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fsp North Caroline gesttaras ahowera
Tueeday; Wednesday fair; moderata
ttmparatura.
'DEDICATED TO THE UP-BUILDING OF WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA'
ESTABLISHED 186&
ASHEVILLE, N. C., TUESDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 7 ,1922.
PRICE FIVE CENTS
J
tfty Miners Lose
Lives In Explosion;
Rescue Over Thirty
PERISH
VOTE EARLY
HY RILLY BORNK
number
1WITHIN
0
jFEET FRESH AIR
J Explosion in Heart of
Mine Soon After 94
Enter for Work.
1 SURVIVORS TELL OF
STRUGGLE FOR LIFE
'I Prompt Treatment by the
j rescue Parties Under
Ground Saves Many.
i-V NPANCLEK, Pa.. Nov. 6.
fAlore than 50 miners are holleve.t
io have lost their II ves In nn pt.
plosion In Rellly mine of the Helily
Coal Company near liorA hi
morning;. Exploration of the work
ings by trained rescuers was being
continued tonight. None of the
-v" ' 4 itii uroujtnt io ine sur-
fl Jace at 10:30 o'clock.
S Thirty survivors of the oxpio
? sion, most of them young men,
S lay on a double row of cots In the
: miners' hospital here tonight, anx
M'.usly watching the entrances to
the big room. They were the
; known survivors of the 94 miners
it who went Into the mine this morn-
ing a few minutes beforo a terrific
explosion. The exact number of
neacJ was still undetermined al
though Jt waa the opinion of
! ruined rescue leaders that perhaps
aw or tu 11,14. lost their lives.
Their vigil began when the first
eight were brought to tha hospital.
The entrance of stretcher bearers
meant that another comrade had
been dragged from an underground
spa ot gas.
Trained JOnglnecrs and
Workers to Rescue. 1
At 7:20 o'clock, this morning,
the explosion occurred in the
heart of the mine. A soon as
, 5 miners from neighboring pits could
rreaoh the mine preliminary work
V of rescue began, and it was sup
plemented later in the day by
- I 'rained engineers from the Vntted
i.'ates bureau of mines in Pitts-
! ..-rgh, and the rescue crews of
f Ughborlng mines.
' iThe rescue men all tfifif the
aatne story as they cams to the
surface. They declared bodies
stwere scattered through the work
lings for more than 600 feet.
if "The sad part of it," said one
fsfurdy miner, "is that at least 20
"Sof the victims were within a hun
dred feet of fresh air whenthey
were overcome by the gas."
Every effort tonight was being
made to locate all of the living.
As soon as that has been done, the
work of removing the dead will
commence.
Men. women and children by the
score crowded the police lines near-
the shaft. Many of them had
been there since they heard of the
exnloslon early in the day ana
there were no indication they
would leave their posts "until the
last body had Jjeen brought out.
On the cot of "honor" at the
hospital rests a youth of 22. His
name Is Abe Cratg. His coolness
ved at least a dozen liven.
There Is not much to tell.'- said
;raig. we went aown at i u cimn
d entered heading No. iu on me
t. A few minutes later there was
crash. I told the boys that meant
ia cave in, and we had better get
nut. men mere wws a. i uu ui "
Luckily our door was open or the
explosion would have knocked It
down. I slammed it and about 26
of us waited to see what would
happen. .,
"Outside there were yells and
one ol our gang- shouted to tell
them there was fresh air -In our
place. I opened the door and three
or four men staggered In. The
CtfntiMMttf M Pao Tim
Mary MacSwiney in
Prison in Ireland
On Hunger Strike
la Sutter to Late Lord Mayor
Who Died On Hun
ger Strike.
DCBI.IN, Nov. 6. (By The A
sociated J'ress) A bulletin Issued
by the Republicans states that Mis
Mary MacSwiney, who was arrest
ed by the Free State military on
Friday, has been hunger striking
since she was taken into custody.
A letter said Jo have been found
after her arrest reads:
"If imprisoned I will hunger
strike. 1 don't know whether they
will let me die, but if they do, pray
for me thai I may be as brave as
those who have gone before me."
Mary MacSwiney is a sister of
the late Terrence MacSwiney, lord
mayor of Cork, who died in Brix
ton prison in London, October 25.
1920, after a hunger strike lasting
75 days.
. H. PRESSLE
SHOOTS WIFE AND
KILLS HIMSELF
Became Angered Because
Wife Gave 25 Cents
to the Church.
CM ON GET OUT ' . '
0" THERE. D0NT LET sXft
( . 7"HE QTHEff FELLOW .
p. ANA vofmclt t.-, :
J ,1M
-y y x - y ' i!t 1 r L&sg
. , .
State's Democrats To Re-Elect
Congressmen And Gain Seats
In Legislature, Says Norwood
CLOSE STRENUOUS riZ PREDICTS 60.000
AFTER
CAMPAIGNS
W TH
As the result of an argument,
said to be over a church donation
of 23 cents, William II. Pressley,
66, a laborer, possibly fatally
wounded his wife, 37, and killed
himself, at their, residence, g"3
Woodrow Avenue, yesterday
morning, shortly after 0:3 0, in the
presence of his nine-year-old
daughter. The weapon was a .38
calibre pistol.
According to members of the
family, Mr. and Mrs. Pressley have
lived unhappily since their marri
age several months ago.
Coroner E. Ii. Morris, after, in
vestigation, stated lata yesterday
that all indications point to Press-
ley having attempted to kill his
ri? .K0tihn ?" hto MTmon 'ciVouft; Nathan
MATNEY NAMED
D STRICT HEAD BY
M. E. CONFERENCE
Choose Washington, N. C.
as Meeting Place for
Next Year.
STATESVILiLE. N. C. Nov. 6.
Choosing Washington, N. C. as its
meeting place next year, the an
nual sessions of the Blue Ridge
Atlantic Conference. Methodist
Episcopal Church, which has been
in convention here since last Wed
nesday, today adjourned.
Appointments announced for
the three districts are:
Winston-Salem District: Ararat.
T. W., Bryant: Bessemer City. E.
H. Spencer; Casar. E. M. Farrell,
MPilJU-Mafltonia. J, K. Hester,
Entente to Retain ,
Military- A uthority
In Constantinople
Allied Generals to Apply
Clausse to the Muda
nia Convention.
PHARMACISTS
TO
ASK LEGISLATION
FOR STATE
f na
at. mi
land
(left,
fa en
OFVENOORFMAKES
HIGHEST
i BUCHANAN
BID FOR
TRACT
Sale Discloses Plan for
Giving City Chance
... to Obtain. Park.
' The Buchanan property, com
prising approximately 100 acres of
undeveloped property, with frant
ages if 1.05 feet on BlUmore
Avenue and 286 feet on Galley
Street, was sold at public sale yes
terday, Wilbur Devendorf present
ing the liighest bid, with an offer
of $168,000. George H. Wright,
attorney, was ther only other bid
der. Mr. Devendorf'a offer will " be
submitted to Judge Lane, of the
Buperior Court, now in session, the
tract being sold under court orders
to sruarantee a clear title.
Mr. Wright represented a num
ber of prominent business men wno
were co-oieraiing in an aiiompi io
purchase the property with the
'purpose of making a large part
Mailabla to the city of Asheville
Sypark purposes at little, ir any,
i tiJuslness men Interested In ac
quiring the tract have announced
die plan of disposing of the busi
ness and residential sites on the
Voperty, should It be purchased
iffore the final close of bids, and
riving the city an opportunity to
Aibtaln the remainder without
prwu io tnose na.no.ung me aeai.
Those represented by. Mr. Wright
are: J. Gi Stikeleather. W. B. Wil
liamson. J. A. Sinclair, 8. Stern
berg. -George Wright, L. B. Jack
son. Clyde Heed. Dr. E. B, Glenn,
icnarles A. Webb. Walter Taylor.
I ICarftaMS m fan mi
and therefore the case will prob
ably not be placed in the hands of
a coroner s Jury.
Pressley Inflicted three wounds
in the body of his wife, one bul
let lodging in her lungs and two
In her head. She Is a patient in a
local hospital and hopes for her
recovery are slight. After shooting
his wife, Pressley walked Into an
adjoining room and fired the bul
let which went through the back
part of his head, ending his life
Both Mr. and Mrs. Pressley
have been married the second
time, the former's wife having
died on December 27, leaving five
children and the latter s husband
Mr. Pearson, died several yearB
ago, leaving two cHildren.
Wounded Wife Makes
Public Statement
After being taken to the hospital
although In a critical condition
Mr,s. Pressley made the following
statement to Chief of Police
Messer, which gave the first light
on the cause of the shooting: "I
don't know anything only he
seemed well this morning and went
off to work and in a few minutes
he -came in the kitchen, where I
was washing dishes and asked how
much money I gave to the preacher
last night. I told him 25 cents. He
said. ,'I don't want you to give
any more money to the church.' 1
replied that, 'I was always used
to giving to the church all my life.
My mother gave me this money
that I gave to the church." He then
said, '1 believe I will go and get
me some tobacco. I looked up at
him and saw the Are coming out
of the pistol. .His little girl
screamed, 'Oh, papa, don't shoot
Mrs. iPressley."
The first I remember ne snot
me right tnrougn me lace anu
throuEh the law. He did not be
lieve in giving to the church and
asserted I ought not to- give any-
thing and I said that my mother
gave me tne money, ne goi.
.i time and his skull pressed
down on his brain. Just that quick
he was off. I don't know anything
for him to get worried V
me for. He had been acting pecu
Hap for several weeks."
Th irrnmlnc of the child, who
raft from the house and that of
Mrs. Pressley. who was found on
iha kitchen floor, attracted neign
bors, who immediately notified the
Police Department, and uiricers
Luther and Colvln went to. the
scene of the tragedy. Mrs. Press
ley was rushed to the hopsltal and
the body o ner nusoana w
to local undertaking establish-
According to neighbors both Mr.
and Mrs. Pressley were veil liked,
.lthoush It is stated thev have
niiimtoil nn several occasions.
Pressley had lived on Woodroyr
Avenue for 1 yar and bore a
..n.ii rnnA renutatlon. Jt waj
ac....v .,ui A
Stated by severa. n..". -members
of his family that al
though he was devoted to his wife,
he had a quick temper.
Sunday morning Mr. and Mrs.
Pressley left for church together
in splendid spirit " l a,ted- at
.i. nrih A.heville Ban-
tlst Church. Officials of the church
state that Pressley was not op
posed to churches other than dona
tions In addition to regular con
tributions. '
That fact that he waa hot op
posed to rellgioua activities was
given color by a picture of B. H.
( Cyclone Mack") McLendon, the
evangelist, which he naa naa en
larged and piacea in m
u.mhan of his family assert that
h. attended each "of the McLendon
services during the revival cam-
pi?n he-
r loyd tr ressiey, . nis is-ywir-uia
Trivette; Harmony, a W. Johnson;
Hickory, A. L Clarke: Kaniian-
olls, W, . Q. A. Graham; Kings
Mountain, " Jt. F. Keavls, supply;
Marlon, Austin Wilson; Mlsen
heimer, J. L. Dennis; Newton, C.
M. White; Mount Pleasant Pisgah,
Hoyt Young, supply; St. Paul, W.
E. Isenhour; Statesvllle, O. C.
Melton; Thurmond. D. J. White;
TraphlH, J. B Stokes, supply;
Walkertown, J. L. A. Bumcarner:
Winston-Salem, B. A. Culp; Wilkes-
boro, E. O. Shaver; Yadkin, S. 1.
Bumgarner; Zion, AV. G. Warren.
Asheville District: W. C. Mateny.
district superintendent. Asheville,
A. S. Beaman; Asheville circuit,
W. A. Green; Bakersville. II. P.
Jones: Canton, W. H. Plesa; Can
ton circuit, A. B. Dennis; Chero
kee mission, J. H. Olllesple; Clyde.
C. C. Williams; Culberson, Gwynn
Trull; Etowah, G. C. Wadford;
Hayesvllle, D. E. Earnhardt;
Lansing parish, Lansing Bethal,
W. A. Patton; Boone, A. L. Honey-
cutt; Creston, to be supplied; Pond
Mountain, H. L. Lewis; Stone
Mountain, M. '. Wlneberger;
Leicester, D. L. Earnhardt; Monte
zuma. D. W. Jlaga; pisgan, j. m.
Fowler; Sylva, to be supplied; Ma
con circuit, T. I Taylor; Tipton
Hill, to be supplied.
Washington district: AV. A. Par
sons, district superintendent.
Camp Glenn, W. J. Flint; Chand
ler, W. J. Carter; Barkers Island,
to be supplied; Hatteras, Vernon
Nichols, supply;, Lexington, J. D.
Green; Marshallburg. T. H.
Stamev: ' Morehead City, AV. J.
Plint; Morehead circuit, to be sup
plied; Parkvllle. AI. L. cnappe,n;
Parmele, frank t- micnrer;
Pembroke Darlsh, D. V. Lowery;
Rladen. to be supplied; Hamlet
and Clio, P. R. Lowery; Prospect,
W. L. Moore: Rowland, M.
Locklear; Pine Bluff, E. F. LownsM
bury, supply; Portsmoutn, i. v-
Poole; Troy. C. W. Guthrie;
Whaleyvllie, Y. D. Poole, supply.
Special appointments: M. O.
Fletcher. president Washington
Collegiate Institute; D. W. Don
aldson, director religious educa
tion, AVashlngton Collegiate Insti
tute; C. O. Newell and Z. V.
Arthur, unappolnted, to attend
school.
by General Merchants
and Grocers.
,BCvOSff;OTASS2Si NPr'e.s6w I Would Ban Sale of Drugs
Tnough the Nationalist civil power
is in control in Constantinople, the
entente does not Intend for th
present at least to lose its grip i"'
the military authority. Great Brit
a'n and France are In accord on
the point that the Turks must llvi
up to the convention drawn up a(
Mudanla and it is not doubted th s!
the pther interested counties wl'i
fall Into line with this policy.
There is every desire, howeve
to meet T.irklsh aspirations with
in proper limit nnd to this end the
Allied commissioners today Issued
the following statement: ,
"The :nler-allied -high commis
sioners are firmly resolved to ob
serve strict impartiality with re
gard to events which concern th
international policy of Turkey. The
Allied generals will continue to
apply the clauses of the Mudanin
convention and maintain order ann
Bcourity In the zones occupied !.
the Allied armies."
Replying to tho last communi
cation from Angora concerning tho
Lausanne conference, the commis
sioners while renouncing the wish
to interfere with Turkish pollcv
express tho hope there will be only
rne TuiUih delegation to the cot.,
ference.
ll. P. CONFERENC
btntiliER
TO CHURCH HERE
WANT INTERVENTION IN
NEAR EAST SITUATION
WINSTON-SALEM. Nov. 6. -At
a meeting of the Ministerial Asso
elation of the city today resolu
tions were adopted in reference to
the Near East, declaring that the
.time had come ' when Christian
governments of the world over
need to stand together in the de
fense of Christian civilisation ana
in the cause of humanity; that
Congress and the President be pe
titioned to use their best influence
to have the government bring the
Christian nations In united effort
to sneedilv make tha Turkish peo
Die observe tho restraints of laws
and 'principles recognized by civil
ized nations and to afford every
needed protection to Christians of
those lands.
WOMEN'S CTXBS PTjAN
NATIONAIj MARRIAGE LAW
WASHINGTON. Nov. Prepa
ration of bill establishing na
tional marriage and divorce regu
lations for introduction In the next
Congress waa announced today 'by
the general federation of women's
clubs which haa authorised Mrs.
Edward Franklin White, deputy
attorney-general of Indiana, to
draft the hill and a resolution
amending the Constitution of the
united states ir sucn a course is
necessary to make possible a fed-
j-aJ marital law.
Approve Plan for Endow
ment Fund for
Ministers.
HENDERSON. Nov. 6. Reading
of appointments stationing the
various preachers for the coming
U.1UIBU me closing session
here today of the North Carolina
Methodist Protestant conference.
cunierence today approved n
plan for raising 126,000 to be used
as an endowment for the support
uiiriunuaiea ministers. Ti
report or ine finance committee
was aaoptea as presented.
-jne appointments follow:
Alamance. G. R. AV. Holmes;
Albemarle, T. A. Williams; Allison
Grover. J. F. Alexander; Anderson,
O. C. Baker; Asheboro, H. F. Fog
leman: Asheville, L. W. Oerringer;
Bess Chapel, E. c. Cowan; Besse
mer City, C..E. Phillips; Burling
ton, S. W, Taylor: Caroleen, T. G.
McAllister; Charlotte. G. L. Curry;
Chatham, W. M. Pike; Cleveland,
J. D. Morris; Conoord, A. D. Shel
ton; Connelly Springs, Bred Love
(supply); Creswell, It. L. Hethcox;
Davidson, Robert Short; Demo
crat, L. 8. Hejms; Denton. J. a
Trogden; Draper, D. A. Morgan;
Fairvlew, C. J. Edwards: Fairfield, i
vs. jm. .rniiiips; iralltoni A. l. Hun
ter; Flat Kock. J. R. Hutton: For
syth, E. tV Bingham; Qibsonville,
C. J. Edwards; Glenraven, J. M,
Morgan; Graham, C. 1-neipencer
Granville, C. W. Bate; Greens.
Greensboro, West End, N. M. liar
rlson, Jr.; Greensboro, fit. Paul
T. E. Pierce; Greenville. J. H
Trolllnger; Guilford, J. H. Bow
man; Halifax, N. O. Bethea: Haw
River, E. G. Lowdermllk; Hender
son, J. E. Pritchard: High Point
First Church. G..E. Brown, High
Point, Lebanon. Edward Suits;
High Point, Welch Memorial, J. 11.
Moton: Kernersvllle, W. F. Ken
nett; Lexington, Mission, J. H.
Abernethy; Littleton. J. Obri
ant: Mebane. T. M. Johnson;
Mecklenburg. W. T. Carson: Mid
land. J. F. Alexander; Mocksville
C. II. Whltaker: Mt. Hermon. A,
O.'Undley; Mount Pleasant, O. F.
Mlllwav: North Davidson, i-.
WhltsJcer; Orange, II. U Powell;
Pageland. J. W. Quick; Pinnacle,
W. G. Reed: Randleman. H. 8- B.
Thompson: Randolph, AV. P- Aah-
ourn; iteiasvnie, u. v m..,,-,
Richland, D. M. Loy; Roanoke, D.
R. Williams; Roberts. J. T. Slsk:
Rocklnghsm. J. D. Hardy; Saxa-
lnw, fj. L. Isley; Shelby, J. M.
Ktdetnhour; Silver city, unsup-
Dlied: Sisrins: Church. J. U Trol-
Ungert Stanley, Atlaa Ridga. Tab
ernacle, J. A- Burgess; Thomaa-
OMiuMwa m nt ni
Efforts of the North OHollna
Pharmaceutical Assor lation lilf have
Introduced at the next session of
the Genera) Assembly, bills for the
regulation of retail merchants whb
sell drugs or medicine and do not
have in their employ licensed
pharmacist or assistant pharmacist,
promisee to develop into an Inters
esting fight between the druggists
or tne btata and the general mer
cnants, looming possibly ss a
political issue.
One of the proposed bills pro
hlblts general merchants or gro
cers, located ,wlthln five miles of
any drug store, from selling any
arugs. cnemiciilB, medicines or
medicinal remedies.
It also provides for an annual
registration fee of $1, piiynble to
the Hoard of Pharmacy, by nil
merchants over five miles distant
from a drug store, for a permit to
sell such drugs, chemicals, and
medicinal remedies, us the Board
of Pharmacy may designate.
Another proposed bill prohibits
any merchant, not employing a
licensed phanunacist, to use or dis
play the word "drugs" In anv man
ner whatever, in any place of busi
ness. An appropriation of $10,000 an
nually to the Board of Pharmaev
is asied In another proposed bill
for the purpose of carrying on a
rigid Inspection of not onlv drug
stores, but ateo grocery stores and
general stores dealing in medicinal
remedies of various kinds.
It is asserted by a number of
merchants that nothing ' can be
gained by taking out of their
hands the sale of simple medicinal
remedies in package form and glv
ng this trade to the druggists. It
is further stated that the public
will be greatly the loser, as well as
the merchant, by legislation that
will make it Impossible for many
people to get good medicinal reme
dies Which thev lloT.onH ..,
time when they need them prompt-
y, -wi .k mil aiways convenient
ror them to get to a drug store
x, .hn 0oo,l. President of the
North Carolina Pharmaceutical
Association, when asked for a
statement by a representative of
The citizen last night, asserted
that it is not the purpose of that
association to interfere with the
eale of the simple household rem
edies sold by general merchnnts
and grocers, the remedies desig
nated by the Board of Pharmacy.
out to confine the sale of medi-1
ti.iB ior ine treatment of various
diseases and ills, not used under
the advice of physicians, to the
licensed phsrmacUt. h h.v.
studied for this purpose and legal
ly qualified to handle druirs. '
It Is cited that in Till 111 Afnila In.
stances persons have used medi
cinal remedies obtained from gen
eral stores thlnklna: It wn.iM
a trouble they believe to be minor,
but instead the remerfv v..
! I H a rl In.fl.lt.l.. . W .
-i. i """"""'""y nu wnen a phy
sician is approached, the ill has
"' urauway tnat it can not
be cured.
The purpose of the legislation
proposed, Mr. Goods asserts, is for
mZt a I Protection of the public i
iT .m I W1" nave r-reach-wf.
V .i.'or enrl g"od. snd it
was in this vein that the associa
tion considered the proposition.
OONTI.VVE MANRHrVTf R
HEARING AGAINST ROWEN
VICTORY CLAIMS
Leaders in Both Parties
Over Nation Claiming
Large Pluralities.
OHIO VOTEBUYING
SCANDAL BREAKS
Clpse Contests Indicated
in Large Number
of the States.
MOW YiiltK. Nn. fi fniill
! ilenco tif xli'turv tiy unod sized plu-
talltlfx In New York State was
Milred toniKht by Iti'pulillcan und
Democratli- i-'iiniiaign miuiiigers.
but neutral observers generally
agreed that the result for the must
important contests I'nlted Suites
sensor ami governor would be
close.
Hulh sides agreed that the Ke-
pitbllcnns would carry the np-slite
counties with few exceptions ami
both agreed thai New A oi k City
would gi Democratic. State Cliilr
man George K. .Mollis, of tho Re
publicans, predicted S-n.itor AVil-
lliim M. Calder und Governor Na
than L. Miller would come down to
tho metropolis with a plurality of
810.00 but lm would not attempt
to estimate the vote In this city
Two years agu. former Governor
Allred K. Smlil:. wno is running
against the governor, carriod the
city by a plurality of nearly
820.000.
The Democratic managers claim
that Mr. Smith will sweep the city
by a greater plurality than in 191'0,
some of the official predictions
running v high as 5,000.
The Democrats also claim hey
will cut into the Republican Ma
jority lip-slate, a claim that is
vigorously disputed by the Repub
licans. The Democratic claims for
Dr. Royal S. Copeland for United
States senator are not so emphatic
as in the case for governor, be
ing merely that he would be
elected.
.JaVly"' wound tip It
campiian toiifght with an old fash
ioned torchlight parade.
Socialist leaders predict that Ed
ward P. CasHldy, Socialist and
Farmer-Labor cundldate for gov
ernor, would receive between
300,000 and 400,000 voles.
Charles . stelnmatz, the elec
trical wizard, the party's candi
date for slate engineer, will run
well abend of his ticket, party
"leaders predicted.
Many Industrial
Plants In State
Working Overtime
I; II. 101(111 N' C. Nov.
Yulimllv every Industrial plant
In North Carolina Is In opera -.
inn ami tnan of them are
working overtime according to
the monthly survey of labor
iiindlllons In the stale by M. I.
; h i i i n a n . dljeiiur of the Fed rat
:ini: Mute Kiiiphu tnent Service.
Itepurts for tlie week Just ended
showed iiO'J lcllcstn for help
and inly 4 0 J applications -tor
iiIh In the seven employment
offices In the Slate, according to
Ml shlpman.
cliiilnnan .1. . Norwood, of
the State Democratic Executive
Coinmitlee, tonl.'fht pointed to
this report as being conclusive
evidence of the stable economic
conditions in this state under a.
I icinocr.'Ule Slate Government.
MAJORITY
CAREFUL
SURVEY
Biggest Off-Year Major
ity for Democrats in
State's History.
REPUBLICANS ARE
TO LOSE SOLICITORS
Vote in East Carolina to
Be Light Because of
no Contests.
BIGGEST
MAJORITY
OHIO RKIXG CfiAlMKD
BY BOTH IARTII.S
COM 'Mlll'S. Ohio. Nov. 6. As
Ohio hmleht saw Ihe close of cm)
of the most strenuous political
cam pulsus in years, both major
parties were claiming complete
success for their tickets by large
maloritlek. Democratic headquar
ters predicted 'hat Senator Atlee
Pomerene. .coking re-election
would lead the ticket with one of
(he largest majorities ever given a
candidate for that olTlcfl und that
A. ,V. Donahey would be elected
governor by only a sllfhtlv smaller
majority.
Republican headquarters author
ized the statement that Congress
man S. D. Kess would defea:
Senator Pomerene by more th'i.
1KB. 000 votes and that C'arml A.
Thompson, candidate for governo.
and the entire Republican ttcki.t
would b.) elected as an endorse
ment or J'resiaent Jiaraing ana m
present sli'te administration,
'Secretary of Stalo Smith tonight
estimated tomorrow's vote at 1,-
eoo.000 compared with more than
2.000,000 two years ago.
.RALEIGH, Nov. 6.-The hear
ing of Carl Bowen. charged wl'h
manslaughter in connection with
the n en i h nf r. i . . .
" J 1 a unilliiros, or 11 1
igh, ez-servlce man kiiiH in ...
luiomooii, accident was continued
until next Monday In city court to
day becausa Ulu tiniw i.
Jured in tbe faUl smash is 'still
unsioie to attend couri.
Bowen Was srresle.1 Rnnrfiv
night, October II, aftr a car which
he was driving overturned on the
Leesvllle road an1 Ulllorl t.ta
Lambros, another occupant of the
car. Bowen told the police that
tha wreck waa caused by Ls-mLius
Pressing down on the npm,,irj.or
fter he had repeatedly been aikcd
not to do so. The defendant was
held In Jail a day without ball but
waa later released when f 1.000
bond waa nut un br hla father.
who ia a prosperous Durham mer
chant i .
FASTER V STAT FX HAVF.
M MIII.ll CIAJSF. COXTKSTS
NEW YORK. Nov. 6. Close
contests were Indicated tonight in
several o the senatorial, congres
sional and state elections in east
ern slates tomorrow, notwithsland
lug confident claims of victory iu
both tne Republican and Demo
cratic campaigns.
In the senatorial fight, lnteres'
was centered on the lively cam
rnigns In Massachusetts, New Jer
sey, New York. Connecticut.
Ithode Island and Maryland. New
Hampshire does not hold a aena
torial election this year, and
Maine had Its election last Sep
tember. The fight In the Pay State ha
attracted widespread Interest he
cause the veteran senator, Henry
Cabot Lodge, Republican leader in
the Senate. Is a candidate for re
election. Hi, Democratic opponent
'a William A. Gaston, Hosto i
bunker.
The contest
where Senator Joseph S. Frellng-
,,.,..-,. , K Candida's for re-elec-tlcj
against Gov. Edward I. Ed
wardH haa been enlivened because
of the wet and dry Issue, the gov
ernor favoring the wets.
Senator Wm. M. Calder, of New
York, has been through a spirited
camnalgn with Royal S. Copeland
health commissioner of New York,
with the tariff as the leading lsue.
In Connecticut. Geo. P. Met van
Reyublican. has engaged in a
atrenuous tilt for re-election with
Thomas J. Spellacy send In Rhode
isiana. r-enator P. G. Gerry. Dem
ocrat, contested with former Gov
ernor R. IJving.-5'on ReeckmAn.
The Beat for Senator Joseph I.
France, Ropubllcan, of Maryland.
urns oeen sougnt by wm. C. Bruce.
in a vigorous campaign.
Pennsylvania will elect two sen
ators, the Hepublican Incumbents,
Geo. Wharton Pepper and David
A. Reed being candidates for re
election. Mr. Pepper Is flllins the
unexpired term of the late Boies
I'tnrose and Mr. Reed I flllins: the
unexpired termf the late Senator
Crow. '
Two gubernatorial campaigns In
Near Tork and Pennaylvania have
ten ne r ri
EVER
FOR ZEE WEAVER
Chief Interest in West in
Three Contests for
Solicitorship.
With the Tenth Congressional
District and the Eighteenth, Nine
teenth and Twentieth Judicial Dis
trict contests holding the center
of Interest, the vote today In West
ern North Carolina Is expected to
bp heavy for an off year.
That Representative Zebulon
Weaver will be returned to Con
gress by a Democratic majority
greater than that of 1920, waa the
claim of leaders In hla party last
night, while the Democratia were
claiming victory for J. Ed. Strain,
their candidate for Solicitor In the
Judicial District comprising Bun
combe and Madison, and for the
Democratic candidates In the
Eighteenth and Twentieth Judicial
Districts.
" Tha total registration la Bun
combe County I around 2B.000
and tha Democrat. Veaterdv avers
miming tnat a nee record wotita
be reached in the County's Demo
cratic, majority. -
This morning at 8:59 o'clock.
the polls will be opened and re
main open until 6:29 this after
noon. On account of the re-
precluding of the city all voters
will have an opportunity to cast
their ballot, tha congestion occa
sioned two years ago being due to
the large city precincts. Some of
tbe rural preclncla will have a
greater vote this year than those
In the city.
Hayderi llrindstaff. secretary of
Ihe iitincombe County Democratic
Executive Committee, last night !
sued a statement in which he ap
pealed to all Democrats to vote as
early as possible, because of the
weather forecast of rain. It Is gen
erally conceded that only a heavy
Democratic vote In Buncombe will
elect Mr. Swain as solicitor and
the parly leaders are bending their
energies largely to that end, sines
tno county ticket is considered only
iimiirr vi majority.
crenria ot Republicans today will
"'sciy oe connnea to the solicitor
nh.'p. an ! i very possible effort wi'l
be made. Ii u said, to get out the
oie in niaiiison for George Pritch
ard. Incumbent.
Wayne lieachboard. chairman o"
the Buncombe County Republican
Executive Committee. uo,i
statement last night clalinlmr thai
i'ritciiard will he oi,.i..,i .
(lay, by receiving a handsome vote
;n,B",r"""ibe in addition to thi
solid Republican vote In Madiao'i.
M"r. lieachboard also claimed vie
ory for italph Fisher, nominee for
Congress nnd for the county It
publican ticket.
inH" 0n. ;he rPectlve tickets
In Buncombe are as follows
Clerk of Court
CHhev Kone
( nalrmsn ftf t?ou ii
A T If- .in
Commissioner Public institutions
C. C. Brown Tom Hale Weaver
... """"""ner ruoiln Illghwavs
w. a. Johnson Matt Burllson
register ot Deeds
v,eo. A. Dlgges John Oldham
enentr
John A. Lyerlv James M. Padgett
Treasurer
Solon Hyder s. Judson Carter
i ax tonector
N. A. Collins Byron J. Luther
Auaitor
i. .vt. Duckett Pred Randall
otare senate
riato l.bhn Charles O. Ere
itenresentatlve
ilarry L. Net'les Don C. Young
e-ugene Taylor c. A. Dickey
n'inryor
J. A. coxe. jr. .None
Coroner
E. it. .Morris None
xeneviue 'lownshlp Constable
Democrat
W. W. Warren, (unopposed)
The returns from today's elec
tions will be received at the court
house tonight, where the Demo
crats will keep a count, and at the
.ii'iikins building where the Itepub
licans will receive reports from
the Western part of the State. Ar
rangements have been made at
both places, it is stated, to receive
reporls from other btuRa where
close contests are o be waged.
otmas sswa aeaaa
TAiaoanras aetai,
r isorg HiitLMtt
ItAIElGH. Nov. (.Chairman
J. D. Norwood, of the State Demo
cratic Executive Committee, mak
ing a phopheay as to tomorrow's
voting based on careful survey of
the political situation In all dis
trict, of the State, aeee a Demo
cratic majority of (0,000, tha re
election of the 10 Democratic con
gressmen. Increased Democratlo
membership in both houses of the
General Assembly and the substi
tution of Democratic solicitors tor
Kepubllcana In hitherto Republi
can dlstrictaThe majority will be
the biggest off-year majority In the)
State's history and will be leas
than the record ona of 1910 only
because of the lack of opposition
and contests In many strong Demo
cratlo counties which usually have
heavy majorities. Eastern Caro
lina especially la expected to caat
a light vol because It la strongly
Democratlo -and no contest exist
that would bring tha people to
the polls. Congressman R. n
Doughton will be re-elected In tha
Right District over Dr. Ik Camp
bell by a majority larger than In
1(20, '
Representatives To Get ,
Usual Majorities) , '. .
Representative Weaver, ef the tT
Tenth District, la also expected ,
receive a larger majority than two
yeara ago. Mra. Lindsay Patterson, , . j
despite her Intensive campaign in - '
ine jcutn District, win not make -
any .headway against Major Sted- ' ;
man and the veteran congressman-)
will get hla usual majority. Con- i.
gressmen Bulwlnkle amt H.min.r
who also have had fighting Re,- ; ' .
publican opposition, will maintain f
the uaual district majorities, al-thou-'.
a lighter vote than 1(20
Is expected in the strong Demo
cratlo County of Mecklenburg, ow
ing to the absence o( a contest and
may cut Mr. Bulwlnkle'a majority
slightly.
The Republican membership In
the lower house of the Genersl
Assembly will be reduced from 19
to 20, and the Republican mem
bership In .the Senate will be cut
from twelve to six. The reduc
tion In the House membership will
be due to Democratlo redemption
of counties heretofore Republican.
The loss of Senate seats to tha
Republicans a due largely to tha
redistrlcting of the 1921 special
session of the Legislature. The
Buncombe-Madison or Nineteenth
solicitorship district, which has
had a Republican solicitor, will
be captured by the Democrats to
morrow, according to Mr. Nor
wood's prediction, and the chance
greatly favor a Democratlo victory '
In the Eighteenth solicitorship dis
trict, consisting of McDowell,
Transylvania. Rutherford and oth- .
er counties. The Republicans have
the Wilkes-Davis- Yadkin district
nailed down.
The Democratic majority In the
1920 election waa 78,000. The pres
idential and gubernatorial elec
tions brought this un to the record
figure, and the maiden voyage of
women Into the political sea was
responsible for a big contribution.
This year thousands of women
who rushed U the polls In 1(20
are exptcted To remain away, the
novelty of the thing having worn
off for some and the lack of con-
est In strong Democratlo counties
keeping others away.
Considering all agencies tending
tftsifiMiee- m Pta Tim J
IIKAVY STORMS DKLAY
IIA1L TRAFFIC I.V WIST
CHICAGO. Nov. Passenger
traffic from the far West was In
terrupted on a number of roads
todsy because of recent heavy
storms. Tralna from California on
the Northwestern were reported
24 hnure late.
The reiay waa attributed to
heavy anowfall and tornadoes In
the fsr and middle West. Traffic
from Portland, Ore., was held up
14 hour
Keep The Cookie
Jar Full
Almost everybody, young or old,
like cooklea.
When children beg for sweets
the modern mother knows that sua
may safely give them these whole
some cakes made from graham,
oatmeal, spice and raisins without,
anv fear of ill results.
Then, too. It Is always handy to
heve a supply of cookies on band
for deserts or to oas around wxn
tea or Iced drinks. And who evar
heard of a picnic lunch without a
goodly supply of these delicious
little cakes.'
I.enrn to nrepare rookies In all
of their varieties. Full directions
are given In a biixlet on baking
issued by the Department of Agri
culture, which alao conranns rectpes
for making breads, rolls, blecuRs,
waffles snd pastrlea of all eorts.
This la a free Government pub
lication and our Washington Infor
mation Bureau will aecure a copy
for any reader who fills out and
malla tha coupon below, enclosing
two cents in stamps for return
postage. Be sure yuur name and
address are written plainly.
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