The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1922-03-15
In Letter, Taylor
Thanks Kan Here
For Church Visit

You have given me OCCASION 10
look more closely Into the prlnciplis
OF your order since you have pro.
posed 10 cooperate with the church
In the matters the church stands
for" Ways Rev. Sam d. Taylor. pas.
tor or the First Baptist church, In
a letter 0f thanks 10 the Ku kiux
Khan. members Of which 'prganIxa.
ion visited chIckasha churches Sun.
day nlght.
Rev. Mr.. Taylor's letter TO the
Khan follows:
Since ! have somewhat recovered
from the momentary nervousness
over your visit 10 our church Sun.
day night | have remembered two
thinrA; n of them IL two numbers
| had on the program for the evening
service that | entirely forgot and
did not recall until | had gotten
home that night. the other IL that
] didn't wen say thank you for
the offering you made. am writ.
ing this note TO remedy the latter
blunder. and next Sunday | shall
take care of the former. | want to
tlso thank you for being so quiet
md orderly. There was no notice.
able disturbance. though my choir
iirector confessed later that he
thought yon were riding horses. you
looked 80 tall.
you have given M occasion TO
look nor closely into the princi.
Piles Of your order since you have
proposed TO cooperate with the
churches In the matters the church
for. You have said you were
the protection OF our woman. 4
hood. | thank God for every man :
who honors u %womanhood and puts /
himself forward for the protection !
her purity. | will give you the !
right hand of fellowship on that 4
principle. and add that the saliva. !
ion OF our manhood Is absolutely :,
necessary to the saving of u wo l.
manhood. | am for both.
your attitude toward the churches :.
s q revelation TO me. / had once .
ormed the idea that the Ku Kiux i.
Ilan was an organization of vicious. ,
ongh. careless, desperate men who !,
lad sccretely organized TO wreak =
heir vengance on any one who :
HANGED to displease them. Yout I
ctlons have converted me. Men Of v
hat type do not put their endorse :,
upon the gospel of Jesus y
and his ethics. q
in your note you also state you
for the enforcement OF the law.
gain | was turned completely up
de down and right about face.
had conceived the idea that you
ere mobs taking the law into your
yn hands and enforcing 1t In any
amer that suited you.
Il am agaist any organization that
nores the law enforcement officers
the land, OF tries to supplant
EN-. But | can see how you can
/, of great help to the officers If
~ work In cooperation with them
can readily see how 1000 men in
lickasha with their eyes keenly
ert for violations of the law could
on make 1t the cleanest, and most
W abiding city in the world.
Il express my own sentiment in
e words of one of my excited
embers after your visit to the
Iurch Sunday night, he said If
had been a crook | would have
zen getting out OF there. But
Iickly examined myself he said,
could not think of anything |
d done that they might be after
about, so | sat STILL
| understand you stand
lr square for our public schools.
ice more | want your hand. Save
r schools and you save America,
Keep the right sort of teaching
our schools and you build the
hit sort OF citizens for our country.
rrupt our schools and you have
dermined the foundation of all
Ut our fore-fathers died for, all
1t our boys in France bought with
Dir blood and all that we have
ed for as PATRIOTS.
Let me again thank you for your
1T, your kind offering and for
noble spirit you expressed in
lr short message to u.s."
SAM y. TAYLOR,
pastor First Baptist Church."