Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Si C Jo % -?? ?ts ki M# ? * v"c yo V C ^ * , ^JTCTJ Bssms^t^ ?*. /f It is free?it t< local and long di vice in your horn Send for it today, phone Manager, or FARMERS' LI SOUTHERN BELL AND TELEGRAPi S. PRYOR STREET rUK&j JOHN.WHITE&CO. u NOTICE it is ordered that an electior held at the Mabrey School hous< school district No. 14, in accordi with section 1842, general school for the purpose of voting a threelevy for school purposes; trustee act as managers. Election to held March 22, 1913. T. H. Gore, Jas. H. Hope, F. M. Ellerbe ll-2t. County Board of Educa Mixture Sack H Many men arc TV J/ getting untold |y/T ^^-4? pleasure out of p^j Wj&f the Liggett & Myers wtk Duke's Mixture sack. MS r One 5c package holds man.* nin.A.U -/ - * "" .......j |M|iliui!> ui pure, mud llM smoking ? or, if you please, UP it will make vuiny cigarettes of Hi egood old-fashioned kind that yon yourself. fcS 8 mmm, | hike's Mixture, made by the ett & Myers Tobacco Co. at Dur- ym , N C., is the favorite with ciga- ff|8 i smokers It's the tobacco that es "rolling" popular with men IM| want the true taste of pure, , selected tobacco. pB re're making this brand the leader of nd. Pay what you will, you cannot etter granulated tobacco than Duke's j re. L ou still get the same big one and a JW ounce sack?enough to make many Bfc ettes?for 6c. And with each sack K1 get a book of cigarette papers and nt coupon. FREE. ?jfl ive the Present Coupons 'OK K~ ? ? "" ?-uuj?iiia you can Ret many some, desirable presents ? articles jfli jle for men, women, boys and girl9. thing for every member of the hfl hold. tip social offer for February and M c/> only? MR ur new illustrated catalogue of preswill bo sent Free to anyone who us their name and address. uponj Mixture may be assorted its from HORSE SHOE. J.T.. TINSLEY'S Kfl NATURAE LEAF. GRANGER J)YJ S T, coupons from FOUR H ? m 5,^3 ^ VlOc tin double coupon)t Hi5 ^TT7 "S!C.%5?R-CUT- piedmont Eg CIGARETTES. CUX CIGAR. ? y^r El I tS, and other tags or coupons ^ issued by us. H^fl Premium Dept. Mi <j^^ya33i^wo ^ St. Louis, Mo. fll 1 "D* V<?-j ? ? * K ' -T < V , 1 ?^ ?? 1 I A rv % Postal // Brings This Book ells how you can have istance telephone sere at very small cost. Write nearest Bell TeleNE DEPARTMENT TELEPHONE H COMPANY ATLANTA, GA. 4D HIDES jfK :ST MARKET PRICE PAID I RAW FURS AND HIDES Mtief&EiS i Commission. Writ# lor price- M Honing this ad. 1^' stabllshed 1887 )UISVILLE,KY. I* \\ NOTICE i be It is ordered that an election be ?, in held on March 22, 1913, at Parham ance school house, School district No. 8, law, in accordance with section 1732 Gen.miil eral school law, for the purpose of s to voting a two-mill levy for school be purposes; trustees to act as managers. Union, S. C., Mch, 8, 1913. T. H. Gore, Jas. H. Hope, P. M. EUerbe. tion. ll-2t. County Board of Education. 9 I ~A Vindication o By Robert L. Pre In February ???ir 11 i =ir=j In u recent editorial in the Bo Transcript readers of the paper instructed as to the history meaning of the Ku-Klux Klan. editor writes in part: "The New glander of twenty-two or twe three is pardonable if he asks, was the Ku-Klux Klan?' It was 'Black Hand' in politics, used for itics, though it never sank to level of blackmail. Its purposes ' to frighten negroes out of voting Republican ticket, to paralyze Freedmen's Bureau, to run out petbaggers, Northern school teacl and, in general, by terror to uns the results of the war. In the be ning it was little more than a se vigilance committee which kept recently emancipated slaves in 01 enforced law, and in general, the place of the old machinery justice which had not recovered f the war. It soon passed under control of a more brutal eler which saw its political possibili The founders dropped out and Ku-Klux, stopping at nothing, n itself felt by fire, blood and suffex It developed into an atrocious orj ization for whose suppression it necessary to pass a Federal known as the 'Ku-Klux Act.'" Verily, the New England hi rians, great and small, have folio the Biblican injunction: "Feed with food convenient for me." ] not time now, forty-seven years a the war, to strengthen the die "the New Englander of twenty or twenty-three," to give him r nourishing food, and to cease dling him with the broth that has so many years been served uj: him 7 Would it not be safe nov give him an insight into some of horrors of Reconstruction in Southern States and to tell him facts ? The treatment accorded the So ern States after the war showed just and well grounded were their prehensions when the Rpublican ty in 1861 obtained control of government. They felt the begin] of their political extinction, and 1 saw with stupefaction that calm, < determined band of their eneipie their secret meetings at the Re House in Boston?Dr. Howe, kn as a philanthropist; Frank Santa an instructor of youth; GerS SmithT also called , a philanthrppjl and Theodore ParKcr; a diatiffSj/T* the meek and lowly Jesus?calmy an ranging the details of Browr s venture, furnishing him with arms and supplying him with money, and plotting an armed invasion. They saui that they were in the house of theii enemies, and they resolved to leave. Of the four years of the War of the States, the young New Englander has a fair idea, but it would be well tc let him know that soon after the beginning of the war a resolution was presented and passed both houses ol lun^ieas ctiiiiuM unanimously to lilt effect that the sole object of the wai was the preservation of the Union, and that when that object was accomali.shed the army was to be disbanded, With this amount of information to start with we may omit the war and enlighten him on the subject of tlu Ku-Klux Klan. The Ku-Klux Klan was largely instrumental in preserving civilizatior in the South, which thanks to tlu Thad Stevenses and Summers of tlu day, came near being engulfed in tlu unfathomable abyss of negro rule The history of the passage of tlu Fourteenth Amendment would be in structiv reading. Our young frieiu ?,n,iU coo. Ikot W .. .. . C 1?1 ?U. "WU1V4 ocv mac ?v I I (IUUU1CI11) III! work of negroes and carpetbagjreri supported by bayonets. The whiti people of the South being prostrate and disfranchised and the negro be ing in supreme control, every avonu< of hope was closed. The situatioi was desperate. Helplessness and de spair were on every hand with th< black shadow of the negro hoverinj over all. At this juncture a few of the rep resentative young men of the Sout formed an association for the pur pose of gettihg rid of the negro a their political ruler. Among ts 01 ganizers were Gen. 'George W. Goi don and Gen. N. B. Forrest, and it rank and file as well as its leader were composed of many of the higF est types of Southern manhood. ] was called the "Ku-Klux Klin," an the sole object of its formation an existence was the rescue of the Sout from the clutches of the destructio that enveloped it. If it was "dan? erous and defiant," it was so only t the heel of the oppressor. If it wa "criminal/ it was so only to tfc wreckers of civilization in the ej hausted South. If it was the "Blac Hand' in politics, how much black* were the hands and hearts of the coi trivers of the scheme that condemne that fair land to degradation and d< cay! That one of its purposes wt "to keep negroes from voting the Ri 3fu-~Klux '3tlanjj = ' lEEE '? l[ ' Washington, D. C. [j rate Veteran. jj blican ticket" showed its sense of x and the Constitution. The States jne, according to the Constituting ,ve the right to determine the qualiations of their electorates, and (thing but violence could deprive em of it. If one of its objects was o paralyze the Freedmen's Bureau," rely so indictment can lie against for its efforts to crush what turned it to De a gigantic iraua anu awme. If its purpose was "to run out ie carpetbaggers," its mission was most holy pne. The carpetbagjrs were the foulest birds of prey lat ever sank their talons into the xiies of thir victims; human vullres they were, sucking the last rops of blood from a helpless and (hausted people. If Northern school :achers were run out by the Kullux Klan, it was a good riddanc< f a most undesirable and pernicioui lement, hostile to the white peopli f the South and breeders of discord hese teachers never adulated witl tie better classes of the South, be ttuse they were their enemies. The: ame as aliens and as aliens they re named. Southern school teacher lad never invaded the North and stir ed up strife in the industrial syster if New England or incited th rround-down mill workers to rise a ;ainst those who were coining wealt rom them and their childrens ovei corked bodies and brains. Why di Northern school teachers undertak 0 undermine the scocial system c ,he South? Finaly, it was charged that one < he purposes of the Ku-Klux Kla vas "in general by terror to unsett he results of the war." What i suits? As already stated, the sole ol iect of the war, as distinctly annoui :ed by Congress in the beginning, wi the restoration of the Union. T1 LJnion was restored. The South ht absolutely surrendered and had p its State government into operatio The Ku-Klux Klan left neither tl White Caps nor the Night Riders its successors, as the editorial char es, any more than it left the m strikers of New England or the Pitt burg rioters or the Chicago anarc ists as its successors. The Whi Caps originated in Indiana thir years after the war, as did the Nig Riders in Kentucky ten years lat The Ku-Klux Klan left no successo ?t share in freeing parts the South iVom tyrrany and degrai ttton, and to it and the white mine ' jkies in all the black districts of 1 1 ifeouth that resisted that avalanche terror should be raised a monumi r hiore enduring than bronze. The Anglo-Saxon has frequen subjected other races to his own c s zation, but history records no i stance in which any other race I i robbed him of his own. Uttc crushed as thev were, the fierce of the race was not yet extinguis in the Southern people. The Ku-Klux Klan blazed up as last fiame from the embers of an piling people. The fate of a mig race hung in the balance. It was last remnant of fast-failing stren that the South threw into the unci struggle, and it saved a nation, occasional injustices marked the c of its career, they were few and between, such as are inevitable in ery civil convulsion. It sprang u] the twinklnig of an eye as a mij protest against a crime unspeak; hideous and disgusting and witho parallel in the history of the w< Of it it may truly be said: "The that men do lives after them; j good is oft interred with their boi j It did its share in keeping alive g torch of civilizaton already so d 9 burning in that unhappy land, ar ? shielding its women and chil _ from a desolation worse than B pestilence that walketh in darkr ^ or "the destruction that wastet _ noonday." e 2 Pneumonia Follows a Cold But never follows the use of Fc Honey and Tar Compound. It i i- the cough, heals the sore an< h flamed air passages, and strengl the lungs. The genuine is in a low package with behive on ca 8 Refuse substitutes. The Rice - Company. .8 President Wilson does not inte s accept gifts of value. He rec i- Tuesday a razor strop, mount* It gold, but sent it back to the < d with a letter of regret. Num d other gifts have befen returned h in the past few days. Wilson n not believe the president shoul j- ceive special favors from any < o ls A Message to Railroad Mei ie E. S. Bacon, 11 Bast St., Math c. sends out this warning to railrc k everywhere: "My work as com caused a chronic inflammation < 5r kidneys and I was miserable ai i- played out. From the day I >d taking Foley Kidney Pills I bej B_ regain my strength, and I am new than I have been for t 18 years.' Try them. The Rice Company. I Fgowans^ ' I King of Externals I ,Wi V I ' Iwu I Stands supreme under I I every test. Feel sjc-1 to1 I cure, keep Gowans in I Su I the home. Gowans al-1 ab ways conquers^ Croup ti and Pneumonia and your doctor assents. p] Gowans Preparation was nsed on my child when it was desperately ill with Pneumonia. Immediately after the second application my rF, physician called ami finding so great an improvement ordered its yj continuance. The child recoverei! rapidly. G.J. IIbJUK L E, Druggist, 024 East St. Allegheny, Pa. BUY TO-DAY! HAVE IT IK THE HOME All Drnttlit* SI. 50e. 25o, P| GOWAN MEDICAL CO..' [ Buaranlittf. and montj tilundid by yout Dra(|li| I " II Summons for Relief 1 (Complaint Served) i State of South Carolina, ? County of Union. Court of Common Pleas. * Farmers Hardware Co., Plaintiffs, ?. 1 Against K - T. E. Kerr and D. D. Kerr, co-party ners, trading and doing business under the name of Kerr Brothers, Defendants. 3 To the Defendants above named: You are hereby summoned and n required to answer the complaint in this action, of which a copy is herewith served upon you, and to serve a l~ copy of your answer to the said com- T h plaint on the subscriber at his office,- 1 _ Room No. 14, Foster Building, Un^ ion, South Carolina, within twenty days after the service hereof, exclu;e sive of the day of such service; and >f if you fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plainb- ? jf iff in this action will apply to the " Court tor tne reuei aemanaeu in vne | in complaint. le Dated Union, S. C., March 13, A. re D., 1913. John K. Hamblin, Plaintiff's Attorneys. 1 I. Frank Peake, (L. S.) I Clerk of Court, ie Per J. W. G., D. C. i l(l Take notice: That the said summons and complaint is filed in the of- i fice of the Clerk of Court of Common v n* Pleas for Union County, in the State he of South Carolina, of which this is ao a copy of the summons. John K. Hamblin, Plaintiff's Attorneys. i I. Frank Peake, (L. S.) I ;s- Clerk of Court, h- Per J. W. G., D. C. te " ty NOTICE ^ Of Receivers Sale of Stock of Merer* chandise and Fixtures, at rs. Union, S. C. of Notice is hereby given that I, Jno. kittle, as Receive* of the affairs ." of S. Kassler, of Union, S. C., will sell at public auction the entire stock the of goods, merchandise, and fixtures of of the business of the said S. Kassler, ant at Union, S. C., on the 28th day of March, 1913, at twelve o'clock noon, at store room of S. Kassler, imme*7 diately after the arrival of the pasivi senger train on Southern Railway Co. in from Spartanburg, S. C. The said has ^??ds ant* merchandise, consist of ' dry goods, clothing, notions, shoes, ir,y etc., which inventory the sum of four fire thousand, four hundred and thirtylied eight and 92-100 ($4438.92) The sale of said goods and fixtures will ^ either be in bulk lots or as a whole; or first separately in bulk lots, and ex* then as a whole, as may be hereafter hty determined. All persons present int)le tending to bid at said sale will be retv, quired to put up with the undersigned t Receivers the sum of Two hundred jual dollars in cash or by certified check, If: the said sum to bfi forfeited upon lose failure to comply with any bid made far by sucb person which has been aci cepted. Terms of sale?Cash. ev" ! Also, one bay mule to be sold for p in |cash. rhty Union, S. C., March 13, 1913. ddv John M. Little, u. receiver, ut a 'evil Thomas S. Evans, one of Ben~ the neUsville's most progressive citizens, ? died Friday afternoon, les." the imly Notice to Creditors and Debtors. , . All parties holding claims against ld ln the estate of John C. Hunter, dedren ceased, must present the same, duly "the proven, to me, and all persons indebtless" e(* to sa'd estate ihust make paymenl . . to me. F. Elmira Hunter, Administratrix. Union, S. C., Feb. 24, 1913. 9-4t DO YOU OWN AN '4 AUTOMOBILE'S yelirton. If so, it is tp your advan K tage to get acquainted witl us. We sell good goods a nd to reasonable prices, eived Try 5 or 10 gallons of th< ,n Harris Auto Oil and see ho\ donor , , ,, erous much better your car run? w,ith- W. NEWELL SMITH . oeB AUTO COMPANY a re >ne. Union, S. C. Phone 18 ll-2t. !?. ? i, Me., >aders !;t Dr. Virgil R. Hawkins nd all began DENTIST ran to 0FP1CI? 0VER mutual Union Q C ^)rug DRY C?OM COMPANY UlllOIl, J. \J i . SPRING L - {>i 11.' > i\i] ill soo|fhe here and everydy should have a good tiic for the Spring and immer. Now it is remarkle how )R. HUIETS NK BLOOD PURIFIER ill help you put on flesh, ry a bottle and be connced. Guaranteed by TWIT. MftNKY SAVF.RS A JIAJLi XTAV/A1 ALMETTO DRUG CO. Union. S. C. or Low Prices Best Leather S Quick Work N SHOE REPAIRING You Cannot Beat Us _ n^li n .1 mr* _ len s nan aoies - - - i?c adies' Half Soles - - - 50c ihildren's Half Soles - - 50c test Grade of Work 9. G. FOSTER, the Fine Shoemaker, is with us. GIVE US A TRIAL UNION ELECTRIC SHOE REPAIR SHOP S. FRAM, Prop. _Cabbage Plants For Sale I j . a ..Bay Tour Frost Proof Cabbage Plants From F. S. CANNON MEGGETTS, S. C. 1,000 to 4,000 at .... $1.25 5,000 to 9,00(1 at $1.00 10,00 to 15,000 at 90c Special price on large orders. Satisfaction guaranteed. 48-4mas. McSwain, Watson & Inman Attorneys at Law Greenville, S. C. Practice in all State and Federal Courts. "HELLO!" IS THIS . The Piedmont Pressing Club? "Say, I was just up In the garret after a trunk, and found a last year's suit, a - little streaked, spotted and 1 mussed up generally. Sup^ pose you could do any-, thing with it?" v "WHY SURE r "Make it look like new." "Well, I'll bring it down." 9 AT YOUR ^SERVICE n The Piedmont Pressing Club > 0. FRAM, Prop. Phone 93 The Puriay Presbyterians of Ches* ter will erect a |20,000 Sunday School ~ building in the near future.