File:Ku Klux Klan Kleagles in the Evening Public Ledger of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 15 September 1921, part 1.jpg

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DescriptionKu Klux Klan Kleagles in the Evening Public Ledger of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 15 September 1921, part 1.jpg	English: Ku Klux Klan Kleagles in the Evening Public Ledger of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 15 September 1921, part 1
Date	15 September 1921
Source	Evening Public Ledger of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on 15 September 1921
Author	AnonymousUnknown author
Other versions	https://www.newspapers.com/clip/53486741/evening-public-ledger/

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Kleagles Turned Loose In 45 States To Get Cash For "Imperial Wizard". In the shining vocabulary of "Emperor" Simmons there is no such thing as a salesman. The membership peddlers who give three whistles and a moan when accepting a $10 "donation" are known as Kleagles. The state sales manager to whom the whistling and moaning Kleagles report is known as a King Kleagle who in turn works under the supervision of higher sales functionary, styled in Klanese a Grand Goblin. In the same way, In the apportionment of sales territory, a single state loses its constitutional entity and becomes a "realm" of the "Invisible Empire," while a sales district, composed of several States, becomes a "domain." Official Roster Is Given. The general sales manager of the Ku Klux Klan is Edward Young Clarke, who works from the offices of his Southern Publicity Association, in the Flatiron Building, Atlanta, and whose Klan title is Imperial Kleagle. no still spells

IhU naino with n "0" instead of n The Eveniso Public IiEnoEn prints AerGWlth fl rntlV nf nn t(1Mn ,n,tn, nf ,7 the emplojcs nnd officers of tho Klan's o.T nrnna.nt yr6"uu uiimriiiiuiii. ns prepared lor & Circulation nmnnir thn anlnn fnrnn nmlnr datts of June 15. The fOStl'r Khnwa t1.nf nn tUn. .InfA teentioned tho propagation (sales) do- partment of th0 Klan had 214 employes f iSl J" .on conimlsslon in tho nation- ff'uu netu. witlclt for administrative r..ip08f,8 'ini1 becn divided into eight sl districts or "domains." L-:i76 nnmCH Dm' addresses of these W""M Blvcn. In the list follow: Salt! f. i. (Jlarke. Imnnrlnl TClrnplK. guite G01, KJntiron Building, Atlanta, Headquarters StafT (Lecturers and Charter Deliveries) mnR ivtcngie, au IMjnei nulh ling, Atlanta, On? i Bui ,!.,; unyncs V""hi iVLlUIiril. I, t ' i r8nl!,1i;V 7,"'1v,en10. hi 111UHII 802 Ilnynes IIan iFa.??,n' Jr; King Klenglc, 302 ,'uynes UiilldlnB, Atlanta. atiK,ca8,c-C02 ISM 1. 1 ' ,'i,ftlCn'lei rostoillco Uox v AJnksonvllle. Fin. UoV ft jJu,T"f' Kf,,8 Klcagle, Postofflco "Kurt ii;,in,'r,,,,ti .K,n KlM-le, Atlanta (hcadnunrtcrs ' of the Air") r UoViiVo11' Kin Klcagle, Postoffice ?All2Jiti22lW 1'i'Sle, PostottlcoBox V) .J? B. Tvovo, Klcagle, Postoffice Box 1204, Atlanta. E. S. Thompson, Klenglc, 84 South Brond street. Atlnntn. DOMAIN NO. 1 (Domain of the Southeast) a Jk 5' ,wc.n' Grnnd Goblin, 84j South Brond street, Atlanta. Realm of Virginia B. E. Ilintt, Kinp Klengle. Post-office box 1034, Boanoke. "g,c,10st in& L,0,rd raelBle, Postoffice Box 1031, Itoanokc. poS i?ui.dS:chingtoSenBie' 4i i8?i,En.&oj;d.KIea8,e' Postofflc B 4874 nicKd: K,CflS,C B.S Bxl&.PICtIck,nmSondK1Cag,e' PStffiCe idt.1 G.afIcr, Kleaglo, Postoffice Box 1874, Richmond. C. B. Harlow, Postofflco Box 1031, Roanoke. Realm of North Carolina , W. V. Gticrard. King Klengle, 117 West Martin street, Raleigh. J. P. Collier, Klenglo, 117 West Mar-tin street, Rnlelgh. 0. D. Steycnson, Klcnglo, 117 West Martin street, Raleigh. W. L. Smith, Kleagle, 117 West Martin street, Raleigh. o,J.I1e.ev?f , K'enlt!. H7 West Martin Btrcet, Rnlelgh. J. B. How erton, Kleagle, 117 West Mnrtin street, Raleigh. rD:iMv rf,nT? ,K1IeflIe' in west Martin street, Raleigh. M. Maxwell, Kleagle, 117 West Martin street, Raleigh. J. II. LeGwIn. Klcagle, 117 West Martin btrcet, Raleigh. J. J. Brabble, Klcnglo, 117 West Martin street, Rnlciglt. J. R. Barry, Kleagle, 117 West Martin street, Raleigh. L. W. Adams, Klcagle, 117 West Aiarun streec, tiaieigu. Realm of South Carolina Joe Sparks, King Klengle, Jefferson Hotel, Columbia. C. R. Thompson, Klcnglo, core of Joe Sparks. T. P. Houston, Kleagle, enre of Joe Spnrks. W. II. Lowman, Jr., Kleagle, caro of .Too Sparks. W. H. Johnson, Kleaglo, caro of Joe Sparks. B. II. Barton, Kleagle, caro of Joe Sparks, Realm of Georgia M. B. Owen, Acting King Klengle, Postofflco Box 1472, Atlanta. II. G. Hill, Kleaglo, Postoffice Box 1472, Atlanta. Continued en the I'nro Six. Colnmn Tn uu

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Kleagles Turned Loose In 45 States To Get Cash For "Imperial Wizard". In the shining vocabulary of "Emperor" Simmons ...

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• William Joseph Simmons (1880-1945)
• Edward Young Clarke (1877-?)

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