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~ SOUTHLAND STORIES N Larrry Gantt Gives Some Interesting Recollections. TELLS OF THE MEN .OF OTHER DAYS Col. William Simmons of Atlanta and His Long Time Connection With the Ku KIux Klan. Recently there has been considerable controversy in the state press over ,thn introduction of a society named the Ku Klux Klan, of which Col. William Simmons, of Georgia, is organizer and Grand Cyclops. . From what we can gather the concensus of, opinion is that no such organization is needed here and it is more than likely to do harm by inciting racial troubles and unnecessarily alarming the "brother in black." and whom, like unto the poor, we will always have with us. But despite opposition, this new secret society is said to be organizing lodges all over our state and i3 gaining a strong foothold even north of the Ma^on and Dixon line, where the one-time bloody shirt wavers are alarmed over the immigration into their midst of so many negroes from the Sunny South. ' I have known Col. Bill Simmons, organizer and chief head of this Ku Klux society, for lo these many years. We lived in neighboring counties and the s^ge congressional district. Colonel Simmons is an able lawyer and a polished southern gentleman of spotless character. But he has eve.r been an uncompromising, rantankerous, red-hot and-stilla-heating, organized Demoo'crdt. He looked with disapproyal on the Farmers' Alliance, and to mention Tom Watson in his presence was to cause Bill Simmons to manifest every symptom of political hydrophobia. Colonel Simmons is a good churchman, btft if the Democratic convention repudiated the Ten Commandments and an opposition party made them a part of its platform, he would unhesitatingly endorse and, if called on, take the stump in support of his party and Its crped. Colonel Simmons has a commendable ambition for public honors, but his jpxt-icme views have never permitted him to advance further than his front gate. When we Democrats in the old Ninth f Georgia histrict were beating the bush: cs to find a candidate to pit against Emory Speer, the brilliant young independent in congress, Bill Simmons would have been given the nomination, but as Mr. Speer had defeated two of J the strongest men in the district by ' over 7,000 votes, the colonel decided not to act the part of political lamb ?-.? - -1 1- C jea LO tile SiclUgntei~? ou a o a ugiujci resort the original Democrats nominated Allen D. Candler, a comparatively unknown man, and one of the most ungainly specimens of humanity ever looked upon as their congressional standard-bearer. To give tne readers a faint idea of Colonel Candler's personal appearance when the writer of this article was standing beside him, I felt like unto a thing of jfcauty and joy forever. Suffice to add ^ t Alien D. Candler defeated Emory JH^er by over 4,000 votes, served in ^Egress until he got tired, was then ^retcd to congress and died in harness. His is the time that Bill Simmons did mit take the tide at flood and it never again returned. He had relapsed into a state of innocuous desuetude until the colonel again brought himself into the limelight by organizing his ku Klux Klan society. I will now give you a brief history of the original Ku Klux Klan and as both my father and my brother were Klansmen I write authentically. I have watched long lines of these night riders, with masks and long, shroud-like robes, silently pass along the public roads. The spectacle was so wierd and ghost-like as to not only terrify the superstitious negroes, but impress unitiated whites. T-lorl Ahroluim T.inrnlrt nnvpr hocn assassinaled.^the south would never have been subjected to the horrors and degradation of reconstruction. His death left a free hand to the bitterest and most vindictive enemies of the south, led by Thad Stevens, whose ironworks our soldiers had burned on their invasion into Pennsylvania, ,. A band of political vultures from the north flocked to the south, backed by dcral bayonets. Every man who sympathized with the Confederacy was disfranchised and these "carpetbaggers" organized the ignorant negroes and not only took control of the governments of the different states, but encouraged and upheld the blacks in the most abhorrent acts of lawlessness. It was literally the placing of black heels on white necks. White women were outraged, iccndiary flies illumined the sky at night and stock was indiscriminately slaughtered. And not only this, but fraudulent bonds were issued and taxes imposed that niMit inn of our farmintr lands and town property. As the courts were controlled by these northern adventurers and their negro tools justice was a farce. .It was then that General N. B. Forrest, a gallant Confederate officer, organized the Ku Klux Klan and its membership was made up of disbanded Confederate soldiers and quickly spread over the south. The members were initiated in some secluded spot in the dead hours of night and the most solemn and binding and threatening oath of secrecy administered. Even when subjected to imprisonment and the sweat-box would arrested clans. men not divulge this oath. * The ex-soldiers constituting the Ku^Klux Klan had no malice or antagonism against their former slaves. On 'the other hand, they felt kindly toward the negro and realized the fact , that while I hey were lighting for his continued enslavement at. the front cotton goods tnat tney Duy, Decause there will be enough long staple put into every yard, of cloth made to raise the price to every farmer in the south. We object to having a little bagatelle of less than a hundred thousands bales of Egyptian cotton used to raise ]Lhe cost of living to our people who make long-staple cotton, and who ask for no protection upon it, who can make it in competition with Egypt or anyone else. Egypt has had her crop cut down or.e-third this year by the English government, because it was not a profitable crop. It seems to me that the amendment of the gentleman frcm Massachusetts (Mr. Treadway) certainly ought not to prevail, considering that you are going *o give 90 per cent, of protection to something that docs not need it. Xow, I desire to discuss this potash question, which enters into the cost of cotton. We use annually 250,000 tons of potash?pure potash?and a tax of $50 a ton on that is $12,500,000 tax levied principally on the cotton farmers of the south for the benefit of potash producers of the west on whose product the freight rate alone is prohibitive. Confessedly this is to enable those people to develop their industry so that the nation will have an independent supply. The attorney for these people says in his brief, page, 17, that this will fall in the southeastern stales. Now, why tax the souf" *st for the benefit of all? Let the government give this industry a bounty, which will be borne by all the people if it must be nursed. Do not ppnalize the cotton farmer to build up national defense. I bought 12 per cent. German kainit this year at $18 a ton. It has 12 units potash lo the ton. Under this' yield? Mr. Stevenson. I will. Mr. Herrick. I would like to have the gentleman give the house the benefit of his knowledge and tell us why the Arizona farmers now have 500,000 bales of long-staple cotton which they can not sell. Mr. Stevenson. I do not believe it. The highest they have ever made in Arizona and California is 70,000 bales a year, and it would take several years to make 500,000 bales. In fact, since the crop of Arizona and California were large enough to be set out separately in the government reports up to 1920, they have only produced 166,000 bales of long-staple cotton, and it was selling a year ago for $1.50 a pound, and it is impossible to have 500,000 bales on hand, or the man who did not sell at 51.50 per pound does not need tariff protection, but a guardian. There is no truth in the 500,000 bales of Arizona Jong-staple claim. No such figure as that is to be found i in the cotton reports of this country. Somebody has made a mistake or has been dreaming about figures. You have already put a tax of $12,500,000 on the farmers of the south who make cotton in the matter of potash alone, and you are going to increase by this amendment the expenses of all of the SHIPPING BOARD A WRECK Victim of Stupendous Rascality or Imbecility. The United States Shipping board, according to a Washington dispatch, is a financial wreck. Congress and the country have been deceived as to its true condition. Only at studendous and undreamedof cost can the American merchant marine be salvaged to a place on the seas. .These were assertions Monday of A. 0. Lasker of Chicago, chairman of the new shipping board, when, following a conference with President Harding, Mr. Lasker gave what he said was the first accurate detailed statement for a fiscal year of the cost of operation of the board. Seeks Huge Appropriation. Congress and the country were flagrantly deceived as to the actual cost of operations last year, Chairman Lasker charged in announcing that he must go before congress and asked for an appropriation so large "it may disrupt the administration's whole fiscal' program.' The books of the board, Mr. Lasker declared, were not in a commercial these faithful blacks not only tilled the fields and fed their armies, but supported and guarded their helpless families left among them. The vengeance of the K. K. K. was directed at the white adventurers who were misleading the negroes. Before imposing punishment on a prisoner a regular court of justice was held and the accused given an opportunity to state his side, it was only in instances where white women were mistreated that the death penalty was imposed. It 'was more the mission of the K. K. K. to terrorize and work upon the inborn superstition of the negro than to punish him. And the secret organization did work wonders in bringing order out of misrule and chaos and paving the way for white control of the southern states. When this work was completed General Forrest issued an order disbanding, the members of the Ku Klux Klan, when its members dispersed and returned to their peaceful pursuits. Some irresponsible pariies and boys over the south began to' perpetrate all manner of outages upon negroes, for which the Klansmen got the discredit. But when regular K. K. K.'s ran up on such bands their coats were "shucked" and they were given a switching. In their redemption from such intolerable conditions, the Southern states were aided by the influence of many business men of the north, irrespective of party lines. STEVENSON TALKS TARIFF Protection of Long Staple Absurd? Bounty to Encourage Potash. Congressional Record July 21. Mr. Stevenson. The gentleman. (Mr. Treadway) has offered an amendment to put compensatory duties on all goods made of cotton an inch and an eighth in length. We make a million bales in this country and import only *,000 bales, and therefore 90 per cent, of the goods made from cotton in this country pays no duty at all. (Applause.) The gentleman makes another statement that it is only in the fine goods that long staple is used. The gentleman forgets that sewing thread is made from long staple cotton ahd that all the poorer people have to use sewing thread. The old lady who sits around the fireside and patches the trousers of her husband will have to pay this duty. Only 84,000 bales of Egyptian cotton comes in, and 1,000,000 pays no tariff that goes into this product Mr. Chindblom. Will the gentleman yield ? Mr. Stevenson. Yes. Mr. Chindblom. Why did some of the members on the Democratic side vote for the tax on lor.g-staple cotton if we are importing so little? Mr. Stevenson. The gentleman will have to ask them. I did not do it. l think probably because they did not know any better. Mr. Herrick. Will the gentleman could have been kept in no different manner. The Ci-airman said the disclosures, which he later gave out publicly, had amazed and distressed President Harding when laid before him at the White House, but that the president had laid down the policy that in his administration the public must be given all the facts, not a "doctored picture." For Year, 380 Million. Mr. Lnsker stated that whereas congress had understood that 99 million dollars which it a.ppropriatcd for the old shipping board in the last fis cal year (ending June 30.) was for the board's operations for that year, as a matter of fact the cost was 380 million dollars. The board used, in addition to the appropriation, he said, 80 million dollars that it had to its credit in the treasury, and 200 million dollars which it received from the sale of ships and turned back into the enterprise instead of into the treasury. The chairman revealed that he would inform congress that the shipping board for the current llscal year, ending June 30, 1D22, would need possibly 300 million dollars, which, in the language of Mr. Lasker, will "put a lot of sand in the gear box of a tax revision." Mr. Lasker absolved both Admiral Benson, former chairman of the board, and the comptroller from blame for the bookkeeping system, which he said had heen in the use from the start, "begun under war pressure and continued in incompetence." I v PROTECTION OF FORESTS. Need of the South Declare Well Known Experts. . Warnings that the soutfi is now cutting three times the amount of timber she produces and that unless steps are taken to prevent waste and I / \ [ON in Fisk >does not nniilitv 'X VV* UUlltJ ?ire, large or andard Fisk prices are on \ , have made isk famous tnd mileage. i better tire vorldthana me present by Dealers i M111111 ii 1111111111 h 1111111N1111111 i 91 i i: 111 c i are Needs... 1 ifficc and every farm and | ! or less need for some = ;E and when they want it S NOW. | every Hardware want in | in the very nature of the ? c wants and needs to be jjj linolilo in lmmnrHn.t.fil v E 11 V UlAWWAXJ uv ap But?whatever may be | arc wo urge you to give us | rply it from stock if pos- | happen to have it we are | some of the biggest and = irdware concerns in the 5 cerns are only a very few S , and whatever you may = eal pleasure to secure the | ist the shortest possible | .'t you give us the oppor- | i. AVc will be pleased. | V STORE [j DWARE CO. | iiiiiiiiiriiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiittiiiiiiiiimTi sense books at all, and he said that If a purposeful effort had been, made to keep the books so as to cheat and defraud congress and the country, they bill at 50 cents to the unit the price would have been $24 a ton, 33 per cent, higher. I am informed that it can now be bought at $12 a ton, but the $S tariff or 50 per cent increase in price will be a fixed charge and indefensible. Again, the excess of trona in the western product has destroyed thousands of dollars of crops in our country, and it is not yet refined so as to suit our crops. Finally, the freight from California to South Carolina is pi ohibitlve. , ^ T^EDUCT] JEV prices mean a lowe Every Fiskl 14 J small, is a st Tire. Presentlow] tires which the name F for quality a There is no value in the ^ Fisk Tire at price. Sold only i Hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiii j Your Hardwi 1 Every home, every c = * every shop lias more | kind of HARD WAR = they want it RIGHT | Wc try to anticipate 5 this community, but 5 diversified Hardwar E sure we some times < E meet the demand. | your want in Iiardw; ? a call and let us suj E sible. If we do not = in close touch with E most dependable hi | world and these con | , days away from us, | need it will give us r | article wanted in ji = space of time. Won = tunity of serving yoi = Remember to call on the j RED \ I YORK HAR ffitmiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiiiitiiiii ? Grinds Wheat, Corn a J i Feed, Chicken Feed, F sg ii>^^Iay^Flour and Corn j! DEALERS IN COAL ANE | Y0RKV1LLE COITO & ' for a Mule or two come ai exchange and give you a MULES JAMES Bi 11 OIL ILL PRODUC !; See us for a good ex S| We have nice brighi || OUR GINNERIES ARE ;| , THAN THEY HA 11 We can handle 125 hale ! j charge is 60 CENTS per | ROLLER MILL J g^^ggj K NEW LOT OF CHOICE We have a choice bur now?arrived a few days Q U AJLjIT X X?1AJN . BACK DURING 1 QUANTITY PROD" "ONLY CONSIDER^ JUMPED AT ANY1] GET. NOW THEY ALONG WITH BE1 THEY ARE GETTI 1 Come in and talk it < ties and the Low Pri YORK FUR] fires and to replace trees that the next five years will see 85 per cent, of the southern lumber mills cease operations were issued in Atlanta, Ga., last week, by Gifford Pinchot. former federal commissioner of forestry, and "VV. B. Greeley, United States forester. Both delivered addresses before the third Southern Forestry congress and the Georgia senate and also conferllllli ilimMMItflMIUiUiMHtWHIi I CALL ON UST0 su ] .TOILET ARTICLES, INCLUC \ TOILET WATERS AND F If You Need the Docto ] THE REXALL CITY PH \ STORE : j Prompt and Accurate Servic? iwninnwm'iHHiijU'Wfmnwiww i1" - 1 - 1 : Furniture WE HAVE TOLD "S REPEAT IT NOW, , IS THE BEST TIM. ! TURE AND HOUS THAT YOU HA"V YOU CAN BUY ! NOW THAN DURE ? BECAUSE THE Pi I GIVING- MORE AT red with Governor Hardwick regarding a bill pending in the legislature to create a forestry board which would investigate the status of Georgia forests., The congress also sent a delegation to urge the senate agriculture committee in charge of the measure to make a favorable report on it. The house committee, already has taken favorable action. >tmi i PPLY I YOUR NEEDS IN ! i s >ING TALCUM POWDERS, ERFUMES ! r, Call No. 65, Clover. ARMACY J.e BRisoN, Proprietor j > CLOVER. S. C. ; iiwwwiwmiinipiiinimiif i , / : Buying ! OU BEFORE AND WE J THAT RIGHT NOW 1 E TO BUY FURNI- / i E FURNISHINGS J rE HAD IN YEARS. 1 BETTER FURNITURE I STG THE WAR TIMES f STORIES ARE i 1 TENTION TO GOOD | rHEY DID AWHILE J ?HE WAR PERIOD 1 [JCTION WAS THE moisT?PEOPLE CUING- THEY COULD WANT QUALITY AND CTER QUALITIES " NO LOWER PRICES. t ? 4 )yer with. us. The Quali- j ces will surprise you. NITURE CO; 4 i I MULES? i /^li /\? IVTi11 ?n r?^ aiih U n rmr? LUJJ. Ui. i-YAU1CO (III UUi uaxxio ago. If you have a need ad see us. We will sell or , fair deal. ROTHERS H0ESES vwwwvwwwwwwwwwwwww ts~ -' II change of Meal for Seed. ! | ; Hulls. 11 IN BETTER SHAPE jj VE EVER BEEN. j! s in 12 hours, and the | Hundred pounds of lint. ! j nd Oats. Sells Flour, Hog j| [orse and Mule Feed, Oats, J> Meal. Try us and save <| ) ICE. ij N OIL COMPANY |j . JOHN R. HART /, ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR ? " AT LAW. , Prompt and Careful Attention to. All / .< Business Undertaken. Telephone No. 69. 1 YORK. 8. C. 76 f.t It J. S. BRICE Attorney At Law. Prompt Attention to all Legal Business of Whatever Nature. Front Office*, 8econd Floor, People* Bank & Tr at Co.'* Building. Phone No. 61. AUTO TRUCK SERVICE T AM prepared to do Heavy Hauling A of all kinds on short notice, and am giving special attention to moving household goods, etc. L. O. THOMPSON, rhone 175, York, S. C. 20 tt . 4 . ... .i - : cV J" y. .? ,,v. W. W. LEWIS Attorney at Law Room* 205 and 206 People* Bank & Trust Co.'* Building YORK, - - 8. C. Phones: Office 63. Residence 44. J. A MABION ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR AT * LAW Office opposite the Courthouse. Telephone No. 126, York Exchange. ; YORK. 8. C. 'ji ? PincKney roaa. ? room reoiueuvu, **c?j of good water, 2 large barns,, three 4 room tenant houses and one 3 room tenant house. 40-acre pasture. ' Good orchard. About 160 acres open land, balance In oak and pine timber. Property of M. A. McFarland. ' Loans arranged on farming lands.* GEO. W. WILLIAMS REAL ESTATE PBOFESSIONAL CABDS. '* BETTY LINK^ D. G. CHIROPRACTOR Diseases of the Spine and Nervous * System and all Organic incoordination. Consultation and Analysis Free. 331 Chatham Avenue. . . Phone 396?J ROCK HILL, - - 8. C.' YOBK FUBNITUBE CO. Undertakers ? Embalmers = YORK, - - 8. c. , In All Its Branches?Motor Equipment, Prompt Service Day or Night In Town or Country. Dr. B. H. GLENN Veterinary Surgeon CALLS ANSWERED DAY OR NIGHT Phono 92 YORK, ... 8. C. other outbuildings; two 4-room tenant houses, barns, etc.; 2 wells and l1 good spring; 3 horse farm open and balance ' in timber (oak, pine, &c.) and pasture. >? ?. About 2 miles to Dixie School and Beersheba church. Property of Mrs. S. ;i J.Barry. 33 Acres?Adjoining the above tract. , , About 3 or 4 acres of woodn and bal- v ance open land. Will sell this tract separately or in connection with above tract Property of J. A. Barry. 'J 195 Acres?Four miles from York, on Turkey creek road, adjoining, lands of Gettys, Queen and Watson; 2-horse ' farm open and balance in woods and basture- One and one-half miles to "j Philadelphia and Miller schools. The \. price is right See me quick.' Property ; i-;. of Mrs. Molly Jones. ... r.? . ... Five Room Residence?On Charlotte ! , street in the town of York,, on .large ' - ' lot I will sell you this property for'-' less than you can build the: house. - ? ; Better act at once. . ... McLain Property?On Charlotte St, in the town of York. This property lies between Neely, Cannon and Lockmore ; ,s mills, and is a valuable piece of prop- /" s. ferty. Will sell it either as.a whole or . Kr in lots. Here is an opportunity to ' make some n^oney.^n u^iw.. ruA it;i/ i-tow ir. Ja 89 acres?9miles. from York/V miles },od \? from Smyrna and 5 miles from King's-' Creek. Smyrna R. F. D. passes place. One horse farm open and. balance fn woods?something like 100,000 feet saw "" timber. 12 acres fine'bottoms, 8 room residence. Property of P. B. Bigger. ' 210 acres?3 1-2 miles from York on RIGHT ON THE JOR p f|i EVERY DAY IN THE WEEK?THE . FOURTH OF JULY INCLUDED? WE ARE ON THE JOBSERVING OUR PATRONS WITH THE BEST IN FRESH MEATS AND COUNTRY PRODUCE. REMEMBER OUR GROCERY DEPARTMENT?LET US SERVE , -- .. /) YOU THERE. QUALITY AND PRICES JUST RIGHT.'* . \' v SANITARY MARKET LEWIS G. FERGUSON. Mflr. , . ^ REAL ESTATE $$$$$ if you me ; Want Them, See lfUj ; 80ME OF MY OFFERING8: 40 Acres?Seven miles trom ' York, ' , hrmn/tari hv ifinda of .T. B. McCarter. C. W. Carroll, H. G. Brown and othera; 3-room residence, barn and cotton, house. Well of good water; five or six acres bpttom land. Buck Horn creek and branch runs through place. About 4-acre pasture; 5;or 6 acres woods? mostly pine and balance work land. About 8-4 mile to Beersheba school* It iS going to sell; so if you want It see me right away. Property of H. C. Farrls. 602-5 Acres?4.1-2 miles from York,., and less than half mile to Philadelphia . , school house, church and station-' Four ' I room residence, besides'ball; 4-room tenant house; barns; 8' wells of.,good ;. water, and nice orchard. AboutS acres ... , ,./ in pasture and woods'and balance open land. Act quick If you want it Prop- ' " '> "/ erty of C. J. Thomasson. 90 Acres at Brattonsvills?Property of Estate of Mrs- Agnes Harris. Will: give a real bargain ,her& j, . 1 . 144 Acres?Five miles from Filbert i- ' on Ridge Road, bounded by lands of .Vf\- ? W. M. Burns, John Hartness and otlfera: 7-room residence, 5-stall barn and .