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^ ^ ? " ' ?-? ^ I ^ I ^ II . - 1^1 I ^ K ^ l^l SEMI- WEEKLY. ^ ^ ^ ^ ' r | ?????????^?? ??? i ' 11 i.iyi >mm*m l. m. grists sons, Publishers, ^ /amili) jflcu;>p:ijiiT: .?'or the {Jroinolion of the {political, Social, Sgricultiicat and tfomnterrial interests of the |)copI<. - TERo^nvi'cmSitf^ ESTABLISHED 1855 YORK, S. C.. 'I'UKSPAY, XOVEMEER 8,19'21. 1STO. 89 VIEWS AND INTERVIEWS \ Brief Local Paragraphs of Mere or Less Interest. PICKED UP BY ENPKER REPORTERS * Stories Concerning Folks and Things, Some of Which You Know and Some You Don't Know?Condensed For Quick ReajJing. * "See there now," said John Warms Quinn, the other day to Views and Interviews as he was unpacking some cut-to-size leather nan sous. jc.u ago wc were selling three at 30 cents each. Now they arc only 1"> cents. Some decline in that isn't there? J tut no more than there shou'd he." After Game Law Violators. "Oh yes, my deputies and I have already been out alter hunters who didn't trouble to provide themselves with licenses," said County Game Warden Dan T. Woods yesterday. "We have nabbed several and have a line out on quite a number of others. While the number of hunters who fail to provide themselves with Hunting lieen^ .s grows smaller each year 1 doubt if the time ever comes when everybody will obey the law. However we are going to try to tighten down this season even closer than wc did last." / Pamphlet Wanted. Carrie L. Uroughton. Sta'e Librai uin of North Carolina writes The Vorkville Enquirer from Raleigh under date of November 3 as follows: "Today we saw an bid pamphlet belonging to a patron entitled. 'Battle of King's Mountain, Oct. 7, 1780. Proposed centennial celebration October 7, 1880.' This oamnhlct was published by your paper. We are anxious l*? secure a copy awl would appreciate any effort you may put forward in h' lpinc us to Rot this." In it ply The Vorkville Jhi(juiror has advise d tlia. it lias not an avaihihle copy. of our readers, however, have a copy they will confir a favor hy \vi itintr t'arrie I.. Jh'oiiKhton the terms on which tie will h wiiliiiK to dispose of it. Advises Against Selling. "I would not udiv.se. holders of stock in tlic American Mxports and Imports (oi|Kaation to .s-il at $7 a share," s 11 it Dr. J. 15. Johnson, president of the 'York county branch of the American Cotton Association when his attcntiriii was c.-iij.-d t<> an advertb'ement in The Yo'l.vi 1< Fhopiirer of 1**i i?I \ in w hich a Colturioin llrni o!f*vod thai j rie foi tile .stock. "\\ llile li is a f.el th it 111 * e?unptiny has never paiil ;i dividend." Dr. Johnson went on t?? say. "their liD.incial statf incuts show that they are i>i mmkI shape and have :i Ida luilaiie ?>a the r'uht sill" of the ledger despite the fact that tlo-y paid a hh;h<T price for cotton than a !me?t any ottici' export na firms. J've ?ot ti pretty kwm1 size hloclt of the slock and I don't propose to sell iiiitie for anytliiif; like $7 a shtire." FidVonce Crittcntsn Hsmo. r.eeause the rain inti rferrcd with her Iodide, Mi:?s |**ior? ::e .M. Yotinj; was not able to jjlve Vorkville a fail chance in her etinvass l< r the Moreno*. Ciittcnton Home, last week. I hit she writes, from l/iuretts, "tint < a 11 'ions for two days amounted t<> i whirl), I think was (loins very v < li u:id< r the < ireunistsnees. I hit your town did not have a i(a! ehanre. A hrief i .mass of f.'lovt r netted r.o-n what Mr. .1. A. I'tve Id r i ("iovir had a 1 11 -r eh.una than V? ikvi le. Ho showed nie what The Yojftvi !' Knouii<-r had said about niy an int,*, and c.vplaimd thr;t ('.oyer was |iri>{KMTd for me.. I will a|i|?c* tale il if you will thank the i??-o|.Iof hoth Yorkvil'e and (.'lover for .suhse iplions for the Kioielice Cl'ilt "J'ton It ni<\" Something of a Hardship. "What have you got that jnek on that I'o|!oh''h le.e for," Views and Int< : v iews asked of Jim Itohinson, on. of the guards at the ehaingan;? 1'riday afternoon. The man indicated ens a white man a ad I ho thin.*: r ftited to as a "|.irk-' was a hand I' ii'oa that titled arounil the *"* I! ?-.. liiynt lew. v.itli a spike, sj>: or riyht ii:? h< .s in length eling either way, forward and hark ward. "Oh, that is not a pie's." said i hiatal !( ii:irson. "That is what we < til 'iron-'. This is the fellow who sliol Deputy l?aitin s ?j:io lime ago in an nitempt t" hreiik jaii. II : .v. s o\. . loai l to s;ty short'y after we got him that he would d-> his lain on I!.. ....i.i,, ., d;;ys. aijd i.d- i:. I 'Mil I life-? >}-? . . In liU'.Vl) thill 111 MlleMlh I In i< u:. at the lir-t nopurtuuity, \\ cilen In11 mm unking 1 : ? ruri'iii.., a:; ?l!lfi:-si!l as jmyyihl?\" Work of tKu Chaingnncj. Si- .ilvi'i:, of the L'm nrili s y?i?l I \i? > illi'Iiiflril in li e i*ii ijiii;mr* ;111 lilt- itllicr <l;l\. SU|C I"\ i?:i>:- Ih'nwi raid tin! lite had Iivii let?i?li < ' tifi" 'I "! I ilile f ur ! n l< ? I" ;i: 111.:IIV I!I !Ii - jtiv llercs.siir? . "Tin cf Ij:j\ ? In n liniosnn tile ru n Im I'hv Km-! tiiil. .vlr n \vi unv 111 I !< !< utilize ;i!l our emnin.s adv; utav I'ni Ijiek nl (If litre mil'. I < 111 i <' |>n\vi| Tiiere err i*??tIii:i;r Jhn^ the ?:;'i;i vieis rouhl (In thai V. ' worth wliil l>lit it will hi- (Mi. ,<iii mm. Tie-i i ,i good il?-<(l ni it.'iihliii ami < iiiiiiL: i tin nv< r on this yid elcnrir.,' ih inI >i way. There. u;i> m.thim; m Mui; .. til - cast inad ynu Irnou. It.it ? ' 'raenough ot it Mow I" 1. ;> husy .ill i!i lii'li hare elm 'i(! i ! hi with the miller. | think we will he all i ifihl through tin' winter, ami that it will not t> lie e.s.sary t Ret more i mules before neat spring." Didn't Want a Union. "Th \\ vidcnl'y d"ii'l want a branch j nl tlin Textile Workers ?f the World at Croat Falls," said Fdward Calla- : 1 I' I han, union oir.anixor of Charlotte, who j i was in Yorkville the other evening. | w at to Croat Falls a few flays a?o j in company with several other union organizers. We had received .in invliIinrn from a number of i I workers and \vi re t<>1?1 that thorp was , ;i great demand for organization of a local. A short tim after we arrived we were told that about the best thing we could do would be to leave. Several | people nourished Buns and knives In our direction and in fact, the situation didn't look wholesome. Among thos who lo'.d us we had better Ret i out was one- man who had been insis^- j ent that we come. lie said that 1m j thought I was a preacher and didn't i know until my actual arrival tlfiit l| was a union organizer. So we left." j Mu:t Have a School. "We are going to have nature enough ! school bailding at New Zion or know | the reason why," said \V. .M. Wallace. I of the X? w Zion neighborhood, last j Saturday. "They have he en talking about our neighborhood being 'benighted* long enough nr.d 1 expect maybe there*is sonic Justice in'the charge, if lack of I a good school building is to be taken j j as evidence. i;*it there is one thing 1 can say for j < Ui- sind that is that they all : :ii?!??h (late the mod of a goad building ! | and inns1 of them sire willing to do j their part in getting one. I "As for !nc 1 gaCe them two acres | 9 I of 'and and $J"> cash, and two neigh- | Ijors adjoining gave two acres more, making four acres in all with liberal subscriptions Instill s. Xoi one of nsj would have ln.cn willing to let that land go for any other purpose, even for a big priee. / "We have ii"t s<? n all the people yet, , and we have not got ready as much ; money as we nt >l; but we are still work inc. getting all the cash we ear, ! subs TiptJons > [ labor, material. ?te., I and if We do not raise $1.2iif> to put ! lip against tin $I,2U<) offered from tie ! pnb'ii sell to! funds we will know the i rcaso ?,why." GREATEST AMERICAN' HERO ,1 ', Why Simucl Wcodfill Was Chosen as Borly Bearer. . . l.ir,; . e 1 lei old. \! *l i?- !.< ro of be*. < < . ot t lie World wer a leant ofticiall; rated as greater j lis.n Seigt. Ah'in York ?a* Maf. I'luir- j hs S Whittles! v. lias been designated j b> lite \\\ti Department as 1 od> bear- 1 t r ft ?> si the iitfanlry branch J ?r the | iii I pnwii dead wlin will li" liiirii'il :M ! .\rliiiK'"ii National I'? metery Novum- ! II. "I'll.-. m:in. rulueied as ffivilesl ul 111"! Ii ti;; 1."it f Ameriean soldiers who : I i rl'oi inefl \;i]i:ilit deeds, is Si-i'Kl. ! I Samii"l Woodtiil. ul' the refill hi r army, j a ii.itivi- ul' Indiana. II" was horn | <in I it lii'vh'W, Intl., where his brothel's j mil slsh rs still live. Chosen by Perjhiny. . S* rjjt. Wood fill was chosen by tlen. I i i*:"sl:iny t h-ml t!;? list of homes. In I his m ;Mii l ; 11a search of the Aiil"i'ii -in records ul' ilisim;iiiishcd service.) I' rshin.v said: "D'vils ui valor wen loo numerous lu muni inn la-ru. Oatstandimi was l:iu li' inism n!' l.ii ul So min i Wuiiillill. ! ' I is"; 1 j Oi-. ;':inn. in altai hin? siu??lc- i I.anili il a ri" ; ni' 'i.riunn luaehin i jfruii s i r Ciianl ami Killin tin 1 law uj' i : i ): i: tn.-a until reduced to i I' - iiiTi-i i; of . s aniline tho las', ileI. i-hm-'il villi a picl;. ilispati liilia til -la a ll. Alii! u. Semi. Alvin I'. V in k i 11 ii Ki.vlMj . i ui.11 |)i\sii>n, ia standing iff ami ca;>tiiriniC IS-, tieiiinnst ; f'i i i.is patrol was literally siirloiim.'i-l aial nutiiiiiii'.on ! lull to'one; ; i'l .Via j. ("it.ui s S. Whittlesey ami, i is mc;i ui the Snei'iity-seventli !>i\ .si' . whi'i"" 1'ieir fiattaiiuii was out off ia tie in ri fusing in 'ill': n'.r am! la-'-i ui|i until linally | : loved. IVuiiliths Many died in I" : furminy de sis of uiiUtiown In mixm i sui'vi" nr i "inaincil in tif>." Would Have Dor.c More. Si i" ;l. \\ inidliil eame l<> Imv. ii e.sti rday from Sort Thomas, Kj . where lie I ir mm ?l.-.liuiH d. and Was jirected l>\ t'u l i t. tin , >! war and ofTieers ul lii" a IT. '!*n neus|>"i|n'r i:n n who im- ' liiviiv.iil iiim. ii ft? r llie.'. had read uf la i i? :-i'ul 11. v.'S- uii lite Held Si i a.: Mill .id: "M\ only icjirci l: thai I i ' ild n I have dune limre. | a ills are iluail."' I raid.! I" isti? was i f Wi l li d- aa at and m\ on ! r am -furs wi re Herman. I ws. : i ia Indiana, in tin* 11!11 Inwo ni I'Ii-- j.-w v. here ill v hroihur "Hid : :sti IS ridl iTUil". I il" in i! a I 11ii.11,]* lii have In""!) seleeled as1 l-iid" t i in !ur Anu-ri ds nekmiwii I ul - 1 ii i". ill" ifreaI le ner that V. Ill ' \ I I ? t1. ; M - ? ' ..... 'I'll- li-Tiv' (|"cils i!ii-n<i.>n?il 1>\ (!vii. ' I v- irirr wins |N>rfi>i'MHil l?y < ; i f I j. -ll' > \\ It'll I > -tol'iT 11'. IHs ll<-ar 'ill:.!. Franco dii.iil/r til" M 11? - N I 111: < ">lVllM V" v. II. II sill :r!?--1 a! -i'. !"< ! three machine : khiis, l;i!!inir nineteen of tli.- e:i"iit> , s < .1 > ami ?:tj??? ? I thn?. Citatun for fvledr! of Honor. * > ; 'i n act<mii>: i * inn ilir n ' Mental >' Honor .liviird ' I hiit), Is :ii follow.-: "l*'?'I* con oii-iii'i call.-nlry and ii:' ii-.|.ii'il' iliove all I l."Viin.I tli" .all ROCK HILL NEWS BUDGET N<;w Ebcnczer Avenue School Build inf] Has Been Opened. BOY BREAKS LEG~ AT FOOTBALI Getting Ready for the Fail?Womsr Who Was Struck by Automobile Recovers?Other News and .Notes oi the Metropolis of York County. /r?.. .. a...rc * I lock Mill. Nov. !>?Mhcnczcr Avcntif school building, Hock Hill's new graded school building was formally opened Friday night a large number of patrons attending the exercises. J, (\ C.iuthen. chairman of the school hoard juesided and made a brief talk outlining the work of the school along building lines. A iilble and flag were presented to the school by the Junior Order United American Mechanics, the speech of the presentation being by Uov. Dr. J. \V. II. Dyches of Fort Mill. Thu speaker stressed the need of an enlarged patriotism and of a deeper spiritual life and s.iid tlie foundation could l?e better laid in the public schools than elsewhere outside the home which was the real cornerstone of civilization. Mr. J. C\ Hardin presented the I hide and Dr. J. B. Johnson the llag. Work on the pew school building, opened Friday night, was begun early in the year. It is a brick structure, with seven class rooms, large ^enough to accommodate 3?>0 ptipils and has modern appointments throughout. \V. .?i. l wan i nir v.uiiiiuviwi Street Work Progressing. St root work in Keck Hill is progressing steadily, work going on in several sections of (he city at the same time. While it causes considerable inconvenience to travelers who arc compelled to detour, at the same time nobody objects seriously to that, since they realize ii is .necessary to have the improved streets. Looking Forward to Fatr. A large number of workmen were bup.y today in repairing the barns and other buildings at the York county fair grounds, with a view to having them realty for Ho- opening of the fail oil Wednesday. More stalls for cattle an I horse; will he needed this year th in ever before, it is said, since exhibits are expected to he much more numerous. Ituoe horses that were exhibited ;il the recent state fair in Columbia and at Chester this week, are ftxpi etcd ,here .Monday and the r<ieing program ii" . aeror ling !<> fair officials, i: to It tlie In si lint tin York enmity f.-i has en r < IT' red. ? St.ill Sorting Cotton. Workmen are still engaged in sorting hales i f cotton damaged in a lire in or.! of liie compartments of the big rehouse of Williams & Company in Kock Hill several days ago. Many hales of cotton were badly damaged in the lire, while other luiles were not had!;, damaged. It. is a big job to sort the cotton properly and will require some lime ret in come. Itch Is Raging. IJepnits lsave it that the epidemic ol itch, reported anions school children I' Sharon several days ago. has spread to this sid< of York county and that there are numerous cases among Uock Hill school children. In fart, a trained nurse is the correspondent's informant for tlu? statement that there are many eases here. Boy Breaks Log. Julian Starr, son of Mr. and Mrs. J S. Starr of I lock Hill, had the misfortune to lircnk Id4 lop in a footlial pat tie at Chester Friday. The aceiden occurred daring a kick off. Me is repo.ted as pi Ming along nicely. Mrs. Russeli Out. Mrs. J. W. Russell. who was knockdown and painfully hurt several days ago l?.v an automoiiile. is able to lie on ay;: in. Friedheitn Building Progrcs* ng. Fontraeto" J. Frank" Foeivtster i: making pood progress in eonstrcetior of t!ic two-story brick building 01 Trade street which lie is crectinp fol lie. Sam Frlcdhelm. "'lie building is one of the I: rpi st heinp erected it Ihck Hill at the present time. Interest In Watson's Charges. There is much interest dispk'yci ainonp ex-service men here today ovei chargis made by Senator Tom Wat Hi in Ha" Foiled States senate tl* week thai soldiers were lump in Franc during the World war without a trial One e\-:?e:"vie?; man was ex'.iihitin; pictures of the hanpinp in France of . colored soldier who had been convict I of assaulting a French pirl. Xoir of the soldiers heard discussing 111 m iller were im-lincd to put much faitl i"i Si-nator W.rion's charges. TURNING FRCM COTTON Southwest Georgia Most Prospcrou Section of State. Wriinr i<? The Times : few day i'en from Albany, < Sa.. A. V. William mi . tr i\ ? Iii s:i|c iiimii of |-'ort .Mil! win was i-i- tilly in southwest tleor Kin and there ol.served farmiiu: eondi lions as afferted hy I In? I o >11 weevi said. "The fanners hereabouts lmv almost unit raislutr eolion. and it i i! most prosperous sort inn of tli date. Some farmers told me the would in vor ,ji? back to eotton. It i .1 l>? alltiful picture til see ilie eatll and hogs on the farms down here an the loflo.er e: up or' peanut a. ard vel vt * In a us li a the slock and for mark ft." With hi tell, r .0 The Times M Williamson liicloses a dispatch from Moultrie, (Ja., to an Atlanta paper in which it is stated that "since-the rains Colquitt county farmers have started work plowing in cotton stalks as purl of their plan to combat the ravages cl the boll weevil next year. The county demonstration agent started a cam*1 paign several weeks ago with a view of getting as many farmers as possib'f 1 j to. destroy their stalks, Aiting govern, I meat figures to show the advantages j that would follow such step in this j connection. He declared that -government tests have shown that when 3,000 . boll weevils were forced to winter quarters on October 1, only 27 of them . (less than 1 percent.) uvea tnrougn the winter. Of jfl)00 forced into winI tor quarters on ^October 15, 148 survived; when 3,000 had their feed taken . from tlihm on Notamb?r 1, 294 lived | through the winter. "A largeyRumber of Colquitt county farmers have been destroying their [ cotton stalks early in the fall and many of them have asserted that it is the best known method of fighting the boll weevil. "In late September, 1919, J. A. Williams, one of the biggest planters in j Colquitt county had his stalks plowed in ana last year he made a bale to the acre. No weevils made their appearance in his fields until the pest bdgan its late summer fight."?Forf Mill Times. YORK COUNTY SHOWS GAIN Census Repoct Shows Whites Now Outnumber Negroes. The population of York county increased about 3,009 from 19f0 to 1920, according to the last census figures, The negro population of the county , decreased 1,045 during the decade, givj ing the white population an increase of 4,000 during the period between the last two censuses. There were 50,536 people in York county on January 1, 1920, as comcomparecl with 47,418 in 1910. Of this number there were 26,150 natlvt whites, 13.682 white males and 12,968 white females, 24,230 negroes, 11,740 males and 12,490 females. In 1911 I theie Averc 22,265 native whites and I 25,276 negroes. The population was ; 53 per cent, negro in 1910 and 47.D pet , cent, negro in 1920. As to illiteracy, thg census report shows that there were 36,795 persons over 19 years of age and 6,562, or 17.8 per rent, were illiterate. In 1910 this IM'ivcntage was 27.3 per cent. Of the 19,300 whites in this class 1,130 oc 5.1 t? r cent, were ilHtemle. Between th< : ages of it! and 20 years, 606 or 14.' per cci:t. of the 5,468 were unable te read or write. Of the 2,531 adult illiterate males. 2,031 were negroes, and . of the 2,667 illiterate females, 2,221 | were negroes. The report shows that there wen 9.985 families In the county, givin* slightly more than live to the faniily There was a totnl of 9,427 dwelling! . listed in the county, or less than i ' home for each family. PASTOR IN BAD i New Hampshire Minister Has Ha< ! Tough Time of It. C. 11. llowen, former minister of th< ' Canaan Centre Branch of the Mahid: I Pentecostal Mission of the Allianci j rf the (ieneral Assembly of Clod, yesterday emerged from the woods intt ! which he fled several days ago t( j escape a coat of tar xind feather: . j threatened as a. result of the alkget ? >,, i <*<: wcssion <>l :i wuiu<i:i nu i'n/.i o. .... I congregation relates a West Rumney l .V. II. dispatch. He hud wanderet over twenty miles through the fores during the last three days with oik loaf of bread* for food. | Today he is back in town, and hli * I former flock is split over the affair : Those who have stool with him iron ' the Mist say that he has su.feret . enough for his alleged transgressioi ' and should be taken back into the fold 1 j When he came out of the woods Bow 1 , en was almost exhausted. His clothe: r were in rags. > ' He arrived while a score of mei v ere healing the woods for him. Hi ; said he fled when he came home oni day last week and found this not I pinned to the front door: r, "l"nUss you get out of town withli - twenty-four hours, you will be tarrei s aid lea thy red to the rail. The tar i Msnly and so are the feathers and tlv lit C..t out ami irot out lllllck." .Mr. Ho wen showed several threat i [ citing letters signed ".Me and Myself, - i which began to come to him just af e ter the woman in the case with he i | .alleged relations with the pastor. Ii The mission was started at Wes j Canaan about four years ago. Th members of the congregation refuse to be {'tilled "Holy Rollers" or "Hoi .lumpers," although several of th r ; townspeople who have been attracts ! to tlie little church out of curiosity sn s Ihnt they have witnessed some Strang I sights there. They told of some <1 I the members of the flock professin their faith by barking like dogs, sin of seeing them slide on the floor an I j climb over benches. The meetin .. often lasted until - a. tn.. and th shrieks of the devout eould he hear (i a lonK way off. The church baptize i its members iu Crystal Lake, th ,. water supply for Canaan. Two hundred and forty former so! d ilo-i's aed sailors will l>e the first occl) - pants of the biff hospital buildiiiff o . ...? i.ip of hoiitii mountain in Ponnsyl ! van in. Many of t lie soldier uatienl are men whose luiiffs have bet ome al '* I I eel e?| If.' I': I : IMilsnoint; SOUTHTHLAND-STORIES ]" Reminiscences of One Who Observed and Remembered. L * ' HOW NEGRO RULE WAS OVERTHROWN Whites Rose in Their Might and Gave Close Attention to Political Conditions?Ku Klux Performed Their . Part?Ballot Boxes were Stuffed to ] Such Extent'as Was Necessary. , i By T. Larrv Qantt. , The assassination of President Lin- , , coin after the surrender was the greatest calamity that could have post sibly occurred for the south. It left I unchecked in control of the government three of the bitterest enemies 1 . of the south, Thad Stephens, who was ( inflamed over the burning of his iron ] v works by Confederate soldiers In their \ , march through Pennsylvania; Benjamin F. Butler, a renegade Democrat . and who was a delegate to the Char- | leston convention; and Charles Sum- , ner who was chafing under the caning ] given him by Preston Brooks of South i Carolina, for insults heaped upon his aged uncle. The north was irtflamed ( over the assassination of Lincoln by a , ; fanatic, and cried aloud for vengeance V| against the whole southern people two ( years after their armies had laid down ] their arms and our people were hard at work trying to restore peace and r resurrect their impoverished and de- < vastated land. The negro was en- | francbised, and, in order to place ( these ignorant blacks in control of the ( state government of the south a horde . of unscrupulous and greedy adven- ( turers from the north were . sent ( , among, us to organize and inflame , these blacks against their former owners. And to insure their rule con- | gress disfranchised every man who , had borne arms in the Confederate t army or sympathized with the so, I called "rebellion." These laws, of course, were simply the placing of i black heels on white necks, and as the , leaders in Washington thought, perpetuated the rule of the Republican ! party in the south. Any old citizen who lived in those days can tell you of their horrors. For the south it was a frightful night, murd that will endure so long as momI ory lasts. Backed by armed Federal , soldiers, including negro regiments, , such scenes of outrage were enacted , as no conquered country was ever , subjected to. ..It is too recent.history I ~ I ,ln,l l,u vii n r - " ( This was the situation in the soutlr when the Ku Klux Klan was organized I by Gen. N. B. Forrest, and the move, mcnt quickly spread all over the south. As a >outh, I have seen long , lines of those shrouded riders filing ? along the road on horseback, silent and ghostlike, striking terror into the , hearts of ignorant and superstitious t negroes and causing a stampede back home of carpet-baggers, but with well filled pockets of stolen money. In an incredibly short space of time this "invisible army" brought order out of j chaos and paved the way for conquest of the different state governments by the Democrats. Every capdid man , must confess that the K. K. K. saved 1 the south. But unlike Col. Simmons' society, it only made war on thieves and outlaws, and in its ranks were ' found Protestants, Roman Catholics, Jews and Gentiles all marching side E) ^ by side with the same high and patriotic object In view.' But my intent in this sketch is to j tell about the redemption of our state t governments from negro and alien rule. Georgia was one of the first states to he redeemed, but South Carolina. Florida, and Louisiana were still s under the rule of carpet-baggers scallavyags and negroes. In the for' iner stilte there was a negro majority of over 40,000, and all the election 1 machinery was in their hands. But ' somehow Georgia was never made to submit to the degradations of most ^ S other southern states, for her people, even when they had Federal bay1 onets to face, never submitted to ne1 gro rule except in a few counties. In Elbert county, for instance the whites L | held control and even organized a Ku l Klux Klan of their own before the one 1 formed by Gen. Forrest. The whites ' ; at once determined that they would s 1 ' ??' ? r\t* Intot'fAi'pnpp I Ilil VI" UU IIC^IU I uav VI I.??v..v.v..v. with their local affairs by outsiders. Amos T. Aekerman, attorney general ? under President Grant, a northerner, taught school In Elbert county before the war and joined the state militia. Shortly after the surrender I heard ( Mr. Aekerman deliver.an address in the court house at Elberton. He had p j ( joined the Republican party and this i did not at alt sit on the stomach of ' Elbert county Democrats. In his ad- | ^ dress Aekerman stated that the south , , was eon?|uered and the negro eman- | " ' eipatcd. He advised his hearers to c . | accept the situation and make of the I negro their peasantry and laborer. I ^ At that time the negro hail not been (given the ballot. There was nothing i ' ! object io/table that I could see in Ack- ; erman's speech, but Wi. n he left the 0 > ; court room Col. Heard, an old and I highly respected citizen, began to beII labor Aekerman with his walking cane L i and kept it up until he (Aekerman) j could seek refuge in the hotel. I After the ontrancmsemeiu ?u mo i- negro, the young Democrats resolved n that no black should vote ir. their I I |* I county, and they made this good. At p.! that time a Republican fjtTicer visited j each county and ro"i?ttered the no gioes as voters, and one came to Elberton. Long: strings of negroes stood In front of his table, giving in their names. While the registration was going on Tuz Tate, a young soldier who iiad served gallantly through the war, followed by a squad of his companions and neighbors, approached the officer, leading a steer by the rialter. Addressing the Federal officer, Tuz fcpoke as follows: "Here, you fellow there, taking down the names of niggers! Here is a voter for you to register. He has horns on his head, but he has got as much sense and has just us much right to vote as them blamed black niggers. His name is Buck Tate and 1 give you just two seconds to put Buck's name on that list of voters, or [ will bore a hole with this pistol in your carcass a. rabbit can jump through!" And Tuz Emphasized his demand by drawing two pistolSNfrom his bootlegs, and placing them on the table beside the officer. The officer looked at Tuz and the gang at his back, every man armed to the teeth, and without protest placed the name of "Buck Tate" on his list of registered voters. When election day rolled around, another federal officer came to preside over the polls, but he must have heard about "Buck Tate," the voter with tiorns in his head. Tuz and his gang came to the polls leading Buck by a halter and voted him without protest. Last summer I was in Elbcrton and inquired about what had become of Tuz Tate? I was told that Tuz had a fine farm in Goosepond district in Oglethorpe county, and was in Elbertin thnt Hnv T hunted UD Tuz. whom [ found to be an old grey haired veteran. I asked him what had become of his steer Buck. Tuz replied that Buck faithfully voted the Democratic ticket and until he died with the hollow-horn, hollow-tail, or some -other cattle ailment, when the boys brought to the polls a young steer and voted him in Buck's name so long as it was necessary. Xo negro was denied the right to vote, but the following method o' "moral 'suasion" was employed to keep the county solidly Democratic. When a negro approached the polls with a ballot in hand, some of the boys would step up to him and l?t the darkey see him taking down his name and for whom he worked. Without one word spoken, that darkey forthwith left for his home. It \>gs such a spirit as this that s> clearly redeemed Georgia, and then her people set fn to; help save their neighbors and friends across the Savannah. In South Carolina all manner of compromise tickets were put out to try and save the state, but without avail. At last GeVi. Wade Hampton, Mart Gary and other ex-Confederates organized a red shirt campaign and made a straight-out tight to overthrow the most venal and corrupt government ever imposed on any state or county. Every white man in Sdbth Carolina not turned traitor and aligned with the Republicans, ddnned a red shirt, and in bands of hundreds and thousands, rode all over the state. Xo intimidating methods were employed with the negroes, but they were plainly told their day had passed and the white Democrats intended to take charge and run the government. Democratic speakers attended every Republican meeting^ and demanded a division of time and forced their demand. Around the crowds of blacks a cordon of white men with guns in hand and on horseback stood. Each gun was cocked and pointed direct at the white leaders and speakers at these meetings. This meant that at the first sign of trouble the3e leaders v/ould be riddled with bullets. So order reigned supreme and the Democratic speakers denounced the Republican leaders to their face In the most bitter terms. But the Republicans and theii* negro voters had control of the ballotboxes and the Democrats knew they had no chance in a, #tir election. Many negro election managers were bought, some intimidated, and others kept drunk. When election day rolled round, thousands of Georgians crossed the Savannah, armed to the teeth, and every mother's son of them demanded the right to vote; and they rode from box to box and stopped at each to vote again. And not content with this, tissue ballots were used by the Democrats. Every voter stuck his own ballot in the box, and at the same time deposited from 25 to 100 tickets folded together. These tissue ballots were so arrangea that when placed in. the box they would separate and form different tickets. In Edgefield county alone, it is said that more votes were crammed into the boxes than could be cast in the entire state. Of course the election was fraudulent from start to finish, but the Republicans had for years practiced the most outrageous frauds, and the Democrats simply followed their example. Roth sets of candidates were counted in by the rival parties and which resulted in a duel house of representatives in Columbia, with two speakers ar.d two sets of officers. Neither side would yield an inch. Rut under a deal with Hayes, by which he was given the presidency over Tilden. Federal troops were withdrawn and when the soldiers departed it was easy sailing: for the Democrats. The negroes yielded and carpet-baggers took their departure for n healthier climate. f FLOATING WHITE HOUSE. 1 ..i, ? . President sod IrsJirdfef ietMct ? Pleasere eat W TitM. ?- ' j MAYFLOWER IS 1 PAUTMl NIT ' ' 1 ' f? Beat Wn Built inlBflt Suviot During Spanish-American Dining Room Richly Funti?h?|Jfc ' (From the Dearborn Independent) No president or mistress of the'. White House ever has had so iqucb rest and pleasure out of week-end yachting: as the Hardlnga. Scarcely a week goes by that they do'not embark on the beautiful governmenti or.-oed boat, the Mayflower, known. ?9 everywhere as "the president's yacht," and cruise down the historic Potomac into Chesapeake bay, vlettlng-fiere of there as fancy dictates. There's nothing selfish nor exclusive about these Mayflower trljp. Neither the president nor Mrs. Harding are the sort of people who like to herd by themselves in lonesome aloofness. y Being real, genuine, whoiesouled human beings, thsy thoroughly enjoy the good old-fashioned art of being neighborly and sociable as practiced in. ty? pical small American towns where i everybody knows each other by his first name. In this delightful-renpect the Hardings haven't changed- - the least bit since leaving the 'little town ?? ! or Aiarion, unio. ine ?itriiuua w m? position of chief executive, and America's first lady, has not. In the leastwise, tprned the heads of Mr. and Mrs. Hardin?. They never dream of starting out on a yachting trip without in* vitlng as many friends to be their guests as the boot will comfortably accommodate. The frequent use of the Mayflower during the past spring and summer *has given it unusual prominence in the press of the country, arousing the- * curiosity of the public as to the history, general appearance and details of the noted craft. The Mayflower, originally, was the property of Ogden Goelet, a New Tork business man of great wealth. It W|s' constructed for him at Clydebank, Scotland, in ISM. Tfro years later, at the breaking 'out of the SpanishAmerican war, the United States government purchased It from the Ooelft estate for 6420,000. During the exqlt- * ing days' of our little scrap with Spain, the MayfWer, in command of Captain M. R. 8. Mackenzie, was oas ot the busiest-veSeeis connected With th* American navy. It was during the days of the Roosevelt regime that the Mayflower was converted into pleasure yacht for the exclusive use of the president of the United States. 1 ' yW The t*>at is of fair sise, the water line being 275 feet, the breadth ,26 feet, and draft 17 feet 4 inches. Her water displacement is .2.690 tons. She makes an average speed of 14.2 knots an hour. It requires a large crew of officers and- men to keep the Mayflower in readiness for sailing at any hour of the day or night. It is always spick and span in appearance, the decks and every nook &q4. corner being as clean and shkny as a bride's kitchen or a nurses collar. r ? Many a present-day wife oou^l flat some valuable housekeeping points in the way of neatness and cleanliness from the sailor methods aboard the Mayflower. It is quite evident that there is never any stinginess in the use of soap, water, scrub-brushes, brooms and elbow grease. ? J' The reception room is as cosy and comfortable as any to be found is a private home. There is an abundance, of big cushiony chairs and couches. It is quite evident, however, that the Hnrdlngs 'and their friends have lit-, tie patience with the Jaxs junk with which the world is so sorely afflicted. On a little table near the piano are half a dozen hymn books and a large volume of old-fashioned songs, such as "Silver Threads Among the Gold," "The Old Oaken Bucket." "Dixie," 'Swanee River," "Annie Laurie," "Good Bye, My Lover, Good Bye," "My Old Kentucky Home," "Home Sweet Home." Both the hymnals and the popular song volume look very much the worse for wear, clearly Indicating that many a happy after? ? ??kmia Konn snant lit noon ana evcums umc ^M B>Vn> the reception room. Just one glance at the dining-room Is enougn to make anyone feel as though he had been meatless for a week or more. It is, by all odds, the most fascinating part of the boat. This room extends the full width of the yacht and is as richly furnished as the best hotel in the land. The smoaklng room is as comfortable and palatial as the ones to be found on popular ocean liners. Taking it all in all, the Mayflower ? ? nn.oiKie for the nresident to IIIUACS It r have a floating- White House that Is virtually as comfortable in its appointment as the celebrated mansion it) Washington. The man who is responsible for keeping the Mayflower in deep water and away from jutting rocks or shoals is Commander Balaton L. Holmes, of the United Slates navy. Commfcnder Holmes saw much active service dyr* ing the World war. ? For his aervice during the Worl4 war. AdnitVil Sir H. Evans Thomas, of the British navy, waa given permitI slon by King George to wear an American Distinguished Service Cross conferred by the president of-the TTnitad Slates ? ..Jl