Summary
Somerset County was another membership stronghold for the Ku Klux Klan in the State of Maryland. Between 600-700 Klansmen were estimated to reside in the county. Klan chapters were reportedly organized in the towns of Princess Anne, Crisfield, Deal Island, Ewell, and Marion Station, with activity taking place throughout the county. Somerset County is also notable for having one of its newspapers, the Marylander and Herald, routinely publish Klan propaganda, advertisements, and news stories about the organization's national activity on its second page.
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Princess Anne Marylander and Herald (County News)
"Untitled Ku Klux Klan Joke," Marylander and Herald, November 8, 1921.
"Catholic Father Collects $25.00 for Spiritual Advice," Marylander and Herald, January 19, 1924.
"Lecture Series Will be Given," Marylander and Herald, November 8, 1924.
"Office of Grand Dragon, Knights of Ku Klux Klan, Realm of Maryland, Schedules of National Lectures to be Delivered in Maryland," Marylander and Herald, November 8, 1924.
"Editorial," Marylander and Herald, October 6, 1928.
Democratic Messenger
"Firey Cross of Ku Klux Klan Over Peninsula," Democratic Messenger, June 2, 1923.
Crisfield Times
"Mr. Ford Gets Letter Signed KKK and Demands Return of Ring," Crisfield Times, February 10, 1923.
"To Lecture on Klan," Crisfield Times, February 17, 1923.
"KKK Representative Speaks to Big Audience at Meeting in Crisfield," Crisfield Times, March 3, 1923.
"Big Klan Meeting at Princess Anne," Crisfield Times, March 24, 1923.
"County Newsletters - Tylerton," Crisfield Times, March 31, 1923.
"Preaches to Klan; Record Attendance," Crisfield Times, April 14, 1923.
"Address on Klan at Deals Island," Crisfield Times, May 12, 1923.
"County Correspondence - Marion," Crisfield Times, May 19, 1923.
"To Unveil Memorial to Crisfield Soldiers on Wednesday Afternoon," Crisfield Times, May 26, 1923.
"County Correspondence - Marion," Crisfield Times, June 2, 1923.
"Klansmen in Robes Make Bootleg Raid," Crisfield Times, June 9, 1923.
"Klan Speaker Here," Crisfield Times, June 30, 1923.
"County Correspondence - Marion," Crisfield Times, August 4, 1923.
"County Correspondence - Quindocqua," Crisfield Times, August 11, 1923.
"St. Peters Camp to be Big Event," Crisfield Times, August 18, 1923.
"Ku Klux Speaker Here," Crisfield Times, September 23, 1923.
"A Statement," Crisfield Times, September 29, 1923.
"Democratic Landslide Last Tuesday ; Ritchie and Running-Mates Reelected ; Somerset Reclaimed by Democrats," Crisfield Times, November 10, 1923.
"In Realms of Rest," Crisfield Times, November 17, 1923.
"County Correspondence - Marion," Crisfield Times, April 12, 1924.
"Local News," Crisfield Times, October 11, 1924.
"Sermon on KKK," Crisfield Times, November 24, 1924.
Baltimore Sun
M.C. "How Long Will It Be Safe For Sane People to Remain at Large?" Baltimore Sun, December 8, 1922.
M.C. "This is Said to Be the Oath Taken by Persons Who Become Members of the Invisible Empire of the Ku Klux Klan, In Which 'Disgrace, Dishonor, and Death' Are Threatened to Those Who Violate It," Baltimore Sun, January 6, 1923.
John W. Owens, "Forces of Ku Klux in Counties Now Rated Far Below Claims," Baltimore Sun, November 21, 1923.
"Oriole Tabernacle Program is Ready," Baltimore Sun, July 3, 1924.
Raymond S. Thompkins, "First Klan Church In State Dedicated in Harford County," Baltimore Sun, August 24, 1924.
Marylander and Herald (Klan Propaganda on Second Page)
"Penna. Catholics Try to Murder Klansman," Marylander and Herald, January 5, 1924 (Damaged)
"A Facsimile of a Letter - And Some Dates to Be Remembered," Marylander and Herald, January 5, 1924.
"Klan Warns Bootlegs from Church Pulpit," and "Klan Aids Minister Whom Trustees Desert," Marylander and Herald, January 5, 1924.
W.C. Wright, "The Seven Symbols of the Klan," Marylander and Herald, January 13, 1924.
"Why Klan Succeeds Despite Enemies," and "Why?" Marylander and Herald, January 13, 1924.
"Klansmen - 100% Music - Records, Sheet Music, Piano Rolls," "KKK Records," "KKK Music," and "Klean Kut Kid," Marylander and Herald, January 13, 1924. (republished various times)
"Sing American-Made Music," and "Kluxer Knifty Knife," Marylander and Herald, January 13, 1924 (republished various times)
"That So-Called Trial at West Chester," Marylander and Herald, January 19, 1924. (Damaged)
"Files Bill to Unmask Ku Klux in New York," Marylander and Herald, January 19, 1924.
"Klan Parades in New Jersey," Marylander and Herald, January 19, 1924.
"Official Klan Papers Placed Under One Head," "Buried With Klan Honors," (Damaged) and "Wizard Evans Ousts Clarke and Simmons," Marylander and Herald, January 26, 1924.
"The Real Objective," Marylander and Herald, January 26, 1924.
"Evans Revokes Klan's Charter," and "Thirty Years in Hell and Convent Cruelties," Marylander and Herald, January 26, 1924.
"Klansmen With Autos," "Attention Klansmen!" and "A Klansman's Symbol of Sincerity, Trust, and Honor, The Firey Cross," Marylander and Herald, January 26, 1924.
"Here and There in Klandom," John Eight Point, "Sparks From the Firey Cross," and "Klansmen's Pocketbooks," Marylander and Herald, February 2, 1924.
"Klan's Program for 1924," and "Politics and Politicians," Marylander and Herald, February 2, 1924.
"Klan is a New Organization," and "If," Marylander and Herald, February 9, 1924.
"The Rail Splitter Wants Live Agents," Marylander and Herald, February 9, 1924.
"Business Men and Patriots are Needed," "Simmons Sells Out Holdings in Klan," and "Ku Klux Klan Attends Frederick Co. Church," Marylander and Herald, February 16, 1924.
"Thirty Years in Hell and The Moral Casuistry of St. Alfonso Liguori," Marylander and Herald, February 16, 1924.
"Klansmen, Take Notice!" Marylander and Herald, February 23, 1924.
"All Sections See Klan Progress," Marylander and Herald, February 23, 1924.
"Klansmen! 100% Music," and "Patriotic Americans," Marylander and Herald, February 23, 1924.
"A Ku Klux Katekism - Thirty Four Questions Answered," Marylander and Herald, March 1, 1924.
"Convent Cruelties," Marylander and Herald, March 1, 1924.
"A Ku Klux Katekism - Thirty Four Questions Answered," Marylander and Herald, March 8, 1924.
"Daily Index of American Congress," Marylander and Herald, March 8, 1924.
"A Ku Klux Katekism - Thirty Four Questions Answered," and "Richmond Klan Active Again," Marylander and Herald, March 15, 1924.
William Lloyd Clark, "Devil's Prayer Book," Mrs. William Lloyd Clark, "Priest and Woman," William Lloyd Clark, "Behind Convent Bars," and "Propaganda Books and Phamplets for the Masses," Marylander and Herald, March 22, 1924.
"Can Anyone Afford to Be a Klansmen?" Marylander and Herald, March 29, 1924.
H.K. Ramsey, "No Discrimination Against Klansmen Intended Says Young Hat Company," Marylander and Herald, April 6, 1924.
"Three Dead and Many Injured in Attack on Penna Klansmen," Marylander and Herald, April 9, 1924.
"Klansmen - Your Music," Marylander and Herald, April 9, 1924.
W.C. Wright, "The Klan is a Distinctive Organization and a Benefit to Every Community," Marylander and Herald, April 12, 1924.
"Our Weekly Crossword Puzzle," Marylander and Herald, January 31, 1925.
"Last Weeks's Solutions," Marylander and Herald, February 7, 1925.
Wicomico News
"Klans Have Been Organized in Many Eastern Sho' Towns," Wicomico News, May 17, 1923.
"Sharptown Experiences Banner Day in History of the Town," Wicomico News, June 7, 1923.
