"ASSURED A LIFE OF LUXURY FOR SEVERAL YEARS"

MRS. ENDICOTT WILLS HER SADDLE HORSE $5000

Columbus, Georgia (JFK+50) On Friday, December 16, 1921, the Evening Star published a front page story informing readers that Mrs. Katherine Endicott, who perished in an automobile accident a day earlier, had willed her "little black saddle horse" $5000 for "sugar, apples and other things for the comfort of the animal."

Mrs. Endicott, wife of Lt. Col. Endicott, had ridden "Chappie" for eight years.  Her husband, according to the Star, plans as administrator of the will "to follow her instructions."  

"Chappie is assured a life of luxury for several years."

SOURCE

"Horse Willed $5000 To Buy Sugar, Apples, And Provide Luxuries," The Evening Star, December 16, 1921, Chronicling America, Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/ 

 

"WARNING! UNDESIRABLES...WE ARE AFTER YOU!"

CHRISTMAS GREETINGS FROM KKK

Columbus, Georgia (JFK+50) On Christmas evening, December 25, 1920, "white-robed figures paraded some of the streets" here in Columbus "scattering warning circulars to the loafers and undesirable class of citizens."

The circulars read...

"Warning! Undesirables, both white and black, we are after you.  We know you--take warning--this loafing, thieving and prowling around has to stop. Ku Klux*."

*Ku Klux Klan (KKK) originated in Tennessee during Reconstruction, experienced a re-birth in 1915 which peaked in 1924-25, and exists today in small numbers.  KKK is a white supremacist hate group which has historically targeted African-Americans.

JFK+50 Note:

This information was reported in a front page column of The Evening Star of Washington, D.C. on December 26, 1920. 

SOURCE

"Terror-Stricken Negroes Flee As Ku Klux Prowls," The Evening Star, Washington, D.C., December 26, 1920, Chronicling America, The Library of Congress, www.loc.gov/

 

 

KKK Parade

Northern Virginia (1922)

National Photo Company Collection

Library of Congress Image

 

 

COLUMBUS GEORGIA CURBS SALE OF COMMUNIST GOODS

November  13, 1962

COLUMBUS, GEORGIA CURBS SALE OF COMMUNIST GOODS 

Columbus, Georgia* (JFK+50)  The Ledger-Enquirer** reported today that the city of Columbus has passed an ordinance which will levy a license fee of $1000 on any retailer or wholesaler that sells goods produced in Communist block nations.

The list of banned goods includes Polish hams & Soviet furs.

The ordinance will go into effect on January 1, 1963.

*Columbus, Georgia, founded in 1828, was named in honor of Christopher Columbus.  It is located 100 miles South of Atlanta.  Fort Benning is located nearby.  Today the city is HQ for Aflac, Synovus, TSYS, & Carmike Cinemas.

                Columbus, Georgia (1840)

**The Ledger-Enquirer was founded in 1828 by Mirabeau B. Lamar.  He later became the 3rd president of the Republic of Texas.  The newspaper won the Pulitzer Prize of 1926 for Public Service for its fight against the KKK, enactment of a law barring the teaching of evolution, support of justice for African-Americans & opposition to lynching.

The Columbus Ledger-Enquirer also won the 1955 Pulitzer Prize for its editorial attack on corruption in a neighboring city.