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THE FIERY CROSS FritkY- - 1325 Against the insidious w.lft of fnrmo-r. mfiuanoa f . " - He did not add that the "sentimental wiles" of fool liberalises SSEKS'0 Zf lmore da" than wiles that are branded foreign and -shippeTnS tv .
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Official Organ Knights of Ku Klux Klan
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The firry Croa. PwbliabLa; Co.. Inc., l'uhllahcr. Entred as -oiul-cl.-i:.t matter, July 29. 1922, at the !ost.ifTW at Indian ip. .lis, Indiana, undor I he Act of Mini, . IdT!'. AdtrMlalita, KntK will He Sanpltr On Krqnr.1. SuhiHTlpllon llnlr, fcjr Mall, $.00 a Vrar.
Send nil Null I'rma nnd Address all ioBlria to Onturr nuildlnc Telephone I.ineuln 5S51.
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T:.- i .-slt vr program of the Knights of the Ku Klu Klun l: T" hoi, or li.e :nc flag;. T" proiootc (he TuHtc School. To .-erve the I rolei-tant Church. T. I'ht for (I n-;-t- of the 11j:u. To prun.ote reject for Livr.
STATUS OF THE KLAN: "We will permit no group of politicians and no parly to annex, disown, or disavow us. Where our conscience leads usrvve '.viil be fuuTid, regardless of who we find in the different political camps." Dr Hiram W Fvnns.
A Magnificent Outlook
V J ,P 1 V-r1.15:- 03 Voar of .enlevement. eksx as (he A ,,r,. ? t;am-gn -f P'-paBada ag.Un.st ..oaun " uy th9 ,.. The Ki.unokalion hold at KlnS,, (-;tv in spvmber ,verv 'n the union wre present ml n- , . . . imc fav Pac r.ior jn keoi- : Hn fvr,l!- Th"" art had at other tinea or , thoj ,j,u at kanra. City. The l3,GninS ,Mirc .,W-pa,H.M to h.p dmore-Jlt upon h8 Kl .n,d , vin,;..Avrx,tRS4 lie !,!!. thouLI l.e ,ij -v.ut.
bn.UKht l)(f0, o ,h, Khn v '
ji . nun
Something to Think About TJH. KDWAP.RD A. STl-INEn, writing: in The Christian Advocate, tell.i of a certain woman, a teacher cf history in Iiubli sc!k,o1 and a coi!(!ge KraduatCt wlt0 believed and reatcKl a story that, as Dr. Steiner said, is patently impossible, in, story, while having no conr.cction with the Ku Klux Kian dos, however, give an Mea o how easily crafty tales against the American organization mnv ,m set Ir !r,0tj0rii believed, and passed from mouth to mouth. "A. graduate of college a woman who teaches In a city high school," says jjr. Stelner. "told me at the time when the Xon-rarttean League was In control of the legislature of North OakoU, that a law was passed there, nationalizing women. I was horrified, and asked her If he knew what she meant; she didn't quite know, but she knew that it was so. 'rrere thn, a college graduate, a teacher of history, believed that men in their senses, men who are the most selfish males of all animal, wanting their mates for themselves, that they pa3Sed a law making their wives ar.d daughter common properly. Sha behaved, or. at least circulated a story, which implies that women, the most loyal mates, who zealously guard their privilege their honor, would permit themselves to belong to any man at will. She said, no matter it I didn't believe it. her brother had told her, and he lived in South Dakota." If a r-oll-Ko graduate believes that the men and women of N'orih Dakota, or any other American state would permit of such a thing, how easy must It be for alien agents, crafty in de-eit and trickery, to be successful In propagating stories reflecting upon the honor and integrity of the millions of good men and women of the Ku KJui Klan. It is very seldom now that any enemy of the Klan attempts to circulate such prueaome. vicious and grotesque stories againt Klansmen as wa. once tho rule rather than the exception, by the foe of Americanism. The story related by Dr. Steiner, however, affords one much lo think over, and explains the wide circulation of incredible stories concerning the Klan. and which have been forgotten after having been branded :,h fnlan bv
the American public. Tho honesty and patriotism of
.v:n r.as oeen demonstrated to such an extent that these wild atorles discredit (ng the Klan organization liava fatien of their own weight.
Why Be Absurd?
IN A f un urea 11c "InvonuaMo
tspapr advertisement, a Roman Cat ho-
ion Bureau." whieh had its birth t
convention of Knighls of Columbus, points ir. th fact
that lions Catholics pay taxes to aid in , the upkeep I frttowed
iue pul.,,..- acneoij.. For this reason, the bureau points out. it la proved that Roman Catholics favor the public schools. That rounds fine if the person reading It
.cr. Bivh, ir.ougnt to that which he reads. After think-
nifc ii over.
however, one sees the matter in an enMre.lv ancl k'aPPS of Klansr, t. maer in an cnarely continues throughout the country
different light
The "ir.f-rmAflon bureau," it would seem
" "wuj btr.
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u.a &i if n America:
(By WINGFOOT.)
--- Who Is Practicing
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ARTICLE ELEVEN
(Eacli articJ separate in I telf.) INSfD?RISia-nd bombiinf have acam taken the center of the stage in the jrreat drama ous fires and explosions which destroy Klari bnildinps and nrn a,.1. mysteridrifting in from all parts of the country b"kESm with VhmS f newspapers are at Terre Haute, Indiana, this method If intiSSSn and intowiS? f hmldm gamed aacendancy. The latest to beo 1 inumiaation and intolerance seems to have again
iBjionea is tne mysterloua fire which totally destroyed the beautiful Klan
at
borne, a large colonial mansion
ui uhuu, jiame, two weeks ago. The explosion which completely wrecked The Daily Dawn, a proAmerican newspaper at Coffeyville. Kansas, shortly after midnight on December 8. Is believed by the authorities to have been caused by a gigantic bomb placed under the press. The Daily Dawn, like a number of other papers In the smaller cities, does not have a Monday edition, and this afforded the perpetrators of the outrage ample time to place the destructive bomb. The bomb, quite naturally, could not have been placed at a better spot to suit those who wished to stop the publication of the paper and to cause the greatest damage. The bomb exploded with such force that it left what remained of the press, a twisted mass of steel and metal. Second Publication To Be Bombed. It so happens that this Incident was tho second in which a pro-American publication named Dawn, was bombed. The other outrage- took place in Chicago some time ago. At that time thwe were other bonibitigs in Chicago, by the same hands. Outstanding among those was the bombing of a drug store at a busy corner. The owner was charged with being a Kianamen by the foreigners who live In that neighborhood. The attempt to burn the Klan Klavern at San Antonio. Texas, during November failed; but at Fort Worth the foe was successful, and the $1S 0,000 Klavern was destroyed by fire which broke out at several points In the buildings immediately following three explosions. At Jeffersonvllic, Indiana, following the bombing of the Fort Worth Klavern, the Kit;n offices were broken into, robbed and then set 'afire. The Jefferson episode also has a parallel Inasmuch as this was the procedure
at Fort Wayne. Indiana.
some months ago. These Incidents, however, are but one Dhar.e of the intnli-nm.-s .in-
lawful acta being pructlced against
me jviansmen of America. The mob
bing and kliTnapping of Klansrrten Continues throughout tt nr.imtrxr T
It not on'v nateral that th hearia of
uiakr-s that tho Rllen influences- fiii-ht'nir ho
growth of the Klan in the United
.. . . laiuoeiajien, according to the "information bureau." to mean that the man paying ths taxes is a staunch advocato of everything the taxes go to perpetuate. When a citizen pays his taxes, the amount paid by him is proportioned in different amounts to cover many funds, aow, tocause the Roman Catholic does not demand that small amount of his tax which goes into the school fund, returned to him. are all others to take it for granted the Roman Catholic fit. .u- ..m.
a There are many persons in the United States who b,.
Th.- pacing of the Immln nn,. , . . . . been !n th ;,st strongly opposed to the atrenatrh of th
..ttrlhutr.! t.. the iinn;i irfiuence broi-h A k I J stilnSIn8 ar,i1-v' "uW " not have besn absurd to point Kk,n ,ir,l efforts of the or"":dt, t :,l ?! """rT tb oreJ a large standing
ei-n,.- the entrance of aliens Into our-eountrv At .he e.e(-.K.n in Novtml.-, the most conclt've uroof dldates bearing the n'-al of al'en ln.1,.-n -I , ter,yrI'" r -i ,-, " , aunj of them are magnified !!. Mj.i. :.n.l Ktan-.en havo prospered. Unfortun Iv .""'""J "f ,h 'n.o have been bombed and burned' ,," N"rn- rens. These outrage., however have not Jotcrreo tl,o Kla.::-. a in Oie least. Tho crY4i4 H.-te tho need of an organization hc!i as the K'-n ,iUT' 'l?Wtl foea of the Klan ha v. bf . "j o Hi, h-mlr.da of thousands of rcl-blootlod An er can' ' h l,ar become members of the Klan in 13-4 Mnet,-,,, h,1!ia,-rd ,-.nd twenty five will, no d'o.'ib' be Klan. nc-mg n unison, have created a mighty forc . V""'"'n:'n' I'"1 Prejudiced or in doubt, have I ron . ot.v.neeti of the great and tangible go. d ' o r-, done by th- organist ion. This has becrft e , hief r a-on or the mighty trend toward ,0 the Klan .I, 1 . Just jiaHSf-d '"& w.l ;.c, It .- only l believed that during 152.-, the phero-,,1 ral rrowfh ,.f thin nrictly Atneri.-,,, organiL Ion v i i -,i;',ated. The outlook tr.Ptnitl ent
"Eggs to Crack."
IN 1 '( ).M M I iN'TI N , editorially OB the lMtw 1 .t.mi, .lay Chapman, an overseer of Harvard ::r7';"' "., h ha, -ansed much comment Hat, wa 1 if voiced hi. avnt.ments in no unc or a,n ,,"' 1',,V. "h th'-nks talk about that .hu.vh (lto..i:i r Mhollc) Is much too carefully ,ini , n-a 1 -upprrsr-d. ' Continuing, the editor of Life"ayf -rh' U ton,ldMOWy true, and in so far a. It la rue t w bad " VW.i-n null p:bllcatior. as I,ifo Ptika r,--H, Hd.,i.,.(-,s. .,,,-h , tIuU cuote!. Z?ar?Zt "a . hang,- 1, graduaHy luk!g p!ace In AruZ. 7 t poragrarb. Ihe editor KHyp: ".SomethinE lu-e . rebU-,., do., .eem ,0 be s fT many Klgr.s ftd announ-emcm- of it. Wo rnut nof the pre.Moarl worry for we do not know auO about the procrw of 8uc-h llngs." Bllt. the wXryi ome egg have to 1 cracked first" and that we shTM not be too vlolenuy dmp.e.sou uUh gentlemen who fell tho tail to rek I hem." ""'men who feel
; : . ,or mw'n wei.. Amer
-r. ' ngurmtlTeiy .peaklua-. aevrl v....
program of OirlatlanH v r4 wmtijL u" a
gun to have it. effect. a'reaay l'0' Million- of Americans have awakened to the fact that to rlt I lly by U not going to retain America a. Amer lean. rnt it. One of th blr .
tfclr o b beiored country America.
! T . I nt a sond thought after reading It. States, should use cverv method
out u.Ui ,no statement ridiculous? Because a person f 3 mailable in an attempt to detract d03S r.ot defv the covernmcnf n nH .. I the attention of th ramr,l nnhiin
.,1.,...,, n.e mignt not favor, Is to be taken
m.c.uM5 01 ice tact mat a small part of theitaxes was going to help defray the expenses of that army.' Or still more absurd for thoss persons to d. mand that the government return to them their pro rata share of tVie differenco in the amount it took to maintain an arn.y which they thought was sufficient and the army actually maintained?
uoes tno "information bureau" want merl-a to b i . " , , '"ri,,; i llev,. tl-.t v,r. . t, , -"lwUa.to he- Schremba declared the Klan to be
a thine f,,ri w (h7 v,It.r,o.,c ao?s not advocate ; an organization of "self-constituted .1 mint, fo wli.cii the government spends money that guardians of liberty, robed demons of Koman Catholics will ris i;r tn var! ,i , 'thCL io-Kf .n,. .v. a
1 . .. .1 l-.iirtilnir -. .
the attention of the general public away from the att'ocitles committed
jy ne agents 01 tnese Toreign inteiests? The chief cry of the enemy of the Klan, right at this ttme. is "religious freedom." This cry, of course, is sn attempt to delude unthinking persons into the belief that the Klan is opposed to religious freedom. Therefore, the alien Interests figure, if they can place the stigma of intolerance on the Klan by the cry that the Klan Is opposed to religious freedom, and is intolerant, they can successfully cover up their own intolerance. Bishop Sclirembs Active. Bishop Joseph Hehrembs, of tho Roman Catholic diocese of Cleveland, speaking before a meeting on B'nal B'rlth, held by that Jewish organization in Cleveland, December 11. gave a good Illustration of just how the
rvoiiuiu agents operate. Jjisnon
pay taxes? Tfc.ir attitude would Indicate that. If the
iwinau Lauiouc is so strongly in favor of the
school an he claims to be. it would seem that he would "Rhed demons of the night." is have much stronger lmint to ...,hM v.;- ...,.. a very catchy phrase for a movie
to point to such a sillv and absurd tMPETa-4he u'"1"!? SenPMnb" is wel1 inert of taxes mi..fc tne pay- Known for his dramatic utterances. Vh.r. y,a 'r r-.v. . 3!ihop Scarernba, as he stood there yvtun the Roman Catholic, proves his advocacy of the speaking to those Jews, for whom pub.ic school by sending his children thero for cduca-1 tno Roman Catholic church has no l:on, and Roman Catholic dignitaries cease their tirades ' ca"tnly "se scept to use them to against the nubile K"hoot thAn ,n i ... ... null their chestnut from tho firo
... . ' , -----r oniy, win tne publU; believe the Roman Catholic sincere when he asserts that he loves tho public school.
i rule and violenc?."
Spiriiualization of America. rpiIR spiritual inheritance which an American child has . the right to expect from his parents should Include not only intellectual training in intellectual desires but also racial, national, and family traditions, customs-and belief:!. These customs form a "setting." as one might say, for bis morality they are backgrotind on which the moral rules stand out vlvidly-and. at the same timthey Jnvest his ethics with a certain graciounness in-i beauty which cant-.ct be Imparted by books or learned .rota the rude contacts of life. These social faiths tin.erstandiaw, and usages render tho moral ilfo of the family attractive, and they constitute a kind of KKnnish safeguard and strength during the child's veers' of
UU.101 ijuoii ami oevejopr.ient.
knt-w that he could not, if he had been asked to do so, show any foundation
ior tnat statement. rtooed demons of the ntglit." A play on words; an attempt to conjure up a thought in the minds of his hearers and by force of auto-suggestion, implant In their minds an awful picture of the Klan. I.-et the reader, if he be not a K'.ansman. journey some day to a town where a large Klan meeting is being held, and watch these "robed demons of the night." He will sea th everyday business man; gray-haired and kind-faced women; church workers; charity workers; minifters of the gospel; farmers, held- high in the esteem of their friends; young mothers, and Sund-y Mchool teacliare one and all. law-abiding, native-born Protestant Americans. Those are the popio this Roman agent, working for
lliostt Important facts, weil understood by sociologists. the night." Thi.-. Roman Catholic rum..h 011- reason for tne Klan's insistence upon the -"ds before an audience in an Amerproper eduf-r.ti.m cf the child on education that has not ' lran clty arui wilfui!v Pours forth his only to do wiih form-l intellectual teaching- but "whih ' vnom on an orniz;tion comprising reaches back into Hie . ommon pant of race 'nat-on and-1" C'Sht I,5iUion Protestant Amerfamily, and enriches imparted knowledge bv 'a ' rare 1 lrT'S;, . spiritual gift, whk-h means infinitely great things to te ' Epoeli-Makuig Event, noble youth of an exalteil line. " j When he had finished npeaking, one
The moral heritage of each generation declare-, th'C. . . "pnPacn cjnrea mat the Kian. i3 ti e true baBts of American progress Th! 1 T,P S SpeeCl' T? l"1 poch; tmt ninn-i .im, ' Kr8s' The on making event in the history of
awakening the American people to mf V1!"0553 heir.g made on our political life and our institutions hy the tomatwhlerarehy! Bishop Schremhs, who not so long ago instructed his priests to make Usts of all Roman Catholics who had w't'l. "tary training in" the World War. and right after the pope or Rome had Issued in order to the soldiers of the world who followed the Roman Catholic faith, declared in his speech before the Jews, that "the inalienable rights of man. whether Jew, Protestant, Gentile, or Negro as guaranteed By the Declaration of Independence ahd the Constitution, were being attacked "by.,; the Klan." Were this sttpsosed. fact so palpable as one might think, in iew'.of the aaaertlon hurled forth by the Roman agent, why did he not at least cite one instance where the Klan was attacking the Constitution? He knows the Klan is not attacking the Constitution, and he knew it when he uttered those words. Just as he knew that a few weeks ago a Roman Catholic mob at Nlles, aimed with sawedoff shotguns, knives, bombs, rifles and revolvers, created a riot against Protestant Americans, which it took the state militia to put down. Niles vJ ,p, u ftT Lmiles 'rom Cleveland. Yes. Bishop Schrembs knew of that riot and that these same Roman Catholics formed for the purpose of stopping the Protestants from parading a right ,vhich they held under the Conwbtol0 th? ,United Stetes about which Bishop Schremhs seems o exc'r?,' K't"ws that those Roman Catholics shot and stabbed Protestants and bombed the homo of the mayor a few days before the date set for the parade! From (lie House Top. But Bishop Schrombsdid not find it expedient to talk of those things' J3V m. 'TU truth' lie did mention mob violence but he laid it at TC th.e KUan' He dId mention the Constitution but it was the Klan which wat estopied from exercising its rights under that Constitution. The tatlt hv- Ri,hnn c.i
srent of the pope, was much like the talk of a mother whoso little son Is in the barber's chair. She keeps up an incessant chatter to the child to teep his mind off the fact that he is getting his hair cut. But all the time she Is talking, the hair is being Put just like Klaverns are being bombed . Protestants assaulted and beaten. Klanemen's right under the C onstitution taken from them by mob violence, while Bishop Schrembs and a galaxy of Roman speakers are yelling from the house tops that the Klan is intolerant thus hoping that the American people will hear it so much that they will finally believe it, and that while the shouting is going on, and tho thought of the people is detracted from the main issue the Roman "barber" can keep on trim-' mlng the American people. "We must rededieate ourselves and
our cnildrcn." said Bishop Schrembs. worthy agent of the Roman ecclesiastical empire, "in the spirit of 1775 and must learn again, as never before. ? .,n?stm. HP0" our fundamental rights. Tills cause the question to arise, as to jast what arc "the fundsmental rights" of Roman Catholics? is tt their fundamental right to destroy iu,y Protestant oreaniati-in TL ',n,Sh wish to pounce upon? 1 it their fundamental right to create r j 1? ncl1 RS 0le NBes riot: bon ai'd burn pro-Amerii-an newspapers? Is it then- fundametttal right to assault Protestants and tear to shreds American flags such as was done at ?puth Bern? Is it their fundamental
, nnoui, uown rrotestaiit Amor
OUTPOST - " OUR PLATFORM; LIFE PRESERVERS FOR SEVK. IXG FtJXDS.
Iast call for New Years Resolutions. A witness before a Congressional committee stated that the United Stales has but twenty airplanes fit WY service. He made It plain tz?hf n ? conM!S to Pbns. the United States is on a very low plane. Pessimist: "Every rose hag its thorn, you know." Optimist: "But it must be remembered that, by this very same token, that every little thorn has its beautiful rose."
A steel manufacturer, drawing JloO.000 in salary each vear. is reported as having said: "I get much joy out of hard work." He is. no doubt, correct, because making th teel from which he gets the $150,. 000 worth of joy is probably hard work for his employes.'
mi .... .
Jeans such as Vh'Z -- xZ?,r .l not,,In.S to laugh at
they shot down Tliom.a i " "J.1" hundred years.
, , , . - - 4tt. t. urn titer shAt. rfAwn 'r!,...u .. ui , .
old blood as he marched along the street henanth an in,.,;.,... a..
two Abbott children are now orphaned as their mother just recently died or a broken heart. Are these things the fundamental rights of Roman CatholUs? Just what does Bishop Schrembs mean
?.,.-hft . demanria "fundamental i dream
"s"ln- - re not lioman Catholics HOW . - I . . . . . i
r-T'r.' 8 tne TVlor
says a scientist. Is this a tip that
o--m,5Ls are going to knock off making such statements as this one has Just made?
With all due respect to the opium conference it would appear t!t tbo nnoe held nut. that It
- - - - 1I'0M. phsb something, was mostly a pipe
Constitution which Protestants t-re There so'nl to be a lot of fina supposed to enjoy. Doe any reader ! 1,0 to the inrorae tacks publicity
t,u,ui lit.
- -- - j n h j icaur, recall any instance where St. Patrick
u. pai-aues nave been attacked: any Kn.ghts of Columbus parades broken up. or any lodge rooms Minrim ,n
, . ..f...... V 1
Order of HibernlaiKs.
the Ancient
bombed? Or the, publishing plants of any Roman TtattwtMr. : -.-
b - . .... ..... , . 'own up? Talk, Talk, Talk. One is reminded of those lines. "Water, water, everywhere, and not
a arop to drink." It is Just "talk
"President Coolldge," says a writer, "should not be ridiculed for attempting to save money." Certainly not. But why did the writer say "attempting?"
talk, everywhere. nn,l nnt 1 ' !
Attorney: "Tou say you know they had cross words?" Witness: "Tea. sir."
Attorney: "What were tho "natum
nf these cross words of which you'ara
They cut 'em
a irotestnnrs ronea ne-1 . -v.o. .unui. -iucy cut em night." and stated that Z newspapers and he brought I faces should be shown nomc books with them in." light." and that Kltr.s-i Attorney: "That will be all. Xext fllted wtti, ,ot..-..i , 1 witness please."
convince ono " af. thv, r.i -. , await?
had called tho Protestants "rohaii ri. : Witness: "All kinds
010ns or tne "their shamed
In their true
men were "filled with hatred find persecutions," Rabbi Abba Tt Ki',-.
arose, according to newspaper reports, and loudly praised "the broad and true ideals as expressed bv Bishop Schrembs and the great church which he Jeads." Yes, those are the "hroad and true Ideals" of the Roman Cathob corporation. The reasoning bv which the Jewish Rabbi reached the decision that the venom lioapcd upon the Protestant men and women was "broad-minded" seems to be at least a bit obscure. Inasmuch, however, as the Roman, corporation was throwing out sop to- the Jewish organization. It was no doubt, thought necessary to say something. Thus does the farcical attempt to lay intolerance at the door of the Klan and at the same time cover up the outrages practiced against the Klan by Rome go on and on. (Article Twelve will appear next week.)
CURRENT COMMENT By FELIX FREE
Roman Catholic rites were held for Frank Purlo. dead bandit, at Fresno, Calif. Enthroned Roman Catholic dignitaries sometimes teach that there fs a higher power in this country than the mere law of the land. Whether Purlo camo under the influence of this teaching in a parochial school is not known. It may or may not have had a bearing upon the shooting of Constable George W. Boyle, for whose murder Purlo was alleged to be responsible. However, a Catholic priest did his level best to get tho dead outlav.- through to tho land of promise. Boyle was an officer of the law. killed while in the performance of duty.
Iri ar-nt, 7 w 7 1Z iT " manners of Jewry." Cm should certainly i;ot 1 .v , ret. .terting life. on a lower ho criticized for asking just whv the piune man h:s parents. If it- r r.?
, " - . vj ..vv ivk luu Spiritual --v Mu ep-i.ii iiianLiift. itimui nereatty in America, each generation would have to sta-t f,libl. it was because a h.'gh Roman at a lower station than the preceding generation and -oon l a,hollc dignitary addresses a Jewish the decay of the family, race, and country would b.. ' ?r3f r! Rol1ttn Catho ics of the past apparent. In a few generations thers m,U t, , hava not ,n the habit of doing progress hecruse mora 1 . n moral", that any more than they" had. unheredU'as it wks trLX TfiT? PenAa on rai til recently, been in the habit of prai.ZSL"? 0rt'-81 thr,ouKh the family. And from thi.'ing and meeting with the Masonic oranaer tne iv.an is patiently and in.istentlv at.xr. ider but which thev niiur tin' mi
lean im.ral- and Americun institutions' thera ..-I"!! ,U,rr) th, Amerlcn Parent, urging him to bettriln their game of foollDg the public. ' .oine err. crocked." The Kian at '.bouT'.i
, .."!, : " "MniiuBiiin ot growing M ".. . " V. VL """""
America. , ,svoa wv ior ifie .lews, vnere is hs who U so uo30p! 'sticated that ho Time no lonirar nnfr,M. t,. ,.. . ., heller c the Roman . .rporatton holds ti!a f 1 . . - riDKlet of the nation's hair Masonry close to lis heart? Bisfcon -the wind, of lying opinion look after the matter. , Kchrombo and tho rest of the Rotuan
-. w ...jtr. njMi-n ut not love tne ihe difference between an antl-Klansman and an aal -5ws r" Mss,M they f-ar tne
The Ku Klux Klan brings to all Trotcstants the voice of friendship and tho promise of lrotestant ideals applied to American government. "Education Moves Ahead" Is the title of a little volume Just out. The author is Eugene Randolph Smith. M. A., headmaster, the Beaver County Day School, Brookline, Mas3. -The Introduction is written 'by Charles W. Rlliott. Ph. D.. lAu. D.. President emeritus, Harvard University. The book consists of a compilation of informal talks to parents and teachers. It should be in the hands of every Klansman whose children are in the public schools. "We know we are going." observes Mr. Smith. "We know who are to step in our places." he continues. "We can, If wo will, prepare them to achieve far beyond what we are doing. Can we afford to? We can't afford not to." And this 13 the root of the argument on behalf of (Jie Reed-Sterling bill. We cannot afford cot to give this measure our enthusiastic and unqualified support. It soems to a man up a tree like the worst kind of consistency for Capt. William Stayton. founder of .the Assoclation Against the Prohibition Amendment. to be traveling over the country advocating modification of the Volstead act. We all remember how very docile in the palmy saloon days were the "personal liberty" hound, "hog drunk" half th time, who continually broke the liquor law. and howled for more "freedom."
coin to Stanton, when an order was issued giving to Bishop Amos control cf the Methodist Episcopal churches in the South. By the same token Protestants will not permit an autocratic foreign ecclesiasticical power to run the government.
witness please.
"DR. ELIOT STIRS IRK OF IRISH IX BOSTON." SAYS A SEWSPAPER HEADLINE. IT DOTH NOW APPEAR THAT DR. ELIOT IS THE GUY WHO PUT THE 1RH IN IRISH. Ills Wire Gave It to JJiia. Little Tom Horner, sat in tho corner Tying his Christmas tie; The colors were bright, in fact a fright. But he had to wear it or die. An editorial writer says that ninety-five per cent of the women who smoke, do so to find something to do with their hands. Well, if they smoke merely because their hands were idle, we can rest assured they will never take to chewing tobacco.
Duchess Feodorovna says American society "has much charm and is most cordial." If we are to believe all the reports, it would seem that the Duchess could just have easily said that society "has much charm and much cordial."
Our usefulness as Klansmen. at elections, depends wholly upon our ability and willingness to subordinate partisan party afffltation to patriotic duty and obligation to American ideals.
Speaking of intolerance and bigotry
"Highbrows In Schools Must Come Down to Karth," says a headline. A few years ago they were plucking the eyebrows and now it would appear that they are going to pluck the highbrows. The Modern Way. There was a young lady named Nation, W'ho was filled one night with elation. For the man whom she wanted. Gave to her quite undaunted. A four-letter word meaning osculation.
Jast Why the Name. -. "Tho Wednesday Afternoon Club will meet Thursday afternoon at tho home of Mrs. Win Shaver, to nlan
- F v'- 1 LU i CJLIIIK, lllO SilOCK 1 . - - .. . . v .. . ... 1 . v. .l.CM .1. troops" of the American Catholic Hi- i its hist meeting of this year which crarchy that "people who live in glass 1 wl!l be hold next Tuesday. All thosa houses shouldn't undress In tha'day wll attended the weekly meeting time." " " j Monday afternoon, are requested to bo i in Q tt rtTrlc !-, ' ' fttt)MHa VT-.V, T . , . ..
The painful imbecility of some Protestant la- still noticeable. Thero no longer exists tho alls litest pretext for misjudging the purely patriotic jnotlvea of the Ku KIM Klan. It Is rapidly coming to he understood by informed people that only three classes of men and women remain out ot the
man. rir.t, me uniniormed: second.
The Kian . harvests usually ripea quickly.
........ . a. aa ai , UUIIUVI I 1T7.4 , SnLUUll rhdt m! ulnunt ajI tUll it 1
. 4,,., i-a.r i ieriy ineligible. vto!e or wwnal injury t. thoj -- hCT(h, f t p? hBt !caw hey! "Th- govcrrr.nt must not under ur.ow t,u.t the t- j Klux Klan la take Ur run the chm'chea." wroto i,ln
in attendance." Sturgis (Mich.) Jour-
One newspaper paragrauher la- j ments tho fact that "professional . , Americans" are always stirring things Al cnsress goto busy again next up. Recent election resul s show I Wee,k CaS 8ta,rt investigation conclusively that there waT c,,v2;a3 to why President .Cooildgo calle.1
than tha t, start an investigation to learn if President Coolldge really , called off the naval investigation. In 1 this way they could get the thrill of two investigations.
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something stirring on November 4th.
"Did you ever notice how newspapers fight shy of any unfavorable mention of the clergy?" inquires a T..OS Angeles columnist. It depends upon what this columnist mean3 bv
"smiiis any ot unfavorable mention
Try This One. "This hotel." declared the elerfc
lergj-. The average daily proudly, "is run on the theory that paper docsn t hit a Catholic priest the guest is always right." tio i, 30 anybodi" r.o-l "Fine," declared the man who bad tica it. But there appears to be a per- been there a week, "I don't owe jou petual open season on Prolestant min- i a cent." Javelin.
.oLda. A-st-ii-ri.v evervDOfiv is nerintnty
to notice that. too.
The prospective Wisconsin school teacher who said that Frances E. Willard was a prlae fighter end that Hellen Keller is . irrnr nli-nlana t.
no credit to the educational system ofl
Bob La Follette's state.
Person, who are Inclined to criticise the Ku Klux Klan because' of the secrecy of Its meetings might with profit consider the manner of framing the United State constitution. The most significant provision adopted
was tne ruta for ahmtitt. umv v
oopy wan taken of, any entry made on
permission was necessary to Inspect it. Yen. and nays were not recorded. There was an understanding reached that "even when the convention adjourned no disclosure should be made of its proceedings during tho Uvea of it member..' At tho end of tho convention George Washington, who presided during tho four month tt was in session, directed tho aocretary. William Jackson, to "carefully burn every record except tho minutes," which were put tn Washington' cuatody. -
9KVES KEASfllWS Here are a few reasons- whv some Americans will not Join th KlaB: Mr: (iambler says: "Thure's no ex-, cftement in It." Mr. t;!l2tr.n eav- i..r,t- ,11,.
eats."
Mr. Bontlegger says; "if. going to
Irdav out."
air i-omiwan says: "It'll lose me. a. lot n votes." ... -- - . TVf r lUiaer nvi- "1 , Mint., M
- - V -t ' I V - J 7! I. iu something." , ; Mr. Goodenough .ay.: "Tliey can't tell mo a single thing1 1 don't know."
Lhard on those poor ignorant fortirntva rv4n . . n
- - . iw, fi-aj iruni com -tna Avav h.r. 4A.1.,.. 1 - w.
They'ro atrfuny OnkindJ.., -, , -R
Peoplo who dislike to talk -about the Klan seldom leva to talk about patriotism. , . - - - -':i";.;':v-" . ' 'Nta aa STlannlali.li. .
are in your sinking .
TOO HCCR BUUt1 "; We're all -itt,-e!,:mmo';o'fehi.'v bt oTeryboay nght to -eo that there, too foreign ballast