The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-08-28

seconds had considerable difficulty in
measuring the ground. Tho distance was
sixty yards. Mississippi rifles were the
weapons. Menefee got into action at
the word. His bullet hit a tree immedi-
ately behind McClung-the onIookers
were amazed because II didn't XIII him.
Instead Of firing, McClung tried to break
his gun IN two. and falling, threw it on
a pile of sand. twenty feet away. The
seconds found that It had missed FIRE.
Again the guns were loaded. Ruts wero
mace by the spectators, the od7s being
given to Menefee. VITO was also a Ken
tuckian, with a wide reputation as a
marksman.
Feared TO Face HIm.
AT the second attempt. McClung fred
nrsi The bullet hit the hammer OF
Menefee's gun, and drove II into the up
part of his head McClung, looking
through the smoke and seeing his an
tagonist down. is said 10 have clasped his
rife to his breast and. falling on his
knees, TO have thanked heaven for the
accuracy OF his aim. After the afai.
with Menefee. no ono would fight Nc
Chung. lie was badly wounded at the
battle OF Monterey. practiced his pro-
fession at Jackson for several years, and
then diod by his own hand. 1 tell his
story because you asked for It. I am not
Dragging overmuch about that particular
relative However dueling in his day
ives The barbaric sport OF many gentle
men"
a Wing candidate for President Hugh
Lawson White was also a member Of your
family" 1 said.
YES. and oddly enough, he introduced
0 bill IN the Tennessee legislature against
dueling. He was something Of a charac-
ter. locally and nationally. His father.
James White, accepted land warrant in
payment for his services as a Revolu-
tionary soldier, and located in the wilder
ness Of Tennessee. He built q fort and
-four mill. and started a settlement that
later became the city OF Knoxville. The
son. Hugh Lawson White went OF to
war against the Cherokees at the age
OF seventeen. During the battle at Eto-
wah. where the Indians made their last
stand, he singled out King Fisher the
head chief. and gave him wound from
which he died. The Indians immediate
ly E>d from the field
Nominated for President.
white studied the classics. mathe-
MATES, Nand law IN Pennsylvania. and
practiced in Knoxville. He succeeded
Andrew Jackson in the United States
Senate. where he favored a protective
tariff and the removal of the Indians
beyond the Mississippi River, and where
he spoke against the spells system OF
distributing public ofices, thus antag
Onizng Jackson. who had been HIS friend.
The legislature OF Tennessee nominated
him for President In 1896. william Henry
Harrison and Daniel Webster were NOM
mated elsewhere by the Wings Van
Buren,, the Democratic candidate. was
elected, but White got the electoral vote
OF Georgia and Tennessee. even though
Jackson opposed him with much bitter
ness Of spirit"
WAS a business career IN your mind
while you were a student at collego?'
1 asked
Yes. I thought of railroading. although
my rather, a wholesale dry goods mer-
chant. in Knoxville. advised me TO be
lawyer"
You were captain of the football team
at Yale" I said. rs football really more
brutal than prize fghting?"
Il hate to mention football and prize
fighting in the same breath" Mr.. Nc
clung replied, with an energetic snap TO
his words and noticeable imitation OF his