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LEAKSVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1923 TWO CENTS PER COPY VOLUME XL. NO. Il« Oklahoma Seething As Thousands Of Volunteers Side With County Officials In Arranging For Election (By Associated Press) Oklahoma City, October 2.—An el ection unequalled in the records of AmdftCS brought to a climax a bitter factional struggle which began when Governor Walton opened his was fare on the Ku Klux Klan. Rumbling of Intimidation and violence were heard as tMUsands of special depu tiee- took their stations at precinci booths throughout the state. Indica tions were that in 72 counties at least the governors strategic jockey ing in the 11th hour efforts to block the election’ would have no effect. But ftW counties have signified that they would obey the governors com mand "to^e vent an election by force of arms ifUScessary on the grounds that Hf'wfll be illegal. The election is to decide whether the voters will Vest ft the legislature authority to convew* ■■ - its own call and investi gate offISIhl acta of the executive. Impeachable offenses have been charged agkinst Governor Walton. Reports indicated the polls were opened throughout the state with the exception of four full counties and part of a fifth and that an unusual ly heavy vote was being cast. Oklahoma City, October 2.—Pre paration for the opening tomorrow of polls in Oklahoma moved apace last night as the hour for the election unprecedented in the' history of the nation drew close. Cetei action sustained by armed dtisens who volunteered for service 1 pnnhr.JWtherRiea in several _ Bit, . . __instances carried forward the preparations for registering the will oi the people as to whether the legislature Shall be empowered to meet -tb consider the official acts of Governor J. C. Walton without his sanction. The governor tonight re set the date for the election as Dec ember 6 after declaring the nation al guard would be used tomorrow. Barred by the governor through proclamation and hampered by his eleventh Sour maneuvering of state and counFjT election boards the elec tion tonight nevertheless appeared to be a virtual certainty throughout the ■tata. Efeven Governor Walton's action trrdjglft IT calling a new election for December 6 next failed to halt pre parations for the balloting tomorrow. Declaring that he did not want to be governor if the people want to amend their legislation to enable tne Ku Klux Klan members of the legis lature to impeach him, thereby re moving allTegal restraint on lawless ness of the klan. the executive re iterated lfli charge that the election will be illegal but said he is willing to submit the question in a fair and legal election. Only the initiative bill empovfeHng members of the lower bouse to convene at their own call Would be voted upon the December elect! cm. Obtain Popular Support Taking up the challenge Af the aeeeoeecceeelempowlsereciZ governor that he would use 22,000 special police tomorrow to prevent the election, opponents of the execu tive with the authority of an official opinion from Attorney General Geo. F. Short bolding the governor with out power to postpone the election obtained from the state at large to day What they termed an expression of sentiment on the part of citizens and officials that constituted strong denial of the executives course. From one county to another came ' the report that the authorities or dered by the governor to prevent the election had announced they would ignore his instructions. Sheriffs augmented their forces by deputising hundreds of citizens and tMgSt ballot boxes were being guarded by men who had taken up dHwrhy The authority upon which the gtfTSrnor had announced he would rely to block the election. At only one place toda&jraa them > - ■ ZR-1 DEFEATS ADVERSE GALES AND IS WINGING WAY ACROSS COUNTRY (By Associated Press) - Washington, October 2.—The first cross country run of a first line naval ship was in progress tonight. Having defeated the adverse gales which attempted throughout the day to hold her to the Atlantic seaboard the ZR-1 American designed des cendent of the original Zeppelin was winging her way westward with St. Louis as her destination. Radio dispatches from the big airship to the bureau of naval aero nautics which was in constant touch throughout the flight tonight told "of the,improved weather conditions encountered from the time the ship | reached the vicinity of Pittsburgh. | The constant head winds shifted there and for the first time sinen ! clearing Lakehurst the “ground’' speed of the airship exceeded her “air speed." The effect of the contrary winds was graphically illustrated by the peroadical reports from the dirigible. At Mount Holly, New Jersey, this morning her air speed v. as 41 knots but her progress over the ground only 17 knots. At Belfonte, Pa., tra versed at 2:40 p. m. the six engines of the ZR-1 were turning up 41 knots but he rspeed was only 37 , knots. Over Clearfield, Pa., however, j the first favorable wind showed her progress tp 43 land knots. .The tour of the ZR-1 was designed to test the ability of her type to meet the 'variedatmoephoreic coe ditions known to exist between the seaboard and the great mountain ranges. Aviation officials were con fident that the final report on the tour would show that dirigibles of this type are admirably adopted for long distance commercial activity. Clearing weather officials said af forded communities in Ohio, Indiana and Illinois the opportunity for wit nessing a spectacular sight tonight. The ZR-1 is covered with paint in which silver is the metallic base and she reflects vividly the rays of the full moon. It was originally planned tor tne ZR-1 to arrive at St. Louis about 7 oclock tomorrow and to remain in the city three hours. The delay met in the early flight today may lead to changes in the program but the?e I had not been indicated in reports from the dirigible to the department tonight. PROMINENT VIRGINIA LADY IS A SUICIDE Danville, October 2.—Miss Pattie Cardwell, 38, member of a well known Pittssylvania family swallow ed poison at her home near Danville at 10:30 this morning and died at noon. Miss Sallie Brandon who lived with her heard Miss Cardwell cast | Entering her room she found her on the bed her mouth blistered and with a vial of carbolic acid nearby. Miss Brandbn states that Miss Cardwell told her she had Luce i poison and then became unconscious Doctors could do nothing for her Miss Cardwell had been in ill health 10 years and friends believed this caused her to take her life. She leaves a brother George Cardwell of Stacy, N. C. ——. o Gilbert Ivie spent Sunday after noon in Greensboro. an actual appearance of any of the governor's special police. That was at Tulsa where 12 of the governors men who sought to prevent the dis tribution of ballot boxes and election supplies were drven from the court house by 200 special deputies under Sheriff R. D. Sanford. When the hour came Tor the removal of the supplies Sheriff Sanford ordered the governor's representatives to leave They departed quietly. - - . jp. POLICE DECREED OUT OF EXISTENCE i (By Associated Press) j Dusseldorf, October 2.—The secur ity police~here, which has been for mally charged with the entire re i sponsibility for last Sunday's riot ; ing in which nearly a score of per ! sons were killed and more than 400 injured was decreed out of existence by the authorities of occupation. I Mrs. John Price and Miss Laura [ Scott of Winston Salem spent Sun ! day with their mother Mrs. L. E. i Scott. Misses Caroline and Minnie Price i i spent Sunday with Miss Florence ; Hobbs in Spray. The members of the Methodist Epworth League Spray, gave a brunswick stew to their president and efficient leader, Edward Hobbs who is leaving Thursday for New ; York where he will take a business i course at the Poughkeepsie College. Mr. Austin, and Beverly and Kafh-<; erine Austin motored to Danville , Sunday to see their cousin Miss Irene ! Ingle who is in the General Hospital * there. jfl Dr. and Mrs. John B. Ray, Mr. and , Mrs. W. 0 Jenkins spent Sunday af- • ternoon in Winston Salem with Dr., and Mrs. Sam Hurdle and had din ner at the Robert E. Lee. Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Williams of Danville - spent Sunday with Mr. and ! Mrs. A. T. Hopper. Mrs. J.. W Ivie and Miss Kathleen j Ivie spent Saturday in Danville shopping. Wallace the magician will give a ' perfsv’-a see at the Leaksville grad- 1 6.1 actual auditorium Thursday ev ening October 4. This performance ( is held under the auspices of the j Parent-Teachers /Association, and : the proceeds will go toward improv ing the school grounds. Everybody help this worthy cause. 100 PER CENT DIVIDENT IS DECLARED BY YELLOW CAB CO Chicag6, October,—A stock divi dend of 100 percent was approved today by the directors of the Chicago Yellow Cab Co., payable on or be fore January 1 next. It was decided j to maintain on the increased issue the present dividend rate at 33 1-3 cents a share monthly. The stock sold today at a new high record 118 but dropped back to 115 3-4. LOC AL HIGHS TO MEET. D. M. I. ON SATURDAY The football season will open with a bane Saturday when the local high sAool team meets Danville Mil itary Institute in the first game of the season. The local team has g'ot down to in tensive practice during the la'£ few days and has improved greatly un der the ministrations of Coach Tenny The' scrimmages between the first nnd second teams have been close and Well worth seeing. The line is especially strong and the backfield is being whipped into shape in fine order. D. M. I. has a much stronger team than they did last year and a good game is practically certain. The varsity and scrubs and now having daily scrimmages and Coach Tenny invites everyone who is inter ested to conie out and watch them. The teams will be glad to see you conie out as it will show them that you are interested in their efforts to put LcaUsville on the map in high school football circles. A tentative lineup for the game Saturday will he announced later. -o HAULING BOMBER PLANS Dapton, ‘Ohio, October 2.—Because of t£e postponement of the air races at St. Louis from Monday until Thursday of this week made neces sary by heavy rains the Barling Bomber largest airplane on the wing will not leave Dayton for St. Louis until Wednesday morning McCook field officials announced this morn ing, The Barling one of the army's bids for public recognition will be on display at the air races. From St. Louis it will probably make a tour of a number of large western "cities. NEARLY BLIND HALF WITTED GIRL IS ASSAULTED Albert Young an elderly man of Le^ksville township is being held in fi syricAis charge. Late Friday after noon near Draper at a point in Ruffin township he is alleged to have crim inally assaulted the 16 year old daughter of Ed Siayden. The girl said to be nearly blind and half wit ted was sent on an errand for her mother and not returning for some Lime the mother went in search of the child. Near the garden she found her crying and apparently in distress Asked what the trouble was, the girl told her story of what had happen 'd, Mi s. Siayden saw Y'oung leaving l he premises. He denied the charge. As there was some talk of violence Young was carried to Greensboro f ir" safe keeping. Young is about 50 years old, Ha will be give na hearing one day this week. TROOPS WITHDRAW (By Associated P.ess) Constantinople, October, 2.—The allie (‘occupation of Constantinople formally ended at noon when troops withdrew and foreign vessels steam ed seaward leaving Turkey to the forks. Army Dirigible ZR-1 Arrives In St. Lcuis (By Associated Press) St. Louis, October 2.—The navy's ! giant dirigible, ZE-1 arrived here '! shortly before dawn and after cruis ing above the city until day light headed "north towards the St. Louis , -lying fie'ti at 'hi ' e o.i. T'>o diri- 1 g-b.e docked as- :7:C2.' * j The dirigible departed on her re- ; turn "Trip to Xakehurst at 9:30 and will return here Saturday for the Pulitzer air classic. TO PROTECT U?S INTERESTS London, Ocotber, 1.—A Reuter dis patch from Moscow quotes the minis ter of war Leon Trotzky as saying in reply to a question as long as pri- j vatc property exists in America Am erican interests in Russia will be re- { spec ted and all engagements entered into wilTi the soviets will be scrupu- j lously kept. Any other action will I be suicidal. 1 / • ' NEBRASKA AND IOWA SLOWLY RECOVERING FROM BIG STOuTT Omaha, Nobr., October 2.—Nebras ka and Iowa today were slowly re covering from the tornado and cloud burst and flood which brought death to 22 persons, injured scores and caused unknown property damage last Friday and Saturday. The Red Cross and three compan ies of fhe Iowa national guard were mobolized early today to assist in re lief work and assist the police in the guarding of the wrecked homes to prevent plundering. Property uamage at Council Bluff it wa ssaid would run close to $1, 000,000 while at Omaha it was estT mateff as high as $30,000. At Louis ville it was believed the damage would be in excess of $30,000 and at Lincoln the loss was reported as con siderable although no estimate has been made. Cotton Production Shows a Big Gain Over Previous Year BAD FIRE AVERTED BY FIREMEN AT ELKIN Elkin, - October 2.—Swift and he roic work of the local fire depart ment narrowly saved the. business section of the central part of town being consumed by fire last night, when the Central Hotel operated by Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Reeves caught fire about 11:30 oclock, making con siderable headrvay before having been discovered. The origin of the fire is not posi- - tively known but it is possible that it was caused by a defect in the el ectrical wiring. A servant occupying a small room in the rear of the build ing was awakened by the volume of smoke in her room and it was with j difficulty that she escaped from the j room and gave the alarm. The hotel building suffered severe j damage both from fire and water, j the exact amount not yet estimated. The dry goods stock of L. Pierce and Co., on the lower floor of the building was heavily damaged by j water. NEGROES RETURN TO WORK AT SPRUCE PINES, N. C. Spruce Pines, October 2.—Negroes | were to return to work t^re today for the first time since the attack j of an aged white woman by a negro i here last week brought about driving away from this community of more .than 205 negroes employed on the ! construction and sewer work. Guards | men will protect all negroes resum ■ ing work. ■o-*— IOU.UOO Of-' UfJMS TAKEN BY ROBBERS Newark, N. J., October 2.—Two ! armed men today held up Henry Hirscfiberg, member of a Fifth aye- 1 I nue, New York, firm of diamond j merchants and his assistant Walter j Beal, in the doorway of the factory : in Irvington N. J. of Weigand and C'o i jewelry manufacturers and escaped j with diamonds valued at $100,000. i The highwaymen forced Beal to give them a special vest he was wearing in the lining of which the gems were concealed. Hirschberg and Beal had taken the diamonds to Irvington with the intention of selling them to the jewelry company they told the 1 police. j -o REIDSVILLE HIGH BEATS DANVILLE Playing straight football through out the Reidsville high school eleven ! defeated Danville Saturday after I noon by a score of 7 to 6. Pettigrew j and Delancey starred for the locals : while Wilson and Taylor were spot j lights for the visitors. After a series of line plunges in the second period of play Delaney carried the ball over the goal line for Reidsville for the first touchdown of the game. The extra point was ad ded when Miller kicked the ball over the crossbar from placement. Wilson secured the touchdown for Danville in the third quarter but the visitors J failed to add the extra point. -o | Mr. and Mrs. Luther Hodges are I leaving Friday for San Francisco, where they will attend the National American Legion Convention. Miss Lucinda Martin of Greens boro spent the week end with her parents Dr. and Mrs. S. L.Martin. —-o In other words, Gessler is the Governor Walton of Germany. | The product of Munich once had a great reputation but it is bitter I brew to the Prussiansnow. r At last Oklahoma is in position to I tell the world that Kansas doesn’t know a thing about cyclones.. As we proceed to press the pros I >ect»- *■*; tnat they will hold an el ection or something in Oklahoma to day. Washington, October1, 2.—A cot- i ton crop larger by 1,250,000 b&ley than last years was forecast by the Department of Agriculture which placed the years production at 11,015 000 bales. The forecast for the last of the season until December esti mate was 227,000 bales more than was indicated last month. The fore cast was 49.5 percent of normal, in dicating a yield of 137.7 pounds per acre. -o SPRUCE FUSE TAKES STEPS FOR SAFETY Spruce Pine October 2.—Two or dinances one prohibiting the sale of firearms and ammunition and anoth er requiring ail stores and restau rants in Spruce Pine to close at 10 P. M. from TuesdayOctober 2 to Oct. 6 when the tri-county fair is held were adopted by the board of aider men. in addition to the adoption of the 1 rdinances a proclamation was issu 11 by city and county authorities in which it was stated that no one will be permitted to enter the town of Spruce Pine during the fair un usually or dangerously armed ojenly or concealed. Authorities here are dtermined that the work on the highways and in the mines of Mitchell county in terrupted as the result of the de portation of the negroes shall be re sumed and every protection will h# given those who return. COOLIDGE GETS AN IDEA HOW TO HELP THE FARMER Washington, October 2.—A lug* reduction in freight rates on the things the farmer buys and seUs; an increase if necessary in rates on luxuries and a very material redac tion In tariff taxes on things the farmer uses in his work—these rem edies for agrucultural depression were suggested by President Cod idge. BACKS FATTY ARBUCKLE Newark, N. J. October 1.—Vice Chancellor Foster today issued an in junction restraining Police Director Brennan from interefering with the appearance of Roscoe Arbuckle for mer motion picture comedian, at a dance in a local hall tonight Director Brennan had barred Arbuckle on the grounds that the application for the dance had not mentioned his appear ance. Vice Chancellor Foster declar ed that Arbuckle was like any other man and had the right to make his living. -o COUNT GEZA DEAD Paris, October, 1.—Count Gesa Mattaschich who 30 years ago eloped with Princess Louise daughter of King Leopold II of Belgium is dead here. The count and the princess arrived in Paris five weeks ago and were living in obscurity i nand out of the -way hotel. The princess is heart broken and refuses to see vis itors. WOMAN SUES SPORTSMAN New York, October 1.—Colonel Samuel L. James wealthy sportsmen horse owner and racing handicapper of national reputation was named as defendant in a suit for $250,000 dam* ages filed in the supreme court by Miss Mildred Adams who charged him with breach of promise to mar ry her and with having gone through a form of marriage with her al though he was already married. -o———— WANTED—Girl to cook for family of three. Apply to'Mrs. M. E. Mur ray next house to Gazette office. Work permanent if girl suits. Wanted—A man for a few days ..work at odd jobs and ends abent ..the place. Inquire at the Gasette Office. THE GAZETTE Bi "EVERY HOMS
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