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The IPerry-Bynnm I
Da
? Souther
i Mir.: Yancey L. Gantt, business
manager of the Southern field, was
presented by Anderson's Studio, of
Anderson, S. C), with a photograph
of t historio spot in the Palmetto
State, It is a little island in the
Togalo river, not far from Clemson
Coll?ge, and is tho scene of the fa
mous due* betwc?u Perry sx>d Bynum,
and in which the former was shot
dead on the spot, The picture will
be framed and ornament our business
office.
To Sooth" Carolinians this duel forms
a part of the historic records of that
State, bat a brief recital of that bloody
ovent may be of interest to our rcad
ers in Georgia, as this island is in tho
stream that forms a part ' of the
western boundary of Georgia.
Benjamin F. Perry waa one of the
ablest men. upper Carolina produced.
He was appointed by President John
son Provincial Governor . of South
Carolina immediately after the close
of oar civil war, owing to hie strong
Uni?n sen t?menlo. Mr. Perry bitter
ly opposed secession, bat wheo his
State acted he went with it, and did
his fall duty ag a loyrl son. Even
when a yoong man he antagonized
the ruling and aristocratic element in
his State, and while the distinguished
Wm. L. Yancey and B. F. Perry were
young men .together, both living in
Greenville d?str?ot and near neigh
bore, they were widely divergent, on
the political issues of that day. Some
thirty-five years ago? in writing a
sketch of the great men of his. 8 ta te,
Governor Perry saw fit to reflect upon
the ? memory - of this great secession
statesman, and which article was con
clusively answered by Col. Ben. C.
Fanoey,who lived in Athens.
Bi. F.-Perry located in Greenville as
a struggling young lawyer, without
friends or influence, and to help out
his mesare income was given editorial
charge of the Greenville Mountaineer,
the ' leading paper then in the' up
country, and which is still published.
Perjry's sympathies Were ail w|tb what
ts known as "tho common people,"
and through the oolomns of : the
Mountaineer bitterly attacked the
dominant and rnlieg class.- Hie pea
was dipped in cauotio, and being an
able and strong: writer, ms opponents
Bat in order to r?tala their political
ascendancy ia epper Carolina, it was
necessary, to oilocoe yoong Perry..;ia
80!ae way- Ho WOB looked upon ns a
peaceful nlsn? for he seemed to stu
diously avoid., personal ? diffieai?es.W?
those day a - tho codo duello was in fall
prsoties among the chivalrous South
C?rolinisiia, end any maa "wh?i would
not fight was eoci??ly oatrac?Eed and
branded aa a coward,.
Itr3?as . : finally. deoided to Send to
North Carolina and import a noted
duelist, named By mun, and who had ,
4Swinged" several men and was cele-' :
brated os a dead. shot at ten paoes, to
edit an;^oppo^siti?n p Green
ville; BytiurUy it appears, was an ad- 1
veutorer, and gladly aocepie^ '
sitien, ; w ?th the distinot ? nader9t$'a$ |
that"he : must either prpv?k?? Perry j
into fighting a dael sad kill him, or 1
drive him from tho 8tete. V ?
ibo riyal paper. to the fountain-' 1
e?r, with Bynum ? Sta pdltori waa >?
soon launched, and wi^ itsj^s^Usae ?
he-^gaji- tb; attach Perry;;.. Bot ho
soon*'-- found he; ""i?ii^t?d.';' ?t??jfe- "^^??aaq?i???'i
words pr 'argatoe?ts. with his rival, -1
when Bynum deliberately set to work i
to provoke Parry Jbto fighting a dael,
or make him /'show tho-whito
; feather/' and whioh ia those times c
. meani-sccial ostrseisni aud political ,t
death. But lt was haVd to thus force t
; Perry.icto measures., With h?s/ab?e; }
J i?en ^parried/^ve^ih^dst^^^.'
.' aimed, at b|ni, obid s?> kept h?s antag?
eiaton rted?fensive/ It fras.generak
ly eou?eded that Perry w*f a craven,
. and -tryisjg tc ??adO ; sending a ebal?
j/ lenge. , W?th ttfa:jta*\ysa\was-esr-,
I tainly mightier tha? the sword. : Each s
i week, when tko Moapt?jueer appeared c
I Bynun^Jpoid^ftod'^-^mSoU hoisicd^ i
I U?^^^k^^^? time ."..aid - again I ?
ICSed Words ia IC?VIB?SU w-w wuw? j
of therMpant?inosf^ ?bst'''*O%?(|*1?*Y;$' $
sont a lesa^.cold-blooded jm'aa io the a
acid ot, honor, ta tho . meantime t
?flrry continued to riddle with log?d h
**nd ;sai^^^^^^i^|^b
I Pinong, mealing of the dominant, b
? ??asg^aa^eld in Greenville, and-it -c
Iv vasd^de^Jtn'at things feld $eo# lar fi
I ???ugfy abd* Perry 4r??$?^tt&t&i?
1-Jt?^ sijp?b;^
I ib She preci s
? .?sde^ .?
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Duel of j^nte-Bellum
.ys.
D Field.
Perry must either fight or live beneath
fue acorn and contempt of hi? people
and every bravo South Carolinian.
Young Perry had long been expect
ing this culmination, and was prepar
ed for it. Ho was really at . heart a
I ravo and cool mao, but intended to
put Bynum and his hackers so dearly
ia the wrong as to vindicate himself
should he fir vi YO - that encounter.
Perry promptly requested Bynum to
name some friend to arrange prelimi
naries between them, and as Bynum
was the challenged party ho had a
ohoioo of weapons, and named pistols.
Ho was said to bo ono of thc finest
pictol shots in tho South, and could
hit a silver quarter at twenty paces
nine shots out of ten. On the other
hand, Perry had no practico whatever
with the pistol, and in sending,that
'challenge it was generally conceded
that he bed, with his name, signed his
own death warrant. Bynum was so
confident of killing his opponent that
he boasted to his friends how ho would
hit Perry's heart at the first fire,
But nob content with this, he contin
ued to practice until the day of the
duel.. Perry also secured a duelling
piotol and with his second practiced
in the woods around Greenville, but
his poor marksmanship waa generally
noted. .'
lt.was late in tho- afternoon when
the party repaired to that little island
in -the T?galo river, and a view of
which hangs in the Southern Field
office, with the positions occupied by
the duelists marked. The usual for
malities were gone through with, but
Bynum would not listen to any settle
ment of the difficulty, for nothing but
Perry's blood' would satisfy him. Iq
fact, report says that his friends had
prepared a big supper to welcome his
victorious, return from the "field of
honor.*'
But Pevry was also cool and deter
mined,' and when his steel-grey eye
and set face met bin antagonist's, it
is said for the first., time in his life
By nuns'5 ebeek blanched upon the
field. The meit were stationed tsu
'paces apart, and it was understood
that the duel must end in the fall of
one or the other antagonist. Those
Who expected to see Perry disoomfitsd
Were grievously disappointed. ; 6it
?SUSOI?O were as rigid RS hon, and at
the words "one, two,lhrne--HBre$'* no
sportsman aiming at a squirrel in a
tree;: ever raised his weapon more
deliberately/ Or took moto careful
Both pistols went oft! simultaneous- \
ly* When the smoke began to lift, ,,
Perry was seen standing unmoved, aa \
whea he took his pySmou, his eagle \
eye watching his opponent, whose -|
frame began tb .quiver, wheoThe drop- j
ped; to the ? earth. Perry's ball ha? \
sped straight to its mark and pene- ?
?rated; Bynum'a heart. ELO had \
fought one duel too toeny and his last, ,
Perry's : friends rushed him off the \
blood-stained, island; and he remained f
away *frona {. Greenville, until tho ' ex- j
3itcment blew G vcr, when ho returned) j
and became one of the most disti?-? ?
juished men in South Carolina, hay* t
ing been frequently honored " by.his ''
p eople wi tb the highest OffiooB within
their gift. ';. " ' 1 ?
But let u? return' to that .field. ;
Tt?V aa this ,fiuel onded, 4ho sun '6?pk
n tho west, ?nd a frightful rain storm ?
jet in, as /./f even the heavens were ; -
scoping ov-sr tho bloody tragedy, . A \
*?w friends lifted up tho body of the .
?ead^tit? placing thc corpse in ;
?'.' boat, carried it to tho rn$> inland
>ver in South Carolina. - Beaching
he shorb a consultation was. hold as
0 what should ne dono with.tb? body.
?yOujQ had ,n> re?at?Tes in Greenville;
ind ^ithltXo deaths -:;';
ho political hopes of hi? baokers
wished; ; Ferry weald now he 1 the' |\
f?v^oud his faction strengthened. A J
1 ?ter was ma?e from some polee fon nd .'.
0 tho bank, and upon this tho body
a:
Itone Churchy about >wb . miles from
he present sito of Clemson ??llegeV ^
,nd iwh^h o?d struetuio hast;!^? v
ta?dibg since Redaya of the &ovb- ?;,.;
utiob. : Near the edifice waa a burial
x%>cU ^.pome negroes t were;- foun|^ M
he rata pouring down in tortenis, the j?
|?p^?^hiftd duo?st waa consign- '
t^M^.^^?^^^i? read'' byer'?jS^
ody; ^nd;'thor'; intcrmai?^?O:; -Oj&jfceV}^
1 a ?old^r t?lled ca rth^ ?ol? or tot/
io. Two uprooted pino, samplings
npported tho rigid body, an^ 4.
io*;, to mait/the ,vfcbby; -ilrer*-- >} '
tuck $t\?t^ he^^ But :\
here was enbngh^Ualtty in these
.^ks::v;ioli?kbrob'i? ;aod'Stb^%r*> ij
he: So^i^el^ediior v?si^?.? %
>X^ttroh\ :?nsd wis' sho^:{.'tbfr'gfAyb %
?S the burial-ground, had out down
those pines, but their stumps wort
still standing.
In this old burial ground are thc
dust of many great South Carolinians,
inoluding the ancestors of our friend.
Mr. Berry Benson, of Hartwell; bul
to our oyo the saddest spot is tL<
neglected grave of that young' mat
who sold hia lifo to vindicate pol?tica
resentment, aad was the victim of <
bloody and brutal practice.
Several years ago we met a son o
Gov. B. F. Perry, and spoko to hiu
of that duel. Ho said his fatbc
never reoovercd from tho horrors o
the deed. He never spoke of th
matter but once to his family, am
when the aubjeot was brought up
raised his hend in mute protest, an<
then stated that ho never desired t
have that unfortunate and deplorabl
occurrence mentionod in his family
that he would give all bo possessed i
the world-fame, fortune and politice
future-if he could only wipe froi
bis hands tho stains of Bynum'
blood. It* haunted Perry t? bj
grave, and his saddened face plain!
chowed that tho bullet wbioh carrie
death to Bynum ou .that little islan
also indicted au inourable wound j
Ina own heart.
The writer is familiar with the hi
tory of this tragedy, for his father i
that time lived in Greenville oonnt;
being a young many and we' hai
heard the facts recounted mar
timon.
So that picture ^possesses histor
interest, especially to South Oaroli
ians, li yon ever visit Clemson C(
lege, do not fail to pay a pilgrimage
that old Stone Church, ?nd which
still standing, but no longer used ac
place for publia worship. Its gra
yard is. still kept up, and oontai
many costly ind imposing monument
In a few years those pine stumps ti
mark poor By nu m's grave will ha
decayed, and this sad spot beooi
lost. There is no doubt that this
the gravo of Bynum, for it has be
pointed out by men, who were prest
at both that fatal duel add the dian
burial. But the present generati
seems ashamed that this duelis
dust mingles with their ancestor
and it is said those sentinel pii
were purposely felled that the mc
ory of this bloody tragedy might i
sooner fade from the public mind
In that old Stone Church John
Calhoun onco worshiped, as also J
Picke no, and other distinguished n
from the old Palmetto Stats. In tl
little graveyard repose the bones
leaders in the ' American Revoluti
and men whoser eloquence and stat
nanship were heard and reoogai
throughout the world.
Bynum was dearly .in the wro
for hi wa? a hot-brained and imp
Rous, ye? gallant young m
and the dael he forced on bis opp
?nt proved not only his own dee
knell, bat lefs a blot open hia aaj
Bia antagonist lived a iong and h
md life, bat he ooald never w
'rom his hands, or obliterate from
nind, the ; stain of ?haman bio
rim was tho first and iah perse
?o counter Gov. Perry Waa ever
(aged in. He had established
reputation for oourago, andJwas" c<
fal eyer ' after to so guard his wo
ind actions-as to live at peace n
iib fellow mian;; A settled git
teemed to .ever '". hover over him, i
.he public respected his self-s?leo
leoldsibnGov. Perry, >ever af
lad a horror of bloodshed; and ; m
>eliev?i'.-.that this fatal duel was
tp?nsibl? for bi a; strong oppositioi
recension. While the great mass of
the people of the State differed with
Gov, Perry politically, ho had their
universal reopeot. In politics, Wil
liam Lowndes Yanoey represented
what you may torm tho Cavalier ele
ment in South Carolina, while B. F,
Perry waa typical of the Puritan.
Both of these great mon havo long
since passed away.
But even when clearly in the right,
tho sad career of Gov. Perry shows
that tho stain of human blood eau
never bo wiped from ono's hands.
But the code duello has uow been
abolished in South Carolina, and it is
a criminal offense to either scud <r
carry a challenge. But in old ante
bellum days, only blood oould wipe
out the sligLtCBt affront, and many of
thoBC little islands in the Savannah
river have had their sands reddened
with tho blood of bravo and chival
rous gentlemen.
The Waste of Time.
When we wero email boys we con
tracted tho habit of wasting a portion
of our time. Many of us did at least,
and this habit has toa great extent
followed us and bas interfered with
out being richer, wiser and better.
Weeds too often grow faster than tho
crop they interfere vithandit ia said
that bad habits aro more vigorous
and persistent in growth than are
good habits. The farmers more than
any other olass of business men have
a habit of wasting time. They are
not conscious of this habit and the
faot makes it ail the worBe for them
.and thoy can't quit it.
One serious habit that the Southern
and particularly tho ootton farmer has
formed is the habit of "laying by"
crops and of considering tho time be
tween "laying by" and "gathering" a
time in which there is no work to be
done on tho farm. The faot is that
this is the best part of the year for
several things that aro neglected.
Particularly is this period of tho year
a good one for clearing off ditch banks
and for ditohiog tho wet strips along
the branches. These wet strips aro
the richest ground on the average
farm and aro neglooted beoause of the
propensity of the farmer to waste
time when' there is no imperative work
to be done-imperativo from the time
wacter's standpoint. They should be
cleared of bushes, briars, trash, etc.,
and ditched in this "lay by" season
of tho year since the work can- then
be done with muon iesB cost and very
mtsoh less inconvenience anddisoomfort
' ^'B'?in wintor when the other
'tfabhual iil?o period comes. Ir the
farmer will sit down for half on hour
and think over the things that should
b^ttssdsd tv" Gu his farm hs will
.sosa sea 'thai there is no timo for.
idling and would not be if there were
tbirt?en instead of twelve months in
the year. Instead of idling in July
and August-idling and contracting
indigestion-we should at leset pr?
vido an ample supply of wood: and
means for keeping it dry, ?hst we ind
our wives and . children may not poly
Lu supplied with tho comforts of a
warm house but subjected to less dan
ger of contracting illness.
There are many things that may be
done between now had the middle of
'March sud there is no better period
of the year for doing many of these
things than ! December, January and
February. :
Without attempting to di sous s these
several things supposa we enumerate
them and see if we havo not overlook
ed or neglected sc-mo of them:
Have the grape vines aud fruit trees
been pruned?
Has that heavy crop of weeds that
was allowed to grow in tho garden
boon plowed under?
Have you provided tho necessary
material for hot heda aud cold frames
that tnirat soon be started?
Of coarse there is an abundaut sup
ply of winter vegetables now io thc
gardon euch ad cabbage, collard*,
orees, kale, onions, turnips and turnip
greens, salsify, carrot, parsnip, oclory,
parsley, radish aud tho Irish aod
sweet potatoes and beets aro keeping
well. Aii these vegetables aro in con
dition lo bo used whenever wanted
through tho winter?
Is there no attoution that might bo
given' the poultry, oattlo, hogs, &o.,
that would niftko thom moro comfort
able, useful and profitable?
Have you provided a good supply of
? hickory and oak from which to mako
sioglo trees, double trees, wagon
tongues, axe and hoe handles, &<j.f
through the wot weather when you
have boen in the habit of doing noth
ing?
Are thero no rails to split or posts
to oat for wiro fences? Is there a
new gate needed? . Does your gato
sag? Is there a miserable filthy cor
nor of tho barn lot that noeds atten
tion? Have you noticed that a gally
?B forming in your back yard and near
ly ft hundred in your cotton fields?
Are there no better oomforts and con
veniences about tho house that would
make? if provided, less labor and more
comforts and pleasure for your wife?
Dear farmer sit down and think; then
kiok yourself soundly and hire your
self to your wife's husband and go to
work.-Southern Farmer.
An Anti-Expansionist.
A Virginia mountaineer who had
strayed to Richmond on an excursion,
and who, as bis holiday progressed
bsoamo rather hilarious, grew over
confident of his own greatness.
"Gentlemoo," bc said, "I kin liok
any man in Richmond."
No one offered to dispute tho asser
tion, and he tried again.
"Gentlemen," he said, "I kin liok
any man io the whole Stato of Vir
ginny."
The words were ?ardly out of hie
mouth before a tall, sinewy man from
hio own part of tho Stato entered tho
game and gave tho boaster t a good
thrashing.
The mountaineer had a . sense of
humor. He slowly picked himself up
and faced the group to which ho had
boasted.
"Gentleaso," he said. "I am now
ready to aoksowlcdgv ?hat ? kivered
too mach territory in that last alate
rno ut."-Baltimore,Soo.
- "Thoso who are not aoonstomed
to rain are frightened by it," says ?
writer. "I once s av? an Arab reified
on for the first time. He was ahjeot
ly terrified end demanded to have hie
passage paid from the country--Stotly
-in which the dread phenomenon oc
curred. He had been conveyed from
the Sahara, I think, by e European,
whose servant he was, and ho evident
ly thought his master was behaving
abominably to him in permi'ting him
t) get wet. By the first steamer xhe
returned to his native desert, aban
doning excellent wages, and shaking
the rain drops furiously fiom his slip
pered feet."
' - Thero are better Waye of show
ing your sand than throwing grit in
the other man's eyes.
A given nd^J-'of acres fertilized with Farmer s' Bone produce a
greater yield of colton, than tht same acreage with ordinary fertilizer.
It ma^esjt possible to reduce
8|f :the acreageand ?^cr?aie ??^ yield. Try it this year. The man
- . whouses
mm
r? ' Mada W,th nsh1^? "1 1
ha^^^ kick of tilth; Ovef |?|
J3,000 carloads of Royster fertilizers were used on the crops of 1905. |||
Thi? voiunw ^ fe^in Bone the best* Wm
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O secure the biggest crops of corri,
fertilizers must be used liberally*
Apply at least 500 pounds to the acre-with
2JA per cent, nitrogen, 8 per cent, available
phosphoric acid, and 9 per cent. POTASH.
POTASH is a most important factor in com
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ONE CAB OF HOG FEED.
Ha YA in?* received enc OR? Load'of HOG FEED
jT (8horte) at very close prices. Come beforethey aro
* . '( all gone. Now ia the timo for throwing
Around your premises to prevent a case of fever or
some other disease, that will cost yon' very much more
than the price of a barrel of Lime (81.00.) Wo have
a fresh shipment in stock, and will be glad fcf-'send yon
. some; If voa contemplate building a barn or any
Other building, ere us before buying your-^
CEMEHT and LIME,
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