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\ \ K(J MUX KLAN NOT LAWLESS ORGANIZATION Imperial W tear A Issues Statement TO ALL LOVERS OP LAW AND ORDER, PEACE AND JUSTICE, AND TO ALL THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES. Whereas an apparent nation wide attempt through the public statements in- the Press and conduct of lawless citizens and traitors within our ranks there appears to be a concerted effort to discredit the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan in the eyes of the public. Whereas the Supreme Committee of the Organization composed of citizens of unquestioned character from the states of New York, Illinois, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana and elsewhere is now in session in its sixth annual meeting. Whereas in the face of the above conditions after full and careful deliberation, it has been decided that the Imperial Wizard of the Organization should once again call attention of the public to the real purposes and work of this Organization in order that the truth may be known to all men. Therefore, I, the Imperial Wizard of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, do hereby officially proclaim and de. clare under solemn oath as follows: , 1st The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan does not encourage or foster lawlessness, racial prejudice or rel? , gious intolerance and is not designed to act in the capacity of a law enforcement or moral correction agency except insofar as the members of the Organization as citizens may be able to assist the regular offioers of the , law in the apprehending of criminals and the upholding and sustaining of j the majesty of the law and the honor , and integrity of the Stars and Stripes , and the Constitution of America. To j the above every member entering the portals of this Organization has been ; sworn umier iue most uiuuiug auu solemn oath and any act or word contrary to the above statement by any Klansman is a violation of his oath and puts him beyond the pale of fellowship in the Organization and makes him an outlaw not only in the eyes of the law of the land but in the eyes of his former fellow Klansmen, as a violation of oath of any Klansman automatically banishes him from the Or. ganization. 2nd. In order that there may be absolutely no doubt in the public mind as to the real purpose and object and work of this Otganlxation 1 quote herewith Section 3, of Article 2, of .. the ?o?stftuttan a ,J-aws of. the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan. "This Order is an institution of .Chivalry, Humanity, Justice, and Patriotism, and embodying in its genius and principles all that is chivalric Conduct, ( noble in sentiment, generous in manhood and patriotic in purpose; its peculiar objects being; First?To protect the weak, the innocent and the defenseless, from the indignities, wrongs and outrages sby the lawless, the violent and the brutal; to relieve the injured and the oppressed; to sue. cor the suffering and the unfortunate, especially worthy widows and orphans. Second?To protect and defend the Constitution of the United States of America, and all laws passed in con. formity thereto, and to protect the states and the people thereof from all 1 invasion of their rights thereunder from any source whatsoever. Thlrdr? To aid and assist in the execution of all Constitutional laws, and to preserve the honor and dignity of the State by opposing tyranny, in any and every form cr degree attempted, from any and every source whatsoever, by a fearless and faithful administration of justice; and to promptly and prothat the present wave of critic! perly meet every behest of Duty without fear and without reproach." If i$?cessary the Organization is prepared to submit the entire Constitution of the Order, as there is nothing in it that any honorable, lawabiding, concentlous, clean hearted and pure spirited, hundred percent American could not subscribe to and swear to uphold. 3rd. I hereby declare and pro. nounce the present attempt to fasten upon this Organization acts of lawlessness to be the attempted of our enemies to discredit the Organization and the further our investigation goes into every particular incident of lawlessness which has been charged against us the more convinced I am passing through the press is a con. certed move on the part of our enemies in an attemDt to prejudice the 1 public in regard to our work. In one instance we already hav^ the statement of a supposed victim in Texas of lawless conduct on the part of the Ku Klux Klan, that the incident itself was conceived in his own mind and that he tied the bandages around his hands and over his eyes and mouth himself, but he declined to state why he attempted to make it appear that the Ku Klux Kian had robbed him. We know the reason why and it is easy for the public to comprehend the reason and why he does not wish to disclose it. His statement or admission came before our investigators reached the spot. 4th. The Knights of the Ku Klux Klan and any members of the Oiganization cannot commit acts of lawlessness and remain In the fellowship of the organization. We do not claim to have a perftct machine because no human machine is perfect and it is i f - 3 WHAT MOTHER GIYES TJhey always 'wonder what mothei gives, But I tell you the list is long? Comfort and cheer and grace and lovt And sacrifice and song! They often question what mother gives And 1 answer that she gives all? Her life' and her hope and her trust and dream, Her heart and soul to the call! She give3, ah, how shall we count The million things there are That she gives so those that she loves . may walk 'Neath the light of a luoky star She gives her patience, her rest, her rights, Her pleasure, her chance, her tutn, And maybe they'll never render you nno A Of the million crowns you earn. Why, nobody gives what mother gives Nobody could give more, Day by day through the rolling years She gives from her little store. Tireless, cheerfully, all her life A gift for the sake of others; And how many children really know What a beautiful gift is mother's. o Manning Sign Co-operative Marketing Contract Columbia, Aug. 15?Former Govenor Richard I. Manning has attached his signature to the cotton cooperative marketing contract and will sell ?ill of the cotton which grows on his Sumter county plantation through the South Carolina Cotton Growers Cooperative Association. In sending Harry G. Kaminer, president of the association, his contract, Mr. Manning wrote: "Permit me to express my unquali. fied endorsement and approval of the cotton cooperative marketing plan. ''In the past our marketing of cotton has been conducted in a haphazard unscientific, unbusinesslike manner and has been the source of heavy loss to cotton growers. "Are we willing to continue to lose money by this unbusinesslike and unnecessary way tyear after year ? Are we incapable of adopting, and applying business like methods in marketing cotton: Shall we continue to produce and thow ourselves incapable of profitably marketing what we produce? The proposed plan has been tried ind tested; it has been examined and scrutinized by the best legal and business minds and has been approved ind endorsed by them. A new era of prosperity opens for he South. First, If we adopt the cooperative marketing plan and increuse our warehouse capacity to meet those retirements: - . r a Second, To regulate the production >f cotton to meet world consumption ind raise at home our food supplies: Third, To lend every effort to increased consumption of cotton and sxport every bale that is not needed 'or American consumption. It is my earnest hope that we may >e able to successfully put in operaIon this plan. possible that words or deeds in vioation of the rules and regulations of his Organization by its members may yccuT. It Is also true that legislators, )fficers of the law and citizens, mem)ers of all our leading fraternal or. fanizations are from time to time mak. ng mistakes and committing crimes n violation of the law, yet no one is lustified in saying that because of ;his fact legislative bodies should be ibolished, all machinery of the law iemolished and all fraternal orders li6banded. In conclusion, the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan is a law abiding, legally Chartered, standard fraternal Order, designed to teach and inculcate the purest ideals of American citizenship with malice toward none and justice to every citizen regardless of race, jolor or creed. It is attempting to bring about in America a re-dedication of its membership in loyalty and devotion to the Stars and Stripes and the Constitution of the United States Df America and to build up and foster the spirit of real fraternity and fel lowship amongst men. In the face 3f these facts the Organization calmly awaits the final judgement of the people of America. If we are all that our enemies charge or even one fourth is wicked as claimed, America has nothing to fear from this Organization for it will perish. On the other hand, if we are being lied about by those who are unworthy and who are not pure Americans at heart or who would sacrifice their country for selfish interests, the time will come when all thdir falsehoods and serious state, ments will re-act on them and the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan will come into its own and take its place in the hearts of real Americans, where it$ founders intended it should be as the one greates force in America to guarantee all men that this country shall forever be what its founders intended. THE LAND OF THE FREE AND THE HOME OF THE BRAVE,? wherein all men, regardless of race, color or creed, can live in peace and happiness, enjoying the greatest amount of liberty and justice of any country in the world. (Signed) William Joseph Simmons Sworn and subscribed before me this 6th dav of August 1921. C. E. Register Notary Public, Fulton County, Georgia. Official Seal stamped hereon. o 1.50 gets The Chronicle one year V- ? ??:???2=2 s?-? M?rtyr? to Doty* . ' T*ff? YfARJ 460 Ht y j ^ XIAT^ tw# m?' w/wt i* 1 <?7 r*N n #UT?* IT? vX Cf\V \ c=<, SOUGHT TREASURY'S HELP I IN FINDING HIDDEN WEALTH ? i Man Sent To Waohlneton For Locating . Inotrumonta When Qold Waa Lying Within Hit Qraap. Extraordinary demands for informs-' tlon and aaaiatanca are continually being made upon tbo Treasury Department, but seldom have the meiqbers of the department been more thoroughly helplesB to comply than with a request from Copeland, Kansas. The letter asks for unfailing processes of, locating hidden treasure and reads: Treasure Department, Washington, D. C. Dear Sir: I would Ilka to fat soma Information In regard to your Treasure Locating Instruments that will locate burled treasure and etc. Can a perrbu obtain these instruments of you people and if so, please send me a catalog and tha circulars of thrm and please send me alto your Treasury Book of Hidden Treasures. Fleaae send it at once. This communication finally was lirasd over to the director of Us Savings Division of the Treasury. "It Is perfectly true that hundreds of mlllons ?f dollars in hidden treasure exlst*la the United States," he said. "But It Is the money which is hidden in teapots, and under mattresses and in old Fa< There are 184 r east ol the A. C. L. R. ber need paint. Some decay lor want of pain over and see if paint well as beautify, your I Paint has reachet surprise you to know h for. If you will call c glad to make an estim: and you will be su malro vnnr rlnllar nn. niunv/ j vui uunui tju| Harrell's I > i T Try A Sa< NOSOCA Higk Gra A GUARANTEE W; Horton & I ! , 1 i N$w Shi IDE CO | At New Pi 50 Drej Sizes 14 1-2, Special P MALLO '' ?* I Jil1 pBy Htrfcwt J>kwo> I WHO 1K?CK A WKA1L** ^ m.???.. ? mmm mmm r ? ~ f t u I socks. The only way to locate this treasure, uncover it aLd make It of use to its owners and to the nation, Is to Inculcate In the people of thlp country knowledge of safe and profitable Investment." The satings securities of this gov* eminent, issued first during the war and continued since that time, have done more to uncover hidden treasure and make It profitable and useful than all the divining rods' and treasure maps, collected since the days of Captain Kldd. The best Instrument to secure treasure that the writer of the letter could find are $1 Treasury Savings Stamps bought regularly every week. So hw really went to the right shop for his information after all and the United States Treasury was able to supply both the <nforniation and the Instruments needed. ARE YOU A BUSINE8t CORPSE? If You Are Call The Coroner ifc You Are Not Your Savings Should Show It LIVE ONES SAVE REGULARLY And Salt Down Their Money In Government Sayings Securities THEY MAKE, THEIR MONEY EARN MONEY Think It Over! ' 1 " ^mmr cts esidences in CReraw, R. 94 oi this numol tRem are going to t. Look your Rouse vouldnt preserve, as home. 1 the bottom. It will iow little you can paint ir write me I will be ite of the cost lor you rprised Row far I can hardware :k of Our or LUCILE iic F1 our I TT? I"** x t n a ni/ Lin tVLKI 9ALN, icnclrix Co. pment of iLLARS ice 20c >s Shirts 16 1-2 and 17 rice 75c Y & CO. I ^4 , ? M '* % The next time you buy calomel ask for ^otajL The purified and refined calomel tablets that are nauxralets, safe and sure. Medicinal virtues retain* ed and improved. Sold only in sealed packages. Price 35c. o WEAK, NERVOUS, ALL RUN-DOWN Mil?ri Lady Suffered Until She Tried CardnL?Says "Result Was Surprising."?Got Along ' Fine, Became Normal and Hedtfcy. ... Springfield Mo.?"Mr back was so wiSk I could hardly stand up, and I would havo bearing-down pains and +i? not Well dt any lime," says Mrs. 9. V. Williams, wife of a well-known farmer on Route I, thin place. "I kept getting headaches and having to go to bod," ' continues Mrs. Williams dsocrlblug the trbubles from which she obtained relief through the uie of CarduL "My husband, having heard of Cardul, proposed getting It for me. "I saw after taking some Cardul ,.. that I was Improving. The result was surprising. I felt like a different person. later I suffered from weakness and wenk back, and felt all run-down. I did not rest well at night, I was ao nervous end cross. My husband said he would get me some Ckrdut, which he did. It strengthened .me ... My doctor said I got along fine. I was in good healthy condition. I cannot any too muoh for It" - Thousands of women have suffered as Mrs. Williams describes, until they found relief from the use of CarduL. Since It has helped so many, yoa should hot hesitate to try Cardul If troubled with womanly ailments. fwr tun verywuero^ &t_Q* .?0 Now >3 the time tp boy Nitrate SPda for 1922 deliveries. Cheaper than when cotton was 8 cents. See Thos. M. Knight. WR The new sugar chewing gurr which everybody ? likes?you will. &$. "THE MONEY YOU DC "Honest Advii Ask your lumber retai FITS THE JOB " bi Intist oa "Tide Water" Cypres*?you can identify it by this mark. render its medium an investment?and you are sure to insist on " responsible Assoeiatio *'double money's-wort Write us for list of FREE and no substitutes" from j SOUTHERN CYP 242 YOUR LOCAL DEALER WILL S * V/ ^=v JiV.V?V Keep The E; Basket Full J The feed elemeni make whites of eggs a tirely different from th hens aren't fed both elements, they can't ke H usual method of feedii I but not enough whites M Missouri Experiment S ?'A wheat, corn, oats, barley and i I a \ r nii icnanccy an average or zzt ; | from the same experiments, Pi maintenance) as follows: Purina Hen Chow ^ Purina Chicken Cho ^ Combined Rc M These Purina chows not ber of whites and yolks but Note that Purina Chicken Che m elements to balance up the yo!k8-S making grain ration. That's why ?jfi it makes hens lay so heavily. Ir.r mm stead of the yolks being absorbed by the hen's systfcm, Purira Chicken Chowder makes the whites to complete the eggs and ^ they are laid. Thus we can ab'$m solutely guarantee ip more eggs or money back on Purina Chicken Chowder if m fed with Purina Hen ChOw as directed. You take no risk. I SOLD BY > t M. WJ Distril CHERA\ MR. FARMER. Now is the time to use Lime. Let i i me show you samples and quote you prices. J. H. Wannamake?. Wood a It will pay you 1 I can save you m See me before yc Wholeasle prices on both Coal and V I DO DRAYING A> .. ALL T ' V A. D. CI IGD 101 coated f||ug^pj peppermln that will aid y jf tlon. polish you gyr your throat. a THE FLAUC 1 )iVT /MV? 70 SPEND ON REPA :e Is the Best of All S; iler and he will tell you " BUY 1 ?cause the remarkable rot-resist CYPRESS "THE WOOD ETERNAL" id lower grades in many cases save materially on the expect* the real stuff," the bona fide pr< n mill, identified by the above :h" of lumber value jn actual se PLANS for farm buildings?but in the meanti four local lumber dealer?no matter for what j HESS MANUFACTURERS Graham Building Jacksonville, Fin. SUPPLY YOU. IF HE HASN'T ENOUGH CYPR t , t . I '' 111 ? re en- " >< : . lose that make yolks. Whfcn the white and yolk making ep the egg basket full. The ? ig mostly grain makes yolks to complete the eggs. tation tests prove that 100 lbs. of kaffir corn make (above bodily mainpolks to 154 whites. Based on data irina formulas produce, (above bodily YoBu . White* 247.49 142.11 , wder 182.05 282.55 ttion 429.54 424,66, \ only make a practically equal numore of both than ordinary chows. ?wdcr contains the necessary white-forminj jfl H^D ^ cittflmflMI PI iam ^ju Duvall, H "rf butor V, S. C. '"1 Now is the time to buy Nitrate Soda for 1922 deliveries. Cheapef than when cotton was 8 cents. See Thos. M. Knight. nd Coal f \ \ " K , ' ^ :o buy now. oney. >u buy. on carload lots, ifood. .'D HAULINtJ AT v 'IMES , i , _ /tj hapman ?? _?. / < .v, lY 5 S "AFTER EVERY MEAL" s?r5^ W^m jjp^ \ delicious peppermint red sugar Jacket around it flavored chewing sum our appetite and disc* r teeth and moisten B122 - eM?55? % )R LASTS # / *>; 7/?S /S ALL PROFIT." alesmanship." rHE GRADE THAT :ing characteristics of I r Imiit on "Tide Water" C vdtfm?you can iden tify it by this mark. tOMkUMa the very best sort of ed cost. Then if you xiuct of a thoroughly trade mark, you get rvice. YOU TRY IT. ime insist on "CYPRESS purpose you buy. Address >? 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