The call of the North. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1923-1924, 1923-12-19
IN COUNTY KLAN WINS VERY BEAUTIFUL FLAG
Reward for Largest Increase of Membership Strength in
the State of Minnesota Over Given Period Of Time

the State OF Min
Fairmount, Minn.--In the Klavern
of the local Klan, the beautiful Amer
lean flag offered as prize by the
State Department of the Minnesota
Ku Klux Klan, was presented to the
Martin county organization by rep
resentative Of the state Office. This
flag was won by Martin county after
a spirited contest wherein the Klans
of Minnesota united all their efforts
to show the largest increase of men,
bership strength within a given time.
The Martin county boys certainly are
to be congratulated for their achieve
ment, in that this organization had
many spirited competitors out to win
the coveted emblem of our beloved
country. In Martin county there has
long prevailed a most delightful spirit
of cooperation, which has brought
forth most satisfactory results.
Surely no one will say that the Mar
tin County Klan did not deserve the
prize they won.
The flag was made out of double
thickness of the best grade of silk.
All seams and stitchings were done
by hand. Examination of the flag
shows that skilled Workmanship was
used in constructing this splendid
emblem. The flag was edged with
the highest quality of silk fringe.
With the flag presented, was included
a standard, decorated with a spread
gold eagle. The total cost of the
flag was $106 wholesale.
This flag was carried at the head
of the first Klan parade ever held in
the state of Minnesota, at Albert
Lea, Mimi, on September 1, 1928,
and therefore-is of historic impor-
tance and will be carefully preserved
by the Martin County Klan, who
prize it very much.
A very inspirational address of ac-
ceptance was given by Martin
county minister in behalf of the
Klansmen in his county, in response
to the unusually strong presentation
speech made by the National Klan
Lecturer who presented the flag for
the state Office.
The address we print in full, as
follows:
"Mr. Chairman and Fellow Citizens
of the Invisible Empire, Knights
of the Ku Klux Klan:
"It is an exceptional honor and my
privilege to extend to you most
hearty greeting and whole-hearted
welcome to our beautiful city, our
circle, and the county Of Martin.
"Your coming here thrills our
hearts and we realize that an event
of this nature is an epoch-making and
history-making event, and we feel
highly honored to have you with us.
We once more, with one accord, bid
you hearty welcome.
"Holy ambitions and visionary SEN
timents have brought us together
here tonight.
EVERY Klansman here present has
taken the. most sacred VOW that can
come from the human heart, and can
roll from the lips of men.
"Every Klansman here present has
espoused himself to the greatest
movement on earth since the Cross of
Jesus, the Christ was planted on CAL
vary's Hill.
"The spirit of this peerless move
is man-power movement as divine
as Jehovah himself. It was born in
travail, like every good movement,
and sprang from the blood bedewed
soil at the foot of the Cross Of Jesus,
the Christ.
"The spirit of this pereless move
ment is kindled by the divine fire of
the Fatherhood of God, the Brother
hood of our Elder Brother, the Son,
and the Fellowship of the Great
Spirit ...-. ~
"Like God, the Invisible Empire Of
the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan has
the acme of genuineness and the
character of eternity, and because it
embodies every god-born and god
like element, and represents in oper-
ative principles the ideals of the
Master Man of Galilee, it has been
called into life by Divine Providence,
never to die.
Paramount in our nations welfare
stand the ideals Of Professionalism.
America is the land of Professionalism
and must, indeed, evermore become
the worlds power house Of this great
est principle.
"We are Americans, ~Klansmen and
Protestants and are proud of it; yes,
we are ready to die like our fore
fathers that this god-given heritage
be perpetuated and handed down to