Wilkinson County News
IRWINTON, GEORGIA.
A. K. SMITH — Editor and Publisher
..... n. HUBBARD Founder and Editor.
x»>n;ini Organ Wilkinson Countj.,
Mrs. T. A. Gibbs, Representative for The News, at Gor
don, Georgia.
Entered at the Post Office at Irwinton, Ga., under the
Act of Congress of March 3rd.. 1879. as second class
mail matter.
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HISTORY THAT REMAINS UNPUBLISHED
(By ELI B. HUBBARD)
Many years ago in the mountains of North
Carolina there was a small town many miles from
a railroad. In this town there lived several very
prominent men, who were called the politicai lead
ers of that county, and upon them the people con-.'
f erred many honors. Among this small number of
very prminent men there was one, who boasted of
his aristocratic ancestors and his unlimited influ
ence over the humble farmers of the county. On
every fourth day of July, when the people of the
c ounty would gather at the small town to celebrate
American Independence, this particular person
would be the orator of the day, and in every ora
tion that he delivered he would point out the fact
that for generations his people had been the lead
er in that county, had held all the important of
fices and had lived on the fat of the land. He would
recite the fact, tnat since the days of his boyhocd
he had been honored by the people of the county;
that he had acquired fortune and fame by reason of
the many honors that the good people of the county
h ,d conferred upon him^nd during such orations
he would recite the fact that although upon every
stream that flowed down the mountain side there
was an illicit distillery, operated by the citizens of
his county, that notone of those operators had been
convicted in the courts of that county when he used
hi 3 influence to prevent their conviction. He would
say further: “But woe unto the man who operates
such a business when he is not one who will bow
down and worship me”. After his oration was de
livered the people would gather around him and con
giatulate him on the speech that he had made, and
back to their respective homes they Would go sat
isfied with hearing their leader accuse every one
of them as being criminals, but taking consolation
in the fact that should they ever be arranged be
fore the Federal judge for failing to pay the reve
nue on whiskey that they had made that their lead
er would protect them.
For many years he continued te enjoy their con-
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fidence and their loyalty. He 'was true, and loya'
to his friends and purnished his enemies, but after
many years of such prosperity and such happiness
conditions changed. The civil war broke out. His
slaves were emancipated, his mansion was razed to
the ground by the Yankees, hig stock and-cattle
were confiscated by the enemy, his provisions were
likewise destroyed’ and the many dollars that he
had hoared away in Confederate currency became
mere scraps of paper when the Confederacy fell. He
was ruined financially, the war came to a close. The
struggling and poverty stricken soldiers returned
to their homes, and begun with renewed vigor to
reconstruct a ruined Southland. The scalawags
and the carpet baggers swarmed into that county
like they did in every other section of the South.
This man saw an opportunity to replenish his less
fortune and to again become rich and influential.
He joined the carpet baggars. A bleeding South
lay prostrate gasping for breath with the foot of
the ignorant negro and the heartless carpet baggar
upon its neck. White man could not stand for the
outrages prepetrated upon their own color and es
pecially upon their helpless women and children.
All of the county offices were held by negroes and
appointed carpet baggars sent into that county by
the Federal Government. The jails were filled with
white men that were arrested by the negro officers
and the carpet baggars. These arrest’s were gen
erally people who did not approve of their leader
joining tne carpet baggars.
What must they do? Their leader had proved a
traitor: The other leading politicians of the town
had all been killed in the war. The outlaws under
the guise of law had assumed control. Innocent
men were placed in jail, excessive taxes were lev
ied and .collected; women were outraged by the ig
norant negro: The war had been bad enough, but
such conditions as existed during reconstruction
was ten thousand times worse than war. Such con
ditions could not be tolerated by an Anglo-Saxon
people, but what should they do? Organize a gov
ernment, and restore law and order. They did this.
They organized an invisible government, known as
the Ku Klux Klan. Every white man in the county
joined it except the one time leading politician of
that town and the imported carpet baggers. This
invisible government began to function.
A mass meeting was called by the one time po
litical leader of that town, who at that time was hol
ding the reins over the carpet baggar government,
and at this mass meeting he waived before the
crowd who assembled there one of the white robes
and helmets, and denpunced the members of that
organization as traitors to their government, out
laws and members of a mob. Many members of the
organization were present in the audience, and were
forced to listen to his denunciation of their organi
zation, but notwithstanding his severe denunciation
of their organization vid its members they pro
ceeded to execute the object of the organization.
To be continued.
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constipation, my
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badly ■ poisoned
that my face
was swollen to
twice Its natural
size. I was con
tinuously tired,
weak and: de
pressed, had no appetite. I read
your Tutt’s Liver Pill advertisement
aad tried them. After a few i
began to Improve. Tutt’s Pills have
kept me free from a return of the
illness, and I feel like a new per
son. •Am never without them.’’* At
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is a presci ption for
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Malaria, Chil s and Fever,
It kills tl e germs.
CITATION
GEORGlA—Wilkinson County:
Mrs. N. B. Lewis as Guardian,
Bealer Thompson, Edward Thompson
and Woodrow Thompson, minors, has
in due form applied to the undersign
ed for leave to sell the lands-belong
ing to said minors for their support,
maintainance and education, and the
same will be heard at my office on
the first Monday in November, next.
This, sth, day of October, 1925
J. E. BUTLER Ordy.
CITATION
GEORGlA—Wilkinson County:
To all whom it may concern:
t - B. Chambers having in proper
form applied to me for Permanent
Letters of Administration on the es
tate of Bennie Williams, late of said
County, this is to site-all and singular
the creditors and next of kin of Ben
nie Williams to be and appear at my
office within the time allowed by law
and show cause if any they can why
permanent administration should not
be granted to F. B. Chambers on -tid
estate.
Witness my hand and official sign
ature, this sth, day of October. 1925
J. E. BUTLER Ordy.
SHERIFF’S SALE
.—GEORGIA—Wilkinson County:
Will be sold before the court house
door in said county on the first Tues
day in November 1925, between the
legal hours of sale to the highest bid
der for cash the following described
land, to-wit:
Five acres of land more or less, ly
ing in Lords District of Said county,
and bounded as follows: On the North
by other lands of Mrs. A. J. Cox;
South, by public road 'from Balls
Ferry; East, by other lands of Mrs.
A J. Cox and West by Public road.
Said land levied on as the property of
Mrs. A. J. Cox to satisfy an execu
tion issued by Ira B. Stinson, Tax
Collector of said county to satisfy
State and County taXes, for the year
1923.
Also at the same time and place,
the following described land: Five
acres of land lying in Lords District
of said county, and bounded as fol
lows: North, by lands of J. G. Jones-
South by lands.of Mrs. A. J. Cox;
East, by lands of J. G. Jones, and
West by Public Road. Said land levied
on as the property of’j. G. Jones to
satisfy tax fi-fa,issued by Ira B.
Stinson to satisfy State and County
Taxes for the year 1923.
Tenants in possession and defend
ents in fi-fa, notified in terms of the
law.
This the 18th, day of September
1925.
CITATION
GEORGlA—Wilkinson County:
0. F. Kingry, as Adimnistratbr of the
estate of J. W. Kingery, deceased, has
in due form applied to the- undersign
ed for leave to sell the lands belong
ing to said estate, and the same will
be heard at my office on the first
Monday in November, next.
This, sth, day of October, 1925.
J. E. BUTLER Ordy.
CITATION
GEORGlA—Wilkinson County:
L. E. Thompson as Guardian of J. G.
Thompson, a lunatic, has in due form
applied to the undersigned for leave
to ?ell the lands belonging to said
J. G. Thompson and the same will be
heard at my office on the first Mon
day in November, next.
This, sth, day of October, 1925.
J. E. BUTLER Ordy.
CITATION
GEORGlA—Wilkinson County:
P C. Williams as administrator jof
th estate of J. L. ’Williams, deceased,
has in due form applied to the under
signed for leave to seli the lands be
longing to said estate, and the same
will be heard at my office on the first
Monday in November, next.
This, 5 day of October K 25.
J. E. BUTLER Ordinary.
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