The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-19
XII kLUX CAR
GROWING RICH
SELLING WATER
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none too clean, for 1t is taken from
the Chattahooche river INDIAN name
for Muddy Water'D, which runs
few miles from Atlanta. 1t could just
as well be taken from any oCher river
but the Georgia river Is most con-
venient. Presumably the dirty water
of the river becomes purified ard
sanctified by decree from the imperial
Wizard, Professor William Joseph
Simmons-and very costly.
Until reading the above, I doubt II
any Klansman ever suspected the
source Of this mysterious dedication
fluid" as 1t Is spoken Of in the Koran
page 40.
Non-reffllabie Can.
II Is the same water that the people
Of Atlanta drink and bathe in. The
Atlanta drinking water is. Of course.
filtered. and presumably pure: yet II
does not bring as big a price as the
blessed" fluid retailed in cans by
Clarke.
Clarke sells his sacred" water at
$40 per quart can.
After q can Is once opened II cannot
be used for a second ceremony. the
theory being that the magic has been
taken into the souls of candidates for
Klansmen. So you are forced to buy
another can when you hold second
ceremony.
Imagine the financial profit derived
by Clarke from this canned river
water.
In the initiation Of the TOO, 900 mem.
bers of the Khan. most Of whom were
taken in in the last year. there must
have been at least $4,000 ceremonies.
at each of which q new can. At $40.
had to be opened.
That's $S,500.00o right there. and
the $40 price Is (. o. b. Atlanta. the
purchasers paying the freight or ex.
press charges. The can must not. in
deed cannot, be used a second time,
because II il sealed and must be open
cd with can opener.
wonder If ii has ever occurred to
Clarke that he might go into the mar
ket with sacred" can openers. He
doesn't miss many opportunities. For
example, when the thought Of going
in for horse breeding, to supply klans-
men with horses to I'LL the horse robes
they are forced to buy, he actually
told me he intended manufacturing
curry combs and all other horse &C
cessories. But / am depressing from
the sacred" water.
Clarke's canned spirits" in one
quart cans. are put up In Clarke's
cannery in Atlanta The imperial
factory In about eighteen miles from
the river and the water Is piped to
the cannery. The imperial cannery
might have been built near the river.
but for reasons Of shipping con-
venience. the railroad yards being in
Atlanta proper. the water 10 canned
right there.
No initiation ceremony can take
place without this very important
sacred" water. The ceremony II
known as the dedication section. and
follows Immediately after the terri.
BILE oath and the making Of the sign
OF the fiery cross with the blood
from the arm Of the candidate.
The Ceremony.
The ceremony. a. described In the
kloran on pages 20 and Il. 10 a.
:. follows:
The Exalted cyolops. addressing
v the candidates. says:
"Sirs, have each Of you assumed
without mental reservation your oath
of allegiance to the Invisible EN-.
pire7
Z Mortal man cannot assume q
/. more binding oath; character and
Q courage alone will enable you to
n keep 1t. Always remember that to
o keep this oath means to you honor,
8 happiness and life; but to violate II
means disgrace, dishonor and death.
= yours"
+ He then holds UP the vessel from
. the Sacred Altar containing the dedi.
= cation fluid (Clarke's canned spir.
its'o. addressing the candidates a.
+ follows:
with this transparent iife giving
nnwaFfllI GAA.0fUon FlstNA
cious and far more significant than all
d the sacred oils of the ancients. I sci
each Of you apart from the men Of
/. your daily association to the great and
q honorable task you have voluntarily
allotted yourselves a. citizens Of the
a Invisible Empire. Knights Of the Ku
: Klux Khan.
stanxs II Sung.
3 As . Klansman may your charac
ter be as transparent. your life pur,
- pose as powerful. your motive in all
things a. magnanimous and a pure
and your klanishness as real and "a
faithful a. the manifold drops herein,
) and you a vital being al useful to hu.
mainly as II pure water to mankind.
You will kneel on your right knee.
a low. soft but distinct tone by q quar-.
tet to the tune Of Just As Am With.
out One Plea:
ITO Thee. oh, God. csii TO Thee
True 70 my oath. on. help me BET
I've pledged my love. my blood, my all
Oh, give me grace that not fall"
The Exalted Cyclops then continues;
"Sirs: Meath the uplifted .iery cross
which by its holy light looks down
upon you to bless with its sacred tradi.
lions Of the past-I dedicate you In
mind, In spirit and in life, tn the holy
( service Of our country, our Khan, our
. homes, each other and humanity"
: He then advances with Clarkefs
4 canned spirits" which have been
d poured into special oontainer also
r sold by Clarke, to each candidate, re
a peating the following operation:
. Pouring q few drops of the dedica,
. ton fluid on each candidates. back hi
: says, TN body" then a few drops or