Forty ■ First President Of The United States Is Being Named Today |
Building Permits Heie Reach All Time High Of $2,970,725
Odds ravor
Dewey; TramcM
Is Confident
Br Jack Bel
Associated Praaa FeWM
Reporter
f or tna rorty-iirst tuna m nw
lory, Americans are electing a
president today.
The choice lies between Re
publican Gov. Thomas B. Dewey
of New York and Democratic
President Harry S. Truman of
Missouri.
By all the political signs, tile
odds favor Dewey.
But Truman remained firm la
the belief that when upwards of
50,000,000 votes have been count
ed in more that 135,000 polling
places, he will have won his first
four-year term in the White
House.
Demorcats and RepubMaens
disputed up to the end the com
plexion of the Senate.
It now has 51 Republicans and
45 Democrats. Republicans said
they will hold control. Demo
crats replied they will take over.
Barring upsets, the House
would stay Republican.
The two major candidates
would up their campaign drives
in muct the same language they
used at the start last September.
Both were on National radio
hookups last night.
But Truman broke away from
the tradition that election eve
speeches are confined to appeals
to get out and vote. He said
at Independence, Mo., that to
continue his administration “is
our best insurance against going
back to the dark days of 1932.”
And he added:
"I believe, in particular, mat
the Industrial workers, the farm
ers and the small business men
of this country can beat protect
themselves against reaction and
against inflation through the De
mocratic Party.”
Dewey struck the “unity" note
he has sounded up and down the
land. Said he from New York
after a plea to “vote regardless
of how":
“The foremost Issue rising
clear and high above all others
is whether in this solemn hour
the United States of America is
going to be a strong, united na
tion—a nation that can meet the
challenge of a dangerous world.”
There are nine other presiden
tial candidates. But only two
of them made news.
Qne is Gov. 3. Strom Thur
mond of South Carolina; the
other Henry A. Wallace.
The civil 'rights revolt Thur
mond led with his States’ Rights
Party seems likely to cost Tru
man Alabama, Mississippi and
South Carolina—and possibly to
help give Dewey one or two
states in the once solid Demo
cratic south.
Wallace’s Progressive Party is
accorded a scattering vote that
could influence the presidential
result in New York State. But
even Wallace's friends aren't
counting privately on a single
electoral college vote for him.
There were unusual goings on
in the south.
Gov. James E. Folsom of Ala
bama led a last-hour attempt to
get Truman’s name on that
state’s ballot, the only one that
ignores him. Dewey is listed
on aU 48.
Politicians called Virginia a
possible Dewey state.
Tennessee's situation was such
that even if Truman carriea it
he will get only 10 of the state’s
12 electoral votes.
And the Atlanta Constitution,
supporting Truman, said edi
torially “we think the Renubli
can Nominee is going to Inn.”
50UTII
Truman 7
Dewey 0
Waynesville, N. C., Nov. 1—
(TP)The Cataloochee precinct,
on the fringe of the Great
Smoky Mountains Nationsl
Park, today reported seven vote*
for President Truman and non*
for Gov. Thomas E. Dewey.
Only seven were registered at
Cataloochee.
In 1944 the precinct gav*
eight votes for President Roose
velt and two votes* for Gov.
Dewey.
Norm
Dewey 11
Truman 1
Hart's location, N. H., Nov.
. 2 — (AP) —This small white
mountain community — the first
in the nation to report returns
i in today’s election — cast 11
i ballots for Gov Thomas E. Dew
ey and 1 for president Truman.
In the 1M4 presidential elec
tion Gov. Dewey polled 4 votes
and Franklin D. Roosevelt (.
The voters gathered in the
cold dawn to cast their ballots
g in the private home of the town
[ treasurer, Alice Burke. They
■ voted by the light of oil lamps.
Most of the town's voters are
- railroad maintenance men trim
customarily vote early.
There are M registered
i. in the town of U.
s Town clerk Oscar
said the 13th voter ‘had to. gat
- a funeral," and didn’t dr ' -
(east a ballet.
snarp vrop
Is Noted
liuQctober
v JJU..VMUB pciiiubs ior rvuanoKe
Rapids climbed to an all-time
| high during October and at the
end of the month permits issued
j for building during 1948 were
only $29,275 short of the three
! million dollar mark,
j During October there was a
j decided drop in building from
previous months, with five per
0 mits issued for a total of $22,
600, however the month’s total
j pushed the year’s grand total up
to permits issued in the amount
| of $2,970,725.
Last month residential per
mits outstripped others, with
| $14,100 in permits issued for
I residential building, while per
mits for two garages and a
Store totalled $8,500.
Receiving residential building
permits during October were F.
E. Gray for a $1,600 house at
101 Washington street and C. D.
1 Liske for a $12,500 residence on
Jackson street between Fourth
j and Fifth streets. A permit was
issued to M. F. Tompkins to
| for a $1,500 garage on Roanoke
Avenue and a permit for the
> addition of a garage for $6,00C
j to Howard Bounds at the corner
j of First street and Roanoke
f Avenue.
^ October’s permit figures caus
ed the yearly total for residen
$ tial building to climb to a total
of *310 315. while industrial and
I; other permits issued during the
I' first ten months of 1948 to tota!
$2,660,410.
It is expected that building
will decline during the last twc
months of the year, with cold
weather almost certain to dela>
^ building plans and hold back
, ^ construction. The drop in per
mits issued has been noticeable
since the end ot summer, how
ever it isestimated that with
only two months to go the three
million dollar building year wil
be reached to make 19 8 the
biggest year for building in the
history of the city..
Cool Weather
* Is Predicted
By The Associated Press
The weather outlook for thi
Carolinas today was not idea
for i voting, hut it might havi
beiii worse.
Rain was forecast for the ex
treme west portion of Nortl
Carolina and for the northwes
portion of South Carolina today
- and for other sections tonight.
• Little change in temperature:
was in prospect, except for cool
er in North Carolina tomorrow.
Weather
North Carolina—Increasing
cloudinsss and not so warm
today followed by occasional
rain and not much change In
temperatures tonig' with
rains beginning in extreme
e west portion iodsyi Wednes
day, occasional rain and cool
er.
f Freak Sprain Stops
Notre Dame Back
South Bend, Ind.—(AP)—Tin:
Coy McGee, 146-pound Irish hall
back, has been on the injure*
list only once during his tenur
> on the Notre Dame varsity. Las
4 season, after withstanding th
holts of mammouth linemen dm
ing practice and games, he stej
ped into a hole in the field whil
walking back to the huddl<
The result was a sprained ankl<
V Woman’s Club Hears Mrs. Heady
Speak On Charleston, South Carolina
Mrs. I. E. Ready of the Fine
Arts Department, presented a
most interesting program on
Charleston. S. C at the regular
monthly meeting of the Womans
Club on Monday afternoon. This
being Mrs. Ready’s home town,
she was able to give many in
timate details in connection with
her subject.
One very interesting fact
brought out in her informal talk
was that the first fire insurance
company in American was or
ganized in Charleston in 1731 to
protect the valuable and beauti
ful homes and tumishings on the
vast plantations of that era. Mrs
Ready gave vivid descriptions
af the old and famous Charles
ton gardens.
■ It was' to the Middleton Gar
dens planted on the banks of
the Ashley, that the first Camel
lia iponicas were brought to
Air|fcea. These gardens are the
largest landscaped gardens in
American also and are unique
in that they are still In posses
sion of the original owners. The
Cypress Gardens famous for
heir cypress trees hanging with
noss and for the big live oak
-eea growing there, the Magno
i Gardens and Brook Green,
nted iar its magnificent trees,
’irubtbry and statuary were all
scribed by Mrs Ready,
luring the business session at
ch Mrs. John Gilbert, presi
»>
aent presiaea, «, wo»
that a gift of drapery and slip
cover material nad been made
to the club by Messrs. Frank
Williams, Gordon Berkstresser
and John Dunn Mrs. Z. G.
Gwaltney very graciously offer
ed to make the covers and dra
pery, having them ready for the
December meeting.
Mrs. C. A. Wyche presented
a piano to the club at this time
and Mrs. Gilbert announced that
Mr. Don Tiller of the Rosemary
Manufacturing Company had of
fered to clean and was the floors
of the club house.
A subscription bridge party is
being planned for the 10th of
December with Mrs I. E. Ready
in charge of the ticket sales. A
Christmas rrogram will be pe
sented by the Gaden Club at
the December meeting. This
will be a joint meeting of the
departments of the Woman’s
Club.
At the conclusion of the meet
ing a social hour was enjoyed
during which sandwiches cook
ies and not tea were served
from a tea table centered with
a beautiful basket of yellow
daisy-like chrysanthemums.
The club house was decorated
throughout with greenery and
fall berries.
The hostesses for the after
noon were members of the Fine
Arts Department with Mrs. Vir
gil E. McDowell as chairman.
Navy Plane Gets Rocket Lift
The Navy's giant 180-passenger Constitution receives ter
rific thrust from six rockets in takeoff at Los Angolas airfield.
Burbank. Calif., in one of a series of final tests. The six
JATO (jet assisted takeoff) rockets shorten the takeoff run
by nearly 24 percent. Tests were made up to 184,000 pounds
gross weight on the Lockhod-built transport with the controls
unaffected by the added power. Rockets give plane power
roughly equivalent to one of its 3,500 horsepower engines. (AP
Wirephoio).
Four Parties In Field For State’s
14 Electoral Votes But Observers
Believe Race Between GOP-Dmocrats
Raleigh, MOV. 2—vn—rouucar
pay day arrived in North Caro- <
lina today at the end of the
most energetic campaign the
state has witnessed in years.
In 1,959 precincts throughout ,
the State, voters turned out at
the polls to deliver their deci
sion on the appeals of four par
ties—largest number on the
North Carolina ballot since 1932.
The list of winners will begin
to unfold tonight at 6:30 p. m.
when the polls close and the
counting of votes begins. The
polls opened at 6:30 a. m.
One of the top races is that
for the State's 14 electoral vote!,
! with four partiese in the field
for the prize.
Most observers believed, how
ever, that for all practical pur
poses the presidential competi
tion has boiled down to the
' usual contest—between Demo
crats and Republicans.
In the race with President
' Truman, the Democratic nomi
nee, and Republican Gov. Tho
mas E. Dewey are Gov. J. Strom
Thurmond, States’ Rights Demo
crat, and Henry A. Wallace,
Progressive.
The presidential race Is the
only one in which the States’
Rights Democrats offered a can
didate. The Progressives, how
ever, have candidates for con
gress and some state offices.
On the eve of the election,
new dissension arose among
leaders of the States’ Rights
Democrats involving the U. S.
Senate race between former
Gov. J. Melville Broughton,
r Democrat, and John A. Wilkin
- son, Republican.
1 Col. Philip S. Finn of Hen
i dersonville, State chairman of
t the party, in a radio speech
) yesterday criticized Broughton
- and praised Wilkinson on the
- civil rights question.
» Broughton, he said, “has re
. fused to tell the people how
. he stands” on the issue and has
iriea 10 iorce I cum dll uuwii
iur throats.”
Finn asserted that Wilkinson
las announced opposition to the
:ivil rights program and his re
:ord “is that of a true North
Carolinian and Southerner."
Other party leaders counter
;d immediately with statements
hat they would support Brough
;on.
David Clark of Charlotte, co
rhairman of the party, said he
hoped that no one would pay
any attention to his (Finns)
statement” and that after the
election Finn and members of
the party’s executive committee
from Hendersonville “will not
be considered as in the party.”
John W. Hinsdale of Raleigh,
the party’s campaign manager,
said the organization would sup
port Broughton “100 per cent
despite what Mr. Finn may im
agine or say." He added that
the party also would back other
regular Democratic candidates
pn the state ticket
l 11 '
Roanoke
Ramblings
By Pat Nantx
It’s nice to see Ted Speight
up and about again—even though
he does have to call on crutches
for help .. here’s hoping you’ll
be getting around on your own
power soon, Ted....
Home on a fifteen day fur -
lough is Cpl. Johnny Langston
—Johnny is with the army at
Fort Jackson, S. C., he has been
in service for about six months
now—Johnny is spending Ms
furlough with his mother, Mrs.
G. C. Langston and his brother,
George Langston, Jr.
Congratulations are in order
for Johnny Lynch—Johnny is a
senior at the Roanoke Rapids
High School.. . and was honored
by being elected the editor-in
chief of the high school paper,
the Roanoko ...
Also home on leave Is Clayton
Matthews, Jr.—he is spending
his furlough from the army with
his parents, Mr and Mrs. Clay
ton Matthews, and his brother,
Carlton ...
“Have you seen my dog this
morning, Mr. Smith?” “Seen
him? I should think I have.
He came in here stole a leg of
pork, bit me on the foot and
then tripped a customer into a
crate of eggs.” “Did he really?
Well, I wonder if you would put
this 'Lost' notice ip your win
dow?” . , . this is what you Call
taking it a little bit too far . .
Orchids of acheivement go to
Coach Cranford Hoyle's first
string Junior Jax—they were
"promoted” to Coach Danny
Cagle’s Varsity Jax team—now,
with the help of the juniors,
maybe we will see a winning
football team on Friday nights..
Sam Wood's Midgets of t h e
local high school suffered their
first defeat yesterday to t h e
Emporia team by a score ol
25-8..
Radio announcers 'must have
talent for almost anything—dis
played in the window of the lo
cal radio station* la a picture
with a perfect likeness of A1
Drew... as a matter of fact it
was drawn for the purpose ol
letting you know who will give
you the election returns, tonight
i
34th Year—No. 44 Roanoke Rapids, N. C., Tnesday, November 2, 1948 5c Daily; 10c Sunday
ICC Rejects Railroad Request For Eight
Percent Immediate Freight Rate Increase
Hearing set
For November
30 On Demands
Washington, Nov. 2—(AP) —
The Interstate Commerce Com
mission today rejected the rail
road's petition for an immediate
“emergency” per cent freight
rate increase.
The commission announced
that it will open hearings Nov.
30 on the general 13 percent ad
vance in rates asked by the
railroads.
At that time, the ICC said, it
wil lalso take evidence on the
rail industry motion for an 8
percent increase to be collected
while the commission considers
the request for a 13 per cent
advance on a long-term basis,
The railroads asked the ICC
on Oct. 12 for permission tc
boost rates quickly as an emer
gency measure in view of new
wage increases for rail workers,
The carriers said the situa
tion warranted action withoul
hearing. But they said that if
hearing was necessary, it should
be held before the end of Octo
ber.
let matters stand for review, or
Nov. 30 followed requests froir
shippers and other Interests foi
a full hearing before any rate
increase is granted.
Among those urging a fill
hearing were the Department oi
Agriculture and the State Asso
ciation of Public Utility Com
missioners.
Other pleas for freight rate
hikes came meanwhile from the
Coastwise Steamship Lines op
erating between Atlantic and
.Gulf ports, the Inland Watei
ways Corp., operating the
Federal barge lines, and 2!
freight forwarder organiza
tions. They asked the ICC tc
let them boost rates In line witl
any increases that may be
granted to the railroads.
The water carriers said thej
should be permitted to revise
their charges in such a way a:
ships between rail and watei
freight charges.
The freight forwarders—whe
, assemble small- quantity freigh
for reshipment in car load lot!
; requested advances in charge;
equal to whatever advance;
I may be given the rail carriers
Fiery Crosses
Are Burned By
KKK In Florid;
Wildwood, Fla., Nov. 2—(VP)—
Fiery crosses, the mark of th
Ku Klux Klan, blazed in cen
tral Florida last night.
All of the crosses, planted b;
hooded and robed figures as
motorcade of klansmen swep
through four towns, were burn
ed in negro sections.
W. H. Brough, a Wildwooi
metal worker and the Klan’
Florida titan, said they were :
warning that communism wouli
not be tolerated in the state.
More than 50 motor cars
each containing two to fou
hooded figures, drove througl
Plymouth, Tavares and Lees
burg before winding up with
barbecue here. Most of the li
cense plates were covered.
At the head of the cavalcade
and at its end, was a vehicl
bearing a huge cross, lighted b:
red electric bulbs. Hundreds c
spectators linec’ the streets t
watch, but negroes remaine
close to their homes.
Tobacco Prices
Show Sharp Drop
Raleigh, N. C., N-v. 2—(VP)
Prices dropped on the three tc
bacco belts operating in Nort
Carolina yesterday.
On the old belt smoking lea
lugs and nondescript fell )1 t
$3 the hundred pounds; the east
era North Carolina belt report
ed decreases up to $8 the hue
dred in lugs, and $1 to $6 drop
in smoking leaf. Common an
leaf grades fell fl to |3 on th
middle bait
7 ■" .— —
Thomas Resigns,
Lancaster New
Herald Foreman
Frank R. Thomas, mechanical
superintendent of the Daily
Herald resigned effective Mon
day and has been replaced by
M. S. Lancaster, Guy M. Leedy,
publisher of the Herald an
nounced today.
Thomas, who had been a
member of the Herald staff for
the past five years resigned, to
devote his energies to his other
business interests.
Thomas had ’ eld the position
of advertising manager, prior
to being made mechanical sup
erintendent w'-en the Herald
became a daily on September 13.
Lancaster, who came to the
Herald about a month ago, for
merly was connected with the
Commercial Printing Company
in Raleigh and worked in the
composing room of the Raleigh
Times for ten years. Hi married
he former Miss Virginia Vin
cent and they are residing near
Aurelian Springs.
Weldon Road
Resurfacing
Near Completion
Work today was nearly com
pleted on the widening and re
paving of the Weldon-Roanoke
Rapids highway today with traf
fic being limited to one-way
passage for about one mile west
of Weldon while the paving was
being laid on the only portion
of the highway not yet finished.
Most of the road has been im
proved by cutting into shoulders
and putting down a base tor
additional surfacing material on
each side off the highway to give
a 20-foot paving.
A surface coating of plant-mix
blacktop surface material is be
ing put down over the original
surface and over the widened
portion of the shoulders.
Unless prevented from complet
ing the job by bad weather or
other unforseen difficulty, the
contractor, the F. D. Cline Con
struction Company of Raleigh,
is expected to complete the sur
facing and reopen the road to
through traffic within a couple
of days.
New culverts and drains have
been installed along the busy
highway between the two cities
and a formerly narrow bridge
near the Weldon brick plant has
been replaced oy a wider piece
i of roadway eliminating the nar
. row structure.
, The same surfacing treatment
’ has also been added to several
of the streets in Weldon and
r across the Roanoke river bridge
i on U. S. highway 301 a short
t distance north of Weldon.
All work on the highways is
being done under a State con
[ tract let to the Raleigh firm,
i which has set up a surfacing
[ mixing plant near Garysburg.
I
Chinese Communists Demand
i Surrender Of Chiang Kai-Shek’s
; Beaten Armies In Manchuria
Nanking, Nov. 2—(#)— Chin
ese communists called today for
l quick surrender of Chiang Kai
; Shek’s beaten armies in Man
[ churia and openly boasted they
, would conquer all of China.
I Reports from good authority
said fighting had ceased within
the entire Mukden area. There
were no major disorders, this
source said, as the triumphant
Red forces took over their rich
est prize of the civil war.
No further information came
j on casualties or damage from
the bombing of Mukden yester
day by government planes an
j hour after the communists com
. pleted their occupation. Several
. bombs exploded within two
. blocks of the U. S. consulate,
s The impact of Mukden’s tall
1 and the disaster to Chiang's ar
b mies jarred China. The military
setback added heavily to econo
.n
mic instability. A shakeup of
the cabinet of Premier Wong
Wen-Hao appeared certain. Price
controls with which the gov
ernment had sought to bolster
the new gold yuan currency
were abolished, and shanghai
prices jumped 300 to 400 per
cent.
Mukden’s conquerers urged
residents, including foreigners,
to continue normal activities.
The proclamation was signed,
"the committee of northeast peo
ple for negotiations of tempor
ary peace.” It was interpreted
here . as governing only the
Manchurian area.
A wider scope of communist
ambition was set forth by Mac
Tze-Tung, Chairman of the
Chinese Communist Party. He
told the communist nations od
eastern Europe his armies ev
entually will control all ol
Inspection Lone Here For Next
To Last Visit During This Year
Motor vehicle Mecnamcai in-'
ipection Lane Number 38 moved
nto Roanoke Rapids today for
ts next-to-last visit of the year
md opened for business on
rwelfth street between Roanoke
Vvenue and Hamilton Street.
Unlike its last visit, the' lane
ivill be open only one shift a
lay from eight o’clock in the
morning until five o’clock in the
afternoon. When the lane was
here last month vehicle owners
were offered inspection facilities
16 hours a day on two shifts,
but lane supervisor E. G. White
hurst said the response made
by the public to the two-shift
nighttime service was not suf
ficient to warrant the opera
tion of such a system here again.
Whitehurst pointed out that
the deadline for the inspection
of all 1940 and 1942 model ve
hicles is November 30, and urg
ed that all owners of vehicles
of this model bring their cars
through the lane while it is lo
cated in Roanoke Rapids.
The lane will remain in opera
tion here until next Monday
during the daylight* hours, fol
lowing which it will be moved
to Jackson.
Whitehurst said there is still
a last-minute rush of vehicle
owners to the lane in numer
ous places in which the portable
lane is set up in spite of the
fact that the required inspection
program has been in effect
since the first of the year. He
said motorists who continue to
operate vehicles after the first
of the year which have not been
approved by the lanes will find
themselves facing indictments
for violation of the Motor Ve
hicles Act. He warned that mot
orcycles, motor bikes, trailers
and all other licensed vehicles
must be inspected and passed
as well as automobiles.
Whitehurst said the inspectors
in the lane here will inspect
small farm trailers and similar
farm vehicles witthout any fee.
He emphasized the change in
location of the lane to the new
location on Twelfth Street in
stead of being at any of the
points where it was previous
ly in operation.
Ten Votes Cast
For State’s Bights
Martin Station, Ala., Nov. 2—
(>P)—The 10 voters in this small
community cast their ballots un
animously today for States
Rights Democrat J. Strom Thur
mond for President.
Thurmond is on the regular
Democratic ticket in Alabama.
The Martin station box was un
animously for Democratic nomi
nees in 1944.
In southwest Alabama, unof
ficial returns from Mobile
county’s absentee ballot box
gave 106 votes to Gov. Thur
mond, 37 to Gov. Thomas E.
Dewey, and 3 to Henry Wallace.
Straws To
Watch In
Election
By The Associated Press
Want lo 9*1 a quick Idea of
how tha presidential election
may be going?
Then keep an eye out for
early returns from West Vir
ginia and Maryland.
West Virginia has backed
president winners In 14 of the
last IS elections; Maryland in
13 of the last IS.
Outside those "border" states
there is New York which
rode a loser only once (ISIS)
in the lest IS elections.
For the Senate race keep a
scoresheet on 11 slates. Re
member. the Republicans now
have a SI lo 4S edge. Thai
Democrats need three more
seats to tie It up. four seats
to win control. The 11 piTotal
states and the party seat at
stake;
Kentucky (H-), Minnesota
(R), Montana (D), Oklahoma
R). West Virginia (R). Wyom
ing (R, New Mexico (D), Ten
nessee (D). Illinois (R). Iowa
(R). Colorado D).
Final Poll
Gives Dewey
Slight Edge
BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
The final gallup poll (Amer
can institute of public opinion)
gives these figures on the presi
dential race: Truman, 44.3 per
cent; Dewey, 49.5 per cent; Wal
lace, 4 per cent; Thurmond, 2
per cent.
Here are the final results of
newspaper polls:
Chicago Tribune, state -wide
Illinois: Truman, 43.8 per cent,
Dewey, 34.4 per cent; Wallace,
2 per cent.
Chicago Sun-Tmes, state-wide
Illinois: Truman 45.89 per
cent; Dewey 52 86 per cent.
Boston Herald, straw poll of
Massachusetts: Truman, 46.6
per cent; Dewey, 48.2 per cent;
Dewey plurality of about 65,000.
Philadelphia Inquirer, poll of
Pennsylvania* Truman, 39.3
per cent; Dewey, 57.9 per cent;
Wallace, 2 per cent; other can
didates, .8 per cent In South
ern New Jersey: Truman, 44
per cent; Dewey, 54.3 per cent;
Wallace 1.7 per cent. In New
Castle County Delaware, inclu
ding Wilmington: Truman,39.3
per cent; Dewey 59.5 per cent;
Wallace, .9 per cent; others .3
per cent.
New York Daily News,'state
wide: Truman, 44.1 per cent;
Dewey, 49.2 p* cent; Wallace,
6.7 per cent.
Des Moines Register, state
wide sampling of Iowa: Tru
man, 41 per cent; Dewey, 54 per
cent; Wallace, 2 per cent; un
decided, 3 per cent.
The Gallup poll is non-parti
san. All of the newspapers men
tioned have supported Gov. De
wey, with the exception of the
Chicago Sun-Times, which hai
supported President Truman.
Heavy Voting In
Lenoir County
Lenoir, Nov. 2 —(/P)— Loni
lines formed before votinf
places in Caldwell County to
day, and political observers pro
dieted the biggest vote in his
tory.
One Democratic leader fore
cast a county vote of 15,00C
Caldwell’s previous high vot
was 10,335.
Showers, cloudy weather an
vdtod. t