Fiery Cross, Volume 2, Number 34, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 July 1923 — Page 5

Friday, July 6, 1923

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(Continued from Page 1) gan evils which would destroy justice and betray humanity. The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan

are met here today with the solemn consciousness of their responsibility to their God, their country and to the people of this great state, who

have come to know and accept our organization on its merits, and who

are basing their hopes for the saving of western civilization upon its

staunch adherence to jts ennobling precepts. We have come together to witness a forward step in the progress of our order, for on this day Indiana becomes a chartered realm and takes its high place in the Invisible Empire of chivalry, honor, industry and love. On this historic anniversary- we commemorate the glorious acta of all brave men who have died that

freedom might live"; and on this day

of all days we witness the birth of a

powerful determination through

definite organization to keep the faith and to preserve this country

with its democratic institutions

throughout all the ages.

In the name of liberty, we here

and now reconsecrate ourselves be

fore God with a sublime devotion and sincerity of purpose to the unfinished tasks which lie before us. This day is like the early dawn of a new and refreshing era and there is new hope, new promise, new confidence in the bursting of the sun above the horizon.

BAND PLAYS AS 107 CANDIDATES MARCH

WILLIAMSPORT, O., July 2. One hundred and seven candidates were initiated into the Ku Klux Klan here on last Friday night at an open-air meeting held by that organization. A band played "Onward Christian Soldiers" as the candidates marched to the spot at which the ceremony was to take place.

Our Country and Glorious Flag Rev. A. L. Wolfram In "Tie Good Citizen"

Biggest Crowd in Town's

History Hears Speaker

BUFFALO, Ind., July 2. By far

the largest crowd of people that ever

gathered in this town assembled on

Thursday of last week to hear a

speaker, who delivered an address on the Ku Klux Klan. The address was received with much enthusiasm

by the big crowd and it is said that

at the conclusion hundreds of persons signified their intentions-of becoming members of the organization.

High School Gets a

New Flag and Pole

BLOXOM, Va., July 2. The Bloxom high school is today in possession of a new flag pole, following the gift from the Ku Klux Klan. The pole is forty feet high and flies the flag donated by the

Klan when the school was presented with the pole.-

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I have been keeping my eyes and ears open, and it is just wonderful what one can see and hear. The

Ku Klux Klan seems to be the chief topic of conversation lately.

Klan Growing in Favor at Brownstown, 111. BROWNSTOWN, 111., July 2. The

Klan is growing in favor here each day, and sixteen hundred persons gathered one evening last week to hear a lecturer, who spoke on the principles of the Klan. The fact that the population of the town is but 500, gives an idea of the interest in the Klan throughout the county.

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Have you had the unhappy experience that some have had, that of believing yon have sacrificed a dear and valued friendship because you have taken a more decided, a more active interest in the development of certain American principles in which you have always believed! Many individuals, both men and women, have had this experience since their active adoption of the

principles of the Knights of the Ku

Klux Klan. If It has been yours, now is the time to pause and consider

just what that friendship has really

meant to yon, and by earnest re

flection on this subject train a more

perfect concept of the real meaning

of friendship.

Is a friend not one from whom

you may expect understanding, sympathy In time of trial, tolerance, even indulgence, though your views and

his may differ widely on many sub

jects

Raskin has said that he gained no

knowledge, no inspiration, no genuine enjoyment from the perusal of a book

whose author reflected his (KnskliTs)

own views exactly. He desired eagerly to search that book in which were presented views and opinions entirely different from his own, a book which prompted him to pause constantly and exclaim, "Why, that is a new thought to me; I do not know that I entirely agree with this author. Let me see how does lie prove his point J" Even so it is with a friend. We do not mean by this that we will find

delight in one whose ultimate ideals,

whose moral standards, whose gen

eral conception of the eternal right things of life are totally unworthy.

such an one, although we may be

associated with him through birth

or circumstance, and love him, conld not, in the strictest sense, be termed

a friend, for friendship implies a

certain equality.

ne have not, of course, all the

same aims, the same purposes, the

same ambitions irom a material or

worldly standpoint, but all Christians acknowledge one God, one

truth, one highest hope and moral code, and although we may approach our ideals by different roads, that circumstance itself should not shatter friendship, real friendship, nor cause any cleavage in a relationship that has in the past brought happiness to two human beings. I hold that my true friends can not be taken from me, can not be

separated from me, by time nor place, circumstance nor opinion. Because I have allied myself with an

organization whose aims and purposes I conceive to be wholly Chris

tian and humane, whose principles I have always held, I do not anticipate the loss of any happiness. Friendship is as real, as permanent, as eternal as life and lve itself, for it is love, the higBfcst human love, free from selfishness, free from passion, free from every mercenary and. petty motive, else it is not friendship; it is some other thing, and we shall not grieve to- lose

it. Do Me mourn the lading -of a flower which blooms but for a day! It has given something of beauty; there is nothing it can take away.

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A certain magazine has recently had an entertaining article by a man that was born in a foreign land, who, after he came to the United States, married a woman born in another country. For years both of them looked longingly to the scenes and associations of their childhood days, dwelt on old memories and planned

for the time when they could go back to enjoy the many blessings offered by their, native lands. America treated them well; they were pros

pered abundantly, and had a large circle of acquaintances and friends, and two children. Finally the long-looked-for occasion arrived and they embarked on an ocean liner for the countries of their nativity, tenderly recalling the memories of the past. It is amusing to read their experiences. How circumscribed were the lives of their old friends and acquaintances! Most

of the women never even -read a

newspaper, except incidentally; and the men knew little of the great

problems Europe was confronting. (Our two American friends thought

these would be the chief topic of conversation.) Instead, they talked of the prices of vegetables at the local market, or other matters of small importance. As the days went by, this man and wife were more and more disillusioned, and in their minds compared the wonderful advantages offered by the United States to the very limited advantages

of the countries of Europe. The people that have lived here all their lives little realize how much they have to be thankful for. However, a study of conditions in the old world will give them some

conception of their blessings. We are living under the Stars and Stripes, the most glorious national emblem in all the world. Here we enjoy a measure of liberty that no other people in the world have. While, some other governments may be "liberal," the citizens are so ham

pered by old traditions, systems, etc., that they do not have the opportunity for progress that we have. When

a man or woman is surrounded byi

relics of the past and by people more or less in bondage to ancient customs he is terribly handicapped.

A recent magazine article is devoted to a study of the premier of Italy, Mussolini, who, it appears, is one of the most ambitious dictators since the days of Napoleon. He is said to have written strongly against a government of the people, by the people, and jor the people. For one

to make his way when there is so much opposition on every hand to liberty of action and conscience, and such a mass of traditions and other

relics of the past, is as difficult as to traverse an African jungle. But in this glorious country there is less

to hinder the progressive soul than

anywhere else on the earth.

We have a great variety of food

products, plenty of coal, oil, ores of

various kinds, great forests, water-

power, etc. The country is comparatively new and therefore not handicapped by traditions to the extent the old world is. We have free speech, a free press, religious liberty, and abundant opportunity to develop sturdy moral character. While there is much in our national life to deplore, yet when this land is compared with others, we find much over which to rejoice. As we have just observed Decoration day, when the heroes of the civil

war were honored, and are approaching Independence day, which is celebrated in honor of the signing of that immortal document, the Declaration of Independence, we should

think more seriously of how much we owe to our country and what our duties and responsibilities are; and we can best repay those who have gone before for their sacrifice and love of liberty by doing our utmost to preserve what they purchased at so great a cost.

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