Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-09-14
Flood of Gold
EmbOldenS Wizard
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Of October &c. 1915, and all
present. thirty four in number. signed
petition for n charter.
"On Thanksgiving night. 1915, men
were seen emerging from tie shadows
and gathering around the spring at the
base of Stone Mountain, tho worlds
greatest rock. near Atlanta. Ga. and
from thence repaired to the mountain
top and there. unfer n blazing fiery
cross. they took the oath of allegiance
to the Invisible Empire. Knights of tie
Ku Klux Kan.
I "And thus on the mountain top that
night Mt the midnight hour. while men
braved the Surging blasts of wild. win
try mountain winds and endured a tenn
perature far below freezing. bathed in
the sacred glow Of the Fiery Cross. tho
Invisible Empire was called from its
slumber Of half q century to take up Il
new task and fulfill a new mission for
humnnity's good and to cnIl back to
mortal hnbitaton the good angel Of
practical fraternity among men,"
Facts and Fancy Don't Fit
(Oficial Weather Bureau figures
show that on Thursday. November -.
1915. Thanksgiving Day. the maximum
temperature recorded at Atlanta. Ga,
twenty miles away. was SO degrees and
the lowest was AZ degrees Fahrenheit. J
Membership in this order the
emperor" declares in the same pam-
phlet, "cannot be bought; it Is given
as reward for service rendered. IL
you really believe in the order and will
practice its principles and conform to
itss regulations and usages and con-
tribute the sum OF SO toward its prop
agation and can otherwise qualify, then
membership is awarded you upon this
service rendered and pledge of future
fidelity to the institution This is not
a selfish, mercenary. commercialiZcd
proposition. but the direct opposite"
The Klnn, he SAYS in another pns-
sage. is not encouraging or Condontnz
any propaganda of religious intolerance
or racial prejudice. 1T is au assucia
tion of real men. who believe in being
something, in doing things worth while
and who are in all things 100 per cent
pure Americans
Its lineage. he states. is THE Most
Sublime Lineage in History, C0mmcmo.
rating and Pcrpetunting, ms II Does, the
Most DauntlcSs Organization Known 10
Man Its secret is Sacred Guardian
ship Of the Most Sacred Cause" Its
courage is The Soul of Ckivalry and
virtues lmpenctrable Shield; the I'm
pulse OF an Unconquercd Race" Its
teachings "inculcate the sacred prinri-
pies and noble ideals OF the world $
greatest order OF chvalry, md direct
the way Of the initiate through the veil
OF Mystic Philosophy into the Empire
Invisible
Admits Ritual Is Weird
Its character 10 the noblrst concpntL
OF manhood idealized in thOuqLt and
materlalizcd in practice in all the re-
lationship of life Mystery and Action =.
Mastery and Achievement. Its ritual. .
ism (of which the EvENINU puHLIC
LnpoER has printed illustrative cx.
tracts? is vastly different from any.
tning IN tho whole universe Of fratcrnal
rltuaiisn' 1t is altogether original,
weird, mystical and Of a high class,
ieaalng up through lOur degrees.
Dighlty and deccncy are its marked
.eatures' 1t untol DIS II spiritual philos
damentals of life and living. here and
hereafter. He who explores the dismal
depths of the mystic cave and from
thence attains the lofty heights Of slpe
rior knighthood may ait among the gods
In the Empire Invisible"
Its mission, says the emperor" IA
"duty--withOut fault, without fail
without fear and without rcproach j
!ts society In 1.-THE practical fraternn
fellowship OF men whose standard /.
worth, not wealth; character, not cash
courageous manhood based upon honol
untarnished by the touch OF hyporrIs,
or the yeneering of sOciety's selfish 70.
ciai valuations. It's place Is "ln tn,
heart OF every true American along
side OF every other fraternal order. " m,
lin its original casting, unique manner
ism, sacred sentiment noble purpos,
and peculiar mysticism It Is separat,
lnd apart from any and all and peerlcs
In Its distinctive peculiaritles. I"
Finally, he declares, its fraternity |,
mot merely reclting In ceremony pretty
time worn platitudes on brotherly love
sus 70 enforce Q fratsrnsl practics o