The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1921-06-09
The "Spooky" Order
Has Mighty Host?
Mystery Surrounds
Organization of Ku
Klux Klan in City

That the Ku Klux Klan is def
nitey and permanently organized as
a working force in High Point, came
like a thunder clap from an almost
clear sky shortly before noon Satur-
day when $3.50 was presented by the /
khan to Mrs. Frank Gurley, secretary
of the Associated Charities Of High
| Point in response to an appeal made
on Friday.
: The money was left in The Enter !
! prise building by an unknown man !
with the request that it be placed in
the hands of Mrs. Gurley as having
come from the Ku Klux Klan. Efforts
by the staff of this newspaper to de-
termine the names Of those who had
contributed were futile. Reporters
were mystifed and even the city edi-
tor took off his hat and said, cit mas
got me guessing"
A telephone message brought Mrs.
Gurley to the newspaper office where
she was presented $3.50 in IS, $40 and
81 bills.
''I do not know who to thank for
this" said Mrs. Gurley, ''but l want,
to inform whoever gave it, through
the columns of your paper, that
appreciate it and | am sure the young
man who is to be benefited will be
thankful. l am gong right now and
! wire the sanatorium that the young
man will be sent there Monday. This
money will pay his hospital expenses
for three months"
How the Ku Klux Klan was organ
ICED in> High Point is shrouded with
mystery. 1t has evidently come back
to life in the city with vim, and the
>. matter was general talk on the streets
today. The general comment has been
: favorable especially because of the do
:. nation. There were also surmises that
, the organization was concerned with
= the departure of the alleged ''fake"
! healer from the city last Friday
! night. However, there have been no
- individuals known as having been con-
! nected with the incident.
- - If the secrecy Of the old order was
it's power then it's modern successor is
>, also in line for power. It is gener-
- ally admitted that not only is nothing
= known about the members themselves.
- but nothing is known about the move
ment on the outside.
According to reports High Point
r and Greensboro have the largest and
- strongest organizations in NORTH
rCarolina, and that approximately 1,OOt
-, men have affiliated with the order
~. here.
- A reporter spent two hours on th'
= streets Saturday endeavoring to oh
M ~ tain some information concerning or
~ ganization Of the Ku Klux Klan il
Il High Point. He talked with 26 me1
a. who were sufficiently interested t.
- discuss the subject, but everyone O
- them claimed to be like the puzzle
4 reporter just seking information. On
49, of the men, a we'll known ministe
;,,+o tod
-, in sympathy, but who denied mos
~. ~ positively any connection whateve
on with it. He did express the belle
ID however, that it was probably tn
ID most powerful single organization i
ef High Point
It is a known fact that for some
, - time past an organizer has been
p the city and he has made no effort I
~ make his movements secret. He ne
,at given out sufficient information
w. form the basis for talk. It is state
nd that the place Of meeting cannot (
10 inside of an incorporated city and a
yas cordign to reports, the hnal meetlr
was held Friday night somewhere Of
do near the baseball park. Judging fro
,bn the crowds attending it might ha'
been a night ball game.
nor The attitude of the city governme
his towards thAmovement is unknoW
I'd Chief of Police Blaclxwelder is repo1
,rd ed to have stated that he understan
and the order guarantees to keep with
ing the law and as long as that IS tr
the chief and his men will not lnte
'ea- fere.
sE- The reporter found only one m
who admitted he was a Ku Klux.
hat told several local citizens and VIII
,ffi- finally located and asked for facts,
" said: "All I know about the thing
eral that if I knew anything about 1t
the wouldn't tell it. :"
lin. 1t IS known lay Illde .ll1 - ~ ~ -
on hIan IS al1Ve Ill A1lS1 o -
Riv it is truly secret order, and that
y1or nrinted literature it claims to sta
ing for true Americanisn, the tenets
and the Christian religion, and the. ma
tenance of law and order and PEI
rohn and prosperity by effective, but law
had means.