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GENERAL CONDITIONS
ill SOUTH'S TEX
TILE MILLS
New Turk Commercial Bulletin: A
commit lee of the Arkwright Club,
of Boston, visited the south in 1897 .".nJ
«.(t«-r an investigation of the textile In
dustry there presented a report setting
forth the advantages which it considered
u»e south had over the north in the
manufacture of cotton goods. Tluse ad
vantages we:e. it declared, so great a*
to make conn .titlon on the part of New
England a lu.'-ing business. It grouped
them ihivdy under four heads us fol-
:. That cotton Is conveniently near to
•la . uthern mills ano freight on ‘I can
te sav. d.
1 That water power is abundant and
that coal is cheap if you prefer tv rui*
by steam.
3 Tb.it labor is abundant an*! cheap
•nd >t Incl.ned io urgunizo agitn.-t ein-
p'oy* r»; a.id
4. Th.it th** enactment of lal-or laws is
not iiketr to trouble employers for many
In the «• rks of lett* rs contributed cur
ing this tour your corresjsHjdcat has
drawn attention to a marked change In
n.-- ot the conditions of manufacturing
:■ the south, showing that the commit-
•-. • :• rr ■! i was bi-t* in arriving at
:t» . lu- on ami dal not make sufficient
.< tan* - tor i> "ibi - developments.
1 in be s lowii by o- aling with Its
summary under *t- several beads:
1. *v:. >u-* v r advantage the .southern
ir. .s !-• •> d ;n being conveniently mar
Io -lie cotton t * bl.- Is. Hi the «asc the
two m-.-t important manufacturing
s. No li au*t pouih «'.irol:n.i. be.ng
g .i ..a- »- rvdaieU. Tm- limit of i-odoii
- ii*>n !•■ t"««-**- tales has probably
t- .., r *<••!. bat uiv- budd'iie of cutton
m: - luirt.iiu u-id ba* aiur.tig the i-...-i
ir. • ytais *» *n un an extensive scale.
Aa n- .; tm i—.u *upp.y ot cotton i--.
:: *.* ins <*<■« w:tn a n-tni.'.
ini.-, i.-utti-.i<.ut i«> m*vt the in.li r.*iu re
in* nt*. 11. s y*ar it ua» tu.i* u aia* b
- t. i-*>>«i N ■ • * c.irv«iim ana H* *itii
• a.-o. na uili.s bate i*a«i tv go further
av« a-.u on luc r **»i.*»n :*,»*>:y as
.• ». tia :si ut i.iv.r inaixiii v.-A
• ut> ;h r !•’ soi«i tn a number
•* • tv u • .* .*>ri ;:i i.i«: Oirc«itMM
au iuv » deli !«.»> iM.-i. sutur vi lUt
U . . . v **• tH* :»,•*>. al
*..**•- t£l «-V > ilti.i *1 xl. a * ...’£ >••<!(t>-
I •>> l.rV •«.•&<. »»i
' I " Illi.
•» ..*»*• d?p<«ir lu i»»- r»*-» irJnie
• i • b • A -I •- - .Ih’ :• 11. .Iler v»»* -ba
m Vc. I .• r i cli l*x ill «l<.*lli
• -bls i- »: r V.e >«»Ulh
. .1.4 tin if » a « f a
-•* - £•. I • an :* mean m* raw help
. i.p, U. »laiLd - lit
• -e * Si i- i*» r.n u ...iu »• n
! • . • «s . xs- .; Uns u»ur.
>• a . a .i.- * >*. ’■; w nival a lair
•n: • M...1 11. .!• .*ll4 .heir Ul«-
•• • x» • »i .»•! ... T?.:~ liar n»i
. !' > t flf < t ixpoll .ilk .ate ol
> i-x 4 .?» im stfurh. and
lie ?t. .• tr -• :i t. . lit la. IHer<.»: Mt h
>1 ii* - - .t* *|. Tfi-r-- h..ve he-.*n nu-
• r « i» ’n. n liitils and bra.
u ?. •iur.it- lie tr«ut.ih*.
X rth <*ar- a. si? a Minke of
• • : s.»»t m* i»hs' and mt •n-
IW *U * h..<‘ ju.-t'.-no.'-’l 't--
it .have ■! thi- instance i**ii<*-n the
n• ot uni >n |.«i**»r. This i-.1i.-v may
i-i. -« tor a tim*-. l-.i. the n a-
w an v-ir • rr*.-p.»"-i»n: hp-* com* In
• • > *i • . .ne which niu-*: hr t tken
' :■ tn. in t i trial situation of
t ■ futttre.
* »•_ ;-.t*-.r iccanixalions grow in
<’ .«•. I •.- i are l*-.-tllv r*-tri.-t-
•i t ..... . - n. ln I-- ;i- ma t .
t ar- r ■ ■v. North C«n»!hii. Ala
mi s t an-! Ml.*- --mini havr no labor ’aws.
* to it* j>r»s-nt hgi.-lature. and
.1 . with th* loyment chßdtan-
K.r In N'ort Carolir. i !■-. r- r.- visible
p.-r-- •' ar. . ;.tail'll! in 11. same dir.e
--i. r tn*l the • *:iii- n g-n-ra'lv j>r. *.-•:!*
bo ' -.‘.a nd?"-.' un’i. rtak.’n ■w-so-e
Io g ■'» r-ni'-lv th< a‘-’i-. * whi* h • y st tn
tl - .mn'ovnn nt <.f minis * hlldren ! f not
•i s- .t a legit limit to gen.ral working
h irr
m th.« '• . •>!• - it will •■'- “•••!> thru
t» t* *»de»i"- -s in the «»<ith under the
ah i* h* - iv n> t tieen in it.- favor
it. r*wrp*t i-c w h the north, but it still
W a.. re |*.w»r, ha*jr« .f lab >r |ong<-r
’GSe iaGaoQC3oE©Sßfl®aGlo
The man who smokes q
g Old Virginia Cheroots g
g has a satisfied, "glad I have got it”
C expression on his face from the time Q
he lights one. He knows he will
n not £e disappointed. No matter L 3
O where he buys one —Maine or Texas, ®
q Florida or California—he knows they q
SS will be just the same as those he gets
q at home—clean—well made—burn B
wtTi—XtsXt good—satisfying!
Three hundred million Old Virginia Cheroots smoked this q
fr, ye?r. Ask your own dealer. Price, 3 for 5 cents. «
$936 SALARY PER YEAR
• F« eap.M., n Hable pw in over, count, Io raprowml lanteeoananyof eol-i financial reputation
itn'.l,aure and all eapaaoa. straight. U n*t«e Mlarr. »® SSBISSWSSSX X
> raid. ■ * -nt. - elp< m-m, .4, aa.<fi eyb V J*' ------- J --t” 1 !*-- --i-- ■~ *
I and g'-neral character of help, when once
trained, better than the average of north-
i ern mills
’ It Is most Improbable that average
southern wages will reach the level of
the average New England mill. Condi
tions of life are so different in the south
that New England wages there would
prove an irresistible magnet to such a
supply of labor from other manufactur
ing centers as would ppeedtly overstock
the labor market and reduce wages to a
normal level. Renta are with few excep
i tions nominal, cost of provisions low. ami
I the outlay for clothing purposes, owing
i to climate conditions, need not lie mure
t than light in comparison with the north.
; Conditions such as these have a con-
I’ stunt effect upon the wag* earners in
the cotton mills. As uoted above, wages
have Increased during the past three
years. In some cases advances have
: !x>en given by th** manufacturers volun
i tarily but in general labor on the rela
■ tionship of supply anil demand has se
cured a letter return. The following ta-
I ble is made up from figures furnished to
y**ur correspondent at various points, ami
I is presented as approximating as nearly
to the average of the several states as
could be arrived at in such a tour as
i this:
Per Day.
N. C. 8. C. <la. Al t.
. Carders- pay «*-• *»c «c soe
I Sj>*-e< ers’ pay **c W*c !•-’<- Nt*-
I Spoolers* pay '•** t - **’ I* l ** I* l *’
Spinners* pay •**>• , *S < ‘ Use
! Weavers' pay !••*• Mie H <K» Hsc
Tin pr*ib.ibilitl*-s In favor of legislation
affecting working hours have be«-n p<dnt
. ed out.
Th. character of the southern help is a
mat. rial factor-in th*' industrial situa
tion. It is almost entirely native and
I rgelv lo*al to the din.-r.-nt mill centers.
The supply is drawn originally mainly
. ft m the poor* r agricultural isipulation
, and th*- aptitude displayed for the ac
'tuirement of technical and mechanical
k I! i- reported on sti baii'ls to be re
markabh. ami the contrasts drawn be
tween it and th.- general run of northern
i help by its employer* ar.- always strongly
in its favor. The rising generation of the
mill vlllag.-s and towns are starting with
su|**-rior advantages over the adult help
now’ * mploy*-d in «-ducatlon am! in ear
■ tier mill training, in itself a good guaran
■ lee that tile natural aptitude which lias
. In’ii sh -wn In the past will la- even mor
r.otf. e.-tlde in the future. Whether the
> labor supply of the south will pass
through th.- various changes seen In the
i north cannot be determined, but It must
at hast Ih- many years liefore It los-i
it.- pr«-ent distinctive ami admirable
’. haract. ristics.
The advantage of new mills ..nil new
; machinery still h< - largely with the
south. Tit<- lists of mills now building
already giv.-n in th'se letters show sotm
i < xtensivc plants in course of erection.
I while th* .-pin-!!, s actually at work have
In r>.<-.•<! in tht.-*' years fully l.'»»i.<««'. i*r
ale-at US p.-r <•* nt. A further list of mills
1 in < our-e of cr.-cti-m or just completed
■ giv* s the following:
i Mills and location— Spdles. L'ms.
Bark, r Cot. Mills Co.. Mo-
i bile, Ala».«»
t»|H-iika Cot. M.lls. ttjH-lik.t.
* AIaWM
W A. Hamil.-y Mfg. Co..
Roalloke. Ala S.<*M
I Pi* dniont. Atlanta. Ga. 2..***i
Elizab th. Atlanta. Ca&.***«)
i Gate City. Atlanta. Ga6.*»’»
Bibb Mfg. Co . Columbus. Ga..' 1 'H -vn
Cord.de, Cordele. Ga3.f*>
I Dublin. Dnblln. Ga
Moultrie. Moultrie Ga s.'*■» I***'
1 I'eiham. Pelham. Ga3.:t , H list
Bargr. v*-. Shreve|M*rt. 1.a.... 6.t»0 ?*■•
| Koselusko. K'»sclusko. Miss.. S.i*M l'.>
I.iur> 1, l.aur* I. Mi.-s I*M
Tuja-10. Title-;.*. Miss. on I7u
\V.-t Point. West Point. Miss 5.<»«»
w \ \ . i ■ M - - 17#
’ C...d'S in* e. Cooleemee. N. CT. --'I 1.2*1
Gobh-n Belt. IMirham. N. C...ir*.**>’ I M
‘Arlington. Gastonia. N. <... |ii.t*,‘i
Ifirltam Ho •ry Mill. Dur
ham. N. C "•'
Wel'lon. Weldon. N. C Pt.oHl »■<»
Itor i. n Mfg Co . Goldsbor ~
fl-irriet Cotton Mil!- , li. nd. t-
N. * II.OUO
Tuscar->ra. Mt I • *- mt N C ...
Sil. Ih'i. :*i. Snr I d. X. <• .:> I
l; .■ W -k. For* N C S. "
itiversid.-. And'-r on. 8. C *',-’«)
Alpha. Jon, sville. S. *' 5 "»>
I .-man. M< Coll. S C !<•."*’>
Chesw'-11. W< stm'nst«-r. S. <’ HSO
Graniteville *:i.mt«'Vlli.' R.C.25,«»*»
| The aggregate total of th*- several Ils’*
i -hows a further addition of ;>* *««> spin
'll*-. which may reasonably b- count---!
■ upon as in eff* live working order within
. t) present cotton j • ar. to say nothing
•>f manv pr*4'. ts for but dine in which
• t * • • .- I yet I• ■ -:i u-i ■
, d'-rt k*-n. Advantage his be* n taken >f
. tie- profits of th* recent prosp* r<*us pe
■ rio*l to spend considerable mom v for n*w
i and improv* *1 machinery in mills u-hlclt
’ have not lw-i-u in existence ot • r five >r
six years Ordinary looms have be* n fre
' ’itietitiv thrown out to give • ‘ace to au
tomatic looms in both tine and coarse
■goods mills, anil it is a feature worth
I notin': that in th* new mills th*' entlr.'
; loom eriuipinent will in many instances
■ tic entlr* ly automatic B<-v»-ral of the
; ’-irg' -t mills now under way. such as th*-
•Mympi.t and the l.**ray mills, th*' one a
I tine ami tie- other a eo.-<>--* goods mill.
'ar t . Is- thus equipped Southern man
i ufa turers are n**t allowing any ailvan-
I tnje th- y may have in other directions
i to I - minimized by lack of attention to
' >r n’ ar*iiy • *!•• nditiire o* er their man-
I ti’n taring plants.
\\ h*’th*-r recent mill building in the
I-• th has be* n • x*’"sslv<- or not must
! Iw a matter *>f opinion until the future
..•-.- w'-rs the question Man ifacturern f
•V" ra 11* e n* in largely t i th. view
that for the i»r*-s* nt it has been over
done and that a natural r- action will
foHow v ithln th- our eof > ■>. mxt roar
ior so. but th* general run of southern
;H-*.ple. S'! far as could Ih- judged, ap
peared t*» have iv* s.-rioiis misgivings on
that score There lias -n an arrest of
the new proj-'t-. It Is true, within the
pa«t tw-> or three months, but the con
diCon of the cotton crop and the hign
price of raw cotton is s.-i'd t-* have been
t • a great * xt*-nt responsible for thtt.
Th* pr* ponderauce of mill* of less than
Indie i-apai-Itv is i marked f'a
I lure of th- list given above, a fairly
I *!• finlt*’ Ind cation that th*-v ar*' l*eing
butt! bj local capital. Thi* m i t e-
' a strong point In their favor, but it -hows
. the faith of -he <-ommur.ity in the future
! of the southern ootton Industry, and : s
plahi evidence that nmnev mad. in the
i -outh Is being r.-lnvi st*-d there ami ste.-i |-
i iiy adding I • th.- wealth of the southern
1 Ch ago Times-Herald: "I am willing
I to admit.” she bitterly cr|. d out “that
I was only a p*»wr actress when J inur
, ri'sl v-ju. but ”
’•You were not only a i*o**r actress." the
h*-irthss old pluto«rat interrupted, “but
i you were practically penniless as wa ll."
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION; ATLANTA, GA., MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1900.
■'m • 1 mH*
I Ca”
are earned in the pockets of over
eight million people —are known
I everywhere as
Th. World’. Standard
because of their mechanical per
fection, accuracy and durability.
Genuine Ruby Jeweled Elgins
are sold by Jewelers everywhere
in various sizes and styles.
An Elgin Watch always has the
Word "Elgin” engraved on the
works—fully guarant**«d.
Booklet Free.
ELGIN NATIONAL WATCH CO,
ELSIN, • ILL.
THE MOBILE COLLECTORSHIP.
Two Alabama Republicans Are After
the Place.
Washington, Nov*-rnb«-r 27.—(Special.» —
The fight over the Mobile collectorship
has Hv<-m-d because of the presence here
I <*f National Committ's-rnan IHmmick,
t'olonel Barker, of Mobile, and Erank
i l.athrop. of Riverside. Th*’ latter is one
of th*- most prominent candidates for the
office ami Dimmlek and Barker are
backing him. As it now looks the lines
ar*- being drawn b* tween Houston, of
Birmingham, who lias District Attorney
Vaughns support, and Lathrop, who has
■ th*- support ab*»ve indicated. t’olonel
Younglil- od is presumed to be keeping
his hand out of it. He Is now in Ala
: b.itna. National Commltt*-* nian Dlmmick
.ind State Chairman Vaughn seem to
have executed a neat split of the kind
■ I i nn I ir in republican polities in Ala
bama and are now opposing each other
when m*t so very long ago they were
pulling together against th*’ Youngblood
* 'll L*.
Consumption Cured.
' An old physician, retire*! from practice.
I had placed in his hands by an East Tn-
J ilia missionary the formula of a simpln
v«-g< table rein*-*!y for th*- spee<iy and per
m.tmnt cure of ('em umption. Bronchitis.
Catarrh. Asthma .-ind all Throat am!
Lung Affections; also a poaltlve ami
radical cur*’ for Nervous Debility ami
all Nervous Complaints. Having tested
its wonderful curative powers in thou
sands of ea-es, ami desiring to relieve
human suffering. I will send free of
i who wish It, thi* recipe,
ii German. I'r< n*h <*r English, with full
direct ions for preparing am! using Sent
l*y mail, by addr- s ing, with stamp, nam
ing this p |H-r. W. a Nove . M7 i’ow* rs’
Bio. k. Rochester, N. Y.
—■ ' -
HE JARRED “OLD HICKORY.”
Death of Captain Glenn, Who Quar
reled with Andrew Jackson.
Quine*. ill.. November IN.—<’iptain
John G. Glenn, ninety years old, died
h* ■■*• today. He commanded several Mis
sl.-sippi steamers in the <arlj- days and
<>! i had a dispute with President An
di- w Ja< k: on, who was a passenger on
Glenn's boat from Louisville to Nash
viUe. J.i'-k.-i*n teml'-ied a ten-*fo)lar note
ot the I'nit'd States bank for his pas
s',' .md «•*• nt. d*-' (it* I to take It b*
c. ise <;••! etai .lack on laid just refused
t. •. u- w tli<- charter ot Hi* I'nit' d Slates
bank at Philadelphia <'apta.li Glenn was
l»-in in Pitt-btirg ami when a school boy
there was selected to make an address
ot welcome to th*- .Mar*|iiis de Lah’uyette,
who was visiting Ameiiia.
Cancer Cured.
Dr. B. !•’. Bv* s Oils for cancers and
tumors ar a painless cur.-. M-.st cists
ate I*, it'd at home without the ,-*-rvi--s
of a phv-ieian. S* mi f- r bo -k telling win"
w imt'-rf-.il things arc being d'*n< Giv»s
in-tant r* !'• f from tsiln.
if not afflicted, cut this out and send
it to some suffering one.
DR. B. F BYE.
Box 2IC Imlinnanoils, Imi.
REAR ADMIRAL McNAIR DEAD.
He Was the Officer Next in Line ta
Admiral Dewey.
Washington. Nov.-m! <-r 2*. Rear Ad
miral Frederick G. McNair died at hi-- res
idence in this elty this afternoon at 3:30
i.'clock from a stroke of apoplexy. He
had b'-< n m poor health for many months
ami it w is n contemplation to take him
t** Eur.'i"- Yesterday be was taken *m-
Jently ill and today bis condition beeam*
so * rtf' T that his attending physician
called into consultation Dr. Stone, one
of th*' naval surg'ons, but th*- admiral
slowly sank away. ll*- was ranking rear
admiral of th*' i :vy and the ofllcer next
in line to Admiral Rerney.
A coat*-*! t* iigu*-. full! breath ami clog
ged conditio . in the bowels suggests the
u • of I’rieklj Ash Bitters. It Is just
suited for such ailments.
LIQUOR TRAFFIC IN MANILA.
Licenses Have Been Granted to 155
Saloons in the City.
W.i'hb.gton. No'.-embi r 2!'. The division
of insulat affairs of the war <lepartm*-nt
ha- p'lblislied a slalom- nt relative to the
liquor f affie at Manila. It shows that
Hi. American authorities have increased
th- lii eiis* f« < from $! for each saloon to
s*>*>• for saloons of th*- first class; s2.‘o for
th. sc <*f th*- second class: s!<»> for the
third class mid ?•'*" for the last .lass, sell
ing be* r ami light win* outside of the
i.-i .ms- district. The sale of the na
tive drink "vim" has b«-«-n forbidden to
solders, as It is most harmful In Its
effects upon them. There were only 155
lie, ns* - -- outstanding on Jun* noth last, a
de.-rcase ot sixty-nine sim e the American
li< • ns. Ih gan. Tin- barrooms are more or
d* ri* atul keepers mot,- careful in sales
t-i drnnk.-n persons, and in observing the ‘
*. • ning and i-losing hours. No dischaig< d
A»i.'ti*' it* soldier hohis a license. Sp in- I
I hold licences, tm.-ra- hi- |-’IH
pit: -s 2 1 '.. net’roes 2. Chim-se S, Japancs,
3. and persons of unknown nationality 27. ,
•
POPULATION OF TENNESSEE
Officially Announced as 2.020,616,
Against 1.767.518 in 1890.
Washington, Novembi-r 28,—The popula
tion of Tennessee, as officially announce,!
to.t-iy is 3,"2t1,t11*> as against 1.767.M8 in
IM**. This is an Increase of 2.**.’J.*X,s or 14.3
per cent.
Washington (state), 51X.103, against '
13!* ::y> in INM; an increase of 15x.713, or 48.- 1
26 |H-r cent.
South Dakota. 4**1.77*». against 32-B.SOB in f
1M«': an increase of 72.7*12 or 22.1 per cent.
t'hlahoma, 611, against 61.834 in 18bo;
an Increase of 33*1.111 or 54.4 per cent.
N.-w Mexico, 155.31**. against 153,583 in
!M«i, an ln<-rease of 41.717 or 27.1 per cent.
North Dakota. 319.148. against 1.82,715 in
IM**; an increase o* 1.>*1,427, or 74.6 per cent, i
Idaho. 161,772 against 84.385 in 1850; tin
increase of 77,387, or 51.7 per cent.
Policeman and Lineman Killed.
San Antonio, T< x.. Nov, inb*-r 29. Wil
liam 1-icey. a poll. . man. and O. D. Blan
ton a union t* 1.-plione llm-man, w*-re shot
mid kill'd by Sandy Smith, a non-union
man. to«lay. The full details of the trag- |
ed* are not known at present, but it Is ■
said the killings an- the outcome of a '
tm l*-e iM-iwet n union and non-union elec- |
trl. al workers. Officer Ln -ey was at
tempting to make an arrest when he was i
shot by Smith. «
Opium. Morphine Free Treatment.
I’,.ini- as horn.- cure guaranteed. Free i
trial. Dr. Tucker, Atlanta. Ga. •
THE BRATTON TRIAL
RECALLS M OLD
STORY
Columbia, S November 21.—(Special.)
The trial at Yorkville last week of John
S. and Paul R. Bratton on the charge of
murder, recalls an affair that developed
international importance In which two
brothers, the father and uncle of these
young men, were involved twenty-nine
years ago.
Doubtless the diplomats of those times
would have to refer to the recor.ls to re
fresh their memories about a very thrill
ing incident between the I’nitcd State--
and Great Britain, the Issue of which was
watched by the people of this “pros;rate”
state with the keenest Interest.
England demanded the return to his
temporary home In Canada of a South
Carolinian who. fleeing the state, had
sought an asylum under the British flag'
had been kidnape,! am! brought back to
face a stern I'nited States judge.
It was no time for false pride; an of
fense h id been committed by overzealous
I'nited States officers, ami this govern
ment frankly acknowledged that fact by
quickly complying with the British de
mands.
Dr J. Rufus Bratton and John S. Brat
ton wire gentlemen of large estates tn
York county, where tli.-lr faintly had lived
for generations. They were grandsons of
Colonel William Bratton, who was a
distinguish'd whig leader in the revolu
tionary war. At the outbreak of the* civil
war, both brothers entered the army. Dr.
Bratton went into the medical department
and won distinct on a- tin irmv surge n.
At the close of hostilities the brothers
returned to their homes in York county
and attempted to r,-store their foitunes.
Many stories have b- '-n published about
th, Ktt-Klux organization of that time,
but most of them have been pictured from
fancy. Because it gave a certain irre
sponsible and naturally lawless < lass an
opportunity to indulge per-u-nal grudges
and vlndieftiven.-ss while falsely repre
senting themselves to he Ku-Klux. the
organization gained most of th*- disn-pute
attached to its name.
It is difficult, even at til’s time, to ob
tain from one known to have be.-n a mem
ber of that organization a definite state
ment of their actions, "it may be im
possible for those tn other parts of the
country, who had not to face the condi
tions we did to realize the necessity for
such an organization by the better ele
ment "f the whites, ' r-marked an *x
ni'-mber of the "klan” a few days ago.
"We wire at the mercy," he continued,
"of former slaves amt a hostile govern
ment. The negroes were Irresponsible
and knowing we w< re jiowerless to resent
openly overberirltu insil].-l they i-ul-.iged
th* ir new opportunities. A pow.-rfu! se
cret organizai: ■ i i whi ’l it wa-i propose,!
to hav>- only men of responsibility and
reliability a tn<'nib* rs became a rr,-*"* illy
it was a sure* :s and wiii-n it e- a-.-l t>*
be nec*.ssary it eeased to < xist The pur
P"s. **as not murder < r burn, but to t« r
roriz.e th- negroes in griiri:*’ ami , ither
siibdiio into qii > tms-: their leaders, who
war.' urging them to * xees-es. or force
them t<> lea*". Os - nr;", in -mte vises
extreme me.i: in * became necessary for
self-protect ion. s'.iid in th*- end, the Ku-
Klux prevented many bloody *-n--ount'-s
ami possibly im, o r*s that would have
followed had n**t sum*- leaders of the ne
groes I" en <ln ked
"The superstition of the negroes made
the no '.hods of tin- Ku-Klux • .- pci-tally ■ i -
feetivc anti it is now laughable to think
of th, simple plans resorted to. A string
of hor. tm ii liding through the country
by highways and byways, at night, dress
ed in white from head Io heel, aid making
no sound, save the tramp of the horses’
hoofs, sent night prowlers sea taping to
tliei, eabl.'is. The signs of skull and
crossed bones on fence or door carried ,i
warning to the occupants of the house
that required th tn to mend Hi' ir ways.
Win n the supernatural failed, then other
plans wire resorted to and more drastic
m, ,1 Ill'S used tiil Hl*' object was '-
taimd. I-’or, it must lie borne In mind,
the *• wa re not boy s or idle no n. they
were erlous ami sober and realized that
under the pr<-va ling coivliti-'ns they car
ried their lives In their hands.
"It -an bo readily umlerstood that with
such risks to encounter, the organization
had to have the best <1 ; -ci’ilim- ami the
most r’li.ibio tti'-mber.-’. They wit* bound
by -,-rrible oaths, but rewards for in
formation against them would have
t< mpte t ordina y m* n. I' is notable that
tin- h aih-ls *vet.« l-’ree Mas.ms of limh
standing, and it is probable that every
im-inb- r of that order in th*- smaller
t-iwns and rural ,I'stri- ts where the Ku-
Klux were most active were on its rolls.
‘With complaints from many quarters
and demands that the Ku-Klux organi
zation b, suppressed ly the military au
tborltl* then In Routh Gan.llr.a. it ts not
surprising that strenuous efforts were
made to capture ami convict nieinbers of
the organization, particularly th.- find
ers. It was known In a general way that
Dr. J. Rufus Bratton was the hmid of
the Ku-Kltix or. aniz tion in upper South
t'arollna, and his brother, John S. Br.it
tou. was t,iso st:pi -d to belong to the
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TO GET ITS BENEFICIAL EFFECTS
BUY THE GENUINE MANFD. BY
CALIFORNIA FIG STRUPCO.
SAN FRANCISCO. CAL.
LOUISVILLE , KY. NEW YORK, H.Y.
secret order. They were singled out for
arrest by Major Merrill, then command
ing the I’nited States forces in the New
York district.
"Dr. Bratton was a thirty-third degree
Mason and there is no doubt this fact
caused him to be aroused at the dead of
night of his home in Yorkville by an un
known horseman, whose steed was spent,
and given an important military secret.
Thirty minutes later the Ku-Klux leader
was riding out of town, headed north
ward and leaving his wife and three
little children behind. Later in the night
' a detachment of cavalry surrounded the
Bratton home Pursuit was made in
■ ev,-ry direction, but with a good horse,
ample funds and the friends he could
command wherever the secrets of Mason
ry were known, the fugitive made Ins
way safely into Canada, taking up his
residence in Montreal in the fall of
187!.
"Dr. Bratton opened an office in the C.a
--' ’lndian city, where he began the practice
i <>f medicine. His whereabouts became
| known as soon as he wrote to his family
lin Yorkville, and he was soon being
shadowed by agents of this government.
; He was joined bv his family a few
I months after reaching Canada and they
! arranged to make that country their
home until their native state became
; safer. But they were not to remain in
i security.
1 "No offense on which Dr. Bratton could
i be extradited was charged, so he an
i tictpited no further trouble from the
' military authorities fn this state who had
, been **n his track, and the idea of being
, kidnapped never occurred to him. But
I one evening, in the early spring of 1872.
I the doctor ws called professionally. He
vns gotten into a carriage and driven
hurriedly out of the city. Three men
j had him in charge and during the night
i t i'-y got him into a boat and across the
St. Lawn nee river. The captors imme-
I diately brought th*-ir pri < >ner bark to the
old jail at Yorkville, where he was in
carcerated. pending th*' convention of a
court specially arranged to try Ku-Klux
cases. Hut the uoetor was fortunate in
having powerful friends in all quarters
of the country. The facts of his forcible
abduction for an alleged political of
fense ~-er*' promptly laid before th'- Brit
ish government, and this was followed
I by a demand by the government that he
!>-■ t.ha.ed and returned umler sate con
duci tj the domicil* of Canada from
‘ which he had b< en taken. This demand
i was immediately complied with.
Dr. Bratton ry.mairied an exile In Can-
I ada until 1878. a year after the last of
th*- i'nited States troops had b*-en with
drawn fr. m South C irolina. Then receiv
ing an intimation that the case against
him would not be pushed, he returned to
his old home, where he resumed the prac
tice of mi iii ine. He continued there ttn
tnol* t*"l unt I his death tn IK*7. For a
number of year: bet'-ne nis death he was
president m the S .nth Carolina Medical
Association and of the state board of
health.
John S. Bratton, who was a gentleman
of large means, left his home at the
I -am. time as h s brother to avoid arrest,
land remained abroad two years. During
| nis absetu c many witnesses in Ku-Klux
',- -o I'ioin Y< r'k county were examine,!
to connect John Bratt* n with the or-
I ganization The only evidence obtain* d
' -I- t e-o mm was that uat'ties of Ku-Klux
I j..hn i.r itton was troubled
DEATH OF COL. RICHARDSON.
Well-Known Officer in Confederate
Army Is Dead.
r.' , . i x’> Vnv, ml.er 29.— (Special.)
Richmond. * .’ . xm'***--** —• '
<>, ~ If Ri.-’ n-'ison, one of the
' f. w of la- ante-bellum otlieers of th*’ \ ir
,....* ,i died here
smi'lenl-. this aft* rno.m. He was well
and on th.' streets tills morning, but Was
s:- :< k< *i with paralysis this ..fternoon and
i lived but a short time after the attack.
The used w is for years before the
** -t a conspi' Uons figure in Richmond
milit.-iry artnirs. 11. wis captain of the
.... . <’,ii-.|.i- on- ■ ■' tii • I" st known mll
-.. wht n the w w
i , p , | ,■ (*,. f-’-!'t *-" xi b \ irginia mian
i,x m - bed t" ('b n. iii Henry A. M ise's
'.r-gad- lb .-'.tl'-'iuently r.-ti'-d from
that po-ltlon ami ."inmanded the
! dv gi'iii'il Colonel R:< hardson was s. v-
, , ot* foil.' v. an old mid », man *>f
f i! n. civity up to the hour ot his fatal
I iliness.
YERKES MAY GF I WILSON'S JOB
Internal Revenue Commissionership
for Kentucky Republican.
Louisville. Ky.. Novembe.r 29.—Hon. Per
ry Heath, s'*. t< tar* of the iepiiblican na
tional committee, who was in Louisville
tod't*. Slid he Would not be surprised if
preshfi'iit McKinley offend to Hon. John
. Y* rkes. of D.iiivill* . Ky.. th- intimal
r. vi’iiue eomnik-sionership mad.- vacant
b th' death "f .Mr. Wilson. Mr. Y» rk*-s
w..s th* republican candidate tor gover
nor of Kentucky at th*' Inst election and
is now an internal r. venue collector in
ibis state.
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MEXICAN TROOPS ARE SLAIN.
Fierce Battle Takes Place Between
the Indians and Rebels.
El Caso, 'i . x . Noi ember 29.- News of
a fierce battle last Sunday between Mexi
can regulars and Yaqui Indians was
brought Iv re today by tw * American min
ors. Seth Tomkins and William Lowe.
Th.' men say they wen engaged in pros
pecting about forty miles from Soyapa,
Sonora, M* xleo, when the Indians ap
peared anil mail*' them prisoners and ran
sacked th. ir eami*. Troops were dis
patched in pursuit of the Indians as soon
as it became known that the Americans
had b-'.-n carried off. Th* Indians i-ntrap
pvtl the Mexicans in a narrow detile of
the mountains, and for a time the
slaughti i was fearful. The troops with
drew. leaving tw.-nty dead, and the battle
continued at long range. While it was
in progress the \m*'ric.ins -si-aped. Six
Indian;’ were kill* d or wound*--!.
POSTMASTERS IN THE SOUTH.
But Few Changes L.kely Among
Those of Fourth Class.
Washington, November 2'’. While the
postottii o department has not made an an
nouncement of pokey tn govern changes
of fourth-class postmasters during the
next four years, it can be slated that
the department prefers that there be more
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require, sml that especially it* the south
ern slates fourth-class postmasters will
continue to serve ilur.m: the next tour
*. i'-s Ot' the administration, unless there
i . ~,,. ,o- d • ins'' for making a change.
It is understood that no fixed policy will
be adopted to govern changes among
pr.-sblential postmasters.
IT SEEMS TO BE A I ATAL SPOT
Two Men Found Dea I in Same Place
at Different Times.
Decatur. Ain.. November 28.—(Special.)
Tim Bailey, a laborer, was found dead
on the river front today. There Is some
mvstery connected with the locality
** li* n- Bolley was found, as George
Smith, another laborrr. was found dend
ut the sum*’ sn<*t only t»o weeks ago.
the cause of his death having never
b* ,-n learned. There were no signs of
vi lienee mi the bodies of either in* n and
II is believed they were both victims of
•I p.fisoi-.iiig plot, both lunhig been stout
and healthy a few hours betoro their I
death.
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piiblt. ".n Chib of tins city, winch rv ' j _ ,- r-
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