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MARION PROGRE
A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER DEVOTED TO THE BEST INTEREST OF THE PEOPLE OF McDOWELL COUNTY.
ESTABLISHED 18%.
MARION, N. C, THURSDAY, NOV. 9, 1916.
VOL. XXI—NO. 11
\V00gR0W WILSON, THE PEOPLE’S CHOfCE
POTEAT DEFEATS
HAWKINS 36 VOTES
*.
Laughridge Re-Elected Sheriff by
Majority of Three—Parker,
Defeats Gibson.
According to complete returns
from the entir^ cotikty, J. Ar
Laughricl^e, RepublicaD, has been
re-elected sheriff over J. R.. Led
better, Democrat, by a majority of
three votes, and JuliusT. Par|fer,
ReptiblicaD, has defeated R. L. G.
Gibson,.Democrat, for register of
deeds by 12 votes. All other can-
didat€;s on the Democratic ticket
were elected. Millard F. Poteat
defeated W. H. Hawkins, Rebubli-
can, by a majority of 36. For
Representative, MilesFlack has
a majority of 90 over his opponent,
,C. C. Lisenbee.
The vote in full for the county
is published elsewhere in ■ this
paper.
The vote for State Senate was
as follows; Matheson, Democrat,
1263; Nelson, Democrat, 1256;
Wakefield, Republican, 1224; Pat
ton, Republican, 1233.
The vote for congress gives Britt
a majority of 18 in the county.
The canvassing board will meet
this morning at 11 o’clock and
proceed to canvass the vote of the
jounty. * The official count will be
published next week.
The canvassing board, adjourn
ed at noon uniil 10 o’clock Friday.
No re-count will be made.
State Carried by 50^000 Margin.
Raleigh, Nov. |9.—Ppactically
officiall returns foi; majorities in
71 counties received at State Dem
ocratic headquarters show a total
Democratic majority for these
counties of 43,500. Chairman
Warren estimates .that the remain
ing 29 counties will give 7,000 ma
jority additional, making the grand
total of Democratic majorities for
the state more than 50,000. The
counties of Halifax, Pitt, North
ampton and a num1)er of strong
Democratic counties are included
in these still imreported. There
are 13 counties having Republican
majorities including the calculation
of the majorities. '
All ten of the congressman are
Democratic, Chairman Warran
says, with Zeb Weaver defeating
Britt, Republican, in the tenth.
WOODROW WILSON WINS
Galifomia. Gives the Necessary
Votes for the Re-election of
President Wilson.
New York, Nov. 9.—President
Wilson has carried California and
has been re-ele9ted.
Fifty hours after the polls closed
in California, Republican Chair
man'Rowell conceded the state to
the president. Thus the thirteen
votes needed to assure the president
a majority in the electoral college
dropped into the democratic col
umn and apparently ended the sus
pense and anxiety of an election
which has been unparalleled in
American political history.
Republican Chairman Willcox
when informed that the president
had carried California, only re
plied:
“I have nothing to say.”
Secretary Tumuliy at the sum-
mei\ white house at Shadow Lawn
•sent the no^i^s by wireless to Presi
dent Wilson on *board the yacht
Mayflower en route to Rhfte Cliff,
N. Y?
The California returns^howed
that with only forty|pight districts
missing the oresi^ent’s plurality in
the state was 2,970,
Barring some whoily unexpected
turnover in the incomplete states
leaning toward WUpon, or a chaffge
on a recount, California’s acqui|i-
tion to the democratic column gjive
the president 269 electoral votes
without New Mexico’s' three. In
New Mexico at-midnight the presi
ded was leading by 2,634 votes
with 158 districts missing and it
was not believed this advantage
could be overcome by Mr. Hughes.
Conceding West Virgmia, IJew
Hampshire and Minnesota to Mr.
Hughes—and he was in the lead
in alU three—only gives him 259
votes, seven less than the required
majority. With 272 votes in sight
President Wilson had six to spare
for a possible split of electors in
CfHifornia, or a sudden reversal in
New Mexico.
VICE-PRESIDENT MARSHALL
Weaver Winner by Small Majority,
Asheville Citizen, 9th.
According to figures received by
The Citizen up to 12 o’clock last
night, Zeb Weaver carries^ the
Tenth congressional distr'lct by a
majority of 103. These figui^ al
low for the claims made by tne re?
publicans in the various counties
comprising the district.
C. J. H. Terry and Dock Hicks,
both of Woodlawn, wer« visitors
her^ioday.
Both Sides Claim Victory in Tenlh
District,
Asheville Citizen, 10th.
The intense public interest char-,
acterizing the TeSth district con^
gressional campaign reached its
climax yesterday with the meeting
of the various county canvassing
boards and the unofficial announce
ment of Zeb^ Weaver’s election by
the small majority of five votes.
While there is still si variance
in the claims of the opposing cam
paign m^agers, there seems to be
little doubt as to the election of
Mr. Weaver over iiis Republican
opponent. Congressman James J,
Britt.
Mr. Britt claims he has been
elected by a majority of thirty-two
votes. His figures and those re-
THE VOTE OF McDOWELL COUNTY.
The State Senatorial vote in this
district is close, probably a victory
f or^the Republicans.
Congress
Represcii-
Udive
Treasurer
Reoisterof
Deeds
Surveyor
Coroner
Sheriff
* Commissioners
PRECINCTS
e
•Q
1
0>
Britt, ....
Flack, D
pi
i
1
1-3
Poteat, D.
Hawkins, B
Gibson, D ....
Parker, R —
Elliott, D
Halford, R —
Q
a
5
1
r
Ashworth, R.
Ledbetter, D..
P?
•o
1
1
Taylor, D....'.
Nichols, D....
Morris, D
McCall, R....
Souther, R—
■ri
(i
n
Marion
390
322
380
316
384
309
386
810
385
310
3619
307
37S
391
391
391
305
303
305
T^p.k Greek
52
77
53
76
52
76
52
76
53
7«
52
77
53
53
53
53
76
76
76
jforth Cove
17
^ 37
17
36
17
37
17
37
17
|7
17
37
17
17
17
17
88
37
37
Cedar Cove
30
20
SO
20
30
20
30
20
30
30
20
28
22
m
30
30
20
,20
20
Turkey Cove .*
71
91
71
93
72
^91
72
91
73
90
72
91
6»
92
63
71
71
101
92
92
Nebo.....
69
73
67
74
70
72
71
70
69
72
67
74
65
76
70
69
69
72
72
71
Dygartsville.. .\
,122
76
147
44
125
69
102
88
119
74
120
. 73
99
95
128
^120
120
75
67
73
HifiTfirins
36
27
37
24
37
25
38
24
36
26
86
26
34
27
86
36
36
26
25
21
•••••••••••••
Bracketts
25
27
38
13
24
28
27
25
24
28
23
27
25
28
24
23
26
29
Crooked Creek
114
48
117
54
111
48
117
112
57
114
59
105
50
64
50
110
105
107
3road River
45
91
44
89
45
88
42
'91
43
90
43
90
45
88
43
43
43
90
90
90
Old Fort.:.
229
221
238
SJ08
241
203
239
207
285
209
237
208
241
197
238
281
237
196
199
186
Montfords
63
46
50
47
42
50
51
46
51
46
52
45
58
38
50
5S
52
45
47
45
Qlenwood
60
44
65
38
63
41
59
44
61
44
61
-41
63
40
5iJ
56
68
43
41
49
TOTAL
1048
1266
1£85
4195
1256
1220
1234
1246
1245
1234
1256
1231
1238
1236
1251
1287
1255
1223
1202
1207
ceived by The Citizen as official, „
vary in respect to three counties.
They are: McI>owell, Transylr
vania and Graham. The Citizen’s
figures give Mr. Britt a majority
of six in McDowell, where Mr.
Britt claims sixteen. The Citizens’s
information is that Mr. Britt car*
ried Transylvania by mne votes,
white he claims but eight. In
Graham, according to the best in
formation received by The Citizen^
Mr. Weaver carried the county by
twenty votes, while Mr. ;^itt
claims it by eight votes.
“Unofficial reports received by
me from reliable sources,” said
Don S. £}lias, chairman of the
democratic executive committee,
last night, “give Mr. Weaver a
majority in Graham of from twen
ty to forty votes. Republican
hopes are not republican yotes, and
republican claims as to the elec
tion of Mr. Britt are absurd. 1
most en^phatically deny ever con
ceding the election to Mr. Britt.”
The figures received by The
Citizen are as follows:
For Mr. Weaver: Buncombe,
288; Haywood, 846; Rutherford,
446; Macipo, 8; Graham, 20. 'To
tal, 1,608.
For Mr. Britt: Henderson, 676;
Polk, 95; Swain, 37^ M$>oweli,'
6; Transyfyania, 9; Clay, 49; Jack
son, 18; Cherokee, 372. Total, 1,-
603.
Majority for Mr. Weaver, five
votes.
[According to the figures re-
ceiv^ by The Progress, Mr. Britt
carried McDowell by eighteen
vo^es. This majority, with other
counties figured on the report of
The Citizen, would give Britt a
majority of seven votp. It will
probably take the official count to
determine the winner.]