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CLAIMS POWER UNTIL DEATH
In Announcing Woman's Dvision Col
Simmons Declares He is Still Supreme
in Klan and Has Never Partially
Surrendered Reins.
Atlanta. Ga.. March '2*?Declaring
himself to be the fount: creator and
supreme head ??f the Knights of the
Ku Klux Klan and tha* h- has at ro
time surrendered or pa?", ia > -ur rendered
tin rein ! uo\v rr nu-nt fo the
dered the reins of government of the
invisible empire. Colonel William Joseph
Simmon- emper?>r <>f the invisible
empire f*<r iife br?'ke the continued
silence ??f more than two years
with a proclamation de ing the exstence
of the won r division of
the Ku Klux Klan.
Designating himself as *4K! Magus"
and naming the woman" division of
the .Klan th? 'K <r- "nel Sin:
mons ollicially set- at rest the persistent
rumors trat is no longer r:
control of th Kiuo and verifies the
current rumors r ?gardir<: the formation
of the woman - organization.
Th- proclamation ir> vart. says:
"it vs given to nn in the providence
of Almighty God. with all >t
the limitations and ns of my
humanity, to create ; y vision and t?:
found it: fact order f 'ho Kn;ght*
of the Kli; K ix K. - V- emperot
and imperial wizard of th? Knights
of the Ku hlux K!an. 1 nave invested
in the on;nnizati"? ai tl at I have
ami all 'hat 1 nni < mdetely that
nothing: has bvc.n My lifha.
- at -America?)
insnt-;*.i- a. TKn.'if^re "here arc
eertaii- rights of -un : ie.) and re
tl fail --, ami coni.j- : . -id v and :n~
horj^er'n . .he- erva.' - and fou
0V*r ' n.szaiion ?h;ch I shalj
eOr'BWBpe ' e>; n--i -, as *nort
' ? J0| ; *-it vfcc have iost il\
n t'i t Mmv ii?\ Ls.su>:: there wa:
[ of a yr- dt woman';
i' .. i-T to ihe sanu
. . :i eonim! : ibe same put
ju(i impelled i*y the .-a mo ran
e- us ti:. . ..* of mu
K:iig$fl&s ot the Ku K!u\ Klan. F<>!
a c<-"i-idi;rahi per - <i t;t* demand tip
on me fox-an er^ivzat on forwniiu-i
has nerea.-ci ui . the <! maini has l?i
coqfc a clamor f i w*vj: nigh ?verj
>*. .*; i?o. : : l"i! ?! Stati .. A it ponso
to the appeal of th. artiest de
voted patriots v m? v. . ! Am* rn ;
cannot bt - deterred. They must
take their piacee alongside ti.c
Kniir'nt ' the kit h ;x K ,.n and . ..
operate with them in ail of theil
worthy movements and . -ordinate
then* art ities with ui of 'heir r.eidc
cnlerprisi s. helping to save the whit*
mail's civilization on ?h? Americar
nntnu-ht and thereby yv rin^r the
white man's civilization tn: th<
world
"It is my peculiar privilege am
honor and ; of the proud* -: n < m
eats l iv.y ii:? now and here to pro
claim th? rt uii and the font : ui. '
of the *.* . !- . .?:jran:zation *
known as Kameiia and in maki' thi:
nr. 'asnat.i :. d? < Inro ?< f . . .
and . f t.ho Kamaiia ; of
ficial aosigtiatio. ami title to K
.Magus.
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TABLES WITH VI
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and various other i
before seen outside
WE HAVE AT A
VARIETY OF
Regular Dinner
Tatum's
HOW FATIGUE ACTUALLY POIS
ONS THE SYSTEM
April Delineator.
The product of fatigue is an -.dual J
If you prevent a sma animal?a
rabbit for instance from
sleeping for a few days, it; vi die.
A hen vou sav "I'm tired t<> death*'
you may be exaggerating I you
.r : 0:1 the right track?you can get
.":red enough lo die. Fbthaus* .?n is
a common enough cause of death.
However it is the overfatigue of
everyday life that is the most > -ious.
makes the muscles of the fac? sag, i
and it produces wrinkles of course j
but much more important il makes ^
\-ou susceptible to diseases. Frouij
h route colds to such acute infectionsj
is pneumonia or scarlet fever l"atigue<
- most often the predisposing j
for your catching the disease.
The knowledge of fatigue : "isonsl
.> not very old. l?r. A Mosso f the
University of Turin brought the first
facts to light in the last decadi Kxperiment*?r>
an still working t? dis.
more facts about them. Meanwhile
other groups have w< k- i on
thi problem of eliminating overfatigue
f:?m work. That is a fa- inatrig
joi- iliey have accomplished
much and they have dug out facts
at every one who ever lifts a finger
ought to know and utilize Pracy
. one can easily bar; how
- own work with ! :..( less
how to M?.rk without n :ier-l
v : . ng 1 > e.i <>oi-i
in y< .r t issues, how to r your i
against t h- eiy - . .ian|
gi-r of m t r fatigue
? >???' : experiments inai'it upon i
uaml.crs of wom.-n working atj
i i t ' -ks h-. shown tf . : to.
rfaiigiu i rvi >; - : at
just at \ .but
".rari'v Where, cr gular
hi ^ i been used anno., v. o- i
a tories. the workers buve|
up for tin- : nn lost
us -.nil mi -s ta. mil
WOULD CONNECT AMERICA
AND ASIA BY TUNNEL
"M ion of America ami Asia1
by tunnel across Berir.tr Strait!
'v;i< . recently i?\ Prof --or
William Ihinp of the history department.
Peking University in a itwicht
con address at the city husinc.-s club
, n Philadelphia America's future
, <i? -tiny was more closely bound with
A.-i than with Europe he said. i
"It pa: s for America to be inter-'
-:-d in the education of the Chin.
eseM said Professor Hung. "If they
, are better educated they will produce1
j more and they will earn more they
. will buy more from America. If
. th**y are better educated they will
understand and appreciate better the
; American ideals anil methods and
they will serve better with America
n the great world task.
If <> faith in Cb.d is not the ver-ham.
it demands and will pro4e.
. he abandonment sometime.-,
hi sub? rilnation always, of external
'.? - and material good Alexander
MaiLartii
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>t and most sanitary
TROLITE TOPS, COFII
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modem eqipment never
of the towns and cities.
LL TIMES A LARGE
SHORT ORDERS
35 and 50 cts.
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TEMPLE IS OLDER THAN TUT* j
Ancient Edifice Whose History Qott
Far Back Beyond Reign of TutAnkb-Amen
Discovered In Ur.
Phllailelpia. Pa.?An ancient t-rapla
whose history goes <? far ha *k beyond
the reljm -?f Pharaoh Tot-Ankb-AriMB
rnai n??iwrv kih??? ?-\n> -it ??.*% wu n
Is, has been found in Ur. the Chaldean
city, wlil* h was the Iiome of Abraham
In Babylonia, Or. George B. Gordon,
d'r?H*tor of the University of Pennsylvania
museum, announced*
The dl????vm ;e>-ordlng to lK??-tor j
Gordon. whs made in excavations condocted
Jointly by the British museum
and the University of Pennsylvania (
museum A letter from the excavators
brought the news of the discovery.
Sir Frederic Kenyon. director of the |
British museum who Is touring the j
United States, was in conference with |
Doctor Gordon. ITlte latest reports j
from tbs excavators." said Sir Fred- 1
ric. "Indh-ate that seme nurlent tem- ! J
pie. b* lit about three millenniums he- !
fore ? "hrlat. was found Additions and I
repairs ware made hv King Nebnchad- t
neicHr ' ?
"However the work l* in its oarly i
stages ar.d it is inipo-slb'r *m> bow j
much history will he revealed. The i
two museums are on tinning r?ie exca- 1
rations." j i
ESKIMOS USE COUE'S ART :
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Vashta Daiton. W ter a?d Explorer, '
Back From Alaska. Tells of
Practices in North. '
Seattle. Wav of Alaska
hav? ' ed Co for bnndreds j 1
" t- d. Mrs V:? -=! :T ;1 I'.ilKUJ
an exi hirer n- '* here
after sever *ee- v. . -s !r It far north.
Instead of reciting the "da; bj day, L
In ev?-**y v. y" 'on <f P. . '"one. ;
ph.? n : ! ran < f* v;s-.j
Itcd < *1 ' nTipp.tiv tbo r-kStnos
cham ' i be 1 ' deathless; '
volros." ; ? .?V Mr* - j J
"vvhon anyone 111 neighbors j
and frtcrn:- t Vo *1 -Ir turn hi ?!nginir
thls we'ril fl-jui*." v:,;.1 Mr*. Palton.
Br' Raid Trees Women
Ke.vj f.:K.v A wild Mil! threw this
town of a) per* n* Into pnntc and 1
tumid tti* d?'\irtnient Into vol- I '
unteer rest dure* A *--ocp of men and j 1
a dozen w?m m were frightened Two 1
women. wh'? - ue upon the hull and
climbed ? tree, nan to he rescued bj
tbc poJleb
Qolden Girdle for the Earth.
Ton would And *t difficult to nicastire
the width of one of your hairs,
but compared with some tiling* ? human
hair !e Incredibly thick. The actual
width of an average hair Is about
one-six-hundredth of an Inch.
The hslr-epring of a watch la about
half as thick as a hair. You might
not think so at Arm. hut a hair-spring
la a Aat strip, not circular, and usually
Its thickness Is about one-lwelvehundredth
of an Inch. It* width
makes it look comparatively big
a piece of pure gold can he flat- j
feuM out into a sheet so thin that 1
800.000 similar ones plied on top of
each other would only he an Inch
high !
If If was drawn ont info a w*re. It I
could he made so fine that one ounce
would he nearly fifty ralies long For- ,
ty pounds of gold would make a wire
long enough to encircle the earth !
The smallest thickness known to exist
in a substance mny be seen and i
tnc.de by anybody. In Its thinnest
parts, a soai>-buhhle has been estimated
to he about one-three-mlllionth of
an 'nch thick.
Airplanes to Carry Liqhta.
All British airplanes will have to
carry a rear light while flying at night
new. This safety regulation has lust
been made by the air ministry. It compels
aerial traffic to "light up" half
an hour before sundown, and. In addition
to the tall light. similar Illumination
must be placed at the end of the
wings. White lights will he used. A
similar arrangement wa^ utilized hv
some of the airplanes during the war.
and these new lights of the sky to
ground observers will have the aspect
or stars ou uie move. Aunei; signmoanoe
Is given to the regulation by the
fact that shortly a night service of ?!r
liners will be run lv the civil depart-;
men? of the "air ministry. Although :ntended
as an experiment, which wit' .e
continued over n month. It wil probably
lead to the establishment of a
night service run on lines similar to
that of the ordinary day service. The
route selected for the trial Is from
London to Paris.
The Flapper Knew.
Something had happened. Some
one had been injured. A crowd gathered
around a fallen man on the sidewalk
at Washington and Illinois
streets. He writhed and then stiffened,
exhibiting the symptoms of a person
having an epileptic fit.
The man Is an epileptic," dec'detl
a bystander.
"Naw, he's a Bulgarian," corrected
a flapper, disgustedly, shifting a wad
ef chewing gum the better for argument.?Indianapolis
News.
A SERIOUS PR?.;P Si *?. N
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TO GO SHOD IN Gr-..MAN .
It costs 10,000 marks to have half
soles nailed on shoes in Germany :;o-.
because of the extreme y . m .
of leather. This is a ;o . f *
monthly salary of the a :tn ge do
mestic servant. Consequently it is
frequently part of the agreement
with servants that shoe soier are t<
*1 be supplied by their employers.
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EMOCRAT
WAR BOOM TOWN \
TO BEREVIVED
Hopewell. Deserted Guncotton
City, Gets Ne.v Lease on Life
With industries.
HUD POPULATION CF 45,000
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Iprang Up :n Six Months uver Vir- !
a.i'fl Cornfield Bore Pirtnresnnr
TitJ? of Most^Vicked City |
in United States.
Hopewell, Va.?A new chapter is be- |
in* written in the dramatic history of j
Hopewell.
Moat of ua remember Hopewell h?
Lhe great guncotfon town of the war?
i town of wood and tar puper iike an
overgrown mining camp. Hopewell i
prbLg up in six months over u Vlr- j
|ii. ? cornfield. ami gained tame us a j
;it> of -45,000 people dedicated by the j
[>u Ports to the making of one single
irti. !? t.f deslruclion for tin* war.
It bore the picturesque title of the j
most ?\ ked city in the rutted States. 1
ttn : w i ether it (b-served the lit 1*^ or '
u- i:a<l In it> earliest (lays ail
Lhe : - of vice that made the gold '
L*ob?r. -s of '4i? famous. Pool rooms,
s.iirarubling houses and dance j
liiih- .'iv?d it;; the recklessly spent 1
tu? j t gar. ton w ri;oi >. 1
We! J a escort e<: v. ere not safe on ?
lie - : :>. Ta\: liravers ..ml si??re- 1
keep. -s f nrrii . revolvers.
i " f the most remarkable laud .
be A?? or a-; > t; !.?-e
her- s ln-:-;ic permd. A typical {
st- at -1 a dr.iUken man with {
fr?oo po<-ket w !i.* t.i.' i one ,!
Of tlie .-ales of lots, lie paid out ofieFuui"
1 on lap 1 as l-.i.u ;.s his
nn v las cd. Next day In- - u-r
anil penniless. A we- k 1; > r lie had
lohl I - In-l-lin^s for sil,?N?u.
1,500.000 Pounds Daily Output.
When the firing in Europe ?.vused.
Hop. i was daily turning out 1 .">00,OUO
j loauds of the explosive used in I
li,nL'i:..' sinitL-aliik:^ lu.ti a>ir 'I'll..
raiDM to siop work us soon us |t< sslMe.
and in u mouth *."?,uoo population
dropped to H,OtK).
People who had come Into Hopewell
riding oil top of crowded trains now
fought to get awiiy. Furniture was
moved in every conceivable kind of
conveyance, ami even ulmndoiied.
Storekeepers tried desperately t?? seii
out stork and close business.
Hopewell whs part of the war, ?nd
nothing more, people said. Its day
was dons and the village of tar-pape*
houses would full into ruin. The L>tt
Pont company started work at once
to dispose of all materials and machinery
that could bo salvaged.
Once some one had asked If the
great munition plant could not be operated
after the war.
"But thla plant could product
enough guncotton In a week to run the.
Vnlted States a year in peace." answered
an official. "It could possibly
be used for dye making." he added,
"hut it would make enough dyes In
five days to supply America for lit
months."
Pronounced Dead by Experts.
Kxperta looking at The de*erte?l city,
built ui a cost of .V-15.U0l),lHKl, shook j
their heads and pronounced It permanently
and totally defunct. And it did .
M-fiu that they were rignt. Hopewell, :
the primitive and inieu.se, was reduced ,
to the rustic amusement of titling in <
Irunt of tlie boarded shops on Broad- j
way and arguing over the ;>ossihle fu- !
tare of a watermelon vine that hud
worked Its way through a crurk ?n the
concrete pavement.
You must recall some of this in
order to understand Hopewell us it la
now. About three years ago an enterprising
trunk manufacturer bought
some of the machinery that w as being
carted away und set up a factory.
Other manufacturers followed, and today
eight plants are busy muking artificial
silk, china, pulp, tools and other
urti. leo. The city has >1 population of
10.000; one plant alone employs 2,-DO,
and some workers come to the factories
from Petersburg. Broadway,
Hope*eU'a main street. Is again a
headquarters for active business.
Makln? a tour of Hopewell la
like looHiug at a patchwork quilt containing
hits of silk, torn calico, and
substantial linen. There are u dozen
different sides to Hopewell, and each
is restricted to its own part of the
town.
In one section are rows of streets
lined with well-kept homes such as
you find in any attractive suburb. This
is 44 A" village where officials of the
guncotton plant once lived. Most of
the house* built here were of permanent
construction and were more pretentious
than the homes for the factory
workers.
You leave this quarter and come tc
another, an entirely different section.
Here you pass hundreds of gray an<?
black tar-paper bungalows. This li
one of the villages where the workeri
end their families were housed. Som<
of the temporary houses are falllni
to pieces. Some have be-in scrapped
Whole blocks of them, however, havt
been bought by the new factories ti
be rented to their employees, and thes
homes are being remodeled. Re<!
green or brown shingling is laid ove
the tar paper; wooden underpinning 1
rcp'.jred by brick; interiors are celled
Yhe bungalows already had electric!!
; j and up-to-date sanitation.
Lj 8till Resembles War Zone.
, Beyond the villages another side <
Hopewell comes Into view This Is t!
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purchased at our place, that is, where
it is desired.
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We take this step in order to be better enabled
to render even better service to those
to who ml am indebted for their very liberal
support in the past, and which I shall endeavor
to merit in the future.
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