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AUSTRALIAN BALLOT PERMITS VOTERS
TO CAST VOTE UNMOLESTED
Register of Deeds Vote Very Close
With Six Majority for Lawrence
LEWELLYN ALSO "COMPLETELY
VINDICATED" AT POLLS
Again baa P—airaey to I—phed in
flurry county and for the nast 2 yean
the bueineae of the county will be m»n
agud and the variou* office* filled by
tbaaa poeMana by tha »otan of the
aa—ty at tba polls Twee day. Never
in tha biatory of tba county ha* there
baan inch mtereet Manifeated in an
election and op to tha counting of
tha ballot* waa there any certainty
of what tha raautt would ba. The
people quietly want to the poll*, were
handed their ballot*, entered tha
boot ha and than prepared their rote
in tba way which their conacience
dictated, anmolaatad by harping poli
tician*, and inquiring and peeping on
looker*. Tha rotiag in all tha pro
ciacta wm orderly and no report* of
any diatarbaaaa ban feached thia
city. But tha voter* were intanaaty
intereatad in the aalaetioa of tha of
ficial* far tba next two year* and tba
deliberate Burner hi which they went
about Mm work a# votfaig hinted a
ilelaiwbathw ee tMhir part ta rota
for tbefe choice.
UMy
of bal
tt
tlM
the election ai
D—mr«.tic county ticket is
—und with th* nnpte of the Re
gister of !>■»<«. and Wrill
official count to rfftorrrllr!.- rh«^rT«iilt
for tMs offtee.MTW BitSH i atui i
fim Willi» F. Lawrence, for Regie
tar of Deeda, aix majority over hi*
opponent. Mae Lillian HarknAr,
■■publican candidate and present
Itjiitrar. The political career of
lflee Hsrkrader hai been notkinf
abort of exciting for In the electio*
two year* ago no one knew tbe oq#^
until the board of election* c4>
the vote and declared bar
orer Gflmer Dobbin* by a
Jority of U rote* And now it looti
aa if her opponent baa defeated her
by aix.
Sheriff Haynes obtained a ma)
of 714 orer Ida opponent, I. 0. Wa|
Thia la a larxe gain orr
two year* apt when ha data
ed hi* opponent, A. L. A ah born
Sit majority. Mount Airy
rolled up a majority of Ml for
IS Havne* But the Republican*
thin* to receive heavy rotea hi *
field township, thia year riving
candidate* majoritie* nmnlnr
MO. with a total rota of lea*
Waltar CarterXarrie*
Mid Stakes
Walter W. Carter of thia city
i api aaaut Sorry and Stokaa fat
Shite Senate. Hit* county care
• majority of 4t# and hi*
H. MfOee concede* to hhn •
of ltt to 1M In
tfp. Carter to th*
MM majority of wear MO.
Australian Ballot law Hurts
W. M. Jackson ,
W. M. Jacksoa. who It wa* charged
as* responsible for the Anstralian
ha not being pat apon ths raters of
Swijj letelsad • crushing defeat
and now arast ban the matter of
' chart ring the voting ayalaai to H. R.
could not countenance the i
of abuse ami mud-slinging that war*
in corpora tad in one at the teat-Min
ute appeals issued by W. ■. Jackson.
In the election two years age Mr.
Jackson secured a majority of 19k
over Dr. J. T. Smith of Westfield.
W B. Marion present Treasurer
and candidate of the Republican par
| ty roes down in defeat at the hands
: if W. H. Hauser Mr. Marion waa
| first elected to this office two years
, siro when he defeated J. M. Royal ofJ
Bryan Township by 3f>f.
W. A. York Will ft*
publican Commii
W. J. Byerty and Ale* Chatham,
present County Commissioners, ware
! re-elected by a large rota. There be
ing only two Democratic
i for this office the hick
Republican ticket will be
the third Commissioner. Unofficial
returns indicate that W. A. York, ef
Round Peak, lead hia ticket for thte
office, with D. E. Nelson, of thte city,
sstsnd. and J. F. Carter, of Elkin,
•third
I. Royal of
For Sororol To
For several elections the Democrats
have Made steady gatea, hot the
eteetteo at tfce MOfiod ticket in the
: As an iiideta of the continued
»winr of the voters to the DeoMcratic
ranks we note that foor years ai
' Dohson rave the Republican cand
dates 111 majority; two years ago the
Democrats changed the tide there
and received 190 majority, and this
r sees the Democrats in the lead
226 and some candidates even
The same evidence of a ten
dency to endorse the manatwaimt of
county affairs under efficient men
selected by the Democratic party is
seen in the vote of the other town
ships. with the exception of West fie Id
where the Republicans continue to
hold their strength.
Pint Complete Victor,
^' 1W1 I \]
rue ejection of a solid Democratic1
ticket in the county this time is the
first complete victory at the poll* for
all the candidates since the year IMS
when Jack Adams was dsettd Sher
iff, C. H. Haynea, Register of Deeds
and all other Democratic candidates
also seenrtne a majority. At that
time J. G. Burros, of Rock ford, John
1 A. Park, of the westsrn part fit the
county, and Frances MUler, father of
the lata Jim Miller, of Stewarts
Creek, were elected as the Comtnis- j
nioners. The office of Clerk of the
Court was than held hy Seas 8. Pol- 1
rer Two years later, or la 19*4,
the entire Democratic ticket was de
feated with the exception of Sheriff
Jack Adams and C. H. Haynes for
Register of Deeds. And ia ISM the
late Milt Da Til defeated Mr. Adaasa'
for re-election. With this break In
the rots of the Democrats they hare
' never been a Mr to carry the entire i
ticket oatN this year when the pendu
lum has oace more swung toward the
Democratic ranks. Darin* the past
several years Democrats, at Intervals I
have been electod, hot never before!
was there each a decialva victory for |
the entire ticket.
|in. In
idg* ha*
tion
into
that PreaMant — — -
olar vote will reach lR
by PrmMmt Hardin*. U
Toilette wa* able to poll fovr Minion
popular vote* in the nation, and
Part* the Democratic nominee la ex
rwtfd to poll about eight million.
Sooth remain* in the Democratic col
umn bat all we*tern ami northern
(tatea votej heavily for the Republi
can ticket, with the exception of one |
or two ataten w hi eh are expected to
fo to LaFollette.
Major Stedman ia expected to han
the lartrent majority for Cnngraaa
ever riven him in thi* diatrict. The
*tata haa given the Democrat* to
of
have.A_kMMi
Judge Lewellyn'*
Township wa* 470.
€solidft Gcta 18
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Two Men Shot Dead la Row
Om Ballot Box
Lexington, Tana., Not. 4 —At the
voting precinct of the sixth district,
on tto nit tide of this county, G. W.
Batholomew, 70, and hi* mo, J. L.
Bartholomew, 40, wen shot and in
stantly killed this morning. The
•hooting is said to have been done by
Dan C. Powen, who was a defeated
candidate for Magistrate there in the
Aurust election. W. W. Sogers, pro-'
minent school teacher and former
trustee, was also shot, being wound
ed in the head. Early reports indi
cated that he will die.
Powers is said to have rtsmsndsil
the ballot box, and to have began
shooting when aa ittapl waa made
to take It from him. After tha,
shooting ha is said to hare gone to
his home and left In an automobile.
So far aa reports received here ge,
the bloodshed was without partisan
Port Bt: May Be Lost By
a Very Narrow Margin
Raleigh, Nov. With 621 prorineta of the 1,780 ta Om Stat* reported nn
officially, at a late hoar tonight, tha port terminal bill, chief of the atx refer
endum and conatHutioaal —ndawit miaami voted on ywterdijr, vaa on
the loo ice aide of the ledger bjr a majority of Mil vote*. Tha return* ga»e:
For, <7,S76; apiiut, 70.M4. The majority agaimt the maaaare had been
growing «lowly as the roterna cam* to.
Retarnm raeoleed and compiled by General Albert Cox, wager of the
porta bill campaign, chawed early tonight a »ary alight majority * for thr
meaner*, bet nam ban of eomttee reported to twee *eted againat the Mil had
|ot Mat In ntwia. Independent oboervera lepnM tha ottlook a* indicat
ing a majority of 5,006 againat the porta bOL
12 hurt m
INC HI
H'
r a. victor, «r r>mn. r*..
hi
Msrphy, of Kite, wfth •
*4 at Iki base of
E. E. Cop*, of
wounds in the head. and Elsworth
I<rntr of Youngstown, shot through
the shooldtr. wars reported in a se
rious condition.
Qoiet wu restored ikartljr Mim
3 o'clock by the arrival of two com
panies of iMriMni from Warren
and Yoangstown. Several other units
Colonel L. S. Connolly, commanler
of the 146th infantry, immediately
took over the police authorities and
issued a proclamation placing the
community under strict military con
trol.
Shortly after iasuane* of the proc
lamation Captain E. W. Cull en mads
sarsral impromptu spaarhss along
the proposed line of match, announc
ing that tbs parade waa off. aad ap
to all till—■ to go to thsir
The arrival of the troops waa
by the townspeople.
Governor Bombay's order mobilis
ing the trsops came after several
hoars of tatai mitts lit rioting of In
creasing violence. ft followed sev
eral urgent requests tar aid by Miles
city officials, and Sheriff Job E.
Thomas of Trumbull county, during
the last two days, during which the
governor declined to accede, taking
the stand that local authorities had
powci and authority to control the
situation, lit* first victim of the
violence. Prank McDermott, a nine
teen year old youth, was shot from
a passing automobile as he stood In
the group of men on a street corner
before daybreak this morning. Mc
Dermott. the aon of one of the lead
ers hi the group which yesterday ap
pealed to Mayer H. C. Eistlar to r»
voke the parmit for the parade, pro
fessed neutrality in the cesmtmity
Girl I* Awarded $7,500
WaaWnfton, Nov. 4.—A jury in
circuit court today awarded $7,500
damairea to Miaa Ethelyn Craat ta
tive Maaael Herrick. at OHilwm,
herauae of etalonata he ■ado which
she charted had reflected upoa her
character. She waa formerly hit
stenographer.
The etatementa were made is a
declaration by Herrick filed ia top
port of a auit he haa brought arainet
Miaa Crane for $50,000 duufw for
allecad breach of proauaa to marry
him. Trial of the latter mtt will
prmi«< at oaee before a new Jary
paael.
local complication* and croee cur
rents of political opiniaa which led
sophisticated politicians to withhold
prediction* on tha basis of the frag
mentary early returns.
Encouraged by the Tote polled by
Senator LaFollette m the East Chica
go headquarters of the LaFolketta
Wheeler mov^faent announced that
their political organization would ha
kept intact for another try in tha
congressional elections of ltM and
'the presidential contest of IMS.
In some parts of tha country tha
drift of Coolidge was so overwhelm
ing that it threatens to rival the
Harding landslide of 1920. Mr.
Harding's own voting precinct in
Marion was carried by his surcsssor
by a larger majority thaa it gave its
native soa foar years ac*
In his own home state, Massachu
setts, Mr. Coolidge was Isading Davis
by a ratio of almost four ta ana, and
LaFollette by almost 14 to 1; hi
Maine, also, tha Coolidge advantage
over Davis waa almost 4 to 1; hi
Rhode Island autre thaa * to 1; in
Mew Hampshire BMira thaa 2 to 1;
and in Connecticut more thaa X to 1.
Foar |a Oae hi Jersey
Both in upstate New York and in
New York city the president was
ahead of Mr. Davis, although the
city gave the democratic nominee a
far greater proportion of its vote
than did other sections of the state.
On tha fact of the first returns
from New Jersey, a very early and
snail return. Coolidge was leading
Davis almost 4 to 1. In Ohio, with
170,000 votes counted, Coolidge had
a lead of 40,000 over Davis, and of
88,000 over I4 Follette. In Pennsyl
vania, one of the rock-ribbed repub
lic aa states, the President tstolved I
rotes to 1 for Davis, with La FoDetto
making a cloee race for second place.
Delaware's first reports gave
Coolidge more than five to oae over
Davis. Ia Isasii the ratio stood at
three for Coolidge to one for Da via.
In Indiana with about one-twentieth
of the state counted, the Coolidge
lead was about 20,000. A tenth of
the precincts in Illinois gaea CooMdge
111,000, Davis 4S.000 aad LaFollette
32,000. Chartss 8. Deaeen. republi
can candidate for senator ia IllmoU,,
was 15,000 ahead of his democratic
With ttjUO rote* counted in Ok
lik«M, Davti' In4 otct- CooHdga
wu • little ertr 1,060 and Wattaa
m poller only about half vaa
votaa aa hia nfofcHdii
complete, Kentucky pn Davti M,
5M and Coolid** 79*00 la Tm
naaaae wM aboot a fifth of the
■tat* tn the eoont ataod S1.0M for
Maria to ljm$ tor CnoHdc*.
In Wast Virginia, the natire state
of John W. Davia, Mr. Coolidca on
Iwdtaf by i narrow ma i fin, bat to
Maryland ha «u counting two
to mm for Mr. Davis and in Indii
he mi leading Davis by 5.000.
Davis waa ahead ia Ml—uil i
Twin—»o by a ratio of two to i
on tha early letmne and wi
by lesser majorities in Oklahoaaa and
Ken tacky.
Tha first returns from Wiaconain,
which has lyen regarded aa tha eor
neratone of tha La Toilette strength,
■rare Coolidge 4.300 to M*3 for La
FoUette. Throughout moet of tha
aaae f La in<4«ru>n<4oii( nMaiiiAn^i
wk, ww incjcpwiiiMfBi prrwocmwi
candidate ran far behind, but oa ear
ly returns ha waa running atcowd to
Co. I idee in both North and Sooth Da
■ to IBHR
First reports from lava, which haa
been claimed as a La FoUette state
by his campaign managers, shumed
Coolidge with a majority over tha
combined rota for Davit and La Fat
running neck aad
In
J. C. Walton, I
platform as
aoaator, waa trailing
opponent- Mrs. Miriam Fa
the democratic anti-kiaa
for governor of Texaa. waa hi tha
lead, but CarHoa B. McCuIloch, dem
ocratic candidate for iuwikh of In
diana and ootapokea opponent of Aa
klaa, was naming behind his upah
Mean opponent. Ed Jackson.
In Kansas, William Allen White,
running far governor on an indepen
dent anti-klm platform was third la
his three-cornered race against tha
regular democratic and repoblicaa
Coolidge* Mailed TUr Votm
Home; Neither Saw Other
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