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Ebhedsv Found "The theory that the Ku Klux -tu-a CmJJur.l ghosts -ti Secret Club Formed by Six Fun-Loving Young Tennesseeans Became One of Most Powerful Organizations of 'Regulators' in U. S. History REMEDIES 1 A' 7 -jj i i i i 4." An illustration from Harptr's Weekly for February -18(58, showinif two army oOicers posjng in Ku Klux Klan uniforms captured at Hunts-ville, Ala. If 1 luost rrevaicni In Sub-Normal DR. JAMES W.

BARTON IT WAS thought for many years that epilepsy caused -f eeble-rnindedn'Vss notwithstanding the fact that many brilliant individuals were or had been subject to epileptic attacks. Many physicians felt that these few brilliant men were just exceptions to the rule. It is also a fact that among those of poor intellect (those below normal mentally) there is- a greater proportion of- leptics. Whatabout epileptics who are normal mentally Ar they likely to gradually lose some of this mentality and become subnormal? most interesting study of epilepsy and mentality is re- corded in the Amer- lean Journal of Or- 'thopsychiatry by three Boston re i v- Pjf- I -search workers Drs. luernl Moore, C.

R. Atwell and A. N. 1 Louise Collins. There LJ -were 229-rpffe pt uuiing uit; Dr.

Barton period .1916 1930. "They 'are to be a fair cross section ol.the epileptic portion of the community. The tests included speed and ai curacy with which "siirfple sums' wer.e done or" questions answered, memory, mental speed, speech, reasoning judgment, comprehension or understanding; and others. EitumijpifioB -f -What did these research workers findSfter an examination of 229 cases during a period of 20 years? In cases where the intelligence was below below normal condition was not due to the -epilepsy but bepause the patients were mentally below normal- -Any- way and happened. to have-epilepsy ai.su.

They found also that the individual -below normal mentally is more' likely to develop, epilepsy than one is normal. '-'The effect of epilepsy is greatest in those who are below normal anyway; they have less resistance to the effects ot the attacks than have those of normal or higher mental ability." Another interesting finding was "that the length of time the patient had been afflicted with epilepsy did not seem to make much difference in the effects of the epilepsy on his mental power. Exercise Teeded For Healthy Heart Some years ago whilst visiting Montreal I noticed a man climbing a number of. steps up the side of "resting" for a while and again climbing a few steps and. resting.

On inquiring he lolti me that he had had a nervous and physical breakdown which had affected his. heart. After resting for a couple of weeks afterhe was apparently welh' his physician had advised this climb, which he" took at a definite number of steps per minute. He was increasing the number of steps between rests each week and was again examined each week by his physician. Most of us have been thinking too much of the rest that the tired or failing heart needs and forgetting that every muscle of the body needs work or exercise to develop it and Keep it in good condition.

Of course the needed rest -to build up or restore the "reserve power" must first be taken, but thereafter regular and graded exercise strengthens the heart. Dr. Ernest P. in Hygeia states: Jilt matter of common knowl edge that physical training' enables a normal individual to undergo ser exertion with greater ease and efficiency. While ho thought of making a trained athlete out of a patient with heart disease," a certain amount of well-tolerated activity exercise will make the circulatory apparatus (heart and blood vessels) a more efficient machine, will spare the heart a certain amount of work (because the training wijl rntfke the work easier) and promote a general sense cf well being.

It will also help to prevent obesity (overweight) which so often follows an inactive TODAY'S HEALTH COLUMN I I I readily accepted by the Negroes generally as entirely, reasonable and 'credible, and when the Klansmen started to making moonlight visits of a regulatory nature they took their cue from this," says Mr. Jlorn. For instance, the leader of the Klansmen, after calling the Negro 'put of hfs cabin, would complain that he -was thirsty and ask the black man to bring him a bucket of water. Usually he would bring the bucket and a gourd dipper, thereupon the ghostly figure w6ulj throw the gourd aside and, raising the bucket to his hps, it to the- last (The Negro didn't know, of the Klansmarj had a funnel in-siife hismask' a'nd-from its end a rubber tube. rvn down to an oil his flowing-j-ob'e.) laving drunk, the white-robed figure would smack his lips appreciatively, and exclaim, "My, trut that's good.

That's the first drink I've, had since I was killed at the Battle of Shiloh; and you get mighty thirsty down there in A Standard Joke. "This became the favorite and standard joke of the Ku Klux everywhere during those early it was almost the hallmark pf a Ku Klux hone genuine without it," declares Mr; Horn. But it was not -the" only stunt which the Klansmen tried to frighten the superstitious Negroes. Sometimes the leader would put a. false head, -made-of-a gourd with a mask attached.

on" t'6p'4'-i3' heucf twd weai--hi'g- robe up over this false head. Dur- mg the interview, he would thrust Hie, masked gourd at the Negro Ssaying "Here, hold my head a moment." The terror which this request inspired is easily imag-: ined. Sornetiines ire -would a.sk the Negro to shoke hands with him and When- black; "man reached out he would be met with a hand made pi wtiod and pair.t-' ed white sothat it fewked" exactly -1 ha of a sk tn During one such visit Mississippi the Negro' was asked, "Hae you got a Upon replying that he had, he was told by the ghostly visitor, "Well, come along with grave- TH TRIAL, IS AT HASTOf at WW TlLne.a wi.y 4k. MM tt. vlAytttX-i otntm A rare Ku Klux broadside warn-.

ing, printed and posted in Tusca loosa, Ala. yard. My-headstone is so close to my head I can't rest good in my. I want you to help me move "It is particularly interesting to observe the frequency with which the unsung and anonymous but prolific poets of the Reconstruction era wefe moved to lyrical composition in connection with the rise and fall of the Ku Klux," observes Mr. Horn.

He then cites the case of a Carpetbag preacher, named Reverend A. W. Cummings, who became tax assessor and collector. in Spartanburg; S. C.

When Presi--dent Grant sent Federal troops to Spartanburg 1871 to suppress the Klan, the local news- paper, named the Spartan, printed the following "impious gibe'' at Reverend Qummings, which it called "A Reverend Gentleman's Evening Now I lay trie down to pray thee. Grant, my body keep. Just let the. noldier' round me stand And drive away the Ku Klux band. That Irnay have one niKht of rest With consciousness of safety blessed.

And though my conscience sting no more, -I think I may make out to snore. A srateful song I then will raise. Thy soldiers and thy grace to praise. Amen. When Gen.

George Meade, the victor of Gettysburg, was placed in command of one of the mili-. tary districts in the South, he issued a general order calling for the 'suppression of the Ku Klux Klan. -ana iorpiaatng tne. newspapers to 'print anything "fur- thering-the Ku Klux cause." Thereupon some unknown poet printed in the Augusta (Ga.) Register, and Chronicle the following: GENERAL ORDER 30,721 Let every Ku Klux Klansman heed The General Order of General Meade. His Highness has received a fright And can not sleep bu c.

or niKliU He sees in every South rn man -A member of the Ku Klux Klan. And every time a ram's horn toots (Poor fellow) trembles in his boots. Oh. dear! Oh, dear! how thoy annoy him. Hence his orders to 'em.

So let. every Klansmair heet The General Order of- General Meade; And all observe this General Rule, Signed and sealed by Meade DAMPH.CO I By ELMO SCOTT WATSON irifkawd by Western Newspaper inim.r 0- NE December, evening in. 18G3 six young men ere sitting around the fireplace in the law office of Judge Thomas M. Jones in the little town of Pulaski, idly gossiping about the affairs'of the day. Eventually the "talk 'turned to how dun fife seemed in this little town after the thrills andex citement they had known as soldiers in the Confederate What could they do to amuse themselves and help "pass away the time while adjusting themselves to the new' order of Some" one it may have been Judge Joncs son Calvin Jones, or it raav nave ucen in out: cf the other five, John C.

Lester, Capt. John Kennedy, Capt. James R. Frank O. McCbrd or -Richard that they, might organize, a new club or soxnety: In the absence- of any better sur-j gestion, they decided to go ahead with idea.

The" next evening they met again in Judge Jones' office formed a temporary organization. They elected a chairman and a secretary, committees wire Jo; select a name for 'the. new organization" and "to" draw up rules and' a ritual for the initiation of new Then they" adjourned, to meet a Week later to perfect their organization. Thus was formed the famous Ku Klux Klan" of the Reconstruction era, organization wa-s at the same time lawless and law-preserving, that successfully defied the might of the federal government of the United States and that wrote into our history one of its most thrilling chapters. The 'Invisible A complete history of the Ku Klux Kla'n would fill volumes (it took 13 of them to hold all the testimony given before the joint congressional investigation of the Klan that began in 1870) but a present-day historian has compressed into one volume most of the essential 'facts about it.

He is Stanley Horn of Nashville, 'editor of the' Southern Lumberman, whose "Invisible Empire The Story of the Ku Klux. Klan, based upon years of research, was published recently by the Houghton Mifflin company. It is easy to understand how difficult was his task of piecing together fragments of the story into an authentic and interesting narrative. For the Klan had no written records and the sifrviving Klansmcn evlen "years later when there was little, if any, reason to fear reprisal refused to talk. "The objects of the new society being purely amusement and relaxation all of the original plans and arrangements were decidedly on the burlesque and grotesque side," says Mr.

Horn in his chapter on the origin of the Klan. "The names of the officers, as specified in the report of the rules Committee, were unusual and unique, the prime consideration being to get as far as possible away from familiar military or political titles." Having decided to call their meeting place a "Den," they gave their chief officer a name appropriate to lha't the 'Grand Cyclops." The next important official was called a "Grand Magi" and there was a "Grand Turk" greet all candidates for nnA SiOU. Hit: sccicitujr --waa. vaucu the "drahd Scribe" and there were two messengers called "Night Hawks" and guards called "Lictors." Ordinary members were referred to as "Ghouls." titles had no meaning or significance being selected arbitrarily and solely for their weird and( supposedly impressive sound," writes Mr. Horn; "It was just another local secret avniioujigen looking for an -outlet for their, unemployed energies such as has been formed hundreds of times in.

the past without any particular, purpose. In all probability it would endure but time until the attention of the members was directed' along other-channels. Aside from the condition of affairs and oilier factors involved, the thing that caused the new organization to attract attention and later to spread beyond any dream qf its organizers was unquestionably the impression created and the curiosity aroused by its mysterious, sonorous name. It was kind of came people liked to repeat, just. Bf.ADOFR.

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lawn? ever mow a Goes Without Saying Sergeant. If anything moves, you- shoot. Sentry Yes, 'sir .7 And" If any-" -thing hoots, I move. Rejected Suitor No, no, Joan, don't tjve me back the ring. After all, what's 36:75 to a man with a broken heart.

Not to Blame 1 "Darling," said, the young husband, "what a peculiar flavor this stewed steak "I really cannot account for it," replied his wife. in order to take away the unpleasant faste of the onions I scalded them in eau-de-Cologne." What a Relief! You've told me all your grievances?" asked the attorney at law. "Yes, I think so." "Then I'm afraid, madam, you have no grounds for divorce." "No, I feared so but I wanted to tell you everything; you listen so nicely." 01,209 MAWRia, Cases reported In the U. S. in 1938! U.

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Help Them Clrane the Blood Your kidneyi are conatantly fllterlnc-wmate matter from th blood stream. But ki.lneyi sometimra lag in their work do rot art aa Nature Intended (ail to remove impuntiea that, if retained, may poison the system and upset toe srbola body machinery. Symptoms mat be nsfrrins; hackache, persistent hcadarhe, attarKsol diu'iins, Erttinf up nights, putrmina uader the ey a teelinf o( nervoua anxiety and loea of pep and strength. signs ol kidney or bladder disorder may bv burning, scanty pr toi Irenuent urination. There should be no doubt that prompt treatment is wiser than negleot.

Usa Voan't fills. Doan'n have been winning new friends Jor more than forty years. Tory have a ration-wide reputation. Are reeomnended by grateful people tba country oier. Atk your Si 4 thoseT who seemed incapable of using their new-found freedom discreetly." 'It must 'be remember! that tliese were uneasy times in' the South.

Its traditional social structure had been overturned by the liberation of the slaves and these freedmen, suddenly unrestrained, were inclined t3 make the most -of their new irresponsibility, especially since they were encouraged by Northern Carpetbaggers, who. had swarmed' into the South to take advantage of "its demoralized condition, aad by Southern Scalawags. It must be reraem- bered, too, that for years the dread of a slav? insurrection had been the-secretr fear of nearly every Southerner. Now with disorders increasing minor transgressions of the newly liberated blacks seemed to be Only a prelude to something infinitely So anything which could hold them in check and avert that possible disaster was not to be lightly dismissed without a trial, at least. The First Stage.

"But all this innocent frolic and horseplay on -the part; of few small-town youths constituted merely the first stage in the existence of the Ku Klux Klan," writes Mr. Horn. "Throughout the winter of 1866-67 the Ku Klux Klan outgrew the confines of Pulaski and Giles county. Also it began to take -on a more serious purpose wherever, it, had been established. It had grown out of it3 swaddling clothes and, almost before organizers realized what was happening, they found it on the eve of branching out as a force of-regulation which was to affect the destiny or the whole South.

Pulaski, however, remained the nerve-center of the Ku Klux movement. Here was dropped into the pool the pebble whose ripples spread so far." Just as Pulaski regained the nerve-center, so did the state 'of Tennessee become the brain" of the movement. This was" due largely.to the-genius of one man Gen. Nathan. Bedford knowas the "wizard" of.

the saddle," when he was leading Confederate cavalry during the late war. He became the "Grand Wizard" of the Ku Klux Klan and un- der his direction the Klan was '-used the only which the prostrate South had left to prevent itself from being ground into the dust by the hatred of the Northern Radicals. Then when the control of the Klan began to slip away from the original lead- ers and thieves andother desperadoes began to use its masks and robes to cloak their own evil designs, it was disbanded. The story of all this, turbulent period is told in "Invisible Em- bock thus: "So lived and so died the Ku Klux Klan. It made its name a symbol of terror and desperation.

There are today many thou- sands of Americans who think 6t it as an indefensible "gang-of outlaws and murderers. But ask any person who lived in the South during that wild nightmare called the Reconstruction, and who saw the Klansmen as they went about their self-appointed task, such a one and from the light in his eyes it will be easy to see that Jhe Klan in his memory is clad in shining armor, sans peud' et sans to hear tle.ound of its-' sinister" syllables. Even initials, in their alliterative attractiveness, were an asset." Curiously, enough, this name, which was to help the society be- come historic, was chosen quite by In those d'ays Grerjk-letter -fraternities werebeeom-ing popular in the colleges and universities of the country so it was only natural, perhaps, that the founders of the Klan should turn to the Greek vocabulary for A a suggested name. It was Richard Reed who first suggested the name "Kuklos," from a Grrei '-wrd -from j-which and "cycle" are flerived. Ha companions liked that nam; bat Kennedy, who had an ear Jbr alliteration, suggested that aftStAer sound be introduced into the name by adding the word "clan." So, at first, it was spelled "Ku-lfOs Clan," then "Kuklux Klan" and finally it emerged as "Ku Klux Klan." Although there are GEN.

N. B. FORREST various other versions of the origin of the name, this is the stor? "as told by surviving charter members and itsauthenticit seems beyond question," declare! Mr. Horn. Just as the name ofthevorgahi- zation' was chosen by chance, so was its official Concerning it the-author of "Invisible Empire" says: "Bubblis- bvef with the excitement of their new found plaything, the young mem' bers of the new Ku Klux KiaB decided to make a public manifestation of themselves; so, bon rowing the familiar idea of th easy Hallowe'en disguise, the wrapped themselves in sheets, mounted their horses and- gaI" loped through the streets of thl-little town, greatly enjoying th they, crtfated naftieu- arty therroand dismay ol in isegroes, to whose supersiF tious minds the sight of white-sheeted figures suggested nothinf but spirits risen from the grave, and who accordingly fled to their homes in panic-stricken terror." In a short tune this terror that was created among the Negroes began to create considerable talk around Pulaski.

"It was that prpwling freemen wt' en' countered the ghostly at night were afterwards inclined to stay at home ater dark; and this gave birth to the idea that perhaps the Klan might be used as a means of.subduing the undue bumptiousness and the nocturnal prowlings of sonic of v- -r i i hearta "Now this doesn mean that hard or prolonged exercise should be taken which would use up the heart reserve and perhaps require rest in bed again. "Sudden spurts of effort as- in lifting heavy objects or sprinting to catch a train are particularly dangerous, as thty may cause acute heart failure. Similarly all competitive sports in which the patient may forget his fatigue and drive himself to greater efforts should be avoided. Tennis, basketball, handball are out of the The heart patient must never Tysh from place to place. He must acquire unhurried activity.

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