Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1879-09-25

thing OF terror, at the sound OF Wnlcn even
brave men trembled. And thus he had
reached the summit of his fatal ambition
As famous fighter" he was universally ac'
knowledged to be without an equal and with
out second, and that, too, in country
abounding with bold spirits from every quar-
ter of the Union. The Rectors, the Deshas,
Wilson, Conway-the most redoubtable he.
roes dreaded him. Fent Noland himself
feared the glare Of his ferocious blue eye.
He devised extraordinary methods of dis,
playing his courage and contempt Of death.
He was known, on several occasions, without
uttering word, to approach and spit in the
faces of notorious bullles with whom he had
no cause of quarrel, and for the sole end of
provoking fight. One personal advantage,
however, resulted from this excessive despera.
ton. No other physician could be found
hardy enough to settle in Conway, where such
a foe reigned, and, as a matter of course,
Menefee got all the practice. He even at
tended on his ewn wounded-would cut
man open with his bowie knife in the morning,
and. if called on, sew him up with his needle
in the evening. He realized handsome for
tune by his professional exertions, and deserv-
edly, too, for he was skilful doctor. In
perilous cases he was sublime, for his bravery
urged him always to take the responsibility OF
lofty daring in the promptitude and power
of his remedies. .........
"The Fighting Doctor" as he was chris
tened in blood throughout Arkansas, had a
neighbor named Phillips, peaceful, inofen-
sive man, who had never previously been en-.
gagged in a difficulty with any human being,
and hence in that region was generally DEEM
ed coward. From some cause which never
publicly transpired, feelings of hostility arose
between the two, and Menefee sought an ear.
ly opportunity to cowhide the other in the
streets of Lewisburg. Phillips bore his chas-
tisement without so much as an effort at re-
sistance. Indeed, at the moment he had no
other alternative, for he was altogether un-
armed, while his enemy held Deringer
cooked at his breast.
Immediately afterwards, however, Phillips
literally loaded himself with murderous wea-
pons, and returned to face his foe on more
equal terms. They encountered on the public
square while court was in session, and never
did the sun of heaven shine on more obsti-
nate combat. They first of all fred two
rounds with pistols, and in the second round
Phillips was wounded in the loins. But this,
instead of checking his furious ardor, only
tended to ipAame and madden him the more.
He unsheathed his knife and bounded on his
enemy, who received his thrusts with like
deadly blade With clinched teeth and foam
on their livid lips, painting chests, and blazing
eyes, they fought like maniacs, till both were
bathed in sweat and blood. At length Phil
lips ventured on a desperate maneuvre. He
dropped his own knife, and selling the naked
blade of his antagonist, snapped it in two by
main strength, cutting at the same time his
own fingers to the bone! He then drew from
beneath his vest another knife, and made q
fierce plunge at Menefee's heart; but Meme
fee, in his turn, caught the sharp blade in his
hands and broke off the point 10 !!
Phillips produced a third bowie knife, much
larger than the others, and plunged it up to
the hilt in his enemy's side, who fell to rise no
more. Menefee, as he lay on the CORY ground,
looked up in the victors face with smile,
and gasred in dying voice, phillips, you
are King of Conway now, for you have killed
The Fighting Doctor!"