North Carolina Newspapers

'lite New THE UZATULIt Increasing eleadluaee Moadsy with ebowere to west por tion; Taosdsy .ahowem. ; watch lXlzl en frm . Inlmml Cars briers MnlM ad Mm single r 25, 1920. . TWELVE PAGES TODAY. I Vol. cxii. no. ii7. TWELVETAGES-TODAY, i u RALEIGH, N. C. MONDAY MORNING, OCTOBER PRICE; FIVE CENTS V GOVERNOR SOUNDS MILL COMBINATION Declares That Invisible Empire Is Working For Defeat of ' Amendment HAS DEFINITE EVIDENCE OF RAISING SLUSH FUNND1 Plutocratic Interests Would Be. more Only Chance. Average Man Has Ever Had of Get. ' ting a Square Deal in Taxa. tion; , Statements By Local Committee On Amendments ,( '1 warm the people that a desperate effort b being aiada by a null bat pow erful invisible empire to - defeat the tar amendment to tha institution- -look out for tha hirelings of this ampira at tha polja," declare Governor Biekett in atatemeat issued but might after he ' had road tha tory to yeeterday'a Newt aad Observer f tha organliatioa of tha eottoB mill nam of tha flute to defeat tha amendment. .. . IP j Tht governor 'a statement waa iitaned after a conference with State officiate ?if;:to of the fact that certain interest in the State tre collecting a -large aura of money were laid before th governor, bearing oat the belief that ha been held for gome time that organized 'ef- fort to standing to the way of the adop tion oi toe amendments. ' The formal statement to aa follows l The Coremorv Rtatcaaent. To the Ninety and Nine: It is well known that I am not candidate for any office under the sun. There to not about me th ghoat of an aaibUioa tor any farther political pref erment. Oat of a sense ef gratitude I do profoundly desire to earre the ninety and nine to North Carolina down to tha last hoar of my time. "To thia end," I warn the people of North Carolina that a desperate effort is being made by a email but powerful invisible empire to defeat the ', tax amendmenta to the constitution look out for the hirelings of thia empire nt the polfcv There is definite evidence before me that nioney has been collected and paid oat for thia varpose.. "The law-sfso plainly in the interests of the avenge man that It to not sur prising that privilege and plutocracy "v .te hire, men to work against it What to' the average man going to do about in. '. ' . ' "When X w a boj I went to aee John Jobinson'a eireus.- John Loto-Waa his famoua elowav Tl.at day a drunkard got 1 tha ring with Loto and eat all aorta of antka, John Loto said te him, rriend. tha difference between me aad yoa to just (his: John Sobinson paye me tSflOO a year for being a fool and u - wA4kln. ' yoa are a fool for nothing? Tor yearn -the average man haa been V trying to get a square deal to taxation. In ' the income tax ..amendment thia square deal to knocking at hia door. Wilt the average man open the door, or will he allow the man who ia paid for his work to make a fool of hint for "aethtog" . Members' of the local committee on taxation amendmenta. of which . Dr. Clarence Poe to chairman, were la eon - -ferenee last night ever the dieeloeurei to the News and i Observer yesterday Morning and afterwards issued the fol lowing statement: ; ,, ' V Local CommlUeo Neada 'The eommittea report gratification ever the new interest aroused la the amendment as a result ef the open op- - position of wealthy and powerful tav - tercets. ' Not only are the Democratic candidates for Governor Mr. Morrison, Senator Bimmona and Chairman war' rem actively supporting the amendment, but it naa been endorsed by Kepnbli eaa Chairman Linney . aad Senatorial Candidate A. E. Holton, while Mr. John J. Parker makes advocacy ef the to' come tax an outstanding feature of all ' hi campaign . speeches. Mr. A. L. French. Bepublleaa omiaee for com v. miaaioner of agriculture, haa alee just issued a rigorous appeal te Jtepabuean farmer of the State, calling upon them i to support the taxation amendment. The fight for the adoption, ef the amendment will be renewed by earn z oatera apeaker alt ever the Bute dur ' lng the week, Bepublieane and Demo crat alike speaking in ita behalf. Aa intensive campaign of publicity will be waged by the proponenta ef the meaa nre and doubt are entertained afeyte the favorable disposition ef the issue at the poll a week from tomorrow. - THINK UNITED STATES - i r OFJIUSSIA IS POSSIBLE Officials Look To This fonn'of Oorernment aa Likely To ; v Snppla&t Soviet Bnlo 'JWaehlngton. - Oct. J4. A ' .Tnitcd State ef Bueaia la new looked for by official her aa the moot likely, poaai; bility among forma of government te "follow dissolutioa ef the Soviet regime. - Official advices today said the Bol . ahevik breakdown 1 rapidly continuing -. to Hoasto. . . -. r; ;. . ' - A new central government roughly after the form of -the United States of America, it to' believed here, might in- elude even kingdoms such as have beea recently established in Turkestan to gether with the socialistic form repre sented by. the republic carved out of Siberia and forming now the Far East republic - - -r Among the states which a ttnited State of Bnssia would be expected to include are Lithuania, Esthonia, LaVia, Georgia Aaorbaijan, Ukrainla, Bepab ' lie of Vladivostok, Social fiepublie of Verkae-Udinske, the Soviet Bepublie of Omsk, the kingdoms arising ent of the diviaio ef the province ef Turkeataa and Buaaia proper. v SCOTCH "HERRING GIRLS" AT WORK sr TT :rn :rrY - 7rY; V : I:i , .. ..... i - ' . V' U'X" X Photograph shows girls at work at bafrela from the dock to a steamer. The girls secure employment to fishing centers, during the herring season. They are amasingly deitron in the way they manipnlats these heavy barrels. Lf-4T Election Results Next Weelc NINTH DISTRICT -BECOMES AROUSED General Apathy Oyer Election Dissipated By Recent Developments - - By B. K. POWELL. (Staff Correspondent) " Charlotte, Oct. 24 Ten traveling saleamea in a local hotel pooled an even thousand dollar this morning to wage against a like snm offered by a vlsitinr gentleman from-the "nor-ruth"- that Harding would be elected Tuesday week and then to give the stranger a full doee of Southern hospitality offered to give add that the 'Solid South" to not broken nor North Carolina's Democratic majority lea than seventy-five thousand, jL-ne atranser miaht . aava been a scout from Will Say' headquarter or he might have been the "knight of the gripy he purported to be. Just the same, that part of the fifteen million which ha brought into North Carolina waa covered ia ' the flash of the eye and his companions of the r road and flivver are waiting f of .him to- raise the ante. r They want more and New York betting odie don't Interest them. Tidal -Wave Hita Ninth., 4ThC great tidal wave haa struck the Ninth district nnd nothing but a miracle will stop the drift to the League ef Nations eatadldatea. The situation to the Ninth -district, aa eeen by these traveling men to an even hundred per cent better than ft waa 00 day ago and enough improvement ever thirty day ago to change probable defeat into positive victory. ; . : Charlotte haa ataged three com para tively minor political performancei within ten day that have 'done more than all the oratory of. the campaign. It began when the Charlotte girl in the Greensboro school led the cheering for Wilson- on the heel of Mrs. Loni street's assault to the Gats "City. It waa a Charlotte man's nieee who . did it and aha waa immortalized by her ancle. The event waa one of the reason why Mrs. Longstreet wouldn't bring her vituperations to the city of the eigners and the Charlotte engagement was broken. Then theA Ceolidge-Lowden- Morrow party came aldng and what the Meeklenburger did for the visiting gov ernor will never-be forgotten. Boms thing new to dramatie waa anfolded when. aaorerao Lowdra called Wood row Wilson to the middle of his excoria tion of the administration, .the audience loosed a storm of applaaae that reared like thunder 1a the wnka of lightning. Started Something. Couldn't Stop. , The governor wanted to say the right thing- but he greatly miajudged hia -audi' eneeu sough to retrieve and with a wave of hand aidt ' ' "I hope yoa folk fere eattefied sow." Bather than win hi bearers back, it waa the lianal for a freoh outbreak th first demonstration- lasted srteen ann ate and the aeeond' raa seven. It was the great answer to the Democratic dol lar aa they are matched against foreign wager on Harding.' The one this morn ton' mie-ht have passed " but for the aspersion which earn with the offer te bet. -The Northerner erne eympatneue for the Boathland. thouiht it wan prosperous country, bat declared it would sever be great without splitting the vote with tha JifpubUcans. , At first he declared thit he would bring a trunk full of money her to bet on Harding. He bet on Wilson four year ago and won- hia money and be lieve he to no lee a prognoetieator today, h (aid. Tha Southerner would nave taaen tne bet yesterday at odds but the Inde pendent review of political situation to the morning papers' mad them seora odda. ' They were betting five to en against Wilson to JB18... and there is no Harding money going begging this time.' - - Woman Art Arenas. , Three great counties in the Stats visited by thia Correspondent during the week, are probably the most militant I nthe.Stat today aad two week age they were the most apathetic. Forsyth and Mecklenburg, 'with ' six thouaand women registered in each, count not less than nine thouaand of the total a that many Democratic vote. Gaston, to ' (Cmtinaed Oa Page Two.) '- ' Till i , . 1 VV J:'! Srarboronch. Enarland. rollinr tha harrfan 4 23 JL Says foes of League Will Find Changes in East, Middle West and Far West PROFOUND RESENTMENT JGAINST G. 0. P. RlliG Nominee Greeted By -Great Crowd at Washington While En Boute to West Va. Washington, Oct. 14. (En route With Governor Cox.) Burpriaea in election results for hia opponente in many pert er; the country were -predicted by Gov ernor Co while the Democratic Presi dential candidate waa en route tonight from New Tork to West Virginia, where He will campaign tomorrow. The foea of the league," said the governor, "will have their surpriMa to New England, in some- of the Atlantic States, in the Middle West and thefPar west. I hart talked with mea ef long experience to New Tork who have eeea manifestation of public ' feelings ia Presidential eampaigna and their in de ment is that the tide that set ia about two weeks agar ia unprecedented." Governor Cox, in hia statement, de clared there was profoana resentment against Bopubliean leaden back of the round robin.' , "In the last ten days, tie said, and particularly in the i last week, every audience that I have addressed haa given evidence of this when the names of the leading conspirators were recited. 'I have in mind Senator Lodge, Brandegee, Moses, Wadaworth, Watson, Penrose, Bmoot, Hewberry and Hard tog."' , . , : . ; IWfc R.. TV.nl.J Deception regarding the League vef Nation almost aueeeeded, Governor Cox added, but now "the troth ha tri umphed." Senator Harding' election, the Democratic nominee -said, would mean eonfuaion regarding future dis position of the league, while the Sen' ator'a defeat, he said, would earry- a significance "that could not be miaander stood ud further postponement of -. tion by the Senate weald be out ef the Question. Governor Cox laid he waa adviaed that to one day 7,000 contributions, mostly small, had beea received at New, York headquarter and indicated, he declared. a popular awakening to ids reaetioa arv campaign fund amounting to mil lion e ef dollars" and "spiritual fever that ha esiced the hearth ef the pt Btatlne ' that he had spoken In - id States with aa itinerary arranged with out regard to past political alignments, to governor said: - - ' i Last ejampaTga Tarn. - -We are on the last turn in the earn paign. As w look back to the Middle West, It hi perfectly apparent that our estimate "was appraised correctly ai- moat twe Bser.ths ago when the state- meat wis made that political pluralities aa established by past : election eon tasta meant nothing this year." Governor Cox waa accompanied ' this far br Joseph T. Guffey, Satioaal com mitteemaa for Pennsylvania, t , H. Moore, of Youngitown, Ohio, the can didate pre-eonvention ' manager, vu another traveling companion ef the gov ernor te remain with him. . ,. . Greetod at nUatlea. . " An enthusiastic crowd greeted Govsr ir Col at Union etatian when he ranched here. Leaving hia private ear, tha sovtrnor passed through cheering throngs te the President's room in the station,' where he shook nana witn hundreds daring the - time his train L topped, here. Yielding to the. crowds insistence for a speech, the Democratic nominee expressed his ''deep gratitude" for- the demonstration. , , . "To say atore," he added, "weald be to trespass on the spirit of the Sabbath, and ws are a reiigione people waa-respect our religioae traditions. , . f Among thoae who met uoveraor Cox, oa 'hia arrival here were Attorney Gen eral Palmer and Joseph P. . Tumulty, secretary to ttrPraidenfc?:j--?--'- LOBS MAYOR MACSWISET'i, ,:: 13 STILL U.NCON8CIOUS Loadon. Oct. S4v The League Bulle tin at f o'clock tonight stated that Mayor MaeSwiaey was still unconscious. Neither his -wife nor other relatives, exeeptJiif brother who viaited him for a few minutes, were allowed te see the Mayor, the bulletin reported. ' I WANTS DEMOCRATS Harding Declares Democrats Have Not Placed Their " Policies Before People OUTLINES ACCUSATIONS AGAINST THE DEMOCRATS At Same Time Republican Nom inee Beatatet His Poiition On Leading Isiuet, and Says He BelieTea U. S. Will Be. come "Member of 4 Wise : Association of Nations." Marioa, Ohio, Oct 84. Accusing the Democratic party of failure to place it polieie clearly before the people, Ben atoff Harding asked tor a statement to night that his opponente make aaswer te numerous charges he ha brought against them.'. At the enm time the Bepuhlieaa nominee, reatated hia own poaitioa oa variou lasaesv sfnd declared that to U public utterances he had proposed a definite constructive policy. Extravagance, unpreparedneeo f r both war and peace, ever eentralica- inefficient were amonr the acctta- f -tiona which Mr. Harding said' had hot been yet answered by the Democrats. As to the League, he aaid, he waa wholly against the Democratic program, but believed there was 'full expectation of becoming a member of a wise associa tion of nations." Hardlnga Statement. ' The 8enator'a etatement, addressed "to the American people, follow in part: '"- - "I believe that the mea and women ef this country are entitled to receive from any political party seeking their support a dear answer upon the pre dominant iaaaee which affect the future course ef America. "Seldom in. the history of oar coun try has there been such an avoidance of this duty upon th part of any Can dida tea as' ha beea evident among oar opponent. "The American people are satisfied that tha conduct of our domestic af faire haa "been" grossly " mismanaged. They hunger for a constructive Ameri can, policy. i DonasatJe Mismanage aunt "I call upon the Demoeratia 'party to answer the charge that ita management of domestic -affair had-brought u te th brink of aa industrial crisis to 1914, from which only world -war saved , and la even new leading us toward another precipice ' V They have made no answer to the charge that they were equally unpre pared for peace and reconstruction. . They have made no answer to the charge that their experiment with the American railways, their Industrial pol icy, and their maintaining in the Fed ernl government hundreds of thousands of unnecessary employees haa coat the tax payers of this country a fearful financial burden which our men and womlrf, and even their children, will have to pay. "They have made no answer te the charge that during the control which they now seek to perpetuate, they have perverted the form ef government-of oar republic nnd eremaaen we pur poses ef oar Constitution by maintain ing extreme and undemocratic central ization ef executive power. "I have featured this campaign i setting forth a constructive Bepublleaa doIict. i nave aemsnaed tne restora tion of the constitutional government of a representative democracy. "I have stood for mere business In government and leas' government in business. . " ", -"I aava act forth a clan for the con servation of our human resources and one for the development ef our ma larial resources. F rein Palter. "A to oar foreign policy and Ameri ca' full expectation ef . becoming a member ef a wise association of nations with Dreservstioa of our1 own inde pendence and national spirit, I have given a eonseieatioes aad practical proposal.-- " ''' . "I have stated that I am wholly against the proposal to approve' our membership in the League of Nations, aa our opponents insist that it (hall be written. "Even to the hand of ear opponent that- program- to -impossible. "I have endeavored to serve ia thia campaign, not merely to be elected, bat to act before the American people, ein erely and clearly a definite policy for the adminietration of the United State to briaiftoa people, oat ef the jungle ex miamanagemcav "Ws do not know what oaf opponent stand for; I stand for a United America, a . humane , ajaenea,.-a" eineient America, America firsts --, GEORGIA TOWN QUIET ' FOLLOWING SHOOTING Port Taney. Ga Oct tt Port Val ley ia quiet tonight following th shooting of Will Joiner, white- man, and Wilt Parsbey, negro la a raid en a gambling gtrn last night. The ne gro was killed Instantly. Joiner waa carried to a hospital to Macon, having a ballet wound in hi abdomen. He ia a chance, to recover. Joiner was ens ef several mea dep utised by Chief ef Police W. A. Lyons to - assist in raiding the game, as they ..pushed their way, in they faced the fire of automatic pistols from the negroes. : - ,. - ,- - Ceergta Maaeas t Meet. Macon. Ga. Oct. 24. 8. T. Xenham, Srand toaatof i the South Carolina rand Lodge of Masons, nnd Prank Hart grand eeeretay of that lodge, will arrive her tosairrow to be guests ef the Georgia Grand Lodge ef Masons, r ich will be in teatio Toeadny aad Wednesday, f " ' k t A.mevement to build a home for aged Masons aad widows ef Masoaa la t com before th Georgia Grand Ledge. E FOR LAST WEEK OF Issues Statement Before Leav ing N.Y. Attacking Satur day Evening Post SAYS GREAT JOURNAL HAS BETRAYED MISSION Declares It Has Thrown Off Cloak of Non-Partisanihip, and Oriticixes Cartoons and Partisan Editorial in ' Issue Thursday;' Speaking; Ground for This Week ' New .Tork, Oct SA After a 40 hour visit, which hi campaign managers de clared had "won New York," Governor Cox left here this afternoon for the tost week of hi campaign cpeeeh-mak-. ing before the Procidentia! election. Before entraining for West Virginia and thence to Indiana Kentucky and Ohio, the -Democratic - candidate -for President expreeaed "entire confidence" in the outcome of the campaign. "Frankly, I expect to' be elected," he said in one of hto Ave apeeelm yester- l'8ilplfl''fll A.ne"iS" Jde&anapflrl 1 inw7,,aeJ i'. .' . ut.( . i .. . .a. - isr 'MMmU$ wi raspeeia w aim anuj so wrs. uu m hotel ia which they stopped here. Throughout the dsy, except fof aa hour daring which be drove around th city ss guest ef George White, chair man of the Democratic National Com mittee, Governor Cox kept to hi apart ment, receiving the latest reports on the election outlook from his lieuten ants in the field. B. H. Kaon Oaf era. Among those who were elosest with him were E. H. Moore, who acted a th governor'e pre-eonvention manager, Norman E. Mack, Democratic astional eommitteeriaa for New York) George Poster Peabody and Senator Pat' Harri son, of Mississippi. In the course of .the afternoon Mrs. Cox announced she had given up her plan to accompany her hnaband en the final lap of the Presidential race. Instead, aha mid,, ahe would return to' Dayton to ewait the outcome at her home. . .. . Just before leaving the hotel for the Pennsylvania terminal where the special train awaited, Governor Cox issued the following statement: . Isaacs Statement. "Propaganda to not effective when it to labelled, but in the guise of fact it strangles the truth and mould tha srthd Jnto which . It ia introduced a facta. Th American people discovered this daring th wnr end fi sally they pnt upon dlaloyal propaganda the label which destroyed it. I am juat now in possession of a specimen of propaganda of this very sort. It ia an advance copy of the Saturday Evening Post, '' known - to a great public a a diaintereated Journal. Ia all its history it stated purpose haa been to present the .facte and at mosphere of political situations sad to refrain, from controversial position. In thia spirit , the Saturday Evening Poet ' ha been admitted aa counsellor and find Us way into million of Amer ican hornet. - "But the number ef this maaasin which to to be distributed next Thurs day, th tost number before election, suddenly tnrows err the eioag of non partisanship. Por the first time in its history it resort to parttoan editorial and insidious cartoons to create a sen timent for the .Bepublleaa -ticket In the cartoon I am represented ae a newsboy, investing false and sensa tional happenings for the purpose of celling my warea. My opponent to de picted aa kindly and wise." The impres sion ia, sought to be crested that I am irresponsible ; Senator Harding grave an reliable.- t . Why Waa It DoneT ' JfWhy has the Saturday Evening Post done thief 1 Why haa it betrayed its mission at the last minute ef the elev enth honr of thia campaign f Th peo ple know the answer. It has dene this thing because Ha owner to one of the plutocratic group which knows what it want -of the next administration and hew to- get it from th syndicate which controls Harding. It ha done this be cause its owner ie the head of the move ment which has aought a subsidy from th government for- the delivery of na tional tnsgaxine. The Saturday Eve ning Poet has Imposed on -the confi dence of the American people, won by a long record of non-partisanship, and has become a Republican Journal be cause the. prof iteera who escape govern meat taxes by diverting to it -millions of their revenue want my opponent elected. "Those subscribers, who, to good faith, have admitted this Journal to their home all ever the United States, will turn ita venal counsels ent of doors." ' Last Campaign Week. ' The last week ef the campaign trill be spent by Governor Cox. in State where the etruggle is reported tense Ohio, West Virginia, Indiana and Ken tucky. Tomorrow the governor- -will make nine- speeches in West Virginia, st Hlnton, Berkley, Mt Hope, Fayette, Montgomery, Cabin Creek, Charleston, 8t Aibans and Huntington. v - Most of the remaining four day ef the campaign will be spent In Ohio, In diana will be viaited for the fifth time by th governor next Thursday with a night speech at Indianapolis Nest Saturday night the candidate will speak at Chicago and dose kis campaign on th evening before election at To ledo. . ' " Cotton Gin Burned, " S 8omervllle. Tenaw Oct. 84. A gin here owned by the Union Seed and Fertiliser Company, of Memphis, waa destroyed by fir today. No warning from "night riders" had beea received, according te officials, bnt persona reaching th gin ehortly nfter the fire began said the odor ef eosl eu waa dis tinct N cotton waa to the gin, it was GOV RN0RC0X0FF CAMPAIGN ORATORY tatei. ; .- PREDICTS VICTORY FOR GOVERNOR COX BY SAFE MAJORITY REPORTS RECEIVED PROM SEVERAL OF BALLOONS IN RACE rOR BENNETT CUP Chicago, 111., Oct .4-lUporta of eavaral ef the ecvsa halloo aa which left Birmingham,. Ato, yesterday In the International race for the Gor don Bennett trophy were received from Illlaola and Indiana towaa to night While la moat Instances the bags could net be Identified, the American entry, the Goodyear II, piloted hy Ralph Upson, apparently was leading and all seemed te be drifting In a generally northward direction toward the Great ' Lakes aad Caaada. . : Fear halleene were sigh tad . at Marioa, I1L, la the eeataera part ef the sUte end almost doe earth from Birmingham, at Tits-c m. The Goodyear II Waa la th lead and was the only bag identified. Thirty minutes later Johnson City, about ten miles north ef Marion, glimpsed Ave bags. Fear were lying sheet SAM feet up, bat the Goodyear II waa only few haadred feet from the ground nnd waa eaall Meati- Tae big gas baga apparently were spreading eat somewhat la this ter ritory, for Paaa reported three be tween 11 aad 1 n. an. Wlndaer re ported Upeea holding hie leed nt 1 j'v r inTu -, .,r .yP.'.!JL,Vtf. vna as VICTORY CERTAIN Will Hays .Sends Message to State Chairmen Giving As surance of Success New Tork, Oct tt Will H. Hays, chairman of the Bepublicaa National committee, today cent a message to all State chairmen, declaring thnt "we move into the closing, days of the campaign with nn assurance of victory as certain as the righteousness of our cause." - "Our campaign haa been for a revival of loyalty and patriotism in-this coun try," the message added, "It has bad for a main purpose the re-establishment of aa economical, efficient, constitu tional businese administration ef the eovernment nt Washintrton. "We fight for 'America first. This means not only the preservation ef ear constitutional Independence ggaisat super-government abroad; thia means not only the protection of constitutional functions against White House thaft of authority at home. "America first equally mean that the score of domestic problems close to every American house hold end which have been ehameleaaly neglected, must and shall have the con structive and proeressive nttention abso lutely accessary if 'America first ia to last And it mean that while doing thia w will certainly preserve our great place in the world today and tomorrow with the same unselfish conduct thnt haa made America the synonym for jus- tics and righteousness the world over. "Wo fight for the faith, of our fathers of the Bepublie and for the perpetual freedom of the son and dnughters of America. I earnestly urge and I know that the last day of the campaign will be hept on the asm high plane. Thia lection far transcends any partlaaa affair. Please see that no Bepublicaa meeting is oponed without singing 'America. There will be a new glory to the Stare and Btripea on the morn ing of November 8." GEORGIA DEMOCRATIC CONCLAVE OPENS TODAY Tom Watson and Thomas W. - Hardwick Arrive at Macon For State Convention Macon; Gal Oct li. Thomas W, Hardwick, Democratic nominee, for' the governorship of Georgia, and Thomae E. Watson, the United States Senatorial nominee, arrived Here toatgbt xor tne State Demoe ratio convention, which opens tomorrow morning. JJota win DC formally nominated at the convention. -Resolutions being prepared ''tonight are said to -express disapproval of the Wilson admlniatratlon, but will, urge support of Cox nnd Beosevelt At conferences here late tonight Judge J". J. Flynt of Spalding county, chair man of the State Democratic commit tee, was agreed upon for temporary aad permanent chairman. He ia to retire from the chairmanship of the State committee. . a - 'v?.,:; ., "- W. J. Vereen of Colquitt county la to become chairman of the 8tate ex ecutive committee. E. W. Jordan ef Washington county is to be secretary of the State eoavention and also secretary of the State executive committee Delegates will assemble at- the new city auditorium at o clock in. -"th morning, for the district caucuses aad eaueuses ef the Hardwick and Watson delegate. The convention will be call ed to order it .18 a. m. THIRD rLACCIDENT ON GUILFORD HIGHWAY Greensboro, Oct ft A' third fatal automobile accident today occurred on the Greensboro-High Point highway six miles from- here, when Virginia Dea toa, three year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. T. Deaton, ef thia city was in stantly killed ' when in9 nutomobile in which th child and it parents were riding ran down aa embankment -and turned ever. ' '::..:r';:r ' '', : v More Gin Warnings, ; ' HarDcrville. Miss. Oct 24. Sinners ef Saott county have boen warned that antes they (top 'operation until the price ef cotton has rises their proper ty will be destroyed, according te ad vice received here. ., SAYS REPUBLICAN George White Declares Cox and Roosevelt Already Have . 256 Electoral Votes "As Good As Counted" GIVES FORECAST AFTER : CAREFUL INVESTIGATION OF PRESENT CONDITIONS Democratic Chairman Gives ' Democrats 256 . Sectoral. r - Votes as Hatters Now Stand, : Bepnblicans 164, "As Good Aa Counted," and Says Dem ocrats Will Win Majority of the 111 Yoies T Be Con tested; Total of 256 Only 10 Under Number " of - Votes Necessary for Election; the Chairman . Says He is Not Following . Usnal . Custom of Claiming; Everything; Possi. ble, and Characterises His ' Forecast as av "Fair and I eawtrfMNWaaraaawrea v. Va.v rv. 9i wtit. . ' " , vr. .. h u wi jv nam, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, in a etatement here today . forecasting tile result ef the election, predicted that Cox and Boossvelt -will T have S56 electoral vote "as good ss eoahted," the Bermblienn 164 and that ' th Democrat will win a majority of the remaining 111. Net Following Cnstom. "I hsve been making ' a detailed in vestigation of eoaditione ia the var-. ioua states," the etatement said. "For two day I have been receiving revised reports. It ia now possible to give1 te the public a statement of our pros pects in the i election. I realise that the customary act of a national chair- man at this atage . ef the fight to te claim everything in the hope that he est persuade wavering voter to line up with hi eide. Mr. Hays, my antag onist, haa given me - several . public lessons in this obsolete practice lately by claiming everything except a part , of the Southern states. - Aa Honest Estimate. . . "Nevertheleas, I am prepared to make a fair and honeat etatement of the ait nation. I (hall reserve the nemee of the States we will carry because th pub-, lie would notxpeet me t4 acquaint tEe" jBepublioas managers with ear campaign plans. Bnt J do my this, . . OeaaeersAI Tete.-- - - "Governor Cox aad Mr. Roosevelt will have t2S electoral vote east ef the Missouri river and 84 west ef the Mis souri river, a total of 250 aa good aa counted. Thia i within tea of the number necessary to elect The Be publieane hsve 16 which Iregard a, good as counted for them. This leaves 111 vote In contest In the decided swing new to progreee toward th Dem eeratie ticket, w will carry the major ity of the 111, a very eomfortable vic tory indeed. "Thia is my prediction. I am eosl- . dent it ' will be borne but election day." - . ' ' POLITICAL ACTIVITIES OF NEGROES LOOM UP Florida Judge Declares Certain White Men Have Enoonr- ; couraged Activities Tampa, Flu,, Oct. t4r-DeIarisg that political activities ef negroes are becoming aa increasing menace te the , nation, and charging that n agrees are being wrongly encouraged to each ae-' tivitie by certain white men, Jadge . Eelsey Blanton, of Polk county, to- -day made public a letter which he has written George P. Bnney, chairman ef the atate Demoeratia executive com mittee. " The letter requests that Mr. Baney . issue a public call and set aaid a day betweea aow and the general election. November t, upon which white voters who are interested . 1st nuintninisg white supremacy may meet aad de- . aooaee the alleged effort ef the white mea whom he claims are encouraging the negroes. The better did not men- " tion the names , of , anyone so engaged. TWO DEATHS AS RESULT OF AUTOMOBILE MISHAPS Greensboro, Oct. 24. Two automobile- ' accident in Greensboro and this eee tion this afternoon resulted to the death ef two person and th serious, if not fatal iujury to ether. 3. F. Webster, aged 72, formerly a probate Judge in Gaffney, 8. C. and Mr. Webster, while attempting te aroee en of the principal atreeta to Greens bore 1st today, were struck by aa au tomobile. Mr. Webster died from the effect of his Injuries soon after the accident while Mrs. Webster to ia a local hospital not expected te live. . Oh Boidavill highwayi neer urease- . boro, lata today, Mis Lneil Robertooe -Woe killed and. her sister, Mis Ann is Robertson, and Will Daniel, were se riously injured, when a ear driven by J Mis Annie Daniels, aiater . of the in jured man, ran off an embankment and turned turtle. -,.',; . ' -' ALLAN A, RYAN GIVES $25,000 TO DEMOCRATS New Tori. Oct 2r The Democratic , National Committee- today announced the receipt of 4 125,000 contribution te the Cox campaign fund from Allan A. Ryan, of New York. Mr. Byan necom pa a led his contribution with a letter to George White,. chairnma of the com mittee, ia Which he characterised tne methods used against -the Democratic ticket "as infameae from th be ginning." ... . .