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"BY CLINKSCALES & LANGSTON. ANDERSON, S. C, WEDNESDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 21, 1892. vnT.TTME XXVII.?NO. 12. MASTER'S SALE. 8T?TE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COLLYXY OP ANDEBSON. In the Court Common Pleas. E. R. Kay et al. P lain tiffs vs. Nannie Kay et al, Defendants?Complaint for Par? tition, &c. PURSUANT to the order of Court here? in I will sell at Anderson C. H., S.C., on Sales day in October next, the following described Lands, to wit: - lBt." The Home Place of R. G. Kay, de? ceased, containing 130 acres, more or less, adjoining E. R. Kay and James Wilson. . 2nd.' Tract containing 100 acres, more or less, adjoining the Home Place, E. R. Kay, James Wilson and others. 3rd. Tract containing 53 aores, more or less, adjoining Home Place, Geo. L. Mitch? ell and others. ;-; TermSe?One-half cash, balar ce in twelve months, with interest from day of sale, seemed by bond and mortgage, with leave ?o anticipate payment. R. M. BURRISS, Master. Sept 7,1892_10_3__ I MASTER'S SALE. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, AlDXESON Couktt. In the Cc iirt of Common Pleas. Hattie M. Watkins, Plaintiff, vs. Ralph * E. Watkins, Thos. G. Watkins, et al., Defendants?Complaint for Partition, <Co. TQURSUANT to the order of Court herein I will sell at Andorson C. H., S. C, on Salesday in October next, the following described lands to-wit: Tract No. 1, known as the homestead, . containing fifty acres, more or less, ad? joining landEi of Wm. Watkins, Erwin '-Ellison, and others. ' Also, Tract No. 2, not adjoining Tract IT?. 1, hut near by, containing twenty two and one-half acres, more or less, ad Joining Wm. Watkins, E. and D. Smith, Terry Asbury and T. J. Johnson?to be old together as a whole. Torms? On a-third cash, balance in one and two years in equal annual install? ments, with interest from day of sale, se - "Sou?Mi by bond and mortgage. Purchas er or purchasers to pay extra for papers. R. M. BURRISS, Master. Sopt.7,1892, 10 4 Judge of Probate's Sale. STATE OP SOUTH CAROLINA, COUHTT OF AkDEBSOK. ... In the Probate Court. ? Went A. Williams, Administrator of the Estate of Nancy Williams, deceased, Plaintiff, vs. Samuel G. Williams, Ma? ry F^Stott, G.. Newton Williams, et al., Defendants.?Action to sell land in aid of personal assets to pay debts, <feo. ""> Y virtue of an order in the above stated case made in this Court, I ?will sell on Salesday in October next, in front of the Court House door, at the Hfcusnil hour of salo, the following desorib Bg'ed ?rract of Land as the Real Estate of | Nancy Williams, deceased, to wit: All v.hat Tract of Land, containing six Ssiy-itix acres, more or less, situate in An SSpierjoit County? State aforesaid, adjoining :: lands of Robert Thompson, Mrs. S. A. Williams, Moses S. Smith and others. Terms of Sale?One-half cash, and the balance on a credit of twelve months, with interest from day of sale, secured by'bo:ad and mortgage of the premises, with leave to anticipate payment. Pur? chaser to pay extra for papers. W. F. COX, Judje of Probate. Sept 7,1892_10 4 MASTER'S SALE, STATE OF 80UTH. CAROLINA, Couktt or Akdebson. In the Court C' .nmon Pleas. Bessin R. Taylor, Administratrix of the ? Estate of D. S. Taylor, deceased, ' ?' .? Plaintiff, vs. Marion R. Taylor, Annie Luc ia Taylor, et al., Defendants?Com? plaint for Partition, etc. IN obedience to the order of Court herein I will sell at. Anderson C. H., S. C, on Salesday in October, the following described land, tc-wit: That certain Tract of land known as tho Turno lands, containing 426} acres, more of less, situate in Pen die ton Town ? ship, County and State aforesaid, on "Twenty-Three Mile Creek and west thereof, adjoining lands of Dr. W. W. Watkins, O. A. Bowen, and others, to be sold in three separate .Tracts, as repre? sented bythe survey and plat made by , ? John C. Watkins, Surveyor, 15th day of | Msrca, 1892, as follows: Tract No. 1, described as the Hix Tract, and containing 2142 aores, more or less. Tract No. 2, described as the Shirley tract, and containing 98i acres more or B Tract No. 3, known as the Long House tract, and containing 113} acres, more or less. Terms?One-third cash, balance in one and two years in equal annual install? ments, with interest from .day of sale, secured by bond and mortgage. Pur? chaser to nay extra for papers. R. M. BURRISS, Master. fiept 7,1892, 10 4 MASTER'S SALE. State of South Cabolina, Couktt of Ahdebsoit. In the Court of Common Pleas. .. S. 7. Fisher, in his own right, and as Ad? ministrator of the Estate of A. M. Fish? er, deceased, Plaintiff, vs. Martha J. Fisher, Margaret J. Fisher, et al., De? fendants.?Complaint for Partition of j Real Estate, Relief, <fco. IN obedience to the order of Court here? in I will seU at Anderson C. H., S.C., on Salesday In October next, the follow? ing described Laads, to wit: One Tract of Land, situate ih Anderson County and State aforesaid, containing one hundred and one acres, more or less, adjoining lands of S. T. Richey, W. S. Bell and others, and known as the Home Place. One Tract, situate in said County of Anderson and State aforesaid, containing thirty-seven acres, more or less, adjoin? ing lands of the Estate of J. C. Low, Jo? seph Murdock and others. One Tract, containing thirty acres, more or less, adjoining lands of Estate of J. C. Low, deceased, the Home Place and oth? ers. Also, one other Tract, in same County and State aforesaid, containing thirty-one acres, more or less, adjoining lands of Estate of J. C. Low, W. S. Bell and oth? ers. Terms: One-half cash, balance in twelve months, with interest, secured by bond and mortgage, with leave to anticipate payment. Purchaser or purchasers to pay extra for papers. R. M. BURRISS, Master. Sept 7, 1892_10_4_ TRIAL BY JURY. INSTEAD of a jury of twelve men, we propose to empanel the <vbole public, men and women, and simply ask them to read the testimony and make up? THE YERDICT. Now for the testimony. Dr. Martin, of Atlanta, testifies that he has used? Stuart's Gin aud Buchn In his practice with fine results, and that he has even cured Bright's disease of the kidneys with it after all other remedies failed. Dr. Fontaine, of Rex. Ga , testifies that he has been prescribing Stuart's Qin and Bucbn for some time, and that it is the best remedy he knows for kidney, urinary and all bladder troubles. Mr. E. D. L. Mobley, of Atlanta, testi? fies that be suffered for years with some obscure kidney trouble, which at times gave him great pain and suffering. Al? though he tried all manner of remedies, both rtgular and irregular, he found no rdlief until he took STUART'S GIN and BUCHU. It made a perfect cure We could add much of same kind of testimony, but spaee and time forbid. If you suffer, try a bottle?it will not disappoint you. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT. Notice is hereby given that the un dsrsigned will apply to" the Judge of Pro? bate at Anderson C. H., S. C, on the 13th dny of October, 1892, for a Final Settle? ment of the Estate of S. B. Mill wee, de Oiaaod, and a discharge from his office as i.dninistre.tor of said Estate. W. B. MILLWEE, Adm'r. Acgast 31,1892 9 5 TeJ??hUr^'GoI/Umn. -?fift All c&mmunications intended fo this^olumn should be addressed to C WARD LAW, 8chool Commissioner, An? derson, S. C. MEMOEY OEMS. "It in a way of calling a man a fool when no heed is given to what he says." "It is not possible to found a lasting power upon injustice, perjury and treach? ery."_ We hive plenty of Bchool Registers now. Teachers or Trustees call and be supplied. The Townville High School is open again under the supervision of Prof. J. F. Bice. He succeeded last year, and the prospects are brighter than before. -?% The examination for teachers will be held on the third Friday in October, which is the 21st day of that month. Teachers should have their certificates put in force, and not allow them to go out of date. Some of the schools are using "Tar bell's Lessons in Language." We have not sufficiently examined the work to be able to pass upon its merits, but from what we have seen of it we are favorably impressed. Wo have a "Grammar Chart," pre? pared by Rev. E. D. Hawkins, with which we are very much pleased. It is cheap, ($1.50) and will prove a great benefit to all who use it. We commend it to the favorable consideration of all teachers. Mr. 6. S. Goodgoin has charge of the Male High School at Williamston. He ' is a young man of promise, and we hope to see him succeed. This is a good loca? tion, and a school should be built up there that would command and keep the very best teachers. Mr. J?s. A. MattiBon's school, at Eu? reka, closed on the 16th inst. with ap? propriate exercises. We were present by invitation, and enjoyed the occasion very much. Mr. Mattison has done faithful and successful work at Eureka, and we regret to give him up, but it is only for a season. We shall be glad to see him return from Nashville to the work again The patrons of this school should go to work at once to secure a teacher for next year. It is a good place, and deserves a good teacher, and we've I no doubt will get one. j The male school at Pendleton is with? out a teacher. This a good place for the right kind of a teacher. It is in a email District, and so situated as to offer spe? cial opportunities for building np a first class high school for boys. They have a good school house, well furnished. They have also a good, brick dwelling in which the teacher could reside. Any teacher who wishes to apply for this school should call on or write to Mr. ?. ? Sloan, who is chairman of the Board of Trustees. His postoffice is Pendleton, s. o. ? ? We noticed a few days ago a statement that a certain school wanted a "Tillman Teacher." We hope and trust that the writer was mistaken, for we do not want to ste this fiendish enemy of everything it touches (factional politics) enter the school room. If a teacher has much re? spect for his or her calling, he or she would not apply for a position made va? cant by the demand for a "Tillman Teacher." Teachers should hold their calling higher than that, and should con? sider an insult to one of their profession an insult to the profession. The teachers above all others are to be exam - pies to the people, and we hope there is not, and never will be, in Anderson County a "Tillman Teacher." We do not care how many of the teachers may be ior Tillman politically, but when one sinks to the depths of being a "Tillman Teacher," then we would hesitate before believing such fit for the school room. "THOUGHTLESSLY." "It is well to think well; its divine to act well." The great trouble now is that men do not think enough. We cannot say that they do not think, but often they do not think enough. Hence we fre? quently find men saying they "thought? lessly" did this or that. In some cases this is true, in others men try to dodge the responsibility of their acts by sayiug they "thoughtlessly" did whatever is charged against them. Children should be taught to not do things "thought? lessly." Before an act is performed, if time will possibly allow, the conse? quences ?hould be considered, and we would in this way avoid having some times to say that we "thoughtlessly" did so. It is a poor apology to say to an in? jured friend "I thoughtlessly did it." The word "thoughtlessly" shows a want of consideration for others, and the chil? dren should be taught to rightly regard the welfare and interest of others. At the bar of eternal justice we cannot plead that we acted "thoughtlessly." "Be sure you are right, then go ahead." ? A lady of Germantown, Pa., values her collection of cats at five thousand dollars. ? TalkiDg of patent medicines?you know ibe old prejudice. And the doc? tors?some of them are between you and us. They would like you to think that what's cured thousands won't cure you. You'd believe in patent medicines if they didn't profess to cure everything?and so, between the experiments of doctors, and the experiments of patent mediciues that are sold only became there's moDoy in the "stuff," you lose faith in every thing. And, you can't always tell the prescription that cares by what you read in the papers. So, perhaps, there's no better way to sell a remedy, than to tell the truth about it, and take the risk of its doing just what it professess to do That's what the World's Dispensary Medical Association, of Buffalo, N. Y., does with Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. If they don't do what t'tuir makers say they'll do?you g6l jour mo ley back. BILL ARP'S TALK. What's the Matter with th? World tlioss Days? Atlanta Constitution. It strains a weak mind to take it all in and keep up with it. What with the awful cholera across the seas and the fa? mine in RusBia and the presidential elec? tion and the Third Party and Hogg, Clarke and Company in Texas and Tom Wattson and Black in Georgia and the coal miners in Tenuesse and Sullivan aud Corbett in New Orleans and the World's Fair and the strikes and hang? ings and lynchingc and murders and sui? cides and rattlesnakes thrown on to fill up the columns, I don't kDow what will become of ub all. The planet MarB must be c-n a rampage sure enough and is throwing down a few rocks to show that he h mad. We see that some more me? teoric Btonea are falling out West. I reckon we had better quit reading the pa? pers and take up the Bible awhile and go to meeting and draw our minds away frora this sublunary world until some of these things are over. Thank goodness that the prize fights are over for a sea? son. That job is done. Now lot us have peace. I reckon most men would con? fess to a sneaking desire to see a ni ize fight. I do, and it is one of the best evi? dences of original sin that I know of. I would like to be out of sight behind a curlain and have a peep hole aud see how it was done. One time would do me, for with r..e it is curiosity mainly. If there wad much blood I would retire ear 'fy, for blood makes me sick. I expect I would take sides and want my man to whip. Original sin makes a man or a boy love to see a dog fight and a chicken fight or a bull fight or to run foxes with hounds. It is cruel and devilish and har? dens the rsart. A cruel boy will make a cruel man-and I wouldn't want him for a aoo-in-law. But age and reflection and tho grace of God will change a man and drive out this original sin if he is willing. The danger is that before he is aware of it it becomes total depravity and then he is gone. A young man can indulge in eone vice or passon until it is his very life and he can't quit. He can indulge a piiBBion for gaming until it absorbs him and be is not fit to do anything ehe. What a miserable life it is that is bet away on races aod fights and the turn of a card When a man is on his last bed what comfort is there in saying to himself 1 bet and I bet and I bet. Only this and nothing more. If our young men would only stop and think how much better is a useful life than to die a wreck aud a nonentity! But I did not start to preach a sermon. I was only ruminating upon the specta? cle that the world presents to tboee who Bee it just now as it revolves upon its axis. Human beings?men women and children dying in Persia and Russia by the thousands every day?dying of pesti? lence or famine?dying faster than they can be buried, and in Hamburg at the rats of 250 a day, aod all business stop? ped except funerals and grave digging and all night leng the - muffled rumbling of the bearses and carts and ambulances and in aluost every cottage of the poor the wails and groans of misery. Pesti? lence and famine are holding a carnival. These people are not our kindred nor our friuDds but they are human beings with hearts and feelings and affections like oar owd. God pity them! And as the world turns another scene comes to view where thousands of wild excited people arc gathered to Bee two men punch each other unto death or victory, and there are shoute and yells and oaths and pan? demonium and betting high and fast and furious and like a shadow over all in the devil smiling and happy and bis forked tail is wagging calm aod serene. I ruminated over this and wondered. Sup? pose that death on the pale horse should suddenly have appeared in that crowd, or the destroying angel should have come with his glittering sword, or the east wind should have wafted there a breath of the pestilence that is raging on the other side?would it have violated the eternal fitness of things ? The trouble with all sporting in the company that one must keep who wishes to enjoy it. This trouble begins with the school boy at his games of marbles or ball and with the young man who is fond of baseball or billiards or cards, or the young lady who likes to dauce. Seme good pious people believe that all such things are sineful in themselves while some believe they become a sin only by association and by oT,er indul? gence. Every man has the privilege of his own opinions upon these things and every parent is responsible for the good conduct of his children ; but still the preachers are right in warning and fore waruing and if they do a?sume to know more than other people it is a pardona? ble presumption, for as a general thing they are against vice and folly in all its forms. Nevertheless a preacher is but a can aud there is no greater tyranny than the tyranny of priestcraft. I wonder what is the matter with the people and why they are so restlesu and excited and why they are all eo tplit up and tora up id politics. For the life of me I can't see any very great diflereuco betweeu our privileges and enjoyments now and what they used to be. Cotton is very low, but I remember when it was 5 cents a pound and we have had to haul it 200 miles to market. Salt and iron were 3 cents a pound and steel 75 cents. Those were hard times sure enough, but the people didn't complain like they do now. We have had good seasons this year and made good crops aud had no pestilence aud yet the people are not happy and I'm afraid are cot grateful. TJhere is a general row between labor and capital and about silver and the banks and the railroads and almost every man wants Bomctbiog he hasn't got and is looking over the fence to see what his neighbor has got. The producer says that prices are too low and the consumer says they are high enough and so there is a clash. More cotton is made than is wanted aud won't bring its cost and the politicians say that somebody is to blame for it; but I can't find out who it is. A wagon load of melons sold in our town for 25 cents a dozen becauFe the market was overstocked aud the man went home cursing the town and joined the people's party that night. I wish we could har? monize all these things and maybe we can after the elections are over. I don't know of any farmer who is suffering, and to my opinion a man who owdb a good little farm and has a healthy wife and industrious children is more Becure against the ills of life than any other class upon earth. If he will keep a debtor and credit account with his Maker and put down his liberty and indepen? dence?his time that is all his own and not another's?his latitude and longitude ?his pure country air and good water that crowded neighbors do not contami? nate like they do in cities?his distance from vice and folly and fashion and temptation?his security against pesti? lence and his good appetite by day and his rest by night?when all these bless? ings are weighed and put down for what they are worth he ought to be ashamed to envy the towns or the cities or the plutocrats. I have tried it and I know it and if I ever undertake to raise another family I will go to the country as quick as I can get thors. Bill Arp. Getting Lean?Getting Fat. It is a singular fact that the same diet and hygienic attention which tends to make a person who is loo fat lose flesh, is also just the regimen which is apt to benefit the lean dyspeptic and cause them to acquire more rounded proportions. Tho ancient Gauls were a very brave and hardy race, and lived abstemiously. Their food was milk, berries and herbs. They made bread from nuts. They had a peculiar fashion of wearing a metal ring around their body, the size of which was regulated by law. Any man who outgrew his ring was looked upon as a lazy glutton, and consequently was dis? graced. The lazy and over-fat glutton is not dyspeptic. His food goes to fat. The dyspeptic who eats too much losses the whole benefit of his food, and gets such disturbances engendered that he grows poorer. William Muldoon, the famous trainer, has an interesting article in "Food" on the way he would train three typical cases. One of th6m?a pugilist?is very much over weight, has dissipated a great deal and is anxious to get in fighting trim. The second man is at weight, but generally out of condition; and the third, a New York club man, is com? pletely run down by the fast life that he has led. To begin with he insists that tobacco be given up. This comes the hardest on the club man, who misses his cagarettes terribly. The men rise at 6 o'clock, take a bath and rubbing and have a simple breakfast at 8 o'clock of fruit, oatmeal or cracked wheat, with a little milk, boiled or poached eggs, baked potatoes, stale bread or toast, and one cup of either coffee or tea. That does not sound perhaps like a strikingly inviting repast, but after a few days they will positively and very properly enjoy it. He forbids fat or greasy food, and al? lows very little water or liquids of any kind. After an hour and a halfs rest, the real work of the day begins. The club man is started for a long horseback ride or a four-mile walk, the others are made to take a ten-mile walk and run. They come in dripping with perspira? tion, are given a few sips of hot water, are rubbed down and recline covered with blankets until they are perspiring again. Then come a moment's shower bath, more rubbing and dinner, which consists of roasted or boiled meat, boiled potatoes, cabbage, carrots, parsnips or any other wholesome vegetables, plainly cooked. There are no gravies or fried or eweet difbes or dessert of any kind. After two boars' rest, there are running, wrestling, ball playing and then a sponge bath and a short drive. Supper consists of cold meat of fowl, poached eggs, baked potatoes, stale bread or toast, cold stewed fruit and tea. Best and diversion follow and then an early bedtime comes. Such a regime will reduce the weight of a stout man and increase that cf a thin one, and can be applied to a greater or less degree at one's own home. It may go on in some degree without inter? fering with regular business.?American Analyst. Wild Work of the Wind. Prosperity, fl. C, 13.?This after? noon, about 3 o'clock, a tornado passed about sis miles south of this place, de? stroying vegetation, forests and buildings in its track, which fortunately was quite narrow. Its course was from southwest to northeast. We first bear of it near Hendrix' mill, where it struck a cotton field, blowing off the very bolls. We next hear of it about three miles from that point, where it struck the premises of Michael Sheely, tearing away one end of his dwelling and doing other extensive damage. About one mile from this place it struck the residence of John A. Sheely, a good frame dwelling, near Little Moun? tain, which it tore into splinters. Mr. and Mrs. Sheely were just getting home, and seeing the storm coming, ran to get their children out of the house. They succeeded in getting them all out except one. A part of two rooms was left par? tially intact, and in one of these was the little girl, who was miraculously saved. The bedding and furniture is all broken and blown away. Every building oa the place is blown away. The stables were lifted literally from the ground, leaving the mules unhurt. Two bales of seed cotton in the cotton house is all blown away. Five hundred bushels of oats were blown away and cannot be traced. It is indeed miraculous that Mr. Sheely nor any of his family were killed. The distance from the scene and the lateness of the hour prevent ascertaining anything further to night.? Columbia State._ ? No person should travel without a box of Ayer's Pill>\ As a safe and speedy remedy for constipation and all irregu? larities of the stomach and bowels, they have no equal, and, being skillfully s-u gir-coated, are pleasant to take, and loDg retain their virtues. THE RAIDS OF THE KUKLUX. Some of the Grotesque Demonstrations of the Klan. From the New York Herald. One of the original leaders in the Kti? ki us Klan of the South is at present en? gaged in bDBinesB in Wall street. He is an Alabamian, a tall, muscular blonde, with an exceedingly emotional tempera? ment and a faery energy of character. He gave me yesterday some of the inside pictures of the original formation of this once powerful organization. I have sat through a number of Congressional in? vestigations during the reconstruction period and have witnessed the numerous official attempts made to establish abso? lutely by evidence the true history of the organization. All of these official attempts have failed. No member of th-a society has ever betrayed its secrets. The only evideuce that could be obtained concerning it was through witnesses who gave testimony concerning its acts. These stories were often colored by parti? sanship and exaggerated from the in? fluence of terror. Yet enough was brought out to show that there was such an organization, although Southern leaders for many years have pooh-poohed all of the allegations concerning the work of the society and have practically denied that there was any such thing, so far as the general South was concerned. This Southern leader, who was at one time so prominent as an official in the Kuklux Klan, said that if his name were not given he would tell the inner history of the organization aod why the society was founded. The Kuklux Klan was founded in Pulaski, Tenn. It was or? ganized as a vigilance committee for the purpose of preserving law and order. It was made up of Ex-Confederates. The organization begun in Pulaski extended throughout the South. It was formed first in the spring of 1867. The organi? zation continued only until after the inauguration of Gen. Grant, in 1869, when it was disbanded and ceased to exist as a society. There may have been sporadic demonstrations from time to time in the name of the Kuklux, but this has been done without authority. All through the South now whenever there is a raid made by masked men it is said to be the worst of Kukluxers, but the fact remains that the organization only existed through the short period above named. GOOD REASONS. This gentleman said, from bis point of view, there was the most justifiable rea? sons for the formation of the society. During the war the negroes were vary faithful to their old masters, in fact, he said, the old negroes to-day are the most loyal and affectionate people in the world. Nothing Bhows bettor this loy? ally aud affection than the fact that during the long years of the war, when the Southern women were absolutely at their mercy, there was not a single case of outrago reported. The worat blow that ever befell the South w?b the assas? sination of Lincoln. There was plenty of money in Alabama at this time. The cotton crop following the war was good and the prices obtained were high. The prices of the second year were also high, so that the old plan? ters found themselves reasonably proa perouB. ThiB prosperity, however, wub threatened.by the presence of thieves and outlaws who combined to take their property away from them and drive them out of the country. Midnight rob? beries and murders soon became com? mon. Some of the younger negroes became dissipated, and, therefore, easy tools in the bands of the camp followers who swarmed in the State just after the war closed. THE FORMATION. It was a most UDhappy time. The cruel outrage of a mother and her daugh? ter, of one of the best families of North? ern Alabama, led to a meeting of the leading citizens to take some steps to protect their lives and property. This was the first formation of the Ku? klux organization. The first meeting took place across the border in Pulaski, There was no name given to the organi? zation. It was simply the formation of a vigilance committee. The society re? ceived its names later from the negroee, who gave to it the name Kuklux, as the nearest approach in words to describe the cocking of a gun. The word "Klan" was afterward added by some alliterative writer of a newspaper. The first meeting of the Klan took place in a church. The pastor fully comprehended the object of the meeting and willingly lent the church for this purpose. The meeting was held at night. Guards were posted on the road for a half a mile about to avoid any interference or spying. Tho first speak- ! ers called attention to the fact that the country was in a condition of disorder. A Presidential election was near at hand and it wr?B of the highest importance for the whites to take such steps as to pre? vent the negroes from asserting their superiority of numbers do as to gain con? trol of the Southern States. This con? trol, it wan 3aid, meant the destruction of all of the property rights of the planting class, the possible murder and outrage of their families, or in any event, exile. There is no reason to supposo but what the men who met in the church believed in these statements. It must be remembored that the South? ern States up to that time had ratified the 13th and 14th amendments, but had never ratified the 15tb, giving the right of suffrage to the negroes. This is given in explanation of the attitude of many of the Southern politicians of to day. They have always opposed uegro suffrage, and, through their local legislation, have prac tically disfranchised the negro. RAPIDLY SPREAD. The Klan, when first organized, com? prised somn five hundred members. It afterward spread throughout the South bo that there were upward of twenty-five thousand men enrolled in the society. The negroes in tho majority of the South? ern States overwhelmingly outnumbered the whites. During the period preced? ing Grant's election troops were stationed throughout the South in large numbers. Federal office-holders were able at any time to command the services of large bodies of troops. It was of the greatest importance, therefore, that the society should proceed with the greatest discre? tion and keep strictly within the lines of preserving law and order. The leaders were very able politicians. Their chief j efforts were to be directed first to terror- j izing the negroes without injuring them. I A very mysterious uniform was devis- J ed. All the members of the Klan went mounted, The hoofs of their horses were I done up in half tanned leather. This si- I lenced their footfalls, so that an entire troop of Kuklux would pass along the J road without a sound. The horses were then covered with white cotton ticking down to their fetlocks. Each rider wore j over his ordinary clothing a long black calico garment, which, being divided into pantaloons, descended until it hid his feet. Over the head of each rider was a J black calico mask, which fell over his { shoulders, Each rider wore what he | pleased on top of this mask. Some devised fantastic head dresses. One ingenious Kukluxer used to wear a skull with a candle gleaming in the interior. ONLY AT NIGHT. All new members of the society after their first meeting in the church were in- J itiated at midnight in some deep woods. It was one of the rules of the Kuklux to never meet except at night. Any mem- J ber of the Elan who permitted himself to be seen in the uniform of the society in daylight subjected biimself to the most j rigorous military punishment. Three j members of the Elan were shot for dis- j obeying the order of only appearing at night. These men used tho name and uniform of the society lor the purpose of committing a daylight robbery. They were tried that very night, shot and buried at the place of trial. At the meetings of initiation the new candidate was made to take the most awful oaths that he wonld faithfully [ obey the commands of the society. He was then taught the various signs, be? cause in the ritual of the Euklux no words were Bpoken. Everything was done by signs. Executions when order? ed were all carried through by a lau-1 guage of signs. After a candidate had accepted he was given a little book, a pamphlet of some eight or ten pages, which contained all of the signs of the society. These the candidate had to study and master before he would be ac? cepted as a full-fledgad member. These signs were of the simplest possible char acter. For instance, the question: "Are you a member of the Euklux Elan V was made by simply placing the thumbs inside of the belt with the hands pointing downward. The answer of "yea" was the careless pushing back of the hair with the right hand. All of the natural gestures were employed as the language of the society. My informant says that during his con? nection with the Elan there was never a single punishment committed by the so? ciety except for the crimes of murder or outrage, They did order a number of men to leave the conutry, and whore they refused to go made it impossible for thern to live in the neighborhood. But in each instance, be 6aid, the men driven out were mischief makers and stirrers up of the evil passions of negroes. This f statement will be perhaps disputed by I those who do not look at this organiza? tion from the Southern point of view. It I is reasonable, however, to concede that the main motive-* of the organization were for the pi*>ervation of law and order according in the ideas of the for? merly dominant class, GROTESQUE RAIDS. ' Some of their midnight masquerading bordered upon the grotesque. They did not always go out to tie up-criminala for a whipping or for an execution. Their first midnight raids were for the purpose of simply creating a spirit of uneasiness and terror. They would ride up to the house of some negro who was conspicu? ous for his disorderly qualities, surround the house and burn white lights or red lights as the cavalcade would file past. The negroes would generally swoon with terror and swear afterward that they had boen visited by ghosts. After a time tho story was circulated that they were the ghosts of their former masters, killed on the field of battle. One Euklux joker emphasized this story by concealing under bis black shirt a vessel made of skins which would hold twelve or fifteen gallons. He headed a cavalcade one night which stopped at the house of one of the most superstitious negroes in the County. They surround? ed the house and under cover of a re? volver made the negro come out. He came ashen with terrror, and receiving only the signs doubled himself to the right and the left in his eagernesslo car? ry out the orders of bis visitors. The Euklux joker signed for water. He made the negro bring water to him, which he pretended to drink until he had stowed away some fifteen gallons. The more water he poured dowa the wilder became the terror of tho negro. When the last bucket had disappeared the Kuklux leader naid in a hollow, sepulchral voice : "That's good. That's the first water that has passed my lips since I fell at Mauassas." At this the colored man utterly col? lapsed with fright and fell to the ground. In another moment this small army of phantoms had disappeared in the dark? ness. This story was enlarged upon until the mere word Euklux Elan was enough to tarn any colored man in the neighbor? hood the color of ashes. A GREAT DEMONSTRATION. One of the greatest demonstrations of the Euklux was made one night at ] Huntsville, Ala. This town was then J occupied by 12,000 United States troops. It was just beforo the Presidential elec? tion of 1S6S. The demonstration was for the following Tuesday. This parade was made for tho purpose of overawing the colored voters. It was a very bold and daring display of the strength of the Klan. Their whistles and signals began about half past 8 in the evening. Notices had been sent during the last forty-eight hours throughout the neighboring counties. Th- members of the Elan with head dress all lighted moved in eilent'y thirty paces apart, oming in on every road 1 which led into Huntsville. "Without a 1 sound or an order more than the whist? ling signals the Klan moved in a thou? sand strong to the public square. To the right or left of them Boldiera were camp ed. None of the sentries halted them, as the war was over, and there were no regulations for the control of the public highway. The presence of the Klan in such strong force created an enormous sensation. The negroes rushed wildly back and forth throughout the Federal camp asking for holp. The commandant of the camp was no* titled of their presence. He waB told that the Kukluxers were out, and that they were going to massacre all the negroes in the neighborhood. It was an exciting and dramatic spectacle. The negroes were shouting like madmen, praying and begging as if they were beside themselves with terror. The long roll was Bound? ed. The troops were turned out as for a midnight attack. Lights were flashed in every direction. The cries of the ne? groes, the clash of arms, with the terrify? ing long roll continually sounding, ad? ded to the awe-inspiring features of the* situation. The hooded horsemen never moved. They sat like bo many black blocks. Their leaders were in iront of them as if on dress parade. Every Klu kluxer held in his right hand a revolver. Across his saddle rested a repeating ri? fle. Six regiments moved out from the camp. They came up with a rattle and. crash of a double quickstep. Two of these regiments were calvary. They were deployed to the right and the left. Four infantry regiments advanced into the square with fixed bayonets. A bat? tery of light artillery accompanied them. Several Gatling guns were unlimbered, and yet the Kuklux Klan did not budge and still maintained silence. PUZZLED. The coramaoding?officer dashed up in front of his troops and faced the Klan. He was puzzled. He had made such a demonstration of force, he had undoubt? ed authority to disperse rioters, to quell disorder, but up to that time the Klu klux Klan itself was not under the official ban. As this officer advanced in the direc? tion of the Klan his officers brought up their revolvers to the Bides of their heads in the form of a military salute. Every member of the Klau then saluted. The Federal officer, boforohe thought, return? ed this military salute, and then reined in his horse and turned to the sheriff who had summoned him. For even then there was a semblance of maintain? ing the authorities. It was the sheriff who had called upon the troops. The Federal officer said to the sheriff: "There is no riot here. There is no disorder. I do not see that any one's life is threatend or in dancer. There is no military law and no law of the Uni? ted States which authorizes me to inter? fere with a masquerade so long as no disorder follows. Hero is order and de? corum. Until there is a change I can do nothing." He instantly faced his men about and marched his troops back to the camp. The Klan remained slill silent for about ten minutes and then the whistles began to sound and the Klan to move. In five minutes they had disappeared as completely as if the earth had swallowed them up. This demonstration bad a great effect and more than satisfied the leaders of the Klan. BELIEF IN GRANT. This ex-Kuklux leader says that fol? lowing Grant's election as President the Klau was formerly disbanded throughout the South. The reason of it was that they had befief in Grant. His treatment of Lee's army when it surrendered had created for him throughout the South a most favorable opinion. The leaders of the Klan were old soldiers, and they looked to Gen. Grant with confidence for fair treatmrnt. It took many years to overcome the misfortunes which followed the Administration of JohnsoD, but to? day he says the South is prosperous and going ahead with enormous rapidity. The people, however, are sensitive and shrink with horror from the thought of the pos? sibility of returning to the old days when tho white class was under foot and the lawless classes controlled the States. They argue that the only true friends of the negroes are their old masters, and any? thing that introduces discord between the two classes is bad for the country. Southern people profess to be thor? oughly contented with the situation in the South and claim that to-day law and order are observed with them to even a greater degree than in any other part of the Union. This is another southern point of view, and is of interest in connection with the ins id 3 story of the formatton of the Kuktux Klan and the object for which it was organized. Bucklens Arnica Salve. The best salve in tho world for Cuts Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fe? ver Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chil? blains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give per? fect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25 cents por box. ?Poi sale by Hill Bros. -mm 9 mm ? A strange custom is followed by Mexican farmers. They use oxen of one color in the morning and another color in the afternoon. They do not know why, but they know that it is the right thing to do, because their forefathers did it. ? Mrs. L. R. Patton, Rockford, 111. writes: "From personal experience I can recommend Do Witt's Sarsaparilla, a cure for impure blood and general debility."? Wilhite tfc Wilhite. ? As an attempted avoidance of the inaiu issuo of the campaign, General Har? rison's letter will exasperate a great many earnest Republicans, but it will docoivo not asinglo Democrat. It loaves tho force bill and nogro domination still at the front. It pledges tho Republican party to noth iug. If it binds any one, it is binding on Benjamin Harrison alone; and is there anyone so simple as to suppose that if the party has a chance to fulfill tho promises of its own record and its own platform, and to put before Gcnoral Harrison, in 1S93 or 1801, just such a forco bill as ho was eager to sign in 1S90, he will withhold his signature on account of anything he has found it expedient to say in this cam? paign document? Signal's Lily Flagg 31035?The Cham? pion Jersey. In tho light of every day experiences on the farm and in the dairy it] is mar? velous that a little cow weighing only 950 pounds should produce 1.047 pounds and three fourths ounces of batter in one year, but here we have the best possible evidence that it has been done. It is very hard for a man, whose cows scarce? ly produce two hundred pounds of but? ter yearly, to believe that a Bingle cow can produce the yield of five such cows. But when we know how these big re? cords have been reached, step by step, one cow, and then another raising the figures, vre are convinced of tho possi? bilities of such performances with care? ful breeding and feeding. The contest among the Jerseys has happily been for a champion prize cup that is passed along from one record breaker to another. This cup was in? troduced by E. F. Appleton at the time he took the record of 936 pounds four? teen and three-fourths ounces from Landseer's Fancy with Eurotiaama's 945 pounds nine ounces. Then it was won by Bisson's Belle with 1,028 pounds fif? teen and five-eighths ounces and now Signal's Lily Flagg has the cup, with the record of 1,047 pounds and three-fourths ounces. The popularity of these con? tests is shown in the following invita? tion : "Tho citizens of Huntsville, Ala? bama, requests the pleasure of your presence at a reception to be given at the Monte Sano Hotel, on Wednesday, June 29th, at half-past eight o'clock in honor of Gen. S. H. Moore; W. E. Matthews, Esq; Captain Milton Humes and Mr. L. C. Goodel." These were the gentlemou who owned the cow and con? ducted the test. At this reception and feast the Champion Cup was presented and the whole city of Huntsville paid honors to the little cow that won the prize. The test began June 1, 1891 at which time her highest daily yield of milk was fifty pounds four ounces con? taining four pounds six ounces of butter. In July she fell off slightly, the highest daily yield in that month being thirty seven pounds eleven ounces milk, con? taining four pounds two ounces butter. In August, Spotember and October, she about held her own. In November she fell off with her highest yield of milk at twenty-five pound six ounces and a best butter yield of two pounds fifteen and one-half ounces a day. On December Sth the record was stopped and a bull calf was dropped. At that time she was giving twelve pounds olevon ounces milk and making twelve ounces of but? ter a day. On the fifth of January the record again began with twenty-eight pounds nine ounces milk and two pounds twelve ounces butter daily. This was about her ncrmal yield through that month and I'ebruary. In March she slightly increased the yield, the highest day's work in milk was forty-one pounds ten ounces, containing three pounds twelve ounces of butter. In April her best daily record ran up to thirty-nine pounds twelve ounces of milk and three pounds fifteen ouuees of butter. In May the last month of the test, her highest day's work in milk was thirty-four pounds six ounces, and in butter four pounds ten and three-fourths ounces. In these ci? tations the highest milk and butter re? cords for the month rarely occurred on the same day. Up to May 24th the test had been what is called "private," that is it was not conducted under the management of the American Jersey Cattle Club, though it was well known throughout the coun? try that the test was going on, and all were invited to inspect the management. During the last week of the year an of? ficial tester of the Club, the well known Valancey E. Fuller, who owned Mary Anne of St. Lambert, presided with sev? eral other well known dairy authorities, and, under better advice or conscious of the importance of the occasion, Signal's Lily Flagg surpassed all her previous work. The sum of the year's work was milk 10,954,03 pounds and butter 1,047, 04 pounds. The official test began May 24tb and continued seven days; the re? cord being twenty-seven pounds three and one-half ounces of butter from 189 pounds seven ounces milk, or lees than seven pounds of milk to one pound of butter. The following is the feeding of Sig? nal's Lily Flagg for the full year. She began with a ration of two gallons corn meal, three gallon?. vheat bran, one gallon ground oats, hree quarts .oil meal and two gallons silage, given daily in two feeds. Gradually this ra'ion was increased until she took four gal? lons corn meal, four gallons ground oats, two gallons wheat bran, one and one half gallons oil meal and about fifty pounds of clover hay. As her time for calving approached the feed was re? duced, and on December 30th she had only four gallons of bran. After calv? ing the grain was graduall- restored to the full ration and kept up until the last week when, under tho advice of Mr. Ful? ler, two quarts of oil meal were added. Daring the whole year the cow received precisely the same treatment as that giv? en the general herd. She ran on a rath? er poor pasture and took tho rain and wind with the other cows. Signal's Lily Flagg was bred in Ken? tucky and while strictly thourougbred and a registered cow she does not belong to any of the fashionable families as the first part of her name would imply, as she is only one-twelfth Signal blood. The credit of her work belongs to her breed, and as Bisson's Belle was of the same class this should greatly encour? age testing the best cows to find the won? ders. She was eight years old at the time of the test and weighed abont 950 pounds. While perhaps not a model cow in appearance, yet she is of good form, what is much better, of strong constitu tion and she looks well enough to go through another year's trial. She has two tested daughters, one of fourteen pounds a week and another of twenty pounds, thus showing that she posesses that greatest of all thoroughbred gifts the power of transmitting her good qual? ities to her offspring, and as she has dropped eight calves (one pair of twins) the world is likely to be greatly benefit? ed by the good work of signal's Lily Flagg. All Sorts of Paragraphs. [|| ? With all his practice the devil h9 never improved on the first hypocrifS ? New Mexico is enjoying tho firfi rainy season that it has had in fofl years. ' ||| ? The blood in;f.the*'human";bo^B makes the round trip ^of the veins ms twenty-five seconds. ||j ? There are about sixty-five millioffl people in this country, and about twea| ty millions are church.members. p| ? In one day the human body geiB erates enough heat to melt forty pounK of ice and raise it to boiling heat. ?M ? Mrs. Eupik : Marriage is onlyH lottery any how. Mr. Enpik : Hardl A man does get a prize sometimes in lottery. ? A piece of ground was recently so in Chicago at a price which in sift would cover the entire lot with [three la] era of silver. ? A woman living in Jasper Count Missouri, is reported to have been mat deaf und dumb by a lightning etrol during a recent storm. ?- A dog at Yardley, Penn., saw bass in the river,'and leaping in, frigb ened the fish so that it fled.to theshor where it was grabbed by the dog's ma ter. ? Philadelphia is said to be agitalt over a new driol: called cucumber i cream soda water. We imagine that would agitate any one who experiment with it. ?Three men in Francecompetedtosi who could drink the most water. OrB swallowed twelve quarts, the second nin and the third seven. All three died fro the effects. ? James Maydwell and wife, of Gil cinnatti, have had 21 children, all bi one of whom are living. Nineteen < them reside at home. There are thr< pairs of twins in the lot. ? The strongest argument wa ha heard used against women suffrage this, "If women were allowed to vote i would not be long until they would ha\ no more sense than men." ? If you have sick or nervous heac I ache take Ayer's Cathartic Fills, The I will cleanse the stomach, restore health action to the digestive organs, remoi effete matter (the presence of which de presses the nerves and brain), aud thi give speedy relief. ? A Jeraey man married five wive and they were all red] headed. He 02 plains it by relating that the first on clawed the spirit out of him so complete ly that he didn't care after that if h married a porcupine. ? Mrs. Ted Dean in, the wife of 1 young Yankton, S. D., farmer gav birth to four girl babies weighing near! five pounds each. The mother is 28 yeai old and weighs 110 pounds. She an the daughters are doing well. ? "A man offered me a pint boltl full of whiskey to-day," said Mr. Lash forth to bis wife, "but I handed it back. "Handed whet back ?" "Why, the bol tie, of course." "And what else?1 "Why-er-the cork 1" ? Minister: Johnnie, I suppose yoi save 311 your pennies to help make com fortab Id the poor, benighted heathen Little Johnnie: (proudly) xes 'nli I do. Mamma took everything out 0 my hi.uk this morning to help get a pres ent for you. ? A preacher being requested to per form the last sad office for a young wo man at the point of death, pressed her t> believe that flesh add blood could not en? ter the kingdom of heaven. "I am safe/ said ?.he : "I am nothing but skin am bone*" ? Miss Seventeen?And so you ar married at last, dear, after all the cq years How new it must seem! Didn't you fee embarraseed while the ceremony was be ing performed ? Mrs. Thirty-eight (faint ly)?No, dear, not embarrassed, only jug relieved. ^ ? An aerolite weighing 44 pounds fel on the farm of Lawrence Freeman, nea Bath County, South Dakota, the othe day. The advent of the 'one was her aided by several sharp explosions, whict were heard a distance of 15 miles 0 more, and in somo instances created con siderable alarm. ? A cannon ball fired from a piece 0 modern ordnance would reach the mooi (340,000 miles distant) in 12 days, Mar in 6 J years, Jupiter in 54 years, Satan in 108 years, Neptune in 290 years am Alpha Centauri, the nearest fixed star in 2,000,000 years. ?? At Eastman, Ga., a few days agi Misss Harrell, daughter of J. H. Harrell lost a pet mocking bird in a pecular man ner. The bird was kept in a neat cag on a shelf on the porch. On retiring a night the bird was all right, but thi next morning it was gone, and in ib stead a good sized rattle snake was impris oned. The snake had swallowed thi bird and could not escape through th< bars. ? At Bluff Springs, ia Sumter county, Ga., Sunday, J. D.DaviB, a colored Meth odist preacher was hustled out of his pal pit by a posse of his irate congregation and forbidden ever to enter the churci again, and likewise ordered to leavi the vicinity. Davis had made a vigor? ous attack on the sins of his congregsf tion and they wouldn't submit to it Davis has since had a number of his as sailants arrested for disturbing public worship. How's This? We offer One Hundred Dollars reward for any case of Catarrh that cannot b< cured by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props., Toledo, O. We, the undersigned, have known F J. Cheney for the last 15 years, and be live him to ba perfectly honorable in all business transactions, and financially abif to carry out any obligations made by theh firm. West & Truax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, O. Waldixg, Kinn an & Maevin, Whole; P3I0 Druggists, Toledo, 0. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internal? ly, acti?g directly upon the blood anc mucous surfaces of the sjstem. 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