0
Ends With Ail
publicans Defeated; Elliot
lajority Largest In County
2. Ward One, but showed practically
no gain in either. Before the elec--
•i" n '* ,p D. O. P. leaders were claim'*
ing Township 11, Box 1, Township 0.
Township G. and Township 10. The
'■"’“ in of these was close and at
tin* Roberta Mill, another Republican
stronghold, the Democrats he.d their
""’i l . Instead of carrying Townships
and 0, the Republicans saw a ma
jority in each for the Democrats.
Too vote in the county was unus-‘
oally heavy in spite of the fact that!
ihis is an "off year.*' The total vote
showed an increase of about 600 over
two years ago iu the county with the
Democrats getting an even break in '
rhe increase. The Democrats made
increase in Ward 4 and Ward 2.
lu Ward 4 three more people voted
than were registered. This was ac
counted for by the fact that three per- J
sons had become of age since the
registration books closed.
. Democratic leaders were especially
gratified with the vote in the countv,
where the Republicans had centered
their forces for tbe most part. All
sorts of talk about high taxes had
been made aud the promise of a 10
per cent, tax reduction offered by the
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Repub.icans, yet the Democratic vote
jin the county showed strength every
where .
i “This shows that the people want
progressive people at the helm in the
county.” one man stated. “We can’t
have tux reductions and progress and
the people are willing to pay when
j the taxes mean better roads and bet*
j ter schools.”
During election day the Republi
; cans apparently lost hope of electing
! anything vlike their full ticket and
sought to get in their candidate for
j sheriff . It is known that Democrats
| in all parts of the county were asked
! to scratch Caldwell for Cline, the Re
j publicans offering to vote for Elliott
: in exchange, apparently in the k?M>wl
edge that they had no chance to de
feat the register of deeds.
Most of the scratching, however,
was done by Republicans as is shown
in the EUiott-Housel vote." Elliott
| had the largest vote and Housel the
i smallest.
Democratic leaders Pave Peen gen
crops in their prise of the Kannapolis
leaders who polled such a handsome
.Sis yeaxs ago iNSumHiolis vyas
TtfpaWTcan by several hundred but by
hard work the Democrats there have
changed the complexion of things and
the “towel city” is now safely in the
Democratic column.
There was little betting on the elec
tion. most of the bets being placed on
majorities. It is said that several
Democrats bet that the lowest man on
the ticket would poll a majority of at
least 500. There was no even money
bet on the outcome, it is said.
The official vote will be canvassed
tomorrow morning and is not expect
ed to show any great change from the
unofficial count carried iu a table in
this paper today.
IS NO LAW AGAINST
DEAF MUTE WEDDING
Register at Asheville Says Lot Os
Deaf Couples Get Marriage Licenses
There. ‘i
Ai heville, Nov. 1. —Is there any
law against deaf and dumb couple
getting married?
That was the question that was
puzzling George A. Digges. register
of deeds, recently and he stepped
across the hall to find out what .1.
B. Cain, clerk of Superior court,
thought about it. Mr. Cain remarked
that a lot of dumb couples got mar
ried these days. .
Apparently there was no gasoil i:i
this particular case and the license
was granted. Short’y after they left
the building, the couple, who had
previously applied to a magistrate to
be married and been sent to get the
license let it be known that they
j thought they were married. Friends
rook a hand and the nuptials were
performed by Magistrate H. C. Jen
! kins. The bride is Virgie Sam* n f
ICragg. and the bride-groom is tred
j Ward, of Waynesville.
aa ;m un
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and
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for only
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|Bblo anal t ho vote ,
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B' : I WII i ill! t Si* 11 -
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■! i. 1 •* 111 oh 11111 rail
tin* tirkrt and
|Br \-r:tgo about
Long had no op- j
in tlii* o.iuntv ;
■
B**ii i'. J. Ilaywood !
''to* Srato Senate 1
also lacking but 1
Bfcrau well with the
In 21 of the
trwiroil a majority of
Ki? irre.-inp’- is expect
® Ni to his total,
■4 a majority to the
I s on rhf 1 lomooratic ;
I
| i'rp**inets Senator
and Hayes 2.208.
Houghton iiad 2.488
In 11 precincts Og- j
Randleman 2.1 IS. j
missing precincts j
majorities •
Ntn these totals will!
tifficers nut well at'Yße +
it*;.
fpjoriries of i lu* t oun* j
i
iaaes_3.S2l. majority j
** Kestler 8.9N2. ma- j
d.tisl major-1
i
Mrs. Yost j
9fi.
ollse ' h. major- j
kntz, 4,02:;. majority !
Pro ter 4,0(111. onrjot- 1
niajor-
{ 4 fio ' i:iir,ua P Isenhour
Li' 4 ' majority 775. .
Wi K ' 1 s - (rl ' aebor i
• hjl! 4.804, Hart-j!
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It ' '-our.fv 4.0»»6, (
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W,„. lhe Vote ; n the
HjoritJ Uifl result in »
l ' of an y where from
of faot the
count ? »nd
**DoluT . vote not in
ef tu" >hri ' vin £ a major-
candidate
2. jjg,] 1 ' ■ anna Polis ma-
I*. • a ;.majority of 40
i mau ! ° nco, ' f l :iri 'l the
*d a ' ty of.lhfi: Miss
»»MU r ' f 228 out-
before V‘ had a
•dated Kaiu 'ftPolis
ad maWv of * be otll er
of like pro
iab!iCan
Upo! is 80 ‘aid claim
thpi. B ‘ e ' wb ‘te others I
•<2; oul i,. be ab ° ut
fit, had 0^' Pp . ubbcan lead *
majority ?>, ldea tbat tbe
i. T 64 r u here would be
aver age.
* tile R a their big
i hs an< * rown
'**££"** lx*®
led Ward j, Box
Tax Returns Exceed Estimates.
Despite tne recent rate reductions,
federal tax collections for the last
! fiscal year showed an increase o
.$252,000,000 over the year previous.
The total collection amounts to near
ly $3,000,000,000. Tliif= is in excess
of nil e- timates. Though the surp us
is very welcome to the government it
is somewhat embarrassing to the ad
ministration in view of the demand
for another slash in tax rates. lTesi
dent Coolidge and Secretary Mellon
had both warned that an expected
decrease in returns made a further
cut in rates impossible at thistime.
The opposite result has been the
signal for revival of reduction agita
tion byJ>emocrate and others. This
action claims that by next June the
treasury will have a surplus of
$300,000,000 that will warrant tlm
cut.
—
Would Execute Enemies of Mussolini. ]
Rome, Nov. 2.—C4 5 )—“Nothing |
short of death to all enemies of Benito j
Mussolini will satisfy us,” is the offi
i cial edict of the fascist party enunci
i j ated by its secretary-general. Signor
: Turati.
A demand is to be made-of the coun
* ,01! of the fascist party Fr.day for
i putting to death not only future as
sailants of the Premier but of the
- three men, Zaniboni, Gapello and Lu
i eetti, now under arrest in connection
i with past arterap's to assassinate II
t • Duce.
the concord times
$2.00 a Year, Strictly in Advance.
WOULD PROVE IRS.
MPHERSON OWNED
CLOTHES IN TRUNK
Search Made in Los An
geles Shopping Districts
to Find Who Purchased
Articles Located . *
STATE ORMISTON
HAD THE TRUNK
It Is Contended He Carried
Trunk With Him to New
York and That Goods
Belong to Evangelist.
Los Angeles, Nov. 2.— (A 3 )—District
attorneys'* investigators today were
to start a final search iu the city’s
exclusive shopping district for evi
dence with which they seek to. prove
Aiinee Semple McPherson was the wo
man who spent ten days in a Carmel,
Cal., cottage with Kenneth G. Orinis
ton. •
The officials’ tour of the shops will
be an attempt to identify the Angelas
Temple evangelist as the purchaser of
an array of costly articles of wearing
apparel found in a trunk receitly seiz
ed in New York as the property of
Orniiston. This the case considers its
laßt step in weaving a web of evi
dence to explain its version of Mrs.
McPherson's disappearance last spring.
The trunk, filled with expensive
gowns, lingerie and furbelows, is de
clared by District Attorney Asa Keys
to furnish irrefutable proof of his
charges that the Angelus Temple pas
tor remained in hiding with her for
mer radio operator at Carmel during
a part of the time she was mysterious
ly missing. The trunk was found to
contain 67 articles of women’s appar
el. /
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Among the discoveries rt'rtiiOtTfttvU
by Keyes were eight long strands of
auburn hair, and a mother pearl pen
dant which the prosecution says was
purchased by Mrs. McPherson during
her tour of Palestine last spring. The
hair will be turned over to a chemist
for microscopic alalysis, the prosecu
tor said.
SAYS PEOPLE WANT TO
FI NISH DR. NORRIS
Man Testifies He Heard One Say He
“Would Like to Be on Jury and
Break His Damned Neck.”
Fort Worth, Tex., Nov. 2.— (A*) —J.
B. Davis, a member of Dr. J. Frank
Norris' church, who contributed $lO
to the pastor’s defense, testified today
in the change of venue hearing in
which Dr. Norris is seeking to have
lr.s trial transferred to another county,
that he had heard men say they would
like to. get on the jury and “break his
damned neck.”
Mr. Norris is on trial for the slay
ing of Dexter E. Chipp, wealthy lum
berman.
Advertising Cuts Costs.
Advertising rctTueea the cost of
selling because it reduces the time
taken to make the sale. It reduces
the time taken by the retailer to
make the sale to the consumer.
It reduces the time taken by the
wholesaler to make the sale.
It reduces the time taken by the
manufacturer to make the sale to the
wholesaler.
If is oil on the wheels of distribu
tion. It makes them revolve more
smoothly and more rapidly. It re
moves some of the obstacles to sell
ing which always exist in the mind
of every purchaser.
Crepe Myrtle Tree Canvass Being Put
On.
Are you aiding in beautifying Oon
cord ?
Tbe members of the Literature De
partment of the Woman's Club are
making a house-to-house canvass for
the purpose of planting at least one
crepe myrtle bush in every yard.
When' they call on you don’t turn
them down.
The canvassers are urged to report
sales as soon as they complete the
rounds.
U. S. Cosmetics Costly-
Despite the many claims that the
American tapper has discarded her
vanity case and depends upon Old
Sol for her healthy color govern
ment statistics show that she
uses cosmetics. The U S- depart
ment of commerce reports that the
value of perfumery, cosmetics and
toilet preparations P^ C S O 000
11905 was more than. $140,000,0t .
I This was an increase of nearly 19
per cent over the 1923 production.
The report gives last years output
as follows: Creams and
$34,178,000; dentifrices $25,496,000,
talcum and other toilet powders s2l -
423,00; other cosmetics • and toliet
preparations $20,694 ; 000: perf u mery
and toilet waters $20,544,000, hair
tonics $9,480,000; perfumery, cos
metics and toliet not
reported by class $8,057,000, and
hair dyes $1,616,000.
CONCORD. N. C., THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 4/1926
Cotton Mill Wages of Women
Slump While Men’s Increase
iialeigh Times. i |
The highest average daily wage paid
women eotron mill employees in North (
Carolina has decreased in the past two |
years, but the highest, average wage j
for men has risen, according to figures!
furnished The Raleigh Times Satur-!
day.
Figures siiow that in the two-year
period ending June 80. 1924, that the ,
highest average dai y wage paid worn- 1
en cotton rrfill emp’oyees was $3.25. j
But for the two.Tear period ending
June 30, 1020, this average fell to 1
$3.08.
Over the same period the bigh° s t
average daily wage paid men em
ployees jumped from $5.20 to $5.71.
These averages are obtained from
figures from 840 cotton mills out of a,'!
total of -KKt in the state.
They show increases in the lowest!}
average wages paid both men and
women. In Die two-year period end- i
I j JOHNSTON DEMOCRATIC
1 BY THOUSAND MAJORITY
;
Sampson, Republican Stronghold. Re
ported Slumped to 200 Democratic.
Special to Greensboro News.
. j Raleigh, Oct. 2. —North Carolina’s
'disinterested Democracy encouraged
I | non-combatant Republicanism today
| and when counting halted at midnight
it appeared that an 80,000 majority
l j would be safe guessing.
Reports necessarily are subject to
many amendments, but in few’ places
were any visible signs of Republican
life. The fact that Sampson with
normal Republican majority of 4,000 j
slumped to a couple hundred Demo->
era tie is merely symptomatic. The
Republicans simply did not vote.
In Wake county there are 7,000 or
8.000 Republican voters. The county
can poll 15,000 Democratic in a pinch
but Wake cast about 5,000 votes to
day and at midnight less than 500
Republicans had gone to -the polls. In
Raleigh only 132 Republicans wore
i counted. Old Shaw’ university pre-l
j cinct, with normal Republican major-'
j ity, voted today 206 Democrats and
tw’o Republicans. This was the spec
tacular turnover of the day. Mani
festly the nogrotes voted Democratic.
But there were surprises in spots.
McDow’ell with its Ambassador Will
Neal seems at last to have gone back
on him. Stanly county, which early
in the evening had slumped Republi
canward, was hesitant to say at mid
night how it had voted. Johnston,
the furious battleground of the state,
returned to the Democrats with a
thousand surplus. Washington, which'
had a fusion of independents and Re
publicans, stood the storm and elected
Hie whole ticket. Person, which ijj
< anybody's land, was strongly Demo*
Icrstic. Harnett, which threatened to
) deprive Nat Townsend of his chance
| at the speakersliip, rolled up 500.
I Carteret, which goes both w’ays,
I overwhelmed the Republicans. Tran
j sylvania came the w’hole distance to
| night and turned n Democrat to the
j lower house. It very much appears
j that the Republicans have not taken
a county in the east.
And tsie east did not vote much.
Counties good for 2,000 Democratic
! majority voted barely more than half
that in both parties.
Chairman Dawson, who never
claims anything heavily, was more
than satisfied. He never believed a
hundred thousand majority possible
! because he saw’ no popular vote big
enough to get it. When shown Chair
man Jackson’s statement that the Re
publicans had cut the Democratic vote
25,000, Mr. Dawson said that probably
was true, but he feared that less than
30 per cent, of the voting strength
registered itself at the polls today.
Japan has two English daily news
papers edited and published by
Japanese, one in Tokyo and one in
Osaka.
The .flying lemur of the Indian
Archipelago, which is only about 30
inches long, cair leap fully 00 feet
by the use of the membrane con
necting its limbs with each other.
A. E. States, of Lumberton, spent
several hours in Concord Tuesday.
Cyanite Is Worthless, Says the
United States Bureau of Mines
By Jonathan Daniels in Winston-
Salem Journal.
Washington, Oct. 29.—There isn’t
any price for cyanite, officials of the
United States Bureau of Mines de
clared today in commenting on a re
port to the effect that a deposit of
cyanite worth millions of dollars had
been discovered near Burnsville by J.
A. Pollard.
The report to the effect that the
deposit was worth approximately one
billion dollars caused some amuse
ment at the bureau here.
“There is only one true thing
about that news story,” Frank L.
Hess, geologist of the bureau, said in
commenting on a press report about
the deposit* “and that is the state
ment that cyanite is an aluminum
silicate.”
“There is an abundant supply of
cyanite for all present uses,” he said,
“and we have tried to develop some
market for it. It lias been used in the
manufacture of 6park plugs and we
have developed a brick made of cya
nite. There is one firm in Virgin* 3
that has spent $20,000 in developing
a cyanite deposit. That firm will g*y*
away all the cyanite any one will
use in an effort to develop a market
tbe metal.”
The official showed sample
cyanite from various* sections of tbe
country all of hieh he said are
valueless because there is no market.
According to reports here. Mr.
Pollard, ho is President of tbe Yan
I ing June 30, 1024, the lowest average
daily wage paid w’omon employees was
l $1.30 In the period ending June
j 30, 1020. this lowest average wage
[ jumped to SI.BB. Lowest daily wages
j for men over the same period jumped
[ from an average of $2.00 to an aver
: age of $2.12. /
I Gaston county with 1.11G.7G0 spin
d'os in p’ace led the state in cotton
spinning activities during the two
year period. Eighty-eight mills were
in operation in this county.
Figures furnished The Raleigh
Times show a totai of 83.518 persons
employed in 340 cotton mills in the
state. As there are 40G mills in t*ae
state the total number of cot’ton mill
employes Is probably several thousand
iu excess of 100.000.
Os those reported employed 49,702
were men; 80.582 women, and 3.144
ehi'dren.
DERITA HIGH SCHOOL
IS FORMALLY OPENED
I. C. Mimms, Fleeing Jail Breaker,
Reported Arrested in South Caro
lina.
Charlotte, Nov. 2. —Another modern
• school was formally opened tonight in
Mecklenburg county when eounty
school officials and patrons inspected
the SBO,OOO high school at. Derita.
The school building has just been com
pleted and is one of the most modern
school structures in the county Frank
W. Webster is principal.
The Red Cross roll call was launched
by vrorkers here today in an effort
to raise SB,OOO. The campaign will
continue through four days. Dr.
Claude .Squires is chairman of the
roll call.
M iss Virginia M. Gibbs ; of Knox
ville, Tenn., has arrived in the city
and today began her duties ns super
visor of nurses of the city health de
partment.
I. C. Mimms, telegraph operator,
one of the four men who escaped from
the county jail here last Friday night,
leaving a note advising the jailer, J.
L. Crenshaw, that he was a “good
farmer,” has been captured in St.
Matthews, S. C., according to a tele
gram in the hands of Sheriff W. O.
Cochran today. Nothing has been
heard by local officers from J. C. Cun,
ningham, Kid Wallace and F. A.
Howard, who escaped with Mimms.
Funeral services for James Corne
lius Leake, G 3, well known Charlotte
man, who died yesterday afternoon at
ibis home on Seigle Avenue, were held
at 4 o’clock this afternoon ‘at the
home. The services were conducted
by Rev. R. H. Daugherty, pastor of
Hawthorne Lane Methodist
and Rev. John L. Jackson, pastor of
St. Martin’s Episcopal Church. Mr.
1 Leake is survived by his wife and
three daughters.
Clinic Off to Excellent Start.
The clinic among underw eight school
children in Concord and Kannapolis
got off to a good start Monday and
Tuesday.
Dr. S. E. Lee, who is conducting
the clinic, will complete his prelim
inary tests in the Concord schools to
day, it is believed, and will then go i
to Kannapolis. Later he will return |
here to see if there is any reaction J
from the first tests. • Where there is j
reaction the children will be given a :
thorough examination.
Parents are cb-operating splendidly
with the work. Dr. S. E. Buchanan,
county physician, states, and he pre
dicted that the clinic would prove of
great benefit.
At the Yorke & Wadsworth Go's.
In a page ad. today the Yorke &
Wadsworth fa have several things of
interest to tell you. They have all
kinds of stoves and heaters, Goodyear
tires. Atwater Kent Radios, roofing,
guns and shells, and a big assortment
of hardware of every kind. They will
give you one-half cent per pound over
the local market for your cotton to
be applied on account or in trade.
They are also offering some specials
on Goodyear tires and tubes. They
will sell you an Atwater Kent radio
’rnstalled for only $125.00.
cey County Chamber of Commerce,
stated that Jasper A. Stuckey, State
Geologist, had examined the deposit
and stated that the deposit “repre
sents potentiol wealth of millions.”
It was also stated that Wade Phil
lips, Director of the Bureau of Con
servation and Development, was ex
pected to make a report on the de
posit ns soon as he returns from
Lexington.
A news dispatch from North Caro
lina concerning the deposit, which
was shown officials of the Bureau of
Mines, stated: “Pollard said three
mountains standing in plain view of
Burnsville contain more than 10,-
000,000 tons of cyanite, a rare metal
of the alumnium silicates that be
cause of its tremendous resistance
to heat is used in making crucibles
for the manufacture of steel and in
the ceramic industry.
“Heretofore the rareness of the
metal and the difficulty of its ex
traction has made the price high. Ac
cording to Pollard, a ton of pure
cyanite is now quoted about SIOO.
“Pollard said he had interested
Asheville capitalists in the deposit
with the assistance of Edith Truitt,
newspaper woman and part owner,
and that the purchase was completed
yesterday.
“Pollard’s announcement threw
the neighborhood into much excite
ment. Peop’e in every sort of vehicle
are pouring into Burnsville and
scrambling over the hillsides in the
hope of staking out claims.”
m. JANE GIBSON
UNDER GUARD; ONE
WITNESS IS GONE
The Prosecution Is Taking
No Chances With Star
Witness in the Hall-Mills
Murder Case.
ministerTeaves
HIS HOME TOWN
Rev. Paul Hamborsky,
Who Is Said to Have
Heard Threat Against
Minister, Is in Florida.
Somerville, N. J.. Nov.. 2.— UP) —
Tbe state's chief witness for t'iie trial
of the Hall-Mills murder ease, which
opens tomorrow, was under heavy
guard today. Another witness had
disappeared,
Mrs. Jane* Gibson at first was re
ported yesterday to have disappeared
but Inspector John Underwood, chief
assistanct to Special Prosecutor Alex
ander Simpson in investigating the
case, explained that she was removed
from her home and placed under
guard.
Mrs. Gibson, known as the “pig
woman,” has said that on the night
of the murder four years ago she was
riding her hules in search of corn
fields, and witnessed the crime. She
declares that she recognized as the
slayers Mrs. Frances Stevens Hall,
the clergyman's widow; Ilenry and
Willie Stevens, brothers of Mrs. Hall,
who go on trial with her tomorrow’ for
i the murder of Mrs. Mills, and Henry
1 de la Bruyere Carpender, a cousin of
Mrs Hall. The witness who van
ished is the Rev. Paul Hamborsky,
who is said to be in Florida. He in
formed the prosecutor that the Rev.
Mr. Hall told him a few days before
the murder: “Henry Stevens has
threatened my life.”
Dr. Otto It. Scliultze, of the New
York district attorney’s office, who
performed autopsies on the bodies re
cently, has found that is no founda
tion for rumors that Mrs. Mills’
tongue was cut out.
NEGRO ARRESTED BUT
DOESN’T KNOW MUCH
Boy Found in Carload of Automobiles
. When They Were Unloaded.—Ap
pears Feeble Minded.
A negro youth, about 18 or 19 years
old/ was a nested Tuesday when
found in a freight car at the Southern
freight depot. He appears to be
feeble minded and couldn’t tell the of
ficers much about himself.
The negro said his name is .Tim
Saws, or Sawyer or Sawee. . No one
who heard him being questioned by of
ficers tell just what name he did
give. He does not know how’ to spell
his name and is uncertain about his
age.
When a /reight car filled'with autos
was opened this morning the negro
was found in the car. He told of
ficers he boarded the car “somewhere
down in Virginia” but did not know
the town. He had been without food
for several days as the car w f as sealed
shut and he had no way to get out.
He was thinly clad and seemed glad
to feel the warmth from the stove in
police headquarters.
In his conversation with officers the
negro talked about being in a peni
tentiary. However, he did not know
what prison it was and could not tell
anything about the work he did there.
He said he didn’t know anything about
chain gangs.
Apparently convinced that the negro
is feeble minded, officers lodged iiim
in the county jail until further in
vestigation of his case can be made.
CABARRUS COWS BEING
EXAMINED BY EXPERTS
Dr. N. B. Tyler and Dr. B. L Dawson
Spending Month in Cabarrus Coun-
Two cattle experts are in Cabarrus
county now examining dairy cattle.
One is Dr. N. B. Tyler, of the State
agricultural department, and the other
is Dr. B. L. Dawson, of the federal
department of agriculture.
Several years ago all dairy cattle
in the county was tested for tubercu
in the county were tested for tubercu
'osis and those cows found to be in
fected were slaughtered. While here
Che two experts will examine all herds
which were examined before to deter
mine what percentage of the cows have
developed the disease since the first
tests were made.
While in the county the experts al
so plan to examine other herds, espe
cially those herds residing in the same
locality with herds examined during
the first tests.
It is estimated that at least 30
days will be needed for this work, as
herds in all parts of the county are
to be tested.
Former Asheville Woman is Dead.
Asheville Citizen.
Mrs. Charles H. Shull died at
Shelby. N. C., Thursday. Mrs. Shull
was before her marriage Miss Em
ma Havenger, daughter of J. M
Havenger of this city, and has re
sided in Shelby since her marriage
She is survived by her hueband
and two children of Shelby; her
father, J. M. Havenger, and two
sisters, Mrs. R. M. Miller and Miss
Bertie Havenger of Asheville; and
at other sister, Mris. T. J. Noblitt of
Abington, Va-
If Nordau is right genius is a great
affliction and if Darwin is right well,
no wonder we all like nuts.
. J. B. SHERRILL, Editor and Publisher
Republicans Seats Are 1
Won By Democrats and
Others Are Doubtful
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FIRE AT GIBSON DREG
STORE BURNED LITTLE
Blai* Started in Pile of Trash But
Was Extinguished Before Reaching
Main Store.
Fire of undetermined origin, dis
covered about G o'clock a. m. yesterday,
caused slight damage to the ware
house of the Gibson Drug Store. It
is said the loss is entirely covered
by insurance.
Many boxes of goods were opened
in the store Tuesday afternoon, i.t was
said and the boxes and packing were
placed near the warehouse door. A
cigarette or cigar butt smoldered in
the trash all night, or a rat carried
a match to the trash are the explana
tions offered for the origin of the fire.
"When the tiremen reached the ware
house, which is connected with the
main part of the store, they found the
room filled with smoke and a blaze
eating into the ceiling. Without
causing much water damage to the
room the blaze was extinguished.
The. Cv-iling and one wall were
burned and the entix-e room somewhat
damaged by smoke. Several boxes
of bottles were burned, and the bottles
broken and two large bottles of amonia
were smashed. This was about the
extent of the actual loss, and it is
understood that the loss is covered by
insurance.
STANLY IS DEMOCRATIC,
SAYS ALBEMARLE REPORT
AH Democrat ic Candidates Elected by
Majorities Ranging From 300 to
400.
Stanly is still Democratic.
Reports sent out from Albemarle
early Tuesday indicated that the Re
publican candidates had been elected
by about 200, but reports this morn
ing show that the entire Democratic
ticket was elected.
In a telephone conversation with an
Albemarle man this morning a repre
sentative of The Tribune learned that
the Democratic majorities in the coun
ty will range from 300 to 400.
Mr. Little, the Democratic candi
date for clerk of court, polled the
largest yote, it was stated, his ma*
jority being 377.
Up to noon Tuesday, the Albemarle
man said, the Republicans were lead
ing but during the afternoon the Dqku
oerats began voting with she result
that what appeared at first to be a
Republican victory ptovod. U> .Lm a
Democratic success.
Iredell, Rowan and Mecklenburg
counties polled the usual heavy Dem
ocratic vote.
Y. M. C. A. NOTES
Hi Y and Hi G Clubs to Be Enter
tained—-Basketball Practice Starts.
Members of the Senior Rl G and
Senior Hi Y clubs have been invited
to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Tom
White, near Rocky River, for a ’pos
sum hunt and supper Friday night.
The same night Secretary Blanks
will take. members of the Sunday
Gang on a ’possum hunt. The boys
will go about nine miles in the coun
try and after catching their ’possums
will cook them on a camplfire. ,
A large number of employed and
married women were present for their ■
gym class at the Y Thursday night j
The class meets each Tuesday and j
Thursday night.
Mrs. H. S. Williams addressed the
Junior Hi G girls Tuesday night and
■at the same time W. G. Cfaswell was
speaking to the Senior-Hi Y boys.
All persons who expect to try for
places on the Y' basketball team are
asked to meet Secretary Denny at the
Y Friday night at 7 :30.
NEGRO STILL IN JAIL;
DETECTIVE ON CASE
Officers Doubt Whether Negro Can Be
Able to Direct Officers So as to Find
Relatives.
The negro Jim, arrested here Tues
day morning when found in a freight
car at the Southern freight depot, is
still in the county jail. Convinced
that the negro is feeble minded officers
are uncertain now’ as to his fate.
Railroad detectives have been called
on the case, it-is said, and they will
make an effort to locate relatives of
the negro, who says he is about 1 < or
18 years old. In conversations so
far Jim has not been able to give any
definite information about himself and
for this reason officers may not be
able to locate his home folks. The
negro talks about coming from “down
in Virginia” but he does not know the
name of the town he started from.
If it is established that the negro
is feeßJe may be sent home
if his home caw be learned. Other
wise an effort may be made to enter
him in some institution where he can
be I*B red for.
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Legionnaires Urged to Attend Meet
ing.
. Every member of the Fred Y. Mc-
Cone’.l post of the American Legion is
urged to attend the meeting to be held
Friday night at the club rooms on
-BaCbrick street.
New officers chosen at the last meet
ing are to be installed at the meet
ing and they are anxious to have every
man present so plans for the coming
year can be discussed.
The meeting is scheduled to begin
at 7:45.
C. L. Bunn, B. B. Howard T. S.
Carson and D. T. Hunter are spend
ing the day in Greenville. 8. C.< at
tending the ftouthern Textile Exposi
tion.
In New York, Massachu
sets and Oklahoma 3 Re
publican Senators Were
Defeated on Tuesday.
FOUR CONTESTS TO
BE DECIDED VET
If Democrats Split Eveit in
Them Control of Next
Senate Will Pass From
the Republicans.
New - Nov. 3. —
again working control of Congress
may pass into the hands of the
publican insurgents from the western
states.
Slowly mounting returns from yes
terday’s general election foreshadow
the return of the insurgent group to
power in the Senate, and indicate a
l'eduetion of the republican majority
•n she House of Representatives.
The Senate insm-gents had their
rangs augmented by Smith W. Brook
hart of lowa, and John W. lilaine, of
Wisconsin, while the democrats un
horsed three republican stalwarts—
Wadsworth in New York. Butler in
Massachusetts, and Han-eld in Okla
• honxa—thus reduciug the republican
majority to six.
In addition, the Democrats threaten
to capture republican seats from Ken
tucky. Maryland, Missouri and Arizo
na, |aml believe they still have a chance
of victory in Indiana and Oi-egon.
j With more than 3-4 of the seats in
the House accounted for. the Deqw
crats have made a net gain of sig, or
thirty less than the number necessary
to give them control. 1 Should they
pick up even half of the missing seats
which they hope to take from the re
publicans. the insurgents would be
placed in a commanding position.
Several of the Senate contests fur
nished surprises in the pluralities by
which some of the republican senators
went down to defeat.
William M. Butler, chairman of the
republican national committee who
has Served two years by appointment
as the successor of the late Henry Ca
bot Lodge, was snowed under in Mas
sachusetts by former Senator David
I. Walsh, by a plurality exceeding 40,*
000.
President CooTldgc In an effort to
bring about the election of his friend
and political counsellor, had thrown
his influence behind the Butler candi
dacy. The President even journeyed
from Washington to Northampton
personally cast his vote.
After nearly twelve years of ser
vice in the Senate, James W. Wads
worth, Jr., was caught in a democrat
ic tidal wave in New York which
again swept Alfred E. Smith into the
governorship, and sends Robert F-
Wagner, former jurist, to the new sen
ate.
Prohibition figured largely’in this
contest, with the anti-saloon league
placing in the field against Wads
worth, Francis W. Christman, an in
dependent republican, who polled
more than 200.000 votes, although
Wadsworth was a wet the democrats
charged him with a turning a flip-flop
on the wet and dry question.
In the Southwest the Democrats of
Oklahoma recaptured a senate .seat
lost in the Harding landslide of 1020,
and as a result Elmer Thomas, now a
member of~the House, will succeed to
the place now occupied by Jobn'W.
Harreld. , ■ --
William S. Vare, of Pennsylvania,
and Frank L. Smith, in Illinois,' were
returned winners by the republicans
of their states, although Democratic
senators have served notice that their
right to seats will be challenge# be
cause of revelations of huge expendi
tures in the primary campaigns.
Yare defeated Wm. B. Wilson, sec
x-etary of labor in the Wilson adminis
tration. but ran far behind his ticket ;
while Smith won out over George E.
Brennan, democratic national commit
tee from Illinois, although his plural
ity was considerably below that us
ually received by republican candidates
in his state. “
Several Democratic senators have
announced that when Vare and Smith
present their credentials in December,
1027. their rights to seats would bo
brought into question. A two-thirds
vote of the Senate would be neeessflry
to expel them.
Close races are Tarnished fn the
.Senatorial races in Indiana, where
James E. Watson and A~thur 11.
Robinson are seeking re-election, and
where there were charges of Ku Klux
Klan domination of republican pol ! -
tics. Watson and Robinson were
leading in the latest returns early to
day, but the senior senator, a real war
horse of the G. O. P.. is locked in one
of the closest races of hi» long poll'.l
-cal career.
Still another Democratic congress
man. Carl Hayden, had a lead for a
senate seat in a contest with Senator
Ralph E. Cameron in Arizona, where
a last minute investigation of cam
pa;gn expenditures was conducted by
a Senate campaign funds committee.
The republicans emerged victorious
in one of the major senatorial con
tests, that in Ohio, where Atlee Pom
erene was unsuccessful in his effort
to return to the senate seat now* held
by Frank B. Willis..
Besides scoring this victory, the re
publicahs ho difficulty 5n 0 electing
Chas. Curtis of Kansas to senate floor
leader; Geo. H. Moses, of New Hamp
shire. president pro-tempore. and Reed
Smoot of Utah, cliairman of the power
ful finance committee.
NO.-36