Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-03-11

suffering and unfortunate, eseeelall,
tho widows and orphans OF Confeder
ate soldiers. End; 10 protect and de.
fend the Constitution of the United
States and all laws passed in con.
sofnity thereto and protect the States
and the people thereof from all inva
sions from any source whatever. 3rd
to aid and assist In the exscutior of all
Constitutional laws and to protect the
people from unlawful seizure and from
trials, except by their peers. In con.
Iformity to he laws OF the land.
CREED.
We, the order OF Klu Klux Klan,
acknowledge the Males
ty and Supremacy Of the Divine Be-
Ing, and recognize the goodness and
providence of same. We recognise
our relation to the United States Gov
eminent, the supremacy Of the Consti-
tuition, the Constitutional laws thereof
and the union ct States Hereunder.
Most solemn Of all, was the oath,
always given under the most awe in
spring circumstances possible. Thus,
l, before the great immaculate God Of
heaven and earth, do take and sub
'scribe/to the following sacred, binding
oath and obligation. promise and
swear that will uphold and defend
the Constitution OF the United States,
as 1t was handed down by our fore
fathers In its original purity. I prom
ise and swear that l will reject and
oppose the principle of the Radical
party in all its forms and forever
maintain and contend that intelligent
men shall govern the country. i prom
1se and pledge myself to assist accor-
ding to my pecuniary circumstances
all, brothers in distress. Females,
widows. and their households shall
ever be especially in my care and pro-
lection. l promise and swear that /
viii obey all Instructions given by my
chief. and should / ever divulge or
cause 10 be diyulged any secrets, signs,
or psss words of the invisible Em-
~ 8tea 1nlSn1
Sa1 33kt Ssuaity lof ths tfsft6NN k6ie6
IL death. death, death. at the hands Of
my brethren.
BANNER.
The Banner or Ensign Of the X. X. X.
was tringle in shape. five feet long
and three wide at staff. The material
was yellow with red inverted scallcped
border. On this banner was painted
a black flying dragon and the following
motto in Latin: what always, what
every where, what by all is held to be
true"
The Invisible Empire extended from
Virginia to Texas, covering fourteen
States. The Empire was subdivided
into Realms, Realms into Dominions,
Dominions into Provinces, and Provin-
ces into Deans. Each department
had It's head officer, their duties being
definitely designated, except those Of
the Grand Wizard, whose control was
supreanA. The following is the list
of officers and their departments in
assisted by his ten Genii; the Grand
Dragon Of the Realm and his eight Hy-
dra, the Grand Giant of the Province
the Grand Giant Of the Province and
his four COLLINS; the Grand Cyclops. of
the Den and his two Night Hawks. A
Grand Turk, Grand Monk
Grand Exchequer, Grand Serb,
Grand Sentinel were officers Of
the local Dens. The Genii, Hy-
dras, Furies, COLLINS, and Night
Hawks iwere staff officers and the
private members were called Ghouls
The Dens Of places Of rendezvous were
generally in dark dismal places, caves,
etc. Their appearance was always
sudden, rs II they rose from the earth,
disappearance"was quite as mysterious.
These mysterious maneuvers were al.
ways bern In the brain Of the Ku Klux,
and the weird, unearthly and ghostly
always rIedOminated.
The costumes were intended to work
upon the superstitious fears Of the
negroes. No special instructions were
given as TO the color or the makeup of
these costumes. However, the robes
were nearly always white with a cross
of fiery red, mask, and high conical
hat. The horses were also covered
with sheet. These costumes
were all made by the women Of
the South. those noble women who
Iluring the war made clothing, etc.
counting no sacrifice too great to mid