The Washington times., 1921-09-27


her devotees daily.
THE unsatiated thirst for gain is
dethroning reason and judgment In
the citadel Of the human soul. and
men maddened thereby forget their
patriotic, domestic and social obliga
lions and duties, and fiendishly fight
for a place in the favor of the God
dess Of glittering gold, they starve
their own souls and make sport OF
spiritual development"
Canned Spirits" Free.
was then to administer the
the dedication. To administer the
oaths. which 1 already have printed
in other articles, and conclude with
dedication. Clarke, for the first time
in my experience, gave away quart
OF his Canned Spirits" which he
sells for $40 q quart. Z. o. b. Atlanta.
feel this was q big sacrifice on the
part OF Clarke, and was duly Inn
pressed by his generosity. The dedi.
cation was to be as follows:
with this transparent. life-giving,
powerful, God.given fluid. more pre-
cious and far more significant than
all the sacred oils of the ancients. ]
set you apart from the men of your
daily association to the great and
honorable task you have voluntariS
~ allotted yourself as a citizen OF
the Invisible Empire, knights of the
Ku Klux Khan.
las q Klansman may your charac-
ter be as transparent, your life pur.
pose as powerful, your motive In all
things as magnanimous and as pure,
and your clannishness as real and as
faithful as the manifold drops here
in. and you, a vital being. as useful
to humanity as il pure water to
mankind"
Completing this quotation from the
Ritual; 1 was to pour a few drops Of
from the Chattahooche river.
Georgia). on his back, saying:
I'm body" pouring a few drops on
his head saying I'm mind" tossing
a few drops upward and into the
air, saying 'In spirit" and then
moving my hand in a horizontal cir
cular motion around his head. con.
ciude with IAN: in life"
100 Per Cent American"
The ceremony completed. President
Harding would then be 100 per cent
American.
When I left Imperial Council with
these instructions I think I was fairly
resolute in my purpose OF going
through with 1t. though the Imperial
bootlegger could have given me even
more strength; when left Atlanta.
bag in hand containing the Imperial
DEGREES, a can Of Clarke's canned
spirits" specially blessed for the oc-
casion by the Imperial Wizard. and
q bottle Of the Imperial bootlegger's
best to cheer me on my Journey.
confess 1 experienced some misgtv-
ings.
On the New Orleans We shington
limited my enthusiasm SLOW ~ oozed
away as the miles were clicked off,
and felt once or twice that I would
be more comfortable II the train were
going in the opposite direction.
mediately to the Domain headquar.
tiers In the Munsey Building, where
found King Kleagie ii. b. Terrell. the
Acting Grand Goblin, with his assist
mt, Kleagie Poindexter, . nephew Of
the Senator, awaiting my arrival.
was on the point Of greeting them
with:
Gentlemen, we can't go through
with this program" but they beat me
to It. Terrell said:
Plan Is Abandoned
Major, It will never do TO go after
the President at this time. Conditions
are such. in Washington I haven't
made q move in two mbnths."
1 heaved a sigh OF relief. Terrell!
continued:
You must have heard about the
race riots here?"
I had heard Of them. He added:
Besides, the Catholics virtually con.
troll the city; and the chief Of police
has forbidden us to operate, and said
II we att ernDted to hold An Initiation
he would break 1t up"
He explained. further. that two
Kleagles who were in charge at Wash
,ngton before he came-namely H. A.
Lake and w. H. Lathrop, jr.-had
rlade q mess of things by taking the
applications Of anybody they could get
}10 from, including some Catholics and
foreign borns, who, OF course, had to
re rejected, because they could not
answer yes to the question, Are you
o native born, white, Gentle and Prot
estant American citizen?"
] was quick to agree with them that
Il would be most unwise to attempt
to take the President into camp at
that time. had previously wired Sec
rotary Christian asking him to arrange
an appointment for me with the Presi-
dent. purposely waited until after
office hours, when knew the Presi
dents secretary had gone, and I called
at the White House and left my card
and word that I was off to Europe and
would try to see Mr.. Christian when I
returned.
will tell about the details Of my
plans for the European trip in another
article.