The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1916-02-19

Snn8 i tentative uno through the
lnDd that jim Flstaher haA bouGht.
AnDs Havey watched them grimly
w1o folded arms. bat eaid no word
une1 tAsy reached the boundary oe bin
oWo Don0G ~
1h9s ~ nst them at the border.
8oyu.s he said. '.ye mustn't cross
ta3 fsoea This = my land. an ! for.
1Asir lursnaa argued.
We OILY want % take the measure.
0eoto noo(aGasy - complete our line,
Nh Have. We won't work any IN.
3uy.-
'Co0e - boyA an eat with me an
naks yUrRsslvss at home" he told
thsn. ~ Isuss yOur tooas outsido.'
0en nun The house patrolled the
boun6asy wt1h stneS ana the young
Deo wsr6'losesd - turn back.
~ lat6r they drew near the house
g oA b. l1o0Fseoees and he. steal
ino down = Tie place In the thicket Of
sA0ooden4tcu. saw them perilously
80 The tF1okling stream which even
eAGn boeo On IT. surface little kernels
9 yellow corn. Deeply and violently
~ Doe eworo - he drank from HE
httle blue keg, and when one day he
eav tAeun again he asksd counsel Of
- 'nan. He went down anA erspe
e1ooo thre0gh the lsuFel. and When HI
Cd rine spoke . schoolboy frsm the
e1ue osaas fsll dead among the rocks
- CAo WQtae course.
Amer III death, ne Arst murder oe
N ;innoo6ne eutsidr. ne was which
49, Hsvsy had % long forsssen
1stks fuFiously. ana bfought the q.
1e1o q upland and lcwland q ~
- g 6oeter animooity.
~ 0GoroegoI's victim had bean
yVoag ~ Calvin. the son of Judee
C1evln - Lexington. and the name OF
Gavin g, central Kentucky was one
oe9selafoe Win The statsts best tra,
: ~ - II . stroax brisAt thread
t11oooA ne pattern of Ksutucky's
oe11ovon1nta and when nevs Of the
von1n GDoasolnation came home. the
stoeo aw1fo ~ . sAock 6 hoe1os. Tho
infBov q ~ hflls va Scfe6amed ~,
seoe - - neunipG and ths name
- - Anse Havey Was once more
Dr11ted = large typs.
4 4Ao men whose capital sousht IN
vruDe vgoAt from the hills, and vhoss
emDaoyss Aad BEEN slatn. were quick
- hks advsntags q this hue and cry
of ealumny.
They hurled thsmssivss into the
nght for gaining poesssslon O. ecvsted
land and were not particular 20 to
methods.
n ylstshsr came and went con.
stantly botweeE the lowlands ana
hion1audA He was al things to an
n0 sn1 h The hills he cursed the
lsv>nndRs bat In the lowland he
cwoo4 IL hills. Milt and yeb ana
49, ro6o constantly from cabin %
eenn - their efforts to circumvent
IL odrU1t schemes Of the mountain
Juooo VITO had sold his soul 70 the
lswlanA syndicate.
Heeehee sought . foothold for CAM
eal - Diercs fields acquired at the
prtee of 'undsveloped land and then
% take the profit OF development.
49, enught 70 hold title untfl the
saloo could - on . fairer basis. ana
- the i1sue was made up.
Npitalists. like Malcolm. who sat m
e,rectors' rooms launching Q legiti
ness enterprise. had no actual knowi
se8e Of the inatrumentalities beine
employed on the real battlefield. Law
yees tried condemnation suits with In
oiasrsnt success. and then reached
oW their hands nor new weapon.
eece IN the old days. when Ken
tuohy was not . state but q county.
lano patents had been granted BY
vuvmis % men who had never
claimed their property. For two hun
ored years other men who settled "a
pioneers had held undisturbed posses
sion. they and their children's chill
arm. Now into the courts piled multi
eudfnous suits Of eviction In the names
Of plaintiffs whoBe eyes had neve,
esen the, broken skyline Of the Cum
berlanda Their purpose Was deceit
since Il sought to drag through lont
sud costly litigation pauper iandhold
erS and TO impose such q CALLING bur
den upon their property a. shoulc
drive them TO terms Of surrender.
Mem and women WHO owned, O,
thought they owned, . log shack and
tifting cornneld found themselves fac
ing . new and bewildering crisis
Their untaught minds broodsd ant
they talked violently ef holding b,
title Of rife what their fathers ha,
wrssted from nature. what they ha.
tended with sweat and endless toll.
But Anss Havey and Milt McBria
knew that the day was ut hand whei
the rfflo would no lonRer aArvo. The,