Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-11-06
AGAINST
WOMEN'S KU KLUX
ASKED BY SIMMONS

Alleging that the formation of an
organization known as the Women
of the Ku J<lux Khan had been all
.thorized by Hiram Wesley Evans,
imperial wizard of the khan, in direct
opposition to the constitution Of the
khan, William Joseph Simmons and
II. Tom Kight on Tuesday filed a
petition in the Fulton superior court
asking permanent injunction
aga the formation of any WON
ans association under the name OF
''lu Klux Klar or any colorado i'm
itation thereof"
Judge John D. Humphries signed
an order setting November 10 as a
date for hearing. No temporary
injunction was granted, however.
The petition names as defendants
the knights of the Ku Klux Khan
Imperial Wizard Hiram Wesley
Evans and the Women of the Ku
kluX Khan, corporation alleged 20
be incorporated under the laws OF
Arkansas with an office and place of
business in Fulton county as the
defendants.
The petition sets out that on June
1, 2 and 3, the Knights of the ku
Klux Khan, under the direction Of
Imperial Wizard Hiram Wesley Ev.
ans, called together the kloncilium,
the supreme executive committee of
tho klaG, to meet in Washington. d.
~ hot
mites of the Women of the Ku Klux
Khan vas received and heard.
Ritual Delivered
1t further declares the kloncilium
at that meeting granted to the Won-
en- of the Ku KIux Khan the right
and privilege of organizing a branch
Of the knights of the Ku Klux KAN
that it delivered to the committee
the KORAN, which is declared to be
the secret and sacred ritual of the
knights of the ku KluX Khan; that
under the direction of the imperial
wizard il delivered to the women's
committee the sacred oath OF
allegiance of the khan, the same to
be used by, the women in such form
as desired in promoting that cor
poration and that with the consent
of the imperial wizard did designate
The women of the ku KluX Khan a
part of the knights of the Ku Klux
Khan.
The petition sets out that all these
alleged acts are in direct violation
of the constitution of the knights of
the Ku KluX Khan. 1t quotes a sec
ton of The constitution of the khan
in support Of it's contention, as fol-
lows:
Article ". Section l. The quail
f1cations for membership in this or
der shall be: An applicant must be
a white male gentle person, a native
born citizen of the United States of
America, who owes no allegiance of
any nature OF degree whatsoever to
any foreign government"
Organization At Hand
The petition further AYERS that
the Women of the Ku KluX Khan are
about to begin organization, and
that unless restrained from using
the name of the Ku Klux Khan, will
do great damage to the khan.
The petition prays that the
Knights of the ku Klux Khan and
the imperial wizard Hiram Wesley
Evans, be restrained permanently
from permitting the use of the ritual
or secret work of the khan by women
of the khan; that they be restrained
from aiding or assisting in the for
nation of the women of the khan;
that the corporation known as the
Women of the Ku Klux Khan be
restrained from using the name
Women of the ku Klux KAN or
any similar name wherein the dis
tinctive words "Ku klux Khan may
appear, or from using any other col
orable imitation of the name Knights
of the ku Klux Khan.
The petition was filed by Attorney
William Coburn for the plaintiffs,
and in its preamble sets out that
William Joseph Simmons is the en-
peror of the Knights of the Ku Klux
Khan, the highest office in the order,
and as such has all charge of the
gloranic, ritualistic and philosophic
work of the order.