Fiery Cross, Volume 2, Number 34, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 July 1923 — Page 8

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FridayTTuly 6, 1923

KU RLUX RLAN CELEBRATES AT SEBRING

Immense Throng Gathered for Occasion Crowd Estimated at 25,000

SEBRING. Ohio, July 2. Wo have

fn our eventful career seen many

gatherings of a patriotic nature, but we believe we have never seen one

that showed more One Hundred Per

Cent Americanism than the one at

Bebring last Saturday.

There was nothing secret about

the meeting place as all the roads

were marked with three big K 8 and

arrows pointing the way to the meet

ing place. Also signs advertising the

meeting were to be seen everywhere

All who desired to see and all who

were curions had the opportunity

to satisfy that curiosity in full.

As we entered the town.-and even

before, we were struck with the

spirit of the occasion. Scarcely

house but dlsplayd "Old Glory" In somo form or other, and every street

displayed a profusion of Red, White and Blue in the form of flags, bunting, pennants, etc. It surely had the

appearance of a gala day.

vAs the day advanced the crowds were continually augmented by new

arrivals until by the time of the pa

rade. 9 o'clock, p. m., the streets

were virtually impassable. And the

parade say, boy, it was sure some! pageant. Fully two miles of marching men, four to ten abreast, led by a Klan fife and drum corps, and interspersed with several otheT bands, among them being the famous Boys' Band of Alliance, uniformed in white sailor suits. About two thousand Klansmen, in robes, marched in the van, led by officers on horses, and ihey were followed by thousands of other Klansmen in civilian clothing. Along the entire line of march the

procession was loudly cheered by the

spectators. One of the patriotic and

imposing sights was a large cross

done In red electric light bulbs bus

peniled over the street. As the huge American flags pased nearly all the

spectators bared their heads. The crowd in attendance was estimated at 25,000, coming from Akron, Cleveland, Youngstown, Pittsburg, New Castle, Alliance, East Palestine, East Liverpool, Warren, Ravenna and many other places. After the parade a meeting was held at the race track and a class of about fifteen hundred was initiated. The grounds were then thrown open to all, and a fireworks display was given which would rival some rt the best Fourth of July demonstrations. Sebring handled the big crowd nicely and most hospitably. And, say, It was the most orderly crowd yoi! ever saw. As is always the cane

at Klan meetings there was not a fight, not even an exchange of words

during the whole day; and still some

say the Klan is an awful bunch.

One thing that was striking was

the fact that places with the 100

sign up were crowded to capacity

all day and evening. It certainly showed the spirit of Klansmen toward One Hundred Percenters. One restaurant man told us that never, In all of his long experience in Sebring had he had such a day. No circus or other demonstration had

ever brought such a crowd to town.

The first Nashville gathering of

the Klans since reconstruction days

waa staged June 1, by Nashville

Klan, Realm of Tennessee, on the

top of historic Fort Morgan Hill near the city water works. Several hundred aliens were naturalized and thousands of people were attracted

to the scene by the huge fiery cross

which could be seen from all points

of the city.

Ku Kluxers Present

$10,086 to Hospital at Joplin, Missouri

JOPLIN. Mo., July 2.--Niae robed

Klansmen, members of Ozark Klan

No. 8, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, filed into the banquet room atop the Connor hotel and presented $10,086 in cash to campaign workers for the Freeman Memorial hospital who had met to report results of the follow-

up campaign of the financial drive launched recently. The gift, with a letter of explanation, was handed to C. 8. Bankard, presiding chairman, who accepted the donation in behalf of the work

ers. The Klansmen were given a long ovation when Bankard read the letter and thanked the representatives of the Klan.

KLANISM BOOMING IN HAWKEYE STATE

Scores of Meetings Every Night And Klansmen Are Being Made by Hundreds

ADDRESS ALL MAIL TO FIERY CROSS NOT TO INDIVIDUALS.

BURLINGTON, la., June 80. Klanlsm is-Btill booming along in fine shape in the Hawkeye state, and scores of good meetings in every section of the state, every niehit. and a

few hundred added to the membership every week. Rev. L. M. Doren,

formerly a Sioux City pastor, was back on a visit to his old field a few. days ago, and made several Klan speeches. He is im Kansas City, now, and active in Klan work there. Last Saturday Rev. J. F. Sanders of

Marshalltown, delivered a Btrong ad

dress to an open meeting in that city, some people, anti, have been nosing about, trying to find out about Klan conditions at Oakland, but they got no information. Soma people appear to have lots of time to attend to the business of other people.

The only fellow who is really Ignorant of the Klan and Its doings are the fellows who belong to It. Isn't it funny to what lengths and trouble people will go to learn a lot of stuff that " isn't so, when they could learn the truth with less than half the trouble?

REV.GE0.LJI0FFETT DIES AFTER OPERATION

If you want to know anything about the Klan Just ask somebody that doesnt belong and he will pro

ceed to spill you thirteen and a half

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HILLSBORO, Ind., July 2. Klansmen in regalia attended the funeral of Rev. George L. Moffett, who died at the Mayo Institute in Roches

ter, Minn., following an operation at that place. Rev. Moffett was a man of briliant mind and was a candidate for Congress last fall from this district. He leaves a wife and

three sons and an aged mother. A

magnificent floral cross was laid on

the casket by the Klansmen who sang "Nearer, My God, to Thee," and offered up prayer. Rev. Moffett was

a minister of the Christian church and was a graduate of Butler college

at Indianapolis.

ATTEMPT TO ATTACK

REV. TOM ROBERTS

Police Guard Klan Speaker at Clinton

CLINTON, la., June 80. It was necessary to call police to quiet a troublemaker during an address by Rev. Tom Roberts, imperial lecturer for the Knights of the Ku Klux Kan, during his address before an open meeting here last night A man started for the platform during the address with the apparent intention of attacking Roberts. Persons in the .audience subdued him and police were called to protect the speaker. No further trouble was experienced and the talk was well received.

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