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LARRY GANTT'S * . , . By T. La] STORIES OF OUR SOUTHLAND v Redeeming the South from Negro Rule?Voting a Steer in Elbert County, Georgia, and the Tissue Ballot in S. C. t I * ? , rk T ! -* The assassination 01 rresiaens liu- ; ccln after the surrender was the;1 greatest calamity that could have pos-? sibly occurred for the South. It left! unchecked in control of the govern-;, ment three of the bitterest enemies j of the South, Thad Stephens, who was \ inflamed over the burning of his iron works by Confederate soldiers in their uaareh through Pennsylvania; Benj$-; min F. Butler, a renegade Democrat j' and ^ho was a delegate to Ahe Charleston convention; and Charles Sum- < * nnclflv ner, wno was ciutnu^ uuuv. caning given him by Preston Brooks of South Carolina, for insults heaped upon his aged uncle. The North was < inflamed over the assassination of i Lincoln by a fanatic, and -cried aloud ] for vengeance against the whole : Southern people two years after their:3 armies had laid down their arms anti;: i our people were hard at work trying:. to restore peace and resurrect, their i impoverished and devastated land.:'] / ^ 'The negro was enfranchised, and in ; order to place these ignorant blacks, I m control of the state governments'* of the South a horde of unscrupulous ] ind greedy adventurers from the 11 North were sent among us to organ- J ^ and inflame these blacks against < B their former owners. And to insure j \ N tfaeir rule Congress disfranchised ev- j j ? Vio ^ Knrtio arm? in the ! 1 pby ery. zhhh v? ?u u<*u u< w>v ? ... wt Confederate army or sympathized j, kwith the so-called "rebellion." These ;j laws, of course, were simply the plac-! \ L ing of black heels on white necks,! k and as the leaders :n Washington j ] thought, perpetuated the rule of the}( Republican party in the South. j ] Any old Citizen who lived in those j days can tell you of their horrors, fj For the South it was a frightful night- j' mare that will endure so long as mem-:. ory lasts. Backed by armed Federal '< soldiers, including negro regiments:< ^ such scenes of outrage were- enacted;] as no conquered country was ever j ( - ?. ? subjected to. it is too receni l( to be recounted by me. ' i ] , * . /This was the situation in th? Sout^h j when the Ku Klux Klan was organized ] by Gen. N. B. Forrest, and the; move- j < ment quickly spread all over the: I ?outh. As a youth, I have seen long j 1 lines of those shrouded riders filing! ] .along the road on horseback, silent j and ghostlike, striking terror into the ^ t hearts of ignorant and superstitious < ' negroes and causing a starnpede back j home of carpet-baggers, but with well j 1 nnnirata n-f <srnlf?n monev. In an; f liflCU yutnvnJ w.? ? \ incredibly short space of time this j ] ; "invisible army" brought order out of < * chaQs and jpaved the way for conquest13 I of the different State governments by j ( ( the Democrats. Every candid man, j t must? confess that the K. K. K. j v saved the South. But unlike Col. Sim- j, i 1 mons' society, it only made war on j ] ) thieves and outlaws, and in its ranks!, were found Protestants, Roman Cath- j \ olics, Jews and Gentiles, all marching; / side by side with the same high and , patfiotic object in view. ^ But my intent in this sketch is to-; i tell abcut ^the redemption of our ;. ' State governments from negro and j ( oUa*. v?1d rjpnro-ia was one of the h f Olltll i-.w. o , j first States to be redeemed, but South " i Carolina, Florida and Louisiana were 3 i still under the rule of carpet-baggers ! ' scallawags and negroes. In the for- I * mer State there was a negro majority s * of over 40,000, and all the election . f machinery was in their hands. But ; ^omehow Georgia was never made to 1 'submit to the degradations of most j ' other Southern States, for her peo- ' j * , pie, even when they had Federal bay- < onets to face, never submitted to ne- 1 ? gro rule except in a few counties. In i: L Elbert County, for instance, the J < m whites held control and even organ- j m ized a Ku Kbi* Klan of their own be- j 1 fore the one formed by Gen. For- j rest. The whites at once determined i j that they would have no negro rule j or interference with their local af-1 fairs by outsiders. Amos T. Acker- i< man, Attorney General under Presi- j dent Grant, a Northerner, taught j school in Elbert county before the j i war and joined the State militia.. Shortly after the surrender I heard j Mr. Ackerman deliver an address in the court house in Elberton. He had joined the Republican party and this ; did not at all sit on the stomach of' Elbert county Democrats. In his ad-j dress Ackerman stated that the South i was conquered and the negro eman-1 cipated. He advised his hearers to! accept the sitauation and make of the j negro their peasantry and laborer, j a , i t 1. ^1- - T 1 i. ! At inax time tut; negro nau. nut uccii t ^ given the ballot. There was nothing t objectionable that I could see in acki erman's speech, but whtn he left the WEEKLY LETTER ! ; ' I ? rry Gantt t court room Col. Heard, an old and highly respected citizen, began to belabor Ackerman with his walking; cane and kept it up until he (Acker-man) could seek refuge in the hotel, j After the enfranchisement of the! negro, the young Democrats resolved that no black should vote in their county, and they made this ^ood. At j that time a Republican officer visited voovctorml H"IP MP-' CUi.il l^uuiicjr Uiiu v.. groes as voters, and one came 10 Elberton. Long strings of negroes stood in front of his table, giving in1 their names. While the registration; was going on Tuz Tate, a young sol-, dier ?\vho had served gallantly through , the war, followed by a squad of his companion* 'and neighbors, approach-1 ?d the officer, leading a steer by the halter. Addressing the Federal officer.; Tuz spoke as follows: w"Here, you fellow there, taking iown the names of niggers! Here is a voter for you to register. He has I horns on his head, but he i^as got as! much sense and has just as much right to vote as them blamed black niggers. His name is Buck Tate, and; I give you just two seconds to put Buck's name on that list of voters, or [ will bore a hole with this pistol in ; Pj>ur carcass a rabbit can jump ( chrough!" And Tuz emphasized his ie-mand by drawing two pistols from lis bootlegs, and placing them on tne 1 table beside the officer. I . The official oloked at Tuz and the *ang at his back, every man armed ; :o the teeth, and without protest J placed the name of "Buck Tate" on ' iis list of registered voters. When 1 ?leetion day rolled around, another Federal officer came to preside over.' :he polls, but he must have heard [ ibout "Buck Tate," the voter with ' lorns on his head. Tuz and his gang * ">mo +n +Vio -nrkllc loaHincr T&JJttk Kv n tialter and voted him without protest. Last summer I was in Elberton and inquired about what had become of ' Cuz Tate? I was told that Tuz had i fine farm in Goosepund district in ' Oglethorpe county, and was in Elber-'j :cn that day. I hunted up Tuz? whom [ found to be an old grey haired vet- ' )ran. I asked him what had become )f his steer Buck. Tuz replied that j 3uck faithfully voted the Democrat- , a -HnVot nnt.il dipd with thp lollcw-horn, hollow-tail, or some oth- ' ?r cattle ailment, when the boys wrought to the polls a young steer and 1 /oted him in Buck's name so long as x was necessary. No negro was denied the right to rote, but the following method of ^ 'moral 'suasion" was employed to ^ ceep the county solidly Democratic: < When a negro- approached the polls' ( *Tith a ballot in hand, some of the , boys would step up to him and let . that darkey see him taking down his name and for whom he worked. With- > Dut one word spoken, that darke^' ( Forthwith left for his home. !, V ? 1 It was such a spirit as this that so < :learly redeemed Georgia, and then j ler people set in to help save their J neighbors ^ and friends aeross the Sa-:( ^annah. !, In South Carolina all manner of ^ ?ompromise tickets were put out to ] try and save the State, but without, avail. At last Gen. Wade Hampton,'? :viaic Uai V ana utiici j organized a red shirt campaign and ] mad a straight-out fight to over- ( throw the most venal and corrupt government ever imposed on any j State or country. Every white man in ( South Carolina not turned traitor and , aligned with the Republican^-, donned ( a red shirt, and in bands of hundreds j ?nd thousands, rode all over the,; State. No intimidating methods were 1 employed with the negroes, but they ( were plainly told their day had pass ed and the white Democrats intended , to taKe cnarge ana run tne govern- ] ment. Democratic speakers attended, every Republican meeting and demanded a division of time and forced their demand. Around the crowds of 1 blacks a cordon of white men with guns in hand and on horseback stood. Each gun was cocked and pointed direct at the white leaders and speak-1 erz at t^ase meetings. This meant that at the first sign of trouble these leaders would be riddled with bullets, j So order reigned supreme and the' Democratic speakers denounced the Republican leaders to their face in the most bitter teims. But the Republicans and their negro voters had control of the ballotboxes and the Democrats knew they | had no chance in a fair election. Many negro election managers were bought, some intimidated, and others kept drunk. When election day rolled around, thousands of Georgian? crossed the Savannah, armed to the j teeth, and every mother's son of them demanded the right to vote; and they rode from box to box and stopped at each to vote again. And not content with this, tissue ballots were used by ; the Democrats. Every voter stuck his own ballot in the box, and at the same time de-posited from 25 to 100 tickets folded together. These tissue I ballots were so arranged that whenj placed in the box they would separate; and form different tickets. In Edge-J field county alone, it is said that more: votes were crammed into the boxes; than could be cast bv the entire State.! Of course the election was fraudulent'from start to finish, but the Re-; publicans had for years practiced the, most outrageous frauds, and the Dem-i ocrats simply followed their example. J Rnth rets of candidates were count-{ ed in by the rival parties and which j resulted in a duel House of Represen-j tatives in Columbia, with two speak-j ers and two sets of officers. Neither! side would yield an inch. But under a deal with Hayes, byj which he was given the Presidency!; over Tilden, Federal troops were J' withdrawn and when the soldiers de-' parted it was easy sailing for the i Dempcrats. The negroes yielded and j the carpet-baggers too their departure j for a healthier climate. INTERESTING LETTER ABOUT j THE CITY OF NEWBERRY; i Edgefield,Advertiser, 26th. < Dear Advertiser: j( I have been in Newberry now forj several weeks, and each day I become: more and more impressed with theDroerress of her people and 4he great;. extent of her growth during the past 11 decade. This ;s instanced particular-1 ly in the number and beauty of her: churches. The following denomina-j tions have fine brick churches andj; progressive congregations: Methodist,j: Lutheran, Baptist, Episcopalian, Pres-:' byterian and A. K. \P. While in the j, dewberry Mill village are three large i church edifices, with beautiful par-;i sonasres of the Baptist, Methodist ahd|: Lutheran churches, and in one of the I other mill villages are Methodist and : Baptist churches. I had the pleasure j of being driven all over the city yes- j1 terday afternoon and had not until i then realized the size and beauty ofb the town. As evidence of its wealth' and material prosperity are the many! I'ery beautiful homes and ' well kept} acres, and I say acrec advisedly, for) J there are very few of the handsome lomes without the beautiful lawns \ and grounds. ! One thing that I particularly like;] are . the great number of flowers, both J j those grown out doors close up to the]: buildings, and pot plants in the win- j t flows of stores, garages and even in i the windows and door way of the: ] chamber of commerce. It speaks of | J the grea.t degree of culture and re-!' finement in the taste of her business |] men. , < < The town numbers about seven J j thousand people and her business ac-j1 tivities arc net confined to one small | < street or square but are scattered j ] &ver a large area. Many of herr treets are very narrow, but nearly! j ill of them have paved sidewalks < ivhile the street proper is of asphalt, rhere it a beautiful government post | )fhce building and Newberry's old! -j courthouse which is a good brick"! < rtructure, is used for offices and as ajj lome for the Newberry post of the {1 American Legion. The beautiful new!] court house is up to date in every 13 sense of the word alid is a credit to j i his wide awake community and her j ove for the law. , There are many organizations be- j' ides the fraternal orders, among < ;hem a Rotary club, chamber of commerce, free library, two organizations 5f the United Daughters of the Con Pederacy, a post of the American Legion with its accompahying auxiliary )f women, a chapter of the Daughters ( af the American Revolution and many 1 There are several beautiful parks and nowhere have I seen more beautiful trees than are here, but the vandal hand of progress is being laid to the root of many of these, as to properly build sidewalks many of the old landmarks have to .be sacrificed. < There are two fine newspapers in Newberry, one, the Observer, with Editor Wallace at the helm, the other The Herald and News, under the editorship of rhe Aulls. This is the old est paper in this section, I think. Ho?tense is in charge of the social column of this paper ana is also the linotype operator. It is issued twice a week, so she is kept pretty busy. The town lies on the route of two railway lines, the Southern and the Columbia, Newberry and Laurens, so there are ample facilities for travel. The graded and high schools are under fine directorship and occupy fine and commodious brick buildings. This is rather a random letter, but in my next I shall try to say a little of Newberry's prominent men and women and the work they are doing for the world. Agatha A. Woodson. / ! iflT'.-.nl t v nhmif rP/I'lfino1 -TV HUlIiCi U1111V uiwtr wwv.v 4 the number of federal employees is that most of them ha v.* political influence. REAL ESTATE FOR SALE! !t I will sell as executor, at the court ; house in Newberry, S .C., on sales ] day in November, for division, the:} home place of the late C. F. Schultz, ( containing 1SG acres more or less, lo- t cated hi No. 6 township, Newberry ^ county. Terms of sale, cash. Pur-i chaser to pay for papers, revenue. < stamps, recording aini so forth. Pos-1 '< session of land given January 1st, ' 1 f\ Oft ? W. S. SCKULTZ, it Executor, j ? Xewberrv, $. C. Oct. 5th, 1921. 10-7-St. i a 1( NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT I will make a final settlement of; J the estate of Frances Sims in the '1 Probate court for Newberry County,j * S. C.. on Saturday, the 12th day of" December, 1921, at 10 o'clock in the; ^ forenoon and will immediately there-i I after ask for my discharge as admin-;* istrator of said esetate. j 1 All persons^ having claims against i1 the estate ot ? ranees aims, aeceasea,;. are hereby notified to file same, duly: c verified, with the probute judge, and; those indebted to said esttte will .} please make pavment likewise. ANDERSON JOHNSON, * Administrator. a Newoejrrv, Oct. 8, 1S2J. j e LAND FOR SALE ir We, the undersigned, acting for't the heirs of the estate of A. H. Mil-'r ler. deceased, will offer for sale on | , Tuesday, November 8, 1921, at 11 j o'clock at Prosperity, ail that tract! i" r>v tracts of lands lying in Newberry j j county, S. C., in Xo. 0 township: Tract Xo. 1 containing1 81 acres,' mere or less, bounded on the south; by lands of J. W. Long, in the westj by lands of J. A. Long and others, on I the north by Mt. Pilgrim church and; lands of G. F. Stockman, on the east j by lands of A. H. Hawkins. Tract Xo. 2 containing GO acres; more or less, bounded on the south j by lands of A. H. Hawkins and tract | No. 1, on the west by lands of G. F.: Stockman, on the north, by lands of! M?-s. Martha Shealy and others, on the j cast by lands of Mrs. Leu Shealy. | This land may be sold separately or i as a/'whole. I Pmvhotpr' rnrmirpd tr> n?V tVlP USU-1 il ft^e for all papers, and revenue stamps. Terms of sale: Cash. This property will be sold as above stated, if not sold privately before. For any information apply to the undersigned. B. L. MILLER, D. B. MILLER, Prosoeritv, S. C. 10-21 -at. NOTICE AS TO DOG TAX The law imposes a tax of $1.25 uer dog, the same being pavable from , Oct. 15th, 1921, to Dec. 31st, 1921, I The County Auditor has beqn au-J ihorized to not charge dog tax on your tax receipts, therefore when you t tvish to nay on dog do not forget to lsk for dog*ax and receipt separately is this tax iz not covered in your tax receipt. ' ^Following is the act under which :zEc is levied: j Section I. Annual Uog Tax Imposed?Be it enacted by the Gener-J al Assembly of the State of South Carolina; That from and after the massage of this act there shall be levied on all dogs, six months old or old:r, in the Stifte of South Carolina an annual tax of one dollar and twentyive cents ($1.25) per head. Section 3. That every owner of a In?* shnll hs reeraired to collar and i place i'he aforesaid dog- tax upon 'the j -aid collar. Except when such dog' shall be used for the purpose of hunt- ( ing, when such dog shall be upon a :hase or hunt. Section 4. Any person owning, I harboring cr maintaining a dog, fail-' ing or refusing to return and pay the ;ax aforesaid, shall be deemed guilty j )f a misdemeanor ,and- upon canvic:ion thereof shall be fined not less than five ($5.00) dollars nor more i thun twenty ($20.00) dollars, one-; half of which shall go to the person' reporting said failure to pay said tax,: md one-half to the public school fund in which said derelict occurs. r r sr.HTTMPERT. i Countv Treas. Newberrry County, j Oct. 13th, 1921. - ? State of South Carolina, Union County. Court of Common Pleas. L. P. Crawford, Plaintiff, vs. J. B. Richards et al, Defendants. In obedience to a Decree of the; Court of Common Pleas for the j County aforesaid, heretofore made in ! -' *< fck. , I THE .BEST SH( Hie? UJ # ( he above stated case, I will sell, on Hominy, the 7th day.- of November, briny salesday.fcduring legal lours of sale, before tine court house loor in Union, S. C., nt public outcry, he following lan<i.> ri piemises, to vit: 1. All that certain p'ece. parcel >r lot of land, containing two (2) teres, more or less, known as the 'Coficld lot," lying and being in Xew>erry county, state aforesaid, and jounded on the north by tract known is "Buck Tract," east by road lendng from (Jordan's bridge to Keitt's >ridge, south by lands of Ella Maybin md west by lands formerly of S. P. >otwell. 'i. All tiiar certain piece, parcel ui ot of land, containing six (6) acres, nore or less, lying and being in Xevv>erry county, said state, known as the 'Store lot," and bounded north by the iVhitney lands, east by lands of C. J. 5urcell, south by lands of Ella May)in, and on the west by pubiic road; eading from Gordan's bridge to veitt's bridge. The above two tracts of land will )e sold separately, and for cash. 3. Also all that certain tract or >lantation of land, lying: and being' n Newberry county, said state, conaining 250 acres, more or less, known is the William Oxner lands, and ounded north by lands,formerly own-' id by J. S. J. Saber, east by public oad leading from Gordan's bridge i o Keitt's bridge, south by lands fornerly owned by J. S. J. Suber and i r 1 . We will allow 25 New Maxwell Cars If you want a go for your cotton per p per pound?cotton t< bargains in used car* One 1920 Model Dos A One 1S20 Maxwell 1 One 1920 Maxwell 7 One 1920 Maxwell 7 One 1920 7-passeng< One 1919 5-passeng< One 1919 5-passeng< One 1919 5-passeng* One 1919 5-passeng< One 1918 5-passeng< One 5-passenger Stu Osie 5-passenger Stu One 7-passen.ger Sin On6 5-passenger Do* If you want a g< cars for we need the price on cars and als< m p?JP SCHOOL I ?| ii r:;w 3ES FOR YOUR HAP ;h m Quality a "Buck Tract." and west by lands of' C. J. Pui'ci-ii. -i. Also ail that tract or plantation ! of land, lyinj? and bein^ in Newberry! county. state aforesaid, in Xo. o township. containing two hundred andj nineiy-six (21JG) acres, more or less,! and bounded on V?: north by Tijjrer! river, east by Coleman estate, south I by Lyles Ford public road, and west; by lands of W. B. Hardy, and bettt-r' known a-; the "Valentine place." 5. Also, all thai certain tract of; land lying and being in Fish Danij township, Union county, said state,! formerly known as the Gordon place, j containing one hundred .and thirty i (130) acres, more or iess, and bound-1 ed cn the north by lands of Mrs. P. P. | Hamilton and Sims lands, east by the | Sims lands, south by Tiger river, and, west by lands of Mrs. P. P. Hamilton ! and El ma Jeter. This tract of land is variously described as containing, ISO acres and 171 acres. The three tracts of land last above described, and numbered 3, 4, and oj respectively, will be sold separately, then as a whole; if, when sold as a! whole, the bid exceeds the bids of-i fered for the thi >e tracts when sold) separately, the bid for the whole will! be accepted; otherwise, if the separ-; ate bids for the three tracts, when! sold separately, exceed the bid for the: whole, they will be sold separately. ! For these three last mentioned1 tracts, the terms of sale are as fcl-j lows: Or.e third cash, balance in two; equal annual installments, payable in i m i immiiiii m ? wr?i?-n~iMrrwmT?nnrwi tin mm*man nrw<iT i cents per pound for gooc , $945,00 delivered fille od used car we will give 3 ound that we offered on 3 be middling and above. > t Touring Car Pouring as demonstrator ouring Car ourizig Car er Chalmers er Chalmers er Chalmers ir Grant 5r Chevrolet sr Chevrolet debaker debaker debaker ige ear come in and let w room and we are at libe: _ iL ?i! , ~ j uit? uiicr we iiry matting ::'-v :x: - : '' : fff3555*?# apa*sp??wflstifw pi?" g| PY, HEALTHY BOYS nd Low in Pric rc p_ cnw iO OL one and two year?, respectively, from date of .--ale, the credit portion to be secured by bond of the purchaser and mortgage of the premises, said bond tn nrnvid? for interest from date at ^ight per cent, per annum untii paid (said interest 10 be paid annually and, it not so paid, to become principal and bear interest at the same rate), and for ten per cent attorney's fee if rtot paid at maturity. The purchaser or purchasers will have the option cf paying, in cash, any part of, or the whole cf, the credit portion, and will be required to pay for all necessary panel's and documentary stamps. W. W. JOHNSON. Probate Judge, Ex-Officio Master, Union County 10-21-3t. NOTICE OF FINAL SETTLEMENT I will make a final settlement of the estate of John F. Kibler in the Probate Court for Newberry county, S. C.. on Thursday, the 10th day of November, 1921, at 10 o'clock in the forenooon and will immediately thereafter ask for my discharge as executor of said estate. Ail persons having claims against the estate of John T. Kibler, deceaspH. herohv notfied to file the same with the underpinned, or probate judge, duly verified and those indebted to said estate will please make p a v n: e n t like v? i s e. W. II. KIBLER, Executor. Xewbery, S. C., Oct. 3, 1921. n. 1 cotton in trade for d with gas and oil. fou the same amount the Maxwell?25c Wp li?f K^lnw a few $550.00 $650.00 $485.00 $550.00 $950.00 , $850.00 $800.00 $500.00 $200.00 $150.00 $150.00 $200.00 $300.00 $325,00 % 5 show you the above rty to withdraw this ; on cotton. V j t ! i I tl i ::: : .-on . I ^LS ^ I AND GIRLS. "J l&o I