Fiery Cross, Volume 2, Number 34, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 July 1923 — Page 4
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heirarchy that if Is not against the public school, or" will; it believe Rev.
James H. Ryan, executive secretary ol ihe . Departm.ent of the National Catholic Welfare Council, -who stated on May 21 that an editorial lauding the public school -was "yellow journalism and bad history and the public
school has "held back democracy and no steps will be made until we administer education." .
True Americans know that the Catholic system is against free public
schools, despite the fact that it has its wires crossed and each day con
tradicts itself, its prepared propaganda saying that it is for free public
education and its clergy declaring in public that it is-not Political Science Bah!
Political science is no doubt a deep study and the theories presented by some are beyond the comprehension of the 'average individual. Some
theories are absolutely beyond the true American mind, regardless of
his" station or education. Among the latter we wish to present, without comment, two questions and their answers-as appearing under a caption,
"American Political Science," in The Josephinum Weekly, page 341 of the June 16 issue, published by the Pontifical College Josephinum, 83 East Main street, Columbus, Ohio. The questions and answers follow: Q. 187. Can a state be a state without being sovereign?
Answer: Yes; this is proved by the history of the non-sovereign
Christian states of the Middle Ages and by the non-Boverelgn member
states of a federation like the United States. Q. 170. What.ls a confederacy? Answer: A confederacy is a union of sovereign states with a common central government for common interests, but each state retaining its
function as a solidified, unified, militant Anglo-Saxon Protestant force in i aj. h- r,tin hn tti st.t.. ..fl , nrosHon nr ti, idflai mand8 of centxal government and eventually, to separate from the union
. ioH'm .o i. i77 at In toe confederacy the member states create no central state,
Tho wnrld tn.la-c- la tnr.ro Intorontod In the tnnfiwq whirh animate the D1lt 0nIy 8 centrBl government.
supporters of the Klan than it is In viewing In retrospect the motives The Fourth of 3nl? being a hollday' ono may have more time to ponder , of rir,,i i.n.nj.nf nt 177 ep the questions and answers above. Also, the Fourth of July being
The movement of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan indicates a new sense of universal American patriotism, a massed, movement, not of two
or three, or thirteen colonies, but of the entire American republic of millions of souls, bringing to the front questions paramount in the sus
taining of the Independence of America as dedicated on this memorable day of '76-
It took a lively patriotism to believe In the future greatness of the United
For an All-American Railway System
July 4th, 1776-1923
The crowning-year of the great movement toward a United States of
America is 1776, in which year July 4th is ever memorable as the official
date when the colonies ceased to be and the legal Union began.
The crowning year of the movement of a public consciousness aroused, the Invisible Empire Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, toward a better United States of America, In 1923, in which year July 4th will be ever memorable as the official date when the people of the Northland at least began to
The Bounds or tne Law
A NOVEL FOR ALL KLANDOM
By J. WALTER GREEP Author of "Songs of Sixteen Summer," "The Venter of Years? Etc. (Copyright 1922, by J. WALTER GREEP)
(Continued FronrLast Issue)
the day on which our Declaration of Independence was signed, the time
is most opportune to give the matter deep thought. An Ode to the Women Organizers
Women took an active Dart in many wavS in tha Revolution, a few
States In those days, but it does not take the same optimism to visualize actUally carried the musket. -Women served With honor, distinction and
me luture greatness or. tne .unignts or me um tuux tuan in tnese uniiea Buccesa in the World War. States today. pjjg road to succe8S In the Women's Organization, and usefulness In The Declaration pf Independence in 1776 was followed by a fierce and fuI1 meagure of servlce to their country, is equally open to the women of desperate war, testing the patriotism and force of individuals as well as today( aad that lt lfJ belng embraced m no uncertain terms and manner by the Union itself. Even so, these are times that try men's souls. The women organizers is a definite fact. The inspiration and fundamental summer soldier and sunshine patriot will la this crisis shrink from the prmciple8 of the Women's Organization prompts the noblest exertions, and service of his country.but he that stands lt now deserves and will receive wIU gecure tne certamty pf succeaa m the settling of the principles and the love and thanks of mankind in the future. S0lmd pnilosopny of the Women's Organization in the minds- of American rm. m . a i -x 1 I-.lU.UInn !, -
1 no iorces mac wuuiu unuenniue our Ainenuau msmuuuus, nn.o wuuec ..i, rpn ty,a wiH me-n" nt fha. nnt 4 i o 1o
The controversy In the American rubber industry, discussed by Scrutator, is of more than financial or business moment. Rubber is an essential in modern warfare. Hence it is an essential to national defense. But an essential supply located on the other side of the world is not a safe reliance. There is a proposal to develop rubber plantations In the Philippines.
As a commercial proposition this may be highly advisable, but as a defense proposition it is worse than
nothing. The Philippines are the
most vulnerable and the most en
dangered region under the flag. Rub
ber supply in the islands could be easily cut off by Japan or Great Britain and would be a valuable prize for. them to hold. It would be
a deficit, strategically, rather than
an asset
Furthermore, American-owned rub
ber in the East Indies would avail
us little in a serious war unless we commanded the sea or were allied
with the power commanding the long
route from the east to our shores.
From the viewpoint of war re
quirements, therefore, there is but one course to follow, and that is to
develop rubber within our secure I some
reach. Rubber in the wild state was realm had decided to inter-graft two formerly the chief Bupply and South bonosinz and fHsHimii.r n. ta
America was its source. But the unite two senaratA nntt dinHm-t mo.
aemanas nave rar outstripped tne kingdoms. The animal was nlainiir
I say a new species because according to all the local biologists and there were some good ones there it did not belosg to any of the various species catalogued by Mr. Darwin. In fact, it defied the usually accepted laws of zoology. Its appearance knocked flat the theory that there can be no intermingling or crossing of species. The gradual segregation of types, resulting from differentiation and slow evolution through . countless centuries, seemed suddenly swept aside by the
appearance of this creature, as if
Burbank of the biological
possibilities of wild rubber and culti
vation is necessary. We have, there-
or vertebrate form a mammal. Yet
it had all the earmarks of a huge
fore, a clear duty to develop the fowl even to the tail-feathers
inose amateur biologists who first
Denela it declared It was "some sim
ian monster that had defied extinc-
"tion and thrust itself upon, an age
cultivation of rubber on this conti
nent, if necessary, with government aid. On the isthmus and in South
America we could probably keep ac
of '76, are, not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation, that the
final outcome of the conflict means a more glorious triumph. What we attain too cheaply, we estimate too lightly. "It is dearness only that gives
Suffer us at this time, oh, fair damsels of the women's movement, to add to your invigorating smiles, and to the glorious exaltation that must be yours in this hour of triumph, to present our hearty endorsement and
everything its value." Heaven alone knows .how to put the proper price nlghest pralge for the distinctlve and distinguished service that you are upon these freedoms of mankind. It would be strange indeed if so celestial, renderlllg t0 the Anglo-Saxon Protestant American womanhood, so wonderful a thing as American freedom should not be highly held, and May yQur resolutlon be strengthened and' your endeavors redoubled, should be easily obtained. both mentally and physically, in the fuure service of the work that must We have as little superstition in us as any living man, but our frank opin- fee rendered. joy ln your gucces3 not rige from ft slngle fiourc0i ions are, have always been and always will be that God Almighty will not and tQ you men of Knighta of tne Ku mux man wU1 b(J lndebted give up a people to a cause alien to the best interests of America and the an(J tne .rlgats.. of women will no longer be a 8trange 80und tQ
worm. .i 1. . 1 .j 1 i .. . i. i n. 1 .) .
weuner are we 8o mucn 01 an inuuei as lu aupyua uiai j WUum .0- The dfty js Qot fftr dlstant when you w!11 be found dignifying m a llnqulsh this government to an alien and foreign potentate,, and we do distinguished code the political, civic, social and religious America. Yea, not see upon what grounds these un-American interests today look to the Ume ,8 even DQW here tbrougi1 your reientless and tireless efforts.
ceaven tor neip against me Knignis or me u iviux aian. 0n mB giorioxl8 Fonrth of Jnly we 8alllte yon to yon yield the palm
1,18 IU,jaa 01 a w-ru iuueiiuuiism, a euuui.mi.cu uuC for rapidity of success and wonderful achievement.
or tne K.u Klux Kian, spread rar -ana wiae among tne unuea states 01
America, and many of our leading men see in it the potential reclamation and preservation of the ideals and fundamental principles enunciated And
set forth 147 years ago.
cess to supply, by sea, but it would whlch knew u , In tt - gh be wiser to have communication also Beatty. who discovered it at dawn.
- SaiQ It nrst ImnrpaKort him aa n nmaci
This is to emnhasize aeain the im- between "a great gorilla and a Plv-
portance of an all-Amerlcan railway mouth Rock hen. -system. We have the physical be- Wild stories, were set adrift that ginnings of this system now, but morning and these were oply accenthere are gaps to fill and extensions tuated by the confirmation of the re-
to oe maae. American statesmen port that It was only a man and that and Individuals who are so preoc- the man was none other than the cupied with the needs of Europe taxi driver, Morris Stewart.
woum snow oewer sense 11 uusy mv.
rope they might note how important .'"IT 8 , . OOT
a place railway development has ln taiu " f cisea T the" policies ol the great powers, and. J. b-"e
may discover that we are asleep so InB the d to identify the driver, r,. 0 , .nctino- nf nnr rnntrv wilo was breaking speed laws at this
with the rest of the hemisphere is """r, ue aiscoverea tne aioreconcerned. 8aId specimen. He identified Stew-
. . an. wita a teenng or mingiea amazes We suggest to the president and mm simicomo.) t
his government that they adopt as drlver wa8i aa a cub reporter would
a ueumw v"" iu.. gay "almost bevond rPMenitIon
development of a railway system
connecting us directly with aoutn
America. Such a system would in
clude and extend the Mexican rail-1
"Judge" iar Yourself
Read and Keep in Mind
On December 16 of last year there appeared in "Judge," a weekly con
taining more or less humorous cartoons and reading matter, a vicious cartoon vilifying the Ku Klux Klan. The cartoon was no doubt inspired by hate, ignorance and a greed for money. The atrocity pictured a negro hanging from the limb of a tall tree, while gathered below were Klansmen -in full regalia with uplifted fists. They had evidently Just completed the crime of having lynched the negro. An artist. If he has the ability and the proper material with which to work, can draw anything. In this instance the artist not only drew on paper, but drew strongly on his imagination. In direct refutation of his damnable inference are certain statistics that throw the He into his teeth. With the growth of the Ku Klux Klan ln the South, as well as ln the
(From "The New Age," the Official Organ of The Supreme Council, Thirty-Third Degree A. & A. Scottish Rite of Free Masonry.)
There has been sent to us a copy of "Almanac of the Sacred Heart
1922," published at 801 West 181st
street. New York City, price 17 cents per copy, postpaid. On pages 67-8 is aa article entitled "The Parish
REV. FRED GRIFFICE
GREATLY! DEMAND
Official Lecturer for Fiery Cross
Drawing Fire of Opposition Is Fluent Speaker
School." and signed by Paul L.
North, lynchings In the Southern states, according to statistics Just made jjteltely, S. J. In view of the recent
public, show that but one-third the number of persons have been lyncned 8trenUOus statements that the RomJn the South as compared with the number for the first six months of last heirarchy is not opposed to the year. In the North, where the growth of the JOan has been by the hun- pubil0 8Chools, we quote from this dreds of thousand, not one lynching has taken place this year. article: As an illustration of what a force the Klan has been to stop lynchings, "Our first duty to the public school the incident at Waco, Texas, last spring, when the Klan balked the lynch- Ja no to pay f0r Jts mainteing of a negro who had committed a series of murders, might be used to nance yfe pay tax under protest; advantage. Immediately upon the word being given out that the negro not Decaus6 we admit an obligation had been apprehended and placed in Jail, the governor of the state wired jn justice. justice can not oblige the
tne stieriH tnat ne wouia rusn troops to tne spot 11 neeaea. support of a system which we are Shortly after this a nondescript crowd of men began to gather around forbidden m conscience to use, or a
the Jail, the crowd growing with each minute. A ruse which drew the svstem which we conscientiously men away from the Jail for a short time was successfully employed. When nold be bad ln jnciDie and bad
they began to return it was iouna tnat ineoau was entirely surrounaea uy jn ultimate consequences. And if more than one thousand men, who formed a human wall which circled the one p0int is clear in the decisions of building. Unarmed men they were, too! And every one a Klansman. tcose wh0 ruie ug by the authority There was no lynching, but the week afterward the negro paid the penalty 0j h ja that we can not approve
for his crimes upon the gallows and was lawfully hanged. a syatem In which religion Is sepa
Less than two months ago members of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan rai from education. We have paid
stopped the lynching of a negro at Plymouth, Indiana, who was charged Qvff texea in the past, and the least with attempting to assault the wife of an officer at Culver. Two days appreiiensions which state officials later this negro was lawfully punished by duly constituted authorities. can jjave is that we may refuse to This latter case Is a bit nearer home and for that reason it is cited. pay them. But there neither Is nor "Judge" for yourself. can be any obligation for any Ameri can, Catholic or non-Catholic, to ap-
J Tir n prove either as best for the common KrOSSeU WireS good or tolerable as an educational
system, schools which exclude all
On each Independence Day thousands of orators, spreading over the religious training.
length and breadth of our land, make patriotic speeches, parades are held "The first duty of every Catholic and patriotic exercises and programs are given. Always holding a promt- father to the public school is to keep
nent nart ln these sneeches and exercises is the public school. The his children out-of It T&e first duty
Rev. Fred B. Griftice, official lecturer of The Fiery Cross, Is meeting with much success at meetings at
wnicn ne delivers addresses andjs arousing much enthusiasm In those who are fortunate enough to hear his inspiring talks. Rev. Griftice is well
known as a most fluent speaker and
is more than living up to his past
reputation since having become con
nected with The Fiery Cross.
At a recent meeting held at Rav-
enswood, at which Rev. Griftice spoke before a most enthusiastic au
dience, he drew fire from some of
his auditors, chief of whom was Mrs.
Kirby, who has been spoken of as
the "official heckler." The fact that
Mrs. Kirby appeared at a lecture given by Rev. Griftice is evidence
that the opposition is fully aware
of the powerful conviction carried in
the words' of Rev. Griftice. Rev. Griftice is working out of The Firy Cross office and is filling all engagements he finds it possible to fill. His services at present are greatly ln demand.
His teeth chattered wildly and his
words were muttered and incoherent,
He was plainly undressed, except for
a loin cloth, and from head to foot
the Canal Zone. But it ougnr not , , - - tTstop there. It should proceed to Uf ther gathered from he habitat
rnnnort n with Colombia, ven-i" .UJ .w, wc
..nolo on1 Rraxtl find TiaSB down r'luuulu nu- wreiuuig 10 yreuomi
the Pacific coast to Chile. ne. His hair was a mass of burrs
1 nuu over I . n nju- it n u r i j I j f a. i-i 1 1 f I -
This is a ereat task, but fey nol.,.! vt niainiv ha iiad nnt
means an impossible one, and It? been beaten or maltreated. Except
Denents to au tne peopxtw w. m for tift tar wltb ltg cjceggiye ad
and soutn America wouia oe nuomioa ho nninir
moua. It would be a modernizing The sherlf CQUld not refralQ from
agency 01 nrsi ran laughing at Stewart's predicament
wara countries im "l,.?, "! "Mr. Beatty, for God's sake, get Into mutually profitable relations .,, h h
with our jftoter repnWto ' r.e"; couid talk. "This stuff will kill meto the south than nour our money reach my heart or lungs
Into countries which are wasting "Stewart, now on eartn did you get
their atreneth in perpetual conmcts, m tnat snaper-
both warlike and economic Chicago I "Ku Klux damn 'em!" He gritted
Tribune.
patriotic people of America believe ln the public school; they willingly
support and nourish the public school. The American people consider the public school as the foundation upon which American Independence was founded. Without the public school, independence would eventually vanish for Independence is built upon knowledge and education. The true American is staunchly ln favor of the public school. But Is
the foreign Influence in thia country ln favor of these schools? That influence says lt Is but is lt? This influence, emanating fronr Rome, declaims that it is not against the free public schools but Us agents, In peech after speech, article upon article, say that it Is against the public schools- Whom are we to believe? Those who prepare carefully-rorded statement for "public consumption," ln which lt is declared J-hat the Catholic church is not against the public schools of America, or, for Instance, Rev. O. Strack, Sandusky priest, who at a Catholic school commencement exercises in Fostoria, Ohio, last month, said that "the public chool la not Immoral, but unmoral, and has failed for the same reason the Protestant church has failed," And that "the sad history of the public schools bears out my statement-"
Are the American people to believe a stereotyped denial by the Catholic
of every Catholic American to edu
cation ln general is to support the Catholic schools. It is true that he can not regard the spectacle which public education ln this country now
presents and its probable Jfects on
the coming generation wich Indif
ference. But he will not Improve
matters by compromising with the
shortcomings of that system, much
less by imitating them. 'Ills best
contribution to the -solution of the
problem of what shall be done with
our unchurched children is his sup
port of the school, which recognizes that a child has a soul as well as a
brain, and" trains him for eternal
happiness as well as for temporal success. But we need not greatly
concern ourselves with our duties to the public school until we have more
closely approached the realization of
the Catholic Ideal, "Every Catholic
child ln a Catholic school.' "
his teeth. "Bunch of outlaws. Old
Barnes sicked 'em on me. I want
him arrested." "Pan1 wltVirtlif a WflrPolll " afllA
Sandusky Initiates Beatty. "But it you'll swear out a
, , g- j.j . writ, charging tnat ne conspired to Class 01 Canaiaates d0 you bodny barm, rn go after
him."
"Can't swear nothin' that's the
1 mm - m 9 CL. "TIa
SANDUSKY. O.. July 2. Approxi- "7" . erBU olewV
mately 250 candidates were initiated Interred me to two into the Ku Klux Klan on Wednes- they wanted to go to Calhoun. They
day-evening of last week at a point out on uj ruu uu a several miles from this city. It was Jumped on me." reported that almost three hundred "Did you recognize any of the men
DntmniM u taara usArt tn ronvfiv tne 1 who asau.uii.eu uu;
Tnonsmon who took nart in the cere- "No. they was all strangers. The
monies, to the place of initiation. An ringleader said tney repreeentea me
drtresa hv a national sneaker, deliv- Ku Klux Klan. Wish I had had my
red immediatelv before tne mitia- eun '
tion, was enthusiastically received. A crowd was fast collecting. Eager
boys were coming trom tne snops anu
stores, which were Just openlng.and
were besieging Beatty wltn ques
tions. He satisfied their queries with
the. statement that a new animal had
been discovered and that he had him here in his (Beatty's) car and was
eroine to take him to a zoo. A few of
the credulous youngsters believed it
and so started the rumors to that
effect A few negroes were on the scene and they bore the jiews to
Darktown, plus their imaglnauona.
and thus it spread like wildfire.
"I suspect rd better get you to a
hospital, Stewart," said the sheriff, "before I am forced to arrest you
for appearing in public with Insuffi
cient clothing!
He drove to the sanitarium and
Stewart was taken to a basement
room no nurse upstairs would come
nigh him where, by means of hot baths and continued applications of chemical solutions, lie was divested of his tarry coat He lay in a stupor
of weariness until late ln the after
noon.
Then a renorter called and get the
story. Stewart gave It wneny ana was careful to make no statements
nor accusations that could not be
nroved.
"Now. Mr. Stewart, tell Just what
hannened in your own -words and
m take It down In shorthand, said
the renorter.
: , "All right, but be careful to get it
leht" cautioned Stewart- "I was
told to keen my . moutn snux or
might expect worse than they gave me for this." - "Well, last night I was Stan din' on the street corner, talkin,-to some
A KLANSMAN'S CREED 'I believe in God and in the tenets of the Christian religion and that a godless nation can not long prosper. I believe that a church that is not grounded on the principles of morality and justice is a mockery to God and to man. I believe thai a church that does not have the welfare of the common people at heart is unworthy. believe in the eternal separation of Church and State. I hold no allegiance to any foreign government, emperor, king, pope or any other foreign, political or religious power. I hold my allegiance to the Stars and Stripes next to my allegiance to God alone. I believe in just laws and liberty. , -I believe in the upholding of the Constitution of these United States. I believe that our Free Public School is the cornerstone of good . government and that those who are seeking to destroy it are enemies of our Republic and are unworthy of citizenship. . ' I believe in freedom of speech. I believe in a free press uncontrolled by political parties or by religious sects." i. ' .,v . believe in law and order. I believe in the protection of our pure womanhood. . I do not believe in mob violence but I do believe that lawi should be enacted to prevent the causes of mob violence . . believe in a ctoser relationship of capital and labor. I believe in the prevention of -unwarranted strikes by foreign ; labor agitators. "' . ; r . K . believe in the limitation of foreign immigration.
I am a native-born American citizen and I believe my rights-
in this country are superior to those of foreigners.
fellers and two men come up in company with old man Barnes who lives west of town J. F. Barnes, I think-it is and he motioned to-me. They was well dressed and looked like business men. 'As I said, Barnes points to me and one of 'em comes up and asts if I'll carry them to Calhoun at four this mornin. I told 'em yes but It 'ud cost 'em somethln' and they says that's alright and went down to the hotel. I got out at four and went after 'em. They was waitln' for me with their grips. They clumb in the car and we drove off down the pike road to Calhoun. One of 'em was ln the back seat with the grips and the other in the front seat with me. They ast me how mnch I was goin' to charge and I said five dollars. Both of 'em paid me there.
which I thought a little strange. We
talked a good deal and one of 'em says, 'I see you was up ln court to
day.' I laughed and said some smart
vhlngs, I reckon. I said some things
oughtn't have said, I'm shore, about
the airl. but thev seemed like tenoA
sports. When T got through one of
em cussed a little and said the
courts wasn't givin' justice. I laughed and said, 'Maybe not I've got out of lota of scrapes like this
and always do.' Just then we passed
several cars settln on the side of the road with their curtains down. The feller In the seat with me
grabbed the steerin' wheel and says, 'Well, this Is one you ain't goin' to
get out of!' 1 told" him to let go
the wheel but the other one grabbed
me and they stopped the car. One of
'era gave a funny kind of a whistle like a whippoorwi.il and men seemed to rise from the ground. They jumped
from behind trees and fence rows and
everywhere. Then they pulled me
out of the car."
"Were the men masked?" inquired
the reporter.
No. One of 'em had somethln'
over his face and a bedsheet wrapped
around him, but the rest of 'em
didn't have on nothin' exceptln' their clothes, of course. Then .they drug me down into a holler. One of
'em gave me a long lecture about showin' disrespect to womanhood and said .they wanted to make me feel as bad as that pore girl did yesterday or today, I believe, he said. I diaremember. He said they regretted the action they was about to take and by that time I was scared crazy. They had a kittle there, steamin', and I thought they was goin' tocook me. They first made me git down on my knees and swear that I would never harm a lady agin so long as I lived. One of 'em said, 'Let's kill him'.' but the others made him hush. Then they took my clo'es off." "Did they beat you
No. They took rags and sticks
and Smeared tar all over me. The rags they used come from these here bt boxes on a train, I dont know
what you call it, but I shore was
smeared."
Was the tar hot?" " -'Warm. Then they took a sack of
chicken feathers and dumped them all over my headl One of "em throwed some cockleburrs in my hair but the others cussed him out They
took me back to my car, throw in' the
clo'es ln the back seat, and said,
Now go back and keep your mouth
shut Remember, we're here and
here strong. If anybody asks you who done this, tell 'em the Ku Klux Klan.' And then they got ln their cars and drove oft"
And did you recognize any of
themr
"No. none at all "How long have you been here, Mr,
Stewart?"
"Several years." "Have you ever had any trouble
with anyone?"
Oh, I've had a few rows and have
been in court a few times, but nothin'
serious."
"You don't think, then, that this
was anybody trying to get even with
your
Absolutely. no. They was all per
fect strangers."
The newspaperman ran over his
notes carefully. It seemed complete.
"Thanks, Mr. Stewart, hope you are
scon out again. Good day." He
passed down the steps, whlstlingr-He had made a real "scoop,"
The renorter and Sheriff Beattv
entered the sanctum of the mas ag
ing editor at the same time and the reporter, being the personage of
most eminent tmpwrtance,-waa ad
mitted first He let the editor , glance over his notes. - The manager smiled broadly. "Fine, old boy," he commented, "Whip her into a good story
and turn it over to the city editor. You're sure this Is genuine, are yon? . JCeftalnry, I obtained ft from. Stewart's own. lips." "Then, let her go. Play It up big and dont spare the Ku Klux. If our biggest story In years. Then the .sheriff : entered. "Wen, Beatty. what is your favorite grouch today asked the editor coldly.
v (To Be Continued) ; The next installment of "The Bounds "of the Law" will appear is thiaepace next week.