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HUH (EffiMMUU|$ATUm*r ATTUCT tuoosmsuwtThan 200 Knights Ladies Parade in2m k 5 'fT ' ' 1 t'WEvening.IttH«llA Ku Klux Klan pa rad*, con* stating of mow than 100 hooded knight* or both sexea including adrum corps of €0 p«nofii ftowZanesville and a brass band from Shawnee* staged in conjunction with the Klonklave It theAthens county fair ground yeater* day afternoon and nlg^t through the residential nnd busl-l* ness sections at S o'clock, where It I L wttn^d by ttibuaand* ot\°people from th%* ctty and anrround* j ^ing country. j*This was the first Klonklave L held this year in Athena county L and was attended by representa- ^ tives from each unit In the pro- % vince, besides delegates from Park- # ersburg. Announcement was made * that Nbvember the state of Ohlb would be real fried for women members for the Klan.Clyde W. Osborne, grand dragon of Ohio, addressed the assembly of 1.000 at the fair ground Imme-dlatety after the parade. Mrs. K.H. Austin. Imperial representativefrom Litt!e Hock. Arkansas, spoke in the evening at o'clock. f Imperial Representative Mrt. Austin, who was attired In ft white satin trimmed in green and gold In contrast with her sister member* who wore muslin sowns and hoods, declared that those who are not members of the Klan can be divided into three elns#es—those who do not understand the principles of the Klan. those who profess the Cntholic faith, and those who are lawbreakers, such as bootlegrers and renerades in general. Mrs Austin said tbnt »he could forgive t^e first class until they had heard Rlanerr'ft e*blilned by an Imperial representative, then if they still misunderstood she could not for-iqrlVo them a*rtln.•*T have more respect for the Fourth Degree Knlht of Colum-bus than fer the spindles* Protestant who doe* net s^e the truth.”declared Mrs. Austin,••The Klsn is not fi^htlnrr anything. we are not antf*novthlng.%ve are 311st pro-Protestant,” she s^ld. After commending the or*sn-Hntfon of the CMhoMe church. Mrs. Austin sr*ld that It was only !t*»rotilt;rh perfect organisation of r*«s kind that the principle* of Protestantism could survive.Turnip# to prohibition as ore of the chief national problems of the if day. th^ speaker declared thnt the! I l*sue of prohibition had parsed andjt the quesMon that remained wrs one p Uf breaking the law. f*he snid that t ithere wou’d be no prohibition J1 problem If we had the rlfrhf Vclnd of officers find added thnt the Kirn wps polnr to s*e that such 1 officers were proV14^4, lt;lt;crDttsftcd1lt;cctr
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Athens Sunday Messenger
Athens, Ohio, US
Sun, Oct 18, 1925
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