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Editor and Publisher VOLUME XL IX jovernor Morrison Is Heard By Legislators : e [ Executive ot the State S; ve rs Address Before a Session of the Gen eralAssembl? • .sage'of PORT bill is urged |(ern or' glares Freight „ ;lte . Will Be Lowered.— foils P° rt Terminals to j e Developed Now. K -K.eominending the ’ ll submitting the • , Miiiie. Governor Cam . j,„!.u urged the special . \,-li Carolina Gener :3tthe report of the r” , j u transportation com uteii']:ng establishment of ' ; and state ship line*, ommendtd repeal of the con .uilni.iii already adopted T ft., .inking fund of the k Stay boards, which provides 1 !u ' f ' t i,„ a-ivnline tax or automo iMßtf "I lIH -*« . ,* ps( , retail be used in the adopt ion in its stead of an .' itLv use of these funds P* n't. ▼- . inking fond. __ Cuternor a!>" urged legislation f t'o the recover) by the state, as «tand-west railway line, of the fVar and Yadkin Valley Railroad. , ,|| ( , ;i<l«lr* — was devoted to L and water report. _ and the re ygjj ons 0 f the commission. The went at length into the ques *f freight raro< and the benefits he fdd aeerue from the establish ff water routes and state ports, sinj the belief that if this were ftp railroads would be compelled iff freight rates in the state.- He *4the belief that the ports would It benefit, fifty counties through lif ~f trick and that hv water ■ tie other sectiriis of the state he benefited. .Governor urged creation of a coni- K T j:h ji.nver to issue -5T.000,000 i .if bond' for port terminals at * cities. and $1..”>00.000 for iiLm f ip lines, if ■ m COTTON MARKET ■tudUmefirial Rains in Belt Fol ■wby Heavy Liquidation. ■ Erf. .\'.s. 7. — iiepuris of in*i** r > ■ti» in parts of Texas and Okla- HrTe ftdluweel by heavy liquida ■ the entton market at the open ■daj. opening prices were I ■ a .Mine of .71 to 62 points. Oc-I Rtlliti: "IT to 27.71 and December I ll<av\ covering in anticipa- , Bf tomorrow's government report ■ the de.-lin**. but rallies of l.”> or, ■n tieHncreas.-d liquidation, and ■tin wa- unsettled during the ■n futures opcm-.l easy. Oet^. ■ Dee. 27 (m» : Jan. 20.00: March ■itun Temperature is Highest in ■ Six Years. ■'Wi. Aug. <;—Washington* I ...aged to 101.0 de ■'day. : LgLe-t temperature re ■ in -iv six beat pros ■ ia '"' ie.-ei\‘e.l hospital treat ■*l:il'r bureau ’l.ermometer in the B'"n '*■:ii.i; of tite city showed a Bc:.t e’ lot; degrees at 3:30 p. in. popular manifestation of any Bdo ngi.t ~f t|| t . weather, how- B "unieipal bathing heacli so ■ ! “ at tlirmigs had to be turned ■" S,r ‘hes Auto Killing Tliree. ■ Btntisffipk. X. Aug. 7.—Three and two severely injured aiit"!in.bi]e in which they were struck b\ a l’ennsylvania ■*' P assp ng*‘r trait: at Voorhees ■'/arly today. afl employees of the Pub °iUL,any. went to the grade' R * !' r | l a "'"iiian was killed and lrs injured yes'erday. out of cu ■ Lumber Company Damaged by Fire. ~■ —The Camp K; k ; ,1k Conijiiiny's lumber plant f '‘X destroyed bv fire . " ri2Ul early this morning. ■ aT '" l at between $300,- K-J The plant was heav- H “''''‘"’b fire destroyed the ■ ' * :llll P Manufacturing h * v bloods. ‘ 1 *’ ,v 'lie Associated Ho . "dulreci persons are miss- BsJ' a "‘ be.! e vet I dead as a re- Tanisui River in |, v ' :!| s to dispatch ■ Japanese newspapers B-r;. '■"■*•!. California, r ,' ,lil:l ' L works eight j‘ a " swiftest known Bfb " Hike picture* "xth"- . " moonlight a j' :vp 11 "'Bh this camera ■ detail as an pt'esent day - '" l ' National For- lu' ,r ;“' ! a camp fire |H ?**' a: motorists and a h-C "xee]lent pine three hours. |K ,la t ((ffi,. iduee despite ■■bDor.H l)f '"! tl)( ' Torest Serv- Wm -aw ~ 11 Wan fight as it start- THE CONCORD TIMES CALL IS I SSI'ED FOR GATHERING OF LEGION ! | I ( State Convention of Legionnaires to Be Held at Asher\ille September Ist and 2nd. The call for the sixth department con vention of the American Legion of North Carolina to be held at" Asheville, Sep t tember 1 and 2. is being issued to post | commanders throughout the state from . the office of R. E. Denny, of Greens i bore., department adjutant, over tlie sig : nature of Wiley C. Rodman, post coin- J mander. Tlie purposes of the convention are set forth in the call as follows: 1. Electing department officers for the ensuing year. 2. Electing one department executive eommiteeman and one alternate for each district. 3. Electing the national exeeutive com niitteeman and alternate.' 4. Electing delegate* to the national convention at St. Paul. Minn. Amending the department constitu tion, if necessary. 6. For the transaction of such other business as may be brought before the convention. Wade H. Phillips, of Lexington, and R. G. Cherry, of Gastonia, have an nounced their candidacy fur *tate com mander. and it is understood there are several other aspirants for the place. The convention headquarters will be established at the Battery Park Hotel. Asheville, August 31st, and the conven titon session* will be held at the Ashe ville auditorium. J. H. Enwright. of Kiffin Rockwell post No. 2. Asheville, is in charge of hotel accommodations. The railroads will give reduced rates to the convention. The local legion organization. Fred Y. McConnell post 51, will send several delegates and alternate* to the annual meeting. These representatives have been elected. As to representation, a portion of ar ticle five, section two, of the constitution of the department of North Carolina, American Legion, reads as follows: ‘‘The annual convention shall be com posed of two delegates and two alter nates from each local post in good stand ing and one additional delegate and al ternate for each 50 members for whom the post shall -have paid the annual de partment and national dues 15 days be fore the convention.” ‘‘ln explanation of this,” the call states, “it should be understood that a post in good standing is one that ha-< at least 15 paid members; that post* hftyipg between 4fryfUHl-50 member* aye.; allowed two delegates and two alter nates ; that for every additional 50 mem bers, or major fraction thereof, above the first 50. one additional delegate and I alternate is allowed; that 70 members is the last possible number that will se cure three delegates and alternates; and 'that the 15 days before the convention occurs on August 15tli and the official 1 representative at Asheville convention will be made up of paid memberships received by mail in letter* postmarked . with that date.” .“Post officers,” the sail states, “un less elected as delegates or alternates jto the department convention, have no * privileges in the conventipn, except as the guests of their respective delegations. It is suggested that post commanders 1 and post adjutants be made members of the post delegations, as the experience of these officers will be exceedingly valuable to the delegations. “Each post shall have as many votes as it is entitled to delegates, slu per tlie post standing of August 15tl). which will be mailed out from department lieadquraters on this date. “At eath annual department conven tion, the duly elected and accredited delegates from each district attending said convention shall hold a caucus, and nominate on the floor of the convention one person from their respective districts, as district executive committeeman and one person as alternate district executive committeeman.” DAVIS MAKES FLYING TRIP TO BIG PICNIC Democratic Presidential Candidate At tends Duchess County Picnic. Locust Valley, N. Y.; Aug. 7.—A fly ing trip to Hyde Park, N. Y.. to attend the annual basket picnic of the Demo crats of Duchess County constituted the program today of John Y\ . Davis. Demo cratic Presidential nomiiiQP- The jour ney was made'by train under a schedule 1 contemplating his return to his home here ; by midnight tonighL Negroes to Be Electrocuted. Bowling Green, Va., Aug. 7.—Otto ; Clear and Fritz Lewis, negroes, were ! indicted, tried and sentenced to electro : cutions on September 12th in circuit court of Caroline county here today for the murder last week of Thomas R. , Campbell, 62 year-ojd-farmer of near Nenola. The entire proceedings lasted a little more than one hour. 1 Carrying Plane to Lieut. Wade. ' Newport News, Va., Aug. 7 - 5 George C. MacDonald and V W. Her trandiss hopped off from Langley field at 11-28 o’clock this morning for Pic : tou, Nova Scotia, in the Douglass eruis f ing plane in which Lieut. Wade wiH re -1 sume his ’round the world flight. ■> *" l York Democrats to Suport I )avis. 1 New York, Aug. 7. —A resolution of -1 sered bv Geo. W. Olvaney. leader of t Tammany Hall, pledging “militant sup port” of the Davis-pyan ticket, was adopted today by the Democratic State ' | Committee. a In unveiling a war memorial recently e General Sir lan Hamilton said : There i. is no getting over the fact that tragedies e make good copy and that goodnes makes bad copy. Therefore a feeling of hope lessness comes over the man who wishes :- to point out to hie fellows the wonders ■ and beauty of peace. From Case to Throne, Perhaps « printer may be the next king of Alania! At' least Frederick T. 6. Wood of Chicago. 111., has as good a chance as anyone* Wood told a friend that he could handle this country which has unseated a handful of kings since the war The friend joshingly nominated Wood—but now the agent diplomatique has written that he is interested. The old saying, uneasy lies the head, etc., holds no fear for Wood whb’says “mine’s laid uneasy all xny life anyhow.” ROMANCE BLASTED BY YOUNG MAN’S THREATS George Schrimer Alleged to Have Drawn Pistol on Thoinasville Girl. Thomasville. Aug. 6.—George Schrim er, of Baltimore, Md., was before the city recorder tlii* afternoon charged with threats on the life of Miss Vestal Leon- J aid. daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Leonard, of West Guilford Street. She testified that he drew a revolver on her at two different times last Sunday. The weight of the testimony seemed to be somewhat against the young man and the court fined him SIOO and cost*, amounting to S2O. According to the story Mis* Lenoard met Sehirmer while visiting her brother. Robali Leonard, in Louisville, Ky.. where, j she said, she saw him many times, form-1 ing quite an acquaintance, which ripened into something of romance. They met next in Baltimore, where: Sehirmer stated they were together many : times. *he offering her hand in marriage, I hut h" 1 e'L'.ijai he was soon coming 1 to Thomasville with Hie prtriKise of learn- ! ing something of her before making any , matrimonial engagement. He testified j that he did pull his gun and held it in his hand with the barrel pointing toward himself, and doing this on her insistence 1 as she seemed determined to know wheth er or not he had a gun. hut with no in tention whatsoever of shooting her or any one else. Miss Leonard stated on the stand that as they were coining together from the First Baptist Church Sunday morning after the service the man threatened to \ kil Uier and again in the parlor after j getting to her home. On this charge 1 the young man was locked in the city j jail to await a hearing. Prosecuting; Attorney Jackson asked Schrimer if he \ cared to marry the young lady now. His i reply was emphatically “No, not for a j million dollars.” The young man stated that he came to this town about a week ago and had ! mingled with different people who talk ed freely with him on points of personal 1 interest to himself. The young man j says he is 22 years of ago. has good | employment, but his experience here found him quite unprepared to meet ex penses and pay his fare back to Balti more. Many people here gladly con tributed to his expenses and helped him back to his home, where he plans to go tonight on 32. Bedlam Reigns in Treasury Building. Washington. Aug. 6. —For a tew moments today bedlam held the T’nited States treasury building. An ,employe working in the electrically guarded cash vaults accidentally stepped bn a burglar alarm. An automobile siren promptly turned itself loose at full blast on the main floor and hells in the guard rooms over the big building set up a clanging accompaniment. It .was several minutes before the mechanism was quieted and the treasury halls had emptied themselves of the ex cited crowds. WoYd comes from Bombay of the or ganization there of tlie first Hindu football team. While keen on hrtekey, polo, and several other sports, me native races in India have heretofore never dis played any interest in the gridiron game. Jugo Sla via has the smallest navy in the world. It only possess a few moiv itors for service on the Danube. Clarendon Baby Carried Off by Bear Found Unharmed in Ditch After Search Whiteville. Aug Q. —Reports from 'Clarendon, 12 miles southeast of here, tell the following story: Mrs. Shepherd Strickland was greatly shocked yester day morning when she returned from a short visit to a neighbor's house to find that her little one-year-old daughter was missing. She had left her only a short 1 time before with her four-year-old broth er on her porch and when she returned the little boy aroused from a nap and told his mother that a bear had come since she left aud came pretty near j catching him. When asked about the ’ whereabouts of his little sister he could 1 give no information. i The Stricklands live about a mile from j Clarendon and soon the news of the miss ing child was circulated and in a very short time the whole community joined PUBLISHED MONDAYS AND THURSDAYS CONCORD, N, C., THURSDAY, AUGUST 7, 1924 GOMPERS REFUSED TALK WITH DAVIS Request, Denied Because it Would Not Give Other Candidates Equal Oppor tunity* Atlantic City, N. J. Aug. 6.—Samuel Gompers,. president of the American federation of labor said tonight that John W* Davis. Democratic nominee for president, sought a conference with the labor leader in New York July 17 and later requested Mr. Gompers to file with him “a statement of question* which labor i* chiefly interested in.” "The con ference was impossible,” said Mr. Gbm pers, “because of a conflicting engage ment." The request was denied he added, because lie could not smnit questions to Mr. Davis, “which would not be equally submitted to other candidates fqr the presidency.” That Mr. Davis had communicated with Mr. Gomper* was revealed in a letter the federation leader wrote Wil liam B* Wilson, former secretary of labor, and a prc*enf member of the Democratic national committee at Washington. The letter was in reply to the one received from Mr. Wilson by the exe cutive council of the American Federa tion of Labor* urging that it defer en dorsing LaFollette until Mr. Davis de livered his notification speech. JOHNSON’S DETOUR BECOMES HISTORY Stream of Fifty-Cent Pieces Ends With Opening of Main Highway. Greensboro. Aug. 6.—John Johnson’s detour in Orange county, celebrated as a device for separating travelers on the Durham-Hillsboro road from 50 cent* per ear, unless they desired to make a 12-mile detour by Chapel Hill, is a thing of the past. The main highway was opened to traffic today and the stream of fifty cent pieces i« no more. The detour had stirred up some Legis lative resentment, but there will be noth ing to that now. Tlie cau.se is removed. Work on the main road enables travelers to avoid both Johnson and the other de tour and to ride east aud west free. It i* estimated that as high as one thousand cars a day went the Johnson route. He built the road on his own land and there was no help for it, beyond going 12 miles out of the way. Giant Air Cruiser Shenandoah Will Go on Long Tour. Washington. Aug. 6.—The naval air cruiser Shenandoah will be sent on an exended tour of the west beginning about August 26, Secretary Wilbur an nounced today. ■While the intinerary has not been ap proved it ha* been decided that the cruiser will he at Des Moines on the occasion of the state fair and that her trip will take her as far as Denver. Omatia, Kansas City and St. Louis also have been practically determined upon as otheh’ points in the itinerary. » f Hornets Strengthen. Orlando, Fin.. Aug. 6* —Charles Pfeif fer. right handed pitcher, and Jimmy Sanders, hard hitting outfielder, have been sold to the Charlotte club of the South Atlantic league, officials of the Orlando baseball club announced today. The two p'ayers are to report at=Char lotte at once. The terms of the "deals were not made public. in the search for the missing baby, which presumably had been carried off by a bear. Tracks of some animal and said by members of the searching party to be made by a bear were discovered ap proaching the house, and with this evi dence it was the opinion of all that the child was destroyed. The whole com munity was diligently searched for the baby in a hunt lasting four hours when members of the party found the baby about three-quarters of a mile from its home in a ditch unharmed. It would have been physicall impos sible for the baby to have made this trip unaided 6s she ip just learning to walk and i* rather frail, besides there was a canal and several ditches bewteen the house and where she was found. RELIEF FROM HEAT WAVE IS PROMISED TODAY OR TOMORROW Heat Wave Has Been Grip ping Eastern Part of Coun try for\Three Days and Has Caused Number of Deaths. COOL WAVE IS ON WAY TODAY Wave is Moving From North west and Probably Will Be Accompanied in This Sec tion by Local Showers. Washington, Aug. 7.—Relief from the heat wave which lias gripped the eas ern sections of the country for the last tliree days causing several deaths and many prostrations, is promised by tonight or tomorrow morning by the weather man. A cool wave moving in from the north west. coupled with possible thundershow ers, is expected to bring a moderation in temperature, but not cool weather. By tomorrow the thermometer is expected to register about 70 in the Ohio Valley and western states north of Virginia. The general temperature for these set-ions at 8 a. m. today was about SO degrees. SOFTH’S GROWTH Jl ST BEGINNING. SAYS SPEAKER Senator Walter F. George Says South Is Headed Toward Industrial Expansion Unheard Os. Griffin. Ga., Aug. 7. —The South “is headed toward an industrial expansion hitherto undreamed of,” Senator Walter F. George predicted in an address pre part'd for delivery today before a joint meeting of the Georgia State Agricultur al and the Georgia State Horticultural societies in session here. “Tin* great mountain region, 150 miles wide, extending down through Virginia, tlie Carolines, into Georgia and Alabama, and other territory runningthrougli Mis souri. Arkansas. Oklahoma, and Texas to the Mexican border,” he declared, "is destined to become the industrial center not only of America, but of the world.” ELECTRICAL ENGINEER KILLS WIFE AND SONS Henry H. Lyon Shot Himself After Kill ing Members of Family.—No Reason Given. Buffalo. N. Y.. Aug. 7. —Henry H. Ly on. aged 45. an electrical engineer of this city, early today shot and killed his wife and their two young sons, and then fatal ly wounded himself. He died several hours later. Although Lyon left note for his sis ter, it referred only to matters of busi ness, and indicated no reason for the tragedy which is a mystery to relatives aud friends of the family. With Our Advertisers. Special clearance sale on all white footwear at the S. S. Brown Shoe Store. “You’ll Like Concord and Robinson’s.” Quality reigns supreme at this store. The Specialty Hat Shop has for sale some excellent milinery fixtures. See ad. for list. W. C. C’orrell Jewelry Co. is offering silverware at one-half off. See ad. Friday marks the beginning of the August Clear Away Sale at Fisher's. See big new ad. today. The stockholders of the Citizens Bank and Trust Company are more than one hundred of the foremost citizens of Ca barrus county. See ad. today. Prohibition Agents Raid Hotel Roofs. Washington. Aug. 5. —The fashion able Le Paradis and Arlington hotel roofs were raided again last night in the polite, almost noiseless manner recently adopted by Washington prohibi tion agents. Two arre*ts were made, the man in each case, as usual, being invited to accompany the formally groomed raider in a patrol wagon to the nearest police station, where he was allowed to post collateral for appearance today. This was the third raid within the last few weeks at the Le Paradis and the second at the Arlington “ Remember especially that sarcasm or biting witticism at the expense of a sub ordinate. especially if he is an enlisted man and thus incapable of retaliation, is umanly aud fatal to one’s standing as an offieed. ... It is a safe rule in deal ing with a man under you to put your self. by imagination, in his place.”—Cur tis D. Wilbur, Secretary of the Navy, to the graduates at the Annapolis Naval Academy. Several Are Overcome By Heat in Chi cago; 2 Drown- Chicago, Aug. 5. —With the mercury here surging over the HO degree mark to day, several persons were overcome by the heat, two youths who sought relief in the lake were drowned and three wo men seriously hurt when the porch collapsed on which they were sitting to escape the heat. The temperature went up to 91 at 4 o’clock after having climb ed from the lower seventiesin the early morning. Davis Not Member of Klan. New York, Aug. 7—John W. Davis, Democratic candidate for President, in a letter made public today, declared he is not a member of the Ku Klux Klan, and never was a member. The letter was written in answer to one sent to Mr. Da vis by Devere Allen, editor of the World Tomorrow, a magazine published here. The Choral Club wil meet with Mrs. D. B. Morrison Wednesday afternoon at 4:30. Isn’t He Darling, The ladies just went wild over this tittle critter. No wonder he car ried off first honors at the Pekines* Show at Ranelaugh. England. H;s name Is “Hadley Orange Blossom ‘ Pretty, isn’t it? “Hadley" is sup posed to be the smallest Pekinese in 'he worjd. Anyway, he is small giough to fit comfortably, in the championship cup. ROW OVER EGGS NEARLY HALTED TRIP TO EUROPE Forced to Chase Liner Down Bay Aboard Tug. New soi k. Aug. (>. —The difference between two and four-minute eggs for breakfast almost caused a family to post l*>ne a trip to Europe today. This was revealed as the liner Resoute was being towed into mid-stream, Bremen-bound. Mr. and Mrs- Charles Kiespnieiler, two minutes late, came running down the pier. Ivieeeneiler watched the departing ship while his wife placed the blame. “If you had eaten the four-minute eggs” she said, “and not insisted upon my cooking the two-minute eggs later, we would have caught the boat.” "It wasn’t the eggs." said Kiesemeil er. “it was the clock —slow, a* usual.” Steamship officials came to the rescue with a tug. and took the pair aboard the liner. LITTLE GIRL SAVES HER YOUNGER SISTER Child Falls in Stream Near Gemmnton arid Is Rest'tied By Five-Yenr-Old Clrl. Germanton. Aug. o.—The small child of Gilbert boles, who resides on Route 1. met with quite a serious accident one evening last week. The children were swiming and playing near a small stream- The little girl swung out on tjie grapevine swing when suddenly she fell. Tlie distance was about 10 feet. The presence of mind of a small sister about five years old evidently saved her from drowning, qs she lamb'd with face in water. Before she ran for help she ran back and pulled her smaller sister out of the water. When help arrived the small child was unconscious aud it was dis coverer! she was badly cut at several places on the head, making the care of a physician necessary. She was brought to Germanton where her wounds were dressed and is getting along nicely. FORMER TWIN CITY MAN UNDER ARREST IN WEST Tom G. Taylor Gives SIO,OOO Bond When Heard By California Commissioner. Los Angeles, Gal., Aug. 7.—Tom G. Taylor, former official of a manufactur ing concern at Winston-Salem. N. G., appeared before H. S. Gommissioner Ste phen G. Long here yesterday, to deposit SIO,OOO bond and waive removal hearing on an indictment charging him with con spiracy to defraud in connection with his company’s operations. He is alleged to have misrepresented prices being received for tobacco in order to influence prospect ive investors. Biggest Taxi Driver. Gape May. N- J.. Aug. 6.—Gape May boasts of having the largest taxi driver in the State if not in the country. This claim is sustained by Luther Edmunds, colored, 19 year* old and said to tip the scales at somewhat over 400 pounds. Luther stands over six feet tall and has a girth measurement running into three figures. Sitting behind the wheel of his cab he seems to fill the whole front, seat, but he is very popular with visitors and is said to do a thriving husines*. In spite of a strict diet, the big boy is gain ing weight at.*the rate of two pounds a week, with no let-up in sight. Luther’s diet, consists, of limiting himself to one chicken with its complement of “fix ings,” three pies and $1 worth of ice cream at one sitting. He is a terror fear ed at all church suppers. As a songster Luther has no peer here among his race and he also i* said to shake a mean No. 15 foot. Three Asheville Doctors Arrested. Asheville. Aug. ’Of—Three more physi cians were arrestel upon federal war rants charging violation of the Harrison narcotic law today and are under SI,<KK) bonds each for preliminary hearing be fore U. S- Commissioner Yonna L. Gud ger. Those arrested today are: Dr. G. W. Purefoy. I)r. M. P. Moore, and Dr. P. P. Chambers, all of this city. The de fendants are being held under bonds ranging from SSOO to $2,000. Paulen Leading in Kansas. • Kansas City, Kans., Aug. 6 (By the Associated Press). —When 736 complete precincts out of 2,579 in Kansas had been tabulated shortly before noon to day, Ben S. Paulen of Freedonia, had taken a commanding lead over Clyde W. Reed and A. R. Stubbs in the republican race for the gubernatorial nomination in j yesterday’s Kansas primary. $2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance. SUITE LEGISLATURE COIPED TODAY TO "kIISS PORT PLAN Senate Began Session at 11:02 This Morning and House Was Just Ten Min utes Later in Starting. 20-DAY SESSION WILL BE HELD This is Belief Judging From Various Matters That Are Expected to Be Presented to Solons in Sessions. Raleigh. Aug. 7.—The North Caro lina General Assembly today took up the task of deciding on whether or not the state should establish seaport terminals at various cities and towns on the east ern coast of the state, and possibly es tablish state-owned steamship lines. Called together by Governor Morrison to consider the report of the state ship and water transportation commission which recommended bond issues totalling $8,500,000 to finance the proposed port and ship plan, the House aud Senate assembled at 11 a. m. for what promised at the outset to be a full 20-day ses sion. The Senate was called to order at 11 :02 a. m. by Lieutenant Goovernor Cooper, and the House ten minutes later by Speaker John G. Dawson. Hear Governor Morrison. Raleigh, Aug. 7. —The North Carolina General Assembly met at noon in joint session to hear Governor Morrison’s ad dress on the ship and water transporta tion hill, and other matters that he de sires the Legislature to act upon. The Senate, headed by Gov. W. B. Cooper, arrived at 12:0l y. m., tak ing over the presiding officer’s chair. GRADY SAYS KLAN HAS DOUBLED IN NUMBERS Declares Organization Strong Enough to Name Own Candidate in State. Asheville, Aug. 6. —The membership of the Ku Klux Klan in North Carolina has more than doubled within the last. 90 days, «o that now in a state election the Klansmen are strong enough numer ically to name their own candidate, should they have on<l Judge Henry A. Grady, of Raleigh, grand dragon of the North Carolina realm, told the Asheville Times today. Klansmen of the North Carolina realm, Judge Grady said are joining with others in tlie effort to abolish from the order the hood mask, except for use iH initiation ceremonies. Judge Grady declared that lie knew for an absolute fact that the Associated Press is controlled by the Roman Cath olic Church, or rather by the Catholic organization, Knights of Columbus. This organization, he declared, also controls to a large extent civil service appointments in the T'nited States, so that of the vast \pmnber* of government employes appointed under civil service, 70 per cent, are Catholic, although there are 26 Protestants to every 15 Catholics in the country. The Asheville Klan is in favor of abolishing the hood and mask, Judge Grady said. He attended the meeting of the local Klan in the klavern here Tuesday night, he said. “The Ku Klux Klan does not instruct its members to vote for any certain man.” he said. “However, where there are several candidates, for an effire and it is known that one or more of their number is not fit. to serve the public, information is givpn all klansmen and they are then allowed to'follow the dic tates of their own conscience. “It is not a party organization. In North Carolina one fifth of the Ku Klux member* are Republicans and the balance Democrats. The klan does not take an active interest in politics beyond fight ing for the right and the public wel fare.” : Judge Grady said he is not allowed to divulge the actual number of klans men in North Carolina, but it has been reported that the total is now 42,000. Defense Witness Charged With Perjury* Chicago. Aug. 7 (By the Associated p reh;S ). —lntroduction of lay witnesses by the defense in seeking mitigation of punishment for Nathan Leopold, Jr., and Richard Ix>eb. confessed murderers of Bobbie Franks, whom they had kidnap ped, brought from Robert E. Crowe, the state’s attorney, the shouted charge that one of thenij had “committed deliberate perjury.” Allies and Germans Reach Agreement. London. Aug. 7 (By the Associated p rPS3 ). —The allies and the Germans have reached a complete agreement on the man ner in which defaults are to be declared under the Dawes plan. WHAT SMUTTY'S WEAIHER CAT SAYS Partly cloudy tonight and Friday, probably scattered thundershowers; slightly cooler in northeast portion Fri day. _ NO 10.