"It is agreed that the said second party shall receive as in full
compensation and expenses of himself and his duly appointed and
commissioned subordinate organizers the sum of $8.00 for each and
every new member brought into the said corporation by himself and his
assistant subordinate organizers, and in addition to the $8.00 he
shall receive $2.00 for each new member added to all Klans organized
by himself or his subordinate organizers within a period of six
months after the date of the charter of all such Klans organized by
himself and his subordinate organizers.
"It is agreed that no expense or debts shall be made or incurred by
the said Edward Young Clarke or his subordinate organizers, and no
obligation entered into with any firm, company, corporation, or
person for which the said first party hereto or the said Imperial
Wizard (President) shall be bound to make any outlay of or
expenditure of money, unless there be a specific approval of the
particular item or items of all such expenditures, prior to the
incurring of same by the said Imperial Wizard (President) of the said
corporation.
"It is agreed that the said second party shall advance, from time to
time, as may be necessary the office rent and all other expenses
incident to the proper conduct and furnishing of the main office of
the aforesaid corporation, and in addition thereto a sum of not less
than $75 per week and traveling expenses of the said Imperial Wizard
(President) of the aforesaid corporation, reimbursing himself for
such expenditures out of the $2.00 due by him to the aforesaid
corporation on account of each member received into the aforesaid
corporation by him and his duly appointed and commissioned
subordinate organizers.
"Duly executed in duplicate in the city of Atlanta, Ga., on the day
and date above written.
"KNIGHTS OF THE KU KLUX KLAN, INC.
"By W. J. SIMMONS, Imperial Wizard (President).
"EDWARD YOUNG CLARKE."
As is well known the new Ku Klux Klan, like the old, depends to a great
extent upon concealing the identity of the members by the means of long
white robes and a white peaked helmet, with hangings in which eye holes
have been cut. In the old Klan these robes were made by members of the
Klansmen's family, but in the new order of affairs the work of supplying
these robes is a monopoly entirely in the hands of the national
organization.
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