Fiery Cross, Volume 3, Number 43, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 August 1924 — Page 4
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KXAJf'S PKOGliAJI FOR 1024 1. Militant, old-fashioned Christianity and operative patriotism. Hack to tbe Constitution. U. Kiii'orceiiirnt of the Eighteenth Amendment. 4. r.iiJorti'iiit'iit of present Immigration laws nnd enactment of more stringent laws to prevent the smuggling of foreigners Into America.
Walton and Paganism
Speaking on a street corner in u.Uahoma City, J. C. Walton, formerly governor or Oklahoma, declared, according to newspaper dispatches.-that "!." per cent of the Protestant ministers of Oklahoma are Klansmen," and that their sermons "are nothing short of paganism." One might smile and set the assertion aside as coming from a fanatic. True, Walton may be a fanatic, but he should be held responsible for his utterances. Not that he might in any way be held legally responsible for making such assertions, and he should not be, because this is a country in which fres speech is guaranteed, but what are the state of affairs in a country, supposed to bo a Protestant nation, when a candidate for public cilice grows so bold as to say in a public speech that 85 per cent of our I'rotestant ministers in the state in which he is running for office are prt-acliing paganism? The I'rotestant church is being assailed from every corner by those opposed to Protestantism, but when a man makes such an assertion as that made by Walton, is it not time for Protestants to begin to ponder deep and long. Not only should they ponder about the future of Protestantism, but the assertion gives much food for thought to those who, while believing themselves to be Protestants, are opposing the Klan. Ninety-five per cent of the Protestant ministers in Oklahoma are Klansmen! This same ratio holds good in a number of other states. In each stare-where the Klan organization is well under way, the overwhelming majority of Protestant ministers are members. What are Protestants to believe of their ministers if they believe the slanderous lies told about the Klan by aliens who would make another Europe of our country and rob us oi' everything distinctively American? Wiser heads than Walton's would not have been so foolish as to givV the fact to the public that 95 per cent of Oklahoma's ministers are Klansmen. Cooler heads would not have said that practically every Protestant minister in Oklahoma was preaching paganism. Walton was repudiated by the citizens of Oklahoma and was impeached and removed from office. Hitter in his defeat, he is now telling his audienceathat Protestant ministers teach paganism. Had f.uch a statement been uttered a few years ago, people would have teen astounded at the audacity of the speaker. Today, after a subtle fight has been carried on in this country against Protestantism, the Americans are becoming numbed to the attacks both by bullets and speeches. The fight against Protestantism ha3 been carried on so skillfully under cover that American Protestant3 have not yet awakened to the fact that every effort is now being made to tear down their church. Hiding behind
the camouflage of "fighting the Klan," the alien influences have successfully lulled unthinking FTOtestants to sleep. The words of Walton, however, should do much to arouse the sleepers. His ravings amount to nothing in themselves, but they do show how daring have become the enemies of Protestantism that they boldly assert in a public speech that Protestant ministers are teaching paganism.
That Amusing Daily Tho New York Times has now reached the stage where its attacks on the Ku Klux Klan are amnslng ln the extreme. That worthy paper has at la?t found just why the Klan always wns. A brilliant writer, employed in its editorial department, has evidently won a set of spurs in dishing out an editorial captioned "The Claim-All Klan." Just why he didn't spell the word "claim" with a letter "K" ho loft up to the reader. That would have added much humor (New York Times humor) to his editorial. The reason that Klansmen always win at the polls, according to the Solomon of the New York Times, is that they always pick a winner. Could anything be more simple? We do not mean more simple than the Times editorial, but more simple than the plan the Klansmen have to win. That of always picking a winner. The recent primaries in two western stateB, in which candidates sponsored by Klansmen won easily, was the cause of the editorial. Also, the fact that candidates sponsored in Maine and in Indiana, by the Klansmen cf those states, won so easily worries the editor. "The heightened arrogance is provoking a number of public men," says the editor. What he really meant to say was, that the "continued growth of the Klan is infuriating such men as Al Smith." It is quite evident that the Times has not fully recovered from the shock of seeing Al Smith shelved. The Times wants more public men to "repudiate" the Klan. Isn't the Times satisfied with Jack Walton, Boss Brennan. Oscar Underwood and a number of others who have "repudiated" until they grew blue in the face? There Is their own dear Governor Al Smith; he "repudiated" the Klan. What the Times should really do is to organize a repudiation society. The Klansmen of America wouldn't care one whit. In fact, the Klan has thrived on "repudiation." The Times could make Al Smith president of the society and In that way Smith could realize bis ambition he could be president. The by-laws should be so written that President Smith could Issue a proclamation each day repudiating the Klan. It would also give a number of has-beens a chance to come out in the limelight and reiterate their repudiations.
Century After Century Recently, Dr. A. E. "Winsblp, editor of the Journal of Education, said: "Any book on physics, electricity or astronomy written eight years ago la out of date, and geography or history written eight years ago is spineless. Any philosophy or pedagogy of eight years Is nerveless; any book
on pnysioiogy or psychology that is
on cnemistry, biology or sociology written eight years ago is a comedy. Any book on economics, Industry or commerce written eight years ago is tragedy."
In writing the foregoing paragraph. Dr. Winshlp was emphasizing the necessity of up-to-date text books In our schools. Without giving the matter thought, probably, the doctor did more than emphasize the necessity of up-to-date text books he emphasized the lasting quality of the book of books, the Holy Bible. Only those things worth while last. Only
tnose things which are right can endure forever.
The Bible, coming down generation
tury. Is from year to year printed in an ever-increasing number of languages. Year after year the demand is greater. As Dr. Winshlp stated,
mis dook Decomes a Joke, that one a word of our Maker nnd our Savior, rel" na evenasung volume of Truth
years, eight decades or eight centuries mean nothing. The Word of God goes on.
Fnrnlahrd tpon Reqneat.
eight years old Is a joke. Any book after generation, century after cen tragedy and another a comedy. The however, goes on and on, the same and Wisdom and Guidance. Eight
Sparks from the Fiery Cross
By JOHN EIGHT POINT "The noblest motive is the public good." VfRGit
Paul was a Protestant, too. a Some crosses mean trouble but not Aery crosses. - a a a Don't go where you can not carry a Klansman's Bible with you. a a a The whisper of an nntl-Klan ignoramus can bo heard farther than thunder and means even less., a a a A big Klan parade is a pep-disseminator and a pop-off refrigerator, a a a If Paul could say, "I can do ail things through Christ," how is it possible for the Klan to fail? Klanni3hness is built on the Word of God and can not fail as long as men listen to the teachings of the Holy Book. a a a The Wonder of It Many of the . delegates to the National Education Association at Washington were forced to listen to covert thrusts at the Ku Klux Klan in the speeches made by officials from New York and Massachusetts. But such attempts to sway public thought generally will have little effect ultimately. The speeches merely show how deeply and how cunningly Rome is doing her work in America. The educators of today who are pleading with such ghastly earnestness for "tolerance" are either of the sentimentalist type or of the Romish persuasion. No Klansman accentuates the differences between creeds and races. The loud noise is all made by partisans, liars and the uninformed. The wonder is that so many prevaricators in high places are able to open their mouths and loose their tongues in audiences composed of loyal, educated Americans. a a a Cutting down the Stars and Stripes in Tokio is no more than might be expected, and is nothing in comparison to the trampling on tho American flag in seme of our cities by people who are supposed to be Americans. but are not in any sense either irue or loyal ones. a a What's the Difference Dr. Butler of Columbia University does not like to be called wet by his brother university presidents. Possibly the word "damp" might be substituted. A cultured man, who is at heart a reactionary against the constitution or any of its part3, does not commit the crime of lese majesty against his country so much as 'he does against his own soul. Japan s Colonizing Should Not Be Few Deonle would hp willing tr question the loyalty of Cyrus E. Woods, ex-ambassador to Janan. Most of us know that Mr. Woods is well-fitted to understand the incoherences of the Japanese temDerament. It is clear, also, that JaDan did Mr. Woods, and incidentally Anierica. trreat honor during- his am bassadorial life in Tokio, perhaps be cause ofhis wholehearted service of tho people when they were stricken by the earthquake. No doubt Mr. Woods could and did pour a great deal Of the oil of human klnrtnpss -on the troubled waters of Japanese understanding, thus making for international comity in an essential way not soon to be forgotten bv either nation. But there is a nninr tn rnnRidor in connection with Mr. Woods' habit of mind in his relations with Japan. Granted that he knows much ahnnt the vagaries of Asiatic popular ex pression, does he understand that Americanism does not wholly consist of the act of eternal eivins? Did he know, during the time of his office tenure, the feeling of the mass or people he was endeavoring so ably to represent? America Heady to Help He understood that the Jananese mind could comprehend the Ameri canism that expressed itself in the service of a stricken people, but did he not sense that while America is always ready to help with time and money tne needy, it must now prepare for and well consider the needs of its own population increase? Standing squarely against our exclusion law, reasoning that the law itself would work havoc with the Japanese intention, it is possible that Mr. Woods did not quite grasp the importance of the new immigration law to our own people. Japan's colonizing Instincts are overdeveloped. Any movement that militates against Japan's' colonizing 'schemes anywhere on earth is always construed by Japan as an unfriendly thrust The protection of America by laws against colonisation and race mixture would naturally send Japan off in a gale of bad humor, and yet the American people only 'did that which Japan is doing in her own case and would al ways do in any case. America is not as large as she once was. There are no longer great wastes of wilderness to conquer. The nation must have unimpeded room for national and racial development. What domain she holds for increase of her own population must be given to normal population growth or to such immigration as will conform by physical and mental standards to our needs. America does not longer require Japanese laborers. If exclusion means an unfriendly feeling toward America, then America must and can suffer that coolness without Question or alarm.
Stop, Look and Listen
Lo, now comes "tho quadrennlaT nunK that heralds the political fight for supremacy! If the Klan would preserve fta head and teaching, it must now turn its attention inward and listen to the wise and timely counsels that characterize its myriad gatherings. a a a Poison Gas The framers of the constitution were informed by the examples of Greece and Rome. They foresaw that the liberties of the republic might one day be seized by daring ambition, hence they drafted a protective proviso against treason. Nevertheless, treason is abroad in the land at this moment. It stalks from state to state. It sits in the counsels of legislators. It wanders like a demon or darkness wherever men congregate together. It enters the confidence of the simple and unsus pecting, ii nolds the point Of its bloody sword at the throat nf pvrv Klansman. It breaks tubes of poison gas in the legislative halls of Rhode Island. It strides through the public schools of our land. As a whole, we stand idly by, leaving the fight to the Klan and the other militant forces of Americanism. But, as a nation, how long can we do this? This is the hour when every living American of good birth should join hands with the Klan, and If he is also a member of any one of the other great Protestant fraternities, he should hold up his standard and fight openly for his principles. Brethren, we dare not relax a single muscle we dare not choose the open roaa ana the easy path of retreat, a a a The Difference "The hot branding iron," remarks the Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette, "as an instrument of Americanism is doomed not to go very far." The pithy paragraph would have been truer and more forceful if the word "Catholicism" had been used in place of the word "Americanism." But, naturally, it makes a difference whether a nanpr in mirgaoii igrin tby Catholics or Americans of the frotestant faith. a Strength Added The trouble England is having with Mexico in the Cummins affair makes clear the difficulty of diplomatic relations with our southern neighbor. It has been very hard in the past for the United States to get along amicably with Mexico. The solidarity of the Klan in Texas adds strength of purpose where it is needed. Instincts America's Problem Forgets the West Perhaps Mr. Woods' irwat rtotMm to keep peace in the international iamny uid not take into account the attitude of the west and the middle west. His preambassadorial experience had been gained in Pittsburg and Philadelphia. His work as ambassador to Spain gave him nothing ;hat would be valuable in holding the common view of the common people of his own country. At all events his attitude was not altogether that of the majority of his countrymen wnen ne said, according to report, "We had it all in our hands and w,e have deliberately and wantonlv thrown it away. Here was Japan in the most strategic Doaition in th Orient geographically, economically, militarily, politically. The only or ganized nation . in the east. You might say, the only nation in the east. And by the process of events this nation has become and in complete sincerity wants to remain our friend, patterns her Occidental growth and more abundant life on us, believes in us, is looking forward to continuing relations of mutual benefit, and we chuck the whole thing overboard. They came more than half-way. They chose co-operation rather than competition and welcomed at last, as the solution of many questions that had vexed them for a generation, the rational idea of Pan-Pacific union. They actually believed what we said. Putting It merely as a matter of policy, on no higher grounds, why hopelessly alienate a friendly power, disarmed by disaster and gratitude, just when they most need a friendly manifestation of spirit and a helping hand? I confess I'm utterly unable to sse it. I cant follow the reasoning If there has been any reasoning." Secretary of State Hughes, in his reply to the Japanese protest, took the only sane and possible position in the controversy. Pointing out that the United States had never relinquished ha right to treat immigration as a domestic problem, be showed that Japan had "acquiesced ln this American view," and that she had "applied the same principle of action" to her own immigration problem. Future Service Mr. Woods was actuated by high principles and served bis country well in his performance ot a difficult task, but he will do well to hold- in mind, in any future service, that America can and will give (reely to aid but that cha will VMam Via "growing space" for her own chila a . - uren, ana not open it blindly and ignorantly to tha hordes of Asiatics and offshoots of unaasimtlable subraces. It is not meet to consider solely what is most desired by a small or warlike people, but what is wisest for a great nation operating -for good through a lone seement in the circle ef ages.
The
Outpost OUK PLATFOBM LIFE PRESERVERS FOR SINKING FUNDS Marconi predicts a radio revolution, thus proving that South America has not a corner on revolutions, a a a "Summer Is reducing time," says a magazine writer. He probably refers to the pocketpook during the vacational period. a a a Many of the young girls who get tanned at the bathing beaches would be better off if tanned in the proverbial woodshed. a a a Glove manufacturers report that, women's hands are becoming larger. Most probably caused by the continued exercise re- . celved in pulling men's legs, a a a , Not Yet Null : "All threo parties are claiming everything in sight" Void : "It is evident then that none of the candidates as yet see their finish." a a a The telephone company might create more harmony among its subscribers by offering a prize to the subscriber who gets the most wrong numbers during each month, a If the Pittsburg baseball team keetS On with Its winning anmoV tho Giants may soon become interested in the study of "Pittsburg plus." a a a A man in Wausau, Wisconsin, has sued his wife or divorce because she would not wear her false teeth all the time. His wife seems to have gummed the deal. a a a Famous Waves We Have Met Crime . all rights. Permanent . of indignation. Ocean . a red flag. a a manufaet ured so many paper marl of them "re DOW mam- mattresses 1Tfwiii t at. man, are literally rouing h,'m . " aaVT l U HT11 MllV Mtf One nf tha hrW!it : n l : p v. v. oyuia m me iuu of the radio fan is that he will not have to listen -tn n snswli r.f onr, have to listen -to a speech of accept ance Dy Al Smith Encouragement He: "Am I "Am I reallv the first man r loved'" you ver loved? a a a THE WORDS "UNALTERABLY OPPOSED" SEEM TO BE TAKING THEIR , .PLACE ALONGSIDE 'POINT WITH PRIDE" AND "VIEW WITH ALARM." a a a "Mrs. Gates, when called to the witness stand, testified that fier husband had accused her of living at a fast pace and told her his house." Kansas City Star. in otner words, it seems that Mr. Gates did not like Mrs. fiates- ir-it and "showed her the gate.'a a a Ud to this time idential candidates being overcome by the shock when notified of their nomination have been received. a a a ' "Defense Day May Become Campaign Issue," says a newspaper headline. It would hardly come as a. surprise because the voters have been used to having amaller things than that made an issue in order to cover up the real issue. a However, if such an Irhu. result in learning what - def-naa some candidates have in running for offlce, it would Drove mitrhtv inter esting. a a a Mariorv! 'MVhv An fi..w spare tire,?" Mazle: "Because the owner usnally waits until he has spare change Tilth which to buy IV There was a young fellow named Baiter Who walked right up to the altar; ine girl s ways were set , And though he did fret. He found his head in a halter. a a, Al Smith might get - some more publicity by announcing his intention of going on an expedition to the north pole. And who knows but what the Eskimos might elect him president. a a a NERO WAS ZERO IN MAKING ROME HOWL, WHEN HE IS COMPARED TO THE KU KLUX KLAN IN THAT RESPECT. " It would appear that tha twin "mi in iryiag io string me u. S. attorney-general. a a Tha drys in Missouri seem to hava furnished the wets with . wet blanket in the recent primaries there. i Millions of persons in the United States have the mentality ot children, it Is claimed. If they had but the vitality ef a tour-year-old boy things wouia num. The prince of Wales Is an ardent lover of dumb animals. As a young boy, so the story Is told, he declared that Whftn kft hAftmA 4nar bn wnu "sot allow any on? to cut the tails A . ' ' . !
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Not Believe Protestants Can Reason at , Oppxments of Protestant Organization "Regret" Religious Issue in Politics and at the Same Time Drag II InAbsurd Attitude Taken by Walton, LaFollette and Others Reflect Sentiment Being Craftily Built Against the Protestant Church
(By Winirfoon
'Recrettiner t.ho instinn f m -a campaign Mihich he would ixcijr cLuuuimu es, oenaior IS Unalt.firnhlv nrvnrieorl tn l,a VtvwwM uv Klan. The reasoning of Senator
""-" y ou"! own.ciucui.i3 xiiu diiiAjiis. vvnen xne Wisconsin senator said he regretted dragging a religious issue into the campaign,, and at the same time denounced approximately 7,000,000 Protestant Americans, his reasoning is deeper than
vriiivii appeal, b vu me suxiitce.
Senator LaFollette is well aware that hundreds of thousands of Americans do not stop to do dep reasoning at least not until a specific matter is brought before them. Therefore, he felt safe in assuming sucht: an absurd attitude. The senator reasoned that the Protestants of this nation would not stop to reason as to just what the "evident purpose" of Ihe Klan really is. If fthe millions of Protestants should do that and remember that he has declared himself "unalterably opposed to the evident purposes" of the Ku Klux Klan he would have to depend solely upon the Roman Catholic, Jewish, and alien vote. However, his statement does cause one to freshen his mind as to the "evident Dumoses" nf ti Klan. There has been no secrecy in this respect. The Klan has hr. aided to the world its "evident pur poses," and has not been, backward in giving to the" world its avowed objectives. Among those Durnoses are ine cleaning up of rotten pol ffijJ S tltJ. try: the betterment of our public unuui ojbi-cui, uie amine or tne con?fflcer of the law in minc0r inWlaS. i American citizens and the stopriro- if sif..nl 1 r a wi i,uuiiui uy iui eigii innuences' raising our moral standards to the nlane frnm wniVi tv,,. j -. plane from which they have dropped with the steadv influx nf h of thousands of persons holding oldworm standards or morality; the il p,f 8 HeParauon or state and church; the protection of pure womaunooa; ma perpetuation of lthertv Would Gamer Anti-American Votes Those are the purposes of the Klan;- purposes to which Senator Robert LaFollette. bv his own wnidc is opposed. He knows, however, that in the United States of America are millions of persons who are opposed to those nurrioses. Wh lis t Vl OTA noa millions of Protestants in this coun try wno win cast a ballot at the fall elections, he knows that these same Protestants have been lied to by a foreign-controlled press until they do not know the purposes of the Klan. For th - -muwu wtuawi LaFollette expects to not only gar ner me anti-American vote, but to secure the votes of Protestants who have been misinformed about the Klan. Senator LaFollette Is not alone in his ridiculous stand Them 9 many just like him. Politicians de nouncing "tbe Klan" a wholly Protestant organization take this way of casting for Roman Catholic votes which they would not dare to make a bid for if they had to do so by denouncing Protestants outright. The New York World said editorially that Senator LaFellette's declaration "sets a standard of candor." For once the World is right. For a man to condemn the strongest Protestant organization in the world while running for office In a Protestant country, and declaring himself opposed to purposes as set out TWO ARRESTS FOLLOW - ATTACK ON KLANSMEN ANAMOSA, la., Aug. 18As a result of the anti-Klan riot staged here on Friday, July 18, two men have Jtteen arrested on charges of "assautt with Intent to commit great bodily harm" and are held to the grand jury under $500 bond each. The man are Evart Leman, Dubuque, and Ed. Halligan, Monticello, supposed to be members sA the Ku Klux Klan. The charges were filed against them by Thomas and Will McNamara of this city, who participated in the attempt to break up the Klan meeting by hindering automobiles from, entering and coming out of the field where the meeting was held, two and one-half miles northeast of here. WOMEN OF JURY FFNE FEMALE RUM RUNNER HAJUUODtftU, U-' AUg. 18. 1 When Chief of Police Dial of Led-T rord,- a smalt mining town three miles south of here, arrested Mrs. Mary Grietz on a charge of bootiegginr, she demanded a trial by a jury of women. Her desire was acceded to and the justice swore in Mrs. Rebecca Chancellor, Mrsr John Smith, Mrs. Tom Clark, Mrs. Maggie Hadgens and Mrs. Frona Bessn to hear the evidence in the case. It took only fifteen minutes for the Jurywomen to agree , on a verdict of guUty, and the defendant was fined $100 and costs by the court.
Indicate Then Tin
rnli have preferred to conduct on xtoDen .uajp oliette declares he mvut punoca ui. lim XV U xVlUX LaFoUette can not be ridiculed in a foregoing paragraph, is, indeed, must canaia, 10 say the least. Protestants Openly Denounced When affairs have reaehod .i. . stage in this country that a candidate can openly denounce mm Protestants in a plea to secure the votes of foreigners, and announce that he is onnosed tn th of Protestant native-born Americans, " not time that the Protestants of this country have an nTMnl7ntifw to protect their country from tha miuaas maae by foreigners and a foreign-directed political machine? While almost unbelievable, Jack Walton, former governor of Oklanoma and now running for senator, within the past thirtv d in a public speech that "ninety-five per cent or tne Protestant ministers in Oklahoma preached paganism." Again might one ask if it is not time for Protestants to have an organization If the Protestant church is to withstand the attacks hointr mHo upon it? Rome has reared her. head high in this land. Her emissaries are pumping insidious poison into the veins of America. A campaign has been launched against Protestant ism -suca as never before existed Many Protestants, blinded by lying slander about the greatest Protestant organization ever formed to combat the craftiness of Rome, are unwittingly giving aid to the Roman political organization bent on tho destruction of the Protestant church. The Protestant church means progress and enlightenment. Rome shrinks from the illuminating rays of education. Growth oft Protestantism means the ultimate downfall of the Roman corporation whinh , steeped its subier.ts in . Lan , ! tools and superstition until they are ready tools in the hands of the wiley agents of the Roman hierarchy trained in the moldine of nnttT7.miT,rin,i i lowers. Principles of Freedom The Klan, built upon principles ot freedom, has brought down th 'ererlasting'-ire of the Roman Catholic Church upon its head. The chief attention of . the Roman corporation has been directed away from tho masonic order to the Klan. SEbiie it has been noticeable of late that the Roman fight against the masons has been more open, the chief fight in the open has been directed against the Klan. - Cue to the intensive campaign of propaganda directed against tha Klan, the enemies of Protestantism feel more secure in openly attacking it. The declaration of Senator LaFollette and the rabid statement of Jack Walton reflect the arrogant attitude now held by those who "oppose the evident purposes" of tha Klan. Were it not that such matters should be put forcefully before tha American people, such ribald, antiProtestant and anti-American statements made by lickspittle politicians and crafty agents of Rome should not be given the dignity bestowed upon them by printing them. It should be remembered that Robert LaFollette, while "regretting a religious issue in the campaign," was the man who dragged it in by denouncing ., mUlions--of native-born American Protestants. Attention is called to this merely from the fact that it can safely "be predicted that within a few months the Klan will be accused of naving brought up the religious question in LaFollette's campaign for president. HEARST MAKES PLAINS FOR CATHOLIC CHURCH NEW YORK, Aug. 19. Mayor John F. Hylan of New York, upon his return from a visit to the ranch of William Randolph Hearst in California, brings word that Mr. Hearst will build a Catholic church for his Roman friends in California. "At San Simeon, a little village at th foothills of the Hearst ranch where many of the workmen live, Mr. Hearst is going to erect a Catholio church," said Mayor Hylan. 'Ha will also erect a building where entertainments can be held and moving pictures exhibited for the pleasure or ta people." Following tha Democratic convention, Hearst invited Hylan and Mrs. Hylan to visit him at his ranch situated in the mountains of the Pacific coast. " . Hearst is owner and publisher ot a chain of anti-Klan newspapers. OHIO KLAN PURCHASES COUNTY FAIRGROUNDS MT. VERNON, Ohio. Aug. 19. Tho purchase of the Knox pounty fairgrounds, formerly known as Hia watha Park, by the Knox Ku Klux Klan for the sum of -$13,000 has been announced. An arena capable of seating 10,000 persons will be built While the title t& the grounds lias changed hands, the fair board will have the nso of 'the grounds cfc year for tho county fain