Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, October 15, 1937, Image 18

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Newspaper Page TextPAGE EIGHTEEN HfEDFOTCD MATT, TRTBTTNTE. MEPFORP. OT?EGON'. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 15, 1937. BUT NEVER QUITE OUT OF BUSINESS Organized After Civil War Revived In 1915 1,500,000 Members At Zenith Decline In 1925 Hera ft a ronrtenatfl hlntory of th Ka Klux Klan. Fartu are from various books on the Klan, prin cipally one by Prof. John Moffatt Mecklln of Dartmouth callfge, published In 1924 by Harcourt, Brace ft Co. Information on the pnwnt Klan situation was ob tained at national hradqunrteri of the Klan In Atlanta. (By the AP Feature Service.) . On December 34, IMS, six men of the disbanded confederate army met In tbe law office of Judge Thorn m U. Jonea In a small brick building at Pulaakl. Tenn. One of the tlx, Captain John O. Leater, proposed a club to dispel gloom over defeat of the south. It waa proposed that the nam should be "Kuklos." Omk for band or circle. Someone suggested Ku Klux, and Lester said: "Let's add Klan to this we're nil Scotch-Irish." That name waa adopted, - Kven Horses Hear Sheet That night tho Klansmen disguised In sheets, their horses also covered with sheets, rode through town frightening negroea. Members saw In this organization a weapon against negroes and against carpet-baggers from the north. A year later In a ruined house out side Pulaakl tho Klan really waa born, In Its first Important conclave, A delegation waa sent to General Robert E. Lee In Virginia, but while he Is supposed to have given the Klan hla blowing, he refused to Join. General Nathan Bedford Forrest, southern cavalry hero, became "grand wizard" In convention at Nashville, May, 1887, and Klansmen In full re galia paraded In Athens, Ala., and Pulaski. Acts of Violence Start Acta of violence in the south by men In Klan regalia followed. Pub lic sentiment waa aroused again the Klan. Tennessee legislature passed nn antl-KKK statute In 1868. Trials of Klan members held In Alabama and South Carolina ended In non-oonvlc-tlona. But lawlessness attributed to Klan was a factor In Ita decline, begin ning In 1869. The congressional In vestigation of 187-72 also hit It hard By 1873, KKK waa a "synonym for the most sinister and dangerous forces In American life" (outside tho south), according to Prof. John Mof fatt Mecklln of Dartmouth, Then for almost half a century KKK was In acljpee. Revived In 1015 to 1018 William Joseph Simmons (tall, thln-llpped, spectacled) dream ed of a new Klan to take In alt sec tions on credo of "basic American ism." On October 16, 1016. he and 84 as sociate signed a petition for a char ter. Petition waa granted. On Thanksgiving night, 1016, Klan gathered under a biasing torch on fitone mountain, near Atlanta, Ga.. and took oath of allegiance to rhe Invisible Empire, Knight of the Ku Klux Klan. Soon, warnings posted by Klan revealed Its presence In many southern communities, and It spread northward. But it wasn't getting anywhere In particular until June, 1030, when Simmons conferred with Edward Young Clarke and Mra. Elizabeth Ty ler, two shrewd publicity experts who proceeded to "sell" the Klan to the country. Ten dollars was the Initia tion fee. I The Klan stood on a platform of j 100 percent Americanism, white sup remacy in south, anti-cathoiicism. anti-Semitism, purity of womanhood. World Inrestlgatea Klan Between June, 1920, and October. 1021, Klan grew from an estimated 6.000 members to 100.000. In this per iod the New York World made an Investigation of the Klan, and re ported these findings for that period: Pour killings ! On mutlllatlon One branding with aeld 41 floggings 37 tar-and-feather parties 6 kldnaplnga ' r 43 individual warned to leave 14 communities threatened by pos ters 16 paradea of maaked men Whether Justly or unjustly, a wave of lawlessness that accompanied Klan'a growth was associated with the Klan. Congress Acts Again The outcray was so great that an other congressional Investigation fol lowed, In October, 1921. But exposure and Investigation were Just so much free publicity for the Klan. It spread rapidly from the old south to west of the Mississippi Into north and east Texas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, northern Louisiana, south ern California. Oregon, Ohio and even to New York City, supported citadel of all the Klan hatred. Rtans Takes Spotlight In 1923 Hlmm Wealey Evans, a Texas dentist, appeared at Atlanta headquarters before the Klan'a "big three" -Simmons, Clarke and Mrs. Tyler. "They were 600,000 In debt," Sim mons aald. later. "In 60 days I had them out of debt with $90,000 In the treaaury.H Evan became Imperial ' Kltgrapp (secretary) at the Klan'a first na tional klonvocatlon near Stone Moun- ' tain, Ga., In May, 1022. On Than ks- WHh the passing of the depression, the Klan began to take a now ieae on Hie. officials at Atlanta head quarters recently aald the organisa tion was growing "by leaps." Every state in the union, the Pan ama Canal rone and Alaska were re ported to have their "realms." Canada ha a separate Ku Klux Klan. Main things for which organizers say the Klan stands today are: 1. Buy American. 3. Deportation of aliens who hold American Job "until every American la employed." 3. Eradication of communism and other Ism that are enemies of democracy. 4. Better public schools. 6. White supremacy. Saya Evans: "We believe In America for Amer ican and we want to make this country a place of real freedom for It own people. We believe In the right of property and the right ol religion and we shall do everything we can to preserve them for Amerl cans against alien ideals, manpower and money." SILVER DOLLAR TWO IN PAPER AT SALEM, Ore., Oct. IS. (Muse) Palmateer, Oregon lean lyglen, commander. (UP) o. E. Mate. Amer- I discovered a unique metnod of making expense money while attending the recent American Leglan national convention In New York City. During n:e vlait there Palmateer said he offered a allver dollar In pay ment for hi. Breakfast. It waa re fused by the cashier who asked u "It were convention money." A group of eastern Legionnaires ap peared on the scene and Inspected the "cartwheel." When asked what he would take for the coin. Palmateer repll "two dollars." He disposed of j all three of his remaining coina for' this amount and after a visit to the Oregon delegation found four more i which also brought the same price. I "Don't be misled by your Danker, j and carry travelers' checks." be ad ; vises. "Just take a basketfull of sil ver and you will come home with at much money as you left home with.1 Palmateer did not aay whether he bought the Brooklyn bridge with hit profit. Maine, New Hampshire and Ver mont are the only states In the union almost entirely free from poisonous serpents. 'OUT OF GAS' CITED AS NATIONAL HABIT MI N"NE APOUS (UP) Running out of gasoline ha become a na tional habit. Tho modern motorist ha only to look at hts gasoline gauge and drive Into the corner service sta tion, yet 1.600.000 of hla species last year found themselves embar rassingly stalled on the nation's highways with empty tanks. E. Ray Cory, president of tne Minnesota state automobile associa tion, revealed that the estimate waa baaed on report from thousands ox AAA garage which gave emergency road services In all sections of the country. Insist od Delicious tirade A LPS! RIVER BUTTER & MILK Manufactured id Hedfurd MILADY'S FEET RALETOH, N. C. (UP) Milady's foot, once distinctive and smart only If appearing ultra-small, has grown an average of four size In the past two decades and la growing still. Furthermore, modern, well-dressed women no longer object to wearing larger-sized shoes. They ask for them. They have renounced the tiny foot as a cri tenon of feminine loveliness ana are going In for comfort In then footwear, according to Rcecoe Grll- fin. president of a North Carolina shoe store chain. "The average size of women's shoes 20 yours ago wa a 4," Griffin said "Todny It Is an 8." Women's feet will continue to grow larger for several years. Grif fin believes, now that shoos actu ally fit and permit proper pedal de velopment. "Most important of all, women today don't worry about their feet being large. They are willing to be fitted, instead of demanding certain sizes, usually too amnll," Orltfin added. He explained tho Increasing size of women's feet a due to a gmduai change from two-small, cramping. styled-for-atyle-and-not- for - comfort shoes to narrower, longer and made- to-fit shoe which the women of to- giving Day of that year he became day lnal8t on buying. Imperial wizard. He still holds that position. In the middle 1020's he guided the Klan In Its widespread political act ivities, a power feared or courted by politicians. Repudiates LawleMuess After 1925, the Klan declined again. Evans nscribes this to his Illness that year. He saya that at the height of it power the Klan had 1,300,000 members. He disclaimed responsibility for lawteasneas attributed to the Klan. QUOTE BIBLE IN REPLY TO DUN FROM DEALER KENOSHA, Wis. (AP) A mer chant, in reply to a request for bill, received this payment of note: "Please refer to Matthew 10 :39." Tho merchant telephoned bis pas tor, who quoted : "Have patience with me and i will pay thee all." Use Mall Trlbumj want ads. 1 SffliSlfcfrlSls 1 KSl In I' !' V -1 Thai reminds mel" opens the door to many delightful reminiscences. And what con versation of good things to eat and drink does not eventually Include coffeel For 59 years people have been talking about the pleasure In drinking Hills Bros. Coiiee. Its matchless flavor Is unforgettable. This Is the coffee you will enjoy again and again. HILLS BROS. COFFEE ftfi Covutt GMAil 4 H CLUB PRIZE BEEF fell- 11 ." " Tl PHtt-i FLUE SAVE WITH SAFEWAY ON YOUR FLOUR NEEDS Kitchen Krafts ib. $179 Harvest Blossom 49 ib..$l6S Sunset Gold" ib $149 Drifted Snow lb2g 89c It lake nt lonst rOIR STIiKHS, ralwd by 4-H boys, to elve ALL patrons of Snfewav Store ",r m-r, . . . umu miy we have purchased these four, tine steers! So. here they are. shown Willi the tour bora who raised them. Lett to rlht: Claitmi Charley. Loul Walsh. Boh lumon ami 11 lard WalMi. In the haekgrennd at the left Is Hill l-imb. "manaaer if the meat department of store Nn. 41 and I. farrell Ha us, manager of the store. The purchase of these prlre steers gives Safeway patrons THE FINEST OF HEEf and lend, encouragement to the u....n mi inn mich a spienoio joi or raising them. Try the flavor and tenderness Just can't be beat. thick. 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