The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1868-10-01
LADIES Furs of all ki1ds a. Nv M Dean

n s1asIlrA, Al sept. 18th, -
ED. ADvlHTIeER:-{ now fulfil l3Av
.prompe toSpf5tsyou w6sn I arrived In
Dixie, rs from the increased number of
black faces and the presence Of eEku
Klux, Judge l have passed the mystic
rious line that divides the North hfrun
the South-industry and thrift from in
dolence and squalidness.
The first I heard of the Kan was ut
Riley's Landing, l6 miles below New
Madrid. I tied up there on account of
the rain; and found considerable excite
ment among the negroes, caused by an
old negro woman, who had cooked for
her masters family all her life, being
ordered to leave, because she had dared
to ask for slight remuneration for her
services since she became free. She ask
ed me to take her and her children across
the river into Missouri. told her
would; nnd she Immediately brought her
traps aboard, consisting Of skillet,
wash-tub and few old rags. After she
and her two children had got aboard,
Riley, his family and overseer came
down to. the boat, and Riley began to
curse her, saying he chad notion to
kill her." He also told me that he
would give me fftys dollars if Iwould
throw her out Of the boat when<I got in
the middle. of the river; and threatened
me with the vengeance of the Ku Klux
if l landed her OH the other side I said
nothing; but when. got around abend
i set her on shore. She told me that
Riley had received two boxes Of pistols
from Memphis, for the Ku Klux; and
that two negroes had been killed in Tip
tonville, by them, ltlieSweei before.
In Osceola, Arka,sas, the Ku Klnx
are perfect terror to negroes and NORTH
ern men. ! stayed there over night;
and about dusk. band of about ten ku
Klux started out into the country, to
"kill niggers," rs they said. They made
no secret of it, but rode ont boldly thro'
the main street Of the town. 1t is an
every day occurrence for u negro to be
killed, or thrown into the river. ~ -, - r~n 3.
1;stopped at Memphis and went out to
see the old camping ground of the
"Centurions,'' at Lookout Station. I
Went out there on the train in the NOR
ming. and Went TO where the ''fort' Of
the Upton boys used to be. 1t had been
torn down, and a cornfield covered most
of the ground occupied by the old camp.
The sstoclSade Jof the Dutch Ujthpiny
still remains; and that is all there is to
remind a person that there ever was a
camp there. f. .,,... 5''..,
AS no train st arted that evening Cor
Memphis, concluded to stay TN Coll
liersville over night. ! had been SO in
considerate as to tell young man be-
longed to one of the companies Of yam:
KEGS that were sta toned there adufd 4
the war; and from the movements OF
the Ku Klux during the evening + con-
cluded that it would be unsafe for, me-
to stay; accordingly 1 started out on
foot for Memphis. Every thing went
right till came to the old camp grouud'
and | thought | would take one more
look at it; but just as crossed the little
hollow that divided our company from
tile Dutch company l heard the familiar
ssundtof haiti = walked on. Than
came the order "halt, by order of the
Ku Klux;" but I walked still closer to
the man on the mule who was giving
these orders, when 1 heard the cooking
of pistol, and then, Don't come any
nearer to me or I'll shoot you" This
brought me to ast;lnd still. Then came
the several questions as to where / was
from, and what my business was. All
of which being answered satisfactorily
l was allowed to go on.
8EFt G. H. PERRY