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DarneiP* bauds, to lie used afieYidor.ee.In the hollow tree, % blade mask covering the face and head, and »ton^ black eloak wan vho found. Each moonshiner wears one of these masks and cloaks when at a joeettug or on a midnight raid.It l*a weinl and terrifying night to seethe band at »ta nightly orgies, surrounding a bin*-lug fitain tlio dork incmntain wood*.The district atu*rncy also lun one of these black masks ami cloaks.* The Oath.The by-laws of the organization are neatly irdawt op on fools-cap paper, covering two loosely written pages,’©eat* is the peaelty for revealing any of the WWhor traaAaffttiQBtt ot the order, and each sarafcW is swan*** assist iA fteflbmpMing the ileott 4t any Vkd, oonftes within rile pale of Uuu'claoec. m\rm t5laea ate InXmwed for not a muling the nutetiigm, and one clause provides that any member who shall mine to a meeting under the inlHaone© of liquor shall be whipped.The moonshiners swear to stand by oae. another in all sorts of difficulties, to perjure themselves iu court if necessary, to secure the acquittal of any oue of their members.Even removal from the *tato does not relieve a member from Ms oath to the order, rult;1 If be betrays any of its secrets to anyone, no difference where he is, to suffer deatli.The leading clause of the organization is prO\ iding for the punishment of revenue informers. They ace all to l* driven out of the country. If they don’t leave when notillcd, they are to be forced to do so.in* « « i i it 1 #
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Atlanta Constitution
Atlanta, Georgia, US
Thu, Mar 06, 1890
Page 2
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Pat F.
TX, USA 14 Jun 2019
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