Blaney, Sept. 11 (Special) – All who believe the political battles of ’76 are settled have another think coming to them. Failing to find sufficient cause for a scrap over the recent primary, a quartette of men at Blaney this morning dropped back to ’76 and there found material for cause for a lively and bloody scrap.

While the fight occurred over a discussion of the political contest of ’76, the ever ready Blease and Jones issues were paramount as two of the leigerents were Jones men and two for Blease.

Thomas Sessions and Louis Sessions, his son were engaged in an argument with Lon Bowens over how their fathers had voted in ’76.Words became heated and the lie was passed. Bowens picked up a brick and one of the Sessions drew a knife. Bowens retreated to a store where one of the other men assaulted him with a knife inflicting several painful gashes about the head, back and arms. This was where Charles Hall came into the fight. He ran up and promptly knocked down the man who was using the knife and other bystanders interfered preventing any further damages.

While blood has again been spilled and blows were given and taken the battle of ’76 remains as unsettled as ever.