davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
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ance meant to the Gulf people in dol
lars and cents" Senator Couzens de-
clared.
Harrison said it would take time TO
produce the figure it involved
search of the individual accounts of
Gulf subsidiaries.
Custodian Appointed.
At this point Senator CouZenS sug-
CcSted that the committee impound
the Gulf records in custody of the
serGeant-at-arms. Harrison objected,
questioning the legal right of the
bureau TO surrender possession. After
d brief executive session, the commit
tee solved the problem by putting
Harrison and Greenadge under oath
as custodians Of the records until
the committee resumes its work
Monday.
Evening star., 1924-03-28

program Of music by girls from the
King Smith studio The president.
Williams Jennings Price. appointed
the following committee to nominate
Evening star., 1924-03-28

officers for the next term: JUDI
John McCord. Chester j. Fitch II )
Barbee, Mrs. Thatcher and Lee Lama
Robinson. Dancing followed.
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CHAPTER III
\ Chance Meeting

Dora was left to a solitary lunch.
She had ordered an especially dainty meal,
thinking that David would be there to share
it with her; but he did not come, and she
ate it alone.
Monty had purposely kept him out, she
told herself resentfully; Monty was working
against her. not with her; she could not UNI
derstand how it was that he had changed So;
once he would have tried to get the moon
for her had she wished for it.
It was lovely afternoon, and after drag
cling out restless hour on the chance of
David returning, she went out.
AS a rule she went straight to the West
End and spent her time amongst the shops;
but today somehow she felt out of tune Wit6
her old world.
She remembered, with little shiver, how
heavily she was already in debt; in her heart
she had always been sure of pulling things
off, as she called it, with David; once she
had even been tempted to give her future
marriage with him as a security. David was
so rich; as his wife she could have everything
she wanted.
She wondered into the park and sat down
on a seat under the trees.
Spring flowers filled the beds, and birds
SANG in the branches overhead.
Children played and shouted to each other
, on the soft grass. The world seemed a very
beautiful place to them; in its new spring
dress of green.
But Dora sat with her eyes moodily down
cast, and let its beauties pass her unheeded.
For almost the first time in her life it
seemed as if she TO be denied her hearts
desire; hers not the nature to take a
disappointment calmly, or even philosoph-
icaly
What was the use of being beautiful if
beauty could not win all one wanted? What
was the use of beauty if one could not
suitably adorn it?
David was the richest man she knew
u oI ole l.
fces to win. She had dreamed so much o;
/ all she would do when she reigned there as
his wife; it seemed a thousand times more
desirable now that in all probability it would
never be hers. She started up impatientIy
and walked on over the soft grass.
All her life she had never been thwarted;
she would win nOw-she would.
She raised her head with fierce gesture
of defiance, and saw Mary Furnival comm g
through the sunshine towards her
The two girls were quite close together,
or it is possible that Mary would have
turned back; but recognizing that it was too
late she stood her ground.
Dora Fisher was quick thinker; in an
instant she had decided upon her plan of
campaign. She went forward with hand
Outstretched.
L was Just thinking about you. Oh, You
poor dear. Whatever will You do"
Mary had flushed when she first saw
Dora. but she was pale enough again now
even her lips looked white.
Il don't understand you. IL" she
faltered. and broke down.
I'VE know everything, OF course Dora
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THE COUNTRY HOME
IS. W. H. FELTON,

reason that they do not know any more
about it than himself, but an obligation
tantamount to an oath was taken, one fea-
ture Of which was, we would obey, when
called upon, the orders of the party that
we selected whoever he was; that it was
confined to white men, and no white Repub-
licans were found in it; that it mainly
confined to soldiers of the army (Southern) &,
men who had shown themselves plucky and
ready TO meet any emergency, and who were
accustomed to commando; that there were
signs of recognition etc, etc
General Gordon testified under oath.
AS this brief article of mine is confined to
plain facts without comment, [ will only ven
ture to say that General Gordon was mem
Der of the order, he was not qualified to
speak as he did of it, and as | was then
living, full grown and twenty-one," / hazard
nothing when | state that General Gordon
was generally reported as the grand cyclops
in Georgia if not throughout the late Con-
federate states.
This Ku KluX excitement was much great
er in 1868, while General Gordon was a
candidate against Bullock. The excitement
grew again into Juror in 1872, when the
general was running for the United States
senate, opposing. Hon A. II. Stephens and
Hon. B. H. Hill.
There is no reason to doubt it's political
purpose its management by Southern SOL
diers who had survived the War Between
klansman always a kansman has been tie
basis of the revival Of the order in 1923-4.
There are men all over the south who had to
come forward, because their oath bound
them to obey when orders were given by
those accustomed to command
Nothing is ever gained by smothering or
concealing the facts, in such matters How
many white men were given the penalty of
the law will never be known until the mat
ters is revived at the resurrection of the
just. When the majority report was made
in the year 1872 and the facts were summed
up the order utterly condemned. The
minority report admitted many atroci-
ties but fred on General Grant, the chief
magistrate of the United States, for endeav-
which should be done by the states and not
the federal government, and through the
courts and juries where the offenses were
committed-in the southern states.
My possession of these old reports grew
out of the full history of Georgia affairs
concerning the value of the w. & A. r. Il.
when the new lease of 1889 being con-
sidered. We secured a copy then. The en-
tire report, No. %, is today the most re-
liable history of Georgias financial condition
before the Civil war; and afterwards, that
| have seen. 1t is pity that it has
gone out of print, and [ prize my weather
beaten copy very highly. I applied to the
senate for better copy, but was told they
were out of print and could not be supplied.
Because this "once a klansman always a
klansman" feature is elaborated in volume
of $50 pages the sudden Ku Klux revivals
in southern politics can easily be accounted
for.
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O. In photographing stars, is the star act
ually photographed or is it the light given
off by the star many years ago? E. T. C.
A. The image results from the chemical
action of light that emitted by the star
years before. The same applies to the image
of the star upon the human retina. A new
star really undergOes the physical transfer
nation years before the astronomer is aware
of the fact.
Q. Are there any coored bands in the
United States navy?
a. The first and only colored band in the
United States navy, according to a report is
that stationed in the Virgin Islands, the lat
est possession of the United States. All
members of the band are native to the
islands,
@. Was Noah Webster, of dictionary fame,
related to Governor Bradford? O. r. r.
A. He was descendant on his mothers
side of William Bradford, governor of Ply
mouth Colony, and on his fathers side of
John Webster, a governor of Connections
@ viii the English walnut grow in the
eastern states? f. H. W.
y. Commercial success in growing the
English walnut is found only in southern
California. In the eastern states, so far as
present data show, it may be said that the
Persian walnut flourishes on all soils upon
which the black walnut is found, and under
favorable conditions on some Others Sandy
loans, clay loans. and graveIly loans if not
too open, are suitable for the growth of this
tree
Q. How much shorter would the Maine
coast be if it were not so irregular? f. f. R.
A. II the coast line of "hundred-harbored
Maine were regular it would be about 200
miles long. OWNS to the sinuosities of its
contour, the actual coast line is nearly 5000
miles in length.
Q. Is it true that cats are classed a. gov
eminent employees and are carried on the
payrous? l.. 7. u.
A. The value of cats to the postal service
has come 10 be we'll recognized that an
annual appropriation is made by congress for
their maintenance. The reward is in cat
meat" which costs about S155 a year.
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THE IIFE-BINDING OATH

~ HE original Ku KluX Khan eXacted of
each member an oath that made them
a klansmen for life. No matter if they
were expelled for cause, the oath bound
them to secrecy until death, with penalty
certain.
/ never like to make statement without
bringing the proof to sustain it. There is
still eXtant a government report labeled Re-
port No. %, and furnished to the people of
the United States in the year 1872. 1t was
the investigation Of affairs in the late Con
federate States at that time. One David
Schenk, member. and a citizen Of York
county, South Carolina, furnished the copy
of the oath, as follows: q, before the great
| immaculate Judge of heaven and earth and
upon the Holy Evangelist of Almighty God,
do of my own free will and accord sub
scribe to the following sacred binding obi-
CATION:
First am on the side of justice and
humanity and constitutional liberty as be-
queathed 20 by our forefathers in its
original purity.
''Second-I reject and oppose the princ-
pies of the Radical (Republican) party.
''Third-I pledge aid to a brother of the
I<u KluX Khan in sickness, distress pecun-
airy embarrassments Females, friends, wild
ows and their households shall be the spe-
cial object of my care and protection.
"FOurth--Should L ever divulge, cause
to be divulged, any of the secrets Of the
order, or any of the foregoing obligations,
| must meet with the fearful punishment of
death and traitors doom, which is death,
death death at the hands of the brethren"
In an article written by General ~ b.
Forrest for the Cincinnati Commercial in
September, 1868, this sentence occurs: 1T S
objects originally were a protection aga inst
Loyal Leagues and the Grand Army of the
Republic; but after it became general it
was found that political matters and inter
ests could best be presented within it, and
it was then made political organization,
giving its support, of course, to the Demo
cratic party" He Joined the order, named
pale Faces" (This you will find page
9 of Report No. 22) A prescript fur
nished by General Forrest, you will find on
page 10. One paragraph reads thus: His
obligation of secrecy shall be as binding
upon him after expulsion before, and for
any revelation made by him thereafter he
shall be held accountable in the same man
ner as if he were then a member Any
member who shall reveal or betray the
secrets of this (*) shall suffer the extreme
penalty of the law On pages 52-54, Cen
eral John b. Gordon was examined The re-
port says "Of this organization General
Gordon at first declined to answer, now ad-
mits he was asked to become chief in the
state (page BAD. He said it pervaded the
entire state, extending to other states; that
they had some sort of means of controlling
the organization in different localities, but
was reluctant to say what was his position in
that particular organization; does not know
the name of the organization, but admits he
ought to know, but says there was a county
chief and district chief, but does not feel
at liberty to give names, for the singular
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THE GREATEST VICTORY
By DR.. Frank Crane

T he greatest victory man have Ia
to make an enemy to be friend.
/ do not have to be stronger than
my enemy to hurt or kill him. sick
can pull a trigger of a gun and murder
giant A fly can torment horse. mos
quito can bedevil a prizefghter.
But to succeed in compelling my enemy to
become my friend takes real soul muscle.
When one has injured me- or in any way
declared me, shown his contempt
for me, it is the hardest thing in the world
to resist the impulse to arise and strike back.
To get myself up to the pitch where / can
bear him no i'll will and when | set out
to make him change his MIND toward me
takes all the power in me, sometimes a little
more.
An enemy is not really destroyed until he
is reconciled. But to subdue him in this
way have first to subdue myself.
Now, this law holds IS well between
masses and classes of men, between nations
and races, as between individuals.
IF Great Britain we're to declare
against the United States and send out her
navy to lombard us, there are two ways in
which we could conquer her; first, we could
meet irOnclad with ironclad, SOW the
with rudy manhood, and SOW both nations
with rancor, and thus beat her by arms,
maybe (strong accent maybe), and sec
Ond, We could open our ports, welcome her
dreadnoughts, banquet her captains, and
treat her sailors as guests, by which method
we should, in the picturesque language OF
an American statesman, beat her ito fraz-
Zle."
/ have read Jack Londons Revolution"
in which he expands upon the hate he feels
for the capitalist class | am familiar with
the efforts of Mr.. Post to beat down the
labor unions; both are exceedingly primitive
and inefficient.
Those Of the proletariat who are doing
most to conquer the capitalists are they who
transforming embittered employers into
friends of labor.
There is power Of self-mastery that is
invincibe.
There is power in aggressive friendiness
that is beyond all aggressive wrath
Blessed are the peacemakers, because the
peacemaker is twice the size of the mischief
maker.
The peacemaker gets things done the ar
ger-stirrer gets things undone.
Whoever is full of kindness and good will
toward all men is full of a force that is far
stronger than cannon, brickbats, and hard
words.
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! the outset of any discussion meant
~ to be really helpful with regard tc
timdity, it should be frankly set
| forth that there is no one sure cure for this
| exceedingly common complaint.
For Notwithstanding therein bashful
ness and diffidence--is of various degrees
and sources Sometimes it amounts to an
actual disease having its origin in, and being
maintained by subconscious mental states
which have to be dealt with, by experts
trained in such matters, before the timidlty
can be overcome
More frequently, fortunately, it is sus-
ceptble of self-conquest by one means OF
another. Many timid people have found, fol-
example, that if only they will resolutely
mingle with others their tmidity will grad
ually wear away
In this way some, once notorious for
timidty, have so far emancipated themselves
as to become accomplished public speakers
free from any sign of self-consciousness
Through persistent practice, to speak
they have gradually substituted a habit OF
easy confidence for their former habit of an
uneasy timidity.
Other timid persons, besides forcing them
selves out of the secuson they crave, have
found themselves greatly helped by the use
of self-suggesti0n.
To the dominating ideas that others will
observe them closely and critically, they op-
pose the suggestion that no special atten-
ton will be paid to them. To the still more
painful idea that they are inferior beings
they give themselves the suggestion that
they are in no wise inferior. The idea, 81
shall fall they counter with the idea 81
shall succeed"
Thus, through repetition of suggestion
plus manful endeavor, they gradually make
themselves more confident And as their
confidence wakes their timidity proportion
ately wanes.
Another real aid in the struggle against
timidity is to be found in the beneficial in
fuence exercised on the mental state by a
correct bodily posture and by attention to
principles of personal hygiene.
Simply by habituating oneself to walk and
stand on the posture of confidence will tend
to raise the mental confidence-leve1. The
effect will be reinforced, sometimes amazing
ly reinforced, if care is taken to better the
| physique through exercise, dieting, the cor
rection of bodily defects, etc.
Not infrequently, indeed, timidity is large
ly reflection of an impaired condition OF
health. AS the health improves there comes
an increased organic sense of well-being.
bringing with it greater self-assurance.
On the other hand there are those who
are timid mostly because of consciousness Of
| intellectual deficiencies Here the manifest
remedy is improvement Of the mind through
education or self-education. With lessen
ing reason to accuse oneself of ignorance
there will be a lessening compulsion to
/ timidty.
All of which, of course suggests that as
a preliminary to attacking timidty there
should be self-study to ascertain the special
factors that may enter to cause or aggravate
| ones state of fear. Without such self-study
there can only be a blind cropping, which
may or may not produce the desired results.
Copyright, 1924
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MOVIE MAD
BY HAZEL DEYO BACHELOR

What has gone before.-Gloria King
comes to Hollywood with the idea of
making good in the movies. She becomes
hardened by the life, and is foolish
enough to marry Rolf Templeton, the
great screen star, a man she despfse~,
but one who can further her career.
Later she is so unhappy that she leaves
him, and it is then It she makes good
through latent talent alone. She plunges
into life of gayety but is brought to
realization of where she is drifting when
she runs over little boy in her car. Just
as she makes plans for divorce, Rolf IS
seized with pneumonia,-Now go on with
the story.
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With Truth for His S1Oord,
John Davis Thrusts Home

1.-THE great campaign weapon of John W.
Davis is light, the light of truth. He
sends it as shining and a searching
sword into the fallacies the deceits, the in
efficiencies, the wrongdoinSs of a political
regime that loves darkness because its deeds
are evil. Trenchantly but without i'll humor,
he lays the record bare and leaves judgment
to the people.
Thus it was, in his Ohio address, that he
idge as the Republican nominee. The Presi-
dent had made certain claims for his party
in government finance, in foreign affairs and
in general achievement, saying, amongst
other things, that since March 4, 1921, the
finances of this nation have been managed
with genius and success unmatched since
the days of Hamilton
That was a large statement indeed for a
speaker of Mr.. Coolidges wonted caution.
Since the days of Hamilton. Within the en-
suing one hundred and thirty-odd years
there have been, as Mr.. Davis dryy observ-
United States treasury" After naming a
number of them he justly added, when the
historian searches American history for
secretary of the treasury to stand alongside
Alexander Hamilton he will travel down the
decades till he comes to the World war pc
riod, and then he will write the name of
William G. McAdoo.' AS for the ''unmatch-
ed genius and success" with which our fed
eral finances have been managed since
the brunt of the vast labor had already been
borne; and knows, moreover, that not until
the Democrats of Congress forced action over
the protest both of the President and of Sec
rotary Mellon was the federal tax reduction
OF the current year secured.
Particularly keen is Mr.. Davis dissection
of the Coolidge claim that under this admin
istraton foreign affairs have been man
aged with a technical skill and broad
craftsmanship seldom II ever surpassed. >"
Surely, the President thought lightly on that
utterance! There will be no answer to Mr.
Davis query, How much of technical skill
was necessary to persuade the beaten and
vanquished MISUNDERSTANDING Austria, md
Hungary--to sign a treaty dictated by us a
half-doZen lines, saying You of the United
States may have all the rights and benefits
of the peace treaties of Versailles and we
ask you to ,.ccept none of the duties and re-
sponsibilities'?" Again Mr. Davis asks:
How much technical skill and broad states
manship did it require for the Senate TO rat
ify treaty with the republic of Colombia
being delayed act of justice the treaty
having been negotiated and laid before the
Senate by a Democratic secretary of state?
And how much technical skill was necessary
to accept from the Turkish empire the treaty
of Lausanne. laid before us by the Turks.
cancelling all our previous capituIary rtehts
and meekly accepted by the United States
without the dotting of an or the crossing
of y"
The most remarkable and most diverting
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A BIBLE THOUGHT FOR TODAY

A BIBLE THOUGHT FOR TODAY
A false witneSS shall not be UNPUBLISHED,
and he that Speaketh lies shall perish.
There are many devices in mans heart;
nevertheless the counsel of the Lord shall
stand An ungodly WitneSs scorneth judy
ment, and the mouth Of the wicked de-
poureth niquity Hear counsel and re-
ceipe instruction that thou mayest be- wise
in thy latter end.-PrOperbS.
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went on, in her soft. silky voice. David is
staying with us now; he came up to us di-
rectly. Oh, | am sorry for you
The words sounded genuine enough; her
beautiful face was full of sympa thy.
She gave Mary no time TO answer, but
went on
David is simply furious. of course. He
won't listen to reason at all, though Monty
and l have both done our best for YOU. He
simply won't believe that you just did it on
the impulse of the moment. H. talks if
YOU were some horrd adyentuess As if it
were true. Why, | liked you from the very
first moment | saw you
'He-he is furious-with me-"
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AIDS FOR THE TIMID
BY H. Addington Bruce

A the outset of any discussion meant
~ to be really helpful with regard tC