Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1920-10-14
SHERIFF
OFFERS REWARD
FOR NIGHT RIDERS

county, has offered a reward of $500
for the arrest of the parties guilty
Of posting notices on cotton gins
warning the. owners to cease opera
lions. The sheriff has also appealed
to Governor Dorsey for assistance In
running down the persons attempt
ing to terrorize the cotton ginners.
In a letter to the governor, Sheriff
Raggett declares that practically ev-
cry gin in Douglas county has been
posted with warnings from mysteri-
ous night riders and while there have
been no incendiary fires thus Tar, 1t
Is feared that gins will be destroyed
unless drastic measures are taken at
once.
Governor Dorsey has replied to
Sheriff Baggett saying there Is no
statute under which the governor
may offer a reward for the arrest OF
persons guilty of a misdemeanor. Inc
posting of a threatening notice is a
misdemeanor under the law. II ag1n
should be burned, however, the OIL
fense becomes a felony and the gov
ernor could legally offer a reward
for the arrest Of the guilty parties
Governor Dorsey has indicated that
Commencing Sheriff Baggett for
taking the initiative in Douglas coun-
ty and making an energetic attempt
to apprehend the night riders, GOV
ernor Dorsey assured him that the
full cooperation of the state authorl-
tias would he given in the effort to
stop terrorizing OF cotton glnners ny
fanatics"
Owners Employ Guards
According to Sheriff Baggett the
ginners of Douglas county are en-
blowing guards for their gins at
cost Of from SO to $15 per Gay,
and thus far none of the posted
niants have been destroyed. The
posting of gins has become genera
throughout the counties ADJOINING
Douglas, he declares.
Gin Guard Killed
Indicating the extent to Whlcn tne
posting of gins has spread over , Inc
Seing taken by the authorities to cope
With With the situation, the Associated
press has sent out the tolloWl"s
dispatch from it's Atlanta otarCei n cd
origin in which cotton has, been de- e
stroyed and widespread threats u
nipht riders to burn gins whose own.
ars ignore warnings to discontlhha as
operations until the sta ppo,,n On" nave
a price of forty tort s eenIa q Of proclama-
reSu1seqh Nv ~ governors Brough, of Ar,
onsos and Kilby, of Alabama, anu
h sfatanoents of their position by GOV
errors Dorsey, of Georgia anu Ivy
"Goyernor Brough upon beng a If
vised last night of the shootngg IN
Nora Canada, a negro, gin s ua1tu Ma
T,onoke county, issued Tfo11,1ass.
ton citing the killing anu 20 STOW
ness 80 ~ the prevailing low price
Oh .a GTueon Governor called upon ta ae
state adiHtant general ana , sherl 70
Of counties where there mere al are mower u1 at
pe US command to suppress these
nieht riding outrages.' POSTS %
the American Legion also were uls 0o
70 cooperate with the authorizes, 20
"The killing Of 1 Ca naaarde un' bv tn the
last night had been regaru oe'itr p
of night riding activities as the owl W.
or Of the gin at which the negro
was killed IS said to have received
a warning to close It,. Two negroes
have been arrested and charged WIN
the killing, however, and one OF them
is said to have confessed that the
motive was robbery, and one OF them
is said to have confessed that the
motive was robbery, refuting the
theory that the shooting was an act
Kilby's proclamation
"In proclamation citing the burn
Ing Of gins and gin houses in Ala
bama, Governor Kilby has offered q
reward of $3.50 for the arrest and
conviction of any. person guilty Of
character of lawlessness deliberately
violates one of the fundamental pur-
poses for which government is estab-
lished and threatens to substitute
IL ON nj
terror and violence the governor de-
clared.
Governor Cooper in a communities
ton toll. w. Harris, solicitor Of the
Tenth judicial circuit Of South Caro-,
lima, deplored the acts Of fanatics
and gave assurance that should any
situation develop which would re-
quire extra effort on the part of
the state he would not hesitate to
order it. Mr.. Harris had written. the
on gins and had asked If any pfepara-
tions had been made for the sending
of detectives into the affected dis
tricts. The only overt act so Tar
committed in South Carolina was the
removal last week of mechanical
parts from a gin in Anderson county.
These were replaced, and the gin re-
PLAN MASS MEETING
TO PROTECT GINNERS
ADMISSION, Ala, Oct. 12.-Follow-
ing posting Of notices at several cot
ton gins in Calhoun county that the
gins must be closed by Wednesday
or be destroyed, a mass meeting Of
citizens of the county has been call
ed here for Wednesday at which time
it is planned to take action to pro-
The president of the county d.
vision Of the American Cotton assoc
citation Monday issued an appea! to
'all who stand for law and order
to attend the meeting. It is pro-
posed to effect an agreement among
the ginners whereby they viii! ell
Their close their gins or demand as.
surance from cotton growers that
their properties will not be violated.
? One man who owns and operates
five gins in the county received a
letter signed "Committee of 100" de-
handing that he close all OF the gins
by Wednesday. Notices were also
posted at the gins that they must be
Shut down by Wednesday or be de-
stroyd. Other gins all over the coun-
tv were reported posted,
The COMMITTEE of 100, supposed
to be night riders, demands that the
gins cease operation until the price
Of cotton reaches forty cents.
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