2.4SU Copl?-a Republicans Must Face Ku Klux Issue Squarely Now York, Wliirli I* to lie Ilutllc (iroimtl of No! With Dnwrs l'ronoiiii.\VID UWRKMIfi ( Cot yighl. 1924. By Til* Ad.tnc*) ":i'W York, Autr. 25. ? In this, the hot-l>ed of anti-Klaii fvulwilf iH't'HUse of tlwi JiU'iie- iiumljet- ji'Wi, ant) negroes in the voting electorate, the speech; of General Charles (!. Dawes, Republican nominee for Vice President, has been Tccetvod forrhe most part as hn?5winatc."" Doth the KiMieml and Pros-' "t foolidjfo will find it m>c-i essnry to no further in dis cussiiiK the Klan nnd even ex coriating ii if they wish to re in; u^e vofe of tW races and eretds condemned liy the Klan. rar iron, ills, |hm|, dhw." K;r,"l"'a" "??>. ii.. in. h. ,? S5 V? wn,v r. ?l ii tigers Hi i* ^'publican inun UMIH 1 1 1 * ' III *4? ? J Vt'H iir?> II. xt .. . his Kin',* ""y r"' "'J-'lllr,: ?i'J? ry to Hi,- licit 11 hlicii ii i ' """ml" II,,.. U.-i,.nr,dH ,,f tl,. Iji-iiiocralir v,,i Of Now J. m y. Ill Ml'"|'i'| ""' w..r.l''?i 'ivrvr, i'h*. k",!!;,. ? I II HI I not I v< t,?- l< adi'i* , I*. """'Ini! In tit? lni.-r.Kt of win. know ||, :,t ||?. ki,,,,-, I - 'iV ur" I'" ""' i i.. Jejvs ami negrom rriMii holding office and t.? regard an J00 per cent Americans only! those wImi do not belong to those groups. The Klnn lssui? in the Knst in uot primarily one of law enforce ment or lawlt kdiiosk. It i* r?]|K. ' loua and racial. The Cathollcn and Jew? are hitter over It and what they for the most pari want " denunciation -of ? everything ? the Klan ilocn, In other words ?? no ? room for middle * fyund on the Klan Issue. Any ?>%?? who falls to condemn thein utterly Ih not definitely !tnti Klan hut angling fur lt? support - this the true political vh w hereabout* and no hetler confirm - ation of it could he obtained than the ntlltud" assumed by Demo cratic leaders, particularly Tam many, since General Dawes spoke. They had nothing up to that time to lark on to i he Hepuhllcans and could not accuse them of prn l\lan feelings. The Dawes speech .jui ftij men to uiaw KepumlcaiiM to Ihe standard of Davl* unl'xx |?resl-, dent Coolidge goes further than' did General Dawes and denounces the Klan and all Its work* from top to bottom. The recent Democratic Nation al Convention fight on the Klan was regarded at the time by He puhlica an as soinethlnK that would spilt the Democratic party but would not harm the Repub lican* because the Issue had been avoided at the Cleveland conven tion. Hut the Democrats who started the f MM Mt Madison Square Garden will not allow "lli'ii spponents been nominated for governor (4 Texas. Maybe Hutu was an extra plate or two at t lie dinner table. Maybe Mrs. Miriam Ferguson complaino I a lit Ho niero than usual of h??r swollen right band the voters of Texas had shaken it sore during the long campaign. Maybe "far mer Jim" chatted longer than us uul on his front porch. liut uth erwise, things looked about nor "nil a round tin modest little homestead. Mrs. Ferguson Hat on the front porrh loo ? after dinner and after she had seen that the -house wan straightened. .Neighbors came in early. Friends -some of them old Fib nds ofTfio true and tried kind' and others of the kind tluit sue-! cess attracts ? ware arriving all day and extending their congrai ulations. Mrs. Ferguson wan hap py ? h$rr strong face showed it. But she was happy for "Jiin." It wan for him, to vindicate his namo and to restore bin honor that she ? blUl e d pt I And now that she is a pollti ' elan, and a winning one, "Ma" Ferguson alms to be a good one. She will almost ccrtainly be elect Id governor in November and will move in January haek into the Texas "White House. " frosi which her husband was driven in disgrace. Mrs. Ferguson is well equipped, mentally and physically, for a suc cessful career in Austin. Horn on a plantation in Rell county Texas, she wan splendidly educat ed by prosperous parents. Taught first by a governess, she later was graduated Jlf lmyior f'Mlli'gi" ? fm~ girls at Belten, Texas. Physically she Is attractive. Her fare Is bright and pretty, though sad dened by the long years of fight ing to vindicate the Ferguson name. Her manner, at once charming and graelous, in at the, same time stately and one feels impelled to address her ? net in the campaign vernacular as "Ma." but as "Madame." The Ferguson's were married In Helton in 1890. "Jim" was a young attorney. Presently, he be of his wife's resources soon at tained a millionaire rating. It wa< st this Juncture that ho launched into politics? against her advice. He was successful from the start, triumphing over worthy oppon ents in the race for governor of his state, and conducted the af fairs of the office In peace and harmony until Ji*4 became em broiled with the legUlat lire ovr educational appropriations. He insisted on reducing allotments for the higher Institutions of I'-arnlng. which drew the fir" on the former university students and. In return, an op?-n attack on the institutions by Ferguson, that was the beginning of his down fall. ritlmntely, he was removed from office because of his perso nal fthancinl transactions with breweries. It was at Ihls point IhffT Mrs. Ferguson beaan KPr fight for vindication, which ended victor iously on Saturday. She advised "Jim" to take his case before the people- th? voters. Time sfter time, he was repudiated hy them when he offered himself for high ' office, Kventually, the atate Dem ocratic executive committee re fused lb put hi* name on the tmtr lot any longer? the stain pf Im peachment had deprived him of cltlaenihlp. they told him. Where ap the name of Mrs. Ferguson was farmer shot through neck o. A. Mrl'liornon of Provi ?l. nrr, Bloody Hut |,j ?? Toll WhyVilupJ^j SKiPSS sswrossrs irr? SBS'pS'ii" ?r ? ,"ir . T' TiT --I ? Ti'lti'l Ili a. M1"'"1-" he when "?nr;trw?.; r - un?w^r with . ? Ma'?o In for g,?>u measure McPhVrHon ?I'Jicarcd i? under the fnfi "'?. r t^ luuuu' . * -, 6,1 d'l'd "no, ",at *'- Marshall I ?cc?">nanlcrl "? V..1 have Troo.tS " b'" i?oWnn/0n;ni;k0n ",m X,'". whir ,h?,rr"'l IHIOHVK Washington X f a Thomas DrnjM'V, a whit*"? C" t ween as an!i /n '"an be plasterer by tradn'*-* n,,,, aml ,l JtiHf below i Ha 2?' ,W.n" drowned bridge Sun (lav ni?H? i Sou,',f,rn o'clock ami MomiaJ1 a'u,,,t el?bt body had ??I been Ve ,^"T 'hr -s:!"1, r'?io?.d l"-ld*o Draper from w l ,,,.-, ., rroin norm* un , ".' drowned before an*!, " ? reach him a. e could searcher* we?' ^ I y""'nhir ?'"%"? 1 ?r-ncr wa!t 11 n de r f ho*"! nV / 'h"' O' Whlskoy at 1I10 iin.Il 1, . life. m? he ,0?? hlj I and by 100.000 yoIcb, ?hc wn?? nominated over the Ku Klnx Klan candidate. Judgo Felix Itobcrl aon. Saturday. 1 Mr*. Ferfcuaon Is not a polUI clan. but nbe ?ay? who In anti-Ku Klux Klan. Hor husband Is th.r orlKlnaf foe of thn Klan In Toxas. ? Hp cnrrlcd lh?? antl-KUn banner In the fight agalnnt Barl II. May field two yearn ago. The Fcrgu- j ?ons reallf that their vindication In not all that attracted victory to ihelr nld?- tho antl Klanner.t followed "Ma" by tons of thous a Ml, "I told Jim I was going to an nounce that I 1 1 k ?*d his platform." Mys Mm. Kerguvon. '*Ono of ffie4 planks In condemnation of th" Klan. The platform telln hpw taxes ran be reduced nnd how th^ government can bo restored to the hands of the people. I wan* to be governor for t wo yea*>r-_ and then I will not run again "Of course. I will take Jim's a.lvlce aoine but T Intend to run the office Just like I run the home You know. It takes a newly elect ed governor two years to. learn j his position. I will not have that handicap Jim has been governor before and he will aid me. "Both of us know what Texan needs and we Intend to see that our beloved state gets It." ~T*T* TPr*TTBfln? n Mrr two dmgb ; tors, one married and a resident of Austin and the other unmarried and bookkeeper at her father's newspaper office. ? STIU'Ck BY TKITJC BOY IN HOSPITAL Struck by truck while ridlnK a bicycle on the street. Preston Lason, 11 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Hilary Kason, of the New Hope 8?>ction of Durants Neck. Perquimans County, Is in the Kllzaheth City Hospital with a broken collar bone and with head injuries the extent of which can not yet be de termined. though there is ev ery reason to believe,"' from first examination of the head bruises end from symptoms no firr apparent. that the boy Ha noi seriously hurt. Preston was \iritinK Rotter aiid Archie Slianuonhouse. sons ? * r Mi and Mrs J "VV. Shaniion house, 109 North Road street and was to have returned home Wednesday . He was struck from behind by tin- Winekream truck and it is believed that the bicycle . was knocked straight from under him. era ble force. rnconscioiis when picked up. he was believed dead by nome who saw him and the report that a boy had been The hoys parents have been -notified of the accident and are expected to reach here to niKht. DAVIS DETI.ARB8 FOR FEARLESSNESS . Newark.. Ql?Jo.__ Aug. .29,? De clarinK that he believed the Amer ican ppople wanted "honest, can did, and fearless government," John W. Davis was today greeted -trr ? ? u % v i n 1 ? hwwdred Newark citi zens wh. nli e""I jlofco T5? "It TVWmtn-' xites from the rear of the train carrying him to Columbus where he will address the Democratic state convention. He declared he believed the Democrats of the country could furnish such a government and said he was supporting such a policy. Columbus, O., Aug. 26. ? The Democratic party of Ohio in the statu convention here today adopted as its platform the dec laration on the Kit Klux Klan. the pronouncement of the stand ard bearer, John W. Davis. MRS. TV. B. rrmii DICAO " Mrs. W. B. O'Neal died Mon day afternoon at 3TI0 o'clock af her home. AOS Morgan street, af ter several months illness. Mis. O'Neal was f?9 yenrs old and a native or Button, having lived In tills elty only the last seven years. She was a member of the Firs' Method 1st Church. an the bottom. ? lier efvw or ~t nr^rvririTir nf - - selves in their own boats. A Coast Guard cutter was | called hero under orders to leuvo ? Haw pi on Itoado to senreh off lit" chore between Cape I (altera* and . Delaware breakwater for disabled craft. Xo Serious Damage ij Raleigh. Aiir. 20. ? A tropical ,j stornv- pasted last night by th ? "^?southern part -of - the CirrnHnn const without doing any serious damage. , At Wilmington the vacationists j retreated from Wrighisvllh: lleach when things looked - threatening 1 but the wind changed and t li** stnrio passed by. ai ivriir..k.' hi. - 'oc???n but no serious damage was done. I At an early hour this inornlni; ! the center of the storm was off Ilattcras. t'lirollnn < 'it b'M Hitlerite llaleigb, Aug. 26. ? Saved by the veering of the wind, the North i Carolina coast cities are today em rging from a night of storm | which at first threatened to as 1 sumo serious proportions. ? Whllo the slorm was al lis height late yesterday off the const i near Wilmington the wind sud denly shifted franit east to west ? and the tropical disturbance wan j blown away from land. MT1TE CtRI. NOT SEHIOI'SI.Y HURT Running out to cross the street In front of the home or Iter- par ents. Mr. and Mrs. N. I-'. Sp? lice. 22.1 West Pearing strict. little t KIlEabeth Rjienw, four -years old. was struck by the feiid?*r of a Hoick touring car driven by Lin wood Hughes, 17-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Hughes, f.OC Southern Avenue, Sunday after noon at about 4 o'clock. Though stunned for an instant by tho blow, examination dl closed that the tilth* girl was not - seriously -hurt.. w. up and about as usual, none the worse for her experience except for a slight cut on the head and a number of minor bruise* on In r body. OFFItlAlJi roM'KH ON NICKKI. I'h/VTK SVSTi:M New York. Aug 26 Officials of the pere Marquette Railroad, only one of the proponed 14.000 mil" Nickel Plate system whose directors have not yet ratified the terms offered by the Van Kwerlri gen Interests of Cleveland, con ferred here today with tlx- cre.a ? tor of the proposed system In the HfTiirt tti inni nut 1)11' ill miir |.n pnratory to submitting the plan to the directors of the Pere Mar quette Wednesday. Charter Issued For New Hydro-Electric Company Will Bring Light ami Power from Virginia, Operate Modern llune*. Itudio HrondeiiHliiiK Stiilion-, and Develop Keiil folate If Plan* Tarried Out Hydro i l?-rtrlr pnwt r for Bill abeth City, South Mill*. Hertford ami Edenton, brought over high tenalon wire* from Virginia; mod ern btincft. audi an tho** now In opcrnl Ion between Kalelnh and I)urham. operating on tegular achedule* between Norfolk and Kdcnton by way of South Mill*. Elizabeth City. and Hertford; ra dlo hroadcaaf ins Matlon*; the de velopment of unimproved real e* ta?e Into golf links and |*o|o grounds or Into building lota for aubiirban development* all I h?*-? ar?? contemplated In tho ambition* achetno of the Virglnla-Carolln.'i Tranalt and Power Company of Elizabeth City, a charter for which waa iaaned from the office of .Secretary of Slate W. N. Ev erett Saturday. Tho authorized capltallxatl'm of the new enterprlae I* f 1 00.000. i with $800 already aubaerlhed by It. L. McMurran. Alex I?evltln. (.eorge W. Mar.pln. Robert E. Mc Murran and W. C. Hughe*, all or Portsmouth. and W. I. Ilalatead of HoHth Mill*. W V: Halatmd of Month Mill*, attorney for the n*?w corporation, when ltm pro ducod at In any one of tbeae cit Ml "The entahll*huic nt of lli?- enf poratlon would alno make morning for Ocean City, j 11-r- to _ it.uchcd . Jtf._Wj.re. I'lill-' adelphia. and in nspfcii'd to re turn liimi" tmiiuht. How i In- accident occurred in not certainly known, as there w. iv ho eyewitnesses except vory younu children. Mr. Curler. busy In his hhicksuiil Ii shop at the in tersection of t h ? ? Old Jarkson toad :ind Forks road Monday, eoiild hoar tin- children laiiKhiiiK at their play just outside his door. a lit) VhCIT the hk(i::1ifi f changed to sri-rahi* he rushed out to. find Marina motion less upon the ground, Jdood. from i-:jr .ami l.iouLh. .. A-- h ? ? i ij.c I .< d\ Liu. child u|i. she strolled for an in stant and then lay still. A |?hy sici.iu h.'isllly suuiiuoiied reached M |.h"" i * 1 1 1*|' 'I f ' ?mid-JJj^l_ lo-ol(i't) <| -nth had lieeii practical ly in UantaiM'ous. II i m supposi d that the child had ellnih?d up on the 'lumber pile nud fell or Jumped off and that the tluiher i?e i in motion by her meveiiji'iit rolled down on lop of her r.ud entirely across her body. When Mr. Carter reached the child. I lie lou had rolled Sev ern I f(?e( beyond her. The fuperal will probably he conducted at .Ilu- Carter home Wednesday afternoon at I o'clock. IJev. It. r. Hall oiTiclwl Inn, and interment will prolmhly he made In the rritchard bury In*; Kfound across the road from Cork School. CALLS NATIONAL IIADIO CONI ICIJKNCK Washington. Aiir. 20. ? A Na "tfoirnl ftaflo foirforritco to din-; cuss better voluntary regulations of Hie wirclcxK was calli d t iday hy Secretary Hoover to meet In Washington September 20. 1,1 MIIKIt OltllKltS I M.I. OFF New Orleans, Ann. 2(4. (Spe cial.) I?uniber orders to South '? rn I'ine Association mills f??J I off fi.R per cent last week, produc- ' lion decreased 1.1 per cent and shipments Increased 2 per c< nt Ti..- min* ^rr^ir rs;rriCT,Tifro-fft? AmwIIIhI Pr??? I Manila. Auk- 2fl. James E. I Kkuu of Onisha. Nebraska, chief pel I y officer, was killed today hy ciiKinc hackfirc aboard the snh marine S-12, lylnK at <'avit Navjr Vard. Anothv Juilcr AllirrUiin W itli Aid of thr l''irc I)r|mrtiin'iil uml SlierilT C Jn'rlcs Itcid Monday Niglil 1, HERE SEPTEMBER Uriel ill Fir*! iMrllindist MethodlHt Church will ' ? hn held liiTQ-boKlnnlnu September 7 and lasting thrnurli September ] 12. Tlio session +111 l>c hold In the1 .Firm Methodfat s^hurch, with 1?. 1 I*. Gohbel ??f Durham. director i and Rev. ('. II. 'Culbrrlh. chalr ?man of tho-lwiard of manager*. Five standard rnurMW will- bo offered and rorllflrntw nf credit will' bo Ismied. The first class "jy.'rlod va?*h day will be from 7:3n t?*K:2n ji. m. followed by twenty minutes Intermission. The nor mal elans period will follow from S: 4 ii to 9: 30. Tlu* tajur.se:; ami msmH'lofH .TTT~ as followa: "Sunday ftchool Organization and ' Administration" by 1,. L. Gobbol. "Principles of Religious Teach- j lug" by Prof H. 'N. Wilaon of Trinity College; "lluglnncr Organ ir.at Ion and Ad ministration" liy Mm. C. 11. Cul i broth, district elementary superln-' tendont; "Primary Lesson Materials and Teaching." by Minn Ceorgla , Keeno of I>nrbam; "Junior I?esRon Materials and [Teaching" by Minn Bruce McDon ald of Columbia, South Carolina | The following committees havpi I been appointed to attend to the, 1 details of (he school:. Hoard of Managers ? Rev. C. H , Culbreth. chairman; ...Mrs. 0. II. ? Marrow, aecretary; W. C. Saw yor. treasurer; Rev. Daoiel l^ine. W. S. Overman. Iir. N. II. 1). Wil aon. <1. F. ftcyffert and J. A. : Hooper. - Publicity Committee ? Or. N. II 1). Wilson, ehalrman; Hcv. W. T. Phlppn. Regis! ration Committee ? W. S. Overman, rhairman. Flnaneo Committee ? J. A. : Hooper, ehalrman. I*. II. Wil liam n, and L. R. Foreman. Kntertalnment Committee (J. Arrangements Committee Rev. Daniel l?ano, chairman ; F. K. Kramer, and It. S. Fearing. WIIITKVII.I.K MAN SHORN OF LOCKS Whlfevllle, AuKiiat 2?. An drew Carterett, f#f?. a resident of the eastern part of this town, who baa for years worn hia grey hair In locka hanging down hia back, entnc to town Saturday and ex preaaed hia disgust at the actloa i of the throe igcn. wlio, ho claims, ehuaed him at night carried him Into the woods and cut hia itnlch admired locks from hia tieait. 1 Mr. Carterett has steadfastly I refused to have Ills hair cut. giv : ing aa his reason that, like Samp son. therein lay the aecret of hia strength. When he appeared on the streets of Whltevlllo Saturday, few people recognised him. It waa said, as he had prevloualy been iuch a distinct character, lie na aerted that it took the three men 'to do the Job. of giving lilm a hair cut against hia will V KTK.ru NS MKKT at (iiAiu.orn; Charlotte, AucuM 2 fi A cam palgn to raise f.'i.OOO for the ex pense* of the Confederste R* unlon to be held here on Septem ber 16. 17, and IS, will ho con ducted during Tuesday and Wed nesday In thta city by the Chair-' hor of Common:* under tho sup crvlslon of C. O. Kueater. busi ness manager, and the members of ?he American legion Mr. Kueater atated that he expected to raise the full amount by the end of the aecond day of the campaign. It Is *xptrt?1 lhat 1.200 visi tors will he present at the re. union. Cltlcna are preparing plum In ftiHr hnm^ fir ihr old Vetera na, 200 homes alfeadv hav ing been offered, Mr. Kueater said, and 400 more will lie housed In the city auditorium. a negroes wbo fi gured prominently in the attempt ed escape were handcuffed by the sheriff and Jailer Albcrtaon re mained awake all night on guard. According to the alary told to Sheriff Held by llishop Itaker, un der sentence of 4 months. Costen found that one corner of a steel strip had been ruHtcd thin by ac tion of the water leaking front plumbing fixture*. Ue was able to get his fingers behind the atrip and by exerting all his strenffth he moved it downward somewhat. The other prisoners then added their weight to Costen's and budged th'j Ktrip still more. Cos ten's flngors could not atand the strain, however, and I-urlan Hol fey. 12 month* man, also put hla fingers to the gap while the oth ers hung on to add weight. Bakor says he did not assist. With four banda to the gap and the weight of five big negroea the strip came down Niifflclently to allow (Tost en to creep through to the cell above. This rell had recently been oc cupied by K. K. Clarke and had :lwen^-ttJTt*Tfirtochetr^whtm shsrtft Held removed him Sunday night to begin his term of years at Stale's prlsox. ("oaten was there fore able to gnln the freedom of t ha outer Jail. He wont to the back side of the building and brgan to dig at the masonry with a ploco of spring Just whero the spring came from is 11 mystery. He had removed several bricks from the inside and had broken one brick through to tho outer air when detected In his work hy Jailor Albertson. I.lghta were on in tho Jail al though they hud been oxtln ?HHilah**!? ?-BumUir ol ? throughout the city. To thla fact as well as to the lime arrival of tho Jailer the State owes the safe keeping of Its prisoners. Ilad the light* been off In the Jail nit elxcwherc or had the Jail er arrived a few minutes after warda tho six negroes, some of whom are considered desperate characters, would no doubt bow be at large. According to llaker'a story, the efforts of the negroes In bending the steel were timed during crashes of the wind atorm, and during lulls In (HA wind tftgf rented. The delivery was well planned and eiecu(ed carefully and surressfully up (o the arriv al at the back of the Jail of Jail er Albertson. The n?groes In tho cell In addi tion to Maker, Costen and llolley, were Wheoler Smith, 2 years; Ir ving Whltehurst, 2 years; snd Daniel fllddlck. 2 years. In an other cell was Prad*9 Hanks, al so colored, under aentenco of one month. Only one white prisoner was In the jail at the time, Alnsley. who was asleep when tho sheriff looked Into hla cell. Neither Alnsley nnr hanks could have taken part In the enrapo had: It been successful as they were se curely locked In separate eefti. The mortar with which the brick Jail Is put together fs said > to be very soft as It was made before Improved methods of man ufacture had been Introduced. , Made of lime, snnd and water It Is easily dislodged as cement mor tar would not he. CUM MOO I, WW KM TO HK AMfl\M8W>OH TO J A PA* Washington, Am. 2fi Kdgar A. Bancroft, Chicago lawyer. ? bly will soon be appointed j Amcrlesn ambassador (o Japan/ |