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...villainous conspirators against the U.S. Their bedsheets became robes emblazoned with ornate embroidery, and they invented a whole new thesaurus of Klanonyms. There were the Kleagle and the Klabee, the Kladd and the Klaliff, the Klectoken and the Klexter, the Klig-rapp and the Klokan, the Klokard and the Kloncilium, the Klonklave and the Klonvokation, the Kloran and the Kla-rogo, the Klorero and the Kludd.* In the Klan Kalendar, the days of the week were named Dark, Deadly, Dismal, Doleful, Desolate, Dreadful and Desperate; the weeks of the month were Woeful, Weeping, Wailing, Wonderful and Weird, and the months...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: THE VARIOUS SHADY LIVES OF THE KU KLUX KLAN | 4/9/1965 | See Source »

...Kleagle, Klabee, Kladd, Klaliff, Klexter, Kligrapp, Klarogo, Klokan and Klokard are officials of various sorts; Klectoken is the initiation fee; Kloran is Klan bible; Klonvokation is the Imperial legislature; Kloncilium is the Klonvokation's advisory group; Klonklave is the Klan's monthly meeting; Klorero is a state meeting; and Kludd is the chaplain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: THE VARIOUS SHADY LIVES OF THE KU KLUX KLAN | 4/9/1965 | See Source »

...paraded peacefully without masks. At their head was Hiram W. Evans, Imperial Wizard, dentist of Dallas, Tex. Shrewd businessman, he smiled, wondered if all those behind him had paid their dues. There were floats: "Miss 100% America" and "Little Red School-house." During the next two days, the mighty Kloncilium met to ponder on next year's schemes, probably to re-elect Imperial Wizard Evans for another four-year term. The Klan program now has four aims...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: KU KLUX KLAN: Washington Splurge | 9/20/1926 | See Source »

...fiery cross' and administered the oath of the 'Invisible Empire, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan.' A state charter gave corporate rights to his organization. As Imperial Wizard, Simmons could hold office for life and have final authority unless opposed by two-thirds of the Imperial Kloncilium, council of supreme officers and delegates from other states. . . . Simmons met financial difficulties. The order would have languished had not new impetus been given...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: KU KLUX KLAN: Washington Splurge | 9/20/1926 | See Source »

...with a great U. S. flag. On the flag was a picture of President Coolidge, flanked on either side by pictures of Washington and Jefferson. The meeting was opened by the Grand Dragon of Nebraska. Then the Imperial Wizard, Dr. Hiram Wesley Evans of Atlanta, appeared, accompanied by his Kloncilium (Cabinet) consisting of 15 genii: Klaliff (First Vice President), Klazik (Second Vice President), Klokard (lecturer), Kludd (chaplain), Kligrapp (secretary), Klabee (Treasurer), Kladd ("Conductor")*, Klarogo (Inner-guard), Klexter (Outer-guard), Klonsel (Attorney), Night Hawk (Courier) and the four Klokann (auditors...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: KU KLUX KLAN: At Klansas Sity | 10/6/1924 | See Source »

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