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THE FIERY CROSS Friday, December 28, 1923

EDITORIAL

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KLAN'S PROGRAM FOE 1923-24 Militant, old-fashioned Christianity and operative patriotism. Back to the Constitution. Enforcement of the Eighteenth Amendment so long as It Is a part ' 41. A r.niHtnlln.

v. (11x7 vini.iuiuiiua. Enforcement f present Immigration laws and enactment of more

nirinfui inws on immigration.

Sparks from the Fiery Cross By JOHN EIGHT POINT "The noblest motive Js tht public good." virgil

Building for the Year 1 924

It is the time of year when the forward-looking person takes stock. The thinker is pushing aside the curtain in an honest effort to put the right foot forward on the new road in 1924. His honest aim is to benefit mankind. His effort will he crowned with success just to the extent that he takes God into his undertaking. No man ever failed who put himself trustingly, entirely, fearlessly in touch with the Divine Leader. Tfie rocky road of life is not strewn with derelicts who trusted and

followed the direction of the Master Christian. He stood unflinchingly for the cause He knew to be right. He feared no man, He stood for right if Ho stood alone, and many, many times He was alone, facing, to human though t, mountains impenetrable. But He never wavered and He left to

all mankind a heritage that you may have for the asking. Mankind today is fighting, in a measure, just the conditions which faced the Master Christian and they are succeeding or falling by the wayside in proportion to the stand for right or wrong they take. Those who put aside fear of what others may think, of what others might do under similar circumstances, and spiritedly tackle the task before them, are the real beni-factors of mankind today. Any Klansman who is going to achieve a worthy character, become a

true Klansman, must have the power and courage to stand out against

debasing standards, against the things that undermine our American life; standards (hut would taint our citizenship or lower our American Ideals.

Are you, a Protestant American, living a life that is on the American

plane, doing what the average person is doing drifting with the current, accepting the established order of things or have you established ideals which clash with some of the unworthy habits and systems of the social,

chic and political life about youl Will your home, your country, your town, your state, yor county, your college, your church, your club, your business, be better because yon are willing, without show or display, but quietly.-without selfishness, without the thought of self-advancement, with good will, courage, humility, to lire and think above the average of things! At this time, in the spirit of Christ, at the dawning of the new year, Klansmen take stock of your mental and physical selves. The Pilot Imperial, Christ Jesus, whose teachings all Klansmen follow, believed in

something better yet to come and threw himself into the cause of the future. He, alone, changed a universe. Klansmen, at this period of the year, when all the world of Christian peoples do reverence to Him, catch

the Matter's spirit!

The foundation of the Klan is not

patronage, but prayers. I

The Klansman who endeavors consistently to to x blessing will fee sure to receive one. The Klan outlook is fine, but the uplook is even better. May-love and health and hope unite, Throughout this blessed Christmas tide, To keep your hearthstone brushed and bright,

And all the gates of Peace flung wide. Klansman, if you would follow in the steps of those who are wise and good, you should make Christ's birthday anniversary a little brighter and better for the people with whom you come In

touch this week. You don't need to say it with cash say it with kindness. The handshake ' that awakens the

heartbeats is the true grip ox a

Klansman.

ther and farther sailed these, "other

men of splendid vision," pushing their conquests of bitter tempests

and ice-locked coasts as far as hu

man endurance could go. North

America had already been seen by these adventurous explorers. Far

from the pomp and splendor of the

Spanish court, far from the warm

waters and perfumed breezes of San

Salvador, America's first discoverer, Leif the Luck', in 1001 reached our

coast, and discovered America, near to the very spot, in all probability, where, centuries later, the

stern Puritans resumed once more,

and this time successfully, the-colo

uitsiag attempts which their frozen

forbears began but could not finish

Ring out the song of Christmas

cheer:

Let it sound high, from vale to hill ;

Let all the people rouse to hear

The Klansman's hymn: On earth

good will."

There Is no such thing as leading

a successful Klannlsh life unless one

makes Klan principle the very first

business of lite. At least once each year every per

son should climb to heaven on a

Christmas ladder made of good deeds and joyous acts of kindness and

brotherhood. There is no other season when so much may be done by loyal-hearted Klansmen to show to the nation just where the Klan

stands in its ethical, political and

religious life.

The devil will throw no stones at

the Klansman who Is not as true In

business as he Is behind the locked

door of his order.

The man who tears a single leaf ont of the good old Bible or smudges one line in the glorious history of

our Protestant forefathers may as well throw religion and country into Gehenna he has made his first overtures to those dark powers that plot the destruction of our national and

institutional life.

Each day's a bank in' which you

place The hurrying hours, so swiftly gone;

See to it, Klansman check with

care. Lest your account be overdrawn. It is becoming evident that po1 icemen who play Blind Man's Buff with "blind pigs" are sure to get caught. Another evidence of the salutary efforts of the Klan to keep the official House of Life of our nation clean.

from heaven.

foe and

strivings

WELL! WELL! WELL! LISTEN TO THE NEWS

On earth, good will

peace Let carols rise from friend

On earth let wars and

cease ; Onarth the joy that knows no end.

Every Time Sometimes

The conditions that exist in our churches, our government, our schools,

our economic situation can he made better and sustained.

Tli Rev Dr. William Norman

The conditions in any social group may be improved even by one lionestr4-Qutjlr;e of st Mark's-in-the-Bouw-

tinselfish, wise, fearless, persistent thinker and worker who has unbounded faith in the thing for which he stands. Millions of Klansmen with one

thought, one mind, alert, well-informed, you are destined to raise the

standard of American citizenship and evangelize Protestantism

With Divine guidance, with faith in the future, thmembership of this great Klan organization now are the forward-looking fearless men of the

times. They say, they think, they know that war can be done away with

that industrial injustice and political corruption can be stopped, and that

the world can be Christianized, not in theory and flabby thought, but in f act.

Klansmen be not, during 1924, of those referred to by Isaiah in these

words: "This people honoreth me with their lips But their hearts are far from me."

Start right In 1924. Live for today each day of the new year, and twelve months fromoday you will glance back only for the purpose ol pledging yourself that you will pull just a little harder on the load which

has been lightened by your efforts of the year past.

erie, who describes nimsell as a "Catholic futurist," recently permit

ted the handmaidens of his church

to give "classical dances'' in "sym

bolical services." But the result

did not please everybody. Also in

the same city a police sergeant was

sent to watch John Barrymore's interpretation of "Hamlet" to make

sure that the show was strictly

moral. The result was that the po

lice found the dances, it is said, an

excellent nervine, but Shakespeare

appeared to be a little slow for the official mind. All of which proves conclusively that the cops of our

great metropolis are well fitted by education and experience to be the

moral and intellectual arbiters of our

nation. They guess right every time,

On earth the herald of the star,

Whose deathless music o'er us rolls Arouse, ye Klan, comes from afar This Christmas joy to feed our souls." The World's Great Hour Comes now the winter solstice, and

the babe in the crude cradle at Bethlehem. Comes now the peace of remembered blessings, and the conviction that out of all struggle at

last must spring good good for

home, church, and country. Christ

mas is for all not for one race, but

for all races, serving as one; not

for one party, but for all parties serving as one; not even for one re

ligion, but for all religious serving

as one, and striving to worship God

in spite of manifold mistakes, human

encumbrances, and arcane wrongs.

We must celebrate Christmas as the

Master would have it celebrated

as our nation's founders would have

it done. We must touch each life

with the magic of kindness and the

mantle of charity. It Is meet that we all lay off the soiled raiment of

selfishness, and put on the new gar

ment of Christ. This is the world's

great hour the hour of the manger-

cradle and the little Child.

The True Heart Counts

ine uatnoiic Home, Oklahoma, re

marks: "The pronouncement that

Catholics can not be 'assimilated' be

cause they have a higher temporal allegiance than that to their govern

ment is an old lie which was promptly refuted by the production of the record of Catholic loyalty and serv

ice to the United States."

How could this "production" of the

record refute the statement? It is

generally understood that the pope did not object to his flock's activity

in necessary wars. The real refutation of the statement would consist in offering evidence that the pope's

will had been in conflict with the will of the government and that in spite of this the Catholics had served

their country and disobeyed the pope. Proof of that sort in general

or even sporadic instances would lead us to feel that Catholics might be "assimilated." The whole war between Catholics and Protestants

largely hinges upon the subject of

the power of the pope in temporal

matters. Remove that bugbear and

the fight would dwindle to nothing.

Nobody cares how the other fellow serves God so long as he serves

God alone and with a true heart.

The Congressional Snarl The congressional situation seems

to be growing worse every day. The

Business or the Senate is being held

up Dy a deadlock over the election of

chairman of the interstate com

merce committee, though the Senate

did find time for a long speech by Senator Owens, the object of which

was to prove that France and Rus

sia, and not Germany, were respon

sioie lor the war. As far as the

House is concerned, It was found

necessary, or at least advisable, to

can on the meeting of the ways

ana mean3 committee to begin

consideration of Secretary Mellon's

tax program. No explanation for this change of program was given,

unless one may be found in the assertion of the Democrats that the

change was due to a fear that it might be found impossible to command votes enough to put taxation ahead of the bonus. Now the plan

is to study the purely administrative

features of the Mellon tax bill. A

good word should be said for the

appropriations committee. Its chair

man, Representative Madden, urged

the members of the sub-committees that will draft the great supply bills

not to exceed budget estimates in a single particular. "We'll follow the

budget," replied the chairmen of the

sub-committees. This decision will

have the approval of the people, and

be sustained by them.

It is, of course, much too early to

condemn the present congress, or even seriously to criticise it. But it

is not too early to remind it that

The Moral Effect . It is most gratifying to note the many reports from all parts of the country that tell of the Bible being placed in the public schools aDd of a more thorough understanding of real patriotism by the school children. The growing movement of placing Bibles in the schools means much to America even though the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan has been criticized by, its enemies for activities in this connection. The Klan is creating a new patriotism in America; this has brought alien wrath down upon it but naught can prevail against this organization

founded upon Christianity and love of home and country. The continued

increase of Bibles in public schools but emphasized the moral effect of

the Klan.

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A NOVEL FOR ALL KLANDOM

By J. WALTER GREEP Author of "Songs of Sixteen Summers," "The Veneer of Years,1' Etc. (Cepyrisat 1922. by J. WALTER G 1EEP)

the people are expecting much from

in the way of relief. Probably

never in the history of the country

was there a greater or keener inter

est than now in the question of taxa

tion. The demand is insistent, and

it is daily becoming more so, for

reduction of taxes. Never was there

as good a chance as there is today to

win popularity by the nractice of

economy, unhappily there are some

members of Congress who still feel

that the old way to success that is

through extravagant expenditures

is still open. They are greatly mis

taken, as they will discover if they

persist in the notion.

The great danger is that the snarls

which we have already had will be followed by others, and that as a result of them nothing of importance will be done, or that evil compro

mises may be forced. And it is a real

and threatening danger. Another seriously disturbing influence is

found in the business of Presidentmaking, which is already absorbing. But if there is an honest and earnest determination to serve the people, and to be guided and influenced only by a desire to further their interests, much can and will be done. It will, we think, be found that courage and Intellectual integrity will pay.' They always have paid in this : country. Why not give them a trial? ,

Editor Sees Need of More Statesmen and Fewer Politicians

Openly flaunting the law has become ar. indoor sport with a surprisingly large number of citizens, citizens who are regarded by many as leading representatives of their respective communities. But the most flagrant example of this has appeared in a Christmas advertisement of one of the larger stores of Indianapolis, carried in the daily newspapers of the city. It is printed in display, attractively illustrated, under the heading: "Hints 'To Ye Mcrrle Host'." Mystery which surrounds the common bootlegger is carried in the flrHt word of the reading matter. It starts:

"S-s-sh." Then it tells of the camouflaged, novelty containers which may

be bought in thiB store. It describes them somewhat as follows

"Leather pocketbook billfolds with four concealed glass tubes; cigar

cases, containing two glass containers; flasks, from one-half pint to quart

(pre-Volstead) ; cocktail shakers, 100-pound weights, walking sticks, bird

cages, opera glasses and other strange parking places for precious

liquids."

Can one imagine a more detestable way of flaunting the law openly?

Newspapers, which pride themselves that their advertisements are cen

sored, are aiding this firm in luring customers into this store to buy containers for liquid, the sale of which U prohibited by the American

constitution. Is this real Americanism?

Yon are in the right church, Klans

man,

But are placed in the wrong pew,

If you agree with the preaching of

all, And if all agree with you. "Men of Splendid Yislon"

A recent Youth's Companion cover

picture shows Columbus in a Rem

brandt light, with arms extended

slightly toward the new country

which he is in the act of discover

ing." In poster type, immediately

below, the great event is "thus com

memorated : "The discovery of America was the reward not so much

of unusual' intelligence or foresight

as of the courageous procedure that is the backbone of every good ven

ture. There were other navigators as experienced as Columbus other men who saw as splendid a vision.

It was he who gave us a new world."

This is beautiful, but it is not all of the truth. Every school boy knows

or should know that the honor of discovering America must go to the

Northmen, those clear-eyed and dar

ing sailors of Norway and Denmark,

from whom our own English-speak

ing race has largely sprung. It was

they who made a number of remarkable discoveries centuries before

Columbus dreamed his dream. With

out compass with no guides save

the distant stars and the round-roll

ing sun they braved dangerous seas and made long voyages In

rudely-constructed vessels that are

scarcely larger than fishing smacks

In B50 a famous sea rover ot the

North was driven upon the coast of

Iceland. Soon an expedition was

Bent to colonize the land he discovered. In the next hundred years

the Northmen reached the bleak

shores of Greenland. There, also.

a colony was established. Then far

A KLANSMAN'S CREED believe in God and in the tenets

of the Christian religion end that a

godless nation can not long prosper.

I believe that a church that is not

grounded on the principles of morality and justice is a mockery to God

ana to man.

I believe that a church that does

not have the welfare of the common

people at heart is unworthy.

I believe in the eternal separation

of Church and State.

I hold no allegiance to any foreign

government, emperor, king, pope or

any other foreign, political or religious power.

I hold my allegiance to the Stars

and Stripes next to my allegiance to

Uod alone.

I believe in just laics and liberty.

I believe in the upholding of the

Constitution of these Untied States. believe that our Free Public

School is the corner stone of good

government and that those who art seeking to destroy it are enemies of our Republic and are unviorthy of

citizenship. I believe in freedom of speech.

I balieve in a free press uncon-

iroiiea oy political parties or oy rr ligious sects, i believe in law and order.

I believe in the protection of our

pure womanhood.

I do not believe in mob violence, but I do believe that laws should be enacted to prevent the causes of mob

violence.

I believe in a closer relationship of

capital etna labor.

I believe in the Prevention of un

warranted strikes by foreign labor agitators. I believe in the limitation of or-

eign immigration.

I am a native-born American cit

ten and I believe my rights in this country are superior to those of for

eigners. -

(Charlotte (Mich.) Leader) The future of our country rests

with us. Not a single individual, of

ormal mentality, can shirk hi duty.

if we are not on the battlefront, we are just as much slackers as though we had evaded the draft. We hear the cry of a - troubled, perplexed

world beseeching us to be just, true

and law abiding. If we are not to go the way of the earlier nations,

America must have men of vigor, upright character and sound judgment. If the American ideal is to

be realized, each community must

meet and rightly solve its own prob

lems. Charlotte, Eaton county and every township in the county must

bring itself up to the ideal.. If we

are true to the vision of our forefathers, who left their 1 'oody footprints on the snows of Valley Forge,

we shall lead the world. If we are untrue, we shall go down in the dust of oblivion. We need in our public

offices men who will not disappoint the people with promises of thing3 they can not and ought not to have

mixers, trucklers bound hand and foot to an unworthy constituency. We want men who are not afraid of

demagogues and unprincipled politicians. Men ot integrity who will dare to stand in the "hard places and

fight the hard battles. Men who do not see m every public question only

another opportunity to advance their

own personal interests. If every commonwealth brings to the front

men of this character, America will

be the bulwark of the world. But

to do this, we must clean house in the political "mansion. The men we

need absolutely refuse to be dragged through the political mudhole. We must bring them to the front, for they will not volunteer.

(Continued From Last Issue) "Well, you've done it!" he snapped. "Quite true, your honor," mocked

Baird, "I have done it!"

"Welrr you know what this means." "Certainly. Among other things

the defeat of Judge John C. Karra-

ker, who always gets em out!

The editor's sarcasm was madden

ing. The Judge gritted his teeth.

Yes, and it means other things. It

means you will pay me that mort

age tomorrow or I'll close your

paper."

'Which will not be hard to do." 'Yes; and it means I will sue the

Herald for ten thousand dollars damages for libel."

And will never collect it," Baird

continued in the same tone, "The old proverb saya that you can't get blood

out of a turnip. Neither can you get

damages out of a busted newspaper

In the words of the poet, 'When these few lines come to hand it shall have turned its. toes to the daisies and will

be slumbering where the white hues

bloom'."

'Baird, dommit, I know youre

drunk, but talk sensible." The exas

perated lawyer was yelling into the transmitter. "Won't you retract that

article, or shall I have to sue?"

"I suspect you'd better sue, in

which case I will prove every state

ment with genuine affidavits. Genu ine, legal affidavits get me?" "Where'd you get them?" "From the Ku Klux Klan!"

The receiver went up with a bang. Karraker rose and paced the floor

stamping and hissing. The Ku Klux

Klan! After all his plans to wreck

the organization, it had ruined him.

In the contest he had been the victim

and the Klan the victor. For the

first time in his career he was tast

ing the dregs of a humiliating de

feat. His machine was broken. His friends and defenders were leaving

him in droves. He knew the psy

chology of victorious leadership and

also the disposition of his followers,

ho long as he was winning they

would follow him to the limit, but when failure stared him in the face

they would flee like cowards. All

lawbreakers are cowards at heart

He wished he had never aligned him

self with this element wished that he had remained the moral, upright attorney that he had started out to

be, that Mary -had begged him to be.,

In his old days fie must drink the

bitter cup, must retire in disgrace

And all because of the Ku Klux

the men who could be neither bought

nor whipped. He was growing de

lirious. The night was falling and

through the window he could see the

twinkling lights of-the garish city

The room was growing dark and

from every shadowy corner seemed to creep huge grotesque forms, clad

in winding sheets, which were marked with a weird crimson cross, and from the dark sockets in, their closely-drawn masks gleamed terrible fiery eyes The nurse heard the sound of someone falling. She hastened into the room and found the judge lying, dazed and speechless, on the floor. The thermometer indicated a high temperature. She helped him to bed and put him to sleep with hypodermics.

in the parlor below, Gene was weeping. With her, directly beneath the judge who would gladly have

taken his life, was George Taylor.

He was doing his best to console his

fiancee, but it seemed his efforts were fruitless. Mrs. Karraker had called him early in the afternoon, when the first edition of the paper

appeared, to question him and ask his help in keeping Gene quiet. Knowing Karraker's feeling toward him he at first demurred, but, being told that he might save Gene a nervous breakdown, he came in haste. "Oh, George, what did you do it for," she sobbed when he entered the door "after you promised!" "Do what, dear?"

"You know what you gave all

that old horrid stuff to that drunken editor. It has ruined poor old Dad.

We can never make him understand.

You promised you wouldn't do it, but

now you've lied to me. We could

never be happy now, George.

ASPHALT'S DRAWBACK Houses In the vicinity ot Trinidad's famous asphalt lake are built on a foundation of heavy piles for security, . according to John Lechmere Guppy ot Port-au-Spain, Trinidad, visiting in the Vnited States. It is

not safe to leave an automobile

standing in the yard, for the next morning one may find it sunk axle

hleep into the asphalt, be says.

"This asphalt lake is about two miles square," said Mr. Guppy, "and looks like black ground with here

and there a clump of bushes or a few

trees. Asphalt, you know, Is reduced oil. Years and years ago the oil

came to the surface and the moisture was removed by the heat ot the sun. Most of the asphalt uBed to pave the streets ot cities in this country was

obtained ia Trinidad. A strange

thing about the lake is that no mat

ter now much material is taken out

of it the quantity remains the same. The holes fill up as quickly as they

are dug." ,-

could not reel right toward you,

knowing you had caused the down

fall of my father. Oh, why did it all have to come off as it did why

did you have to go Into that race why did the Ku Klux have to or

ganize here, anyway

listen, little girl, you mustn't be

so hard on me," said George, patting

her on the shoulder. "Your dad was

wrong, his methods were sinful, he

was ruining the courts and, when

he pulled that last deal, It simply

couldn't go any further. Much as

we love our people, we must love our

country more. But, anyway, I didn't

give this information to the paper

Gene."

"Who did, then?"

'"The Ku Klux Klan the Imperial

Nighthawk, or secret service man.1

"Then I hate the Ku Klux Klant

she sobbed, stamping her foot and

throwing back her head defiantly-

so much like her father that George

could aot help noticing it-

used to think It was a great order,

that it would be beneficial. They claim It ia built on the spirit and

Ideal of JeBus Christ. But is it? Are its fruits Chrlst-llke? Christ believed ia tolerance. He believed in love, in peace, in good wilL Look at the Ku Klux 'Klan: Here it is, sowing discord, intolerant ot its enemies, teaching hate between races and religions, - setting., neighbor - - - .

against neighbor, brother against brother, splitting families. Christlike! Bah!" "But you must remember, Gene, that while Christ was the Lord of love, he was not tolerant of every

thing. Those things which delayed His kingdom received his bitterest

scourgings. He took lashes and drove the money-changers out of his

Father's tempi. They couldn't understand the Lord's wishes and were there only to make profit, That's what the Klan's doing today for that class who come here only to make

money, who do not understand American ideals and never will. We haven't time to stop and persuade them. To save America we must

rst drive out the radical and the

filthy profiteer.

"In the second place you say the

Klan fights religion. It does not oppose any man's religion as such. But you will remember that Christ op

posed that bigoted and intolerant class known as the scribes and

Pharisees, especially the Pharisees.

They donned long robes and chanted prayers, performed ritualis

tic ceremonies, called everybody else heretics and tried to run the civil government. They ignored the

corruptness, the rottenness, the extortion and excess. Christ denounced them because of their meddling.

their bigotry, their hypocrisy and their intolerance. He called them.

iars, hypocrites, white-washed walls.

The Klan opposes any such religion not as religion but as a system of hypocrisy. We would like to bring-

both Catholic and Protestant to forget the Christ of statue and symbol, the Christ of prayer-book and dogma.

and to see the living Christ who is able to bring peace to the soul. The Klan is not a hate machine. We do

not despise any man because of his

faith, but admire the sincere man, whether he be Catholic, Protestant or Jew.

"Now, your last objection is sin

gularly scriptural. You say the

Klan is a divisive force and there

fore un-Christian. Christ Himself

said, 'Think not I am come to bring peace on earth, but a sword.' He declared he would set father and son at variance, brother against brother, and break up households by his dynamic doctrines. . Every great movement that has accomplished -anything has Seen, in a sense, divisive.The Kian ia divisive tn tlia

extent that it segregates the simonpure patriotic Americans from the mongrel classes who think in terms of Old World selfishness. It divides the sheep from the goats, if you please, the law abiding from the lawless, the conscientious politicians

from the unscrupulous. Is there anything wrong about that?"

She had been listening attentively. "George, that's the first time I ever heard it put that way," she said. "It is, undoubtedly a great positive moral force. It is thoroughly AngloSaxon in its origin and' its precepts. I am sorry my poor old Dad had to be the first victim of its campaign, but, nevertheless, I am for it" "How is your father?" he asked solicitously. "A nervous wreck. The exposal of his conspiracy and the duplicity of that scoundrel, Cameron, has about shattered his mind. I believe he has given up hope ot election, tlfough he

still clings stolidly to his belief that

the Ku Klux Klan is a terrible organization. George, there has been

combination of circumstances that

have contributed to ruin Dad. One

was the split with Forthoffer. Oh,

I hope you beat him! The other, ot

course, was the Klan and the final

treason of Baird and Cameron."

'Anrl nt nil T ,

traitor, the most eatankerous speci

men or personified rascality on earth, is that fellow Cameron!"" George spoke vindictively with fire in his eyes.

She clutched his arm. It I ten

you something, will yon promise that you won't do anything rash?"

It depends on what it is. If it

has to do with that pup I might do something rash in spite of myself."

-wen, i can't neip It. You are a

Klansman and they are sworn to

protect pure wmanhood. I am going to tell you something that I wouldn't tell my mother or my Dad. You are

my affianced husband and should know. "Now," she confided. "Cam

eron was here the other afternoon when Mother and Dad were out " Her mother was listening. She

pulled his heati over near her and whispered in his ear.

Suddenly she realised what she

had said and done.-A new look came over him ?the look ef the enraged animal which thirsts for blood. -Th hot color was high in his flushed

face and he was visibly trembling from head to toot. He leaped from his chair, hlsjsta clinched. "So he said that, did her IH kin '"Mm!" Before she could stop him he had rushed, bareheaded, from the house and was hastening toward the,city. In. the Labor hall, at the lower part ot town, RoHo Cameron waa speaking to a mixed crowd of negroes, foreigners, low-class white and a few lawyers. Ha was making Ilia nt a .u.1. I . .

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Biupia -DourgeoiBe. xne cspttalistls government nnder whfclt wewars living, the unjust Jim Crow la w and incidentally paying his respect to that f low-brow, damnable, reactionary movement, the Ku Klux Klan," His , listeners were attentive but nndemonstratlve. He tletefmtr isd t.tO (Continued .on-Page!0