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The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1922-09-14

am not attacking the motives of
any man who may belong to the khan.
I know there are many good men
who have joined it. am'not doubt
ing their sincerity. But that does
not change the dangerous things con-
corning the order. l am not blind
to the fact that the Klan stands for
some commendable things and has
done some good things. 1t is not
wholly evil by any means. But the
good things can be fought for in the
open anywhere and any man can in
dorse and help carry them forward
without any Klan or kindred organi-
zation.
l object to the Khan because / be-
lieve it historical fraud and run
for commercial profit. 1t claims to
be the original Klan and dates some
documents from the dates following
the Civil War; But it has hardly one
point of resemblance to the old Klan.
elected its leader every two years.
The new Klan has an emperor hold
ing office for life. The old Klan
drew no religious barriers. The new
one is full of it. The old Khan lead
er served as a duty of patriotism. The
new Emperor serves for one thousand
dollars a month, twenty-five thou
sand back pay and palace of luxury
for life. The Imperial Kleagls Of
the new Khan has court record in
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1922-09-14

Atlanta and the press dispatches Of
last week show him arrested again
in Indianapolis, while a chief off.
Ger Of the Klan' accuses the Emperor
of being drunk SO long he is unfit
for business. The whole thing is
highly commercialized from top to
bottom and of the ten dollars paid
by the new member every officer
gets slice as it is reported on up
to headquarters. Headed by bad
leadership, commercialized to high
degree, and claiming to be the orig
insI Khan when it bears hardly any
resemblance, it seems to be histor-
ical fraud and conducted for profit.
Major Craven, the Grand Dragon of
the Khan in North Carolina, recently
said: GAS conducted in this state it
is an organization engaged almost
exclusively in collecting dues under
false pretenses, without any legal
standing and is, in my opinion, fail
ure and fraud"
/ object to the Khan because it is
un-American. 1t believes in white
supremacy and is sworn to uphold it
by any and all justifiable means and
methods. This is an open Haunting.
of the amendments to the Constitu-
ton of the United States. 1t draws
line and institutes a fight upon
Catholics and Jews. This is foster
ing of religious test. Whenever a
line is drawn against any man sole
ly because of his religion it is un-
American and is Misrepresentation
Of the American constitution.
Still farther it is un-American be-
cause it fosters mob law and claims !
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1922-09-14
THREE FIRES IN
THREE NIGHTS


A coincident very noticeable to the
members of the Liberal Fire Depart
ment is the fact that they have fire
calls in groups of three, invariably.
Last week was not an exception and
the three fires came on three success
sive nights. The first call was to
the Baptist church when lightning
struck it during the storm Saturday
evening. The second call was Sun
day evening to the Pierce property
on North Kansas. While the men,
bers of the department were putting
their fire fighting apparatus away
Sunday night, the remark was made
that they would have one more call
right away and then have rest of a
few weeks.
AS predicted by the member of the
department, the third call came in
Monday night at o'clock, when the
White House restaurant was in
flames. A disastrous fire was avert
ed by the quick action of the fire de-
partment. Too much credit cannot
be given the Liberal Fire Department
for their ability, and they have sew
eral mighty good records to their
credit in averting possible disastrous
conflagrations.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1922-09-14

Kismet ball team drove to Hugo
ton Wednesday, played Hugoton. got
beatl Score 81 in favor Of Hugo
ton.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1922-09-14

M. R. Todd of Perryton was bus
mess visitor here Tuesday.
DR.. Huddleston who has been i'll
for some time is again able to be out.
Let us refine that ladies' coat,
overcoat or gents coat. We know
how. Penny & CO.., Tailors, Phone
1876.
Dale Hubbard returned the last of
the week from several months visit
in California.
Barron Wright arrived the last of
the week from Tulsa, Oklahoma, and
will be employed as salesman and
tailor at Penny & Co.'s.
Mrs. E. A. Meyer and Mrs. j. j..
Parham of Hooker, were shopping
here Tuesday.
Miss Mary. Hitch went to her home
near Guymon Monday and will teach
the school this year near her home.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. ]. Sallee Of For
gan, were Liberal visitors this week.
Mr.. Sallee had an operation. today for
a dislocation of the wrist.
F. E. Nichols was in Liberal We'd
nesday attending to business inter-
ests. Mr.. Nichols is proprietor OF
the Palace Clothing Department at
Forgan. He reports much more rain
in that part Of the country than we
received here.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1922-09-14

H. E. Penny and family returned
the last of the week from visit in
Claremore, Tulsa and Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma. Mr.. Penny attended the
annual convention of the Oklahoma
Dyers' Association at Oklahoma City
and reports the best meeting they
have ever had.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1922-09-14

Troops One and Two of the Liberal
Girl Scouts will meet at the Metho-
dist church Tuesday night of next
week at o'clock sharp. Every mem
Der of the organization and those who
wish to become members are re-
quested and urged to be present.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1922-09-14
THE XII kLUx KHAN

The following are excerpts from
the sermon preached by Rev. A. E.
Henry of the Methodist church, last
Sunday evening:
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1922-09-14

Let us refine that ladies' coat,
overcoat or gents coat. We know
how. Penny & Co.., Tailors, Phone
1875.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1922-09-14

DR.. Huddleston who has been ill
for some time is again able to be out.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1922-09-14

M. R. Todd Of Perryton was a bus
mess visitor here Tuesday.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1922-09-14

Dale Hubbard returned the last of
the week from several months visit
in California.
The Liberal democrat. [volume] (Liberal, Kan.) 1911-1924, 1922-09-14

Barron Wright arrived the last of
the week from Tulsa, Oklahoma, and
will be employed as salesman and
tailor at Penny g. Co.'s,
The Washington times., 1922-01-22
Fails to Win Share
I'm American Estate
For Father Nn-LaW
COLUMBUS, Jan. II.
NATE ZUCKERMAN. thirty-two

NATE zUcKERMAN. thirty-two
years of age. keeps the cans and
bottles on the shelves Of his delica-
lessen store here impeccably In or
der. No storekeeper is more atten-
tive than Zuckerman; his customers
acclaim him a model OF efficiency
and his delicatessen store a delight.
But the children who come in with
a quarter clutched in one hand and
a note in the other. the dowdy house
wives and the trim women. the old
men and young men who come in
and ask for kosher meats, and deli
cacies don't realize that the store
keeper, anxious to please them, is
helping to finance and actively di.
reefs a campaign he hopes will bring
one-sixth OF a $1,000, 900 estate to
Hursh Gurvitz. his father-in.law.
More than sixty years ago, Zuck-
erman's story goes. In the town OF
Borisow. Minsk, Russia, a young
Jewish lad named NJ. Gurvitz was
impressed for service in the Russian
army. He was made to forswear
the Jewish religion.
Thirty years later. NJ. Gurvitz ap.
peared in the town Of his birth and
sought out members Of his family.
He was a general in tho Russian
army. His friends and relatives
gave him all the information asked
for, but they never recognized in the
dignified general the scraggy lad
who was impressed in the service
Of the Car SO many years before.
A few years later the relatives
Of NJ. Gurvitz, all in America, were
notified Of the death Of n man by
that name in South America. The
notices declared heirs were sought
for an estate Of s37 zoo, 900 in South
American money.
Hursh Gurvitz was in Russia at
that time, living in a small town
about six hours ride from Odessa. A
York. Communications between the
two resulted in Hursh Gurvitz send.
ing all the data he had to his broth.
err. This was in the form OF official
documents, and Joseph started TO
prove his claim, only to find that he
didn't have enough money to finance
the campaign.
Meanwhile Hush Gurvitz came to
Columbus on his arrival In America.
His daughter, Lena, married Fucker.
man.
Hursh Gurvitz is nephew OF NJ.
Gurvitz, and zuckerman asserts there
are but five other heirs to the for.
tune. He plans to actively push his
father.in.law's claim soon. he said.
He believes the money Ia on deposit
with one OF the South American gov.
ernments.
The Washington times., 1922-01-22
''Eye for an Eyel"
Says Model on
Trapping Mate
CHICAGO, Jan. 81.

CHICAGO, Jan. 81.
MRS. MARY CHARLOTTE
AVA GILCHR1ST, artists mod
Ell, got her revenge today
when she trapped her husband,
Lawrence Gilchrist, in a hotel
room with Miss Alice Perry, the
latter in negligee; but the re-
venge was short lived.
"An eye for an eye," she cried
to her husband as she rode with
him in the patrol wagon to
headquarters. He did not reply.
Last summer Mrs. Gilchrist
became famous as the cart for
arts sake" model when her hus-
band accused her Of posing in
the nude before Myrndert Vos-
berg.
at was for arts sake" she
said.
"It's for the artists sake" he
retorted.
The divorce case is pend
ing.
Judge Shulman released Gil
christ and Miss Perry today.
"why punish her." the judge
asked, when women 20 to the
opera every day in the week ex-
posing more Of their person than
this woman is said to have done.
II we charge people with dis
orderly conduct who expose q
part Of their bodies, we would
have to arrest every one who
undresses in q hotel room with
out pulling down the shades"
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girl, and probably he didn't take
much notice Of me those years.
When I got to be seventeen I
was developing into a young WON.
an, and Terence probably realized
1 was no longer the little girl he
had been kind to but not particu-
larly attentive to. 1t wasn't really
until 1912. therefore. that we met
and became thoroughly acquainted.
But when we did get to be
friends he made a thorough job OF
1t. That was a way Terence had
with him, particularly in love. He
did nothing by halves. He WAS o
thorough.
He began 10 call at my house.
and I accepted his invitations to call
at his home. I got to know his
family. I believed that they liked
me tremendously. They certainly
acted as though they did.
lie WAS MY BEAU"
II was pretty young, but liked
Terence so well that when he kept
calling on me I felt happy. We
naturally became 'steadies' and
kept company. He was my beau
and I was his girl. His family
knew it. All the neighborhood
knew it and was glad. They liked
Terence.
Everybody knew that some day
we would be man and wife. But
nobody thought wN would be mar.
,ied the way we really did become
married.
1T was in February of 1919 that
Il happened. We had been going
out regularly. There was scarcely
night we missed each other and 1t
would have to be- something tire.
mendous to make us skip a night
from seeing each other.
"one night in February in my
parlor. Terence suddenly threw bis
arms around me and kissed and
Rugged me. He said to me:
MAY, you are my wife. And
I am your husband. We are hus-
band and wife In the sight Of
people as We would be In the sight
Of God!
THAT made me so happy! I
accepted what he said. There were
times, later on, when people would
mention something about a mar.
riage ceremony, that I would ask
Terence whether we should not
have a marriage ceremony. And
always would come the answer:
"No ceremony on earth could
make us man and wife any more
than we arc ut present!
Terence was my husband. He
was my man. He was my all.
And I was the world to him. IL
Terence said no then II must be
so. And was happy in what he
said.
ct wanted 70 be his wife IN the
sight Of people as In the sight Of
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God and I know ne wanted to be
my husband. Who In there that
can say with truth and sincerity
we were not man and wife In the
sight Of God7 And, IL In the sight
of God. why not In the sight Of
people7 II Is May Neary who be-
came May Kelly that would KNOW
After that wonderful night IN
February his family knew we had
become husband and wife. He In.
troduced me to his family a. his
wife. TO all our friends we were
announced n married. He intro
duced my own mother rs his
Inother-in.law. and she accepted him
at his word. Certainly, II my own
mother so believed Il must have
been so!
my family and his family be-
came even closer friends. We In.
terchanged visits more frequently
than ever.
RECEIVED BY HIS KIN.
Two years later Terence pro-
vided for me a home at 263 West
1881 street. He paid the rent every
month. His name. Kelly, was on
the door. The mail came TO me n
Mrs. Kelly. The other tenants
knew me as Mrs. Kelly. His fam.
lily called on me there. In ther pres
ence when other guests were ut our
apartment I was known as Mrs.
Kelly.
1T was beautifully furnished
place. Terence spent money freely
to place in II all the nice things I
wanted for our little home. We
went together to furniture stores
to pick out the fittings for the
apartment.
And when he bought me clothes
he accompanied me, as I sometimes
went with him when he got him
self clothes. And he was generous
in allowing me to get expensive
clothing. because he wanted his
bride to be well dressed.
often after we took that apart
ment I visited his family NJ III
West Eighty third street and re-
manned there overnight. Could they
have let me do that II they frowncd
on our relations? That would prove,
It seems to me, that was accepted
as n member Of his family.
"They knew that II they wanted
to reach Terence they had merely
to telephone nv apartment for that
was where my husband made his
home.
Terence and I spent last sum.
mer at Roclxaway Beach and nj As
bury Park. living as man and wife
and thus known to everybody.
With us at both places were his
mother and sisters. They knew we
were living rs husband and wife
and they should have then voiced
objection had they felt any.
But theysdid not interpose any
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protest. For they. too. recognised
that we were man and wife. Why,
In all our theater parties. Terence
and had his family along.
INTRODUCED As WIFE.
whenever We met friends. ut
Rocltaway or at Asbury. Terence
introduced me a. his wife. I'm the
presence Of his mother and sisters.
! went automobiling with them. We
took in the gaIeties of the beaches
with them. We ate with them. Ger.
tainly there could have been no In.
tention on my part to hide from
them the fact that considered my.
self their daughter-in.law and sister.
in-law. Terence knew they held me
as such. He was glad that they
viewed me with favor. He was
happy that I was his wife and that
his family knew me to be his wife.
"Just before my husband died we
moved to ass West One Hun.
dred and Fourteenth street. He
was desperately Ill. But he insisted
on attending to business and left
in the morning OF November TO
SO to his store. He went that
evening to his mothers home. He
died there the next morning.
II have two more arguments to
show the court and even his family
cannot deny them. One 10 m en-
gagement ring and the other Ii q
wedding ring. He gave me the
solitaire In February, 1918, and the
golden band later on.
THAT engagement ring pro.
claimed to all the world that We in
tended to become married. His
family saw It and knew what it
meant. The sacred wedding ring
meant that we had become man
and wife and I always wore it to
let his family and friends and all
the world know what was %
proud Of, that Terence was my law.
full husband.
Il AM HIS LAWFUL WIDOW"
II am his lawful widow. Surely,
could not have been a more faith
full helpmate than I was had we
gone through a religious or civil
ceremony. Surely, even II we had
gon through a ceremony my grief
at his death could not have been
greater than 1t Is now.
I'VE were husband and wife in
the eyes of God! What mortal be-
ing shall deny that the woman who
has given her all and shared her
all with the man who proclaimed to
the world that she was his wife Is
entitled to a widows share In the
estate he had developed in expecta.
ton that It would some day pass
into her hands?
They may bubble with the law.
But know the facts. His family
knows the facts. His friends know
the facts. And Terence up IN
Heaven Is giving me the courage
The Washington times., 1922-01-22


He is George Campbell and he
lives at the United States Soldiers
Home on Georgia avenue. Nobody
at the Home calls him by his right
name. He is always referred to as
Uncle Sam" because he Ii the liv-
ing embodiment Of the artists con-
ception OF the character used to
typify the United States.
A few days ago Uncle Sam"
formally adopted the members OF
George Washington Post OF the
American Legion az his boys"
Although Campbell. true to the best
traditions Of Uncle Sam, will con.
tinue to take a fatherly interest in
all the members OF all the posts OF
the American Legion. he will give
these Of George Washington Post
special paternial concern. Each
member OF George Washington
Post confesses himself AS strong
as all get out" for Campbell.
Campbell was born In Keen. n.
II. He enlisted in the Federal army
as a drummer boy in December, 1861.
and was assigned to Company D..
First battalion, Seventeenth United
States infantry, Fifth army corps,
Sykes division Of the Army of the
Potomac. He was only eighteen
years old at the time he signed up.
He participated in every important
engagement in the Peninsula cam
paign and in 1863 he left the army
because OF disability contracted in
the line of duty.
Full of pep as the average boy OF
today. Uncle Sam" will observe his
seventy.ninth birthday on January
6. 1922. He is poet Of no little
ability, and close student Of his
tory.
In talking OF his experiences. he
tells the following narrative about
President Lincoln. "It seems that
President Lincoln had been in the
habit OF staying at the Anderson
House (onc Of the buildings at the
home) at nights. going to the White
House in the mornings. This was
during the dark days Of '62. Uncle
Sam at that time, was stationed at
the old Mt. Pleasant Hospital. One
Of the drummer boys on duty at the
hospital wanted to 60 to Alexandria
for the evening. He was posted
to drum the long roll at revcille.
He asked Campbell IL he would
change tricks OF duty with him.
Campbell, always willing to help out
a side-kick, readily consented. In
the morning, when the drummers
were out at reveille, the carriage OF
President Lincoln drove up. Struck
by the perfection Of time kept by
the drummer boys. the President told
one of his aides to call the boys over
When the boys came over. President
Lincoln shook hands with every one
OF them.
Al this point, Uncle Sam settles
the controversy. as to which side
OF his head President Lincoln parted
his hair. AS the President faced
him. his hair was parted on Camp.
bells right side. which being the
opposite side In reality made the
President part his hair on the left
side.
when he was only three years old
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Uncle Sans father died. In 1898
the boy who in future years was
to become the living image Of the
mythical man referred to as Uncle
Sam lost his mother. In 1876
Campbell practiced medicine in
every State in the union, first
opening his office at FAN River
Mass. He graduated from one OF
the medical colleges in Philadelphia
At one time he had his offices al
125 Pennsylvania avenue north
west. One day, while sitting in his
office, an old woman rushed IN
and asked IL he had heard the news
about the shooting of the President
at the depot. Asking the woman to
look after his office. Campbell
rushed to the depot. then at Sixth
and B streets, in time 10 sc"
attendants carrying out the BODY
OF President Garfield, who had beer
shot by Charles Guitteau.
Uncle Sam is the author of
the True History Of the Flag
which has never been published
lie expects to have his book off the
press within a few months. He
bases his facts on data gathered
from publications written by one
Henry MINIS, who was a member
OF the Sons of Liberty, an organi
zation formed three years prior to
the stamp act. MINIS was a sol,
der and spy in washington's army.
In his book Uncle Sam" gives the
true history Of the flag, tells where
we get the stars from, where the
Red, White and Blue stripes orisi
mated and why there are thir.
teen stripes in Old Glory. It Ia
going to be some book.
FAvORS VET BONUS.
When asked IL Uncle Sam" was
his real name, he told the following
incident:
'Tn order that certain papers from
the Supreme Court No. of the Dis
trict OF Columbia on October IS,
1913, should reach the right George
Campbell at the home, the court I'D
dressed the papers to George Camp
bell Uncle Sam
Uncle Sam il an ardent sup
porter of the plan to grant to the
people in the District the right 10
vote. He protests. however, against
the changing OF the name District of
Columbia to the City of Washington.
Campbell does not believe the dis.
armament conference will amount
to anything. AS he expresses IL.
when human beings stop fighting
among themselves then disarm.
He favors the, passage of the ad'
justed compensation bill for the vet.
Grams of the world war. He tells OF
how, during the civil war, counties
and cities gave bounties to the mch
to enlist. At first the bounty was
$40. but toward the last, when me7
were scarce, the counties were Civ
ing as high as 800 for mer % "r
list. Uncle Sam" believes tn ~
Gov .rnm2ni should ASST IN
uran he world war J.
ing { to Civilian =; Gr :.
bpy" bonl3 anu y. ~
away " n the army OF unem Nloyed
that IS, 40 far as the veterans are
concerned.