CHAPTER XVI.

THE "SHAMS."

The Klan in South Carolina--Officious Interference in Politics-- Atrocious Performances of Men in Masks--The "Shams," or Counterfeit Editions of K. K. K.--How Organized--Their Vocabulary of Crime--South Carolina Fanatics--How the "Sham" Movement Affected the K. K. K.--A Resolution of _sine die_ Adjournment-- K. K. K. Horrors on the Increase--Rotten-Egg Battalions--Citizens sometimes took the Execution of the Law into their Own Hands--A Case in Point 154