whom she called .
her special pet. Likeeverypoor N
f Southern woman, she^ believed
k Gen. Lee was the Pe^onal p
r. tector of her son When she
- saw him she rushed out and
d caught his bridle. , oried
d "O General Lee, sh?S[i??>
is "what's become of my VoWy
is Although he was even then
r- without hope of saving his army,
h, and was engrossed with plans
he for making the last despera
n- stand in the famt
I union witn uunciai tivjuiioi/vit,v.w
-vn j great leader, divining at once
m- that "Dolly" must be a soldier
en son, replied in his gentlest manold
ner:
?ry "Madame, if you tell me Dolbe
ly's name and the name of his
ind company and command, I will
ex- try to find out for you."
of His hostess said that as he rode
oh- away all the tales she had heard
>red and read of warriors and their
few deedsrushed to her mind, and
ling she felt that never were their
t. qualities of courtesy and chivalry
personated in another as in
Y the gallant general.?Youth's
Companion.
Ier" MODERN SHIPSARE MARsed
VELS.
. Eventually travelers will be
-U1 ~ * '? ncpiin in three
6scnt *jo? i"*v' ?
arger days, if the predictions of those
ire of in a position to judge of the
dored progress made in building steamships
is verified. The "Caronia,"
which Cunard Line, which ar oudly
rived in New York not long ago,
quali- from her first trip out of Livereloved
pool, is the largest ship ever built
*n Fngland. She is 675 feet long
e^gen- an(* seventy-two and one-half
feet broad, while the roof of the
o miles upper deck is sixty-seven feet
road to above the water. Her displaceskecfto
ment *s ?reater ^an fLe "Great
[ wep- Eastern," once mistress of the
, Iced seas.
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