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The Macon Daily Telegraph
SECOND SECTION
ESTABLISHED IN 1826.
THIS ISSUE CONSISTS OF FOUR SEC
TIONS—&■ PAGES.
MACON, G£* SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 15, 1908
DAILY, $7.00 A YEAR,
NIGHT RIDER QUEEN’S REVENGE
.UNFOLDS THE HIDDEN MYSTERIES
DARING, MURDEROUS OUTLAWS
Mrs. Ella Pride Was Cruelv ! her ,h * t Ulie ix»>,
» ! viuild r>nt«Cl ll».
Beaten By the Desperate
Gang.
“I TOLD THEM TO KILL ME
OR I’D TELL ON EVERY ONE" *
/Thrilling Story of Lawless Reign In Reel
Foot Lake, Region—How Midnight Ms
raudlng by Masked Men and Women
Culminated In Foul Murder—Queen of
‘the Riders Invited Oeath by Baring the
Secrets of-the Masked Regulator#, but
the Appeal of Vengeance Was Stronger
Than the Fear of Retribution.
' TIPTONVILLE. Tdpn.. Nov. M.-Hcrs
Is the story of the Reelfoot Lake night
riders, a story of midnight marauding by
masked men and women. A story of a
lawless reign, culminating in mutxVr.
told for the first time by the queen of
the riders.
Ella Pride, queen of the night rldars.
Is hidden here and guarded by Lobe
county possemen, living In momentary,
dread of death.
She knew she was Inviting death when
ahe violated the blood oath of the Obion
geance was stronger than the fear of ret
ribution.
Moved by romantic caprlpe, they mad<
her their queen. When they discovered
that no blood oats was strong euough to
tie a woman’s tongue, the yrepented of
their folly and sought to rid themselves
of hre by approved night-rider methods.
The ydoposed her and mocked her and
bared her reral back to the merciless
thorn bush, they burned her home among
the Cinnamon Bluffs along the shore or
Reelfoot Lake and drove her from the
her flight she did not stop until she
nsu placed 200 miles betwen herself and
the Obion county night riders. She found
an ssqlum of safety In Middle Tennessea
and waited and planned her revenge.
Her Chance Came Juickly.
She thought It might be yeara before
her chance would come, but she
willing to wait. But so soon that she
could hardly belle.ve It. word came that
i of Lake county had organised to
ea againi* **“
tanning t
them and deatroy them.
Nothing^but the water nf^Reelfoot Lake
i rule,
separate Obion county.
•mi
rule, and Lake county, under posae rule,
but Ella Pride felt that under the protec
tion of the Lake county noesemen she
would be rafe and that with them to aid
her ahe could " " '
carry out her plana of
8be~had no money for the expenses of
, . - - * " i any of her
__ _ r nty for aid.
She walked 200 miles to Tlptonvllle and
presented herself, footsore and travel-
stained, to Judge Harris, the millionaire
baron of teh Reelfoot district, hated by
the Cinnhmon Bluff farmers and the
Reelfoot fishermen and marked for death
by the night riders.
ers. eclipsing all their previous outrages.
had taken Capt. Quentin Rankin and CoL
R. Z. Taylor from the hotel at Walnut
l.o* and had mangled Capt. Rankin and
riddled his body with bullets. . Col. Tay
lor had escaped by making a dash, dlv-
In- Into a slough and swimming to tha
opposite bank. The state was aroused
— ...— — n ee j.
Judge Harris knew that ghe had been
whipped and driven from the Reetfno*,
country and. that she therefore had
would protect her.
“ Capt. Frank Spark*, the nervy leader
of the Lake county posse, was ealUtd
In. To these two Mrs. Pride outlined
what she was able tq tell about the nlghf
riders. Sparks and Harris concealed he
untl Hast Thursday and then drove wlti
her to the lake and wero ferried across
In Harris' launch to Camp Nemo, near
Samburg on the Obion' county side.
Under guard of a squad of soldiers sho
‘WLu
•in.-*
~ I-;
brougbt back to Tlptonvllle and Is
concealed here and heavily guarded. loc
alising that the night riders would tako
desperate chances to kill her in order to
get even with her and at the same time
prevent her from testlfynlg against them,
such thorough precautions have boon
been taken by Judge Harris and Capt.
Spark* that at an Instant's alarm Ml
members of the Lake
are ‘always he
to her defense.
Her Enemies Are Desperate.
At that, though, she Is far from feeling
secure. She knows the desperate charac
ter of the night riders. She knows that
although sixty of them are under arrest,
a hundred are at liberty. She has heard
of their threats and knows they are not
_ county posse,
ays heavily armed, would rush
but they did not think 1 would dare to.
"The night riders organised last winter.
At first It was Just a kind of a lodge.
Vhev called It toe Knights of Fun. I
think a good many of the members «Hd
not know that houses were to be burned
down and people whipped and killed.
At first the night rides were fqr fun. The
most of them by name.
Woman Whipped. Home Burned.
"After the fish docks at the lake were
burned they accused me of saying I knew
who did It. They came to my home and
took me nut and whipped me with thorn
bushes, it hurt pretty bad. but I wasn't
acared of them. They had never killed
anybody then, and 1 didn't think they
would kill anybody.
"I told them to kill me or 1 would tell
every one of them.
"They laughted at me. After that they
burned the house down and warned tw
to leave, and I went to middle Tennes
see. The books of the Knights of Fun
had been destroyed, but I put down the
names and as much us l could remember
rdcath to reveal and death to go .. ....
witness stand.' but I have revealed and
I will go on the witness stand. i
"Old man Byrd was the general and
Oarrett Johnson was the captnlnHttM
a warning finger pressed against his lips
and shs obeys the sign.
Mr*. Pride will be kept here until she
Is wanted to testify In the trials of the
night riders,. 57 of whom are guarded by
the soldiers at Camp Nemo. While
threats long made against this place have
ben renewed since the woman has been
brought here, It Is not thought that the
night riders will have the reckletsneas to
Invade the town.
Threats Made Against Town.
Lake county sentiment Is against the
riders as strongly as Obion county, senti
ment Is In their favor. Judge Harris,
millionaire executor of his father's extate.
aided b ymnny lieutenants, dominates the
county. His home Is there.
During the summer the riders gent
many threats that they were going
burn the town and kill 'Harris. Tl
defenre. After
i organised first for
‘ ‘n killing it took
Sparks ami his
have been the active allies of the
IS
BRANCHING OUT
From All Parts of the Nation
Come Reports That the
Panic Is Gone.
WASHINGTON. Nov. Indio*-
tlona are to be found Just now that the
United States has broken loose from tiie
financial depression which started a year
ago last month and has been resting on
the country with more or less pressure
since that time.. From all parts of the
nation
Is bra
ilii-liy >
assuring statements that In-
branching out, trade Improving.
traffic Increasing, and the business world
getting Into a more hopeful frame of
mind regarding the future.
There never was a time When there was
ao much money available at low rates of
Interest for legitimate enterprise
ular dues were paid. The oath was nl-
mo*t the fame an the Kentucky nlsht
riders have. ' The password was a hiss
following'three knocks on the door. The
answer from Inside was another hiss.
Branch of Kentucky Gang.
*7 recognised tome of the old members
by their clothes. The leader wore a blue
coat with brass buttons, and a black cap,
with the peak turned to the back. One
night at my house old man Byrd fell off
of the -porch and -aproned his back.
After that |t was easy to recognise him
bemuse of the way he walked. I rode
with them when they acared people and
made them do things that were funny,
but I was never, with them when they
killed anybody or anything like that.
"They thought It wa afunny to have a
oman for their queen, but they did not
want me along on the raids that were not
for fun.
"The organisation was a branch of the
Kentucky night riders. We were In com
munication with the Kentucky riders and
they sent us money to help keep up our
orgnnjzatlon.
"During the summer there were rides
two or three times n week. The rldera
all wore cambric mask*. with holes cut
for the eyes, and a kind of gown over
♦heir other clothes."
Mrs. Pride Is naturally loquacious and
le had been the secretary or the | her bitterness against the night rldera
Hd welcomed her as an ally and makes her more ao. Given rein, ahe
son to hate the night riders. She told
him she had been the secretary of the I
gang. “* “ *
__r iegltt
This undoubtedly lias been the controlling
the quick' revival from the
factor
nantc and ita effects. In 1393 and the fol
lowing yeara money was largely hoarded
and the rates of Interest ran high. It
eras very difficult to obtain money, even
for the most pressing requirements.
In 190$ It has been comparatively eary
to get money', and since July It has been
easier than ever before, except, possibly.
In the piping times of great prosperity.
With plenty of money at hand It la not
strange that the mills are harnessing *'
renewed activity, that merchants are n..
preparing for bigger business, which they
fee| sure will come, that railroads are ex
panding their equipment and lading plans
for receiving and *“
than ever before.
The rush of the wheat crop to market
this year haa been phenomenal and the
grain-carrying roads, as well as the coal
ers. lumber roads and those which de
pend upon the carriage of general freight
aa feeling the Impulse of better times.
The truth I* prosperity seems* to b<
returning with a rush which promises tt
carry Industrial and commercial affairs
bark to the high tide enjoyed Just prior
to the depression In October, 1107. and to
carry them even beyond that point
Rome of the facts which seem to
rant the vldwa expressed may bo enum
erated as follows:
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
last week ordered 77 new all-steel pas
senger cars. Thirty-one of these will be
constructed by the Pressed Steel Car
Company and twenty-nine by the Amerl
can Car A Foundry Company. Prior ♦<
this Inst order the company had placed
requisitions for 200 similar cars, .110
which have been delivered and ara n
' i service.
E. H. Harrlman. who owns a control-
line share of the Georgia Central. Is hard
at work upon a policy of Improvement upon
that system, which will use up several
minions of dollars.
The Southern railway Is laying plans to
reconstruct a great part of the road beds
of the syatem. Including the laying of new
the building of steel bridges.
„.henlng of old ones, straightening
of curves, and other extensive Improve
ments. Including large additions to thi
rolling stock.
The Seaboard Air Line has under con
slderatlon similar plans for the Improve
ment of tjiat system. It Is engaged upoi
the construction of large terminal faelll
ties jit Tampa. Fla., and It Is estimated
that the new construction account for the
rstem will foot up 6l.Bon.ofto.
The Illinois Central and other systems
In the south are spending or about to
traffic coming to them since the middle
of the calendar year.
"TJOR some time my family
JH teased me to buy an
Angelus Piano. I did not
know much abdut it, but felt
sure they would grow tired of it
in a month's time. So I Tinted
an Anfelus, the cabinet plsyer
adjustable to any piano.
"That was three months ago,
and instead of growing tired of
it, the ftmily are now more en
thusiastic than ever,
"But they don't have to tease
me aay more. I’m at much of
an Angelas enthusiast as any of
them now.
"I wish you would let roe know
what allowance you' will make
on my present piano (which was
new last year) in exchange for
an Angelus Piano."
The Fascination of
"• ANGELUS PIANO
Is in the fact that anyone can Play It Artistically
* /
/TpHIS truly marvelous instrument appeals to every member of the
| family, even to the strenuous business man. Nor is there any
time limit. It is universal and perpetual. Because anyone can
play immediately thousands of compositions of all kinds without previ
ous practice or study.
Thi. is only pottible where there are the Phra.Ing Lever, the Melo*
dant, the Melody Buttons, the Diaphragm Pneumatics. The
Angelus is the only Piano Player possessing these vital features.
The Angelus Piano is the only piano containing the genuine Angelus.
You ore cordially invited to visit our Ware*
. rooms, where you can thoroughly post yourself
on all the details of this wonderful instrument.
Ludden & Bates, 417 Second St„ Macon, Ga.
Copyright 1906. The House of Kuppeabe/acr. Chicago.
The Clothes You Want
r E like a man who likes himself well enough to insist upon what he
wants—anti nothing else. We are not running this store with the
thought of changing the irleas of thinking men—but of conforming
to them. Tell us what you desire in a Fall Suit or Overcoat. Our
salesman will not attempt to argue you out of your intention, but will show
you how closely we can match your wishes.
For Kuppenheimer Clothes include a style for every sensible man s taste.
After you’ve bought. That’s the time our word means the most. When you
pay for a suit or overcoat the transaction is not closed; it’s just opened.
We are responsible to the purchaser for every Kuppenheimer garment we sell.
The makers arc responsible to us. There’s no lack of faith anywhere.
That’s because clothes made by The House of Kuppenheimer are worthy of faith
—yours, ours, theirs.
The Star Clothing Company
Exclusive Agents for Macon and Middle Georgia
i
HELEN TAFT TO ABANOON BOOKS
AFTER YEAR AT BRYN MAWR TO
BECOME WHITE HOUSE DEBUTANTE
However, This Young Woman
Prefers Her Books to
Society
THIS IS WHERE SHE DIFFERS
Whtn She Make, H.r O.but Next See.on
Mil. Helen Will B. the L.te.t ot .
Gaiaxy of Young Woman extending
Through the Hl.tory of the Unlt.d
8tat.,.Who Have Had the Rare Fortune
To B. Introduced to Society With th«
Prestige that Attend, the Coming-Out
of . Pre.ld.nt'. Daughter.
By NIXOLA ORB8l.tV.SMITH.
BRYN MAWR. Pa.. Nov, tt.—The hxp-
Pleat girl In Amerle. today I. Mia. Helen
Taft. Il'« 1!>year-old duudhter of Wm.
If. Toft, prc.ldcnt-elect of the Unlt*4
States. .. ' i
Miss TaJt will be a whits house debu
tante next season, the I*test ot n galaxy
of young women extending through the
history of »he United Elate* who h*v*
‘ id tne rsre fortune to be Introduced In
cleiy with the proatlf* that must nee-
•ararily at»*nd the coming out of the
president's daughter.
She differs fr.*r
„ lie big white
sweaters ttmt are ulmost the hall mark
of Mm Bryn Mawr Kiri*.
tlm grern lawns of Bryn M
terlng Dlnblgh ball the flu . .
greets your gaze Is » directory of t
■■thHr rooms
adjustable sign
‘ '■^ Ill
not the student
students, will- the numbers
corresponding, and
telling whether or i
her room. Miss Tan s nam* is n«d <m»
the list, however, but ti neat llllta colored
maid takes your card up to Imr room,
which Is on I lie set-mid floor. ...
The room whleh .Mrs. Taft furnished for
iter daughter when sho took her to
Mawr lust September rt "tlx Iho
array of sofs cushions and Giber-
ty and Wensel pictures that i ...
dert of every coltagn girl. It differs-from
howovsr, In containing many
lost June see matrtciuaiea as a iresnmsn
at Bryn Mawr Colleg*. thereby postpon-
Ing her social debut and putting aside
the gay'tie* of a first season at Washing
ton to complete her education.
Miss Taft declared soma months ago
that In event of her father’s electioni ana
would remain only ore year at Bryn
Mawr. so. presumably, next season will
tallest young woman that has avar graced
Its functions as hostess. for. though but
17 years old ‘sat August* the measures
firs feat, -eight Inch** In (Might.
Has Her Father's Dlmpls.
eiimdsr. with riser blue eyes end
straight .thick hair at the color of gold-
ample, she beer* a striking resem-
of bar father, haring' the snir.s
high, -wide forehead and the noticeably
deep -dimple in the chin. Her hair Is
drawn softly hack from her forehead,
falling tn a natural part, and le rolled
high an her head. Her favorite colors
ara white and blue, and shs Is often teen
strolling across the campus at Bryn
i liryn
Uhrls
.. , that sd<
every coltaso girl-
■iivm, however, In contain..... ••••»••#
venire and photographs which I hr young
girl took herrelf on her trip around tha
world with her parents some years ago.
Mins Taft has rrosr.cd the loulflo four
times nnd during her residence In Ma
nila she learned to speak fln ir.tsb and tha
native Jargon known ss Inga log. Hlnce
her return sho has undertaken the study
of French.
Won a $190 Scholarship.
Miss Taft was shopping In Philadelphia
when I called and awaiting her return I
Strolled over to n charming Il'Un Place
known as tne cottage lea room, the fa
vorite resort of llryn Mswr girls during
the afternoon. Hern also may be seen
the smaller girls of Miss Baldwin's school
preparatory to Bryn Mawr, which Miss
Tfelen Taft attended until . this year.
When she matriculated, winning the Bryn
Mawr scholarship of |M9 for the student
passing the best entrance examination.
Though Miss Taft Is so much of a stud
ent. sho Is vary fond of outdoor sports.
Hhn plsys tennis, swims and rides horse-
hack, but prefers walking to any other
form of exercise.
MessunM by New York standards, It Is
long walk from Dsnbth hall to the Bryn
Mawr station, yet Miss Taft generally
walks both ways when she goes to Phil
adelphia to shop. On election night, with
a party of girl friends, from Bryn Mawr
and the family rt Harold Pierce sho
"Good.” "fiplandtd." And when the tre
mendous Taft victory was known sh* said
simply: "All the worry and perplaxlty
are f.ver. It I* a glorious victory, and f
feel that the people of ths country really
trust my father."
Th# sympathy between the president
elect and bis only daughter Is said to bo
quits unusual. At Murray Bay. whers
th* TSft family haa apenr ||
for many years, the two w
cross-country tramps together.
Angered by Cartoons.
chestra. and never tnlsaea an opportunity
of heurlng good music. Mias l aft does
not share her mother's musical oninusl-
« im, and her choice In honks differs from
rs. Taft's, for while the mother's favor
ite novelist Is Jane Austin. Mis* Helen
admits s preference for Welter Scott.
Miss Taft's in»»at unusual accomplish
ments haVo yet to be mentioned, however.
Bhe Is a good iiousek'-c-per. a good nook,
nnd can do plain sowing. Bhe learned to
cook at home, not In a cooking school.
Kverythlnjt she has-attempted to do so
far sho has done well, and whs sna turns
the samn attention to society thnt she
now has focused on her Tallin and Greek
at Hryn Mawr. ahe may prove as great
a belle as the Is a hlue stocking.
Hitch, at least, was the Impression I
formed when I talked with her on her
return from her shopping tour, and she
told tne that she would not say any$
thing for publication now or at apy other
PROVISIONING
AN OCEAN LINER
Has Becomo a Fino Art—Re-
quiremonts of Passengers
Aro Exacting.
NKW TORN, Nov, tl.-Provl.lonlnf »
great ocean liner has become a fine art
In these days, for everything, from ths
most ordinary fare to the rarest products
of the'hothouse, must b« at ths disposal
of the exacting passengers throughout
th# voyage.
On a mods! steamship, atwli a" the
ths flagship of the
“*et. delicacies
it Ions must be
, three and
at tbs most
exclusive restaurants on either side of
the Atlantic. The Installation of the a
U carte system of dining on llie North
German Lloyd steamships Is largely re-
sponslbls Tor the extraordinary demands
mads nt sea for luxuries
During the year 1907 the cost of food
supplies for the steamships of the North
German Lloyd, according to a statement
Just Issued, was more than 54.000.WM. as
against but a little mors than 15,500.000
expended during the year for coal.
The Immense quantities are shown by
the fisures of fresh meats, smoked meats
and tinned meats, excluding poultry and
game. Of these alone some I4.ooo.ooj
pounls was consumed. The 01.200 pas
sengers cvarrled by ths North German
Lloyd steamers last year consumed 0,147.-
223 eggs, or almost 1.000,000
than In ItsO.
On# hundred thousand pise.. ....
were consumed during the year, end
1,400,000 pounds of poultry was found nee-
essar/. The number of Blue Point oy# 1
•SS*. “*• *"•* Silva
rtoons.
Although she fas a quiet sense of
or, cartoons of her father have «
rurally made her Indignant.
crabs and lobsters.
.. I soup,
tie was needed.
Tha bakers used more than 1.000,000
pounds of flour, snd the habtee on board
ths various steamers drank 71.423 bottler
of specially prepared sterllited milk
Twentv million pound- of potatoes, rep.
sliest I resenting about .140.221 bushels, weri
__~* organiser and lb'll. used. Other suppllas were: Ice, 2I.0&0.IIS
prasldwM of tiiO-ClnrtnnaU bjunphuox .CUvjjtouadJ; poaa acd beans, ? <9,090 founds;
mm 1
cofree, 521,052 pounds; chocolalo and
coat, 02,257 pounds; butter, *
pounds, and aalt, 112,724 pounds.
During tha year 2,337,225 cl
DIAMONDS FELT
THEfffl PUNIC
AMSTERDAM, CHIEF MARKET* WAS
AFFECTED SERIOUSLY IN LATE
DEPRESSION.
NBW YORK, Nov. 14.—Whenever there
J a financial crisis In any part of the
world where diamonds are bought in large
quantities Amsterdam Is at once affected.
I While th# diamond trade of ths country
[was In a very flourishing oondltlon dur-
jbs| drsl half of 1107. In continuation
Iprnspernus huslnoep of 1906 nnd
11906, Immediately after the crisis devel
oped In the United Htttcs the diamond
1 trade catne to a standstill, and no orders
were given and no shipments were mad*
for ths ha lance of the year.
In 1905 ths export on polished diamonds
to the United Hfatss amounted to over
19,000,000 and In 1906 !o over 611,000,000.
lip M August of 1907 ths export was
67.452.601, and thsre was tvary Indication
that the sales for ths year would exceed
the figures of ltd. but the close of the
year showed a decreased export to tha
United Btates of ovsr 64.00ft.000 tn com-
I part son with the previous yc.\r. The other
I markets of th* world brooms affected,
[but not to ths extant antlolpated. and
much satisfaction ass found In the fact
that China and Japan, and alio to a largo
extent Brazil, consumed large quantities
of the cheaper grades of goods.
For many months after the acute stage
of tiro crista tha pries of diamonds was
jriialntnlried. and thp fact that there was
not a single failure In Amsterdam Is
|evidence thnt the trade was fn exceeding-
lly strong hands.
bgThe price of the rough diamond wa»
■Rill maintained, as evldsucad by aa In
voice of rough diamonds recently bought
In txondnn for $100,000. fee pr|.-s of which.
I am Informed, was practically the sam«
as would have been pxld ‘n 1905 or 1906.
I The number of workman who have been
polishing diamonds on their own account
if or a number of months past
Iff
former market value.
This Season's Apple Crop.
Twenty-five million barrels, or 62.-
500.000 bushels, Is the estimated yield
of apples this season, according to re
ports received by Harry J. Neely, sec
retary of ths National Apple Show of
Ppnkane. from 15.010 growers operat
ing In the vnrioua belts of ths union.
The returns show that while drought,
excessive rains or pests wrought havoc
In many districts In the middle wait,
eastern snd several southern state",
the entire crop Is fully ss large a* In
1107. and It Is better distributed. Prices
also are higher than last year. How
ever, the domestic supply Is sms’tar
than at any time elno 1*9!?. for ths
reason that the demands '’f th» export
trade nre heavier and Ih'-rezelrg ycar-
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