Fiery Cross, Volume 2, Number 36, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 July 1923 — Page 8
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THE FIERY CROSS Friday, July 13, 1923
NEW HOLLAND, OHIO, ' HAS BIG CEREMONY
NEW HOLLAND. 0.. July 7. Preceding an initiation of a large class o candidates into the Ku Klux Klan on last Thursday night, the Klansmen gave a parade through the principal streets of New Holland. The streets were roped off and thousands of persons from all over the county
thronged the thoroughfares. The parade formed near one of the largest churches in thi3 city and marched to the spot where the ceremony was held. A band In white uniforms and comprised of fifty pieces led the procession playing "Onward, Christian Soldiers." There were about two hundred candidates initiated while large aerial bombs threw a weird light over the proceedings and a huge fiery cross added its lurid glow to the fantastic scene.
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(Special to Fiery Cross.) COLUMBUSr-Obio, July 9. Before
an eager throng of 10,000 people, gathered in the natural amphitheater at Spring Lakes Park, a Ku Klux
Klan preacher Sunday night toon as his text the thirteenth verse of the
sixteenth chapter of First Corinthians: "Watch ye, stand fast in the faith, quit you like men, be strong." This was the first outdoor religious service that Buckeye Klan
No. 8 has held and one of the first
of its kind in Ohio.
Three points which characterize
the Klan were elaborated upon by the speaker, they being service, unity of purpose and practice of the law
of reciprocity.
The aid that has been given to
many Franklin county Protestant
churches by the local organization
was pointed to as a part of its serv
ice to the whole community. Its
work in aiding peace officers clean
up dives of crime and vice was an other form of its lasting service.
The Klan draws members from all
denominations and welds them into
one great organization. This makes
for the unity of Protestantism
throughout the nation and demon
strates that at heart the Protestant
churches are one great church.
Ancient Symbol
"Klansmen are alike," declared the
preacher. "They are enshrouded in
a robe which is worn as symbolic of
an ancient rite which stood for the
innocence of childhood, the purity of womanhood and state or civil
government.
"Klansmen wear regalia, not because they are afraid to meet the
eyes of other men, but only as
symbol of equality which was taught by Christ. The millionaire and
laborer go together, side by side
without knowing who their conv
panion is, and not caring, realizing
only that he ia a Klansman.
"This organization believes thai what it puts into the world and the
community in which it- exists, it will receive in return," continued the preacher. "Give the worla the best
you have and the best will come back
to you," he said, quoting a poem.
Turning his thoughts to other
phases of this great American movement, the- speaker declared that one of the greatest tasks before Ameri
can parents today was to rear their children to think straight and along
right lines.
"From the cradle to maturity, the
child and young man or soman must have back of them the courage of
the veterans of '76, 64 and the world war to make the right decisions on many of life's problems. "Any man who believes in the fundamental ideals surrounding the cross must support the flag of his country," he said. "No sacrifice for the cross of Christ or the flag was too great, and more sacrifices should be made for both in everyday life." Two quartets sang. The first sang "The Old Fiery Cross," to the music
of the old church hymn, "The Old Rugged Cross." The other singers
gave three church selections.
In the Monthly Record for June,
which is published" by the Saint Thomas Catholic Church of Zanesville, Ohio, there is found an article
in which the "near" Catholic is severely condemned. ' The "near" Catholic, the article says in one
place, "is very much annoyed when the pastor preaches against mixed marriages and has no conception of the appalling loss of faith
which comes as a consequence of
uch unions." .
While the average reader knows
full well just what the writer meant
when he spoke of "loss of faith," it
would be interesting to have him
answer the Question personally. He would have to admit one of two things that the Protestant has no
faith or that the old and wornout
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DECISION CREATES GRAVE SITUATION
Court Holds No State Has Right to Prohibit Teaching of Foreign Languages
WASHINGTON, D. C, July 10. On Monday, June 4, the Supreme Court of the United States set aside as invalid statutes enacted by a number of states forbidding the teaching of alien languages in the primary schools. The court held that no state has the right to prohibit the teaching of such languages in private and parochial schools not supported by public funds.
The opinion was written by Justice
McHeynoids, one time attorney-gen
erai
under President Wilson and
Ravin that o ooM-,nn0 iwm placed on the bench of the su-
a Catholic," is only a saying and parfmf .cu h? him- was means nothing raised in the caS8 of Robert T. Meyer Tf v,o naw ,f fv, Tvftt t, vs. the State of Nebraska. Meyer
has no faith, he would be throwing a'e'lcher,ln a PaJchial school the lie in the teeth of propaganda ?d beea and, convicted in
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AURORA, Ind., June 80. Last
night promptly at 9 o'clock an ex
plosion was heard and twelve crosses
burst into flame at different points of the city. The crosses were placed
on the hilltops surrounding this city and could be seen for miles. Then as if by an understanding a large
cross blazed brightly across the riv
er on the Kentucky side, followed by
the firing of four charges of dyna mite.
These crosses were said by va
rious people to be the most beautiful
ever fired here.
spread bv the hteher-una in the lUB .B.la". uu on tne caarge 01
church that the Catholic layman be- teacnmS Cermau language in his
same chance for heaven" that has a L "eu'a3,' !as auacKea nathnii. Tt,. .i , .j I by the parochial school advocates
mating that the propaganda, used to th identh?al Sround whlca lull the American Protestant into "ej ? mst .thet n ,0rf school inactivity, was lying when it said l fd amst all legislation de-
believe all Protestants to be bigots, m Pub"c schools. They allege that and that PJtLt ,hr,t u such laws are in conflict with the
founded on-faith in ttnrf. Inst. n tho, V'"uu iu uhj louneeaia amend
rathnii ,,r Tfm,M nfl ti, mmt to the Constitution of the
- rvn. TTi C UJ.v
propaganda a lie in many other ways, J
but we shall let that part of it drop. """1
Now, as to the "once a Catholic, with m,t rh,o r w.
always a Catholic." If the writer in
the Record meant that by "mixed UnRtfl in vi thA ni mmh wi,
marriages" that the Catholic left that of Roman Catholics on the bench.
u cu ""Maiaui uuiuicu, jew and Chief Justice Taft being juet what would he have to say as among those who concurred in that
v , ?. , , . , r opinion, justice tioimes, tne oldest lds a Catholic in the church? Is moBt talented and scholarly that faith weakening in America? member of the court, filed a minority Is tne old sword of excommunication, opinion in which Justice Sutherland
wuitu nas Doen neia over tne atn- concurred, dissenting point-blank ohc for centuries, getting dull? Is and fundamentally from the majority education causing its once sharp opinion. The dissenting opinion upblade to become rusted and dull? nolds the power of the states to enThe truth of the matter is that act.the kind of statutes mentioned, the writer of the article in the church paper knows the truth. He knows Based on Meyer Case
that the Catholics of today are drift-1 Other decisions based on the opining from the rsHfJon. He knows ion in the Meyer case were handed
that should the Catholic .church at- down by Justice McReynolds nulli-
tempt today to administer "religious fying similar statutory provisions in
training" in America,, as it does in Iowa and Ohio on the same ground.
Mexico, Spain or other illiterate So is fired the first gun on the jucountries, that there would be no dicial front of the impending battle Catholic church in America in a few waged by alien power to supplant years. The Catholic living in Amer- public eaol9 with parochial ica, with the exception of those schools teaching alien tongues in-
lgnorant hordes who have Immi- stead or English and teaching the
grated to ethls country within the political doctrines of popery. past few years, would not submit Alarming disloyalty among forto the tyranny practiced by the eign-language citizens of the United
church in the more ignorant ooun-1 States during the world war has tries. caused twenty-one states to enact de-
The Catholic church tempera re- fensive statutes of the kind invali-
ligious training to winds of educa- dated by the supreme court. The
tion. Bun, of Lowell, Mass., on- May
23, published an account of a criminal prosecution there against a man
charged with felonious assault on a
girl twelve years old. The girl was
required to testify in court. Though
born and reared in Lowell, she could speak only the French language and
fll)1afnio TinI t li nn Mnvkn
Membership in Ku KlUX Klan Is through an interpreter. The reason
Tripled Church Workers ror ber inability to speak a word of - - . English was that she had been kept Much interested in parochial schools and taught only
, . French.
All Rtati
SIDNEY, O., July 10. Widespread that denlorable and ernwincr h!n-
t a- i i i x 3 i I a t.
juieieta is uiug mauii.oBi.eu uy drance to Americanization and that Protestants Of all denominations, menace to the nnhlte semiritv nre
throughout Shelby county, in the rendered nugatory and inoperative
worn oeing lostexea oy me xvmn Dy the Meyer decision. Such statwithin the. county precincts, and utes were designed to meet a grave
gooa men, me Desi avauaoie, are situation disclosed in the hour Of flocking into the organization from national peril. But the court says every walk of life. they must so.
Following the public announce- Tn this tireliminarv eneasreniGnt
ment made by oificers of the Ladies' the enemy wins. The Issue was not
Aid Society of the First Baptist as to the teaching of foreign lan-
unurcn, oi mis cuy, mrougn me guagea in high schools. It related
among the states whose foreign-language statutes are annulled by the court's opinion in the Meyer case. From its political headquarters at Washington the hierarchy of Rome
has sent out to the Roman press a Portland, Oregon, message dated
June 11, quoting J. P. Cavenaugh, one of the attorneys of the hierarchy
in its fight on the Oregon law, in these words:
'From the dispatches so far re
ceived I am convinced that the de
cision in the language cases just
decided profoundly affect the com
pulsory school measure in Oregon.
I am further convinced from this
latest expression of the court that
it will declare the Oregon measure unconstitutional."
Many able and discriminating
lawyers who are friendly to public education share the opinion ex
pressed by Mr. Cavenaugh. In fact, they believe the present personnel of the supreme court is due in part
to a definite purpose to obtain an adverse decision on the compulsory
school law adopted last fall by the people of Oregon. The people must decide whether the supreme court shall in future serve the American
nation or the hierarchy of Rome.
The doctrine of this case places parochial schools exclusively under ecclesiastical authority and beyond the reach of American law. Whether
the pontifical' throne shall be per
mitted to continue multiplying on
our soil schoofs legally exempt from
law enacted by the people is the
real issue now pressing for decision
The verdict of the nation must be
promptly registered at the ballot
box with such emphasis that jus
tices of the Bupreme court and those
who appoint them can hear and un der stand.
FIELD IS SEA OF FLAGS AT ASHVILLE
ASHVILLE, 6., July 7. On last Friday night about 6 o'clock, automobiles began to fill the streets of
Asnvuie and by 8 o'clock the streets were jammed with traffic headed for a spot where a large class of candi
dates were afterward initiated into the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.
The field where the ceremonial was held was a sea of large silk American flags and aerial bombs were sent
skyward at intervals during the cere
mony, a nery cross burned throughout the ceremony. About 700 Klans
men In full regalia took part in the initiation.
GITE PARADE
Bill Brandon Klan at Woodstock,
Realm of Alabama, joined by mem
bers of other Klans located in nearby
towns, staged a parade recently, visit
ing Green. Pond, Vanee and other
communities.
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niary assistance rendered by a very large donation, to a fund for placing
the Holy Bible in the public schools of the city and county, both churchmen and laymen of the community , have taken a great interest in the organization movement. Simultaneous with the actions taken by the organization, related In the preceding paragraph, which occurred at 9 o'clock Saturday evening, there were heard the reports of the bomb triples, in various parts of the county, and five mammoth fiery crosses burst into fervent radiance; beacons which attracted thousands of persons from the pre cincts of the several communities, attracted to the symbol of right and right alone. The machinery of organization in
Shelby county is now well lubri
cated and running smoothly, or
ganizatlon meetings are being held
in various communities of the district every night with the exception
of Wednesday and Sunday, with
daytime meetings in this oity every
week day. Men of good character
are thronging into every gathering to hear the true principles of Americanism, disseminated by the speakers. At every gathering held
within the district for the past fort
night space for seats has been at a
premium, and at the present rate of progress, the membership of the organization will be tripled within the next thirty days.
to the teaching of alien tongues Instead of English in grades below the
high school. The logio of the decision is that parochial schools are not subject to regulation by public authority.
Enemies of Education Enemies of public education are
hailing the Meyer case not as an end
within itself, but as forecasting the probable attitude of the supreme
court as now made up regarding the Oregon school law. They direct at
tention to the fact that Oregon is
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