The north Mississippi herald. (Water Valley, Yalobusha Co., Miss.) 1888-1929, 1923-06-08
SIMMONS ANNOUNCES
ESTABLISHMENT OF
KNIGHTS KAMELIA
Separate and Distinct From
the Government Controlling
ku klux Klan-WiIl Take
in Men as Well as Women.


Atlanta, Ca, June 5.-Establisb.
ment Of the order Knights Kamelia
as ene primary order Of Knighthood,,
With government Separate and dis
stinct from the government now con.
trolling and directing the affairs Of
the first or of the probationary orde,
OF the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan ),
was proclaimed tonight by William
.. simmons "in the exercise of tbe
authority vested in me only as EN-.
peror OF the Knights of the Ku K,ux
Klan, Inc."
Everything | have str,van =.
ouiid during these years gone hv !.
IN peril Of being subverted 70 nov
rohal' political and sord;d oni, ;,
emperor Simmons said in stata
w ~ 10 save the Knights of tho
nu kiux Klan from spoiIat;on s"s
aestruetion have determined -
establish Knights Kamelia .nS
'nereby give the klansmen If +ho =.
visible Empire at least the opnortun
'y 70 transfer to this primary order
OF hnighthood and establish thor,
serves upon the foundation 90 ,a;,
IN the beginning"
Comments ON Imperial k,on.:,.
neieri1ng to the action of tba II,
w ~ hioncilium in leaving out tbe
hamei1a among the women,s ora.~,
aa.ions authorized to become .t
MATED with the Klan under the I'LL
u women of the Ku Klux Klan rm
peior simmons statement said.
ms action on the part Of tho
periai kioncilium in repudiatino
oy explicit designation the K.ma,;e
ana by adopting other numbers or
sanizations of women, was not on,v
IN violation. of contract between II
w. Evans and myself, but also was
~ violation of decree entered IN
."e superior court of Fulton County
ueorgia, and further, was v;ol.
ION Of the original character which
oe1ines male members only shall be
admitted to the ORDER"
To Aid Probationary Member.
Ihe establishment of the "Pr;mar,,
order Knights Kamelia," means the
q fnk
statement declared, "that the mem
oers now on probation in the KNIGHTS
OF the Ku Klux Klan are under the
administration Of the imperial wiz.
ara and the imperial Kloncilium
while the Knights Kamelia will
therefore, be absolutely free to in.
augurate Its policies, to establish IFS
principles and to release its ideals
under my supervision and direction
and free from interference from anv
source of hostility within or with
out the invisible empire.
Il am impelltd to promulgate the
knights Kamelia because of the res
tiveness that obtains among proba-
uonary klansmen throughout the
country. There has been no wav
opened to advancement, no progress
has been made. no constructive work
ms been done. Klansmen identified
with the organization from its foun-
dation have been held In state of
probation for years. They have not
been indoctrinated with the princi-
pies or the PHILOSOPHERS of the order.
They are unfamiliar with the pur-
poses of the great order. They have
been given no definite objects to be
attained. Meanwhile there has been
continuous demand for another and
higher order, that these worthy
American citizens might pass from
the probationary stage into actual
knighthood and active service in the
invisible empire. These citizens
cannot be detained longer upon the
threshold of the order, but must be
admitted and elevated 70 another
realm in which they may find exer-
else for their restrained and abated
forces.