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THOUSAND KNIGHTS)OF KU KLUX KLAN•PARADE IN DALLAS1i. —__——Mctnbrrfl of the Klu Klux KLlan, hun- J dreds of them, paraded the streets of IDallas Saturday night In a silent demonstration of their strength. A thousand or more white-hooded marchers in single file followed the fiery cross tna the American flag through the businessdistrict. ' . , , ,The parade started at D o clock ana took an hour to pass a given pom.. Marchers, clad in the wierd snow white,! regalia used by the Klu Klux Ivlan m J the old carpet bagger days carried Bglns indicating that the purpose ot their order is to clean up the town.“Gamblers Go,” “Thieves Go, ••Parasites Go, “Grafters Go,” “We StandFuneral services for Colonel J, F. Strickland, master interurban builder and head of half a dozen Texaspower and transportation companies, who died suddenly of heart disease Saturday morning,, will be held Monday afternoon * at 4:30 o’clock at the ;'amlly home, 3700 Rawlins street. Thu Rev. William M. Anderson Sr. and the Rev. Dr. George W. Truett will officiate. Interment will bo in Oakland Cemetery. Colonel Strickland was a member of the Baptist Church In the town from which he came. Ho is survived by his widow.Pall bearers include men who wore Interested In the companies of whichfor White Supremacy,'' wore some of the banners. “The Invisible Empire, There Today, Here Yesterday and Here Forever,” read yet another series of signs.Traffic t» Illockftl.Tho parado was staged just as the Saturday night theater and shopping crowd was at its thickest. Traffic was blocked at all the downtown street corners as the silent white line threaded its way through dense crowds in Indian file. Not a marcher uttered a word.As traffic was slopped in the business district, before the progress of tho fiery cross of tho Klansinon so quiet were the streets that hardly a murmur was liuard. Occasionally somo old Confederate soldier, to whom the spectacle recalled the bitter reconstruction days let loose with a quavering rebel yell.” Many of the sentiments expressed on the banners wore applauded by folks in the crowd but for tho most part tho spectators were as silent as the grim visuged marchers.The marchers gathered ot tb«» mq Majestic Theater from which they issued one by one. Tn« Tune.* was called up on tho telephone Saturday afternoon by somo man who refused to give his name and told to have a photographer on Main street near the old Majestic theater at 9 o'clock. The Times Herald camera man was on the job and took a flash light picturo of the head of tho parade.Street lights flashed off unexpected at about 9 o’clock. Calls to the power plant merely brought tho reply that “something was out of order.”Tho management of tlio old Majestic theater when questioned as to who rented the theater could only give the information that tho plnco was rented by somo person, who paid cash and said that a fraternal order wished tho use of the hall for organization purposes.Tho white masks, with gaping eyo holes, well hid tho faces of tho marchers. Identification of any of them wasJ ! V-. 1 .-v A -1 .. -1 ^ ..tthro uAbout 12(H) Knight* of the Ku Klux KInn pit railed the principal wtrcet* of I)nl!a» Saturday night In n Mien! ant improHMive ceremony. Led by a stalwart Knight bearing the American flag, followed closely by another Knight bear*it*« Z11..... I.. n * V. .. ... •■■.kliox.i Mvtikrtiloil (il vmtu ^ in 11Am Ail turln fllit iinnlr n tl tltti iiltlfttvuIL tl till t 1 fillliiijiroKHive ceremony. Leu oy 11 Ntnnvnn um^nr uenrin^ me Aiiic'nrnn kbuj?» lumnveu vumeij «y nnoinrr iviukiu a flaming ctohn, the marcher* extended niimmt a mile In *1 tiglc file. TIiiniMiiml* packed the nldewalk* anti wutehvd tin parade a* it wended its way through (be city.
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Dallas Times Herald
Dallas, Texas, US
Sun, May 22, 1921
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