The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-12-11
An AtrociGus Mardrr il LuNTcEs.

II Is our painful duty 10 record t!iS week
one OF the most unfortunate irusedie, tiiu.
has ever fallen 10 our lot TO cnr"ni,i". Viii
liam Z. kiigore, 4 iign!y respected young
man, about - years o! age, ana Il Resident "a
this County, was biutai y murdered. Oh! last
Monday night, being shot tive tiileS, ana nj
tcrwaitS beaten over the head Win Il netrN
pistol, by All. McNinCl, aud as ii appc;sl>
by the verdict OF the Cor0nersjury OF inquest
published elsewhere, b. Two o;ncr persons
aiding Il abcttins therein.
The origin of the difficulty could not be as
1t apprar> from the evidence CIV
Ell before the jury OF Inquest, that McEinch
and the .rcrtsru had some misunderstanding
about Il third party by the name OF Iohli
blackwell, which cuiH!!i.s;tCd in theGlliiGg
OF ki.gore by McNiLch. the hitter firing IN"
first shot. The Two iarlieS finally came to-
gcti.:.r, AFTER dischaIginS their pihi":-, i.incit-
ing and going TO tIc S.oI1G, .Mc..ihci uII'ti-
most, out was immediately turned by the DC
ceased, Who's, strength was last calling from
two mortal wounds in the side anu abdnLlriI,
and OFT er severe WOUNDS, was o~NcrpG%er"u
NrNinc,I. The deceased died /. lchc than
Il half hour after the difficulty ended.
During cuui:Ttunatc difficulty. whiictT%-
Ing to vucli the disturbance Mcs>"S. j. ".
l'Owler aid {. Lark narrowly escaped Srrlu!!.
ball Passing ti".I-h Tie !orlltr :
~ciolieS, and the latter being shot through the
ilcShy part of his right forearm. UtG@rS at
considerable distance were closely clipped ny
stray bullets. In act, II was scarcely safe 10
be even in ear-shot. much less in point blantt
range, on said occasion.
1t Is bat an aci of justice due the two Town
MarShaIS-A. ". Eiciiribrr-cl and j. =.
Grimes, particular! the iuElncr-to note their
Gallant efforts ~ preserve peace and order on
last Monday night Oh the OCCASION OF NE un-
fortunate officially thea occurring. Nr..:irh-
elbcrger. We lcari. Was especially active, FISK
ing his life in in efforts 10 stop the difficulty.
narrowly escaping bullet aud death, but get
une "a S!i-ht cut from Il kuiIc III the hand oi
one of the cymbaiIniS. the cOat of S;ar$!iHI
t.i mo ,ts,S 4 on n tl.,s .i1IT.t ...ttI OH
GERS would doubtless have prevented blood
shed and loss of HE iIad liicy no, bren hin
dcrcd by armed interference. such Ofllcers
deserve the thanks of the community. al
least for their ciloltS on said Gccaslo..-Ldu
rcnSriNe Herald.
The Last Link Conc.
About one hundred years ago the Bonner
family was ~orlanlHrd in hhterillc, south
CaroliIu. on Little kivtr, not lar fioEi th!-
houn's Mills. james EouMcr, the head ui
the family, came over from Ireland w:en Il
hoy hiuc years old lie married Mary Laird,
VITO Was His j2Iior by eight yr.r., but was u
passenger III the sam" vessel In crosSlnS the
sea: IN the course OF years they had born III
their house, nine children, Margaret, Mary,
William. h;ainuei. Elizabeth, James, John,
Andrew. andSarab. -four daughters and nve
sous. The youngest died in i bberillc when
a chi d and was uuricd, 1t is said. III Cedar
Sprlns. Margaret married Robert Jones and
Sleeps in Missouri. Mary married Joseph
Jones, EsQ, and is buried in the family bury
ing ground III Wilcox Co. Ala, William
who attained the greatest age of amy OF the
family. lies in the family cemetery in Free
stone Co. Texas: he died in his 9th year.
samuel died in wilcox Go. Ala, aud sleeps
beside his father and mother, and 30 does
Elizabeth, VINO married Samuel ioun. t.Sq.
James moved first 10 Alabama and then to
Indiana, and died III 1911, and Andrew died
early in lie when be had just entered upon
the practice OF Med!c,:r III The lirlShborhood
III " .Iic.i i.c was bU:L and reared. IIche al
die IA in, idIIi OF !iiC!" ~:it.'rr, ana Icst Ill
the hope of q b.r>scd immortality
JOHN BONNER, Al. D..
Tha which occasions this article Is the
death of DR.. john bonner, tho last link in the
original chain, which occurred at the mouse
Of his son Or. J. /. Bonner at Fairfield, Tex.
AS, on the 18th Nov, ult. lie was born March
18th, 1894, and was therefore in his s;th year.
For some years his health had been feeble,
his hearing bad, and he did not enjoy society
as in former times, but he continued to enjoy
the use Of his mental faculties in x good de-
gree, 70 the last. About u mont ago his
thigh bone was broke by 81 fail, and this
with other complications, carried him away.
DR.. Bonner was educated at the celebrated
Wilmington school, under Or. Waddell. He
w;is q school mate Of DR.. Jno. j. PrcSSly, and
others who rose to distinction. lie studied
He first settled in ClaibOurne. Ala, where he
Here hi married Miss Eliza Williams, which
proved to be Il fortunate union. lr. conner
In the course of years, removed with bis
family to Wilcox Co., Ala Here he reared
his family and here some of them were mar.
ried.-AsSociute Reformed Presbyterian