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Cur'(PERSON, gateway to CENTRAL CAROLINA. NINETEENTH year NATION WAITS Early Returns At Midday Indicate Probable Landslide To Roosevelt ffIRED VOTES ffl KANSAS SHOW ROOSEVELT LEADS Wsri Springs, Southern Home Os Roosevelt, Gives Him 98 of First 100 Votes Cast TWO women” I voters ' DIE AFTER VOTING ifven Precincts In Fort Worth Give Roosevelt 325, Hoover 55; Woman In' Hiiiadelphia and One In Richmond Die of Heart Attack at Polls i Nov. 8.-(AP»- j x . • < >mplete precinct returns • ■ . in Kansas early this I f r president: Roose- | H >.ei 447. H.ir •> >,»rlng* for Roosevelt. Ga . Nov 8.-IAP) — .ilk,- Georgia home of Gov- - k m D Roosevelt, gave the presidential nominee 98 !.• • I'»‘ votes cast here to j • t Hoover received one 1 Thomas. Socialist noni- i ii'<i x» Citizen Vote* First. 4 »AP>- Selma s first | " ■ mining was the town's | J W O'Neal, aged 84. Democratic ticket from ■ ■ constable.” O'Neal said • ng his ticket. M of the 1875 registered ‘ town had balloted. for Roosevelt. ’A .r’h Texas. Nov. B. CAP) '■ •• nets in this county at 11 j :r. reported 325 votes for - - <nd 55 for Hoover. 1 iVoWman Falls Dead. ’ Lilia. Nov. 8. —(API— A few • -if - ’ r she had voted. Mrs. • H • ■ 53. of this city, fell dead • • euse in the doorway of her I'x’lholder'a Wife Dies. nd Va. Nov. B.—<AP> A » r dropped dead as she cast here today. Her husband . ;g>‘ at the polls in which ' ■ otmg. She was Mrs. Emma k K ■•!',. 16. Cotton Carry Ox er I 1933 Smallest For Past 4 Years ■ <»-« Nov. B. (AP> - For the ' re in four years the cotton •’r on July 31. 1933. promises o , p ( than on the same date *>po :e. Carl Williams, of the • F trm Board, said here today, t”- mad* ‘he prediction in outlin - '■ tench he plans to make at • >n meeting oi the Southern i Outlook Conference, ha 4 been reduced in this ’<• a ‘normal production *■ li.t. and granted even a -• nn to normal business con the world, increased de "• > eventually eat up the exist- ■ ni- emphasized. however, that ■ not recommend any increase •ge if,, said acreage in ' ■■ ’his year, reduced approxl -1“ ft; cent from last year. •• ti. th? raatket could stand, ft several years. East And West Present Curious Panorama From Standpoint Os Politics " CHXRLES P. STEWART i( .. ' on Nov. 8.- The east pre ’ ' ■ i <’ur:ou« contrast td the west, considered, as the national '~ n cached its climax. *«•> the more vehement; S’‘Ctacular. •. vocal, was the more “ ’•'» 1«. - ‘■vervthing eke. east and ' -ht N. expected, is the do prohibition is disetMe i of economics, Hrniirrsmt „ jfjjhXßD WIRR MRVIQB OF THR ASAOCIATBD PRJHM. HOW BOTH ELECTION NIGHT ■fA X MFA Governor Roosevelt Among the millions of radio listen ers tonight there will be the presiden. tial candidates themselves, awaiting Foil Attempts To Wreck Hoover’s Train In West Electrocution Is Put Off For Week As Warden Is 11l Reietgh, Nov. B.—(AP)—Jake (Sunshine) Jones, Wake county Negro under sentence of electrtmc- Uon today received a respite which set his execution date for Novem ber 2S .the reprieve being given due to the illness of Warden H. H. Honecutt of State's Prison. Jones was convicted of the mur der of J. H. Poole, a flHing station operator, and recently lost an ap peal to the Supreme Court. Denial of the appeal automati cally set his death date for No vember 11, but as Warden Honey cutt, who officiates at all electro cutions, is ill in Rex hospital, the Negro was granted a reprieve of *one week by Governor O. Max Gardner. pairoWer, ■ RECKLESS DRIVER New Orders to Highway Po. lice Are Sent Out By Captain Farmer nslty 01-sstek itwress. I B (be S«r Walter Hotel. BV J. C. BaSK EKVILL.; Raleigh, Nov. B—New orders are being issued to the State Highway Pa trol to bear down harder than ever on reckless drivers and upon all drivers who disregard the more important highway driving laws. Captain Char les D. armer, commander of the pa trol. said today. These orders are be ing sent out as the result of the re solutions adopted at the last meeting of the State Highway Commission, in- (Omttnued on page Turee.) a view to modifications possibilities as a m—ns of revenue raising at no additional cost to the taxpayers, thro ugh the transfer of bootlegging pro fits to the federal treasury. The east’s political vehemence, the deadlines. of the west’s equality are readily understandable. The eot'i sufferings from the de nreasion are particularly acute. The west sense, that, in the long run. it win be the greater and more \ <m s’ TO9 i jMI ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER HENDERSON, Watchman Guarding South ern Pacific Tracks Stab bed and Shot Near Sparks, Nevada DYNAMITE STICKS FOUND NEAR TRACK Plan Frustrated at Point In Treacherous Canyon Coun. try; Watchman, Bleeding Profusely, Flags Pilot Train Running Ahead of The Special Sparks, Nevada Nov. 8. —(AP)— A watchman guarding the railroad right of way ahead of President Hoover's special train bearing him to his home in Palo Alto, Cal., to vote, was at tacked and injured last night and 22 sticks of dynamite were found near I the roadbed, A. A. Lowe, Southern ,Pacific ijivfsion Inspector, revealed when the train arrived hyre today. An unconfirmed report given out by Sheriff S. J. Harris, of Elko, Nevada that another guard had been shot and killed and one of the attackers cap tured was denied by Lowe. The attack occurred, Lowe said, two miles west of Palisades, Nev., at an underpass where the Southern Pacific tracks are crossed by the Western Pacific. The injured watchman. Paul E. Fish, reported to him. Lowe said, that he heard a noise on the tresle above him. and that he ‘‘went up to investigate.” Fish said he was attacked by a Ne gro and a white man and stabbed and shot in the hand. The inspector said four shots were fired by the watchman in frightening away his attackers. After driving the attackers into the blackness of the sage covered hills along the right of way, which at that point twists tortuously through the rumbled river canyon, crossing and re-crossing the river. Fish said he searched the tracks and found two sticks of dynamite tied together but without percussion caps or fuse, rail road officials said. Bleeding profusly, but not seriously wounded. Fish flagged down the pilot train that ran as a safeguard ahead of the President’s special. Railroad police and secret service men search ed the road and vicinity. Twenty additional sticks of dy namite in a sack were found along the Western Pacific right of way above and 400 feet from the rails up on which the special train wts run ning. HEATHER FOB NORTH CAROLINA. Occasional rain tonight and colder Wednesday •ad In extreme southwest portion hkte tonight. __ PUBLISHED IN THIS SECTION OF NORTH CAROLINA AND VIRGINIA. N. C., TUESDAY. AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 8, 193: OUTCOME OF DAY’S BALLOTING President Hoover returns by air with more interest than any one else in the country. "■noekson, n. a TDathi TBtspafrh HOOVER HULL VOIE AT PALO ALTO HOME President Reaches Califor nia In Mids Afternoon To Await Outcome MAKES FINAL APPEAL Broadcast To Nation From LHUe Sta tion of Elko, Nevada; Big Recep tion Planned For Execu. tive at His Home Sacramento, Cal., Nov. 8 A(PI- Coming into the capital of Cali fornia, president Hoover told a tlirong that greeted him at the station today that he had been the subject of “unceaaVtg misrepresen tnt by the press of William Raniodph I'c'.rst.’ Remarking at the outset that the election is On today, and “most of you have already made your conclusion” the chief executive asserted the people of California had no tbcen given a full account of the crisis through which th e nation has passed. The stati 0 ncrowd, standing in bright early morning sunlight .applauded the President when he said th« “nation is again on the road to prosperity.” He said there had been a “disagree ment’ between him self and the Ame rican Federation of Labor, in that while he estimated 360,000 men had re turned to work in September, the Fed. eartion placed this fgiure at 560.000. He smiled as he made the remark. On Board Presidential Special. En Route to Palo Alto, Cal., Nov. 8. — (Continued on Page Seven) Two Men Trapped Under Coal Slide At Scranton, Pa. Scranton, Penn.. Nov. B.—(AP) — Trapped under a slide of coal and rock digging fuel on upper plane. St. AVoca, two men were trapped today and rescue gangs immediately started to dig for them. Rescuers endeavoring to reach the men said that were still alive this afternoon, apd. tjiat they were praying to be rescued alfvb. The prayers of the trapped men could be plainly heard by the crowd on the scene. Physicians and an am (bulance was on hand, with police keep ing the large crowds in check. While .rescuers dug cautiously because of ‘fear of other slides, the Rev. Edmund .Langan, pastor of Bt. Mary’s Catholic church, Avoca, crawled down through a small shaft to administer the last rites of the church. ELECTION RETURNS The public is invttod to be guests of the Dully Dispatch tonight ta iu cching the election return*. A ©o<**ectlon with the Associated Pre«a has been arranged and the wire will open at 1 odoek. The bulletin* wfll be innonnced through a loud speataxr loaned and set up by George E. Storm son. which will carry the voice of the announcer to much greater didenre. Th* returns will cover the qounty. State and natknsl returns. WINBORNE IS SURE OF GREAT VICTORY BY THE DEMOCRATS It‘» AU Over But the Count ing, and Results Tonight Expected To Be Gratifying HEAVY VOTE CAST, REPORTS INDICATE State Chairman Looks For Majority of 125,000 to 160- 000 Over Republican State and National Tickets; Get ting Out Vote Big Task Daily Dlspstch Boreas, In the Sir Walter Hotel., 11l J. C. IIASKEHVILI.. Raleigh, Nov. 8. It is all over but the counting, and when the ballots are tabulated tonight both in North Caro lina end the nation at large, the re sult will be a tremendous Democratic victory, according to all the Demo cratic leaders here, while most of the Republican laymen agree. Only a few Republican office holders pretend to have any hope that President Hoover wui be re-elected, while fewer still have any hope for the election of any of the Republican candidates here in North Carolina. ‘The reports we have been receiv ing at Democratic headquarters so far today from various sections of the (Continued on Page Foor) Tar Heels Are Voting In Drizzle Mist and Cloudy Skies Fail To Pre vent Unusually Heavy Vote W (By the Associated Press.) North Carolinians marched under clouded skies and in slight drizzling rains to the ballot boxes today to rec ord their vote for candidates for pub lic offices. Reports from over the State indi cated a large, if not a record-breaking vote, despite the lack of fair weather. Nutbush precinct in Vance county, with all registered voters accounted for, made the first returns to be re ceived in this State. The vote in Greensboro was run ning particularly heavy. Many of the voting places there reported an aver age of better than a ballot every min ute up to noon. Drizzling rains were falling. No disturbances were report ed. Wilmington reported indications of a record vote there, despite cloudy skies that bore a threat of rain.' Voting in Raleigh appeared to be varied. One precinct with a registra tion of 900 voted 250 persons before 9:30 a. n>. while another with 1.500 registrations voted 100 the first hour. Long lines of citizens swarmed at voting places in Rocky Mount and by 10:30 a. m. approximately 1.500 per sons had cast their ballots. Managers expected an unusually heavy vote. Governor O. Max Gardner said he was told over long distance telephone by Congressman Lindsay Warren at Washington that reports indicated “an enormously large vote in the first congressional district." The voting in Charlotte and Meck lenburg county was so heavy that by r.oon eighteen additional ballot boxes had been sent to precincts reported that the original boxes had been filled to overflowing. Other precincts re ported to officials they had im provised boxes to take care of the overflow. PTJBUBSRD RVRRY AFTRRMOOR ■XCBPT •UNDAT. MILLIONS SWARM TO POLLS THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES Here*s Our Belief 1 i vl /-O Franklin I». N Bppsexelt ROOSEVELT VOTES WITH WIFE, MOTHER Then Democratic Candidate Motors To New York To Hear Returns LONG CAMPAIGN ENDS For Him End of Day Means Presi dency or Privacy; Humblre Him. seif in Offer of Service If People Call Him Hyde Park, N. Y, Nov. B.—(AP) For Franklin D. Roosevelt, the end of today meant the presidency or privacy. The long campaign ended last night with the New York governor’s appear ance at a rally of his neighbors in Poughkeepsie, countyseat of his home county. Duchess. The Democratic candidate plans to vote in the little town hall of Hyde Park, afterwards motoring to New York City to receive returns at the (national 'headquarters in the Blltf more hotel. With Mrs. Roosevelt and Mrs. James Roosevelt, the governor's 78-year-old mother, and Elliott, his second son, Mr. Roosevelt intended voting about 2 p. m. “To be the means through which the ideas and hopes of the American (Continued on Page Seven) Steamship In Tow Os Cutter After Disabled At Sea Washington, Nov. B.—(AP) —Coast Guard headquarters was advised to day that the cutter Pontchartrain had taken in tow the. Tachlra, 400 miles east of Srarahnah and was towing it toward Hampton Roads. Va. The message said 1 the cutter reached the distressed vessel at 7:17. The Navy Department was advised that the destroyer Overton had joined the mine sweeper Swan in searching for the steamship Bhemius. reported in; distress off the east coast of Ni eairafa. Navy assistance was reqested by the BootK American Shipping- Corpora tion, owner of the missing vessel. It was said the ship’s wireless was gone and help was needed. The Navy was advised yesterday by its Canal Zone headquarters that the Swan had been sent out Previously the steamship Ariguani had attempted to render assistance, but was unable to locate the vessel adn lost radio contact . 8 PAGES TODAY FIVE CENTS COES Results May Be Fairly Defi nitely Known by Mid night as Flood of Re turns Come In I CONGRESS~CONTROL IS ALSO AT STAKE i 47,000,000 Voters Register ed and Qualified To Cast Ballot; Eastern Half of Country Threatened By Rain, With Fair Weather In Most of West (By'the Associated Press.) Sunrise Unlay saw the vital Is sues of the presidential campaign of 1932 submitted to tne sovereign will of the nation’s registered vot ers—47,(XW.OOO strong—and among them the two men most deeply concerned personally were cast ing their own votes, the one at Palo Alto, CaL and the other at Hyde Park, N. Y. Midnight tonight in the eastern I time zone may disclose whether Her , bert Clark Hoover. Republican, or ; Finnklin Dulano Roosevelt, Demur ’ crat, is to be president of the United ' States after March 4. Only an abnormally close decision could materially delay unofficial an nouncement of the outcome. As voters swarmed to the polling places, thtre rests with them also Qt cisions as to which of the major par ties is to dominate the new. or 73id Congress; on the control of 34 states where governors were being elected, and on the next national step to bo i takn in ths twelve-year problem of I prohibition. In addition, to the voters of New ! Jersey and Colorado has been entrust ed by circumstance final judgment as [ to which party shall control the Unit ed States Senate in the session t iac convenes next month. The countrywide registration for this election has exceeded by four and a half million* the J 928 figure, it self a new high. Whether that increase in < i g alea forecast an abnormally high * ote can be tpld only after the full joj ular re sults in every state are a.vaila de. which will not be for Severn’ days at least. If the nation is following precedent 15 percent of the qualified voters are not exercising that privilege today, and the aggregate of the uailots cast will be around 40,000,000. Weather conditions over the country may affect the rural vote. East of ‘ha Mississippi river, a rairx may keep some farmers at home, while west of the river fair weather vzas expected to prevail throughout tt»e day. New Mexico Votes With Martial Law - Insurrection an 3 Dis orders at Election Feared by the Gov . ernory Santa r's, N. M., Nov. B.—(AP) Governor Arthur Seigleman today placed f rf u n Miguel, Valencia, Guada lupe anP. Sandovalie counties under mat iial law while detachments from the N,few exico Notional Guard pa trolled polling places in those coun ties. T»9 period of martial law in each cov.r.ty started at 8 o'clock this morn ing; and will remain in effect until after the polls close. 'in the order the governor said “’there is a condition existing in those now which is affecting the welfare of the State. There is now im minent danger of insurrection, tumult, riot, breach of peace and se rious harm to citizens.* It was unofficially reported the call ing out of the Guardsmen was a pre cautionary measure to prevent pos sible disorders. No, disturbances sere reported. i
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