The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1921-07-22
,ToRIEs OF OUR SOUTHLAND
Larry Gantt's Weekly Letter
The Code Duello
The Perry-Bynum Duel

tion as q written law and was consid-
cred by hot-blooded members of the
slave-holding aristocracy as the prop
se and oaiy manner in which gentle
'HIea could settle their differences aad
Sisrates. And any man who refused
10 accept chanllenge and meet an
Antagonists ON the field Of honor had
tas well quit the state; for the brand
Of eowardice was indelibly fixed upon
.Ris brew and he was ever after So
eial outcast, held in contempt by all
men and women Of his class.
%$Of course, no man with spark of
pIida could afford to accept and live
under snch verdict, and the result
was that many little islands in the
Savannah rives, as also certain local
tiles on the banks of that stream in
both Georgia ands South Carolina,
were: selected as duelling grounds
The erropeons idea prevailed. that the
Savannah river, being the dividing
line ,betwesn the bwo states it's islands
were a "no-maa's land and there was
no legal machinery to. punish ofenses
committed on. said islands But in
truth the courts have several times
decided that the Savannah river be-
loneed to Georgia and its islands were
assmuch part of the, territory Of that
state as it's p,aindap..
The dueiiing: practice also nreva]led
il Georgia, but not to. the: extent as
in South Carolina, The Georgian
claiming the river as then: own,
crossed the stream and: exchanged
their shots on. South Carolina, soil,
They thus escaped prosecution in their
nHn state and placed themselves un-
dsr: the jurisdiction Of. a people who
looked upon the code duello with a
e6ndoning eye. I never knew OF
heard Of man being punished for
kahng an antagonist in duel. One
Of the favorits duelling grounds for
aeor,ians. was .s,andeBsaf ferrv. below
In.,,T,;stst. and tl,sts! SOIL there has often
hssn. cr;rosonea with. fbe Hfe-btood; of
sS;.sFr,,s Gaars;s,,ss
while Dwelling was spracticed to a.
greater or less extent, M all the Sou:
fhsSSrrfs states, ti ba,a.ssnos near to the fire..
r,,lycv az ihss.sSnS1tB, Carolina and
fscnisiana @ss
: = And fhis sharact acteristic is transpa-
,.s;,ts to .,ydFses ssSss has studied the!
aa,s.lv; s. seftler4 ssttI and ma tasSy Of the.
III, "a, sneontes sss,Iosiysaaaa was first SET
tisiif by the Kseneh and then sceuired
sVsisnain, aansess,,,t;l ssriitl seyeral:years after
o,fy mr.. eivil .wars 8 prepondsratins ma
iaritv i,t of hen population, constituted
thass tve hoSsfSsooded and iapalsive;
nations ,at,u and 10 this day. they retain
+bS;r. c,baraeter;s4jcs r.
.aTbe tewer .ssc4ion Of South Carroll.
M. a. and until the trianph of: Tillman-
len l. tbe dominating and ruling por-
HIM Inn AZ the Palmetto state: was largely
.,tt,sd Inv Cavaliers from England
lana H,,srs,ots s,sven from France
.Y4,n o,;s Wv bod, levoked +hs
-. - >S.ntas poah +heze claimed
A.. Sz,,..+ os N,s, Hood tbev wers
n.sns - recl,essness and hated tyr:
:s.., sn.nv ,:r,,ess, ,,,eb tvranny az. thew
- ts.,s s:svss .xsreisea over their black
sls,.. .nd tho nolitical tvraanv
.L:...,,,5,h ,rh;oh +bsr1 son,inat ted their.
80 Th. .,nsxsors If the Epg.ish
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rss..sL ~ ~ pon.,n Catholic R;ch-
go
s.Sawh +hs hlaod os sueh ancestry
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