Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-19

r. Pitts as a Kleagle stationed a
Fresno, Cal.
At Pensacola, Fla, on the night O
July 3, white robed masked mel
drove up to the restaurant owned b.
presence of the Chief of Police Of tn,
city handed him this warning:
| You are an undesirable citizen
You violate the Federal Prohibition
laws, the laws Of decency, and are q
running sore on society. Several train,
are leaving Pensacola daily. Take
your choice, but do not take too much
time; Sincerely in earnest.
"(Signed) X. X. K"
| Chief of Police Harper received ten
days suspension for failure to arrest
the masked deliverers Of the note under
an ordinance making such disguise
an ofense, and the case attracted mo-
mentary nation wide attention when
County Solicitor Fisher tried unsuc- :
cessfully to connect men Of the United
states Air Service stationed at Pensa-
cola with it. It was later announced
that Emperor" Simmons had sus-
pended the charter of the Pensacola
Klan.
Greek Given warning"
In similar case at Durham. N. G.,
another Greek restaurant keeper was
warned that Negro men were meeting
white women and Negro women white
men In his place, and that he would be
run out of town unless the practice
was stopped. The Greek hired a law
yer and laughed at the tx. x. k"
which had warned him out of town,
and refused to take them seriously.
For a warning affixed to trees, tele-
phone poles and other equally public
places in Mobile, Ala, the charter of
the local Klan was revoked by Colonel
simmons. The warning read, in part !:
Law violators, this is the first and
last time we will warn you. You must
either heed this warning or take the
consequences, for be We well
assured we will attend to you without
names. We stand back Of
the laws and see that they are enforced
regardless. This Is no Negro whipping
organization, but should an occasion
arise, be ye assured we will not hesi-
tate. We stand for the chas-
tity Of womanhood, peace and harmony
in the home, law enforcement.
Mobile County must be clean. .
We are 100 per cent American and
stand back of law enforcement, officials
regardless. This warning is
for those living in the Jurisdiction of
this klan. and we are here 2500 strong
to see that these warnings are carried
out. Your next warning will be In per-
son,
"(Signed) THE KU KLUIH ELAN,
Mobile City an6 County"
Minister Is Beaten
At Miami, Fla, July IT, at night,
eight masked men waylaid the Rev.
Philip s. Irwin, an archdeacon Of the
Protestant Episcopal Church, at the
close of his evening service, took him
TO the woods, stripped him, whipped
him and coated him with tar and
feathers, placed him In a sack, took
him to the center of the city and
dumped him into the street.
Bishop Cameron Mann, of the South
ern Florida Diocese, went to Miami to
investigate, and reported to the Pre-
siding Bishop of the Protestant Epis-
copal Church Of the United States:
About the middle Of the afternoon,
while was consulting with the
Mayor and the Circuit Judge, the COM
mander of the local post Of the Ameri-
can Legion came In and stated that he
had reliable information that II Arch
deacon Irwin remained In the city he
would be lynched. He therefore
asked that Archdeacon Irwin should
leave the city that afternoon.
The charge made by the mob, and
denied both by Irwin and his Bishop,
was that the clergyman had been
preaching racial equality" and "in-
termarriage" to Negro audiences. At
the request Of the local officials and
with the consent of Bishop Mann,
Archdeacon Irwin and his daughter
left Miami that afternoon and went to
New York.
This list OF terroristic acts and warn
ings Is by no means complete. It does
not include mention of all, or many,
Of the parades held by white -robed and
hooded men bearing plscards announc-
Ing them as Klansmen, or the many
warnings mailed and posted In the full
or initiated name OF the Klan, or the
public limitations held by masked
Klansmen in several places, or the
mass limitations held outdoors and
carefully reported TO the press by those
responsible for them.
The term "Ku Kluu d ~" Gun be
vsed IN all fairness stacey Emperor
S!mmcns has used u IN 80 booklet,
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