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"W. ]. BRYAN, Secretary of State. -
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both his hands firmly across his lap
and spoke with great rapidity.
Mr.. Lowell. wish to say TO you
that you have taught me the greatest
faith of Hfe-faith in my fellow man
~ lthout which there can be no faith In
God. It's worth while to live in
world honored by one such man. for he
is the prophecy of more to come
He paused a moment. fidgeted with
piece of paper he had picked up from
the table. and seemed at loss for a
word
1t never dawned on, Lowell what he
was driving at. He supposed. as II
matter of course, he was referring to-
his great speeches and was going to
ask for some promotion iii Il govern
mental department. at Washington.
"Im proud to have been such an
inspiration to you. George. You know
how much think Of you What is on
your mind?" he asked at length
II have hidden it from every human
eye sir: | am afraid to breathe it
aloud alone. have only tried to sing
It in song in an impersonal way. Your
wonderful words of late have en-
aoldened me to speak. It is this-I am
madly, desperately in love with your
daughter"
Lowell sprang to his feet as though
a bolt of lightning had suddenly shot
down his backbone. He glared at the
negro with widely dHated eyes. as
r1rr1Z BOD
leopard and was about to spring at
his throat.
Before answering. and with ges-
ture commanding silence, he walked
rapidly to the library door and closed it.
"And have come to ask YOU" con-
tinued6 Harris, ignoring his gesture, IF
I may pay my addresses to her with
your consent"
Harris, this is crazy nonsense. Such
an idea is preposterous. | am amazed
that it should ever have entered your
head. Let this be the end of it here
and now, if you have any desire to re
tain my friendship
Lowell said this with a scowl and al
emphasis OF indignant. rising infection
The negro seemed stunned by this
swift blow in his very teeth, thai
seemed to place him outside the pale
of human being.
"Why is such a hope unreasonable
sir, to man of your scientific mind ?
1T is a question of TASTE snapped
| Lowell.
Am | not graduate of the same
university with you? Did not stant
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as high. and, age for age. am l not
your equal in culture?"
Granted. Nevertheless, you are a
negro, and do not desire the infusion
Of your blood i'll my family
But | have more of white than
negro blood, sir.
$50 much the worse. 1t is the mark
Of shame
But it is the. one drop of negro
blood at which your taste revolts. is it
not?''
''To be frank. it is.
.'Why is it an objectionable sin IN
me that my ancestors were born under
tropic skies where skin and hair were
tanned and curled to suit the suns
fierce rays?'
"All tropic races are not negroes, and
your race has characteristics apart
from accidents of climate that make 1t
unique in the annals of man. rejoined
Lowell.
"And yet you demand perfect
equality of man with man, absolutely
in form and substance without reser'
walton or subterfuge!
eyes; political equality
politics is but secondary phenom'
enon Of society. You said absolute
equality" protested Harris.
"The question you breach is ques'
ton of taste, and the deeper social In
stincts of racial purity and self preser-
vation care not what your culture
or your genius or your position, dc
not desire. and will not permit, mix
ture of negro blood in my family. The
idea is nauseating, and to my daughter
it would be repulsiye beyond the power
of words to express it,
/ "And yet pleaded Harris, you in
| yited me to your home, introduced me
| to your daughter, seated me at your
!, table and used ME in your appeal t6
] your constituents, and now. when
!. dare ask the privilege of seeking he1
!, hand in honorable marriage, you, the
! scholar patriot, statesman and philoso
| pher OF equality and democracy, slam
! the door In my face and tell me thai
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aIizing that their day Of dominion had

alizing that their day of dominion had
ended.
CASTOR rose and handed them copy
OF the resolutions.
eve give you all till 1870 tomorrow
morning, as the leaders of your race,
to carry out these demands he said.
gravely.
! "But we have no authority, SIR" re-
piled the negro preacher to whom he
handed the paper.
| "Your authority is equal to ours-the
authority of elemental manhood If
you cannot execute them in peace. we
! will do it by force"
1--WE must decline such responsible
ties unless"-the negro started toargue
! the question.
1.-THE meeting stands adjourned"
| quietly announced CASTOR, taking up
his hat and leaving the room. followed
by his committee.
At 30 next morning no answer had
been received. CASTOR called. for sew
enty volunteers to execute the
Eecrees.
Within thirty minutes 500 men
! swung into line at 8 O'Clock and
/ marched four abreast to the. office Of
! the negro paper. 1t was promptly
burned to the ground, it's editor paid
its cash value, and, with rope around
his neck. escorted TO the depot and
placed on north bound train.
AS CASTOR handed him his ticket for
/ Washington he quietly said to him:
~
ing. If you value it never put your
foot on the soil of this state again
l THANK you, sir. I'll not return"
While this guard. under strict mill
.ary discipline. was executing this de-
cree, q mob of thousand armed ne
groes concealed themselves in hedge,
row and fred on them from ambush,
killing one man and wounding six.
CASTOR formed his men in line, re-
turned the fire with deadly effect.
charged the mob, put them to flight.
driving them into the woods outside
The city limits, and placed the town
under informal but strict martial law.
By 10 o'clock the resignation Of every
city and county officer was in his
hand and the mayor and chief of police
were at~his feet begging for mercy.
He posted q notice over the county
warning every negro and white associ-
ate that no further insolence or Grim
inality would be tolerated.
The county and municipal elections
were but three days off and there was
but one ticket in the field. When the
white men elected were sworn in, the
guards went to the woods and tolc
. the terrified and half starving negroes
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great craving, swaying creature. half
reptile, half beast. half dragon. half
man, with a thousand legs, and a thou
sand eyes, and ten thousand cleaning
teeth, and with no ear to hear and no
heart to pity!
All they would grant him was the
privilege of gathering Dicks ashes and
charred bones for burial.
The morning following the lynching
the preacher hurried to Tom Camps, to
see how he was bearing the strain.
His door was wide open, the bureau
drawers pulled out, ransacked, and
some of their contents were lying on
the floor
"Poor old fellow, I'm afraid he's
gone crazy!' exclaimed the preacher.
He hurried to the cemetery. There he
/ found Tom at the newly made grave.
He had worked through the night and
dug the grave open with his bare
hands and pulled the coffin up out of
the ground. He had broken his finger
nails all off trying to open it, and his
fingers were bleeding. At last he had
given up the effort to open the coffin
sat down beside it, and was arranging
her toys he had made for her beside
the box. He had brought a lot of hel
clothes. q pair of little shoes and stock
ings, and bonnet, and he had placed
these out carefully on top of the lid
He was talking to her.
The preacher lifted him gently ani
led him away, hopeless madman.
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they could return to their homes,
competent police force was organized.
and the volunteer organization dis
banded Negro refugees and their as
sociates once more filled the ear Of the
national government with clamor for
the return Of the army to the south
to uphold negro power. but for the
first time since 1867 it fell on deaf ears.
The Anglo-Sa race had been re-
united. The negro was no longer the
ward of the republic. Henceforth. he
must stand or fall on his own worth
and pass under the law of the survival
OF he fittest.- !.
This event made tremendous i'm
preston on the imagination Of the PEG
pie. 1t increased the popularity ana
power Of CASTOR, it's intended victim.
The general was more than ever de-
termined to destroy Gaston's power in
the convention which was to meet IL
q few weeks. He had his candidate
for governor well groomed and he had
captured the largest number of pledged
delegates. There were three other
candidates, but none Of them appar:
emily were backed by CASTOR. The
general was puzzled at his methods.
and failed to discover his program.
though he spent money with liberality
and exhausted every resource at his
command.
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A MOTHER year of struggle and
"a suffering. hope and fear. Gas
"A ton had passed, and still he
was no nearer the dream of re-
allied love. If anything had changed,
the generals pride had added new force
to his determination that his daughter
should not marry the man who had
defied him.
His chief reliance for Gaston's de-
feat was Oh time and the broadening
of Sallic's mind by travel. He had
sent her abroad twice. and this year
he sent her to spend another three
months in Europe.
These absences seemed only to in
tensify her longing for. her lover. On
her return the general would burst into
a storm of rage at her persistence. She
had ceased to give him bitter answers.
only smiling quietly and maintaining
an ominous silence.
He had a new cause now of dislike
for the man of her choice. CASTOR had
become a man of acknowledged power
in politics and was the leader of a
group of radical young men who de-
manded the complete reorganization of
the Democratic party. the shelving of
the old timers, among whom he was
numbered, and the announcement of
a radical program upon the negro issue.
Radicalism of any sort he had always
hated. Now, as advanced by this young
upstart, it was doubly odious. The
general had never given much time to
his political duties. but his name was
power, and he gave regularly to the
campaign committee the largest cash
contribution they received.
He tried in clumsy way to put
CASTOR off the state executive com
mittee. but. failed. He saw CASTOR
quietly laughing at him. Then he
opened his pocketbook and worked M
machine. 1t was a formidable power,
and CASTOR feared it's influence in the
coming convention.
While this fight was. in progress, and
! Sallie was in Europe. the destruction
+! of the Maine in Havana harbor stilled
| the world into silence with the echo of
!, its Sullen roar. There was moments
!: pause, and the nation lifted its battle
! flags from the capitol at Washington,
!, and called for volunteers to wipe the
empire of Spain from the map of the
/ western world.
| The war lasted but hundred days
\ 80
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hlm, shoot him or knock him in the
lead with a rock-don't burn him
HIivo,'
Hos" gared at him and quietly re-
marked
Are You done nova If you are,
stand out Of the wayr'
II" struck the match and Dick ut
"'r4 Il scream. AS Hose leaned for
"dfd with his match CASTOR knocked
'''i!i down, and dozen stalwart men
were upon him in a moment
Knock the fool in the head!' one
shouted.
Fin his arms behind himr' said an
other
some one quickly pinioned his arms
WIN Il cord. He stood in helpless rage
".i" pity, and IS he saw the match APP
''i, bowed his head and burst into
tears.
ne looked up ut the silent crowd,
''"n@IN% there like voiceless ghosts,
WIN renewed wonder.
n""r the glare of the light and the
walls 'he crowd seeneA to melt into
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Castor turned to the crowd. "Men,
+bores not one among you that loved
chat old soldier and his girl as / did.
Diff Won must not do this crime. II
hi, negro is guilty. we can prove it in
thot courthouse. and he will pay the
,on,Itv with his life. Give him fair
trial
.yTh3f,s a lawyer talkin' now!' said
man IN the crowd. I'VE know that
tnnp The lawyers has things their
o1,n v3v in a courthouse" A murmur
Of assent mingled with oaths ran
through the crowd.
"rai1 trial.' sneered Hose Norman,
snatrhing Dick from the ground by the
rome look ut the black devils clothes
cnlotchnd AL over with her blood. We
fnrnI him under shelvin' rock where
he'd cot by wadin' up the branch
ouartrr OF Il mile to fool the dogs. We
fonn1 his track in the sand some places
where he missed the water, and tracked
him clear from where we found Flora
to the cave he was lying in. Fair
triaI-hell We're just waitin for er
can O. oil. You go back and read your
law hooks-we'll tend ter this devil
The II nSsenger came with the oil and
the crowd moved forward Hose
shouted: Down by Tom Camps, by
his spring: down the spring branch to
the Fiat Rock, where he killed her!"
On the crowd moved. swaying back
tn 6Sf
~ Dicks side. begging for fair trial
fer him. \ crowd that hurries and
does not shout is fearful thing. There
is something inhuman in it's uncanny
silence.
GastOn'S voice sounded strained and
discordant. They paid no more atten-
ton to his protest than to the chirp of
a cricket.
They reached the spot where the
childs body had been found. They
tied the screaming, praying negro to q
live pine and piled around his body a
great heap Of dead wood and satu
rated it with Oil. And then they
poured oil on his clothes
CASTOR looked around him, begging
first one man. then another, to help
him fight the crowd and rescue him
Not hand was lifted or voice raised
in protest There was not a negro
among them. Not only was no negro
in that crowd, but there was not q
cabin in all that county that would moi
have given shelter to the brute, though
they knew him guilty of the crime
charged against him. This was the one
terrible fact that paralyzed Gaston's
efforts.
Hose Norman stepped forward tt
apply match and CASTOR grasped his
arm.
For Gods sake. Hose, wait min
ute he begged. Don't disgrace ou1
town, Our county. our state and ou1
claims to humanity by this insane bru
tality. y beast wouldn't do this. Yol
wouldn't kill mad dog or rattle
snake III such a way. If you will xii
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happened to be the climax OF

A ulluSudl 1uulS LldHL 1uIcIcSL. II
happened to be the climax of
series Of such crimes committed in the
south in rapid succession, and the
death of this negro was reported with
more than usual vividness by young
newspaper man of genius.
A mass meeting was called in Cooper
Union, New York, at which were gath
cred delegates from different cities and
states to give emphasis and unity to
the movement and issue an appeal to
the national government
When Sallie Worth reached Boston
she found Helen Lowell at home alone.
The Hon Everett Lowell had made
one of the speeches of his career at
the meeting held in Faneuil Hail. and
he was in New York. where he had
gone to make the principal address in
the Cooper Union convention Of negro
sympathizers.
George Harris had accompanied him.
supremacy fascinated by the eloquent
and masterful appeal for human broth
erhood he had heard him make in Bos-
ton.
Harris had published volume OF
poems which he had dedicated to
Lowell. and his most inspiring verse
was simply the outpouring Of his soul
in worship of this ideal man.
He was his devoted worshiper for
another and more powerful reason. In
his daily Intercourse with him In MS
library during his campaigns he had
l.; hon T1fi fI1l
and had fallen deeply and ladly in love
with her. AS he listened to Lowells I'M
passioned appeals for human brother
hood, his scathing ridicule of pride and
prejudice. and the poetic beauty OF the
language in which he proclaimed his
own emancipation from all the laws OF
caste, the fiery eloquence with which
he tramDled upon all the barriers man
had erected against his fellow man. his
soul was thrilled into ecstasy with the
conviction that this scholar and sclen'
tific thinker. at least, was free man
He was sure he had risen above the
limitations of provincialisms. racial OF
national prejudices.
He had begun to dream of the day
he would ask this godlike man for the
privilege of addressing his daughter.
When Lowell and Harris reached
Boston, as they parted at the depo1
Harris said:
"Will you be at home tomorrow, Mr.
Lowell?"
| Eyes. Why?'
81 would like talk with you in the
morning on matter of great 1mpor
lance. May call at 8. o'clock? ?"
Certainly. Come right into the Il
brary. You'll fi1d me there George.
Seated in the library next morn1ns
Harris was nervous and embarrassed
He made two or three attempts Il
begin the subject. but turned ASIDE
with some unimportant remark.
"Well, George, what is the problem
that makes you so grave this morn
mgr" asked Lowell. with kindly pat
ronage.
Harris felt that his hour had com
and he. must face it. He leaned TOT
ward in his chair and looked sfeadll.
i down at the rug. while he claspe'
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CHAPTER XVII,

rATHEN this convention met at
NAV Raleigh. no body Of repre-
/" sentative men were ever
more completely at sea as to
the platform or policy upon which
they would appeal to the people for
the overthrow Of an enemy. The CO
alition that conquered the state and
held it with the grip of steel for four
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CHAPTER XIV,

lynching at Hambright had
stirred the whole nation into
b unusual indignant interest. It
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CHAPTER XVI.

A MOTHER year of struggle and
"a suffering. hope and fear, Gas
~ ton had passed, and still he
J,o Il Of
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Birds and Cake.

On last Friday evening, Mr..
and Mrs. A. S. Stanford, in their
cozy home on Depot Street, en-
tertained the entire working
force of the w. F. Hancock store
Proprietor w. F. Hancock and
Head Milliner, Miss Josephine
Brown; Sales Ladies, Mesdames
Robert A. Lewis and William l..
Riley, accompanied by their
"Liege Lords" and last but not
least, in the ability to get on the
outside of the good things SO
generously provided, was Mr..
William T. Rogers, salesman,
who has come to be afectionate-
ly known as Little Boy Blue"
Mr.. Stanford provided the quail
in unlimited quantity, while Mrs.
Stanford, who is famous as a
cake maker, heaped the board
with pineapple and cocoanut
cakes, as accompaniment to the
ri C h billed" custard-and
through it all iron wedge" cof-
fee was in evidence. 1t was a
feast fit for the gods and was
much enjoyed by the mortals
who partook thereof.
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Narrow Escape.
Prompt Work with Small
Hose Prevents Destruc-
ton of the L. III. Pear
son Home.

Last Monday at q little after
IL o'clock, noon, the fire alarm
was blown and the news tele.
phoned that the burning build
ing was the home of L. 81. Pear
son. The Fire Brigade, with
reel and hose, commanded by
Capt. Jno. S. Fielder was prompt
ly on the spot, at the turn in
Huntingdon street, near the
North corner of the Public
Square, but even before that the
fire had been extinguished by
the use of 100 feet of small hose
attached to & hydrant In the
yard. The fire originated from
a spark, which caught the out
side Of the roof some eight feet
from the kitchen fue. The loss
by fire and water is estimated at
about $l25.OO.
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School Notes.

The names of those leading
their classes this month will ap-
pear next week.
Some who have succeeded in
making the highest grade in
some of their studies. will not
see their names on the honor roll
on account Of failing to make. a
hundred in department.
Mr.. Powers made a trip with
Mr.. w. r. Wilson into the south
part of the courty last Friday
and Saturday in TIM interest Of
scientific farming.
Thursday being Thanksgiving,
school was dismissed Wednesday
until Monday.
Some of the teachers will attend
the State Association that meets
in Nashville.
The athletic association has
two basket ball teams and have
played several games.
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Thanksgiving.

The Progress goes to press ear.
ly this week in order that the Of
fee may be kept closed on
Thanksgiving day.
While the year 1918 will leave
the Progress force several things
to be wished, vet unfulfilled, it
has also brought multitude of
things for which we are collec-
lively and truly thankful. Be.
ginning with the cyclone Of
March 18TH nothing happening
in the year 1918 has been so bad
that it might not have been
worse--and as our good old
friend, Esq. N. White, of Decat-
urville, used to say in his pray
ers, I'VE are thankful that it's
as we'll with us as what it is."
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P. R. Moore.

In the death of P. r. Moore,
who passed away at his home
North of Lexington, on Thurs.
day. Nov. 18th, The Progress lost
a fried Of thirty years. standing.
During the three decades in
which we knew Mr.. Moore, he
was a steadfast personal and bus
mess friend and hence we had
felt the deepest sympathy for
his little family when it became
evident that death had marked
him for its prey. Mr.. Moore was
a great reader and it had been
one of our pleasures to furnish
him with reading matter at times
when he was not able to work
and had to pass his tsme in some
other way. He had made many
plans for the future but it was
not to be that he should carry
them out. The surviving wife
and one son who have lost on this
earth the excellent husband and
kind father that he was have our
sympathy and we are glad for
them that Time will heal the
wound Of his loss-that what is
now a poignant grief will become
a sweet and tender recollection.
Mr.. Moore was past fifty years of
age and left no family except
the wife and the one son who is
married and had bought a home
with his parents.
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