The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1872-06-13

A. D. 1871.
Sec. 2. That this act shall be taken and
deemed public act in, all courts Of justice,
and shall continue in force for twenty years,
and until the end of the next session Of the
General Assembly thereafter.
SEC. 3. That.all acts or parts Of acts In
consistent with this act be and the same are
hereby repealed.
Approved March 4th 1872.
AN ACT to incorporate the Mount Zion NJ.
Z. Church Of Kingstree, South Carolina =
SECTION !. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House ofRepresentatives of the State
of South Carolina now met and sitting in
General Assembly, and by the authority OF
w THAT haiti the HogAt Zion Methodist Episco.
pal Church Of Kingstree South Crrolina is
hereby Incorporated, with all the rights and
privileges awarded to religious denomna
tions in this State. =.
SEC. 2. That the said church may acquire
property, real or personal for religious or ed
ucational purposes, and may dispose, regulate
and govern the same as they may deem prop
or, in accordance with the laws and disci-
pline; such laws not being repugnant to the
laws of the land.
SEC. 3. That this act shall be deemed a
public act and shall remain in force for a
term of twenty.one years.
Approved March 4, 1879.
AN ACT to incorporate the Willtown Ma:
tional Guards, of Colleton County.
SEcYoN 1. Be it enacted by the Senate
and House Of Representatives of the State
of South Carolina now met and sitting in
General Assembly, and by the authority OF
the same:
That Benjamin Riyes, Major Solomon and
Chrisholm Ford, under the name and style
of the "Willtown National Guards, of Cole
ton County," they and their successors and
associates in Office, be and they are hereby
incorporated, and made and declared body
polite and corporate, in deed and in law and
as such body polite and corporate shall have
power to keep an3 use common seal, the
same at will to alter, to make all necessary
bylaws, not repugnant to the laws OF the
land, and to have succession of officers and
mcm bers conformable to such bylaws; to sue
and be sued, plead and be eunpleaded in any
court of competent jurisdiction in this State;
and to have, use aud enjoy all other rights
and to be subject to all other liabilities incl
dent to bodies corporate.
Sec. 5. This act shall be deemed and ta-
ken to be a public act, and shall continue
in force until repeased:
Approved March A, 1872.
STUDENTS DUELs-AN AMERICAN
CHAMPION AT HEIDLEBERa.-A letter to
the Chicago Tribune from Heidelberg con-
tains the following.
The largest corps student that ever appear
cd in Heidelberg was an American who
came here an aysrase sized man, and went
away something wonderful to behold, and
having the honor of being the best drlnker,
as we'll as the best duelist in Heidelberg -
So you see America bears one palm here: as
everywhere else. lie Fought something like
hundred duels and never got defeated un-
til the last one he fought, when he got his
nose almost cut off, when nothing daunted,
he stepped Up to his adversary, holding his
nose with his HANDS and. challenged him to
another duel. which was accepted. They
fought, and the indomitable American, the
hero of a hundred ducls came out ahead, to
the great qualification of all his admlrlnS
friends. lie is regarded to have been the
greatest man in Heidelberg, (Which he GER
tainly was in regard to size), and his name
will probably be handed down from genera
ton to generation, looked up toas something
superior, something almost immortal by the
students
The house which they use for their duels
is situated short distance from the town,
and when duel is going on sentinels arc
placed communicating between the building
and the town; but this is entirely unnecessa-
ry, for though the duels are against the law,
yet they are winkcd at by the authorities, In
fact, the inhabitants are rather proud OF them
than otherwise, and would be very sorry ii
they were put stop to. The student who
took me to see the duel, and myself, started
about half past ten in the morning and walk
ed for about ffteeh minutes. We arrived
at the house, and after introducing me to all
his corps we sat down by table and talked
and drank beer, and waited for the duel to
commence. The duels are arranged so that
there are dues on three days in the week,
whether provocation is given or not. The
way of it is this. The directors of the duels
take the names of each member of the corps
qs they occur, and pair them off, and they
are compelled to fight, although they may be
the very best friends in the world, or per-
haps relations So you see when fellow
goes into one of these corps he is compelled
to fight, although he may be a very pcacea-
BILE fellow, for as said before, they don't
wait for provocation but fight any how
The swords they fight with are made of a long
and very thin piece of steel, which bends
very easily and is as sharp as razor, so that
the least touch leavesa mark. The students
here are cut up horribly, and some of them
are really disgusting to look at, their faces
are SO frightfully SCARED.
Last Friday saw four ducls, each pair
fought for quarter Of an hour unless the
doctor declared him to be too badly hurt to
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