The weekly Panola star. [volume] (Panola, Miss.) 1857-1881, 1871-12-02

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q large amount ei hay coming 10 ii
depot here. sHd I know what
means II means cavalry. ard eas
. airy means small squads 10 raid oys
she country &, night, and ATTEST 90
citizens
'Ths, would bs bad, " they ar
innoccat. | said.
'Iunocentf Who knows whethe
they arc or mott A negro can hav,
fits Of orr best citizens thrown int
jail In halt an hour That ls th'
reason 80 many have left. over q
hundred Of our citiEcns left when
they heard Of the proclamation Of
marital Law. They knew what tina,
meant.
No doubt they knew what il
meant, and IL thcy had not been
guilty they would not have fed.
That is one OF the good results OF the
measure; II rids the country Of the
more intelligent Of the ku-klux,
who have sense enough to smell the
battle sfar off and get away. Such
s my private opinion on tho subject.
The citizen continued; '0ne Of
the worst evils Of the movement is
the spirit it puts INTO the negroes.
They don't know anything about
martial law, and think it Is some
grand movo to place them over the
white people. They are more impu-
dent than ever. Only yesterday we
had a row over it, and had it not
been for the presence Of soldiers |
have no idea that less than fifty men
would have been killed. It was
circus day. ! never saw so many
negroes at circus or so few whites.
Several special policemen were
sworn in. During the day some
negroes crowded one Of the special
policemen, he drew his pistol, tell.
ing him to stand back. Somehow
in the rumpus he fred of his pistol
and shot a negro through the hand.
They then went for him and he ran
into q little house. AT least q thou
sand negroes swarmed around and
threatened to tear down the house
il he did not come out. No telling
what would have happened If the
soldiers had not Come up on double
quick aud quelled this disturbance.
That is the way it Is here oil the
time. Blood is up and every little
thing leads to row.
KINGS MOUNTAIN RAILROAD
what time does this thing start?'
| asked, standing by an apology for
a car, marked as above.
About half past one o'clock, was
the reply.
/ thought about hardly q proper
word to use in connection with a
railroad schedule, but II turned out
to be eminently correct ! stood at
the depot waiting for about half
past |, and watching the loading of
government stores. These consist
cd Of oats, hay, corn, meal, -four,
potatoes and oil sorts Of supplies
for the seat Of war. Among other
things ! noticed some heavy bars Of
iron. l could not think what the
army wanted with iron, and puzzled
myself for half an hour trying to
divine Shy itshould bc sent to ''the
From" ! askcd.the officer in charge:
what are you going to do with
that irony
1T Is to fix the jail at Yorkville,
and make it more secure. We've
got about q hundred men in there,
and have to enlarge andrepair some.
II was all plain now ; the iron was
to separate the ku-klux from liber-
ty.
Half-past ! o'clock came, then 2,
and tho train did not move.
Are we ready T SAID somebody.
No, the conductor has just gone
to dinner
DO we have to wait for hims'
sOf couIse; do you suppose he il
gong off without bis dinner
Between loading supplies and
eating dinner, the time was all tax.
en- up until . o'clock. But perhaps
even that hour could be called
about half-past |.
An old man sat on lager bee
keg waiting for the train, o pictur'
Of abject melancholy. His eyes
wore cast to the ground, and he wa
evidently thinking Of the good olt
times Of the past, or the evil times
Of the present, or more likely both
which is decidedly . melancholy
| dose when taken mixed. a negro
came and said to the old man;
sDon'tyou know me Massa Jonea?
The Old man raised his eyes from
tbo hnttom of the beer kep. ar,