Weather To-day SHOWERS TONIGHT WEDNES DAY FAIR; COOLER VOL. 15. NO. 82. SALISBURY, N. O, TUESDAY, NOV. 2, 1920 PRICE 2 CENTS: 1 0 4 i Jlwenty E INCH IN PER CAPITA WEALTH OF STATE Biggest Vote in the His tory of the State is Be in? Polled Today on Ac count of the Women. (Dr MAX AUEKNETHYl Raleigh, Nov. 2. In seven years the percojirta wealth oi North Car- olina has increased $1,057.10, sta tistics compiled today by the state department of agriculture based on the 1920 population show that the per capita wealth is $l,.isl, an in crease per year of 60 per cent. Ranking 14th in population North Carolina supplants Ken tucky. The total value of North Carolina property as reported by the Btate corporation commission is $3,644,175. Of this amount 31.981.563.494 is listed as real L A R G property while personal property values approximate $813,552,925. Banks, cotton mills and power com panies, representing corporations is Valued at $486,940,956. Railroad .property within the state totals $250,587,158. -Internal revenue receipts paid i. into the federal treasury this year V amounts to f 162.667.320. Dlacine North Carolina eighth in the list of states, New York leading with over one million dollars. Adding to this enormous sum in federal taxes paid by the state the tariff or import taxes, which amount to $2,778,980, ' North Carolina in taxes $165,446, 300. Governor Bickett will not call a special session of the North Caro lina general assembly as requested by John S. Wannamaker of the American cotton association for the purpose of passing a law curtailing the cotton acreage in the state 83 1-3 per cent next year. The governor is expected to is sue a statement concerning the Wanamaker requeste later irr; the week. He does not believe in, legis lative enactment -as meant of, raising the price of farm products. The biggest vote is being polled -in North Carolina today in the state's history by reason of the en trance of women into the political field. Chairman Warren of the Demo cratic executive committee in his pre-election statement predicts that the state will go Democrtaic by not less than 50,000' and that the Re publicans will be beaten in every congressional district. Representa tion, in the legislature will not be materially changed, he thinks. The Republican leaders predict victory in three congressional tafights, the seventh, ninth and tenth. Seaboard railway machinists ard helpers in the road's shops litre who were laid off last week are today departing the cty for points further north where they go in search of employment. More than 100 of the rail renters ; are aff.-cted by the order which lays them off without any first hand information, they say. as to the reason, j Shopmen in Virginia are similarly affected which la believed to indicate that the nolicy of the system is to curtail the repair fa cilities in the South. EXPLOSION KILLS TWELVE Two ;New Transformers at Niag ' ara Short Circuit and Blow Up. ' North Tonawanda, N. Y., Nov. 2. Twelve men were killed early ' this morning in an explosion and Ire at the distributing tower of the . Niagara Falls Power Company mere. The explosion occurred a few minutes after two new transform ers had Tjeen cut m at the distri buting tower of the power Com pany's plant. Thirteen men were ,' crowded in the room watching the work of the new machinery when ' there was an explosion, apparent , ly caused by a short circuit. The ' force of the blast burst a steel ' barrel of lubricating 1 oil which formed part of the new equipment end the flash oi the electricity ig nited this oil, which was thrown , over the men in the room. Four men were instantly killed, aparently. One escaped serious burns by Jumping through a win dow. The other eight escaped , from the flame-filled room, but all were so badly burned that they $ died in the hospital today and to night. , " GUARD ELOPES WITH GIRL INMATE OF PENITENTI ARY ' Milledgeville, Ga., Nov. 2. An nouncement was made here today by officials at the state peniten tiary that J. W. Gans, a day guard , at the zemaie Duiidmg, ana juamia ... Weaver, an inmate, "quietly" elop - ed late Saturday, night for parts unknown. r ,. Juanita was serving a sentence , of one year for shoplighting, being 'convicted in Atlanta last May. She , ia described as being about . 21 . years of age, a blonde and beauti-'- ful Met mother; Mrs. Hilton, Is also serving a similar sentence at ' this prison. Miflliomi . . i ' THE REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE mm H . : WARREN Or. HARDING- 1 -.v 1 - x 7.:: ' I MARION PREPARES TO .CELEBRATE (By Associated Press.) MARION, OHIO, Nov. 2. While the nation was recording its decision today on his candidacy for pres ident Senator Harding put politics out of his atten tion and gave over a great part of his time to a game of srolf. . 'Arranging to visit the eany in me iorenoon senator naramg cnose to spend all of the remainder of the day away from Marion. Tonight, with Mrs. Harding and a circle of relatives and friends, he will learn the result of the balloting: at his home where local Republican leaders -i ii n have planned a red fire celebration in his honor. senator ana Mrs. naraing reacnea ineir voung olace shortly after 10 o'clock. They were cheered when they entered the building and several of those who were waiting ahead of them offered to give up their places. The senator refused, however, ana toon his place, 13, in line with Mrs. Harding just ahead of him. A half dozen spotlights concentrated on tnem and a battery of cameras clicked away as the nom inee and his wife voted. WOMEN SWELLING Shortly After Noon Heav iest Vote in History of City Had Been Cast More 5,000 Registered Salisbury is today, along with manv other places in the United States, witnessing its first election in which the women are participa ting, and they have taken a great interest in the same. Women work ers were at the polls early and some of them have remained then? all thru the day, while others be gan their pilgrimage to the voting places shortly after the polls open ed and began to exercise their right of franchise for the first time. Au tomobiles have been constantly ply ing forth about the city conveping the women to the polls. The men, too, have been voting heavily, beginning early and the vote will be by far and large the biggest ever cast In, Salisbury. There is a total registration if over 5,000 andV ftis, together with the vote cast in each of the four wards un to 1:30 o'clock was at follows, only two wards having kept any tab on the number of women vot ing, these being the North and South: North Ward Total registration about 1,600;- total voted 884; num ber women, 334. ; East Ward Total registration, about 1.200: total voted 458. ( South Ward Total registration, about 1,600; total voted, 450; num ber women, 194. West Ward Total registration, about 1,800; total number voted, 1,099. . . -r- " Neighboring Counties. In talking over the telephone with representatives of the States villa Daily, Concord Tribune, Hick THE BALLOTING IN SALISBURY S . V ' X, vi v j pollsiand cast his own votei i' . ,TT j; i a l . orv Record and High Point Enter prise, the Eveninir Post was inform ed that Iredell win roil up a Dig democratic majority, Catawba will eo democratic bv a substantial ma jority, and Cabarrus, long in the republican columns, Is more than likelv to no democratic by a slight majority, High Point precincts of Guilford county win snow a sngnt republican majority for the nation al ticket SEEKING TO SOLVE PROBLEM OF FARM LABOR Charlottesville, Va., Oct. 31. John Armstrong Chalnor, of the Merrv Mills, has set about to solve the problem of the shortage of farm labor. Mr. i;nainor is now having a moving-picture theater erected on his 400-acre farm, to be opened Nov. 15. free to all within a radius of 10 miles. In this way, Mr. Chalnor declares, the Merry Mills wil lbecome a national experiment station for amusement- "If the majority of farmers and their families patronize this the ater." he oavs. , "then it will be nroved that an unique lure of the town is the moving picture." ELECTRAL VOTES BY STATES: SAVE FOR REFERENCE 'The following table gives the electoral votes of the 48 states of the union, whic his unchanged since the 1916 election: Alabama, 12. . Nebraska, 8. Arixnna, I. . Nevada, S. Arkansas, 9. 'Nw Hampshire. 4. CaHf6rm, IS. New Jersey, 14. Colorado, (. New Mexico, 8. Conectieut. 7. New York, 46. Delaware, . North Carolina. 12. Florida, t. . North Dakota. 5. Goortjia. H. Ohio. 24. Idaho, 4. Oklahoma. 10. Illinois, 29. Oregon. 6. . Indiana. 15. Pennsylvania. 88. Iowa. U. Rhode Island, 6. Kansas. 10. Booth Carolina, 9. Kentucky. It. South Dakota. 5. Louisiana,' 10. Tennessee, 12. Massachusetts, 18. Texas, 20. v Maine. . Utah. 4. Maryland. 8. Virginia. 12. ; Michigan, IS. Vermont. 4. Mississippi. 10. , Washington. 7. Missouri, 18. West Virginia, 8. Minnesota, II, Wisconsin. 18. Montana. 4. Wyoming. 8. Total. ML Necessary to a choice, ,268. The valley of the Amazon is said to be the largest undeveloped territory in the world. HEAVIEST VOTE EVER CAST IS INDICATION FROM ENTIRE COUNTRY HEAVY VOTE IN N. C. Raleigh, Nov. 2-Weathr predictions of showers appar ently had no effect on early voting in North Carolina to day which is reported as un usually heavy. A feature of the early voting was the large number of women in line at the opening of the polls waiting to least their ballots. The polls opened at (1:58 a. m. and will clone at 5:18 thlrt afternoon. Besides the presidential tick et the entire set of state and county ofDcials are to be ,chon en. Reports at noon from va rious sections of the State, es pecially in Eastern North Caro lina, it in indicated that the vote cast is the heaviest in his tory and that women in a:l parts of the state are voting in great numbers. It was re ported unnflicially from Wil son that 452 of the 1,088 votes cast there up to noon were by women. WICHITA,"" KANSAS, VOTE Wichita, Kaiu, Nov. 2 The first 258 1alloUi counted in six of the 29 precincts in this city gave Harding 269; Cox 90; Allen, Republican, for gover nor, 132; Davis, Democrat, 108. SOME MASS. RESULTS Boston, Masa., Nov. 2. The town of Mash pee, on Cape Cod, gave for president. Cox 4; Harding 43. For jrovernor. Cox, Republican, 44; Walsh, Democrat, 2- Four years ago the vote of Mashpee for pres ident was, Wilson 21; Hughes 12. The town of Norwell in Plymouttlt county voted as fol lows for president and gover nor: For president, Cox 48; Harding 409; for governor. Cox, Republican, 405; Walsh, Democrat, 30. ' HEAVY VOTING IN OHIO Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 2. Notwithstanding the steady downpour of rain during the first hours of voting the re MERRIMON KENNY DIED AT NOON Son of Mrs. J. B. Kenny of This City Succumbs to Sleeping Sick ness at Chapel Hill. Merrimon Kenny, who has been ill for the past few weeks at Chapel Hill, died at noon today ac cording to messages received here this afternoon. For the past few months Mr. Kenny had been traveling for the Liggett and Myers Tobacco com pany, and during a business trip nearby he stopped over at Chapel Hill to visit . his friends there. While there one evening he went to his room to read a book in which" he was interested, later one of his fraternity brothers found him bending over the book apparently unconscious. Physicians were im mediately summoned and he was given every possible attention but did not respond to treatment. A number of prominent physi cians were interested in his case ami studied his illness for weeks ad decided that a blood transfu sion might same hint. However, it failed to permanently benefit him h? regained consciousness tempor arily. Five physicians nv been with him almost constantly, one from Mayo's, the hospital of (the famous Minn doc. Tn connection vn.h the blood transfusion, it is Interesting to re cite the affection and loyalty shown Mr. Kenney by his fraternity mates. Twenty of them responded to the call for blood for the transfusion and twenty of them gave a certaTi amount. One man gave a pint. He rallied temporarily after the trans fusion, but soon sunk into a stupor again. Then physicianh .decided that he was afflicted with sleeping sickness Mrs. Kenny has been at Chapel Hill with her son since his hiiiess other members of the family were there off and on during his illness. He is a son of Mrs. J. B. Ken ny of this city, and a nephew of Senator Overman. Senator Overman leaves tonight to atetnd the funeral and burial which takes place in Raleigh to- morow afternoon at 4 o ciock ROBBED BY FAKE AGENTS Buffalo Police Told of New Scheme of FootpaCs. Buffalo, Nov. 1. Stopped on the street by two men who posed as revenue agents. Nelson Ford of Olean was asked where he got the liquor. Ford denied he had it, but arcompanied the men toward the station house when they flashed a badge on him. When a dark spot one of the men suggested the prisoner se searched. This w V done in a most trorougTi fashion, after which the two told him to beat it, saying they had found nothing on him. After going a block or two Ford took inventory and found they had not overlooked $70 in a trouser pocket. He the went on to the station to report the (belt. More IT ports from over the state were that the voting was ex ceptionally heavy and that in moat cities two-thirds of the total vote would probably be In the ballot boxes by noon. "close Tn TOPEKA. Topeka, Kan, Nov. It The first election returns here, re ported at 10:30 a. m from three city precincts and two in the second ward, gave Hard ing 54, Cox 81, and Debs 1. At 11 o'clock incomplete re turns from four precincts out of 36 in Topeka gave Hard ing 109, Cox 99. Under the double elections system the counting began at 10 a. m. MASsTtOWN REPORTS (Br Th AKrUu4 Prm) Boston. Mass, Nov. 2. The town of New Ashford in Berk shire county was the first in Massachusetts to report its vote for the presidency today. The tabulation of the vote was completed at 7:30 this morn ing aa follows: Harding and Coolidge 28; Cox and Roose velt 6. Four years ago New. Ashford gsve Hughes, Re publican, 16 votes and Wilson, Democrat, 7. nEAVY VOTING THRU01UT THE SOUTH Atlanta, Gs, Nov. 2. Heavy voting thruout the South with thousands of women casting their first ballots was predicted by election officials when the polls opened today. Favorable weather conditions were expected to prevail to day in most ' localities, altho showers had been forecast for the state along the Atlantic seaboard. Rain, election offi cials said, would keep many voters at home, particularly in the rural districts. The Re publicans, however, . claimed they would be able to elect their congressional candidate in at least a half dozen Scat- tered districts. SnCWTLVfTTMARKS .SUNDAY IN CHICAGO One Man Is Dead and Three Others Are Seriously Wounded in Windy City. Chicago. Oct. 31. Harry Maders, chief of police of Elmhurst, a sub urb of Chicago, was near death to day following battle with three bandits. Maders engaged in a Ight single-handed with the bandits, fol lowing a series of hold-ups and rob beries during yesterday. Charles Madderon, 24, a chemist. and relative of a Chicago Alderman, was found dead this morning in a vacant lot near his home here. A bullet wound was found in MaJ- deron's forehead. There was no trace of a struggle. Police were of, the opinion that he was shot from ambush. William Sanderson was mysteri ously shot through the breast and seriously wounded in his home here early today. It was believed he would die. Thomas Sanderson, a brother, with John Simons and John Ralston, were arrested. FOUR SECTION TO PROPAGANDA BUREAU Amsterdam, Holland, Oct. 15. The Russian bolshevikl propaganda bureau, formerly centralized here, has now been divided into four sec tions, the Dutch newspapers say. One is in South America, one m Berlin, one at Amsterdam and the other at Lisbon, .between them handling bolsheviki campaigns for all the world. ONLY TWO CONFEDERATE GENERALS NOW REMAIN Washington. Nov. 1. The death of General IS. M. Law, at Bartow, Fla., Sunday leaves Brigadier Gen erals Marcus J. Wright of Wash ington, and Felix Robetrson, of Waco. Texas, as the only survivors of those who held the rank of gen ealr officers in the Confederate army, according to records in pos session of General Wright's family here. REDS NEARINO PEREKOP WRANGEL'S LINE PIERCED Sebastonol. Nov. 1. -(By the As sociated Press). The bolsheviki have broken General Wrangel's center and the wings of his army apaprently have been crushed. The town of Melitopol, and other points have been abandoned and the reds are nearing Perekop. The red wave is flooding the Taurida region. Wrangel is mak ing a gallant defense. He is pre pared to wi:hdraw to the Crimea across the sivasn sea. The reds already claim the cap ture of Perekop. MUTANOUS CHINESE WOUNDED BY GUARD (By The Associated Trmt) . New Orleans, ; Nov. 2-tEleveh Chinese members of the crew of the British steamship Elm leaf were wounded early today when a guard resorted to pistol fire to quell a mutiny aboard the vessel. THE DEMOCRATIC CANDIDATE JAMES M. COX MRS. COX MARKS BALLOT DAYTON, OHIO. Nov. 2.Governor .Cox, the Democratic, presidential nominee was an .early voter toaay dui on arriving at me pous ne luunuvvnav mure than 200 of his neighbors had cast their ballots ahead of him. '".''.--:;-' y - " : Accompanied by Mrs. Cox, the governor reached f rio nnllinir nlace" at 10 o'clock but a line bf waitintT voters delaved the denosit The polls were in Carrmonte, a suburb bf Dayton. The vote cast by Mrs. uox was not ner nrst, sne having lived in Illinois and had voted in the ' State election there a few years ago. In the voting booth aha ahn-aipA aht knew the Australian svstem 01 ballot- MSSV ShstAV V V awosw aew w--w ing, marking four different two minuies ana ueat ner uuauaim wmij ecwnu7. TMs flfternoon the Governor went to his farm at Jacksonburg and plans to return here tonight to get returns, , - As a parting shot to the campaign the Governor issued an election day statement in which he de clared: "l am confident that the cause for which I have stood during the campaign will be victorious today. The campaign has been based entirely upon a great moral issue and in all the history of the world wher ever a great moral issue was presented to the people, it nas not iaueu. y wti FOR BALLOT BOX Polls Will Close at Sunset irt North Carolina, Vir ginia and West Virginia Others Later. (Br The Associated Press) New York, Nov. 2. The use of barrels for ballot boxes was one oi the polling places in New Jersey to- day as a Tesuit or tne greany in creased vote due to sun rage, n was indicated that owing to the large number of wortien registrants thruout the United States the same congestion prevailed elsewhere. In Boston the pons were Kepi open until K n. m.. instead of at 4 o'clocS. In Georgia except in the county seats the polls were to ciose at a p. m., and in the county seats at 6 o'clock. Vntinep a oninc nn foHflV in more than 100,000 election predicts in the 48 states, in tnree oi wmcn, North Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia polls close at sunset. The hours at which the polls will close in the various states is as fol lows: Alabama, 6 p. m. cities, (5 p. m. towns and country); Arizona 6 p. m Arkansas 6:30 p. m.; Calif Ir- nia 7 p. m.; laioraao p. m.; Con necticut 6 p, m., (certain towns 8 p. m. by special legislation). Oelawjur 6 p. m.; Florida 5:40 SOME PRECINCTS BARRELS Are Piredlicfe7. ; ; FASTER THAN THE GOVERNOR fBv Associated Press. : - : ; of his ballot until 10:17. ' , tf , forms and completed it in wn: p. m.; Georgia 6 p. m., (county seats) 3 p. m. elsewhere: Idaho 7 n m Tllinnia B . m.: Indiana 6 m.; Iowa 8 p. m.; Kansas 7 p. m.j Kentucky 4 p. m.; Louisiana 7 p. m.; Maine 6 p. m.; Maryland 6 p. m. city of Baltimore (7 p.1 m. out side); Massachusetts 8 p. m. lim it, (optional to close earlier, Bos ton 4 p. m.); Michigan 5 p.m., rura 1(8 p. m. cities). Minnesota 9 p. m.; Mississippi 6 p. m.; Missouri 6 p. m.; Montana 6 p. m.; Nebraska 8 p. m.; NevaJa 6 p. m.; New Hampshire 6 p. m.; New Jersey 7 p. m.: New Mexico 6 p. m.; New York 0 p. m.; North Dakota 9 p. m.; North Carolina m set. Ohio 5:30 p. m.; Oklahoma 6 p. m.; rural (7 p. m. cities); Oregon 8 p. m.; Pennsylvania 7 p. m.; Rhode Island 7 p. m. cities (6 p. m. in towns' Rniilh Carolina 4 n. m.. thmnut th tte IS t). m. Charles ton); South Dakota 5 p. m.; Ten nessee 7 p. m., cities (4 p. m. coutry districts.) Texas 7 p. m.; Utah 7 p. m.; ver mntit R tv m . Viro-fnla sunset: Washington 8 p.m.; West Virginia sunset; Wisconsin 6 p. m.; wyom ing 7 p. m. "DRYS" STIR-UP FIGHT W. B. Wheeler Says Virginia Is Against the Eighteenth Amend ment Waahineton. Nov. 1. Wayne B. Wheeler, general counsel of the AntwSaloon League, today added fuel to the controversy between "drys" and Senator Carter Glass of Virginia who is campaigning for election of J. T. Deal to Congress from Norfolk, Va. ? ' - Wheeler wired Glass that Deal is advocating? nullification of the Eighteenth Amendment if, as re ported, he favors allowing the manufacture lor home use oi intox icating beer and. wine, ..-. NEXT PRESIDENT B1GUI BV 48 Campaign Kept Up Till Nearly DawnLeaders Arc Confident in Fight for Presidency. 1 f"T The Associated Frets) New York. Nov. 2. Men and wo men voters of forty eight soverign sta test of the nation went to tho polls today to elect a new president for the next four years beginning marcn next. , Rpfnra thai itawn t9 anntti Amv breaks the country in all likelihood will know whether Warren G. Harding, republican or James IT. Cox. demorrat hna Ko-n 1ot aI fA succeed Woodrow Wilson, for it is generauy agreed barring a miracle none or tna other nva .anrtirintoa has a chance. ... ... This ehoicft. ft ta atimataH wTTl be recorded by a record Tote of be tween twentv million anI ' tMrw million persons, many of whom an "w iitw vwu iriii;iiiasu since the last presidential election and are votinir today for tha fint time. ; , - - y. ' - . Second anlv In tntarnf. fv 4ha eontest for the presidency is the fight between the two mejor parties for control of the next congress. Thirtv four llnltmt Rtto un. . mb sis twins; cieciea, ininy-vwo to fill seats now held by seventeen l. : 1 ... . aemocrats ana iineen republicans and two to to fill the unexpired terms canard hv thm foatn nt Sena tor Bankhead, of Alabama and senator Martin, of Virginia, , both democrats ara hclno rVinaan aa ;i as an entirely new house-of repre sentatives composed, of 4v5 mem bers, s',;..'.-'-)'-' ( . Tha Tireaent annnta a nmnna? of forty seven democrats and forty eitcnt repuoiKans ana one republi can progressive.1 The present house nnsista of ISO itimuMf, fit r.. publicans, two independent" snd one upronioitionisi. "inere jLf& .also Ine vacancies.: i t". v ! , Chainnen Confident. -Will Havea and irim. Tdtf 1 " v . w MIUkB) renublican and demnrratii. nattnna. chairmen each continue confldent of victory when the polls opened. air. nayes nas reiterated niq prediction- that tha rnnnhl was "certain to obtain 368 eleetor ial votes'' and that there was a Itrong probability that the total might reach the 400 mark. A total of 266 is necessary tolect. - mr. w nue gave out no last min ute t)r edict inn nn tha wfarnT int but renewed hi annaainn nt fldence in the election of Cox. Each cnairman also predicted control of the next congress by his party. - . ' Tho camnaicm ittlf ha.n - waged ' principally around , the rodgut- ox nations aw not come ; to an earlv thia.mnmlnp. fimatni. Harding spent election eve quietly at nis nome in Marion, jnio, whiin Governor Cox wound up his cam paign at big meeting at Toledo. Ohio, laifc nlirht- fitata anrl'liwol campaigns thruout the country kept op .neir quesis ior votes into til a J 1 1 ll a. - a. aara; nours oi tne nignr. : iinaprrion what nor wirn a iumoi. bilitv of rain faced early voters in tne eastern states as they trudsred . to the polls to cast their ballas, while those of the upoer Migsjss- ippi rauey aim ew tiiiKinnQ" ana Ni Ynrlr timumi f At thtt waatli- El IIIBII UmilCLIIIII III IIHIW. 1 fit. 7- rest oi tne country generally cx. pected. to vote under clear- skies, POINTS TO GET . ; ' - ELECTION RTURN3 Number , of Places in Salisbury Where Election Keturns V1U Le Received Tonight - ' " Courthouse, Peoples Drug store corner. Evehinc Post. Elks' eluh and 1 Old Hickory club, these are? the points where election returns, will be received tonight The returns received at the courthouse and those by the Peo ples drug Dtore, the latter to be thrown on a screen on the Pa Ma cafe wall, and the Evening Post's bulletin board will be for the gen eral public. The Old Hickory club and the Elks will take the news over special wires in their club rooms especially - for members. The dUks nave arranged to have brunswick stew and and barebuce to serve during the night. , . With all of the above places i-l L i X lt , - . . iBKing- reports, at least inree ci these over specail wires, the people will have ample opportunity to keep in touch with the news as it ueveiupo tuiu ta sent uuu , - . - Jau Music For Voters i New York) Nov. t-Muslc while you vote!" v ";;.' 4, .., j; , In fear that the polling place r the Thirty-four election -district t ? the Tenth Assemly district I ' would be a terrible bote -if " Tuesday, Miss Laura SkimV r, t tion district captain, has obtai a phonograph. . V t Musical entertainment will b fered the voters, who will be all ed to do a little fox trot or a " in the dull moments. '