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VOL. XVIII.No. 112
FIRST EDITION
K1NST0N, N. C., WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 1916
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LITTLE DOUBT THAT PRESIDENT HAS BEEN
CHOSEN IN MOST HAIR-RAISM, SUSP'NSE
PRODUCiNG FINISH H ISTORY OF NATION
Earl Return Tuesday Nigkt Favorable to Hughes, and
Nip and Tuck Race Everywhere Kept Bulletin Board
Gazers On Tip Toes Wednesday Morning Returns
Brougnt Cheer to Wilson Followers and Gains Stead
ily Throughout Day President Conceded 256 Elocto
ra!e! ffith Minnesota and California Hanging
Balance; Either Will Elect Him, and He Appears Safe
Washington, Nov. aFollowing the flood of immature-regrets
last night, thousands of telegrams were re
ceived at the White House this morning congratulalino
President Wilson on his re-election.'
miuj.AiD HUGHES FIGHTINS TO FINISH
d AJLIr UKiN I A.
ban r rancisco. Nnv. R wumaAi u,, ,
nmg neck and neck. Returns from 31003 precinct eive
Uugkea ZmU, Wilson 217,885. This includes 5G0 n-e-cincts
in Los Angeles, where Hughes apparently swent
the section, and 342 San Francisco precincts, where Wil
son is leading.
WILSON AHEAD IN CALIFORNIA.
,ia.n Ff!Lncisco Nov- 8- (Lr.ter) Returns from 100
additional San Francisco precincts sweep Wilson into the
lead py, .
REPUBLICANS CLAIM ODEGON;
SO DO DEMOCRATS.
1nrW-Nov. 8. The Republicans claim Oreirnn bv
10,00Q; the Democrats claim it by 1.5,000. ' "
REPUBLICANSLAIM BOTH
MINNESOTA AND CALIFORNIA.
New York, Nov. 8. The Republican national head
quarters formally claim' California and Minnesota for
nughes. California managers wired that the Republic
ans could safely concede all counties claimed bv Demo
crats and then win.
PRESIDENT DLAYING GOLF AS USUAL.
Shadow Lawn, Nov. 8. With the result still doubtful
President Wilson departed for his occustomed plav at
goii.
Minnesota Will Make Wilson Safe.
(By Perry Arnold)
New York, Nov. 8. It is conceded that if President
vylson carries either California or Minnesota he is elect
ed. v He is conceded 256 votes in the electoral college
against Hughes 238, requiring ten votes for the neces
sary majority.
President Gains.
Late returns indicate that North Dakota, with five
votes and Wyoming with 3 are for Wilson. Wilson is
ahead in Minnesota. In California the race is neck and
neck, ..with Republican chairman Wilcox claiming the
Mvc ujr uiceen tnousand.
California lay Yet Be Democratic.
.Retiirns'from San Francisco indicate a strong Wilson
sentiment The question is as to whether it is enough to
tt?et thecRepublican- majority in Southern California.
,inirty-seven votes are still doubtful, including Calif orn-
Minnesota, New -Hampshire, New Mexico and Oregon.
therQalifornia, Minnesota or all three smail states
would secure Wilson the. election. Nearly complete re
turns from New Hampshire favor Hughes. A four re
co"t w demande and ballot boxes are being guarded. An
omcial ballot may be necessary in New Mexico. The Re
publicans captured every "pivotal state" with the except
wlu on 0' sweeping Rlinpis by a hundred thousand.
wjm 680 precincts x?ut of 3,074 counted, Hughes leads by
fVSt PautNov. Rr-The Daily News (Independent) pre
dicted this afternoon that Wilson would carry the State
democratic headquarters claimed Minnesota by twenty
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HIGH COTTON RESULT
IN BIG SHIES MOTORS
"K'nff Cotton has ag'a'n ascended
l: s throne anrl the South is enjoying
the greatest period of prosperity in
i: i history" declares A. Burwell, Jr.,
Chalmers dtstrihutor in Charlotte,
North Carolina.
Mr. Burwell arrived in Deiront re
cently In an effort to boost Chalmers
Lhiprcriis s-uth of the Mason & Dix
on line. He is brim full of enthusi
a. rn over ths business outlook for the
irv: six months end is making plans
on a troad seala to take full advan-;
Us 'e of present record breaking; con
dtiiuns in the cotton belt.
"The South is buying more and jet
t.r motor cars than ev3r before,"
. ..; i:l;niic.-i Mr. Burwell. "Since lat
i May I have doubled my dealer orga-
another 100 per cent, in the next six
nontha." ' '
LEN01D COUNTY GIVES HUGH -II
AJORITY TO DEMOCRACY IN ELECTIONS
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N TUESDAY; KINSTON CITY DOES
Local Precincts Almost Double Plurality of Two Years
Taylor, Sheriff, Leads TicketCity On Anxious Wag
All Tuesday Night and Mostof Thuredayrowds
at Courthouse Following Voting to Hear Returns
'Woodrow Wilson, God Bless His Darlin' Old Heart'
Rcpublican Hopes Co A-Glinimering as Returns Indi
cate Expression of Americans for Peace and Prosperity
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VICTIM OF ACCIDENT
PRESIDENT WILSON
The Raleigh News and Observer'
!',! v-x-so correspondent vrites:
"Private (B. M. Jarvia. Company
C. S cand Regiment, whose home is
Washington, shot himself aeci
' ,ily last night. He was on guard
w :h his ccmpany ct Tobin and had
1 ; sent back to camp for ammu-rir-.n.
Returning he fell and his
i':m vas discharged. The bullet
: huHercd his left arm. He is in the
ho. pital nt Fort Bliss and the
.oni are of the opinion that am-
: :-'.ian will be n..ce3sary."
Jarvis was s.riously injured near
"rap Glenn seme months agJ when
::' ;;iu!ted by ncgiro highwaymen. He
resided In Kinutou for a while, being
here -with a party of charity workers.
Incomplete returns rive the Democratic party a ma
jority of 1,000 or more in Tuesday's elections. Several
i-emote precincts had not reported atWfey. 10 a. m. Wed
nesday ; twp op three others iiad. not reported in. full.
Democratic leaders claimed an increase' of 25 per cent, or
hotter in the county majority. Sheriff .A.. W. Taylor led
the ticket in the precincts heard from, Register; of Deeds
Carl Pridgen was a close second. Reurns on the Tote on v
the constitutional amendments are very meagte. "They
drew little interest from Lenoir voters. The City of Km-
stbrralmost doubled its majority .of two years ago.
j DADDIKS GONE, CHILDREN
j ERR. ENGLAND DISCOVERS.
thousand.
Minnesota 20,000 to Good for Wilson. -Tumult
Gives Wilson Good News.
Hy P.. J. BENDER
Ash'msry Park; Nov. 8. Secrtary T'unulty this morn
ing told President WiL on that he could feel assured of
'2fi4 electoral votes, and "thinirs were constantly lookinff
better." Included in Tumulty's calculation were Min-1 ,ht ot the children.
nesota, Kansas and Oregon.
Connecticut Also Doubtful.
Concord, Nov. 8. The issue is still in doubt in Con
necticut. MINNESOTA SEEMS SURELY FOR WILSON.
St. Paul, Minn., Nov. 8. There is a strong Wilson
trend in the Minnesota returns. The Daily News claims
a 12,000 majority for Wilson. The State elected a Re
publican Governor.
SWING STEADILY TOWARD PRESIDENT;
OHIO LANDSLIDE.
New York, Nov. 15. The swing was toward Wilson
at 9 o'clock this morning in the closest presidential race
since 1876. The President needed 23 vtes to attain the
electoral college majority, 266 being ncce-sary. Of the
seven doubtful States, Wilson apparently was leading in
Minnesota, Kansas and Orogen. If he carries these he
will lack two vote3 of election. Control of the House of
Representatives will probably go with the President, al
though by a mighty slim majority. Three Socialists may
hold the balance of power. -The Republicans apparently
failed to gain control of the Senate. Senator DuPont of
Delaware was defeated. ; - -Wilson
carried Ohio by a landslide!
Wilson is leading by one thousand in California, ac
cording to accounts from half the precinctsi Hughes is
leading in Indiana by 9,000 jHwo-thirds of the returns
there have been counted. - '. .
Manchester, Eng., Nov. 7. Fifty
.ren juvenile cnendcrs were haled
I into the Wal police courts here in a
jn'.-.vla day. Nearly all had lost their
j fathers in ths war. Lack of paren
: t;i! puidance was held chief factor in
New York, Nov. 8. The infantile
paralysis epidemic which swspt New
York city during the Summer marked
many, but not all of its victims, for
life. The home cases show a higher
percentage of serious after effects
than those of the hospitals.
r ArrnrHint to a health bulletin lust
issued, C per cent, of 2,058 discharg
ed from ci:y hospitals showed evi-
jdenee of ralysis, 18 per cent, show
ed that paralysis had entirely la
appeared and the remainder, 16 per
cent., had not shown effects of para
lysis at ny time.
Postpone Dedication.
Pastor W. 31. Craijr announced in
ths First Baptist church Sunday that
a aeries of meetings to have been
commenced in tha edifice this month,
part of which was to have been, con
ducted by Dr. Wharton the famona
Eultimore evangelist, had been post
poned because of the failure of ma
terials for the completion of the au
ditorium to arrive. The series, dur
ing which will occur the dedication of
the new edifice, will probably take
place in January.
Kitrhin's Majority 9,000.
Indications are that Claude Kitch
iu'j majority over W. O. Dixon in the
Second Congressional district will bs
between 8,000 and 10,000. His pri
vate secretary, E. E1. Lewis, Tues
day ni(j;ht claimed a 9,000 majority
for the Democratic Floor Leader.
Onslow, Duplin, Greene, Jones
Returns.
Onslow county, regarded as the
p.ir.c'.pal battleground of this part of
the Slate, and Duplin, earlier in the
week op?nly claimed by the Republi
cans, both gave handsome majori
ties for the party in power. Morn
ing newspaf';r report placed the ma
jority in Onflow at 4400, Duplin 4&0.
Good old Greene increased its ma
jority from around 500 to between
750 and 1000, reports early Wed
nesday indicated. Jones went Demo
crat by liO'J.
A big vole was polled in each coun
ty. The Raleitrh News and Observer
Wednesday estimated Bickctt's ma
jority over I.inncy for Governor at
50,000. The plurality was record
breaking, the paper says. A hand
some majority was polled by every
Slate Democratic candidate.
A big crowd saw the Ijcal returns
bulletined in the Courthou3e early
Tuesday tiijrht. The crowd remained,
practically undiminished, until well
just midnight to hose telegraphic re
ports of how the Nation was going.
For tw6 or three hours nearly every
bulletin favored Hughes. Long be
fore 12 o'clock Hughes claimed the
victory, Roosevelt issued a statement
declaring he was doubly thankful to
the American people, and various
Northern papors flashed the news to
the country that the G. O. P. cause
had triumphed. But the tide 'gan
changing later on. Democratic en
thusiasm arose steadily until, at 1:10,
it was shown that the President had
around 235 electoral votes dead sure
and a good chance of getting the es
sential remaider out of the doubtful
votes. The scenes in the Courtroom
were interesting. At times there was
a tenseness that showed as nothing
else could just how deepTy interested
the ' audience was; sometimes . one
could have heard a. pin drop, nearly,
la 'tween the readings of the bullet-
ins, houg, uemocraw una racucais
chaffed each ' other, hundreds of men
predicted and ciphered, f'Uncle Wat"
Tuten shouted "Hurrah ' for Wilson"
soxe little bets were made. Cheer
in.fSs unstinted at the announce
men'; of every gain for either candi
date. "Uncle Wat"t: grew red about
ths ryes' and a tear orSstwo crept forth
occ-.islQflf Ijy i when he had to tell .the
"boys" that it looked like thing's is
go'n' ag'in' us." But .every other
minute he remembered to "God bless
Woodrow bless hi darling . old
hear:." Col. W. IX Pollock, who
goLs to the State Senate from this
district as the result of the election
Tuesday, would not give jup hope
when it seemed that the case was
hopeless, hinted at corruption in oth
er regions of the country and declar
cd that he would gladly give up, his
newly won honor if it could help Wil
son back into the White House. The
auditors grumbled sometimes when
Indians from Southern: points were
read. They were not interested. In
those tense momenta in what the
Soiuh had done nor the local results.
j The South had done its share giv
en nearly half enough electoral votes
to put Wilson back into the Presiden
cyincluding Missouri, Kentucky and
Oklahoma had dons far nore. than
its share.
Interest Intense and Feverish.
Wednesday morning Knston wss
exc ted, wkh the National election
still in doubt Many' reports , were
heard on the street sfrom 6 until 10 '
o'clock some gave Wilson a good-, ,
safe lead.' The Free Prefs bulletin
ed a statement from tie United
Pre33 whose word ia beyond . dia- .
pute between 9 and 10. the effect
that Wilson, leading with! five elect
oral votes, stm had to f elf 29 out of
62 doubtful votes, with California in
balance and little New Hampshire aa
well, included. - - i - ; ' .
St. Paul, Minn, Nov. Uniform
ed shop girls lined down town streets
today and handed " each .passerby a
printed, appsaJ.to shop earty. It was
a ehop-girls campaign , t , close loop
department stores at 6:30 p. m. Sat
urdays. The campaign Will be con
una:i during November.