Rebuilding in Ruined South Amid Riots and Reconstruction
A postwar scene shows Nelee returning with news of Colonel Gaston’s death while Mrs. Gaston mourns. Tera Camp arrives healed yet hopeful to rebuild behind Gaston’s place as northern teachers push negro equality. Reconstruction riots ensue and Tom Camp resists the new regime, leaving whites destitute and properties taxed away.
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Nelee
Lee
South
Tera
Ufe
Mr. Gaston
Proclaiming Hope and Desolation in a Defiant South
Mrs Gaston’s home faces tax sale as Union forces and white resistance collide. The preacher seeks funds to save her house, aids from Boston, and endures a nightmare of looting, death, and a brutal fight between loyalists and the Ku Klux Klan amid Reconstruction era turmoil.
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Boston
North
Lee
South
Appalachian
Confederacy
Lincoln
Washington
Nesse
Charlie
Nin
Gaston
Tie
Great Colosseum
Heaven
God
Earth
Colosseum
Parepa Rosa
Williun Crane
Coudby
Doctor
Goodby
Deacon
Legroe
Talley
Perkins
Flambright
Dave Harley
Toihik
Haley
Shelby
Tim
Thiley
Widder
Charleston
Carolinas
North Carolina
John Durham
Sinon Legree
Tim Shelby
Supreme Court
Legree
Secretary of War
Ku Klux Klan
Law and Order League
Congress
Millon
Id Haley
Tak
Dr Hobson's Eczema Ointment touted as cure for long‑standing tetter
Mrs. D L Kenney claims the ointment cured her eczema after over fifty years of suffering from tetter described as an awful burning and itching skin disease. The advertisement urges readers to buy from druggists or by mail from Bee Pfeiffer Chemical Co. St Louis and Philadelphia.
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D. L. Kenney
Dr. Hobson
Mt Vernon Masonic and Fraternal Lodge Directory
Mt Vernon Lodge No 22 F and A M meets Thursdays at Masonic Hall Clayton St. Owls Nest Athens No 1460 meets Fridays at Owl's Nest Clayton St. Keystone Chapter No 1 Royal Arch Masons meets every third Tuesday at Max Joseph building. Athens B P O E No 790 meets Wednesdays at lodge Broad and Lumpkin. Glenn Lodge No 75 I O O F meets Tuesdays at Odd Fellows Hall Clayton and Jackson. Williams Lodge No 15 I O O F meets Mondays at Davison Nicholsons. St Elmo Lodge No 40 Knights of Pythias meets Mondays at Castle Hall Max Joseph building Clayton and Wall. Geo B Davis Camp 292 W C W meets Wednesdays at Woodmen Hall Clayton St. Classic City Council No 315 U C T meets first and second Saturdays at W O W Hall Clayton St.
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Mt Vernon Lodge
A. M
Mt. Vernon Lodge
No. 22
Masonic Hall
Max Joseph Building
Clayton Street
W. A. Capps
W. M
J. H. Dorsey
Order of Owls
Athens
Owl’s Nest
P. H. Corbett
E. A. May
Sec
Keystone
Royal Arch Masons
Max Joseph
Lodge Quarters
Broad and
Lumpkin Streets
Joe L. Deadwyler
E. R. Geo. H. Palmer
Glenn Lodge
Odd Fellows
Clayton and
Jackson Streets
H. J. Davis
N. G. H. L. Garebold
St. Elmo Lodge
K. of P
Knights of Pythias
Castle Hall
Wall Streets
S. R. Macduffie
C. C
T. H. Nickerson
K. of R
Geo. B. Davis
Woodmen Hall
Talmage Building
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Tennes
C.of
Gary
Macon
Madison
Georgia Railroad
B. R
Bloodworth
J. C. Hellner
Augusta
Thomas Dixon
Doubleday, Page &Co
Worth
Tom Camp
Tom
Aunt Eve
Graham
Ife
Durham
Jenny
Bey
Wind
Lars
Posg
Mance
Chiehin
Arcanary
Evin Perkins
Ted
Orpians
Ezra Perkins
Hambright
Brother Haley
Michigan
Italey
Hoge
New Conservative Party
New York
Wall Street
Stock Exchange
Old Commonwealth
Klin
Pfeiffer Chemical CO
Lodge Directory
H. Johnson
H. P
Fred T. Moon
B. R. Pickrell
John Mappin
Classic City Council
W. O. W. Hall
J. H. Wilson
C. John Roberts
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