Fiery Cross, Volume 2, Number 53, Indianapolis, Marion County, 2 November 1923 — Page 3

Friday, November 2, 1923

FIERY CROSS BURNS

AT LAKEVIEW, MICH. T.AKKVIKW. Mich., Oct. 27. Tho 1)11111111-; ol a fiery cross, symbol of ttie Km .lux Klan. v:is witnessed hero by many persons last Saturday niKlit ;ukT it was understood bv some that it meant that the Klan had grown hero secretly to a certain on-mint of members. Following the burn in;; of the cross It was annoniKvd that there would be a public meeting near here on October 2.'th. when a well-known speaker would jjive air address- exjiluinin the principles of the organization. Women of Klan Burn Fiery Cross at Allegan AI,LEGAN, Mich., Oct. 27. The AVomen of the Ku Klux Klan are coming to the front hero and are beginning to show their strength. A fiery cross was burned by them last Friday nifUit which attracted much attention. Their order is growing rapidly and many applications for membership are being received. H. M. JONES OPTOMETRIST Kyu Examined. Glaaaea Filled 232 Mans. Ave. Main 0135 Johnson Auto Supplies NEW A.U USED TIKES ulcaniziiiK l-liurk I'1iik and Mazda Lampa "WAI.TEil JOHNSON' 7-40 Mima. Ave. Main 2018 J. L. O'M ara & Son CONTRACTORS AND BUILDERS DRexel 4359 STewart 2205 C. K. MARTIN For That Willi A. V. IHWF..V ' !)4.1 For Wojni' Avenue rlrrle 8iOO Circle rtfiSI M.ikket .Stand r.7-SS Lincoln 2470 SI'ENCER BROS. link or of FIE CAKES AMI PASTHY C'akra for Par Ilea and Wcddlnga Gl- Eaat Unntiinitton Street Acire Talking Machine HEI'AIHINO On Atiy (irnfonola AI.MEIt II. SMITH 1.10 iricinia Ae. Circle 072 Your Fall Cleaning CHICAGO CLEANERS AND DYERS ASSOCIATION 102; i:. W'uh. St. Drexel LKSLIK C. (MfOSlXLOSE WSFRYE T.T 1 I' I'M TT;h'iir:i;:'.,lli::iiilii1;ilii;H TRANSFER Main 3535 27South Alabama St. IIADLEY & COALTRIN lM)i;iilMKt:its l.leenaed lOiunalmera Ambulance Service I'hone 205 VM?stlIte Indiana South Side Square. IK YOt; FAIL TO CUT YOIR I'll'KH I'llOVF. I.IOI, 74f.7, ask mn nit i i,a no. IJKI'AKTMKST OR ttlilTE t'S GIVING TIIK IJATR THAT VOL SLBM It I III ; l AMI I.UVCTH OF TIME E. H. COOK NKW AMI I'MKI) t.OODa, Furniture, tttotea and Toola lilBbrat Trice Pnid for lard Toola Circle 3145 ET;-."M YVnahlniiton St. I.. E. I! RAN II AM Southeastern Garage and Sales Co. New Dl HA.Vr and "TAR Cara Acceaaorlea and Repairing I'fcoae Ilrexel SHOO 2714 HOI THEAa.TK.KX AVE.

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AUTOiSTS CARELESS AT RAIL CROSSINGS Check on Drivers Is Kept by Pennsylvania Road in Thirteen States NEW YORK, Oct. 29. Three per cent of the automobile drivers who cross railroad tracks ale careless, according to figures sent out from the oflk-es of the Pennsylvania Railroad system. Inspectors kept check on drivers crossing railroad crossings for June, July, August and September, and found that approximately 97 per cent of them were sensible. The number of drivers checked for the four months was 242,142. Of these, 7.56G didn't seem to care whether they got killed or not. The-check was taken in the thirteen states where the lines of the railroad run. The greatest number of reckless drivers in any one month was observed in June. Excessive speed was the most common form of carelessness but various other forms were noted, such as failing to look in both directions for trains, disregarding the crossing watchman's signal, driving under crossing gates while they were being lowered, stalling on tracks, turninn around on tracks, racing to beat the train across the track and operating a car with poor brakes. SHEA'S MARKET AH Kinds of Fancy FRIITS AND VEGETAni.ES 15:S9 Ttooaerelt Avenue WcliatiT 2348 The Orange Front FLOORS LAID Finished by American Universal Method. No excuse for unsightly floors now. Old floors made like new. F. E. ROBERTSON Irvington 8256 5226 E. St. Clair St, Indianapolis LEXINGTON CLEANERS l'ersonal Service Call and Deliver Any Place 1650 Lexington Ave. Stewart 1522 J. W. GOODPASTURE PRACTICAL ROOFER Ilaiullin all grudc-i of Certalneed Roll rnifInK and nIUiikIcm. jjy 1U yenrn or experience Kiiaranteea liolh ninterial fi nil workmniiahlji. Alao nil kimla of roof repnlrlnir nitd tin wnrk, Urexel 7174 Slrt VircinlH Ave. TRANSFER and HAULING "Jloic AnjthliiK" OVEKLAMJ WORK A SI'KCIAI.TY El). WALKER 13! Detroit St. Urexel 11H7 CAMBRIDGE TRANSFER Freight Ilaullne Given 1'ronipt Attention 10 and 22 S. Alabama St. Main USD7 JOHN W. WHETSTINE 4311 East 21st St GROCERIES AD MEATS BLUE FRONT GROCERY II54 K. I'orty-srcoiid St. 1HI AJIKKHA.'V STORE Government Inapcrtcd Meats FrultK and Vegetable We Deliver Wnnh. 2SSS Pianos Players Phonographs E. R. BROWN With llaliiwin 1'lnno to. IS .North I'enn.ij Ivnnin Street MAIn 0203 Rea. WEbster 365J KIRKPATRICK BROS. MEAT MARKET FRUITS AM) VEGETABLES Br. 7980 4305 E. Michigan TKLTH HO.VKSTV THE KRUGE BROS. CO. Sheet Metal F.lectrlcnl CONTRACTORS and ENtaVEEUS FLRSIACK KKPAIKINt; Elee-trlcol Appllancea, Flxturca and Kninpa Irvlntcton 0477 4107 E. Michigan St. Intlianapolir FRUITS AND VEGETABLES Wholesale LOUIE TILLISON 85 S. Delaware Main 2567

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The quartet pictured above is one of those which will be on the nrrwram p,( w m when a mighty celebration of the Klan will be held. The quartet isTomnoled of the fJnr PniwlTM 10' and reading from left to right they are Charles, Lee, Jess and WUIia ? This nnSrtPt h ? w I k Mothers success at Klan meetings and also is singing at church affairs The bVorte Hundred" of Englewood Church, Indianapolis. mowers are members of the Hustling The quartet has sung for Gennett records and are now planning to have more songs recorded Thev will thai eavePnt0mment " th Prgram arranged &t Frt Wayne and have e.lymH XSJarSon. to

OPPOSITION TRIES TO STOP BIBLE STUDY Superintendent at Bright, Who Sends His Children to Parochial Schools, Fails to Act (Special to The Fiery Cross) BRIGHT, Ind., Oct. 29. Tho alleged efforts of George Cole, superintendent of Dearborn county schools, to disregard the orders of the school board concerning the reading of the Bible in the schools of this county were to no avail, after a petition had been taken up among the parents of the children to see that the orders were carried out. It is understood that the passing! of a resolution by the board that the Bible be read each day in the schools did not sit well with the teacher here, who was seemingly opposed to education along these lines, and that she refused to comply with the wishes of tho board in this respect. An appeal was then made to Superintendent Cole, who, it is alleged, when asked to remove theteacher unless she complied with orders of the school board, said he had hired the teacher to teach and as far as he was concerned she was going to continue. Prefers Parochial School The fact that Cole sends his children to the Catholic parochial school not only brought out the significance of his actions but has also caused many here to wonder just why a man who shows preference for other schools is at the head of the public schools. This is a matter thatis being looked into at the present lime. The petition brought by the parents of the school children was unanimously signed and had its effect, the teacher who is alleged to have refused to obey orders of superiors being removed and one with American ideals put in her place. Each class now has the Bible read to it daily, and an American flag is flying over the building. The Bibles and the flag were donated by the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. KLAN STANDS READY TO HELP IOWA MAYOR KLEMME, Iowa, Oct. 29. The Ku Klux Klan is getting to be quite a factor here and its strength is still growing rapidly. Following out the progressive lines of its program Klansmen have sent a letter to the mayor, advising him that they stand ready to assist him in upholding the law in every manner. The letter reads as follows: To the Honorable Mayor of Klemme, Iowa, Greetings: You being the constituted authority and the honorable mayor of Klernme, Iowa, we pledge to you our unqualified support and assistanceJa the conduct of your office and will aid and assist you in the proper performance of your duties and the maintaining of law and order, as defined by our local laws, state laws, and the laws by which these United States are governed. Klemme Klansmen and Hancock County Klansmen. MEN WALK ON WATER AT SANJRANCISCO OAKLAND, Cal., Oct. 27. Two men, walking tandem on a pair of specially constructed water skis, Crossed San Frnnriari- Tlmr mnl-Ino the three and one-half miles between j San Francisco and the Western PaI cific Railroad pier in three hours and I thirty-three minutes. They were the Rev. W. W. Reilly of Weaverville, i and D. F. Sheldop of Pomona. I A third man, A. N. Sheldon, inventor of the skis, who attempted I the trip at the same time on another I pair of skis, suffered an acciuent to : his valking gear lu mid-bay, and was taken aboard an accompanying launch.

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SERVICES HELD FOR DECEASED KNIGHT WILKINSON', Ind., Oct. 27. About three hundred Knights of the Ku Klux Klan appeared in full regalia at the burial of Paul Faurot, at the Greenfield cemetery Sunday, following the funeral services held at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Faurot. -The Rev. John Blocker, of Wilkinson M. E. Church, and the Rev. Lowel Wilson, of Lewisville M. E. Church, conducted the services, and headed the body of Knights Templar who attended the funeral. Mr. Faurot died at his home in Wilkinson after an illness of ten days. He was 2S years of age and is survived by a widow and two daughters, ages 7 and 5 years;-his parents and one sister. Not a Matter of Jest 'Tis a Warning One of the Sunday School, associations prepared a simple questionnaire some time ago designed to ascertain how much or how little the average boy or girl, knows about Bible facts. The questions were not difficult. Fifty years ago an eight-year-old would have answered the entire tenjueries offhand without staggering, stumbling or coming up once to breathe. But nowadays things are different. The children are more apt to know where Dempsey swatted, Firpo than where Moses smashed the Egyptians. The Christian Herald, commenting on the result of this memory test, asserted that only 27 per cent could name five books of the Old Testament, 29 per cent could name five books of the New Testament and that but 9 per cent knew what majestic Personality spoke the Beatitudes and could quote one of them. If these astounding results are true the thing is not a matter of jest, but a cause for solemn warning. If the knowledge of Protestant Bible truths means so little in the life and education of modern Protestant children, our worst fears are by way of coming true. When the Bible, as a book of history, direction and precept has so far fallen in the curricula of up-to-date Protestant schools as to make no vivid and important impression on youth's plastic mind than the foregoing statistics would indicate, it is time to take heroic and justifiable means to change the complexion of our entire Protestant educational method and movement. Perhaps this is the place to draw the deduction which naturally arises. If the Klan's idea of placing the Bible the Holy Book of our nation's fathers in its rightful position in school and home is followed out faithfully, the next questionnaires upon the subject of Bible facts will show an altogether improved per cent of children who are able to answer simple Bible questions without difficulty. May it not be true, in view o all this, that we. are all too far from the constitution of our country, the constitution of our church and the constitution of God's world, as exemplified in Hi Holy Book? A "back-to-the-catechism" movement might well- be launched at this sadly auspicious moment. ALL MAIL Should he addressed to The Fiery Cross Publishing Company, and not to individuals. If so desired, the writer may merely address his communication to 580 Century' Building, Indianapolis. ft0 mall should he addressed to individuals. SHOCK TROOPS The advertisers of the Fiery Cross are the Shock Troops of Klandom. They expect and doserve the patronage of all Protestant Americans.

EXTREME CRUELTY TO ANIMALS IS CHARGED

Railroads Among Offenders, Declares President of Humane Association NEW YORK, Oct. 27. Railroads were charged with "absolute heartlessness and disregard in bringing to market the millions of animals slaughtered for human food" by Dr. William O. Stillman, president of the American Humane Association, at the third session of the American World Humane Conference at the Hotel Astor. The number of animals dying in transit in -one vear, ho said was 12,624, and 10,501 more were crippled. "This is shown," Dr. Stillman continued, "by the fact that during one year the railroads were prosecuted by the Bureau of Animal Industry of the department of Agriculture for aoo violations of the federal laws prohibiting rough handling and delay in live stock shipments. Such railroad bodies are a disgrace to the country and it is n riisnrriit tr. Q;ththe intelligence or the humanity of Liie American people that they tolerate this deplorable suffering." Wild West Shows Denounced Speaking of humane work among negroes, F. Rivers Barnwell, a field worker among fellow negroes of Texas, said that the negro when cruel to animals and children was so from ignorance and thoughtlessness and was very receptive of education. Moving pictures, which in the making involved the risk of death or injury to animals, were condemned by Mrs. V. A. E. Dustin of Cleveland. She denounced rodeos and "Wild West" shows and said that every zoo should be inscribed, "Leave heart and feelings behind, all ye who enter here." . Resolutions were passed creating a commission to fight rodeos and "Wild West" shows, denouncing the steel trap and condemning the establishment of hunting clubs near reserves. Dr. Stillman and the other officers of the organization were re-elected unanimously. ALIEN OPPOSITION SEEN AT SUNMAN Head of School BoarJ Bows to Wishes of Israelite Bible Taken From Schools .SUNMAN, Ind., Oct. 29. According to reports that are believed to be authentic, Sam Kirschner, who is said to be the only Jew in the community, and Dr. Robinson, head of the school board, a member of whose family, it is understood, with certain interests opposed to Protestantism, have shown the American population here just who is boss when it comes to placing the Bible in the public schools. It is alleged that Kirschner told Principal Blackmore that if the Bible was read in the schools in accordance with a recent resolution passed by the Ripley county school board, he would take his children from their classes and send them to Cincinnati. When the principal informed Dr. Robinson, he answered, according to reports, that "rather than to cause dissension" he would have the reading of the Bible omitted. It is believed that the whole affair is merely a plot against Protestant Americans, and leaves much food for thought amongi those who would have the ideals of Americans perpetuated. Bank Bobberies Bring Action PARIS, 111., Oct: 27. Stirred by bank robberies and raids on farm homes, 400 Edgar county citizens have organized themselves into a branch of the Illinois Horse Thief Association.

KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS SCOFF AT 'LOVE FEAST' Refuse to Meet With Masons as Planned Result Gratify, ing to Americans

WOONSOCKET, R. I., Oct. 29 After much publicity had been given the fact that the Knights of Columbus and the Masons were to hold a 'love feast" here, it is evident that the affair will never be held, as the Catholic alliance, it is said, has at the last minute flatly refused to have anything to do with the Masons It is understood that the Masons had made elaborate plans for the social gathering and had invited the Knights of Columbus to meet with them, and the invitation, it is said was accepted. The reversion to type' however, is rIIpo-pH tn h., out at the last minute and the "holier au niuu spirit of the alien order

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could not resist the temptation to humiliate the Masons by refusing to meet with them. The Masonic lodge as a whole, it is understood, did not place its approval upon the meeting to begin with and when news spread that their brothers in Woonsocket were to meet with the worst enemy Masonryhas there were many who could hardly believe their ears. Since it has been reported, however, that the un-American fraternity has turned them down flat, there has been a sigh of relief among the Masons throughout the country, who could not understand the actions of the Woonsocket lodge. Oregon Trail Pioneer Improved SEATTLE, Wash., Oct. 27. The condition of Ezra Meeker, pioneer of the Oregon Trail of the Puget Sound country, who has been ill at the home of a grandson, Dr. C. I. Templeton, in this city, -vaa reported oy Dr. Templeton to be much improved. The physician expressed the opinion that Meeker, -v.'ho is 93 years old, would recover. Indianapolis Ind. .HEX'S FCBMgHIXGS WE bster 0246 507 Century Building Why Shouldn't You Have BEAUTIFUL FLOORS Last Longer More Attractive Easier to Keep Clean Finished. Interior Decorating Lincoln 6449

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