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be Mayor. Didn‘ none o‘ de white folks lak dat. l~!ir. Theodore d1dn‘ lak it hisee‘f, but nothjri‘ he could do ‘bout it. Things got so bad de *}floo.~(Juxes atarted ridiri‘ at night an‘ *~po~jrj‘ o‘ bad Niggers. Den one Satu‘d‘y night Mr. Theodore‘s big sto‘ got set fiah to an‘ de Mayor he tried to blame it on de Kloo—~.uxes. ‘Course ever‘bo4y knowed de Yankees done it. You see de Yankees was a‘~‘tryin‘ to git de Gov‘nor to run de Kloo~K1uxes out. Dat was one ~twfu1 fiah. Near ‘bout de whole town burnt up down town an‘ ever‘ nice white man was down dare a-fi~h~i~i‘ de fish. .

	“Plenty o‘ Nigger8 was out ‚ too, dom‘ devlishruent • Three of ‘em got ‘rested an‘ dey had de trial Monday. In de meentirne, all de Yankee-lovin‘ Niggers had a big meetin‘ an‘ de loudes‘ rnouf dere was dat big buck Nigger Bill. kie &il time call hisse‘f De~nie when he don‘ call hisse‘f Clopton. Here dey goes, all het up frurn makin‘ speeches an‘ a~‘drinkin‘, an‘ packs de courtroom full. then Mr. Patton got up on de stan‘ an‘ say, he ~ho‘ done hear Bill Dennis say somp‘in‘, Bill he holler out, ‘Dat‘s a U.e‘.‘ Only he say a bad word dat I wouldn‘ say. Den Mr. Patton, raise up his walkin‘ stick an‘ start toward Bill. ‘Bout den Bill jerk out his pistol an‘ shoot at Mr. Patton. He miss Mr. Patton an‘ hit Judge i~rexnlette. Yes‘m, kilt him corpse-‘dead right dere on hLs high pulpit chairt ~

	“Bout dat time ever‘thing bue‘ loose. Near ‘bout all de white gent‘mun in dé court rooa take a shot at Bill. He falls, but he amt dead yet. Dey put hirn in de sheriff‘s office an‘ 1sf two white men wid him. But things was a‘-happenin‘ sofas‘ by dat time dey


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