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ATLANTA, Ga., June 22.—Organi zation of the Knights of Kamelia by Wiliam Joseph Simmons, has been temporarily halted by an injunction obtained by the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, which has filed a suit against Colonel Simmons, emperor of the Klan, seeking to enforce the contract alleged to have beeen enter ed into by the factions headed by Emperor Simmons and H. W. Evans, imperial wizard, several months ago. Judge John D. Humphreys of the Fulton superior court signed the temporary restraining order late yes terday, but it did not become known until today. It was made returnable tomorrow,but klan officials .Stated tonight no action in the matter was expected for a week or more, Other Defendants Named. In addition to Emperor Simmons, the defendants named in the petition the Rev. Caleb Ridley, former imper ial kludd, or chaplain of the klan;: J. O. Wood, editor of Searchlight; Henry J. Norton, W. H. Lathrop, Jr, W. E. Thompson and #. J. Jones, all of Atlanta; Thomas I. Knight, C. W. Besom and N. H. Moore of Okla homa; and the Knights of Kamelia. Under the contract alleged to have been made by Colonel Simmons he is to receive $1,000 per month for the remainder of his life and therafter his wife, if she should survive him, is to receive a like sum for the re mainder of her life in consideration of all copyrights and author's rights he may have on all rituals, costumes, literature and paraphernalia of the order. . The petition sets forth that the Knights of Kamelia is the second of four degrees of the Ku Klux Klan as provided for in the constitution of the order and is a part of the Ku Klux Klan, in no way separated ex cept in the individual philosophies, teachings and secret mysteries. It alleges that while Colonel Simmons, ‘as”emperor, is given the right to pro mulgate the secrets of Kamelia, it in no way, authorizes him to set up the Kamelia as a separate and distinct order under his own control and di rection.
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Harrison Daily Times
Harrison, Arkansas, US
Sat, Jun 23, 1923
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