The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-12
AFFiIR o. HONOR PCLL OFF
The ChleS anpedlmeat Vas In osa Man
Hes,wr~'a speech.


MEpVoRD. l.. l.. March IA duel
IL about 60 bs fought hsrs ton lght or
maybe tomorrow which will in all like
Hhood outrival tho ChiesA- Pr'ldente duels
which were not and later were and are
going 20 ~ fought in Rome. Italy. A.
soon a. old man Hedges can insult Uncle
Oak Maybee OF this town the encounter
will take place
Tonight the two men are siitinI on
a cracker harriet and q sOapbox I'm ~
CorneIium's store and post once glaring
concentratsdly a, each other. Uncae
Oak Maybee has refused to attack until
old man Hedgea has insulted him with
the Apoken ~ well a. the written word.
This afternoon Old man Hedges. whose
first name ~ lost in the mSsts Of antiquity.
writ down on a piece Of paper which
he handed to Uncle Oak Maybee those
words
You are a burned liar
Uncle Oak Mayhee. who speaks Eng
lish Nuently on occasion, replied that
he would not assault Hedges till the
latter mad spoken tho words. Old man
Hedges was only EsomentArily non
pl,Issed he AZ once began to formulate
the words. His articulation was clear
and distinct but necessarily slow He
said IN part
-O-o-o-oak M-m-m-m-mA-b-b-he !
s-s-say -"
The many friends Of the two men in
tervened and tired to effect an amicable
adjustment Of the quarrel. Thsir efforts
were vain. After considerable urging
a recess ws,s taken for supper After a
IL Har4s
took a wig OF cider and returned strength
encd and retrcshed for the fray. Uncle
Oak Maybe was still obdurate. Old man
Hedges would have TO insult him YER
hatim At II.0 tonight. Uncle Oak
pursuing his merciless advantage. old
man Hedges had reached the word
-durnsd
The cause " the quarrel 10 Obscure
when asked about Il old man Hedges
could not recOlIect IL. Cncle Oak Mayhee
said that hs thought It started over the
tariff Old man Hedges seconds said
it was over thS statistics a. to the rela-
tive heights 81 the Singer and Metro
politsu building towers in New York
| city ~ gwen by an almanac on the refer
ence shelf OF thu Medford school library.
MsDIo'.p. l.. ! March -. The 'm-
I ps ending duel between old man Hedges
ana Uncle Oak NSyb.e 81 tins place was
arrived at shortly after l O'Clock this
morning Al I o clock old man Hedges
had finished saving the word liar.
which was the concluding word 81 hts
written Anu spoken insult To Uncle Oak
Maytee
| Taking a fresh chew 10 tobacco. the enc
mics were about to engage each other
/ hack ~ -, Cornstlums store when the
minister iii; IN ava appearance and for
! bace Uncle OAk MaVbee a. a deacon in
! the church To enter into mortal combat
I into the scrub oaks hack nf the minister =
rsuid@nce. feeling SURE they would not
| ls. disturAed there. The local reporter
4 for the M,Ortchs.a DriB DrcfH exploded a
] haahlight and the minister came out
/ again.
! All hands Jumped into a blackboard
provided by q neutral party and drove
/ hack 90 " Iorneliutns general store
They had Iu-t hem induced 20 make up
/ and shake hands when Uncle Oak Nayhee
refused 10 receive the embrace and formal
, kiaa on the ground that u was Fyebalian.
! Before the rSferee could pace on the dis
tance and call Ready. set. CO. old man
Hedge had hutted his Toe IN 'ths' WIND
and the two were wrastlng on the noor
1 uncle Oak Mavb~s lSnocked the breath
dut of has adversary IN the seventeenth
assault and battery. Old man hedges
was then unable even 20 try TO I'tsr a
! word In y, COrnehum'r store all hands
were reticent a. 90 whether there had
hen "A duel The doctor took q stitch
man Hedges - beginning to begin = state
ment b,r 70 u NOT regarded a. likely
that he 10 succeed IN saving anythin u
IN time for transmission ,fhls mo rling.