NEWS AND OBSERVER, RALEIGH. N, C. MONDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 25. 1920.
CUBA WILL ELECT
W
Little Talk of Revolution In-
: dulgcd In On the Island
. This Year
I I III! II - ' - . t '(
Bavaaa, Oet Si. r tho Associated
P ju.) Tk. Cuban .presidential em-
patgn aeartng the end with littlt Ulk
thie year of revolution. A leader of
revolution, Geo. Miguel Gome, I
former president, la th liberal nomt'
am. Oa .the ticket wit him ia Miguel
Arango,' A' former eonsmutlve and a
oogar millionaire. The Gone attempt
to overthrew tW government of, Pred
dent Menoeol, who la aerving hi second
tern, brought many twists ;and changes
ia Cuhsa politic, ana today tha aid
party Jlne-np I ehattereo.
' I la plaee of the eae rtroag Coaterra
tive party there U tha eealitloa or-notional
league, comprising membere at
tha conservative and -popular wing.
The coalition nominee It Dr? Alfred
Saras, candidate for viee-prceidetit ua
" der Cornea in 331-2, and supported by
Gome as tha Liberal candidate1 for
$midert four yeart later. Tba !
preeidenttnj-eandlilate is Francisco Ca
rillo, fe former conservative
'. The election, to be held Monday, No
vember 1, will be the' lint under the
law framed by Major General Enoch
'. Crowder, tha American war-time Pro-
voet Marshal General. It ia designed ta
. prevent fraud. Geo. Crowder's main
tijtot woe to'1 itflp' ballot-box stuffing
and voting on And men's names.
While hot aide are claiming victory
. , Gwerel Gme'.fAltowc,doingUe
moat shouting. The General la out In
' Ui proviaece campaigning, being
: ; stopped aeeaaionally ia his travels by
- tha dynamiting of bridges oveiv wljieh
' . . Ae was expected tt Dae.
"unV7asiKr
. ;;r5igan;jitryii;rrmav.: eQdfore ar
, ... held 4a veadineM for any emergency,
ad the polls will be guarded by troops
' leetloa day. Gomes managers declared
today they could be defeated only by
fraud, already they are obtaining evi
. deaee, they said, to pro re conspiracy to
defraud their candidate -
NINTH DISTRICT
BECOMES AROUSED
' (Continue rram lago One.)
t
proportion ta her nominal vote, hat dona
just si well anOfie percentage listed
. a . Democratic is even greater. Tha
women are interested in the League of
Nations and not much else matter.
The Republican National committee
has tent mach money in the Ninth. They
have heea moat hopeful of this district
and until two weeks ago they had more
reaaoa to hope for It. But tha Dem
ocracy wasn't aroused then. 1 In Meck
lenburg it doesn't get aroused nntil tha
week twfore tha fight and when it does
art started it, never lets up .until tD
count it made.
Cameroa Morrinon's friends are do-
termlaedthnt Mecklenburg Isn't going ta
break ha lines anywhere and Cox, Mar
rtaoa and Bulwinkle are a li going to
ran together. Aeutenese of . thi race
question in the district haa moved
wotnea to register who heretofore bed
declared themselves oat of the campaign
- thla year. What ecratehlng la done will
te an small compared with the total vote
--aa . to maker-vit impossible ta - account
for any defections.
Big It lilies Par Morrison.
' Cleveland, Onston nnd Mecklenburg
will conclude tha campaign with great
rallies for Cameron Morrison. Aa Gard
ner, esma to Charlotte, and" offered ta
' am oka the pipe of peaec, so Morriaoa
will go ta Cleveland to bury the hatchet.
Tha day writ long be remembered In the
district if all the plana shaping now
are carried out.
Mr. Morriaoa will make his Jaet speech
in his home town a week from Monday
night. The campaign this week will
wind up at Troy, in Montgomery county,
and tha Democratic candidate will come
to Charlotte to rest for the strenuous
day following when be goes ta Bhalby it
tha morning, Gastonia ia tha afternoon
and back here at night. -
Lieut. Gov. O. Mat Gardner, with
omethltig mora than .fifty somas de
livered se far, left hen tonight fot
, Washingftoa, where he speaks tomorrow
night and oa the same trsia with him
gooa Cpagreaaasaa Clyde Hoey te wake
- p Peatacraey ia Orange -
NEW HANOVER RESIDENTS
THREATEN A LYNCHING
Wilmington, Oct. Ci-With reaidenU
f the WrigbUvUle Beach acctioa
Uraatcalng him with ly ash lag If
caught, -Joha Alleai - aegra, eJinrged
with murderous assault oa N. 8. Veftle,
aged grocer of Villa View, ia being
bunted tonight la the gwamp of New
Baaover sounty,-wherc he ai thought
- to bo hldlagr--- ;, '
ShariS Jacksoa, who, with posse,
la pursuing Allen, haa been informed
that. If he arrests tha fugitive "ail that
will be accessary will bo to bring
bog." Jlllea . ia - accused of robbing
Veille of $85 ia his grocery store last
night after boating him over the bead
with a bottle. Tha maa bunt haa cob
tusaed slar, but AUea haa evaded, his
pursuers. Veillo Is in a local hospital
hero ia a serious eosdition. .
KIXSTOlf ROTART CLUB 1 ?
RECEIVES ITS CHARTER.
Kinston, Oct. Fifty &o tartans
from 'Wilson, New Bern, Greenville and
Goldeboro attended the prosentatioa of
its charter to tha elub hero Friday tight
Charleo T. Perrin, of Spartaaburg, de
livered the charter. See. W. Marshal)
Craig welcomed the visiting delegations.
Ernest V. Webb presided la the absence
of Dr. W. T. Parrott, the president
Otherc made talks during a cupper
Served the cut-of-towa Botsrisnc. The
baby club of the district wss ctatod to
bo la thriving-Condition. Bongs were
sung and the Rotary 'eutups" Indulged
in coniiesl prsnkfc" ' The supper Jind
ceremonies were ctsged ta the rooms of
the Kiaoca Club. . -
AEROMARIXK PAETT TO ; ' '
: MAKE ATOP AT SOCTHPOBT
Norfolk, Va, Oct ti The party of
(n'.cils of the AeromarinaWest Indies
A.fmvi, Int.ea route from New York
to Ilsvsas, arrived ia Norfolk thla af
t at 1 o'clock, bnring complctel
' a first lop ef their jtiurney la four
i". They will-leave tomorrow
i ? st 11 o'clock, and expect to
y ' i.uti.port, for luach. ,
Act of Mercy to Blind Man Brings
Henderson Young Man to Death
Returning Home From Church
j Service, Joseph T. watkins
Run Over 8y Auto
DRIVER N0fBLAMED FOR
UNFORTUNATE OCCURRENC
Dictated Well Known Tor It
' , forts la Prisoa Evangelism
. .. In This Stat
Bendercoa. Oet Ei-At a result of
an automobile accident Uts Bturday
aigfat, Mr. Joseph T. watkins, of this
eitv was fatally Injured and died at
the Barak Elisabeth hospital, where ha
was taken immediately after the aeel
dent, within a couple of hoar from
fracture of the skull.
Mr. watkiaa had heea present at the
tvaageliem service, being coadopted
at the Chrtstiaa church and wac escort
ing a blind msa to his homo at the
tun of the accident. Witnesses of the
accident ttat that bo had stepped from
the side walk, at the Intersection
Charles and Rowland streets, lata the
path of the coming automobile.
Toe automobile waa a pabue convey
anc driven by a white nta aamel
Bobblac who hat a reputation among
the police a a safe driver and one who
ha never been 'Called for speeding or
reckless! driving. Ho waa Immediately
arrcnted but released antil Sundav
moraiag when ho waa placed aader
bond. The arcideat wac witnessed by
Rev. Victor Ughtboarac, who M eon
ducting the evangelistic acrricoc from
whieh Mr. Watkins was coming, tad he
state thct the lunldant wac entirely
unavoidable. It waa upon b! IB
forming the police headquarters that
Mr. Bobblac wag released.
Mr. Watklna waa SS year of ago. a
graduate of DavidsoO college end Union
Theological -Beminary la Richmond
Ik. UMIAMIIUA MRS&a.
tly - among' those - Interested in
prison evangelism. Be leavoc a boat of
friends who will remember him ac one
who always had faith ta the maa who
aas down and for his untiring efforts
to help him up. He m curvtved by bit
parents, Mr. and lira. J. D. Watkins, of
this city, and eight sister and brother.
Funeral services will Ac conducted at
the Presbyterian church, of this city
ct 11 o clock Monday morning.
WOMAN'S W. C. T. U. .
HOLDING CONVENTION
i
Elisabeth Oitj Extendi OorrUal
Welcome To the State ,
Organiiatlon
Elisabeth City, Oct IA The SSth
snnual mcetlhg of the North Carolina
W. C. T. U. convened hero Baturday
and will continue through Tuesday.
Rev. David Bcpbara, of Richmond,
Va, preached the convention scrmoa
this morning and Mrs. Eliaabeth A.
Perkins, of Aaa Arbor, Mich, delivered
the convention addrecc tonight Mon
day will bo devoted to diseustioa of
committee reports aad, reading of re
ports oy ttembere.
The president's ennual address Will
ho made Monday afternooa by Mr. T.
A. Qoodno. Child welfare wiU be dis
cussed Monday night The visitor
were tendered a reception last Saturday
Bight
SAYS SHIPPING BOARD
WANTS OIL AQUEDUCT
Mexico City, Oct 84. Charges that
the united State Shipping Board 1
indirectly interested ia aa applieatloa
acw Deiore Tie department of pctre
brum for aa oil aqueduct eoneeceioa
across the Isthmos of Ten ua tepee, aad
thai it purpose ic to secure ready
oil supply for the America Pacific
fleet arc published today by the news
paper Excelsior. Ia an article de
scribed ai Ik "Voice of alarm calling
upoa the Hcneaa government to be
ware, the aewspaper assert that the
company sinking the application while
ostensibly Mexican ia its makeup, baa
reprecentatlvee of the Shipping Board
aa member.
WIDOW OF OFFICER "
CONTRIBUTES TO FUND
r Mr. Whartoa J. Green, of Fayette-
fill, widow of-OoL Whartoa i. Green,
a distinguished Confederate officer and
later rcprcceatative ia Congress, sends
five dollars for the Cot-Booaevelt Fund.
She ia eepccially interested la . the
League of Nations.
Newe aad Ohocrvo read.
Previously reported llSo.od
air, wnanea 4. urcca, rayene
vine .00
Charleo B. lone, Raleigh...... 1.00
M. G. He.th, Balelgh. .......... , 1.00
Carl P. Duke, Baleigh ......... 1.00
DugbiAUaff Co Baloigb LOO
Tola!
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DR. B. W. SPILLMAN TELLS
OF BAPTIST FOUNDATION
Bev. Dr. B. W. Splilmaa, prccldcat
ef the Baptist State Conventioa of
North Carolina, and Judge Gilbert T.
8tephensou, of Wlnctoa-Salcm, apokc to
the Baptist ministers aad laymen of
the city yesterday aftoracoa oa the
work of the Baptist Foundation, aa or
ganlnatioa decigacd to promote gifts by
will or otherwise to objects fostered by
the Baptist Btoto Coavoatioa of North
Carolina. The epeaklng was held ia the
First Baptist church aad was weu at
tended.' . . .. ,. . ,
TO USE OLD WARSHIP
V FOR EXPLOSIVE TESTS
Washington. Oct'Si. Explosive tests
win do maae ui wecc wiu tns aid
battleship Indiana la lower Chesapeake
Bay by placing boat be ta varioae part
of the ship to demonstrate their dsstrue
tivc effect, bad they boca dropped from
tae atr. .'..!:...-?.,
Already airplanes firing over the In
dian have deaaonatrated the practlea-
cuuy or anting a target of that cue
from a height of A009 to tm feet
but the bomb ased were dummic aad
the test was merely one of accuracy. -
Mends of Mrs. B. T. Breekwdl Will
be interested to know that aha has suf
ficieatly recovered from a recent op
eration at Bet hospital to be able to
return to her. home at 123 South Me
Dowell etreet i .
BICKETT APPEALS
F(
Governor Speaks To Elizabeth
City Audience That Packs
and Jams Courthouse
. Elizabeth City, Oet Speaking be
fore aa audioaee that iUod and packed
end overflowed the courthouse of Pae-
nuotaak ccaaty Friday night Governor
biekett made a maaterfal defense of
revaluation, afged the ratuicatioa of the
;neome tax amendment to the State
(oicstitatioa aad la tha taoet eloquent
peroratioa beard la Pasquotank for a
decade pronounced the Covenant of the
League of Natlonc aa honest effort to
keep the faith witt tboa who died la
Franca and the oaly document ta. his
tory penned to lead a war-weary world
la to lbs pauia of peace
There waa a tumult ef applause when
toward the close of his speech the Gov
ernor as Id! "I have epokea for nearly
two hour without a word ia defease of
Wood row Wilson. .Ha needs none at
my hands. One thousand years from
tonight hie feehicvemeau will be told
whea the pack that have badgered and
beset the woaaded lion have beea is
far forgotten as the melancholy honed
that oa last night bayed the mooa."
"I wee net la faver of wemaa nf
f rage," the Governor weat : oa, "but
I have got eaough grajr annttor Inside
and outside my head aot to ataad oh
a track had try to stop aa approaching
express train by argument
An h
known but that ta overruling Provl-
dene has hroneht won i.to the
kingdom for thie boarf Though I wac
not cut advocate of cuffragu for wemea
ler wmrj mmn w, ..chit ai aomn
that the wemoa are faf the thing for
which their boy fought -ad thnt by
their help Jamce U. Cox will he the
next Prccldcat of the United BUtsc"
Governor Biekett was hoard through
rat hie eddreec with aadlvidcd at
teatioa. the audience, many of the;
steading aad more sitting la awkward
aad cramped positions, following him
through the hear ef details aad figures
that be brought oet of the oubject of
rcvaiaatioa without) a eig of Im
patience i but aa he passed from State
to National issues aad a hi voice,
somewhat anakv In the baHaatae. na-
gaa to swell to its wonted volume la the
stately periods of hi peroratioa. his
nearer were caught oa a tide of feel
ing that swept them into traacporte of
patriotic rerver, ana when the speaker
had concluded many evee wore wet
An Increasing arowi ha turned cut
to hear Uovernor Biekett every time
ke bae come to Elisabeth, City. The
speaking Friday night waa advertised
to begin at S o'clock and before that
time every teat la the courthouse was
taken and ea the stroke of the hour
whea the Governor, after latroduetioi
by County Chairman P. G. Sawrsr. be
ta to apeak standing room was at a
premium Thoaa who came late found
tfah hleovc at the head of the atairway
leading- ap to the eoartrooaa crowded
and weat away wlthoat bearing the
speech.
Probably a fourth ef the aumber
present were women aad aa lafaat 'a cry
just before the speaker bogaa hie ad
dress aonaded a note thai will probably
be leoa atraago ta political gatherings
hereafter in, the United States ef
America.
MINERS AND BRITISH
OFFICIALS NEGOTIATE
Premier Lloyd George avsd Cab
inet Members Bold Three
Boors Conference
London. Oct M. (Br the Aaaoeiatsd
Pre.) Premier Lloyd George, aebU
act members and reprecentatlvee of the
striking coal miners conferred for three
hear, today. After the ainerc dele
gatoe bad departed, the cabinet mem'
bet continued la eecatoa with Mr.
Lloyd Ooerge, rraab Bedgeev ea Icav
tag with other reDreseatativod of the
miaera, aald the diacuscloaa would be
continued.
After the meeting with the gcvera
meat loaders, the miner executive
body went Into eoafeOneet which last
ed until di30 p. sa, aad then adjourn.
oa nnui tomorrow arternooa. The
ceavoraatloa with Mr. Lloyd' George
aad the other mombete of the govern
ment will be resumed.
Hope Beamed to prevail that there
would bo a eettlemettt of the oool strike
a a result of the veaewal of the direct
negotiations between the miners and
the government -Meanwhile, neither
side haa disclosed the aatara of these
aegotiation but accordinar to uneflV
cial report Mr. Uoyd George onggect-
come acw fomui . would aatisfr
the govwrameat thnt If t two chillings
advene ta ; wageo was ooaooded It
would bo accompanied by a increased
oetput '
THRICE TOWED IN FOR
REPAIRS AT WILMINGTON
Wllmlagioa, Oct M-Thrieo toavd
la from oca la a disabled condition aad
twice released from libels aggrogatiag
t38,000, Ua tug J. W. Scott, owacd by
Cubaa ougar planter, agaia ia ia port
la a diaabled ooadltioa.
The tag was picked up at eon by the
Uallory Liasr Saa Mcrooe wbUo ia a
inking conditio oeveral naoathe ago.
After boiaar towed bore., a, libel for
20,000 waa paid by the owner. . Puttlag
to lea agaia the Beott'e eagineo broke
dowk'aad oh waa towed hook to port
the Wilmington Iroa Work hatot libell
ing her for gltpoo for repaira.
Thia actio waa alee eetUod aad the
tug etartod Friday for Cuba, but broke
down agaia off the mouth of the Cape
F.ar Biver aad waa towaed back by a
gaeoliao launch the waa taking ta Cuba,
where the ewaer, Mareeliaa Garcia,
wait her arrival.
- decree te AUoad MeoUng. '."'
Mrs. Walter Bortoa left met tight to
cttend the meeting of the Carol lass
8tats Coioa of the Grand Intoraatioaal
Auxiliary' to the Brotherhood of Loco
motive Eagiaecra, ef which, eho te presl
deat ..- . . ; . v
Constance Talmage ia "Good Befer-
caeec" muporba, Monday aad Tuesday,
adv. - -
) REVA UAI
COHFERENGE WILL
CONCLUDE TODAY
Bishop DarilnatofT' Preaches
Following Annual "Love
' v Feast" Service ,
Salisbury, Oct ft People ' from
towa and eodatryslde a bundrd miles
sway eamc to Salisbury today for the
big day of the Westera North Caroliaa
Methodist conference. The .New First
Methodist church, commodious as it ic,
was to email for eve half the people
wbo were there to hear Bishop Darling
ton at the 11 o'clock eervioa.
The "Love Feast." with Pr. Da At'
kiaa, the eldest active member ef the
conference In point of oerviee, presid
ing, waa held at 0:30 o clock. The
oartaking of the aimple elements,
token of brotherly love, wac followed
by a testimony meeting that continued
fantu jcisnop Darlington took charge.
The Bishop, although closing most
strenuous week was ia good form had
bis sermoa was one of power. Be spoke
oa "Faith tad Obedience, the price of
personal and aattonaJ eaivation for
time and eternity." He pleaded for
the development of mee of God that
would " deliver God'e message without
fear 'or favor among men.
The eermoa was followed by the or
daining of seven young men aa deaeoaa
At S o'clock a memorial acrVlcc waa
held for Ave ministers and a number
of wires of minister who have died
dating the past year. This service waa
la charge of Dr. Lea Atkins and a
number of beautiful tribute were paid
the deed. The ordination of twelve
elders followed thla service. Taniaht
Dr. H. C. Morrison preached.
Tomorrow morning -the conference
will moot to bear and dtscusi several
important board report aad to hear
P" PPWeaw reed, thie being
1-
"J 01 an tnaual I
COB'
fereae.
I piTT'
i'lfiJ,mmmt'inhfin4'-
MA&iteWIIMTtCH
Director of Athletics Ikyg
Thre Men On Team Inelif.
lble Under Soles
PitUburg, Oct Charles 8. Miller,
uireeior or Ainieue of the University
oi ruisourg, tonight gave out a state
ment that no further football games
with Georgia Tech would bo scheduled.
Be explained that thia decision doe
aot eoastltuts severance of athletic
relatione with that institution na tha
contract between both colleges expired
Saturday whea PitUburg defeated the
eoumern team, 111 to I.
tie added, however, that the dcclaioa
regarding the future waa aetnatad hv
what he construed as a violation of the
contract provision by the Georgia team
at the game Caturday insisting ipoa
permitting three mea who bad played
more thaa four years to take part la
me came, aaa eiso oooauao the usual
eligibility rules adhered to by all first
class colleges are aot obaerved hv
Georgia Tech. Ta rulec provide that
every player must be a candidate for
degree and be a resident of the college
ror oa year pnor to joining the team.
The. mea against whoaa nburlna at
Saturday'! game objectloai was made
aaia air. miner, are liaeher, Tackle;
Flowers, captain, and halfback, and
J oh a Htaton, end.
several dan before the rams. itr.
Miller tald, he had asked for a eon-
fereaco with the Georgia athletia direc
tor. Thie conference was delayed
ta a tew minute before the gam
rmiuraay. At thie conference, Mr.
Miller added, Georgia refused to go oa
the field If these mea were excluded
aad rather thaa disappoint the urge
number of spectators whe had already
resembled, the game was played. At
the conclusion of the game, Mr. Miller
Mid, he aotifled the Georgia managers
that ae future Contract would be ea
tered late.
GIOKGlA FARMER DIES
AS Result OF WOUND,
Cordelo. G Oet 14. Minor W.
Wood, oS, prominent farmer, died ia
hospital her today from a pistol wound
ac a result of shooting affray that
occurred hi the borne of his brother,
Bryant A. Wood, IS, near here Friday.
Ia a dying statement to the sheriff.
Minor Wood charged that hie brother
shot him whea he went to the letter's
home to get his little on, to whom
Bryant aaa become attached.
Mr. Dr. U A. Rockwell la City.
Mrs. Dr. Loula A. Rockwell, of Win.
etoa-Salem " and AshevDlc, passed
through tho city yesterday earoute
front Blehmoad, Va- to Winston
Bnlem. While here Mr. Rockwell
ia company with Colonel Fred Olds,
visitea tn nan or History and m
the rcllee of her son Kiffln Rockwell,
World War aviator and the first North
Carolinian to give bit life ia the war.
Her surviving son, ' Paul Boekwell, is
low ia Fraacc and spent the cummer
ia the Ugh Alpe where hie health
waa kreatly benefitted. With bin wife
who waa Mademoiselle Lcyguea, duagh
tot of Premier Leyguee, he expect
to visit the State soon, this being
the first trip of hie wif : to thie
conatry ," ;
Balciffb,N. 0, Oct ti, 1020. :
North Ca roll na-Inerca sine eloudi-
nose Moaday with thewore a Weet pdi
tioai Taeeday showers, - cooler ia
Wert. - .
TBMPKBATTJBB , "
Highest temperature 71
Lowest tamperature 49
Meaa temperature ........... ....... M
Execce for the day ...............
Average dally deficiency oiaee Jaa-.
ary let ,. 0.1
PRECIPITATION (la laches)
Amount for the ft bokrb ending '
Ot S p. fll. ,,,,.'.,,a..,..a.A.x.-
0
nw vr ioi anu iv aij
Deficiency for the-month
telcieney since Jan. 1st
........
tn
HUMIDITY ,
r-.1 . .'. fiaea Ualm
Dry bulb 61 9 - iff
Wsl bulb ..... 60 00 68
Rel: humidity .......... tj 68 ' B
PBE8SUBB
(Reduced to 8ea LcvcL)
... SOil' 0 p. m. ...
I a.
0JJ
To Prevent ChKIa
Take GROVE'S TASTEUS CUTLL
TO 10 to destroy the Malarial Germs
tho Bioodr aad thua Prevent Chills.
The Weather
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F
U. S. ELECTIONS
Marked ' Contrast Between
Modern Methods and Old
Ways of Naming President
Wuhlngtoa," Oct SeTrem 'the
time the tret voter register hie choice
for president oa Ksvcmber ft, ta Cast
port, Ms4 easternmost oommualty ia
the United States, nUl tome tlxtcea
bout Inter whea election judge elooo
their booths la Osetto Washlngtoa,
the presldcatlal suffrage eommnnlty
farthtct west -the heariect battle of
ballot ever witnessed will be la prog
rose," says a bulletin af the National
Geographic Society, issued from its
Washlngtoa, D, 0 headquarters.
Tit battle will aot be meda greater
thaa those of 1011 aad 1111 by any la
crease la the area over which it will
be fought, eontiauec the bullstla, "for
nrison and Naw Mexico, easting, their
ballot for president for the first
time ia 191S, completed the roster of
the states ia the united States proper
end signalled the extension ef the
Presidential suffrage ta every political
unit between the two oceano aad the
Caeediae and Msxicaa border! except
the District of Columbia. Th battle
will be almost doubled ia magnitude,
however, by the extepetoa ef outrage
to women ia th nntoy lute which
did aot peraWt theat o Jtot la pre
vious election.) -
The FeFlang Ballot Bat,
Th!t greatest ef election straggle
will take piece ia an area ef approx
imately 1 ,000,000 square miles, under
condition varying from tho frosty
weather ef the Canadiea boundary aad
the not improbable enow storms of
tho highet eommunitiea of th Bock
Ugjs of nrtweetorw' border, Bal
lot boxes emblems'of Amerleaa sov
ereignty will be set ap la the h carta
of great cltiec, in village, in way
side school house, oa isolated islanda,
ia pocket of the great woods; far up
among rough peaka and below the level
ef the seat ia maay caeca ia commu
nities which lie behind great natural
barriers that cut them off physically
from ether eettlemeate. Aad yet be
cause of tho telephone and telegraph
wires that extend into aearly every
eommuaity aad wirelee eommtialea
tjo that supplements them, most
American citizen, unless the contest is
unusually close, will learn the results
from the fsr-fluag battle at their break
fact table aext morning. Indeed, impa
tient follower of the return will prob
ably know before midnight, rending re
ports a they are Hashed on screens be
fore aewspopor offices ia Counties eitiee
aad towns.
"It was far different paradoxical as
it may eecm at first eight, during the
arlv Presidential ciecuone ia waica
popular voting figured, ia spite of the
fact that practically all voter wer east
of the Mississippi rivet and most of
them ia the Btoto along the Atlantic
seaboard. Lacking electrical meaa of
eonununioatloa aad railroads, aad hav
ing bat poo highway and vehicles,
the- country waa oftca la ifaerasse of
the candidate elected for week after
tha election. The contrast eaaaot be
earried back te elections whea the Val
id State wee confined te it original
thirteen member along the arrow
etrlB ef coast country,, for in those
davs th voter aad the eampalg. mah
ago had hot come into their own. The
chooein of -. president wa a party.
less, eampelgnlee aad oo far as most
of the "men ta the street' were con
cerned voteless affair. Legislatures
tared voters from the hotter of cast
ing ballot by appointing elector! and
the latter those a President,
Tennessee Started Nominating Covea
tWUOi
"Westerners might assert that th ex
tension f the vote to their States pop
nlarlced the government . At any rate,
a the course of statehood bae token it
war westward voter bate come more
aad mors into closet managment ef
llcir government, and their various ac
tivities have left geographical miie
stones along the rotd.
T saa setts originated th flret move
ment toward the rx-puler choice of
standard bearer who should etaad be
fore the Country as a" candidate, This
first impulse which btought about nom
looting conventions, competing parties
tad asm patent much a we know them
today etarted at a mas meeting of
eitiaca at the little towa of Marys
villa ia lata. 8peechmaking tripe were
rat mad ia th campaign of 1840, aad
what wee considered the big 'owing
round the circle' ef Stephen Douglas
CROUP AliD
ViHOOPhlG COUGH
Roquiro Prompt TrMtmcat
With Chanay't Expectorant
Which Stops tho Croup mad
Eatofi Up thoWhoop At Onct
ChenwVfi Expoctorant Famout
for pat two fenarationt, as
m Sura Raliof for all Form
of Cough, Coldt and Throat
. Trouble. .Try it Now To
day: Youraalf. .
Croup most freqneatly devolopc at
night with-inflamatioa of the throet
wiU dreadful cough aad tpittlag ef
mucous. Mother ahould alway bo pre
pared te give it prompt ttteatioa by
giving the child Cheney' Expectorant.
Thie medicine allay the tymptemt and
blee the ehild to rest easy aad an
ally result ia a permanent cure.
Whooping cough It a preleaged end
leoa fhtal malady. Before tho whoop
ing . cough actually begin, there are
from four te forteea day of aa ordi
nary, severe cough. ; Thie to the time
to give the child Cheney1 Expectorant,
and - thus prevent r- the- mere - acrlou
symptoms, aa whooplna eounh.. whaa
fully developed, ia a stubborn ailment
out even tnea insacy t expectorant
will cose up the whoop aad effectually
relieve, at well ae fortify the child
against throat and lung trouble, which
often follow thie discs Get a bottle
of Cheney1! Expectorant today from
your nearest drug store, and bo pre
pared, for yo never eaa toil whea y
may need it-Adv. ,
THE GEOGRAPHY 0
la 1800 covered only a part cf the
emntiy cost of the Missumppl. At
that, the trip was much more of aa
undertaking tha th transcontinental
campaigning tottre of today.
The expanding geography of the
United Statee be played ita part to
the election -ef Pretidcnts in more
way thaa oa, Mtaaepri and ita com
promise left it impress early. The
Mexican wsr and the winning of Texao
elected Zacharv Taylor. South Caro
lina, Florida, : Louisiana - aad Oregon
wore the ecattercd pewne ia tho great
est aad moat dangerous politico game
that ha ever beea played ta America
the Bayee-Tildea contest of 1878.
which gave the Presidency to the
former. -"Nearly
every careeedlng Freelde'
titl eampalga since the establishment
ef the Union has ceea vote counted
from bow Statee. The first elf Presi
dents were elected by vote entirely
from oast of the Mississippi. With the
edmlaoioa of Lou'sian ia ISIS voters
living west of the great fiver ft
formed the rly westera boundary of
the country ccct their first vote ror
Prccldcat Growth of tho country
during the 'aext few year took place
la the Groat Lake region and it wss
not antil 1821 whea Missouri wac ad
mitted that a State lylng-tnttrely to
the west of ' the Mississippi joined la
choosing a Chief, Executive.
at rage Llahs Ocea to Ocean.
"The anncxttloa of feiec ia 1845
carried the - territory ef the United
State ia which partlelpatloa eould be
had ia Presldcatlal election much far
ther west thaa it had ever extended be
fore, aad la the elcctloa of 1848 voters
Uv.g ae far weet as the 108th meridian
had the right to cast btllota. Texas
was the westernmost State for oaly a
brief period. Ia 1880 California waa
admitted to ttatohood, the first State
separated by territories from the great
group of contiguous State. Presi
dential auffrage hod at lact reached the
Pacific coast " Nine' year later tfregon,
touching California oa the borth was
annexed, and ia 1864 Nevada waa admit
ted aad with the other, two long- con
stituted aa island of statehood ia the
:s-mmmifmmim.wn-.
tied the main body of State eloscr to
the little western group, but it was not
until 1800 whoa Wyoming and Idaho,
following la tho footsteps of the
Dakota and Montana the proceeding
year, entered the union, that tho gap
wa. bridged. ( .
"Although modern facilities, coupled
with tho usual tendency of most Statee
to vote decisively for one party or an
other make the result ef a Pre :i
detttial election apparent almeot before
the but polling places are closed, re-
Itoscoeltoffy
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turns opaietlme come ia from varioog
pert of he country ia suck a way tha
some rather close election have kept
th country guessing for day. Thug
ia 1916 there oeomod little doubt af
midnight on election day that the Be. '
publicum jominec for 'fceaidcat ' wa
elected. , The teomo waa ooea te dot
pend oa California aad for .more than
twenty-four hoar th roealt oeemed to
hang ea the vet cae ta a email moUtt
od eommanity la the foot-hill of th
Sierras- 'While t hcadred millioa ryeo
were directed toward it, thit email act.
tkmcnt assumed sa unprecedented im
portoncc Aad it la aot at ell Imnrolx
abU, if aot ia the p.esent eampalga
thet la thoee ef Uo future, that some
ether bit of territory, how onkaowa to
fame, will suddenly find Itself la tho
glare of the spot light the annroi
meditated arbiter ef ita country's noli.
leal future."
BLADEN WOMAN REGISTERS '
, AT ACS OF IM TEARS.
Wilmington, Oet SAv-Balpk Borinsr.
registrar of Ellaabotbtowa, Blades
county, reported today that the last '
woman who wae roriaterad thara
Mrs. Margaret Bataelaoa, who gave her
ago oc 108. 8b affiliated a a Democrat
nnd said she would vote the straight
ticket
Constaaee Talmage la "Good Refer.
taecc" Superb. Monday aad Tued.
dv.'
SOUND ADVICE
ABOUT EATING
Alabama, Ladj Says W Impos
On Nature by Otereatiag, Bat
Thedford's Black-Drsught
WO - Makr- Yob "
Feel Bettor
r wt-.v-j
JTBIUS AOCK,,
nmmmtXj&ygg frio.de
ana neignoorc, Mrs. Mary Manning, of
thie place, cay i I aever have tad
sever expect to fiad A better medlelac
thaa Thedford'c Black-Draught Whom
rve bad a cold tad needed a laxative,
1 need Buck-Draught I Bae it for tour
stomach, headache tnd indigestion, 'aad '
It dooo the work.
1 believe most ill wo have are"
caused from inactive liver. We m
pose oa nature by over-eating aad then
the liver doa't act We get buy aad ae
aocovat It is hard for a to do oar
work, aad we'd got real sick if we dldt't
take tomethlng. The boot remedy I
have found yet is Black-Draught tt
doeaat leave you constipated, and X
feel better after taking a round of it"
Made from purely vegetable ingrci
dienta, Black-Draught act la a. aatu' 1
ral way, aad ia fre from the bad
after-effect of so maay mineral drug.
Oet a package today. Bo tare thai
it boare the wori "Thodf ord'a." . a . - -
Thodford' 1 The Only goaulnd'
Blaek-Dranght liver modlelnOv A8V.
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