Fiery Cross, Volume 2, Number 36, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 July 1923 — Page 9
Friday, July 13, 1923
THE FIERY CROSS PAGE NINE
WOMEN WILL HOLD LARGE CELEBRATION
Preparations Being Made at Mooresville to Handle Big Crowd on July 14th
NEW INFLUENCE NOW FELT AT ATHENS, 0.
Dissatisfaction at Laxity of
Law Enforcement Elan Aids in Church Work
MOORESVILLE, Ind., July 10 Tho Klansmen of Indiana have been Invited to attend an all-day and evenine entertainment to he given by
the women of the Ku Klux Klau at
Moon sville, on July 14. The celebration -w 111 be the first to be given by tho Women's Organization In Indiana. In connection with the celebration will be u ceremonial at which a large class of candidates will be initiated into tho organization and a big parade held. There will also be a
grand display of fireworks during the evening. Brealtfast, dinner and supper will be served on the grounds, which aft'ord excellent camping facilities. Those who have camping equipment have been urged to bring it with them. Hands and Orchestras Hand concerts will be a part of the program and there will be several bauds and drum corps to furnish music for the parade and the concerts. There will also bo orchestral music during tho day as a number of orchestras will be on the grounds for the occasion. There will be a battery of national speakers who will deliver addresses throughout the day and evening on Americanism. A number of r.piuikers of note will be on the propram. Ireparatlons for handling a very
large crowd have been made as present Indications point to a vast throng in Mooresville on that day.
EDINBURG, IND., PUTS BIBLE IN THE SCHOOLS
Action Follows a Resolution Adopted by Trustees of Johnson County
ATHENS, O., July 7. Athena county Klans have been very active
during the past month in church work and in aiding in the enforcement of law and order. The burning of a number of fiery crosses throughout the county is taken to mean that the Klan is growing rapidly here. Great dissatisfaction is being voiced hero at the laxity in law enforcement against bootleggers and other crooks and it is felt certain
that a new Influence will be felt at the next election at which the people of this county will attempt to put men into office whom they feel positive will enforce the law adequately and justly. It has been rumored that the Klan has been secretly checking up on certain persons known to be breaking the law and that Information leading to several arrests will soon be in tho hands of the proper officials.
PROTESTANTS WIN ! IN FIGHT TO HOLD AMERICAN MEETING
carried the entire story ol thl sea- within the past few weeks, the Protsion asd copies of this paper were estant Americans have awakened eagerly sought. and headquarters ot the Ku Klux It was reliably reported that as a Klan have bean working overtime result ot what has taken place here 'taking In members. It is being free
ly predicted that a new influence will be felt at the primary election la this county on August 14. when municipal officers will be named In six towns of the county.
East Liverpool, Ohio, Americans Grab Off Victory and Hear Grand Address
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the un-American element in this country are striving to corrupt the public school and how the Klan was standing behind law enforcement.
The Klan is very strong in this com
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EDINBURQ. Ind., July 10. It is
not always the biggest cities that do
the biggest things. This holds true
especially in spiritual and religious matters, and too many times it is
left for the email city to blaze the trail for its larger sisters to follow.
Such a reaction may be gained by
the recent adoption of a resolution,
concerning the reading of the Bible In the public schools, by the board of education of Johnson county, and the later adoption of it by the board of school trustees of the town of.
Edinburg. The following is a copy
of the resolution as passed by the
Edinburg public school trustees:
Pursuant to a resolution adopted
by the board of education of Johnson county on the 4th day of June, 1923,
recommending the use of the Bible in the public schools of Johnson county, and whereas, the board of school trustees of the town of Edin
burg, Indiana, recognizes the imperative need and demand for the
training of children along spiritual
lines as well as mental and physical,
and, whereas, the spiritual and re
ligious education and training of
children has not been adequately
emphasized in the teaching of our
public schools, and whereas, the
school board of Edinburg desires a
greater knowledge of and a more proficient training in the moral and
religious principles Inculcated by
the Bible;
Therefore, It Is resolved and it Is the express desire ot the board of trustees of the Edinburg public
schools that the reading of the Bible be a part of the program of said schools, and that to this end a copy of the Bible Bhall be provided and maintained by said trustees and
their successors in each of the sev
eral school rooms and in the library of the said schools and that all
teachers and supervisors that are now employed and that are hereafter
employed to tecah In said public
schools of the town of Edinburg,
shall devote at least one period each
week to the reading of the Bible to
the pupils and students of their re
spective rooms, beginning on ' the 10th day of September, 1923, and
continuing thereafter until this reso
lution is rescinded or modified.
Unanimously adopted this 2nd day
of July, 1923, and ordered placed
upon the minute record of the Edin
burg school board. EDINBURG PUBLIC SCHOOL. TRUSTEES.
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(By Staff Correspondent) EAST LIVERPOOL, O. July 10.
Rallying the forces of Americanism
with the battle cry of "American institutions for the use of Americans," Protestant Americans of East Liverpool won an overwhelming victory
over the forces opposed to American
Ideals and the free public schools of
America here last Friday night when they gained the use of the high school auditorium for a lecture on
'Americanism."
This important victory was won
In the face of overwhelming odds
thrown up by the president of the school board, J. H. Brookes, himself a Protestant, those who believe that the only safe school for children is the parochial school, and the two daily newspapers of the city, both controlled by Interests unfriendly to the Protestants of the district.
Winning the use of the auditorium
against these great odds only made
victory the sweeter. Needless to say
the school auditorium' was packed
for the lecture and the results gained
from one of the finest talks on this
subject ever heard In the Ohio val
ley were wonderful. The speaker.
a former lecturer on the Chautau
qua platform for over twenty-two
years, held his audience lor more
than two hours, being only interrupted by the frequent outbursts of
applause. When he paused at one
point In his talk to ask if his hearers
were tired and wished to go home, he was met with an outburst of
No," which fairly shook the school
building.
President Gets Shock Preliminary skirmishing by the
opposition started two weeks ago
when President Brookes called the
school board together in secret session to pass resolutions which would
prevent a 100 per cent American
organization from using the audito
rium. Right there was where he re
ceived the shock of hii life. The secret session ended in failure and
when the resolutions were presented
at the regular session that same eve
nlng, they both died for want of a second. President Brookes stands
alone In his endeavors to dominate
the situation in East Liverpool, as other members of the school board have openly declared that they are serving the Interests of American taxpayers who built and who keep up this public school building. Failing in this move, President Brookes tried another form. He instructed the superintendent ot schools to refuse the American organization the use of the auditorium. Needless to say this Protestant man protested against being made the goat for the president's wishes.
There the matter rested for a few
days.
The next battle came when a representative of the American organ
ization called upon Mr. Brookes to rent the auditorium for Friday night for a lecture on Americanism. After
being told that "that question has
been settled in East Liverpool for
good," the representative was re
fused the use of the auditorium. This took place without the president
having consulted the rest of the
board members.
The organization's representative
then made a formal request upon the
school board members that they take
action on the question as he was of the opinion that the power of the
board did not rest upon one man.
The board held a special meeting
and passed a resolution allowing the
organization to use the auditorium
for this lecture.
Threats Are Useless
Threats of court action by way of
injunctions were made by the opposi
tion. The newspapers took up the!
cry and the headlines streamed K.
K. K. Rents School Hall." Every
thing that could be done to prevent
the Protestants of this city from using their own property for an Amer
ican purpose, was tried by the op;
position. But It was useless.
Roused from their lethargy by the
attitude of Mr. Brookes, these Prot
estants demanded that the building be used and they held their meeting and listened to the lecture without any interruption from the opposi
tion. The hundreds attending the lecture were "spotted," however, by men known to be Roman Catholics.
After their predictions that the Protestant American organization would not get the auditorium, the news
papers sent a reporter to "cover" the
meeting. He was admitted to the
building.
Needless to say the real story was
not printed, but Instead the morn
ing paper carried a story talking ATI
about the court action that was to
follow this meeting, but not print
ing one real word of news. , Fiery Cross Agent Swamped
Realizing -that they must get -their
Protestant news from an American newspaper. Protestants of the entire
district fairly swamped the agents of the "Fiery Cross" when they made
their appearance on the street Saturday night. Copies of the paper were eagerly scanned and all inter
est centered on the real news of what took place at the secret session of the school board. Although the newspapers of East Liverpool knew all about the secret session' and
knew what took place at this session, not one word of the meeting appearei la primL Tke "Fiery Cross"
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It Is estimated that a -crowd of 25,0d attended the celebration and initiation held by the Knights ot the Ku Klux Klan at Sebring, Ohio, on June ISth, when approximately 1.300 candidates were initiated.
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The inspiration, the boundless enthusiasm, and attendance at the state meet at Kokomo was beyond human comprehension, and can only be eclipsed by the loyal support of the Fourth of July advertisers in the Fiery Gross. Over 1,200 one hundred per cent White Men, Protestant business men of Indiana, had the good sense of business to carry paid advertisements in this issue. To them in full measure is due the credit for the remarkable success of the Fiery Gross in this Americanization number, and a timely word of appreciation is further emphasized by the fact that the state organization in turn requests that it is the sense of all Klansmen that these business men and their support of the Fiery Gross, Klan publication, is genuinely and sincerely appreciated. Undoubtedly the two high-lights of the Kokomo meet were the remarkable attendance and the number of business men who expressed themselves in these columns as desirous of obtaining, the good will, confidence and business of these loyal Hoosier American citizens. The Fiery Gross is first in Klandom.
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