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ABOUT THE KU KLUX KLflN MAUSEY f OB THE HOUSE
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KINGS MOUNTAIN, N. C, THCKSDAY, MAltCII Hi. J916.
$1 A YEAR IN ADVANCE
' IflEA ORIGIN ATED'ON TEN'
i NESEE I'LANTATIQN .
PtCTUREF EMBK DAYS OF KCOMTOK'
J
Ban performed ftj mlston - was out
lawed' and passed.
(Writtn by MiM Bonnie Mnuney.)
la the. dark days of Recon
struction in the Koutb, wo find
a great organisation of weird and
mystic figures, ' A fee'sret oa'aft
ization it ws just as we have
today, with , a .deflpite purpose
and'mlssion to perform. But no
occtacularnatade of our mod
era clubs-could liave compared
witb'that silent but pwift and
ghostly ocession of the Ku
Xliix Klan.
As you know, the i methods of.
Congress for Reconstruction "
brought', on many evils'. The
vote was taken away frbm'tnany
whites who wore willing now to
bo loyal to the union. Negrctes
with their utter lack-rof knowl-l
edge of government were piaced
In the higher offices in the states.'
Carpet-bagger were doin? their
work to turn tho blacks against
their farmer masters: aiding in
this work, .rere their helpers,
the ScalawagsTraitorous Sou
therners. ' Negoros, unused to
freedom had"becomo bold, recic
leas and lawless, so that it was
nnsrtfe for the" women of the
South,', . ''
There must bo some renody fc r
thspcevils." But' when' 'Persua
sion and other mild, means were
of no a vial toward rectifyingthe
condition of affairs and. restoring
the white man to. his plu.ee, then
it must have beei time- to use
fortfef VTliesKn. Klnx' Klan ' was
'the forced ' ' ' " .
Like . everything else, this
Order ': had a small , beginning,
T!-e,'idea orlginaed on a planta
tion ju Tennessee, about 1866.
One day several boys wett into
a woods whore, they noticed av--elallittlo
negroes at play, Tjie
boys decided to have some fan;
; so. they secured some sheets and
one- young fellow, ooveeed ' with
these, rushed toward the blacks,
vT who, thinking the white. object a
: ,: deracto or a spirit, fleet in terror". ;
, . Thj$ little incident,'- led these
1 -. ' young fellows and others to or-1'
i uani&e a societv merelv for the
- novelty, and the a'mnsjment that-1
", , it might afford, TJiecalled the
society the Ku KluxKlan. r'
1 In slavery, times a there (were
oXcers known as night .tatrolsV
Thesepatrols woijld ride,around
at 'night to find runftWa' slaves
." vbo, after they hudjbeed.beaten,
. were taken back to Urbirifcast-,
ers. From this oldnight patrol
': astem came tho idea Of " baying
. the Ku Klox mounted. .
. "The knowledge this organ-y-j.
ization spread tbf. the' .Sotjtih
1 nd many wis lieads-Sdw'fn it a
)' aiieans of putting down the evils.
");The negroes i werfT snspl'cioifs.
.They foared ghosts and-spjriex
-' land j.rftve-yards. If theyftduld
; tym frightened at tha y'o'ahg
man covfeipd with sheets;;. tHey
; i would fea'rroe6Bidunte'd spirits--:
So the Kn KtiiJ ' Klan " was ' ac-
i toeptojL as ajiTioitrument to lBep
egro' y,riromhe ;podj8 'and
Xe&oi fprqfcct Jbe wcmen of .tbe
4 HOttth, .fpspotally was it adopt'.
hdin Tonnesse.' Arkansas f an
v. I I . . ..
. Jsytarlea' and; gruesome cere
iA J .monies spread utter panic among
" iV,i th Runerstitious blaclis.
horses eret:ovored with, white.
t y Thcr bbraefiofs were UoU tstitU
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ONE OP COUNTY'S FOUE
' MOST CITZENS.
HOtt: W. JL MAUKET MKOVKCS HIMSELF
if
Mr. Mjumv was tree in the Legis
lature and wishes, to return.
Having been solicited by many
friends thnwhont the County, 1
have deuidort to become a candi
date for tho House of Represen
tatives from Cleve'and County,
subject to the action of the Dem
ocratic Primary. If nominated
it shall be my. purpose to reore
scut all the people of the county
and to advance their every inter
est W. A. MAUNEY.
i i .
Wr.S.'T. Lovelace who lives
on the i;herryvuie roan a"ouc
three miles-from town is very
sick with pneumonia and mumps,
Miss Jennette Ford, trained
nurse ol Castonia, u attending
him.:
rubber. or sotno such material so
tht their steps would not bo
heard. These silent and white
riders .visited negroes' huts and
''rajimmicked" about, at first
with sham magic, not witli arms
at all; One would curry a heart
shaped flesh bag and rido around
"hollerimr for fried nigger
meat." Another would put on
an Inc'ia-rubber stomach and
startlo tho negroes by swallow
pail'uls of water. :' Another tep
resented that ho had been killed
at Manassas and since thfit time
some one had built a turn pike
over bis grave and lie had to
".-cratoh like to gotf up thru
the gravel."-1
The - Ku Klux Klan's head-
qua)tfirs were c.tl'ed dens,
and the members y;cre kno-.cnas
"ghouls "giants," "goblins,"
"hydras," "furies." "x tans, "or
Vdragons.", Usually tho mere
existence of a den" in any
neighborhood was enough , to
quiet and make obedient every
senate black.- If more was re
quired? a' balf-dczen "ghouls,"
making their nocturnal rounds,
in .their long white gowns and
hideous masks, .frightened all
but lhf fnost hardy. Any who
s w bowed fright weie whipped,
injured' Or killed a treatment
which. sometimes extended to the
blacks' "Carpetr-bAtf" and "scal-
v'The order jrtifch "was at first
inerely ' ad instrumont of de
fense,' fthallyH)'eca'ib a weapon
wl,t& whjboh the." members could
re vengo personal wroi,gsNand in
sults; and. enePO in underhand
ed and lawless offense. '.This
cliangepj mptiye:. was .caused
largely by the 'e'xtnsivB. mDm-
hberBhlp qf thlKlan, which grad
ually ,. included many immor&l
and violencha.racters.: ,
In tiirife, tFrffc' founder:? -of tho
or,dF4ja?eiiia.W4;pn. practice and
they 'w5erd'otr'sprr$r d when ' the
aTraariibals. sent, by Presi-
aat hunted ."den" 'after
of . the Jaw-break'erV to
Re.den
tent'C
t"h'e. v'ei-y deitth'0f4hV.Klan,
HJujyrflf 4fce,.j kn-' iCiux wore
compllod'to '-eicaor : to - pther
states!' -for si(ety; Bills weie
passed against, them 'and. fines
ad4ntprisoriraent were made the
pUa'ltlesbf such offense as' thoy
had "Committed.- -The army and
nav. wer'placed' at the services
of the officers. - By -these strong
measures, the- order baa oeen
driven -pntyOf exisWnco. in 4 IS73,
except,, pehaps.'iu, a vory few
comoiunities.( Better - mear.s
werV then employed' by the gov
ernment to right the wrongs . pf
Reftonstrtction..''';. f-,1
FREE- A 1916 5-PASSENGER
FORD AUTOMOBILE
if you are a hustler, The Hcald
Shows you how a ntw 1916
Ford Auto is . yours.
You are invited to take part in
the greatest subscription cam
paign ever inaugurated by this
newspaper. See last page for
full particulars. Start NOW.
SOME J.IK ED . HIM
SOME DIDN'T
AND
THE METHODIST CHt'SCH WAS CROWDED
Made severe aruigmect of the liquor
traffic but was rather tough.
. COLBY TO BE HERE
LAST ATTRACTION OF LY
CEUM COIJRSE.
REPUTED TO BE WORLD'S CHAMPION WRTQOMST
The Prize List
A Ford 5 passenger Automobile
A $350 Starck Piano.
A$50 Business Col. Scholarship.
$25 In Cash Special Prizes.
A Cash Commission to Nori
Prize Winners.
BOUGHT OF LOCAL TEOPLE
The Ford Auto was purchased of The Kins Mountain Ga
rag" ard will be displayed at their ware rooms. Inducing treiihL
tins cur sells for S KilV.OO laid dowu at Kings. Mountain.'
The Stark Piiuio is widely and favorably known m thU sec
tion. It i-s a beauty in finish, of finest tone, and splendid worUmau
ship an'l material.
The'SiO Scholarship is a year's scholarship iu Tlio Praugh
on Uusiriess College, at Greenville, S. C. or at any other Draugh
ou College. It includes oither Stenography or Bookkeeping and
is a thorough business course. -V
, NEARLY $1,000 IN PRIZES
43"li8 Kings Mountain Herald inauguratos the greatest circul
ation1 campaigu ever launched by a weekly paper in tnis sectiJn
of North Carolina. The proposition is simoly phenomenal as
nearly $1,000 in prizes (not to mention commissions) is to be given
away, absolutely free, within the short space of six'tO;eight
weeks. For general scope and extreme elaborateness, this offer
finds but few pc rallelsin tho annals of North Carolina, journal-'
isin, outsido of the metropolitan centers, and before many days
roll by it will have arresteW the attention of this entire section.
, .;'.:' ; SPARED NO EXPENSE .
While we know this is a mammoth undertaking for a paper
in a town the size of Kings Mduntain, sfill The. Herald sanred no
expense in getting up this contest, and tlie list of awards is
headed by a ld6 Model Five Passouger Ford Touring Car, and
the r.scond and third prizes are in' proportion. Bilioving in
fostering homo industries, this newspaper did not go outside of
this' vicinity in the purchase of its grand priza. . The houses thafr
bandlo the goods,rand the goods themseiies are standard in this,
.section.-'- -'.'' ' - ''.
' WHO HAS NOT WISHED' FOR AN AUTO?
Who has not wished for en auto to take their friends, or their
family, out in? With tho splendid roads of this section, an auto
is a joy fore vt. Who has not longed to OWN. AN AUTO ALL
YOUR ; OWN? Well; through tho generosity ' of ThflfHeraW, '
'your wish of owning thirt auto .CAN BE GRATIFIED NOW. M
that it takes to earn this Ford Auto,, or aoy.ono of these yaluabie
prizes, is a little wor't done during.your. spare timf between Suw
and Saturday: May 13,"at 2 p. in- (This contest, will close Saturday,-May
13 at 2 p. m., but the publisher reserves tho riK'ht to
CiOse it Saturday May 2Qth, at 2 p. m.. providing two. weeks
notice is given to all candidates prior to May 20.)
MUSIC FOR THE HOME -. ' ,
. A cy person wishing a piano of REAL MERIT .for . their
home can have that gratified NOW and without a cent of expense
either. . Tho Starck Piano is known tha worll oviir wher-j "good
music is apprediated, and the one The Herald offers will be .wel
come in ANY home. s ''. '
t-t 'i ,: AN EDUCATION OF WORTH i; '
: Many there are wljofiaislt the "common or high school . and.
wish to equip themselves for the battle of life wih a thorough,
business education, but have not the means. The Business Coll
ege Scholarship offered by The Herald gives you just tho oppor
tunity longed for. '. - , I , ; V
' AN EQUAL SHOW
EVERY PERSON TAKING PART FAS " AN EQUAL
SHOW OF WINMNG ANY OI3E OF THESE PRIZES, and the
competition is open to ANY, MAN, WOMAN. BOY. OR GIRL,
wMte, and of character, residing In this, or tb surrounding
counties.:' ''..- . : ' ':'. ' .'; . . .
; t! ;i OBjKT OF THE CONTEST . ' ... '.
This fiawpaty a is Jjirbscfiption on'test.'aij th" prinjary ol-.
"The liipior t.aflic of the
United Slides is now bucked up
agaiust the wall in Washington
City and is finning for dear
lile and is calling for ice water,"
declared Rev. 8nm Small in tlie
course of his lecture ou "Dry
America" it the Methodist
chuich here last Thursday
night. "Over one half tho count
rv is already dry and the balance
fill soon go dry," continued the
speaker. Mr. Small declared
that lie had been in t! e tight for
national prohibition loi thirty
years, had been shot from tile
platform twice by tho )iuor
forces, had been cut and slashed
fiom head to heels, had been
waylaid and beaten with billies
and bludgeons, and left to die
eight different times during these
three decade. "But" he said "I
m list be ore of God Almighty's
Cat's with nine lives and by the
Grace of God I'll fight the battle
to a finish wuh the on 3 lile loft."
The speaker is vory optimistic
and believes tlie liquor business
will be outlawed by constitution
al amendment within fire years.
Enough people had gathered
to hear Mr. Small to fill the spa
cious audito ium of tho Method
ist cliuroh with tho Sunday
School room thrown open. Hon.
W. A. Mauney, cx legislator
and Prese-.t candidate for tlie
legislature, presided. In the ab
sence of Di ; A. T, Lindsay, pres
ident of Lfnwood College, who
had been appointed to introduce
the speaker, Attorney J. R.
Davis' very appropriately pre
sented Mr. Small. Iu his oper
in lemarks Escyuro Mauney
stated that' ho didn't know just
exactly how to address ' an au
diecc of that kind but hoped be
fore'the meeting was over that!
all 'presen& would - on "Uncle I
Has travelled over the world and irany
I .1 l. : - -t.i . Hlt iff-.,.. ... t,:- .....! ..
Itl 1113 yumiM Will UiUAUAlK. UU il
.
Mr. Geo. E Coll y is to iive
the next, attraction ti the lyrcuui
course, in the stead of Miss
Emma Dee Randle who was pre
vented from filling her dst'ohcvfl
on March 6th on account of the
illness of hr mother iq. Texas.
Mr. Colby is higher priced talent
than Mus Riuidlo and comes
most highly recommended,
Mr. Cotby i a eartdoiiWt of
wide reputation and experience
both on and off the platform. Ho
is filling lih si.vth consectivc
season under tin? Redpath Bu
reau with remarkable success.
Ilia work is artistic (according
to press notices), and he issues'
a challenge to the world in.
malting platform pictures coin
bining quickness and urtWtic ef
fect. Mr Colby is a life member of
the Chicago Art li-.stitote und u ,
charter member of the Chica o
Aecdamy of Designs. Ho has
traveled the world over and a
great many of his pictures will
iluslrate his travels. This attrac
tion will be of great interest to
nil school children and all others
interested in drawing. A ronro
sentolive of the Bureau sid ti
the Herald '"There's not -a dull
incment on Mr. Colby' pro
gram."
. Trie dale is. Monday bight,
Ma.-ch 20th. Admission, Adults
50c Children 25c
Sam's water wagon."
Like every truly great -speaker,
.Mr. Small brought forth re
marks both Pro. and ( 'on.
Some liked his lecture splon'didly
and some, thought he was rather
rough. The more liberal said
'He had a rough subject and h-id
to handle itrpughly." After all
it was a most serious and con
vincing. arraignment of the liq
uor traffic untb its utter condem
nation but tho general 'opinion
is that thp cause here has beefl
very 1 i t t 1 o enchance'u,
Some of the language used
by Mr. Small has provoked se
vere ard adv'.rso criticism,
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jet. .' this expenditure ot nearly $1,000 on the part of The
Herald is, to. secure NEW SUBSCRIBERS and RENEWALS to
th s 'lewspaper.: Friends who subscribe, or rene-v, to assist a
candidate in this contest to win'a pViza, PAY, BUT THE REG
ULARi RATE OF ONE' DOLT-AR, THE YEAR FdR THE
PAPER,, hence the prizes are -FREE. At no time wrfl it co?n.
any one competing one penny io, take .part. All informntion,
receipt blanks, etc.; furnished absolutely FREE. The person,,
with the least means at tlicir command can have absolutely the." . .
same feeling of a square deal as anv person rf wealth and stand-
ing in this section. , '''- . ' "
. A5QUaRE DEAL A SHORT QIIPAIGN
-:: An absolutely square deal will be given eachevftrVonb
at airtiihes and all that taC part hare an EQfijlQot .
winning, whether tbkey live in' Kings Moui'tsm. or in
town, -or in th country (listricts. There .are no stnngs attached
to this offer, as th(i.?rtie;HBrald waits.nrjw subscribers. atioVaise .
. would like to have, every rekdor NOW takiii' this pape- t( rp:
now, and this paoer is wHlingto-pvv the folks will try taJcet- . .
these hew sul.scripMons, and The'Herald furnished tha trui4 ;''
that s all thereis to it." Energy nd mbition is all thst it will
take to win the FivO Passenger Ford Auto, too $3o0, fStarcK v ' :
Piano, tlie $50 Scholanlwp. a cash prize, or a cash commissioni f.r ' ?
. NO LOSERS IN THIS RACE ' r
. Af D THERE CArf BE NO UOSERS, FOR THE HERALT i
OFFERS A BIGiCOMMISSI0N TO EVERY NON -PRIZE
; WINNER !J?hBihtost will last but a few weeks, .and av Fiv
Passenger iF"ord Auto is'payiag you about $78", a roek.$t -' '
day fdr tlie time you soend in te race.-; SOME'PAY BITW " .
""'-" : .w SEE PAGE ADVERTISEMENT '
; Ou theJast page of this issue there will be found a full ttg , ...
adyertisementgiving further and full details about thin contest ,
Turn "to ft, ..-Fill in the nomihatiba blank on that pagi and mnd v....
it in AT ONCE. AN EARLY START IS ;HALF TflB,: BAT
TLE. The' names of the candidates will be announced -fa x-"" '
eext issue. " GET KOUP. NAME IN NOW GET BUSY AKD j
ROUND UP A BIG BUNCH OF SUBSCRIPTIONS and iti1wi ", :
the start tbat will will win the Five Passenger Ford AuQ,; . or'':. ;
other big prize. MEN,' WOMBnT BOYS. GIKLS-G(lTO IT1
SEND IN YOUR NBM K,' ;DO IT. NOVrJ! ' , , ; : t
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