The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1920-10-14
REVIVAL
OF XII KLUX KHAN
FAMOUS SOUTHERN ORGANIZA-
TION AGAIN LIVES,
Organize in State.
Representative of klan Will Assist
in Forming Branch in
South Carolina.

South Carolina is to see a.revival o.
the knights of the Ku Klux Klan, tht
organization made famous in South
ern history for it's work in helping tt
restore normal conditions in thu
Southern states during the ten year!
that followed the Confederate wal
and known as the Reconstruction pc
riod.
Definite announcement that plan!
have been made for organizing here
and in other cities and towns OF The
state branches of the khan was made
in a communication. received from
Col. William J. Simmons, founder o1
the modern organization, with head
quarters in Atlanta, Ga.
The idea of perpetuating the prin,
ciples upon which the old Ku Kluz
Klan was founded and of establishing
a lasting memorial to the valiant men
who swept the carpetbagger and the
scalawag from the South and restored
to the Southern people their rightful
place in the nation and the manage
ment of their own affairs originated
20 years ago in the mind of Colonel
Simmons, now professor of Southern
history at Lanier university in At
lanta.
On October 26, 1915, when he felt
that his plans we're complete, Colonel
Simmons met with "a of his friends
and after unfolding his plans, they all
enthusiastically agreed to sign petit
tion for a charter. On Thanksgiving
night, 1915, the organizers assembled
on the top of the Stone mountain near
Atlanta and there at midnight, under
a blazing fiery cross, symbol of the
old organization, they took the oath
of allegiance to the invisible empire,
Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.
The charter was issued by the state
of Georgia December 4, 1915, and a
special charter was granted by the su-
perior court of Fulton county, Geor-
gia, July 1, 1915. Since the khan had
among it's organizers three members
of the original khan the new organiza-
tion was granted in it's charter all
the legal rights and privileges Of the
old order with rights to all it's pera-
insignia, signs, symbols,
etc.
''By the organization of the modern
knights of the Ku Klux Klan we have
established a living, lasting memorial
to the valiant southerners who saved
the south, and thereby the nation,
during the stirring days Of the Re-
construction period and perpetuated
the noble principles for which they
STOOD" says Colonel Simmons. "But
we have done more than that-We
have established an organization that
puts God and native land before any
other earthly interests.
Purpose of Organization.
"The purpose of the organization
is to inculcate the sacred principles
and noble ideals of chivalry, the de-
velopment of character, the protec-
ton of the home and the chastity of
womanhood, the exemplification of a
a pure patriotism. the preservation OF
American ideals and the mainten-
ance of the blood bought rights of the
white race.
"Only native born white, American
citizens, who believe in the tenets OF
the Christian religion and owe no al
legiance of any degree or nature to
any foreign government, political in
stitution, sect, people or persons, are
eligible for membership No man is
wanted in the order who hasn't
enough manhood to assume real oath
with serious purpose to keep the same
inviolate. No man is wanted in the
order who will not, or who can not,
swear an unqalifed allegiance to the
United States of America, it's flag and
it's constitution.
It is understood that several promi-
nent citizens are interested in the
movement to establish the khan in
South Carolina and that a representa-
tive of the organization will be in Co.
lumbia in a few days to confer with
these citizens and to assist them in
the organization work. Starting with
only "a members about five years ago
the organization, it is said, now has
members far into the thousands and
has representative in practically
every state in the union.-Columbia
State.
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