The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1897-07-09
TIE NEWBTRRY HERALD AND NEWs JUIY 8, 1897

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second, bat l 80 ny, know Who his
SargHon wa> Capt Andrew Hun,
ter. of Iownvillc, then school hoy
Of IS ST rrndlrton, frequently saw
Bynum at Capt. Warley's, whittier he
had repaired for consultation and tar,
get practice jnSt preceding the fin
al encounter, Capt, Hunter rcmem
herS Eynllm rs q fine specimen of
physical manhood. handsome and Of
determined mien. 1t may i've said
here that q, that time large number
OF low country gcntlemer wealthy aud
influential in public affairs resided at
rendle,on. They were, nearly all of
them rampant Nulihers. and they
codilel Bvnum as their champion
that WAS to put ont OF the way the
one man who, more than all others,
hindered their cause in the up conn
try. But after Bynum's death his
friends Of an hour in the bitterness
Of their chagrin, turned their backs
on his young brother, talented but
dissipnted who had como to witness
his brothers. triumph. The young
man soon found himself penniless
and frieudloss, hearing which Perry,
with characteristic magnanimity,
went to his relief gave him liberal
supply Of money and sent him home
to Columbia. This young Bynnm
went down in the butchery of the
Alamo four years later
The duel was tonight in February
or March, 1872, on the large island
at Hatton's Ford. on the TugaIo,o
River The principals with their
parties repaired 10 ;he neighb'3rhood
3. :Aocr ~niis, tralitioa says two
w4'441:. but this wpald seem rather
NJ aprptnbl,.. before the tiue SEX for
the meeting and took up quarters
Perry ct the hocse now owned by
Mrs.. W. 2. Norris and Bynum at
The place now the property Of Mr.
Harrison Price, aud half mile near.
ar the river Pistol practice and at,
t+mpt5 at adjustment of the Difficult
u went on, and it is said that each
Of the principals became so expert
as TO be able to cut cord at fifteen
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wonld seem to verify this.
On the early morning Of the fatal
day, Pcrry's second made Il final but
Intellectual attempt at adjustment,
and when the Young man who bore
the communication returned, and
Perry who was walking about the
yard in apparent anxiety, learned
the result, ho was seen to 90 to his
room and knocl beside his bed in
prayer.
Ho and~.his friends repaired at
once to the island and wero quickly
followed by tho Bynum party, who
whirled to tho scene in a carriage.
| Bynum wore m air OF q bravado
while the preliminarios were being
arranged, but Perry, slightly pale,
exhibited quiet but mono tho loss
determined demeanor. The spot Sc,
lcctcd, it that which is pointed out
at the present day is tho identical
one, was within q hundred yards of
the upper end Of the island and
within thirty feet of tho water on the
western side. The distance was ff-
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