Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1921-09-21
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THE New York Worlds expose OF
the Ku Klux Khan is attaining re-
newed interest as it progresses. The
Worlds articles are appearing in only
one paper in Georgia, and in only
about a dozen throughout the coun-
try, but their substance has gained
considerable circulation, neverthe-
less, and the copies of the World,
which claims that its daily circulation
has increased by 100000 copies since
the articles first appeared, are eager
ly sought after on the news stands of
the South wherever they are sold
The latest sensation in the eX-
pose has to do with the alleged arrest
some time ago in Atlanta of Edward
Young Clarke, imperial kleagle' of
the order, with Mrs. Elizabeth Tyler,
head of the woman's division, with
whom he has been associated in pro-
fessional publicity work of various
kinds for several years. An Atlanta
news stand man reports that shortly
after the arrival there Tuesday of
500 copies Of the New York World
containing the Clarke-Tyler charges
his whole supply was bought up by
one person at 10 cents a copy,
premium Of cents per paper. At
lanta reporters discovered at the same
time that the police records in the
same case had been mutilated, the
pages containing them having been
removed from the books and cards
taken from record cases.
EDWARD Young Clarke and Mrs.
~ Elizabeth Tyler are the same two
individuals named by the Times-Re-
corder a good many months ago in
an editorial denunciation of their
methods of conducting so-called pa
triotic and other public "drives,"
promoting campaigns for the Red
Cross, Salvation Army and other in
situations on percentage basis, and
flooding the newspaper offices of the
South with reams upon reams of
worthless publicity; wasting sta
tionery and postage stamps without
limit, and making themselves general
ly pestiferous.
Not so long ago the Ku KluX Khan
became active in organization work
in the Southland in Americas. Some
controversies arose, and the Times
Recorder took occasion to express its
belief in the sincerity of the Khan, its
people and its purposes, and asked
that it be given fair chance to
make good, stating that it had done
nothing up to that time to warrant
the charges or the fears expressed
against it.
It was not long after this defense
of the Khan that the Times-Re
corder learned that the same Edward
Young Clarke and Mrs. Elizabeth Ty-
Ter, professional propagandists for the
dollars that came to themselves, hac
become connected with the KHAN
Since then we have not had word K
say for-or against-the Khan, fo1
such a connection established to GU
way of thinking the fact that it wa'
mercenary institution on the inside
whatever its ideals purported to be OF
the outside, and whatever method.
were used to attract new members
Otherwise Clarke and Mrs. lyle
would not have touched it, we be
lieved. , ~
EDWARD Young Clarke and Mrs
Tyler have been unusually sue
cessful propagandists in promoting
the Klan. They had put over driv
after drive before taking up the Kla
Work anu Hdu ItSSlNCu plSilty VI -
perience. But the Klan they hav
put over in grander style, and will
far richer rewards financially, if re
ports are true, than anything the,
have ever taken up. The Khan, unde
the Clarke-Tyler system of promotion
and propaganda, has spread all owe
America, until it is reputed to have
100000 members-and is still going
It's membership in the city of Atlant;
alone is put at 5000 That it has
some considerable strength there il
official circles is indicated by the dis
appearance of the police records il
the Clarke-Tyler scandal, and the