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ISSUED SEMI-WEEKL^ ^ l. x. okist's sons, Pnbiuhen. } % ^amilg Jfenmyayer: 4?r the promotion of the political. ?oeial, Agricultural and Commercial Interests of the people. {T8R*MM^op^riT^EKm1108' ESTABLISHED 1855 YORKVILLE, 8. C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1905. NCX102. The QL An Historical ] Ku Klu BY TH0MA5 Copyright by the Author and Published CHAPTER IV. The Banner of the Dragon. Ben Cameron rode rapidly to the rendezvous of the pickets who were to meet the coming squadrons. He returned home and ate a hearty meal. As he emerged from the dining room, Phil seised him Dy me arm tuiu led him under the big oak on the lawn: "Cameron, old boy. I'm In a lot of trouble. I've had a quarrel with my father, and your sister has broken me all up by returning my ring. I want a little excitement to ease my nerves. From Elsie's Incoherent talk I Judge you are in danger. If there's going to be a tight, let me in." Ben took his hand: "You're the kind of a man I'd like to have for a brother, and I'll help you In love?but as for war?It's not your fight. We don't need help." At 10 o'clock Ben met the local Den at their rendezvous under the cliff, to prepare for the events of the night. The forty members present were drawn up before him In double rank of twenty each. "Brethren,'' he said to them, solemnly, "I have called you tonight to take a step from which there can be no retreat. We are going to make a daring experiment of the utmost importance. If there is a faint heart among you, now is the time to retire?" "We are with all you!" cried the men. "There are laws of our race, old before this Republic was born In the souls of white freemen. The flat of fools has repealed on paper these laws. Your fathers who created this Nation were first Conspirators, then Revolutionists. now Patriots and Saints. I need tonight ten volunteers to lead the coming clansmen over this county and disarm every negro In it. The men from North Carolina cannot be recognized. Each of you must run this risk. Your absence from home tonight will be doubly dangerous for what will be dnne here at this negro armory under my command. I ask of these ten men to ride their horses until dawn, even unto death, to ride for their God, their native land, and the womanhood of the south! "To each man who accepts this dangerous mission, I offer for your bed the earth, for your canopy the sky, for your bread stones; and when the flash of bayonets shall fling into your face from the Square the challenge of martial law the protection I promise you? Is exile. Imprisonment, and death 1 Let the ten men who accept these terms step forward four paces." With a single Impulse the whole double line of forty whlte-and-scarlet figures moved quickly forward four steps! The leader shook hands with each man. his voice throbbing with emotion as he said: "Stand together like this, men, and armies will march and countermarch over the south In vain! We will save the life of our people." The ten guides selected by the Grand Dragon rode forward, and each led a division of one hundred men through the ten townships of the county and successfully disarmed every negro before day without the loss of a life. The remaining squadron of two hundred and fifty men from Hambrlght. accompanied by the Grand Titan ' In command of the Province of Western Hill counties, were led by Ben Cameron into Piedmont as the waning moon rose between twelve and one o'clock. They marched past Stoneman's place on the way to the negro armory, which stood on the opposite side of the street a block below. The wild music of the beat of a thousand hoofs on the cobblestones of the street waked every sleeper. The old Commoner hobbled to his window and watched them pass, his big hands fumbling nervously, and his soul stirred to its depths. The ghostlike shadowy columns moved slowly with the deliberate consciousness of power. The scarlet circles on their breasts could be easily seen when one turned toward the house, as could the big red letters K. K. K. on each horse's flank. In the centre of the line waved from a gold-tipped spear the battleflag of the Klan. As they passed the bright lights burning at his gate, old Stoneman could see this standard plainly, the black huge dragon with flaming eyes and tongue seemed a living thing crawling over a scarlet-tipped yellow cloud. At the window above stood a little figure watching that banner of the Dragon pass with aching heart. Phil stood at another, smiling with admiration for their daring: "By George, it stirs the blood to see it! You can't crush men of that breed!" The watchers were not long in doubt as to what the raiders meant. They deployed quickly around the armory. A whistle rang its shrill cry and a volley of two hundred and fifty carbines and revolvers smashed every glass in the building. The sentinel had already given the alarm, and the drum was calling the startled negroes to their arms. They returned the volley twice, and for ten minutes were answered with the steady crack of two hundred and fifty guns. A white flag appeared at the door, and the firing ceased. The negroes laid down their arms and surrendered. All save three were allowed to go to their homes for the night and carry their wounded with them. The three confederates in the crime " * ? ? 1 1 or tneir captain were uuuuu aiivi uru away. In a few minutes the crash of a volley told their end. The little white figure rapped at Phil's door and placed a trembling hand on his arm: "Phil." she said softly, "please go to the hotel and stay until you know all that has happened?until you know the full list of those killed and wounded. I'll wait. You understand?" . As he stooped and kissed her, he felt a hot tear roll down her cheek. ANSMAN. Romance of th< x Klan. 5 DIXON, JR. by Doubleday, Pag? & Co. I "Vfto 1 if 1 <-? Clo T " Vi x coj ii11ic uio| * uiiu?iovuiiu| Ml answered. CHAPTER V. The Reion op the Klan. In quick succession every county fol lowed the example of Ulster, and tb arms furnished the negToes by tb state and National governments wei In the hands of the Klan. The Leagu began to collapse In a panic of terror, A gale of chivalrous passion an high action, contagious and intoxlcat lng. swept the white race. The mor al, mental, and physical earthquak which followed the first assault on on of their daughters revealed the unit of the racial life of the people. Wlthl the span of a week they had lived century. The spirit of the south "like light nlng had at last leaped forth, hal startled at Itself, Its feet upon the ashe and the rags," Its hands tlght-grlppe on the throat of tyrant, thug, an uuer. It was the resistless movement of race, not of any man or leader of mer The secret weapon with which the struck was the most terrible and ef flclent In human history?those pal hosts of whlte-and-scarlet horsemen They struck shrouded In a mantle o darkness and terror. They struc where the power of resistance wa weakest and the blow least suspectec Discovery or retaliation was Impos sible. Not a single disguise was eve penetrated. All was ptanned and or dered as by destiny. The accused wa tried by secret tribunal, sentence' without a hearing, executed in th dead of night without warning, mercj or appeal. The movements of th Klan were like clockwork, without i word, save the whistle of the Nigh Hawk, the crack of his revolver, am the hoof-beat of swift horses movlni like figures in a dream, and vanlshim in mists and shadows. The old club-footed Puritan, In hi mad scheme of vengeance and part; power, had overlooked the Covenantei the backbone of the South. This ma: had just begun to fight! His race ha defied the Crown of Great Britain hundred years from the caves am wilds of Scotland and Ireland, taugh the English people how to slay a klni and build a commonwealth, and, drl ven into exile into the wilderness o America, led our Revolution, people* the hills of the south, and conquere< the west, , ! As the young German patriots o 1812 had organized the great struggl for their liberties under the noses o the garrisons of Napoleon, so Be] Cameron had met the leaders of hi race in Nashville,' Tennessee, wlthli the picket lines of thirty-five thousani hostile troops, and in the ruins of ai old homestead discussed and adopter the ritual of the Invisible Empire. Within a few months this Emplr overspread a territory larger thai modern Europe. In the approachlni election It was reaching out Its darlni white hands to tear the fruits of vie tory from twenty million vlctorlou conquerors. The triumph at which they almei was one of Incredible grandeur. The: had risen to snatch power out of de feat and death. Under their clan-lead ership the southern people had sud denly developed the courage of th lion, the cunning of the fox, and th deathless faith of religious enthusiasts Society was fused in the white hea of one sublime thought and beat wit the pulse of the single will of th Grand Wizard of the Klan at Mem phis. Women and children had eyes an saw not ears and heard not. Ove four hundred thousand disguises fo men and horses were made by the wo men of the south, and not one secre ever passed their lips! With magnificent audacity, inflnit patience, and remorseless zeal, a con quered people were struggling to tur his own weapon against their conquer or. and beat his brains out with th bludgeon he had placed in the hands c their former slaves. Behind the tragedy of Reconstructio stood the remarkable man whose lro will alone had driven these terrlbl measures through the chaos of passloi corruption, and bewilderment whic followed the first assassination of a American president. As he learned froi his window in this village of the sout and watched In speechless rage th struggle at that negro armory, he fe for the first time the foundations sink Ing beneath his feet. As he saw th black cowards surrender in terro noted the indifference and cool defl ance with which those white horseme rode and shot, he knew that he ha collided with the ultimate force whic his whole scheme had overlooked. He turned on his big club foot froi the window, clinched his fist, and mut tered: "But I'll hang that man for this dee if it's the last act of my life!" The morning brought dismay to th negro, the carpet-bagger, and the seal awag of Ulster. A peculiar freak < weather in the early morning added I their terror. The sun rose clear an bright except for a slight fog tht floated from the river valley, Increas Ing the roar of the falls. About nlr o'clock, a huge black shadow sudden] rushed over Piedmont from the wes and in a moment the town was shrouc ed in twilight. The cries of biri were hushed, and chickens went 1 roost as In a total eclipse of the su Knots of people gathered on the stree and gazed uneasily at the threatenir skies. Hundreds of negroes began i sing and shout and pray, while sens ble people feared a cyclone or clouc burst. A furious downpour of ra was swiftly followed by sunshine, ar the negroes rose from their knee shouting with joy to find the end the world had after all been postpone But that the end of their brief reij in a white man's land had come, b few of them doubted. The events the night were sufficiently eloquei The movement or the clouds in sympathy was unnecessary. Old Stoneman sent for Lynch, and found he had fled to Columbia. He sent for the only lawyer in town whom the lieutenant governor had told him could be trusted. ^ The lawyer was polite, but his refusal to undertake the prosecution of any alleged member of the Klan was emphatic. "I'm a sinful man, sir," he said with a smile. "Besides I prefer to live, on general principles." 'Til pay you well," urged the old man, "and If you secure the convlcie I tlon of Ben Cameron, the man we beI lleve to be the head of this Klan, I'll give you ten tnousana aoaiars. The lawyer was whittling on a piece of pine meditatively. "That's a big lot of money In these I- hard times. I'd like to own It, but te I'm afraid It wouldn't be good at the ie bank on the other side. I prefer the e green fields of South Carolina to those ie of Eden. My harp Isn't In tune." Stoneman snorted In disgust: d "Will you ask the mayor to call to > see me at once?" "We ain't got none," was the laconic ;e answer. ie "What do you mean?" y "Haven't you heard what happened n to his honor last night?" a "No." "The Klan called to see him," went > on the lawyer with a quizzical look, "at If 3 a. m. Rather early for a visit of b state. They gave him forty-nine lashes d on his bare back, and persuaded film d that the climate of Piedmont didn't agree with him. His honor, Mayor a Bizzel, left this morning with his negro wife and brood of mulatto children y for his home, the slums of Cleveland. - Ohio. We are deprived of his illuse trlous example, and he may not be a ! wiser man than when he came, but if he's a much sadder one." k Stoneman dismissed the even-tems pered member of the bar, and wired I. Lynch to return Immediately to Pled mont. He determined to conduct the r prosecution of Ben Cameron In person. - With the aid of the lieutenant governs or he succeeded In finding a man who d would dare to swear out a warrant e against him. ' At a preliminary skirmish he was ^ cnarguu vvuu n v luiauun ui mc a utory laws of the United States relatt ing to Reconstruction and arraigned d before a commissioner. g Against Elsie's agonising protest, g old Stoneman appeared at the court house to conduct the prosecution, s In the absence of the United States y marshal, the warrant had been placed \ In the hands of the sheriff, returnable n at ten o'clock on the morning fixed for d the trial. The new sheriff of Ulster a was no less a personage than Uncle | d Aleck, who had resigned his seat In t the house to accept the more profitable g one of High Sheriff of the county. There was a long delay In beginning f the trial. At 10.30, not a single witness d summoned had appeared, nor had the d prisoner seen fit to honor the court _ .with his presence. f Old Stoneman sat fumbling his hands e In nervous sullen rage, while Phil lookf ed on with amusement, a "Send for the sheriff," he growled to s the commissioner. a In a moment Aleck appeared bowing d humbly and politely to every white a man he passed. He bent half way to d the floor before the commissioner and said: e "Marse Ben be here In er minute, a sah. He's er eatln' his breakfus'. I g run erlong erhead." g Stoneman's face was a thundercloud - as he scrambled to his feet and glared s at Aleck: "Marse Ben' Did you say Marse d Ben? Who's he?" Aleck bowed low y again. "De young Colonel, sah Marse Ben - Cameron." "And you the sheriff of this county e trotted along In front to make the way e smooth for your prisoner?" J. "Yessah!" t "Is that the way you escort prisoners h before a court?" e "Dem kin* er prisoners?yessah." "Why didn't you walk beside him?' Aileck grinned from ear to ear and d bowed very low. r "He say sumfin' to me, sah!" r "And what did he say?" Aleck shook his head and laughed: it "I hates ter Insinuate ter de cote sah!" e "What did he say to you!" thundered - Stoneman. n "He say?he say?ef I walk 'longsldc er him?he knock hell outen me, sah!" e "Indeed." d "Yessah, en I 'spec' he would," said Aleck, Insinuatingly. "La, he's a n gemman, sah, he Is! He tell me he n come right on. He be here sho'." e Stoneman whispered to Lynch, turned with a look of contempt to Aleck, h and said: n "Mr. Sheriff, you interest me. Will n you be kind enough to explain to this h court what has happened to you lately e to so miraculously change your manI* .'.ers?" - Aleck glanced around the room nerie vously. r> "I seed sumfin'?a vision, sah!" I- "A vision? Are you given to vlsn Ions?" d "No-sah. Dis yere wuz er sho' 'nuff h vision! I wuz er feelln' bad all day ylitlddy. Soon In de mawnin', ez I 11 wuz gwine 'long de road, I seed a - big black bird er sittln' on de fence. He flop his wings, look right at me en 11 say, "Corpse! Corpse! Corpse!'"? Aleck's voice dropped to a whisper? '"en las' night de Ku Kluxes come ter I- see me sah!" >f Stoneman lifted his beetling brows. 0 "That's interesting. We are searchid ing for information on that subject." if "Yessah! Dey wuz Sperits, ridln' i- white hosses wid flowin' white robes, en big blood-red eyes! De hosses ly wuz twenty feet high, en some er de it. Sperits wuz higher dan dls cote-house! I- Dey wuz all bal' headed, 'cept right on is de top whar dere wuz er straight blaze to er fire shot up in de air ten foot high!" n. "What did they say to you?" ts "Dey say dat ef I didn't design de ig sheriff's office, go back ter farmin' en to behave myself, dey had er job waitin' 1- fer me in hell, sah. En shos' you 1- born dey wuz right from dar!" in "Of course!" sneered the old Comid moner. s, "Yessah! Hit's des lak I tell yer. of One ob 'em makes me fetch 'im er d. drink er water. I carry two bucketsful rn ter 'im 'to' I git done, en I swar ter ut God he drink it all right dar 'fo' my of eyes! He say hit wuz pow'ful dry it. down below, sah! En den I feel sum nn' Dus loose insiae er me, en 1 ui?i< member all dat come ter pass! made er Jump fer de rlbber bank, t de next I knowed I wus er pullln' fi de odder sho'. Fse er pow'ful got swimmer, sah, but I nebber git ercroi er creek befo' ez quick es I got ober< rlbber las' night," "And you think of going back ' farming?" "I done begin plowln' dls mornlr marster!" "Don't you call me marster!" yelk the old man. "Are you the sheriff < this county?" Aleck laughed loudly. "No-sah! Dat's er Joke! I aim nu tin' but er plain nigger?I wants peac Judge." "Evidently we need a new sheriff.' "Dat's what I tell 'em. sah, dis morr in'?en I des flings myself on de if nance er de-cote!" Phil laughed aloud, and his father colorless eyes began to spit cold poiso: "About what time do you think yoi master, Colonel Cameron, will honor i with his presence?" he asked Aleck. Again the sheriff bowed. "He's er comin' right now, lak I to yer?he's er gemman, sah." Ben walked briskly into the rooi and confronted the commissioner. Without apparently noticing h presence, Stoneman said: "In the absence of witnesses we at cept the discharge of this warran pending developments." Ben turned on his heel, pressed Phil hand as he passed through the crowi and disappeared. The old Commoner drove to the te! egraph office and sent a message < more than a thousand words to th White House, a copy of which th operator delivered to Ben Camero within an hour. President Grant next morning issue a proclamation declaring the nir Scotch-Irish hill counties of Sout Carolina in a state of insurrection, 01 dered an army corps of five thousan men to report there for duty, pendin the further necessity of martiaj la1 and the suspension of the writ < Habeas Corpus. CHAPTER VI. The Counter Stroke. Prom the hour he had watched th capture of the armory old Stonema felt in the air a current against hit Ul-U ?~ - A1aa*^a O O I# /loarl ha w 1111:11 uaa ncvii ic, as u 111c ucau u? heard the cry of the clansmen's 'greet ing, risen and rallied to their pal ranks. The daring campaign these me were waging took his breath. The were going not only to defeat his dele gation in congress, but send their ow to take their seats reinforced by th enormous power of a suppressed negT vote. The blow was so sublime in it audacity, he laughed in secret admlra tion while he raved and cursed. The army corps took possession c the hill counties, quartering from flv to six hundred regulars at each coui house; but the mischief was don* The state was on Are. The eight thousand rifles with which the ne groes had been armed were now i the hands of their foes. A white rifle club was organized in every town, vil lage, and hamlet. They attended th public meetings with their guns, drill ed in front of the speakers' stand, yell ed, hooted, hissed, cursed, and Jeere at the orators who dared to champio or apologize for negro rule. At nigh the hoof-beat of squadrons of pal horsemen and the crack of their re volvers struck terror to the heart t every negro, carpet-bagger, and seal awag. There was a momentary lull in th excitement, which Stoneman mistoo for fear, at the appearance of th troops. He had the governor appoir a white sheriff, a young scalawag froi the mountains who was a noted moon shiner and desperado. He arreste over a hundred leading men in th fuuni) cimrgcu lurm wiwi tuiii^nvn In the killing of the three member of the African Guard, and lnstructe the Judge and clerk of the court t refuse bail and commit them to Ja under military guard. To his amazement, the prisonei came into Piedmont armed and mount ed. They paid no attention to th deputy sheriffs who were supposed t have them in charge. They deliber ately formed in line under Ben Came ron's direction and he led them In parade through the streets. The five hundred United States reg ulars who were camped on the rive bank were Westerners. Ben led hi squadron of armed prisoners in fror of this camp and took them throug the evolutions of cavalry with the pre cision of veterans. The soldiers drop ped their games and gathered laugh leg, to watch them. The drill ende with a double-rank charge at the rive embankment. When they drew ever horse on his haunches on the brlnl firing a volley with a single crash, wild cheer broke from the soldiers, an the officers rushed from their tents. Ben wheeled his men, galloped i front of the camp, drew them up ? dress parade, and saluted. A low wor - - J V or command rrom a trooper, mm m Westerners quickly formed in rank: returned the salute, and cheered. Th officers rushed up, cursing, and drov the men back to their tents. The horsemen laughed fired a voile in the air, cheered, and galloped bac to the court house. The court wc glad to get rid of them. There was r question raised over technicalities i making out ball-bonds. The cler wrote the names of imaginary bondf men as fast as his pen could fly, whil the perspiration stood in beads on h red forehead. Another telegram from old Stonema to the White House, and the Writ < Habeas Corpus was suspended ar Martial Law proclaimed. Enraged beyond measure at the ss lute from the troops, he had two con panles of negro regulars sent froi Columbia, and they camped in tf Court House Square. He determined to make a desperai effort to crush the fierce spirit befoi which his forces were being driven lil chaff. He induced Blzzel to retui from Cleveland with his negro wife at children. He was escorted to the Cb Hall and reinstalled as mayor by tl full force of seven hundred troops, ar a negro guard placed around his houf Stoneman had Lynch run an excu slon from the Black Belt, and broug ' a thousand negroes to attend a fln rally at Piedmont. He placarded tl ' town with posters on which we printed the Civil Rights Bill and tl c- yv-miuauuu ul uir pirniurui uci iai ins I Martial Law. tn Ben watched this day dawn with ir nervous dread. He had passed a sleep>d less night, riding in person to every as Den of the Klan and issuing positive le orders that no white man should come to Piedmont, to A clash with the authority of the United States he had avoided from the \\ first as a matter of principle. It was essential to his success that his men id rniouia commit no act or desperation of which wouid Imperil hlB plans. Above all, he wished to avoid a clash with old <J3toneman personally, t- Tne arrival of the big excursion was e, the signal for a revival of negro Insolence which had been planned. The ? men brought from the eastern part of i- the state were selected for the purf pose. They marched over the town yelling and singing. A crowd of them, 's half drunk, formed themselves three n. abreast and rushed the sidewalks, ir pushing every white man. woman, and is child into the street. They met Phil on his way to the hotel and pushed him into the gutter, le He said nothing crossed the street, bought a revolver, loaded It and put m It lnj his pocket. He was not popular with the negroes, and he had been shot l8 at twice on his way from the mills at night The whole affair of this rally, ?. over which his father meant to pret, side, filled him with disgust, and he was In an ugly mood. 'a Lyrch's speech was bold, bitter, and d, incefidlary. and at Its close the drunken ntarro troopers from the local garrlI son began to slouch through the jf streets, two and two, looking for trouie ble. ie At the close of the speaking. Stonein man called the officer In command of thwe troops, ahd said: id TMaJor, I wish this rally today to ie beja proclamation of the supremacy of h la^t and the enforcement of the equal - Ity of every man under law. Your d troops are entitled to the rights of g white men. I understand the hotel (v table has been free today to the sol>f dlers from the camp on the river. They are returning the courtesy extended to the criminals who drilled before them. Send two of your black troops down for dinner and see that it is served. I wish an example for the ie state." n '.'It will be a dangerous performance, n sir" the major protested. d The old Commoner furrowed his _ brow. ie j'Have you been instructed to act urider my orders?" n "I have, sir." said the officer, say luting. "Then do as I tell you," snapped n Stnneman. ie Ben Cameron had kept indoors all o day, and dined with fifty of the West:8 ern troopers whom he had identified as leading in the friendly demonstration to his men. Margaret, who had been >f busy with Mrs. Cameron entertaining -e these soldiers, was seated in the dlnIng-room alone eating her dinner, e while Phil waited impatiently In the y P*Tlor. . ' The guests had all gone when two n big negro troopers, fighting drunk, walked Into the hotel. They went to I- the water-cooler and drank ostentaie tlously, thrusting their thick lips coat| ed with filth far Into the cocoanut dipI per, while a dirty hand grasped its d surface. n They pushed the dining-room door it open and suddenly flopped down bele side Margaret. i- She attempted to rise, and cried In >f rage:' |- "How dare you, black brutes?" One of them threw his arm around ^ her chair, thrust his face Into hers and k said with a laugh: e "Don't hurry, my beauty: stay and * to lro rlinnor UflH llfl'" n Margaret again attempted to rise, and i- screamed, as Phil rushed Into the room d with drawn revolver. One of the ne[6 groes fired at him, missed, and the next y moment dropped dead with a bullet s through his heart. d The other leaped across the table and o through the open window. |] Margaret turned, confronted both Phil and Ben with revolvers in their s hands, and fainted. > Ben hurried Phil out the back door e and persuaded him to fly. o "Man. you must go! We must not - have a riot here today. There's no >- telling what will happen. A dlsturba ance now. and my men will swarm into town tonight. For God's sake go, un> til things are quiet!" >r "But I tell you I'll face It. I'm not |8 afraid," said Phil quietly, it "No, but I am," urged Ben. "These h two hundred negroes are armed and j. drunk. Their officers may not be able >- to control them, and they may lay their i- hands on you?go!?go?go!?you d must go! The train is due In fifteen ?r minuteB." y He half lifted him on a horse tied behind the hotel leaped on another, a galloped to the flag-station two miles d out of town, and put him on the north bound train, n "Stay in Charlotte until I wire for it you," was Ben's parting Injunction, d He turned his horse's head for Mcie Alli8ter's sent the two boys with all s, speed to the Cyclops of each of the ten ie township Dens with positive orders to 'e disregard ail wild rumors from Piedmant and keep every man out o'f town y for two days. k As he rode back he met a squad of is mounted white regulars, who arrested 10 him. The trooper's companion had n sworn positively that he was the man k who killed the negro, i- Within thirty minutes he was tried le by drum-head court martial and senis t< need to be shot. TO BE CONTINUED. ?Greenville, December 15: Standing in a crowded vestlbuled coach, t Robert J. Bingham, of Gastonia, X. t C., and Mrs. Maggie Bond, of Atlanta, were married at the Southern Railway station here yesterday afternoon upon the arrival of the northbound passenger train from Atlanta, te The ceremony was performed by the re Rev. Frank D. Hunt, of the Palmer Presbyterian church, of this city. Mr. and Mrs Bingham remained on the *n train, going to Gastonia. Today id they expected to leave for Florida to ty spend their honeymoon. Mr. Bingham sought out the clergyman and ie told him he needed help. It was id agreed that both should meet the ie< train at the station, and a suitable place shoilld be selected for the ceremony during a stop of twenty minht utes here. Mrs. Bond, however, had al been there before. She was not bashhe ful and decided that the coach was * * ' " ? j * u oua kaa o o i me Desi piace, unu meic one re Mrs. Bingham, the other passengers he witnessing the ceremony. awtfccuancous stcanmn. h c OUR CONGRESSMEN. k And Matter* of Intereet In Washing* ^ ton. I Columbia Record. Washington, Dec. 19.?A bill of 8 more than usual Importance to all sections of the south has been Intro- ^ duced In the house by representative t Martin, of Colorado. His bill Is to ^ AatnKllok mlnlna ovnorlmpnt <atn Mnns in all states and tn establish plants | that will aid In the development of mineral resources of the United States generally. Throughout the entire Appalachian belt. Including the states of Virginia. North and South Carolina, Tennessee. ^ Georgia and Alabama, it is well known that the fields are rich in ores ? of different kinds, and the trouble has always been that there was no way to A test the real value of the lands to Q ascertain what they possessed with- d out going to great expense In secur- ^ Ing expert engineers or shipping the ores to far away points. It is intended to establish in each of the states these mining experiment ^ stations, and the management of them will be under the control of the secre- ^ tary of the treasury. One expert geologist at a salary of $3,000 per year will be appointed, also competent and experienced chemists. They will receive for an- ^ alysls all rocks, cement, clay, or other mineral bearing substances sent to them by citizens living near the sta- P tion and make proper classifications and examinations of all samples sent o them. I This bill will have a tendency to )( stimulate the work of mining generally throughout the south, when it ' is found that the trouble of securing ! proper analysis has been practically Sl reduced to a minimum by the opera- e tion of these experiment stations. It means much for the south. ( Among the recent bills of Interest which have been Introduced in the C nouse Dy soum titruiiua iuciuucid u one by Mr. Flnley providing for the erection of a monument at Cowpens w battle ground. In Cherokee county, 0 commemorative of Gen. Daniel Mor- f< gan and those who participated In the b battle of Cowpens, January 17, 1781. C For this work the sum of $25,000 will It be asked. No part of this money can sj be expended until the Cowpens Battle p Ground association. of Cherokee b county, shall convey to the United States not less than ten acres of this t< battle ground on which to erect the tl monument. * a Mr. Finley has also introduced a 1 similar bill for the erection of a mon- e: ument at King's Mountain battle li ground, commemorative of General li Campbell, Colonel Shelby and others h who took part in this battle on the si 7th of October, 1780. e Solicitor Henry is still In Washing- $ ton looking after Chester's Interests si In the new court bill matter. When r se^Tr regarding his efforts to have Chester Included in the bill he said: n "I have been successful in getting a some of the members of the delega- c tlon to change their views on this S matter and Include Chester in the tl bill. Mr. Flnley, to whom the matter d of finally settling the question has 1 been left, is, I am sorry to say. p pledged to Rock Hill, so I do not c know Just yet what will be done. li "After Christmas a delegation of si citizens of Chester will come on and take up the matter formally with the ti delegation. The time is so short now si until adjournment that nothing can be c: done until after the holidays. We ex- f< pect to push the matter at the right time." C Senator Tillman has started the d ball rolling again in the senate, and b this time It Is in the form of a resolu- ol tion calling on the interstate com- li merce commission to send to the sen- J ate all the testimony taken last year h in the investigation of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad cases u where it was charged that the rail- ai road was making an unlawful rate ai for the transportation 01 coai miu a other commodities. This case, at the 0 time it came before the commission, ci gained a world-wide fame on account n of the number of prominent men who n were mixed up with it one way and another. s| Paul Morton, then secretary of the t] navy, came in for a large amount of ^ censure from different sources, but ^ for reasons best known, charges w against him were treated to a liberal u coat of whitewash at the executive p offices of the White House. This an- jr gered the senior senator from South it Carolina, who has never liked the h president since for his part in the ^ matter. a By the resolution which has just g been introduced, it is presumed that g It is the Intention of Senator Tillman -j to sift the matter to the bottom, and n with his accustomed earnestness he 0 has started the matter through the t senate by demanding that the inter- 0 state commerce commission produce the evidence in the case. tl What Senator Tillman proposes to n do, or what steps he intends to take after the evidence is sent to the sen- g ate, Is not known, unless he intends p to review the facts In the case and g demand a rehearing. ? ? i a THE EIGHT HOUR DAY. ,f P Interesting Review of the Movement o and its Present Status. Washington Dec. 19.?From the flg- ? ures given In a report issued a few months ago by the bureau of labor, in a Washington, it appears that for the n * e\ s\ a 4Ua !?? ?1 oKnr n^r woolf year i?ui me ?> ?iuu> ..w.. e were 4.1 per cent. less than the aver- T age for the ten year period 1890-99. 1' The estimate is based on a selected list of industries sufficient in num- fl ber and variety to make it fairly illus- a tratlve of labor conditions in general. ^ Compared with 1890, the decrease In e 1904 is 4.8 per cent. That Is assum- o Ing 60 hours per week as the average for 1890, the average for 1904 was ?, 57.12 hours?. It may be said that the j, report shows in the comparison of p 1904 with the average of the decade 1890-99 an increase of 12.2 per cent. .< in weekly earnings, and an Increase r of 11.7 per cent. In cost of living, a Labor thus secured a small gain in 11 income over necessary expenditure, i and nearly three hours a week in re- s ductlon of working hours. During the last thirty-seven years ^ there has been legislation both fed- e eral and state making eight hours a t legal workday. For a number of years j labor unionism has clamored at the q lour law covering all Industries. The onstltutionality of such a law is open ' o question, but a little matter of that ;ind does not dismay the applicants 1 or it. From the present situation it light be inferred that unionism has < ost faith in congress and now pro- | loses to secure its end by means of | trlkes. In language only slightly ] elled, this course was urged by Mr. i lompers In his recent annual report < o the Federation of Labor, of which j le is the president. It is apparent \ hat a campaign in this direction has ( lready been inaugurated. j On January 1 the International j 'ypographlcal union, numerically and j nnnHftllv nni> of thft stronsrest trade rganlzatlons in the country, plans to egln a national strike for an eight iour workday. John Mitchell's mlnrs, 150,000 strong, propose a similar emand when their present agreelent with their employers expires on iprll 1. Should either or both be sucessful, other bodies will undoubtedly emand and strike for the same conItions. The eight hour day already has a , trong foothold. It is not a new move- 1 lent. A national law establishes it ] Dr all laborers, workmen and me- t hanlcs employed by or in.behalf of i lie United States government. There ? re ten states having laws declaring ( Ight hours a legal day's work, unless t therwlse agreed. Strikes have es- t ibllshed it in some lines of Indus- ] ry, and agreements with employers ] ave given it effect in others. It is i ossible that it may soon become the | ule rather than the exception. 1 The results of a general adoption ] f the eight hour system are lmpos- ] Ible of prediction. Assertions that ] : does and must limit output and so ] icrease cost of production are not ] lvarlably supported by history. In ] ome cases it has done so and in oth- j rs it has not. i CURRENCY OF THE COLONIE8. heap Paper Money That Was leaued < in Early Days of This Country. A gentleman of this city, one of hose ancestors served in the Revlutionary War and whose known . irebears run considerably further ack, has an interesting collection of ' olonial paper money. His collection 1 i not large, but it contains some rare ' peclmens, including several pieces of ' rovinciai paper money issueu tuna efore the Revolution. The American colonies had no right > Issue ppaer money, but most of lem did it all the same. Massachustts made such an issue as early as 690?and other colonies followed her sample at intervals. The two Caronas issued $30,000 of paper money i 1702, which was to be redeemed i three years by a duty on liquor, kins and furs. It was never redeemd. In 1723 Pennsylvania Issued 76,000 of paper money, which, being ecu red by real estate, was ultimately edeemed. During the Revolutionary War early all the colonies Issued notes nd assisted congress In flooding the ountry with worthless currency, ome of them w?re queer looking hings to pass for money. A halfollar note, issued by New York In 775, provided that "this bill shall ass current in all payments in this olony for half a Spanish milled dolir or the value thereof In gold or ilver currency." This promise was attested by a picjre of two bowlegged individuals upporting a shield surmounted by a rown. This was Issued a year be:>re the Declaration of Independence. A month before the Declaration, onnecticut issued a flve-shllling note, eclaring that the "possessor of this ill shall be paid by the treasurer f the colony of Connecticut five shilngs. lawful money, by the first of anuary, A. D? one thousand seven unded and eighty-one." Vermont made an issue of one shilng notes, New Jersey of one shilling nd six pence, North Carolina of x-dollar notes. The latter had as pledge of good faith the picture In ne corner of a squirrel with tall " urled over its back and gnawing a ut. The significance of the emblem as never explained. Maryland Issued bills of three, four, Ix and nine pence and so on up to tree pounds, and to show that they ad been prepared with due care and bought, and not hastily separated -ith a pair of scissors, the ends of le notes were scalloped. As a suposed precaution against counterfeltig and to show that the note really leant what it said, the dollar note ad a small picture of a Spanish ollar Inserted In the text. The best looking notes Issued by ny of the colonies were those of Vlrlnia. These were copper plate enravings of good size, filled out In ink. 'he first Issue, in 1775, bore the ayal arms of Virginia, but the issue f 1776, had the motto "Sic Semper yrannis" Instead of the royal coat f arms. The oldest specimen In the collecon referred to Is a twenty-shilling ote, issued by Pennsylvania colony, ated August 10, 1723, and printed by lenjamin Franklin. It is a good lece of printing and fairly good enraving. At the top of It Is a picire of the British lion, with the 20s. nd underneath "twenty shillings" In irge letters. There Is no promise to ay. On one side is the inscription: Printed by B. Franklin," and on the ther: "To counterfeit is death." he space between Is 'occupied by a t urious looking plant, which may be c Canadian thistle or a rare orchid. ( Other specimens in the collection < ? ..... A - . fc ~ ..Ullll^l* / re a nve-snunng noie, a. leu-suum ? v ote, and a twenty-shilling note is- i ued after Braddook's defeat to pay 1 xpenses of the old French war. \ hese IsSues were made by the prov- 1 ice of Pennsylvania and different i ountles of the province. This was t he campaign in which Washington t rst distinguished himself, and prob- 1 bly he was paid off in these notes. < 'hey were issued In June, 1759. t 'wenty years later Washington serv- t d in the Revolutionary army with- ' ut pay. I Another note in the collection, is- ] ued by New Jersey in 1763, says: s This bill by law shall pass current I i New Jersey for one ounce, fifteen c ennyweights, of plate." I Another curious note represents an < *sue by Maryland in 1742, and is for I two-thirds of a dollar." It has the I oyal arms of England at one end I nd the words "two-thirds" in bold 1 etters around the edge. < But the most interesting note in I he collection, on account of the per- < onal history connected with it, is a ' wo-dollar note issued under a reso- 1 ution of congress of May 10, 1775. , 'his was the first issue of paper mon- < y authorized by congress after hos- i ilities began, and was made imme- i (lately after the battle of Bunker iill. The entire issue was $2,000,00.?Indianapolis News. rhe Miller* ot Pendleton Printed the First Up-Country Newspaper. News and Courier. In the history of the old Stone Church, recently published by the Old 3tone Church association, there Is an Interesting paper by Mrs. Julia MillerBrowne on "John Miller and his Descendants." This pioneer journalist }f the up-country, who established md published the first newspaper in this section, "The Pendleton Messenger," was an Interesting character, Etnd the sketch of his descendants Is given below for the benefit of the readers of the Sunday News; Three John Millers are buried at the Old Stone Church; father, son ind grandson. The first John Miller was born in London, England, about 1730; he was one of the fifteen parties nuv u tt ucu auu \ju uwoiicu iuc uuiiIon Evening Post and the Advertiser it the time that the famous "Junius Letters" were published in those papers. He, with two other partners, Henry Sampson Woodfall and Mr,. A.lmon, were tried for libel bpfore the General Assises in London in 1775 For publishing these letters. History lays that the largest crowd ever seen issembled in the house and in the streets of London during the trial and evinced the greatest enthusiasm when they were found not guilty. These three men, Henry Sampson Woodfall, Mr. Almon and John Miller, no doubt knew who was the author of the Julius Letters, but the secret died with them. Many believed that John Miller himself was the author, as his handwriting and that of the Junius Letters were very much alike. John Miller's penmanship is very neat and peculiar, as is shown by the ledger kept by him of the London Evening Post from 1769 to 1778, which ledger s well preserved and is in the possession of his descendants in this vi:inity. In 1782 he came to America, landng at Philadelphia. From there he :ame with his family to Charleston, 3. C., in 1788, and began the publl:atlon of the South Carolina Gasette ind Advertiser, one of the first papers ever published in the state. After the treaty with the Indians in this part of the country, he was given i grant of land of 640 acres by Governor Benjamin Pendleton and ineluding the site on which the Old Stone - Church now stands. He, or run nun, v,rusuy miner, aeeaeu me ilte to the trustees of Hopewell :hurch. After getting this grant of and, he and his family moved from Dharleston to Pendleton In 1786; this was then known as Pendleton llstrlct He then commenced the publication of the Pendleton Weekly Messenger and continued to own and publish it until his death In 1809. [t was the first paper published in apper Carolina. After his death his son, the second John Miller, took possession of the paper and published It until his death In 1822. The second John Miller was t>orn in the city bt London In TT7U, ind came with his father to CharlesIon In 1783. He married Jane Gray In 1791; to them were born twelve ihildren, many of whom are burled beside himself and his wife In the Did Stone Church yard. The third John Miller was one of these twelve children. He was born In Pendleton in 1794. He was for forty years a printer In the Pendleton Messenger office, and was known generally as Printer John Miller. In 1813 he married Lydla Ann Perdreau, vard and adopted daughter of Col. Samuel Warren, who was a brave solller In the revolutionary war and a nan of wealth and culture. John and Lydla Miller had six chilIren; he died In 1862, and she In L876. Both of them, with four chilli ren, are burled at the Old Stone Dhurch. One of their daughters, who a tKoro morrloH T a UUliCU V1ICA Cf IttU* A IVM * m?i *va? wi Miller, one of the Scotch-Irish Millers if Abbeville, in no way related to :he' English Miller family. Crosby Miller and two of his wives ire buried there; he was the son >f the first John Miller. These Millers ire buried in the northeast corner >f the church yard, nearest the shurch. Only a few of the graves lave tombstones. The Sarah Calhoun Miller burled lear the center of the grave yard vas first married to a Mr. Ledbetter, md was the mother of Col. Daniel . ledbetter, of Orr's regiment, who was tilled at the second battle of Malassas. Her last husband was John 2. Calhoun Miller, a descendant of he Scotch-Irish Calhouns and Milers of Abbeville, and one of the ilgners of the Ordinance of Secession, is a member of the legislature from Pickens and Oconee counties. Note by the Editor.?Mrs. Browne vrites in a private letter: 'The ln'ormatlon I give you is reliable, cullid from data in my possession. I im the great-greatgranddaughter of he flrst John Miller, a great grandlaughter of the second John Miller, rranddaughter of the third John Miler, and daughter of Sarah J. Miller, ill of whom are burled in the Old Stone Church yard. My mother marked Patrick J. Miller, my father, who vas a brother of John Calhoun Miller, vhose wife is also buried in this rrave vard." ? Columbia special of December 16 o News and Courier: . The forth:oming report of the" Comptroller General will show very many interesting things. It will show, among >ther things, that the lands of the itate of South Carolina were assessed 'or more money in 1890 than they vere last year, and that for the past 'ourteen years there has been a iteady and persistent falling off In he taxable valuation of the lands of his state. The lands of South Caroina in 1904 were assessed on an average valuation of $8.72. This valuitlon of $3.72 covered farm buildings ind all classes of houses on the lands, rhls average for lands In this state s less than it was at any time since L890, when it was nearly $6.00 per icre. It is the purpose of Mr. Jones to give a similar comparison for all >ther classes of property In the state 'or the information of the members )f the general assembly. Some of the county auditors are bestirring themselves to get income tax returns. This may be all right, t>ut it will be Interesting for these sfflcers to note that it is only the excess of $2,600 which is ac feasible under the Income tax law. The law may be vague at this point, but It Is the Arm opinion of Mr. Jones that It is only the excess income over $2,500 which is taxable, and he thinks that if the auditors stir about as some do they will bring down a pretty rood covey of those who are really liable for the income tax under this strict construction.