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CHICAGO, ILL, SATURDAY, AUGUST 12, 1922
No. 47
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The Onward March of the Ku Klux Klan, or "The
Knights of the White Light" Throughout the North
ern States. Col. Marcus Garvey, Who Is Not An
American Citizen Being Born in the West Indies,
Advises the Twelve Million Colored People in This
Country Not to Attempt to Oppose the Ku Klux Klan
and Tamely Submit to Their Rule and Permit Them
to Commit Indescribable Crimes Upon the Colored
Women.
NOT MANY YEARS AGO REV.
THOMAS DIXON, JR., THE ARCH
ENEMY OF THE COLORED RACE,
AUTHOR OF "THE CLANSMAN,"
'THE LEOPARD'S SPOTS" AND
"THE ONE WOMAN," PROCLAIMED
TO ALL THE WORLD THAT ALL
THE COLORED GIRLS EN THE
SOUTHLAND, FOURTEEN YEARS
OR OVER WERE IMMORAL AND
THAT THE COLORED WOMEN
HAD NOT THE SLIGHTEST CON
CEPTION OF THE WORD "CHAS
TITY" OR "VIRTUE."
IN ALL OF THE AGES OF THE PAST
AND AT THE PRESENT TIME,
WHITE MEN HAVE BEEN EVER
READY TO WADE IN HUMAN
BLOOD UP TO THEIR NECKS, DM
ORDER TO DEFEND AND PRO
TECT THE HONOR OF THEIR
WOMEN, AND THE COLORED MEN
MUST DO THE SAME THING IF
THEY EXPECT TO COMMAND THE
RESPECT OF MANLY MEN BE
LONGING TO THE OTHER RACES
OF MANKIND.
In our humble opinion the abso
lute reign or bloody rule of the Ku
Klux Klan or the "Knights of the
White Light," is fast becoming the
most momentous or far-reaching and
most important question now con
fronting the sober-minded American
people. This question completely
overshadows all other grave questions
at the present time, for if the Ku Klux
Klan or the "Knights of the White
Light" shall continue to be permitted
to maintain their invisible empire
which now extends from ocean to
ocean and from the coldest regions of
the extreme northern clime to the
great Gulf of Mexico, then it will b'e
only a question of a very short time
until this grand and glorius republic,
which is by far the best republic so
far established on the face of the
broad, green earth, will be blotted out
in anarchy and bloody revolution.
For, within the past year, the Ku
Klux Klan or the "Knights of the
"White light" have invaded every
northern state and all the leading cit
ies of the north, such as New York,
St. Louis, Mo, Boston, Mass, Chi
cago, Cincinnati, Ohio, Philadelphia,
Pa, Indianapolis, IniL, Pittsburgh,
Pa, and at many other points they
maintain headquarters and the high
chiefs of their organization boast of
the fact that they have hundreds of
thousands of members north of the
Mason and Dixon line 'who are doing
everything in their power to choke off
the colored people, the Jewish people
and the members of the Roman Cath
olic church. In many of the southern
states and cities these midnight prowl
ers and red-handed murderers have
with their weird demonstrations from
the high hills overlooking many of the
principal cities of the country struck
terror into the hearts of thousands of
both white and colored people and
theirlawless and bloody rule with the
shotgun, with the lead, the rope and
with tar and feathers has never been
surpassed in any part of the civilized
world.
Within the past year these lawless
imps of the infernal regions who set
themselves up as jury, judge and the
head and front of the law, have laid
their blood-stained hands on both
white and colored women whom they
claimed had violated some of the laws,
stripped them stark naked in the pres
ence of four or five thousand mem
bers of the Klan and after being se
verely beaten they received a coat of
hot tar and feathers, then they were
permitted to wander forth upon the
face of the earth in that horrible con
dition.
Such brutal treatment of women of
the colored race in this country. CoL
Marcus Garvey, who is not an Ameri
can citizen and who is raking in hun
dreds of thousands of dollars in easy
money from his deluded dupes or
blind followers feels that nothing
should be said about it on the part of
the colored people, that the Ku Klux
Klan of the "Knights of the White
light" are so strong and powerful
that the colored people should tamely
submit to any rough treatment which
may be accorded to them and that
they should feel thankful to them that
they are not driven off of the earth
into the deep blue sea. I
Tbe following is a lair sast4e e
3p
the tommyrot that Col. Garvey, who
should be muzzled some way or other
continues to send broadcast through
out this country for the benefit of the
members of the Ku Klux Klan or the
"Knights of the White Light" who
are willing to assist to feed him on
money as long as he will continue to
urge the colored people to seek new
homes in Africa.
"This is a white man's country- He
found it, he conquered it, and wc can't
blame him because he wants to keep
it. I'm not vexed with the white man
for Jim Crowing me because I'm
black. I never built any street cars or
railroads. The white man built them
for his own convenience. And if I
don't want to ride where he's willing
to let me, then I'd better walk.
"But what we ought to do, is to
have our own country and our own
land, with our own railroads and
Booker Washington cars instead of
Pullmans."
The above is the most pernicious
and damnable doctrine that has so far
been promulgated by any colored man
in this country .and CoL Garvey should
be given the choice of either cease
from preaching it or to be driven from
the United States.
It seems hard for him to undenitand
that the colored people are an integral
part and parcel of this country; that
they know no other land nor flair;
that being born and raised here and
that by the eternal gods, they intend
to remain on this continent to the end
of time.
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The Popular and Up-to-Dale Treasurer of Cook County, Who With
His Thousands of Warm Friends Scattered Throughout This City
and County Feel Dead Sure of His Election to His Present Posi
tion This Coming Fall,
tention of Col. Garvey to the fact that
for more than three hundred years the
colored people have been the main
stay and the backbone of the south
ern states; that if it was not for their
labor that section of the country
would soon become a howling wilder
ness and its white inhabitants would
revert back to a state of. savagery.
It will be recalled that only a few
years ago. Rev. Thomas Dixon, Jr.,
who is one of the greatest arch ene
mies of the colored race in the world,
proclaimed it aloud from the mountain
tops, that all the colored girls resid
ing in the Southern States over four
teen years old were immoral and that
no colored women residing in that
section of the country had the slight
est conception of the word "virtue,"
and that white men with plenty of
money could buy anj of them.
'This newspaper was among the few
which cried out against Rev. Thomas
Dixon, Jr, at that time and stated
that if he had made the same state
ment in relation to the Irish women,
the Italian women, the white American
women or any other class of women,
that some way or other his life would
have been ended ten million times.
As white men have always been
ready to wade in human blood right
up to their necks in order to protect
their women whether they have been
right or wrong, colored men must do
the same thing and boldly resent the
many insults which are continually
being heaped upon them by the white
gentlemen residing throughout the
Southland. ,
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It may be that in manv instances
colored men will be forced to defend
their wives and beautiful daughters at
the points of guns from the ravish
ments of white gentlemen.
KLAN PROPOSES
WORLD GROUPING
Ku Klux Editor Returns from Visit
to Leading" Protestants Abroad.
Atlanta, Ga. The Ku Klux Klan
is now attempting to organize a
world-wide association of "white
people."
J. O. Wood, editor of The Search
light, alleged Klan organ, returned
here from Europe and declared that
he had been n conference with
leaders of certain Protestant organi
rations there with a view to affecting
organization.
Wood refused to say whether he
was successful.
PLANES DROP "K. K. K." CARDS
OVER NEGRO VOTING
' DISTRICT
Oklahoma City, Okla. Cards bear
ing the picture of a hooded knight
and the initials "K. K. K." were
dropped from airplanes over the
Negro districts here Tuesday. Up to
shortly before 1 o'clock Tuesday
afternoon voting in these districts was
extremely light.
THE "ON TO WASHINGTON DELE
GATION, COMPOSED OF NOBLES,
KNIGHTS TEMPLARS, SHRINERS
AND MANY PROMINENT CITIZENS,
BOTH MEN AND WOMEN, AT
TRACTED A GREAT DEAL OF AT
TENTION ALONG THE ROUTE,
FROM THIS CITY ON TO THE CAPI
TOL OF THE NATION.
(Special to The
The Pilgrimage of Arabic Temple
No. 44; A. E. A. O. N. M. S., from
Chicago to Washington, D. C, was
a most magnificent success. More
than three hundred nobles with their
wives and families left the city Friday
morning on the Washington Special,
composed of sixteen cars, including 12
sleepers, two diners, a dancing car
and baggage. Included in the Pull
man cars were a parlor car and ob
servation.
All along the route the delegation
was received and greeted by the peo
ple in amazing wonder of such an ag
gregation. Three engines were re
quired to pull this train, particularly
over the mountainous route, through
the Virginias. It was said by the offi
cials that this was the grandest and
greatest train ever pulled over the
Baltimore & Ohio railroad within the
past twelve years.
Numbered in this gigantic aggrega
tion was the Shriner's band, composed
of fifty nobles and the Isis Saxophone
band with sixteen daughters of Arabic
Court of Isis, and some of the most
representative citizens ox our race.
Among these were Illustrious Poten
tate Stewart C Jefferson, Noble A. L.
Williams, Chief Rabban, Noble J. B.
Hart, Assistant Rabban; and Noble
R- I. Hodge, Special Deputy, Noble
R. W. Fosey, Band Major Noble Ald
erman Robt. R. Jackson, Capt of the
Patrol, Noble Oscar DePriest, Noble
Lucian South, Noble R. Wilder, Noble
R. Barksdoll, Noble W. J. Meacham
and his wife, Mrs. Meacham, Noble
Will Jones, Noble Fred A. Johnson,
Noble C. J. Soderwine. CaDt. of the
Guards; Noble W. H. Robinson, quar
termaster; Manager of the Isis Band,
Noble B. L. Davis, assistant directtor
of the Shriners Band; Noble Win.
Johnson, leader of the Shriners' Band;
Daughter Isabelle Johnson, president
of the Isis Band and Past Command
tcss of Isis Court; Daughter Lottie A.
Callaway, alto saxophonist; Rev. W.
D. Cook, pastor Metropolitan Com
munity church, and the following Po
tentates: Noble F. B. Coley, Noble
Robt. B. Ford, Noble Chas. Berry,
Noble R. J. B. Ellington, 30 members
of the Patrol, Noble C C McCasldlL
..oble Elliott Otho South, Sir Knight
A. A. NeaL Sir Knight S. B. Walknp,
Rt Eminent Grand Commander; Sir
Knight and Mrs. S. Joe Brown, P.
Most Excellent Grand High priest:
Mrs. Emma S. Kennedy, Grand Ma
tron of Eureka Grand Chapter, O. E.
ANTI-KU KLUX KLAN IS OR
GANIZED IN ILLINOIS
Springfield, HL For the past abe
weeks organizers have been here mov
ing silently, swiftly and secretly per
fecting' an Anti-Ku Klux "Klan organ
ization. It in learned that nearly
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S.; Mrs. Louise U. W" Pas. G-a- J
Matron; Mrs. Daisy '-i .' Pc '
Matron; Mrs. Minnie E. Roach, Grand
Lecturer, O. E. S., and many others.
The pilgrimage landed in Cincin
nati, Ohio, promptly on time at 6:30
P. M. Friday, and were received by
Sinai Temple Patrol and C3Corted to
their mosque where a most delightful
reception was given. Promptly at
2:30 A. M. the train pulled out for
Washington with the Cincinnati dele
gation included in the pilgrimage, add
ing one hundred and seven persons
to the party. Their train included
two sleepers, a baggage car and diner.
Owing to the mountainous route and
the strike disturbances the party ar
rived in Washington at 7:50 P. M.
Saturday, seven and a half hours late,
but otherwise all O. K.
This train was manned by a colored
Pullman conductor and an entirely
colored crew. It is said that the ser
vice was the best ever received by any
delegation of our group any where
over any road. The success of the
entire affairs reflects exceptional credit
upon Noble Steward C Jefferson, Il
lustrious Potentate, and Noble Sandy
W. Trice, who are connected with the
railroad companies, who routed the
train, and the "On to Washington
Committee." They are due special
mention, to say the least.
After being assigned to their re
spective headquarters numbers of the
party enjoyed sight-seeing trips
around the capital city. Sunday after
noon and evening were given to
memorial services in honor of de
ceased members of the order. Among
the sights seen included visits to Ar
ling Cemetery, where the Isis Band
laid a wreath on the grave of the Un
known Soldier. Also Mt. Vernon,
where the historic home of Washing
ton is preserved, and Anna Costia, the
home of Frederick Douglass, which
has been preserved by the National
Federation of Colored Women's Clubs,
and the Colored Girls' School of
which Miss Nannie Burrough .is presi
dent, located at Washington Heights.
On the return trip some of the dele
gates win visit Philadelphia, Atlaritic
City, New York, Boston, Mass Mon
treal, Canada, Toronto, Buffalo, Que
bec, Niagara Falls and other points of
interest enroute. Among these will
be Nobles A. L. Williams and vrife,
Wallace Johnson and wife, Oscar De
Priest and wife and others.
1,000 persons have joined this new
movement.
This evening a military smoker will
be tendered General Franklin A.
Denison, CoL Otis B. Duncan and the
other officers of the Eighth Regiment
of Illinois at the Appomattox Club,
3632 Grand Boulevard.
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