Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, September 30, 1921, Image 1
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ESTABLISHED 1855 YORK, S. C., I'll I DAY, SI'.I'TK.M BER 30,1921. ISTO- 78
VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS
Brief Local Paragraphs of More or
Less Interest.
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PICKED IIP BY ENQUIRER REPORTERS
Stories Concerning Folks and Things,
Some of Which xYou Know and
Some You Don't Krlow?Condensed
For Quick Reading.
Dr. Miles Walker came along from
his little cotton farm on the outskirts
of Yorkvillc last Wednesday with his
pockets full of dead cotton hoiis.
"I made a careful examination about
three weeks ago, and 1 could not 'inn J
a sign of a boll weevil. Now just look .
there?more than sixty squares and j
bolls gathered up from under only two 1
stalks?all within the pust two weeks.
1 think they must have gotten at least
one-third of my crop."
Somewhat o.c a DIuffer,
State board of health man showed un '
at Guthricsvilie the other day and I
proceeded to browbeat the teacher
about her failure to have the pupils
vaccinated because of the alleged 1pidemie
of smallpox i:i the ncighb >rhood.
"Don't you know, or do you, that you
are liable to go to the chaingang for
thirty days or pay a line of $100?" lieasked.
With an expression of eontiear alarm
the teacher quietly suggested that as
she did not feel able to pay the $]fo
the doctor bad better send her to tin
chaingang, at which the doctor sens- .
ing the fact that the teacher was ii"t '
of the kind to be bluffed, ipii< t'd down,
soiuew hat.
Referring to the incident in conversation
with snjim of hi r friends afterward
the teacher remark'. <1: "With tin
compulsory edliea'iou law rei|iiiritr:
that the children come to school oi
subject, their parents to punishment.
...
ar.d this law <li mandlnu tint I K< < p me
children nut until tlua- wi re vaccinatoil,
I really did not know what els- in
siy than that lliry ha<l Irtter take mc
to the ohainKatiK."
I tut it is not to ho understood that
the lady was im lined to .disobedience
of thp ft w- nothinir of the kind. She
( only obeyed the Ihhiicai injunction to
"answer ti fool aeeordinp t ? liis lo'ly."
Bad Link in the Road.
"Yes. that is a true b'll tint Tlv i
Yorkvillo Kni|iiirer has drawn acae t
York township's part of th link h
tween the Kind's Mountain road and
I*"'Hi it.' said Supervisor Itrowr. w'u a
Views and.lot rviews ask'd him :iI >u>
it Wednesday; "hat." he went on to explain
"this piece of road has not been i
forgotten. It is poir.fj to he lixnl, and
fixed right, as soon as we can pi t
to it."
"I'eihaps you did not know it." Supervisor
Hi own continued, "hut this
piece of road 1 as hcen t: ken over by
the state highway eotntnis. ion; but
you are not to understand tiiat tin
county hoard has he? ti relieved of res|?onsihiIit.v.
We have t.i put tliis re: d
in pro >d shape before the state highway
commission takes i: up. Aft?a
that the stat" highway commission
will see that it is looked after. Tin
township road commissions have nothing
to do with it. Just when we will
* p< t mi this road. I eahnot say; hut it
will he soon. We propose to do a part
of th" work with the chaini'.ang and I
might say that it will he practically
without cost to the county. It is this
way. There have hi "ii times when
road work liclow Keep Mill has hi en
In-'d up hy various una voids; bp eoiiditions.
At inosi of ? a< li limc tt we w "i
ahi to direct the lsihor to t!io operations
of the stale highway roin"ii!->i"'i
and the state highway eoniniis-sion is
to pay it hack 011 this Filbert ro id. A
soon ns wis ("in we will put Slholit
twenty convicts on the road for a f w
days and with the assistance of Mr.
I'arrott, wliieh has lieen promised, we
v ill soon have this road in firs! e*i.
eondil i: ?:?."*
Dan Lattimorc. Fox Hunter,
tin! hold of Man I .alt inc of Miek
i. \ i:in\I-. i!'c iMntr in>, .1 HI Him I-t.
* 111 :i- ill'- iii ii iirinn' 11i111 i i'I; nlmir
fii.;-- :ii I it'luT lliim.-s I'm :i \v}?i !i . n
rui|i.-r i V' ryhudy wliu n nls Tin
Vnrkvilll i Jlli | II' I i'i* l\ Muw I! ill I I Kill
I.a11 iiikiri' i: III' iiiii-I Iiii|'i'i|^iicii|in:
lux hunter Hi' I?i> vi iii 'atiuii. Wind lie
il'K s not ki'mv lii'iit tin- f".\. fnx hunt
ii . | la I'I i 111 -l.iml i 11. flu* i; mm law .
i li'? is iinl uurtli ktiuwiiic. Nut mi|\
this, ho is ;i tli'irmmlmfii'iy spoil u i:in.
wltii pl'i' .s Hu- tramo l';iir. whe'.hir ii ho
W illi Inxi s, | ;11 It iiliri's ui- moil.
Aft or .Mr. i?'ittiiuoihad tnll< il alum
1 li?* iiivairos of i Iii* hull w ri viI ?uit in
V his s. i linii. ami wuiim1 lip wilh I :?
liuasl tliit whotiior Ii rnailu any onl'mii
i I* nut. In- v.'utild still Iiav rati is
nuiiuh lu run Iiim tluoui:li t! n wi-nt- r.
Vii-ws ami Ir.ti rvi'-v. s hnnPnil Jiim
with: "Will, if I : hou!d oojno aln:vj
ahunt 1.' uVlii'.k sum tinu* in .tanuniy
vim wouldn't s< ml me nlimi; tu the ip xt
huiis.- fur my dinner." In- l niyai d a
hearty l uinh. and cini" l-aek wilh tin :
"J ::r? yt-iny to l< !1 ynu a *C< -
st??ry. I list. 1 am yiny in i( ;| \ ,)
f I 'i i r ! lis. a inn:' n : h"-n t!:a! '/. !>
Vatii-i' y;n i' my iV.ln r, all.] I'm \\!ir?-!?
1 would 'nil tuko a protty s- ? ?.l : a (*
littlo farm. .\l.iyh" ><>u ili-l no' know
it. I nil Van.- 1 was in- f.\ limithimst
lf. Hi' km \v ??I' :.l> nit tin- ' )? i
^ a nil Ii- kll" t" < ;: 'I-'.- ait.
Willi f"X liiint'-rs. t"". I Ii I liim i !|
this slorv in " ''nnipaiyn t |>- r!i. wins
1 was a littI" \ lit* was talkinr
ihnilt I llf ll"- pi" I lit V of I ho |?r-?.|?|o In
ivimc in eontaet with in liis eanva:s ??f
(he country, ami In- put it up like this:
"If yoa lind yourself out late and in
need of a plae to i>ut up, and come to :
a house wliete they have no dog, you |
may us well drive on. There is some- j
body sick there or they have company.!
if you see a hull d"g or lice in the yard.!
there is no use wasting your time. The,
man will tell you that his wife is away J
iiiul then' is nobody to give y<?u any- j
tiling to eat that night or the next
morning. No, you may just as wcl! j
drivo on Pi-fore it gets to dark; Put,
when down the road a little further!
volt come to a house whore tl'.ere are:
half a do/.en mangcy hounds in the
yard and a hunting horn hanging up
next to the door post, 1t is no use asking
questions. It is not worth while to,
holler even .Just drive into tile lamyard,
take the harness off the horse,!
and go on into house, if they have aiready
had suppi r it will take only a
little while to tret some more, and vou
will be weleom". They are going to
give you a 1 ed even if the old in tn and
the old lady have to sleep on a quilt j
in the hark shed."
Mr. I-'ittimore v as not applying tlu.
story to himself ixstt'y; hat < very-,
body knows that he has eleven it inon '
first-class foxhounds?the Pest in tliej
country?and that hunting horn thai
Z? P Vance gave his father.
<U" eours Mr. l/;ttimoie eonmvnetd j
limiting foxes hi the o'd days wiiea the
hcnicrs rode Porsi Park; Put new hi '
is using an sutomoMY.
"Yes.** h :a'd. "1 Pelii ve I would,
rath'-r hunt foxes in a ? :!r llian oi,
horsi Ps? k. In iho firs! plane tln-re art
too many hog-wire f lie. s nowadays}
for Ji'M si Park riding: Pat anyhow you |
iv!II i. I all tile fun out of il just tliej
line ill a ear. All you Pave to do is
. i # i .,,.1
Ml mill I .! IIIK'I IVI M \ Ml (III I I r. i l| ....
listen t<> tin- fun. Sometinus >mi
iniulit li:?vt" to walk a mile or two; I 111
Ilia' i i :> ! often. It is real!\ I >? 11. ; in:
*
;i ivir."
??. his n e'tit trip flown to Al'endali
i o?tiily. ,\Jr. I.atl injore caipjld fouriieii
foxes.
?
HOLDING OF COTTON
No'. Boot to Dumo the Staple on Market
too Rapidly.
over and over iv-jain this *< aj?m
many a farnn r has siid, "iVcl! I < otiM
hav so;.| my eottun last fall <>." winter1
for J"> e -nts a pound, l>:tt we fanners!
in ike tin mi lake of hohlit::: it."
Weil now, was it a mislak"? We'
tliink not. We lielirve a prre.it exporter
v. - ; l.s 11.: *v i iv.! t t i. . tier day
v ilea lie said: "I'i trc d ar.il deni >rt'i/ed
Iiitsita -a, ;md liaarein' eenditi-ms
were last winter, if farmers had
ii'.i Is hi cotton I a: h il in.si. ted on
foreinfc ihi- whole crop on the market.
ia.lt' a would have jjomc doV.'j to 7 in
< cent:; a pound."
Xow, insti ;:1 .T kavitlfj sold fi.tin :.00t'
bah-.. of si'rp'w I'll!' cotton :.t 7 or P
n-.it:: :? p ut.d, the r nth. hy holdiiu.
this enormous unwanted surplus, will
iv o to ihr.c litras a: tntieh nnuv \
for it, w! ii h will make lite whole
south richer. More aver, if tins - extra
5,1)00,(101) bales had been forced on tie
tie !% ' and prie s ;:e- ordiny.I.v f ?)V'd
down In 7 i ' would lvv
r.ot only thi* l-'- ' s-.irplns. 1- ii
In--v d? 'uoi'.'i'iz il p i<" s Vi'n'jlil
!r yo jiff'M'lo.l pi'ici'S on tin- W-'l crop.
I* v.on'd n< \ < - Ii.vo i.i" n iii" to
'; |i",i > I;: '< fr* in 7 or rt-'its
l 17 < HO 11 J*ts.
Ii !.- i.isy ? potur'i Tor ji n : n to swiy.
"S " I !?:d "il \vl.' l I . nul l liny
. 'tic' i'"> ri-i'l iv.it if Ii:- is Koinu
: i o;i|> " f" loin-" I'". ho i : l n rir
nilior iii::t j;? v? i::! IiimiIii i] llimi; t<?|
ullior fn inters tip jilso tin
s::ine thins:. And i' > 1! >I tin in t? srtdlii
lrnl * ippo . !" I :' it V.'US W 'I III
dump iln ir c !" ri on n (Ii iumcjiI vcoiI
ii koi ':,-i r.i!|, 7 or v o i t p. i> i
\Vi?11 11 Ilo d Olid !:;i\ l i .llti il lu fo|"?
!i:ils' il l ni I io Pni. In il srvSitiK.
Kvol! -IV. ji WHS, WO lOlerd too llino'i
I M to.I i ! till || ni'i!-;i' i;; d IliurJ.-ts of
' i nr. Willi p'opiil. npi;i;jtii|
!l'n;r. imitun xliiiulil not |i.i\v piiu
In-'ow I-" o? nis :i pound : t ii'iv t
i'.ll! Il.il- : Hits of fo Mil I s I1..1I ( > lllll'ip
I: iml i on on I ii to i lo t :i' I ii :i iol I '
ooii!: In-run tlnj I'ottlil not thinner
:: lil'i i I i i:i| oi derl\ ; i-' I.ii;?.
. I : - i- i 1 lr.it < ii opi :. ; \ in 111
inu Won d iinvo In i ii : si-d d I"
nip. ii w . 'I' i- indiv- In."I
Innner i out o'li ;..i ... too Idilos of
ol' I t ii it* 11in l'i opi i li>
> ! it-" : (? i ii All; ' ' * i. I i
"I:? tiii/aii* ? ;* >r! <i\v i'.-' iit '? I.turn
i. it I ! i-.iti. T!i !i !
11? 1 i'!-i or \v i;; mi : :ii c m??:?? v l<>
liti: in . t" :?i- I\ - ;111 i |. in t? nr I?iIll:
I. U liiu: III -'Mini 11 I ! 11 ; .1 iilIliT
I ;i t !'i iin ::t ni'i'it v. A ' 1 W'iiili
i .i; i?- in--1 |<< : ; u' :t. r f i 11 i. :i
wil* !?: !?riniai'il.v :t m I'm ; nrKiiniiKilioii
rotinr ilian ;i Ii??!<Iii.^ <iri;ui)i/.:tii<i'l. i'
v. ii! tii I. ?> f itnn fi-' 'ill loin;: r- k !ck,<|)
(1!ini|uil - ;i i! moralized markets
dill inv p* rit !-; t< r.ijMirary ?! i : sion
; 11<] |Kir.i as existed last year,!
a to I ti v P I i- in li:;;: :n . n\ > i
l :iTI r.vii'-: ilii in io i,-y atlv nr*i s
\v ii' v i'.- i->i- cnnilitioiis t 1
k't'uim' ni'i And din'.i not this
'
fiuii;i ': Vi in-,, "it"!:;!':' ? i'l t i> ti '
I 'l ' H ; \\r ! ' 1 I IJIIT.
l-lcr W'vr. I i ! i \ I !I.:?> i
"A unlit', v I,:,1 v.milil miii tin if \ci
! :. i i?- I li i ;i miii 11 iiiiiii wns sort- I
I;, i:n, . H i'ii Viiiir ;sl>:litv n* n
\\ im' Ni'til "I - ! m ?. i It I iinliiiili.il"'.
in - ( i'ii i 11 i: i i i it;is in liis jiliilily
in proviic tliin s ?n coiii: m\ iltvir."
' . 1 ?.tl I : i!r < I I|M.
ALL ABOUT THE M KLUX
Whal {lie Press and the Public
Men Tliin!-; ui firnanlzalion.
HAS THRIVED ON LIBERAL PUBLICITY
Organizer of the Klan Had Hard SIccJ-'
dinj for a While; but After Orderi
Got into Lime Licht Feci Rolled in;
Rapidly.
"Publicity which is bringing us in
.".(in i new members a day," is the wayj
i fib-i.tl of that much disbursed or-j
gar.ization, the Ku Kiux Klan, dos- ,
crihos th" sudden, violent and widespread
press attack on tin* Klnn's
methods. Other sources report that
the K'an's "Imperial Wizard," Mr.
William .liwiih Simmons, of Atlanta,
contemplates a $l,000,ti00 libel suit
against th" New York World for its
part in the general attack. Some'
twenty newspapt rs, headed by The i
World, recently began the simultaneous
publication of a series of sensational
exposures, and half a dozen
v. i Ulic.. at about the sam > time, ramforward
with attaeks uad' r such headlines
as "A Nightgown Tyranny,"
"Imperial Lawlessness," "App'i/d Yio
i i.-i... ma..'
< !]' ? , ;i.Ki i lie i\ u i\ .u v i\uu.? x j
Soul of Chivalry.'" This Inst tit It', In- !
tended to !) ironical, hinds i particularly
hitter at. irk l>y Albert I>- Silver
in The Notion (New York). "A child
enmeived in the tradition of a lawless j
past, .iml hlonvlit forth in the xtrav.i
j;.int olis '.inintism of present-day pre- |
judicc." Mr. I)e Silver ea'Is llie or-!
f. ioiv:otion. The World ami its asso-|
?-i;:t ?! papers pit.'cut these morej
sjieeillr points:
It lias prow a from a ntt'di as of "lj
eh irt T nu inh i : to :i nvnibcrship of,
more than ."(M.non within live years, j
lis "doiiri ins" a ml "realms" and
"k'ons" have ! ; en extended until they
emhraeo ev ry state in the I'nion but
Montana. Mali ami New Hampshire.
M praetl.-rs "eensorshijv of private
ei.millet heiiiod the midniyht anonimity
f inn: 1; and robe and with the
v a pons of tnr and feathers."
Its niemhers are not initialed hilt
"rritarali/.'d" by a ceremony wliiehj
inelmles an approxrmtion of tin
Chriftian < rer.'ony of baptism.
The World s series of syndicated ar-,
tisles clrnpes furtli r that ?
When it v.as oryaninnl it was directed
n~nirrs1 tits r.etrrn. New the roprr
has I. roine a side issue. Today it Vnrimnri?\
tint!-.It w, antI-Cr?t!iolle. nnti-1
:'i n. and if is spr adiap more than
t as l ot thntiph the north anil
v. f as it is KTowinp in the s- nth.
Ih w has it nrinaped to spread out
so w'di'y and rapidly?
l-'irs:. by : pne-ils to local or sectional
p- ejmliee, and hatreds. <m the Pacific
const it h-ss h ekoncd to Japophobes
iid w his pen d in their ears that tin
veilow matt is plotting to incite thej
h'a-k man in America to rise nirninst
i lip wiuir urns. in im* ??i ui'
er'ral west it has pretended to ! v"t"
; if to :tit;i|>inir out rail if -a] ism. On
?!j At'an'ie rn.iri it has prrcehttl that
ui ji'ion-liuni m:m or womm even
lho:; - '! nriti; nliz -il. Ins 110 place in
America. Everywhere it has banned
.low* f;oi i i o ni'f rsliin and tn.nl. antiSemitism
one of Its n^iny mixKioM
I'vi ry\v!n-re. aiso, no t-?ss p'-si'iivi-l;.
tint i -'t as f. i.ii lias bamd and
it tacked Roman Catholics. Wlit-revor
I prosp'-ciivi' number lives. In has
'm .11 pa.un'a il that his pet aversion
will lie made an object of l;!an a Iion.
Se.-oinJ. it owes it* ai'ow'lii to tli'
mo o;, ni nt of i la rip ' unjlie" of pro
i'.ii .l r ;|. ? i. 11. wiin net the l oiinia
art np-'o-datc sal"s orgaaiz-tint*
nil pvl'll' na ni'" i siiip on a h-sis ot
i very ill' ndivr Ik? 11 into tin
I:'in. Tin s- p.:id orgsfii/.- tv. or kits-?
-1' s. cot'fci on iiiiiat'in . hut each
row mi-inI"-t- males "donation" of
?!". of which i!. k!'-ag!e keeps $ I and
'a! I'h- r> I t" 'us kian kii-ac'e. win
ockets mother SI. The remaining $5|
v.io !e ini*i :1 i "ini|.-rial*' treasury
*. I'm ! im more, the klm
i ll'i'W >s the company manufacturing
111 n. III. >\!liell i. - ii'il Im I ||f 1110111I"
i i " ! . >ls CI.'.1', I" lnal:e.
The \vh ! "p npagiitlon** ih-narlincut
n in tie I : -is if | i'"S*i ssi'iiial drive
I' "I- I . \i i*o . .vn'e intern t ill Kit
i i iii ; ! In the "pi!" Jijj i outlined. ]
ia the last five years membership I
' donations" jiml sales of regalia I i\ <
'. do I . i Ii tsj .> .0110.11 ii pn Paldy a
coiisid ;.'i rival r xutn. !iii I Mixing
1 .in i!-- i'" i ! Ii.- Ii i a paying en'<
|?i i -1 ..n i its lucrative possibilities
!. ?i 11 i.i _v Iici a inen : .-- d by l!ti
lit > ! "ii lt< idiiii! w- ?::< ii its v.i ii ii.
m *i I i:i' iii' Y!i' ir sA!t*rs rtii
( 111* ii.i in v i'li tin- I'rnthiTs ;tl uiilj
?! 1 |> r ri'iin--' ti
'A';. |Y.: t< i i! mill i* has list* un
|ll ' i"? <1 ! i51: III'; : { i!.?. lilt 111 I
Hi'lip" ITpIicS of Tilt* SOC'lo ty'8
ii !i of Airs. KJizal . *,;? Tyler,
(i'-niil (*}iii > " ;? :!ff Of t!io Women's
!>iv."Anil litis n!':;i!>! / . tinn is
tin m :< . i;?t i -;"; i 111 (' I; i J-f i;i ii thr
h'- < !' < innhiis :ii ami-I'mlrst..:
;. i'h! ii" iiinio :?iiti-.la \\* than ilio
S-.hih Israel arc1 nnti-CIcntilf.** Th<
K'n i ; - ill tl \'ii;ri;ii;!i for true, jnireiii
i ii A nil : ii- inism. iloi t:* its il"i
in! s. fiii* tin Anii rif.iiiisin nf llm i>M
i. ul. !i ha: In ii li'i'i-ali nosj I?\* mil*
!!'.' I nf iminii ntil ii'iil .-iiirii r : li?*n
i' (ltii-tu'cs lion at liunio. Answering
1' ini iJut in--a.- it >ii. v. : !'Iv rf i" t I
! > i:i" fii Unit ill * !Ct:iii Ii is li-en
i*i <|>tinsi!>!o for i.n li violence in litrious
J parts "i ili" country, .Mi Tyler nalil,
as mui'Ii I I" l' AVnriil:
I "> .i 11... i*i ... i. i ...i r..l.f
| Mi;* mm. in* i. i i. i i? i ?i ?"
hardest is the mob violcnee that lias
i?! < u resorted to by mm masked 'n
white, masquerading as Klansmen.
Tin re was a woman tarred and fcath^
erod in some Texas town. It was laid
to the Klan. Upon investigation we
learned that the tarring was done bj
mothers of the town, dressed in over.
alls, not white robes, who were against
the woman as an immoral influence.
"There never has been an outrage
committed, by.the K'an and wherever
we have heard of one L< ing imputed to
ua we have at once sent out official
disclaims, but of course it is harder to
set circulate n for a denial r,f anything
than for a positive statement. liut I;
say officially that the Klan '"ocs not
countenance any violence of any sort."
.Mrs. Tyler, it appears, together with
Edward V. Clarke, the proserin "Fmpi
rip.! Crenel Kleagle of the Klan," has
had muc h to do with the recent rapid j
growth of the movement. Mrs. Tyler j
has been in publicity work in the 1
South." Mr. Clarke had been known
as a ' physician for sick towns," and
a'so was accustomed to the uses of
publicity. Some years ago, says Mrs.
Tyler:
"He was in charge of a great Harvest
IYstiv.il in Atlanta thai b ought
more people to Atlanta than had ever
been there hi fore.
"I was interested In hygie ne work for
babies, sort of a 'better babies' m 'V - i
meut. I had taken enough of a medi- j
e il course t i fit myself for the wink ol'
visiting among the tem mints and ad- ;
vising mothers about their babies, and!
in the Harvest Festival we had a 'Itet- j
t : Itubies* parade, of which I had j
charged ii was through this that I met
Mr. Clarke.
"After we had talke d over many I
business enterprises we formed the
Soul hea ii 1'iildicity association. I was I
aseo -iat.e d with the V. \\\ ('. A.. d"ingl
l>iiii vtu wmi. uunng iiv v ii", ;in i .nr.
t*!: rl:f was affiliated witii he Y. M. C.
A. I linaiM il th? Southern I*til>lic-it>
association and stayed in the office,
ap.?I Air. i *!:irk \.as field ft |?i< s> ntalive,
p inning and working nut publicity
( ainpaignis nf '>rv- sort and another.
"We rami" in contact with (' !. Simmons
ami the Kii Klux Klan through
the fact that my s?>n-in-la\v joined it.
W" finiivl Co!. Simmons was having a
hard Hmo to g t along. lie couldn't
p iv his rent. 11 i?v nccijits wore not i
enough to lake c*r ? nf his personal j
P" 'ils. lie was a minister and a clean
iivi'lg and tiii:ikin?_man. and he was
heart and soul for the success of his
kii Klux Klan. After wo had investiiratcd
it from every angle, we decided
to go into it with Col. Simmons and
give if Hie impetus that it could get
In-st from pit hi ii ity.
"It was my idea that we would get a
little loca! public ty Uiroughout tlv
South or through ear section and that
the order would grow by degrees. Hut
liar miiiiiie v.v siid Kit Kill?;' editors
f all over the United States began
11 > r 11i :itr us for publicity."
One resu't of Hi" growth of this1
lnovt an lit, writes William ti. Shepherd i
in l.es.lie's Weekly, is that "there are
districts of the t'niteil States as lawless
and as liable to witness horrible
!r pp aings as any district in Kussia or
Italy or upset flermany or topsy-turvy
I'o'and. o." any other Kuro'peatt land
which we Americans look on as suffering
from after-war lawlissncsn." The
\\ "iter, recently returned from the tin- |
ib "ip'ined lands he 1:1 ntions, proc -eds
wiih this indictment:
Tlv long and short of t!ie nrtter i"
that n organisation which calls itself
the Ku Klux Kian is "riding" again in
the South, (toed citizens are protesting
against its outrages: the press of
the S >u:h is almost solidly against its
.1 livities; state legislators arc passing
laws against it: atul officiis of tin- law
> e loing their best to run down its
various I ?! m mb "ship. It is tin avian
with difficulty in many eommuniti*
: and yet., if we are to trust the
wont i.f its officio's, it is growing in
an niT?? r.-hi i. bntii North and S nth, at
tlv rat of .".m a member:; a week.
The Texas record of activities of Hi
men in white robes for th > past ba'f
uar, act tailing io .Mr. Shepherd, iarbpl
s somi lift.'.' ear. s in which men
wei e . ( iz'<1 aad punished without due
pi" i.-:: of law. Tilt1 punishments,
v.hieh imltidd tarrirrr ant! feathc-i inp.
'm 11iitlc. Iir ir-elippinjf, rohhory, and
ii,.!:i??iw i i- taiis-d Iiy all'-trcd misiii
i <i , i -ii!;i:i.r from tin- "lnrEe mapm
p ? t 'i ' a lawyer of Houston, Texas.
t" .su.sp -rl'.-d offem-en ar-iiti:;', ninra'ily
whn-ii la-came lin- tviriunnnt st
r: a.-.- f<?r ai-tiori in tie- I.iUv activities
of I Ii- l\ la 11.
"Whether n law* passei! Iiy tlie !< - i
la tare for i in- |.11i of :-!|i.i-i-s. in:,
tin i\ i.i a i . n Ii in 'Ii- I i\ in T< \
i a (11 > 111111111 ?|ut io;i." |i-l( yiaplis
a i-m. i ( : jiMinli t:t of i's? N'cv\ York 11 'l'ilil
1 o:n i .a i Wot tli. Anii-K'an or_::iuiv.al
ioa art- j-:!?i?I lo In- forming,
tnily in -i few iim'nnrt s. sav lit.- r ?rM
j i* a I ! 11, \\i-n- !i<-;i-i-rs punisiud 1:;.
i!|o K'an i i Texas iii ilit* last ft w
ia it:. . A list of mart- than lifiy punis
: iii nl;t a a | i j ti-t I. Tile e-ilTC'.
mm all nt t-oni-lndfs:
"'Hi white woman was seized in
Jv< T is. tarn <1. f l!n n il nnl tni n
il ini .seafi--i\v.ini. hut the Klan it -ni- s
it- i li inoei a t<-i'k i'll t i i t lii> dt oil. 4 mic
l-I'i.-i Ttxii> was a victim of masked,
inifoi-ii'i il m -i twiee in loriy-rij;lit
in>urtt. and one world war vet -i.hi, who
heal in i n with the .Marines when they
ai t?I i| t *ii;ir?:111 Tliiefry, in I'ranee.
\v is i:i<I11?!c tl. tas.--d a- I feathered."
Tin1 wh'te woman \v!im was tarred
w i.i f.acinK a chary"' of hi- amy ami was
mi;t on Ii ami. [itr hair v.:.-: e.ippcd ln.-f
ire she was tarred. Tin- resentment
'o earn ery-'tatli.a ii fujli wiiur i n? att
. i; "ii litis woman ami the ex-soltlii
r."
"A raw CV.morr.a." the (Baltimore
Kvi'iliii)? Sun calls tlie K'nn, declaring
that, in spite of its hihl.-s.niniiin^ pi in -
p!i - at-d p: ifi-ssiotis, it is based on
I?it- of tl: in ist despie;.h|e of lititnae
pas. inns, with aims an ! objects no less
vil " Tin- N -w Vol t; World, sponsor
of liii- Most i v-elssi-.a- t.f (in- i-i-i-.ait ati
n I: . i !lii it "a upc.. .' i sn lit I y
irresponsible Imads of a secret oatltlioa-.tl
i ties." ami tbelates th. 1 sinn
i ' ni!:. iaw e tn th tian -e of law InI
t font inn-tl front I'ai'.e Tin t .-).
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ALEXANDER H. STEPHENS
Larry Gantt's Recollcclion of Famous
Hnnrnian.
wvv< J
SMALL OF BODY BUT GREAT OF MIND
*~/
Had a Strenuous Career But l-Teld His!
Cwn With the Best of Them?Was
Vice Prosident of the Southern Con- I
federacy.
.Tho:>> war. not that unity an?l harmony
in the administration of our I
(tunfederate government ersentlal to
the success of a groat cause. The dif"feiences
between President Davis and
Vice-President Stephens about the
conduct of Use war were so great as to
almost amount to personal antagonism.
Mr. Stephens was a Union man.
but when Georgia seceded, he went
with his state. Mr. Daws was an aggressive
secessionist. Mr. Stephens
urged that peace be made as speedily
rs possible, and after Gettysburg insisted
that the seceding states accept
Vhe best terms procurable. At the
Hampton .Roads conference, Mr.
Stephens urged this, while Mr. Davis
insisted that the only terms he would
accept was an acknowledgment of the
independence of the Southern Confederacy.
It was even charged thnt Mr.
Stephens tolil the Georgia, soldiers
that they were lighting a hopeless
cause: but I do not believe he went
that far. And in the cabinet there
...... iv. 11.1 t.ittm-ness. At a meet
ng, <!ii i ing.a. lion toil argument between
15. 11. Hill :in.L Win. H. Yancey, the
termor hurled at the la.tter a heavy
leaden inkstand, striking lum on the
head, and many believe that Col.
Yancey's death was hastened l?y the
blow indicted.
I ; new Mr. Stephens well and intimately.
While publishing a weekly
fiaprr at Lexington, 'hi., Mr. Stephens
regular!) attended court there and lias
Im en a guest at my home. He was a
vi ry small man, almost dwarfish in
statu;-, but with strung mental powers.
His murage was unquestioned, and
when a young man he fought an antagonist
twice his size and strength,
until lie (Stephens) was almost cu*.
into ribbons, tleneral Hob Toombs
and A. II. Stephens lived in adjoining
eoiintics, and whilo in their views on*
the war were as wide apart as the
I??Ies, they were always wyirm, and m1
timate friends. ' -
While using the organized Demoj
era tie party to secure office, Mr. Stephens
had a broad streak of independence
running through him. When I
w.-.s making a light to defeat Kmory
Spoor for congress, because lu made
I the race as an independent and
against :b regular nominees, Speer
was reading a letter on the stuinp
from Stepb ns eulogizing him to the
skies and stating that it would be a
gnat mistake t > defeat such a lirilj
1 innt young man. 1 wrote Mr. Stephens
about tiiis letter, arguing that
as h- was making the race as an or
J .crniz'vl Democrat in the eighth district,
it was really harmful to tho
i party anil inconsistent to endorse at:
| independent in the ninth district. Mr
J Stephens r'-pliej to my letter, saying
I that h<- would see mc at the state
I'liv r.-ity commencement and tolling
me m.l to go off half cocked. I had a
long talk with Mr. Stephens, ami could
not ait him to acknowledge ci rcpudiat.
the litter. II- talked all mound
iho subject, hut Specr continued to
; ? ad t li hlter of endorsement from
every stump in the district.
Th | ditiei.iiis of t!? towns were
I never for Mr. Stephens at heart, hut
I ! had such a hold on the masses that
! I hey knew they could not defeat him.
They once stocked the district convention.
that nut at Thomson, (hi., while
I Mr. Sti pin n.% was occupying his seat
in congn ss. and nominated Dr. Casey
for the position. Hut next morning,
. f'er adjourning'a rcl before hoarding
Ihe ti'ain. the delegates bought copies
' the An.rnst i flu oniric. which st.-:t"d
that tln-ir Washington corroapondcnt
had notilied Mr. Stephens about the
i>i tin* Thomson convention sum
. -I.i-I his \ iews. Mr. Stephens's only
reply was, 'Toil !lie vnicin of the
eiahlh district that i shall stand for
rnnvYt->j Sri'iiiK that they could. not
i InlV "Lit I If A lie" into vara tiny his
val, ;ind Unowiinr Hint lie would literj
iliy v. i|? no the earth with tlu ir nominee.
lin y had to reconvene, taUe down
i>r. Cas'-y and nominate A. 11. Sto!
In ns tis tin ir fon^n >'i:iI standard
hearer.
Ahx II Stephens had a great heart
> pniar n~.i*i<lt I or Inter mail nevi
r Ii\ t| ||f was an ahh? lawyer and
mad !: ?tr?- !'< . y. hat he spent his mom
iy in tilneatir.Y uid helping bright
>01111:; ra -ii and the poor. Jlis house
;.t t'rawl'ordville, a sipiare hilt plain
Wood'*11 building, was called "Libertv
| 11 a II." and which it was indeed and
I in fact. His doors wi re never closed,
nd very man who entered, he he
1'iinee or pauper, was made wtleoni"
' - n.5 li,.
.'Mil ciMliil remain ni> eni?
without money ;iini without price.
The of mii h i>Jk 11-handed hospi t:;!ily
was th.'it no hole! could ever
\i ? . ; < 'raw ford villi, for c\ "i
stopped ;it Liberty I full.
.Mr. Stephens licycr married, and
v.wailed on l>\ faithful family servants.
;.i'I who v.cre devot'-d to liiin.
Mis Ini.l\" : errant was :i r? ;jfni man
i:-'Iim<1 11.ii i y. v. ho accompanied his
master win-ret vr lie went. In his
liiter ycii-M .Me. Stephens grew so fee.
l ie that lie had to he wheeled around
n a hair, which Harry pushed, liven
I v. In n m his political campaigns, he
4
mot lii.i appointments in his chair an.l
I had to bo lifted on and from the rostrum.
But even when in most enfeebled
health, his mental powers
were as powerful as ever, and his elo[
qurnce unchecked. But when speakI
ing he kept a glass of water and spirits
[ before him, and at intervals, took a
sip of liqucr. Once daring an address
in Lexington, when defining democ
racy, I remember his stooping to
raise the glass to his lips, and as he
did so exclaimed. "And my fellow
countrymen, this is true democracy."
A wag in the audience yelled back,
"That's so, Alec. Pass around that
I brand of democracy. I want to try
it." The retort provoked a hearty
laugh in which Mr. Stephens joined.
Mr. Stephens was quick at repartee.
There is an old story that has
I been doubted, but I have authentic
inform? tion of its truth. During: a
joint debate between 1?. H. Hill and
A. 11. Stephens, Mr. Hill, in his sarcastic
manner, turning to his diminutive
antagonist, remarked, "The idea
of Little Alec Stephens running /
against me! Why if you pin his ears
hack and grease him, I can swallow
him whole." In a flash, Mr. Stephens
replied, "V'es, Hill, and you will then
have more brains in your guts than
you ever had in your head." Mr.
(Jcorge II. Ivcster, for many years
[ clerk of court in Oglethorpe county,
I Georgia, and a man of unquestioned
veracity, told me that the incident occurred
during a joint debate between
Hill and Stephens at Lexington, and he
was present and heard the sarcasm
and rejoinder.
1 once heard a battle of legal giants.
It was the trial of the Dupreo will
ease at Ixixington, and Hen Hill and
Hob Toombs were employed on one
side and A. II. and Linton Stephens
,on the other side. People came from
long distances to hear the arguments,
and standing room in the court house
wits at n premium.
Mr. Stephens, on his mother's 3id",
was a Greer, of Greer's Almanac fame.
They were in moderate circumstances,
but a highly respected people. Ills
brother, Linton Stephens, was also a
man of exceptional ability but unlike
Alec, was a man of large statue and a
splendid specimen of manhood.
Mr. Stephens' ambition was to di?
in harness, and when in very feeble
health was elected governor of Georgia.
and died dining his second term,
lie was a kindly hearted man and his1
general.granting of rainfrAih
howl of protest over the state. It was
said that it was needless to convict a i
criminal, for all necessary was to send
some woman and little children in
tears to Governor Stephens and lie
1 would grant a pardon.
Mr. Stephens loft his modest cs'
tatc to his relatives, but bequeathed
| his home, "Liberty Hall," as a school
I building, and also provided for his old
servants, the home Is still used as
a dormitory for teachers and is plainly
seen from the car.windows on the I
Georgia railway by passengers going
through Crawfordville. The furniture
in the house is preserved just as left
by the oivncr^
Mr. Stephens was a Jeffersonian
Democrat of the purest brand, and his
life and political record are compar!
able to that of Thomas Jefferson. Had
A. H. Stephens lived when the Docla'
ration of Independence was written,
his name would doubtless have been
! signed to that document.
Not Depending On Cotton.?The little
town of Elko shipped during the
I pant season 127 solid carloads waterj
melons and truck. This was a wondcr;
fur showing for that section and gooti
to show thiit the farmers there are not
j depending on their cotton crops en,
tirely. It is to be remembered, in this
connection, that Elko has some of the
; finest cotton lands in the country.
I.-ist year, we believe it was, the tlnest
field of cotton perhaps in this section
of the state could be seer, a short distance
from Elko on the railroad. The
I rows appeared to bo six feet apart
and the stalks were so rank that one
could hardly walk in the field. Such
; lands afford a great temptation to
olant cotton, but the past season 84
carloads of melons were loaded at
Kil o; li' carloads of cucumbers, and
I 27 carloads of asparagus. In addition
to this several thousand dollars worth
of similar crops were shipped b" cx!
press in smaller lots. However, it
may be remarked the freight rates on
this enormous shipment amounted to
a tremendous sum, eating :i largo holein
the profits. The total freight, we
arc told, amounted to about $1S,120,
| and the gentleman giving the infor1
motion says that the shippers received
only about one-half of the net proceeds
of the sales.?lJamberg Herald.
All a Farce, Says Bryan.-?William
i .1. I'rynn, on Sunday intervened in the
beer I ill tight by issuing a statement
d< nouncing the alleged filibuster
against it.
"A filibuster by a minority." said Mr.
Hrynn, who has been conferring with
proponents of the bill at the capltol,
"t<> | revent the enforcement of a. constitution;:!
provision is about as undemocratic
procedure as could bo itnn
trine. I especially, a constitutional pro
i- i.n which outlaws ;t criminal traflic."
Mr. 15: van commended tho search
and seizure clause 'in the conference
report. Scan It warrants for private
dwellings should be required, he said,
but automobiles, lie declared, should
be subject to search without warrants.
"To require a warrant before searching
a. suspected automobile," said Mr.
Mryan, "would practically nullify the
hue The unto could tret into another
county before a warrant could be secured.
it is inconceivable that any
i dry senator can be deceived by tlie
i mock heroics of the wets."
t .
WORLD'S LARGEST HIT
Claims as Put Forth by New Fork
and London.
nrcmrrtiffl RFiONfiS Til NEW TORI
Both these Great Centers Have Surrounded
Many important Cities?
One-ninth of the Population of the
United States Within One Hundred
Miles of New York.
What is the largest city in the
world?
"The question arises again with the
British census announcement which
ascribes to 'Greater London' 7.476.1G7
people," says a bulletin from, the
Washington, D. C., headquarters of
the National Geographic Society.
"Since the 1920 census gave NewYork
City a population of 5,620,048,
there would seem to be no question
regarding tho relative size of the two
cities. But if one seeks to know what
is the Largest population center in the
world, then New York can advance a
tenable claim against London for tbe_
honor.
"Strictiy speaking the municipality
of New York lias more people than the
municipality of London. For legally,
as a municipal unit, 'London' refers
onlv to the area within tho boundaries
of the county of London. Thus the
municipal London, which corresponds
to the municipal New York, comprised
about 116 square miles and in 1911,
had a population of four and a half
million. Only the 'Greater London'
figures nro carried in dispatches, but
at tho rate of growth they Indicate^
London proper still is under the five
million mark.
Extent of 'Greater London*
'The 'Greater London' which has
nearly seven and a half million has an
existence as a metropolitan and polire
unit. It is municipal London plus the
so-called 'Outer Ring/ The 7,476,1(8
people of 'Greater London' are distributed
over 693 square miles, an area
sdx times that of municipal London,
and more than twice that of municipal
New York.
"In passing it should be noted that
not only is there a distinction between
'Greater London and plain 'London,'
but that the 'City of London* is 'something
yet again.' The 'City of London'
Icovors only 67S acres and hae a realfdence
population of fewer than 25,0QQ.
I The day popu'ation, however, exceeds
' 300,000. The 'City of London' is the
London of history, with its quaint
government forms, including Its lordmayor
^ which is installed annually,
with a time honored ceremony known
as the lord-mayor's show.
"New York of today is an agglomeration
of towns. All have been amalgamated
with the original New York,
comprised in what now is the borough
of Manhattan, or the county of New
York. The New York which includes
the boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn,
Bronx, Queens and Richmond, is a
municipal unit with an area of 326
square miles and a population of 5,620,048.
An Imaginary 'Greater New York*
"The 'Greater London' includes ail
the suburbs within a radius of 15
miles around Charing Cross. By this
definition New York also should include
Jersey City, Hoboken and
Bayonrte, across the Hudson, and
Yonkers, Mt. Vernon and New
Rochelle to the north.
"Suppose New York were to add to
its present area the aggregate 273
miles of Hudson, Essex and Union
counties in Now Jersey. It still would
be a hundred square miles smaller
than 'Greater London' but would pass
the seven million, mark in population.
Were it then to add portions of Westchester
county (north of Bronx) and
of Nassau county (on Long Island) dt
would pass London's population well
within a like area.
"Summing up, then, municipal NewYork
is Larger than municipal London.
A mythical 'Greater 'New York'
extending as far into its- environs as
does 'Greater London* would be larger
than 'Greater London.' Aside from
municipal definition New York and
I the territory about it constituted a
greater population center than London.
"Within fifty miles of City Hall,
New York, there now live more than
mm. million people, and within a hun
: dred miles radius lives one-ninth the
I entire population of the United
I States." *'
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PULLS A THRILLER.
Norfolk-Southern Engineer Outdoes
Movie Actors.
A movie thriller was enacted In real
life recently near Kipling, N. C., when
Engineer J. H. Furman of the NorfolkSouthern
railway, climbed out on the
| pilot of his engine and scooped up 3year-old
Gertrude Collins, toddling up
j the track in front of tho on-coming
j engine.
Furman 'was taking: twenty-five
j loaded freight ca#s to Fayettevllle and
i was rounding a sharp curve down
, grade, when he saw the little girl. He
yanked the whistle cord, and the emergency
brake. The child was seventylive
yards away. The weight of the
i l.(.liinil tvfia alidlnrr the hi(7 enein?
r"'~ - ? ??
forward, when Furman climbed out on
the side of his engine to the pilot and
with the train moving at a ten-mlla
speed, pulled the little girl to safety.
I Her worst injury was a slight brulsfi
i on the head.
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