Hoover 40 States Leaving
Only Eight For Smith
—imm 0 ■ ,i , i, i ■ —..
North Carotin'*
Goo* to
fluxing tab)
taction have mliiiU to I
the immdMi popular vote b)
which Herbert Hoover and Chariot
•Cartia Kara wmid maJorltlea ii
•tatea having 444 electoral unite am
Wft Alfred I. Smith and Joa T. Robin
ran landing in other* having only 37.
Tha lata ratwrru have tarred only
to emphaslxe the inunenaity of Um
Republican map that embraced th«
AfltlM VMM Mil MiMt tot 4 La Ma* anj
a ^va Vaa aaa *wa™ % KVHi
alao axtandad Into four traditionally
Democratic »tate» of tha aoath—VI r
|Ma. North Carolina.
With lea* than a
~ «rflp Mtion'a prac
uncounted tha Hoover Major!tiaa hava
roilad up is 40 Mate*. Smith hold Um
laad hi aigtrt other*, tlx of theai Ir
tha >oath and two la tha eaat Maaaa
< huaett* and Rhode laland. Only Ala
bama, Georgia, Sooth Carolina, Miaa
iaaini Arkanaa* and Louiaiana in
Dim remained definitely undar th«
Democratic
definitely
I VpilM »fit
re than I
When mare' than three quartan oi
the papular vote had horn counted
to a total exceeding 00,000,000. Hoov
" mer*ff'wTapproirt'"*!^.OOoToo
■elected a Republican admialatratioi!
the etectoraU likewise incraaand thai
party** majoritiaa ia tha two houwi
of oongraae and gave Republican* a
load ia moat of the >4 game ma to rial
Following a trend **<ahll»hed early
on election .aight, the Hoover advan
tage awung (taadily along in every
aeatfaa ef tha eewatry. It mob '
Si
from Governor Smith a conceaaion of
bkijkrfeat^to^b* following by^hi* an
centary In politic* ha expected never
to nm for office again.
hi* gratitude to thoe*
hi* eauaa, the govar
the "American people have
their daciaion; I am a Dea<
! firmly believe In tha nil*
of the majority.'*
Charlotte, Nov. 7.—Harbart Hoover
carried North Carolina for Pruident
by a majority of approximately 28,
/WMI flmiaae ran * 1 a rt a# a m a-I,. ^
ww, iifurvi conpiM n udquvioti
WlttTSijOrf uT«UU'f*t176Sle^e*
cineta miasing Hoover am* lead
Governor Alfred E. Smith by
with tha poeaibiHtv that thii
be <nrnni (lightly by later i
11m vote In MM precinct* a* an
officially tabulated waa Hoover 974,
<74: Smith 94t,0«t.
TW majority thown by tha ateta
ratle tickft, howcwr, tontlnwd
mmmw
ed mount a* return* came' in dull
from alt eartlewa of the atate. At 10
o'clock tonight 071 of the *tate*i 1,
75* precinct* had been reported.
They (hewed O. Mai Gardnvr. Demo
EUctoral Votoa by
Hoover
Smith
II
I Smith. .....
Hoover Majority
HtnHni
Smith1. Majority 1225
Marsh's Majority 1199
('•■My C—imlsslsaeri
«1«
, Commissioners Average Maj. 1281
Amendments—For SOW, Against 2780.
erst, 1H6.0W: tUi
publican. 197,927
Horbort F. 8 saws II. Be
Tha Anna (or the balance of the
state ticket folio wad thoaa for gov
by aaoffWtai tabulation l«
have baan elected to Conrm. tba
fata af fWe Daaiocratic canMatn.
including four inoumbeata, (till was
In tha balance tonight with figure*
on theaa races coming in very slowly.
Charles A. Jonas, of Lincoln ton,
..ipublican national commhtaeman
was elected over Major A. L. Bul
tneamhent in the
_ majority of around
2,000 votes, unofficial tabulations
showed. The vata from 117 of tha SM
precincts in tha district showed Jon
as has 49JN0 votes aad BvlwinVIr
Only a few scattering returns had
been received up te tonight an the
three unastttatlnaal smiadmaiits vat
ad on in tha election Taaeday. They
ware aa few that no tabulation had
baan made tonight Only five counties
L.J ir n in i > i A
nw rrporrwi.
Fergee Ahead
With one^WgybHtaa definitely
ported wHbo«tQftJ,pHUb
WW
procinct*
fain i
rticaUd •
«i MR „
about WO votes. Eighty three prs
cincts all but a few in Isolated moun
tain counties wars unreported aa to
the actual vote. The vote in 147 pre
cincts was Weaver 34,1 M; Pritchard
Congressman B. A> Dough ton was
>4iag W. 8. Ba«la by 1*00 votes in
•7 of the ISO precinct* of the eighth
district reported, the vote being
22,479; Bogle 21,960. The
unreported precincts, like those in the
tenth, are in the mountains and prob
ably will not be hoard from until to
morrow when the canvassing boards
HamaMr Has Big Land
la the setmnth, William C. Hammer,
Democratic incumbent, led A. I. Fer
fee by 9,400 votes in 190 precincts re
porting. The raaaaining 191 precincts
are largely In two heavy Bapubtican
counties snd two Democratic coun
ties thst east a comparatively small
vote. Hie vote for Hammer 17,494;
Ferree MM
Char tea M. Stedman, Democratic In
cumbaat, in the fifth was 2,900 ahead
of J. t. Harden. Republican, in 117
of the 2M precincts in the district.
There ware, however, five counties,
onrapiaQNitad in the tabulstions The
vote was Stedman 29,119; Harden
26.279.
Salute Your Next President!
p Herbert CHooVer
y
Poultry Night
For KiwanU
Club Will EatorUoi Poultry
CM Mnrnhmn Auction
Skb of Fowl*
IV annual meeting of the mem
ber* of the kojrt ami ffirl* poultry club
of thia county with the Kiwaii* Club
will be held Friday night at thr Blue
Rid** hotel. The member* of the
poultry chib will brine » number of
their priae fowl* and they will ha
fold at public auction la front of the
hotel at ata o'clock and the banquet
for the boy* and girla will follow im
mediately in thr dininc room of the
hotel 7
The Klwaala Club haa aponaoroe
the work of the poultry club la thia
county and every year approprtatea
fund* for the purchaae of para brad
atnelc for the boy* and ffirl*.
Death Claims
Popular Gtizen
Mr. John Ultdi, on* of 11m moot
»uhaUuitial citisen* of thia city, died
at hi* hoiM Mar the quarry last Fri
day night after an itbwM of aavaral
month*. Mr. LaiWh waa enjoying hla
uaual good health until he had to un
Court At Dobson
Coming Week
A iperial term of Satrjr Superior
Court will bo held at Dobaon begin
ning next Monday (or on* week to
try criminal nm only. This Urm
will Uko the pine* of the regular
October term that wai poatponed on
i ^ t u t ' j f t h< e I n on 1 f n
that wa» then in profrfu
There am no eaaaa of grant impor
tance on the docket to Do heard, the
majority of the defendant* Mine
charged with mm violation of the li
quor law*. Judge John H. Clement
will hold the Court.
REPUBLICANS TO HAVE 49
IN ASSEMBLY
FiftoMi m Senate and S4 in
Ltww lliw. According to
Kalcigh, Nov. •.—The next RMM
assembly wilt include 49 Bepuhlirans
—IS in the senate and 34 hi the
houae— with the Democratic strength
being ** in the senate and 7* in the
Houor. One county—Iredell—ia still
in doubt and la not included hi the
t h!>u tut ion.
In 1927 the Republicans elected
three member* to the aenate sad 14
to the houae, while in 1918 they wore
represented by three senators and SO
Chicago, Nov. 7.—Oaear De Priest,
negro real estate man and former
Chicago alderman, was elected to
Congreu front the flnrt Illinois die-.
Met, according to unofficial
rfwvto loamy
He will be the flrat of hi*
to Washington from Illinois and the
first to occupy a aeat in the national
I of representatives in asore
a quarter of a eentury. De Priest
will fill the vacancy cauaed by
i—al M I,, , ,at., ■ if, ,«>,
Kiln OI MprPMIIvailrV Hrwii
B. Madden, chairman of the
Republicans Carry Sorry
Solid By Big Majority
The Democratic ticket all down the line Mifftrtd defeat ia
thi* county Taesday and next first Moaday the county at Bmr
ry goea into the hands of Republicans after being managed hy
the Democrats for six years. No oae reahaed that the over
whelming majority obtained by the Republican ticket would
ever come to pass. And Surry's vote is liable to eontribate la
the defeat of Major Stedman Compilers of the vote for Cn>
li wmsn in this district stated that the Major woe Id go ia if
Surry did not go more than 1,000 against him, but the official
vote tabulated at Dobeon today gave his opponent, Hardiag, a
majority of 1800. Ths is «p«eUd to defeat him. If it daea
North Carolina may sead three aad possibly four RepubHcaa
Congressmen to Washington. The state is Democratic by a in
duced majority aad Hoover's majority, bow placed at 25,000 ia
the state is gradually increasing as the rural vote comes ia.
Surry gave Hoover a majority of 8863 against CooHdge*s ma
jority of 618 four years ago.
The following vote was taken from the official count as eaa
vaiwed at Dobeon today. Thursday:
i
OFFICIAL VOTE OF SUMY
COUNTY