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THE CO U KliJhiK ISSUED WEEKLY PRINCIPLES. NOT MEN ONE rY'c i.K PE R YEAR VOL. 39 Asheboro, N. C, Thursday, November, 5, 1914 No. 44 PRESIDENT WILSON'S THANKSGIVING PROCLAMATION j. plete. DEMOCRACY SWEEPS THE DECK THROUGHOUT STATE SENATOR OVERMAN AND CORPORATION COMMISSIONER BY BIG MAJORITIES WHILE THE STATE SENATE WILL HAVE AT LEAST FORTY-FIVE DEMOCRATS ND IN THE HOUSE THERE WILL BE OVER A HUNDRED DEMOCRATS. T,o,!av'a elprtinn in North Caroli- I na was marked by general apathy on f the part of Democrats resulting in J reduced majorities and in some in- t stances in the loss of Legislative and county offices to the opposition. 1 Senator Overman, Corporation Com- f missioner Travis and the ten Demo- 1 cratic judges are all safely re-elected I by majorities which at this time can- I not be determined but certainly can- f f k onvtViino- Ipsb than 35.000. The Republicans have captured a number of seats in the House and the Democrats will still have around one hundred members in the lower House and between forty and forty-five mem- The Democrats were successful in nine of the Congressional districts of I the state, the tenth went Republican.! 1 Doughton of the eighth district upon whom a stiff fight was made seems to s havq been returned by a handsome 1 vote. 1 I - LENOIR ; Kinston, Nov. 3. Lethargy chaf- ntnriioA tViA nloptirm in T.enoir coun ty today because of the fact that there was practically no opposition. The total vote of all three parties was not more than the usual Democratic vote, according to a statement of Chairman Cowper. CLEVELAND Shelby, Nov. 3. With two pre cincts to hear from out of a total of 23, Congressman E. Y. Webb has a ? majority of 875 in Cleveland county. 2 Voting was light between seven and 1 eight hundred Democrats stayed at home. J. F. Newell, the Republican A candidate, carried two townships by W cmnll minorities. Mr. Webb received the returns with friends in his office here and predicted tonight that he would carry the district by three thousand majority. IREDELL Statesville, Nov. 3. Iredell gives Doughton about 1,150 majority. The county ticket is elected by big ma jority. Tax amendment is probably defeated. ONSLOW Jacksonvile, Nov. 3. Vote in Ons low very light. Democratic majority for State and county tickets is about 800; second and seventh amendments fall somewhat behind but a majority of 200 votes at least seems a safe esti mate. GUILFORD Greensboro, Nov. 3. Major C. M. Stedman and county ticket carries Guilford by 1,200. Congressman Stedman carries Alamance by 500 and the district by 4,000 estimated. The amendments are beaten in Guilford by T;00 votes. , ANSON Wadosboro, Nov. 3. Anson cast about one thousand votes today, about half its usual vote.. Estimated from incomplete returns, the Democratic vote in the county is 800, the Repub can vote being two hundred or less. There was no Republican ticket in the county. The amendments lost by a vote of about " to 1. -STANLY Albemarle, Nov. 3. With two pre lim is not he-nl from it appears that Stanly is safely Democratic by at least 100 majority and Democratic county ticket is eltctod. ROCKINGHAM Ke'xisvillc, Nov. 3. Rockingham is Democratic by about 400, a reduced majority on account of light vote. An'-mlmen'.s . nn-y ly iv.:.ority. Cas well Democratic by usual majority, which was uho-.t COO iw.i years ago. r.onEroN' Lr.mbcrtoii. Nov. 1 lie e.ei ! .;: passed off very q -iet'v in IVl.esou to day, a light being l ulled. The Kcmib licans were more s;nic.fii! in getting then- voters to the polls than the Democrats, the latter not pulling more than half their usual strength. While several precincts have not been heard fmm thp rnnntv is Democratic bv at least one thousand majority from U. S. Senator down. The amendments are very close and will require official count. GREENE Snow Hill, Nov. 3. All county Dem ocratic officers elected by big majori ties. Representative L. J. H. Mew born. State Senators A. D. Ward and Frank Thompson. Amendments were defeated 5 to 1. Retruns are incom- Raeford, Nov. 3. The Democratic majority for Hoke county is between five and six hundred. The amend ments are defeated except first and fourth. Not all of the precincts yet heard from. EDGECOMBE Tarboro. Nov. 3. On account of there being no opposition ticket in this county the vote was necessarily smaller than would have otherwise been the case. County Chairman W. O. Howard stated this evening that while all precincts had not been heard from, the Democratic majority for Senator, State and county officers, would be between eight hundred and a thousand. For all the amendments the majority is approximately seven hundred. JONES Trenton, via Newbern, Nov. 3. Not all of the precincts have been heard from in Jones county, but indi cations are that the Democrats will receive a majority of 323 or more. The total vote will be little more than 425. The amendments will carry by a handsome majority. The county and state officers received the full vote. MOORE Carthage, Nov. 3. Entire Demo cratic ticket is elected by about three hundred majority. Th amendments probably defeated. PITT Greenville, No v. 3. Little interest taken in the election, only about fifty per cent of the vote cast. Two Repub licans voted. Reports indicate State, Congressional and county tickets are elected by a bout fifteen hundred ma jority. Amendments in doubt, badly j scratched, will take official count to give results. DAVIDSON Lexington, Nov. 3. Late tonight it is apparent that not until the last bal lot is officially counted will it be cer tain which way Davidson county vot ed today. Democrats claim the re election of C. C. Shaw as sheriff, of! Walter Anderson as Register of Deeds, and C. E. Godwin as Clerk of the Court, but the rest of the ticket is in grave doubt. The vote on the amendments was exceedingly close. WARREN Warrenton, Nov. 3. Election re turns, which at this time are incom plete, show that the state and county officers of Democratic ticket were elected by at least 1,300 majority. CRAVEN Newbern, Nov. 3. Practically com plete returns from Craven give the Democrats majority of one thousand votes. The voting was very light. The amendments carried by a majori ty of about six hundred. Considerable interest was manifested in the coun ty and state ticket and this received a good vote. The Congressional nom inee ran slightly behind the ticket, not receiving the full vote by more than a hundred votes. Republicans seemed to take but little interest in the election. CARTERET New Bern, Nov. 3. Reports from Carteret county late tonight state that the Democrats have elected their full ticket. The majority is somewhat re duced on account of the fusion of the Republicans, Progressives and dissat isfied Democrats. The amendments carried by a small majority. DURHAM Durham, Nov. 3. At 11 o'clock to night only a dozen of the twenty-six precincts had been heard from on the Constitutional Amendments and the vote stood 4S0 for the taxation amend ment and 357 against. It is confident ly believed that the majority will be for the amendmentswhen the other precincts have been heard from, and it is possible that the majority will run a little more in proportion than the vote for the twelve precincts. CHATHAM Pittshoro, Nov. 3. f'red W. Byiium the Democratic candi(!atefrom Cha1 -ham, was elected to the Lcgislatui by :'.C0 majority. The rest of the coun ty ticket carries fruin 300 to 500, and the state and Congressional ticket l. 350. The amendments lost in Chatham by 500 majority. CAMDEN j Elizabeth City, Nov. 3. Report i from Camden county slate thai ual el :i votm; slrci!gir oi about eigtri ntm i!:t.! am! lift y oniy about one hundr"d and fvc-.ity-iV'o vr.to w,.,. c:A. A.'! t'.e lu'-nocratie an Inh-.tcs for county oilices w.-re elected with a majority of about spveiit v-l'jve, Ratherfordton, Nov. It is fully admitted by conse-vntive est: ma that the entire Democratic ticket headed by J. F. Alexander for the Legislature, is elected by a safe ma jority. The official returns as t C.ud ger and liritt give Mr. Gudger a m i iority of 20 in this county. NASH Rocky Mount, Nov. 3. Returns at 10 o'clock tonight indicate that all of the Constitutional " amendments are lost in Nash county. Three townships gave majorities against all or the 'amendments while Rocky Mount town ship gave majorities for all of them except the seventh and tenth. The Democratic county ticket carries and the Republicans show only a few scat tering votes. The whole vote was very light. COLUMBUS Whiteville, Nov. 3. Unofficial re turns from fifteen out of the nineteen precincts in Columbus indicate a Dem cratic majority of about 1500 out of 2000 votes cast over the county. The vote in Whiteville township for Con gress, considered indicative of the Democratic vote in the county, was about three to one. The vote all over the county being comparatively light, the vote for Representative up to a late hour tonight, indicates that J. R. Williamson, Democratic nominee, will be elected bv a small plurality over Ashley M. Benton, Independent can didate. WILKES North Wilkesboro, Nov. ."..Special. Wilkes county returns show that it has gone Republican by a very small majority. Returns on Constitutional amendments and state ticket are not known. (Continued on page 8.) President Wilson's Thanksgiving Wednesday, is as follows: "By the President of the United States of America: "A Proclamation: "It has long been the honored custom of our people to turn in the fruit ful autumn of the year to praise and thanksgiving to Almighty God for His many blessings and mercies to us as a Nation. The year that is now drawing tt a close since we last observed our day of National Thanksgiving has been, while a year of discipline because of thd mighty forces of war and of change which have disturbed the world, aiso a year t.f special blessings for us. "It has been vouchsafed to us to remain at peace, vith honor, and in some part to succor the sufferings and supply the needs of those who are in want. We have also been privileged by our own peace and rseif-control in some degree to steady the councils and shape the hopes and purposes of a day of fear and distress. Our people have looked upon their own life as a Nation with a deeper comprehension, a fuller realization of their responsibili4ies as well as their blessings, and a keener sense of the mora! and practical signifi cance of what their part among the Nations of the world may come to be. "The hurtful deceits of foreign war in their own industrial and com mercial affairs have made them feel the more fully and see the more clearly th eir mutual Interdependence upon one another and has stirred them to a helpful co-operation such as they have seldom practiced before. They have been quickened by a great moral stimulation. Their unmistakable ardor of peace, their earnest pity and disintered sympathy for those who are suffering and their readiness to help and to think of the needs of others, has revealed them to themselves as well as to the world. ' "Our crops will feed all who need food; the self-possession of the people amidst the most serious anxieties and the steadiness and resourcefulness of our business men will serve other Nations as well as our own. "The business of the country has been supplied with new instrumental ities and the commerce of the world with new channels of trade and inter course. The Panama Canal has been opened to the commerce of the Nations. The two continents of America have been bound in closer ties of friendship. New instrumentalities of international trade have been created which will be also instrumentalities of acquaintance, intercourse, and mutual service. Never before have the people of the United States been so situated for their own advantage or the advantage of their neighbors or so equipped to serve themselves and mankind. "Now. therefore, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States of America, do hereby designate Thursday, the twenty-sixth day of November next, as a day of thanksgiving and prayer, and invite the people throughout the land to cease from their wanted occupations and in their several homes and places of worship to render thanks to Almighty God. "In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. "Done at the City of Washington, this twenty-eighth day of October in the year of Our Lord one thousand nine hundred and fourteen and of the in dependence of America the one hundred and thirty-ninth. "WOODROW WILSON. "By the President: "Robert Lansing, "Acting Secretary of State." CH R Y S A NTH EM UM SHOW NOVEMBER 10th, 1S1-1 In building formerly occupied by Mr. O. R. Fox PRIZES 1 Largest bloom or potted plant any variety. Hand painted cake plate. 2. Host potted plant, one each of the following varieties in one collec tion: Lillian Bird, Ulack Hawk, Os trich Plume. Daisv. Hand painted celerv dish. .;. Finest nlant. three blossoms, white. One halt dozi n bread and but ter plates. 4. Finest plant, three blooms, pin!;. One half dozen sherbet cups. 5. Finest ulant, taiee blooms, jci lo.V. lee lilb. i). 1- ii,' st oiant. .me r.ali w::en blooms, white. One h,JC dozen ::ew! and butler plates. V. Finest plant, ete- half i ;'. a, (.Ink. One hand o.l valee piio. pink. N Kinest plant. . haU' ' , : ; blooms yell.iv.. Oi.- deeoraled me,;. -j'liiai.ie sit. i-hn.-l plant. 11. One vase, ten iai white. V. ater not I. . 12. One vase, t. n 'ai t b. st b pin!:, t'ne set desi.it ups. I.'.. 0;w vase, ten !ai;;e.t blooms ellou. (Hie cccori:lcl water piteaiT It. Lest general collection tan Mowers in one vase. I ream and snai set. Ferns 15. Finest sword tern. One Jar dinier. 10. Finest potted asparagus fern. One bonbon dish. 17. Finest potted springeri fern. One half dozen sherbet cups. Roses 18. Host collection of roses, three vases, any variety or color. One Jar dinier. In case the exact conditions for pri zes can not be complied with, the com mittee may make such changes as may lit the case. A nice lunch will be served to the school children during the noon hour for ten cents. Ice cream cones five cents extra. The following bill of fare will be served from 12 M., until 9 P. M. Oysters Stewed and fried Chicken Salad Sandwiches Crackers Pickets Coffee Ice cream and cake. Those willing to contribute small plants' will please confer with Mrs. Hadley. There will be added attrac tions for the evening from 7 o'clock including a "Fish Pond" and a series of morning pictures "Shuns," and other things. The proceeds from the Chrysanthe mum Show are to help swell the funds Proclamation, issued mi Washington BETTER BABIES CONTEST FOR RANDOLPH COUNTY NOVEM BER 10th AT COURT HOUSE SPLENDID PHYSICIANS TO EX AMINE CHILDREN The Woman's Department Club is doing a great deal of work to make the Letter Haines Contest on Novem ber 10, a great success. There is much interest being manifested throughout the county and there is every indication that there will b larg number ol babies prsent.- entries; a e aireaov been m:i y kind of baby within i'.w iv 6 month ( t) ni years will be e towns aiai :-i-. t .-. Th . y itly t!i" s:y.oe. n:nt. The Idea - 11 ( 1 from be c: cloth- i'i n. -oi'oyc the hi in.l .lnh com; sp'iI'-k .u eorpei!.--a! .on. ..s -cKeivel . Ves Vn.: -ion itn.l nvm it a :Ui-.:i--.-:.l, e;'in;vii'rn has hoe.' vv,. -;! it has -lo-id from the ACahtT to the l'a rilV. 1 letter Babies ackaowledgL" no seV'i-iphieal Imvt:. fines: no social ines. Ihev are :A b:,io demand iiur their right to health and happi ness. As before ul.ited aU the physicians in the county have been asked to be present, many of them have written that they will he present. Drs. Swaim and Lockhart, dentists, will be pres ent to examine the gums and teeth of the babies'. Dr. J. W. Austin, Ear, Eye Nose and Throat specialist of High Point will be here to examine in his line and Dr. W. L. Jacksin, High Point who has just returned from attending Clinics in the northern and western cities studying diseases of children, wil be here to aid in the examinations. Dr. Jackson was formerly located in Trinity this county and is much in terested in Randolph county having practiced considerably among her peo ple. Dr. W. M. Jones, County Health Officer of Guilford county will assist. He has just recently aided in conduct ing the Better Babies in Guilford county. He is a splendid physician. In addition to the above, Mrs. Harris Glascock, a lady physician, will be here to give her assistance. If one-half of a man's schemes turn ed out according to his preliminary figures he would have nothing to do but spend his money. for the improvement of the school grounds, and it is hoped the entire community will show a lively inter est in the undertaking. DEMOCRATS RETAIN MAJORITY IN HOUSE INDICATIONS ACE THAT PARTY WILL RETAIN CONTROL IN CO.V GRKSS WITH A WORKING MAJORITY FORMER SPEAKER CAN NON IS ELECTED TO THE HOUSE. New York, Nov. 3. Heavy falling off of the Progressive vote in many states, the return to Congress of former Speaker Jospeh G. Cannon, decisive Republican gains in New York and Illinois in the House mem bership, and the overwhelming defeat oi Kepresentative A. .Mitche Palmer by Senator Boies Penrose in Pennsyl vania were features of the early election returns. Democratic leaders, however, were. pleased by a triumph in Massachu setts where former Representative Samuel W. McCall was defeated for the Governorship by Governor Walsh. fcarly returns indicated that the Democrats would retain control of Congress with aoroximatelv no change in the Senate majority but by a decidedly reduced majority in the House. At a late hour results in Il linois, Indiana, California and Colora do as to the SenatorshiD were in doubt. Following are some of the results of the election: THE NEXT CONGRESS Washington, Nov. 4. Late returns of the election show the situation in Congress not yet definitely known. but indications are that the Democrats will have a small working maioritv. The Senate remains Democratic. Re vised reports indicate the House of Representatives will be: Democrats 220. ( Republicans 204. . :' Progressives 8. . ' Socialists 2. Prohibition 1. ELECTED DEMOCRATS Louisville, Ky Nov. S. Early re turns indicated the election by heavy majority of J. C. W. Beckham, Dem ocrat, to the United States Senate, full term, and Johnson N. Camden, Democrat, for the unexpired term of the late Senator W. O. Brad lev. BOSTON FOR GOVERNOR Boston, Nov. 3. Governor, City of Boston complete: McCall, Republican, 25,07(5; Walk er, Progressive, 3,099; Walsh, Demo crat, 50,098. Boston vote in 1912 was: Bird, Progressive, 18,827; Gardner, Republican, 13,159; Walsh, Democrat, 46,638. GLYNN IN LEAD New York, Nov. 3. Returns for Governor from 1,605 out of 2,031 dis tricts in the City of New York give Glynn 234,380; Whitman 186,678; Davenport 11,382; Sulzer 21,049. ALL ARE DEMOCRATS Jacksonville, Fla., Nov. 3. Senator Fletcher and the entire Democratic Congressional delegation were re elected today. VOTING LIGHT FOR LANCASTER Lancaster. S. C. Nov. 3. Special. i The general election here and I thro'.itrhnut the county trdav was ex loeedmpiv nniet and the vote cast even much Hgl.ter tV.n is usual. The to tal vote here o it of about TOO polls is 1 as l'o'.'ows: For Sem'or, Blouse 1!'2: ! Smith. 1"5: Congress. Fi.iW. 13".. The ( i t r i i i , ,. -( y l . from is even smaller, "here" vere r.5 votes -rsr ho;-e af-nii!: t '!.. slat- ea;l issue - 20 for !;. nXFF. 7Vn WOMAN" R'FFRAGK ! St. l.o.ii?.. Nov. :ii'.o:-:e ie- :i :'n.-; fa; m part:-. !' Missouri in ,o t" 1 f e v .-. s - m r : 'K ;vi; ;; :e'mi'i..!v de feated. f,. Rci tO" K 1 i 1 1 ernnr of YViseoi'sie, b timated fron widely at 25.0M0. The ' ot e f. 1 1 m I . 1 t la i Governor, is small, i COX HAS SLIGHT T.EAD i Cincinati, O., Nov. 3. Early partial! returns from various precincts .throughout the state indicate that the race for Governor betweonthe in I cumbent, James M. Cox, Democrat. and Frank B. Willis, with the former slightly in the lead, is extremely close- James R. Garfield, Progressive, it was conceded, had no chance. ELECTED FULL TICKET Montgomery, Ala, Nov. 3. Early returns throughout the state show ti'e election of the entire state Democrat ic ticket, including Congressman Bur nett, in the Seventh District, where the only formidable opposition was made against the Democratic nomi nees. DEMOCRATS TO CONGRESS Jackson, Miss., Nov. 3. Mississip pi's entire Democratic Congressional delegation was re-elected todav. WRIT?! AN WINNER New York, Nov. 3. Secretary Smith of Tammany Hall, said at 7:45 i p. m. tonight that the returns then available indicated a plurality of 48, 000 for Glynn in New York City and a r.!urabv of 150,000 for Whitman in the entire state. ELECTED ALL DEMOCRATS Atlanta, Ga., Nov. 3. Georgia to day elected to the United States Sen ate the Democratic nominees, Hoke Smith and Thomas W. Hardwick. Nat i Fi. Harris, Democrat, was elected' Governor. All Democratic Congres-' sinoal nominees were elected. C A LI I 'ORNIA GOVERNOR Los Angeles, Cul., Nov. 3. The first three precincts in California counted for Governor gave: Johnson, Progressive, 392; Freder icks, Republican, 253; Curtin, Demo crat, 67. These are in Los Angeles, Freder icks' home citv. GORE RE-ELECTED Oklahoma City, Okla., Nov. 3. United States Senator Gore was re elected today by a plurality estimated in excess of 25,000 votes. At ten o'clock all Democratic candidates for. State offices and Congress were lead ing their Republican and Progressive opponents. UNDERWOOD'S LEAD Montgomery, Ala., Nov. 3. Gen. Bibb Grabes, chairman of the state Democratic executive committee, to night estimated the total vote in to day's election at between 115,000 and 125,000 votes, with Underwood's-vote for the United States Senate at be tween 85,000 and 90,000. REPUBLICAN ELECTED Grand Forks, N. D.t Nov. 3. Early returns indicated Governpr Hanna, uepuDiican, had been re-elected. The Senatorship contest is close with Pur cell, Democrat, running stronger than the Democratic candidate did two years ago. DILLLINGHAM LEADS Burlington, Vt., Nov. 3. Returns from six towns give for Senator: Dillingham, Republican, 707; Prouty Demoerat, 366. For Governor: Gates, Republican, 560; Howe, Dem ocrat, 237; Aldrich, Progressive. '528. DEMOCRAT FOR GOVERNOR Boston, Nov. 3. For Governor: 800 out of 1.125 election districts: McCall, Republican, 120,215; Walk er, Progressive, 20,468; Walsh, Demo crat, 142,522. DEMOCRAT IN LEAD Knoxville, Tenn., Nov. 3. For Governor: Returns from 47 counties give Rye, Democrat, a lead over Gov ernor Hooper, Fusion, of 8,00. ONLY ONE REPUBLICAN Oklahoma City, Nov. 3. Returns received at 11 o'clock indicate the re election of Dick T. Morgan, Republi can incumbent, in the Eighth Con gressional District. Democratic nom inees were elected in all the other dis tricts. GOOD DEMOCRATIC PLURALITY Boston, Nov. 3. Returns for Gov ernor from 1,015 out of 1,123 election districts give: McCall, Republican, 175,783. Walker, Progressive, 27,521. Walsh, Democrat, 189,408. WADSWORTH LEADING New York. Nov. 3. Returns from 1,748 districts out of 3,630 outside New York City jrive for United States Senator give: Gerard. Democrat. 143.001. Wndsworth, Republican, 246,164. ( olbv. Progressive. ii.Tus. DEMOCRATS ELECTED raoenix, Ariz., ov. Senator M H 1) t i el tid ' ' I h ii i i 1 ( i n- Ai'm I ( .Late re! ,1 i.- th vt i: .;e M-ilete C Ull '2'l nirporitc: o v-- to l.e n;'un from. i'i:: .i: YE ADVANTAGE New Orleans. Nov. Martin. Pro- ' v-fi-m:, HU itli't 11.1'', ; 'cm ocniT . iy Td7 vot - for Congress in the Third Louisiana iCslriit after 3.129 ballots had been coimte.l. The registration of the district is slightlv less 'than 14,000. CHAMP CLARK RE-ELECTED Montgomery. Mo., Nov. 3. Early, returns indicate the re-election of Champ Clark, Democrat, Speaker of the House, by 3,000 to 5,000. John C. Brown, his Republican opponent, con ceded defeat tonight bv from 2,000 to 3,000. SMOOT IN LEAD Salt Lake City, Utah, Nov. 3. First Utah returns on Senatorial candidates give Srnoot, Republican, 1,908; Moyle, Democrat, 1,725. The vote indicates Republican and Democratic gains and Progressive losses. WOMAN SUFFRAGE LOST Grand Fork, N. D., Nov. 3. Womatv suffrage apparently has been defeated; about two to three. CHURCH DEDICATION The new Methodist church at Cole-, ridge will be dedicated on Sunday,. November the Sth. The sermon will be preached by Dr. G. T. Rowe, of Greensboro. AH former pastors, and all who have contributed to the build ing fund, have a special invitation ta be with us. Let everybody who can come and be with us on that day R. L, MELTON,