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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- b*,—iTp&kouo j^Qkebuiaa-JUyJaWA