ONLY ONE BETTER MAN
Than It ly on batter man
tkaa t mu who gats behind
and pushes, and that U the maa
who gets ahead and pulU.
COME TO LENOIR ;
Lenoir U a beautiful city, with
lovely homes, good schools and
churches, all modern coare
nieneee and nnsurpassed scen
ery. A good place to live. Come
ep on higher ground.
v i vt vi The Lenoir Tonic, Established 1875 r j . . A a . 19,ft
VOL XLVI The Lenoir News Established 1898 Consolidated April 1, 1919
LENOIR, N. O, FRiDAY NOV. 5th 1920
Price, Fire Cents the Copy
No. 11.
Q -
Dions WIN
STATEBfl
MAJORITY
(BY MAX ABERNETHY-Raleip-h,
Nov. 4. Democrats watch
ing the compilation ipf the returns
from the state election believe that
the official cqunt will give all of
Democracy's nominees more than
75,000 majority and that it may ex
ceed even this figure.
Never in the h istory of the state
has such an, overwhelming vote been
polled and never has a candidate for
governor been accorded the' majority
that was given Cameron Morrison
Tuesday. While the returns are slow
coming in due to the heavy ballot
ing by reason of the women's intro
duction into the political life of
North, Carolina, it is the belief, both
Democrats and Republicans locally,
that all ten congressional districts
will be found in the Democratic col
umn when the complete vote is tab
ulated. Likewise it is thought that the
Democratic representation in the
next General Assembly will be slight
ly increased in both houses, although
it will reauire the official count to
HARDING PROMISES
FAIRNESS TO ALL
" I am Just a Plain Fellow" He
Tells Employes Weeps
In Accepting Gift
OUttHEXT PRESIDENT AHDNIEE-ESIDEIIT
SPENDS STIRRING DAY
Votes, Plays Golf, Receives Re
turns and Has Cake with 55
Fifty-five little pink candles thrust
into a frosted cake lighted Senator
Harding's table at dinner just be-.
fore the election returns began to'
flood his campaign headquarters. U
was his fifty-fifth birthday. '
The senator returned cold and
hungry from a golfing expedition
from Columbus, forty miles away,
to find this little surprise. Aftser
dinner the Senator withdrew to his
library to wait for whatever birth
day present the American people had
decided to give him.
A score employes of The Marion
Daily Star, Senator Harding's paper,
called on him as he was finishing his
dinner and presented to him a print
er's rule made of gold. Leaving the
table, the Senator, with Mrs. Hird
ing, went out on his front porcn to
greet the callers.
"Fellow members of The Star"- -he
began and choked. He tried to
speak again but his eyes became dim
and his voice clogged. Finally, with
tears rnllinp down his cheeks and
it win require toe omciai count to; d heaid.
determine this in some of the, y d j h.we been associated
I t J ' ill TvC?
IT J
MANY SCHOOLS TO
DEBATETHIS YEAR
High School Discussion Will
Center Around Capital and
Labor This Time
-counties which were unusually close
ly contested.
The greatest surprise in the el
ection to the Republicans came in
together for many years. I know
you, and you know I wouldn't cheat
vou. I am coming into a position of
; very great responsibility if the pres-
the gubernatorial contest. They had'ent return3 are interpreted correct
onnaenuy anucipacea mat ooim j.;v j don't know wheather 1 can
Parker the Republican nominee,; meet jjiem adqately. I know one
would receive a flattering vote be-, thine I can meet them with the same
cause of his personality and popu
larity. They were justified to some
extent in expecting this because the
justice, and fairness as in the dea
ings which 1 have had with you.
Turning to a spectacled, whte
word had gone over the state that, bearded man standing in the front of
a large number of the women voters, the group, he said:
who were Democrats, were going to
vote for Parker instead of Morrison
because of the Democratic nominees
stand on woman suffrage two years
ago. The returns, however, do not
bear out the claims of the Republi
cans and it is believed that Morri
son will run along with if not lead
the state ticket.
Advocates of the constitutional
amendments which were adopted by a
sweeping majority are gratified at the
result. Chairman Clarence Poe of
the Central Committee on Taxation
Amendments today issued the fol
lowing statement with reference to
the campaign for 'the constitutional
-ahanges:
"All who took part in the fight
my well feel that they have helped
make history of a memorable sort.
It is 85 years now since the consti
tutional convention of 1835 wiped out
some snecial privileges which had
nreviouslv given property over man
hood. It Is just 70 years since Da
vid S. Reid put the Whigs out of
office on the issue of doing away with
the requirement that a man must
ow nfiftv acres of land in order to
vote for senators. 'And now two
generations later the state over
whelmingly repudiates the ancient
idea that property income is sacred
nd must never be touched by the
taxing power, however heavily the tax
burden may rest on labor income,
"Of course a host of speakers and
-workers have earned the gratitude of
all friends of the amendments but 1
should lika to mention five most po
tent causes of the v ictory the elo
quence of Governor Bickett, the vigi
lance Tax Commissioner Maxwell,
th irenerous cooperation of the North
Carolina press, the rare public
piritedness of many men of wealth,
lost notably A. B. Andrews, who
so effectively exposed an evil condit
. ion in spite of its personal benefits
for him, and last the patriotic attitude
1 tbp leadine ReDublican candidates,
who, knowing the income tax to be
Tight, refused to join in a conspir
acy to defeat it by attacking allied
features of the measure."
Josiah W. Bailey who conducted
the losing campaign against the am
endments reviews the struggle, ad
mits defeat, but predicts that two
sessions of the legislature will suffice
to vindicate his views as to the in
justice of the amendments the peo-,
ele have accepted.
The whole matter now, he says,
win ha Rubiected to the test of experi
ence. "?'W pass,", he concludes,
"from argument and prediction, to
fact. I confidently anticipate the
indication of my views. Two ses
sions of the general assembly, if not
one, will suffice."
TWO DEATHS OCCURED tN
FAMILY OF SEN. OVERMAN
(Charlotte Observer)
There is sadness in the home of
Bonntor Lee S. Overman today on
account of the death of Merrman
Kannnv which occured at Chappel
Till -. nnon and also on the account
of the- death of Mrs. John H, Greg
ory at Halifax, Mrs. uregory D-img
ttie motner, oi me peaatom ouu-m-i.nr
' V. .C.J Rreororv.
Merriman Kenney was the son of
Mrs. J. B. Kenney t Mrs. Overman's
ister. He was formerly a student
Vi TTniveraitv of Nona Carol
aani twantlv while on a visit there
was taken ill with sickness that
proved fatal, in ail effort to save
- Lis life 20 of his fraternity mates
rave blood transfusion but this only
ive temporar rciicx.
Si"T en G. Hardinc)
C&rvin Coolidqe
PALM
EH IS TOLD
TO APPEflfl IN
COURT
"There is my old triend miller,
the oldest employe of The Star.
Thirty years we've been together.
Sometimes the road was thorny.
Sometimes I have known him to
draw his pay when I had to borrow
it from my mother. There were oth
er times when I had to borrow Mo
rel's pay back from him in the
morning.
"I am just a plain fellow, but if
I,ve been on the square with you, I
wouldn't cheat you now I am go
ing to be on the square with every
me. Senator Harding broke olf again
and his voice shook. Therj were
signs of weeping from mast of the
employes gathered around him.
Thank you for your call," he said,
looking up once more. Tomorrow or
Thursday I hope to have the tima to
come down to The Star and greet
you all again."
Rafusei Preference in Voting Line.
Half the neighborhood was wait
ing inside and outside the private
garage which served as a polling
place in the Harding precinct to
greet Senator and Mrs. Harding
when they arrived to cast their votes
in the morning. Voters in line stood
aside', but the Hardings refused to
have places yielded for them and re
mained behind eight women and two
men. Mrs. Harding stood in front
of her husband. Next to the Sen
ator in. line were George B. Chris-
11 15 BEATEN,
TENNESSEE
SPLITS
Indi?n?.n lis, Nov. 4. Attorney
general Palmer was advised in a
telegram from United States Dis
trict Jud'ie A. B. Anderson todav
that an investigation of the 125 coal
operators and miners would be mailt
when the case is called on October
28. Mr. Palmer was asked to be present.
(Continued on page four)
MEXICAN PflPEFIS
HAVE LITTLE
COMMENT
ANNOUNCEMENT !
There will bd a Box Supper at
Piney Grove School House on Sat
urday Night, November, 6th for the,
benefit of the School. All the young
ladies of the Community will bring
with them well filled boxes which
will be auctioned off. Everyone is
cordially invited.
Meninhis. Nov. 4 With the de
feat of Representative Moon in the
third district and reports in the
fouitft and eighth districts tiist an
ffk'ial count will be necessary to
(1 .'ti rmir.e these districts, the nossi
bhilv loomed large todav that Ttjr.n
ossee wou'.d eouullv divide its con
m'ssmen, besides divine: Senator
Harding and Alf Taylor maioriiits
in Tuesday's election.
More than 250 high schools of
North Carolina are expecting to take
part in the 1921 State wide debate
of the high school debating contest,
announcements concerning which
have just been sent out by Secre
tary E. R. Rankin to all the high
schools in the State. Last year the
schools participating numbered ex
actly 250; in 1917 it ran slightly
over 300 schools, which is the larg
est number the union ever had, and
present prospects, according to Sec
retary Rankin, indicate another rec
ord-breaking year.
The debate this year will center
around the capital and labor ques
tion, which as Secdetary Rankin
points out, has become a vital issue
in North Carolina. The query is
"Resolved, That the principle of the
closed shop would prevail in Amer
ican industry."
"The committee feels that this
yearf it will be of. profit not alone
to the debaters and high school stud
ents," says the announcement, "but
to the people of the State as well, to
have a comprehensive State-wide dis
cussion of this question." The sig
nificance of this statement may be
seen from the fact that in eight pre
vious debates an estimate total of
80,000 persons each year have list
ened to th edebates.
As usual the school entered this
contest will be divided into triangles
for the first round and the winners
will come to Chappel Hill for fur
ther elimination rounds an dthe final
championship debate for the Aycock
Memorial Cup. The triangular de
bate will be held late in March; and
the final contest at Chappell Hill
early in April. Previous winners
have been Asheville, Durham, Wil
son, Yaynesville, Graham, Wilson,
Winston-Salem and Pleasant Garden.
BELATLD NE1S
SHOWS LlOGEfi'
UNTIES
CHINKS MUTINY ON
SHIP U WOUNDED
Eleven Chinese members of the
crew of the British steamship Elm
leaf were wounded when guards re
sorted to pistol fire to quell a mutiny
aboard the vessel.
Twenty-four Chinese participated
in the riot which was precipitated
when officers of the ship announced
that in compliance with federal reg
ulations no shore leaf would be
granted. -
According to reports submitted at
the customs house the Chinese armed
themselves with knives, pieces of
pipe and scrap iron and rushed from
the forecastle in an effort to over
whelm the guards, a number got
over the ship and hid themselves in
the woods bordering the river. The
rapid firing of the guards influenced
most of those not wounded to surren
der. Two of the wounded will die,
according to reports.
The Elmleaf is anchored at Good
Hope, about 15 miles above New Or
leans. The vessel is operated betw
een New -Orleans ond Tampico.
WHAT LONDON PAPERS SAY
London. Nov. 4. The London
ewspapers fevcte considerable space
o me American eieciion. iney
wed upon what thev characterize as
discontent with the present admini
stration and that whatever pohev
Presider.t-elcct Harding and his
cabinet adopt will be carried out by
con cress.
The American election on this oc
casion has a much greater interest
for Europe than is usually the case.
The Times thinks Harding will have
laree maioritv in both houses of
eopgress and is pleased to think that
Mr. Harding will not be his own
brime minister.
It regards the election as a distinct
warning to bolshevists and radicals.
HUMOR OF NEW
POSTMASTER HERE
Mexico Citv. Nov. 4. ReDorts of
the election in the United States were
given the entire front pages of news
papers in this city. Only two jour
nals, however, the Excelsior and El
Heraldo de Mexico, ventured to spec
ulate editorially on what a Repub
lican administration in the United
States means for this country.
Theformer sees immediate recog
nition of the result of the election
and the other asserts Senator Hard
ing's election "will not be an ob
stacle to good relations between
Mexico and the United States."
Rumored that Republican
Will Replace the Pres
ent Incumbent
WANAMAKER ASKS
, A SPECIAL SESSION
A law reducing the cotton acreage
in North Carolina by 33 1-3 per cent
and fixing heavy penalties upon any
cotton planter who disregards it is
desired by John S. Wanamaker,
president of the American Cotton
Association in a telegram to Gover
nor Bickett requesting him to call a
ge.cjal session of the General: As
sembly to enact the law. V
No answer has been made by the
governor, but when answer is made
it will very, likely be negative in
character, following the lead of oth
er Southern' governors who have de
clined similar request for special ses
sion to enact similiar laws. Gover
nor .Bickett has been away In the
campaign and will not likely Teply
Rumors are already circulating
around th etown that one of the
first acts of the tUoublican admin
istration after the- 4th of next IH arcn
will be the appointment of a locai
Republican as Postmaster here to
succeed the present incumbent, V,
D. Guire, democrat Amop? those
anost prominently, mentioned for the
place are : E. r. Wakeneld, County
Republican Chairman; Ward Hola-
field, County Republican Secretary
Eugene Miller, one-time Postmaster
J. R. McNaiiy, prominent Republi
can leader of ther county: J. lit
Matheson and Clarence Heff nuer,
both now connected with the office
NOME. ONCE HOME OF
i r : 13.000, HAS 200 NOW
Seattle.' Wash.. Nov. 2.--Nome
Alask, which during the. gold rush
oi lyiiu" had a population estimated
at 16,000, was left with only ZOO in
habitants when the steamer Victoria
the last boat of the season for the
states sailed from there, according to
passengers who were here today,
The Victoria brought 523 passen
gers from Alaska, 350 of whom were
to Mr. wannamaker until late in from Noone. Many of these declar-
I the week, ed they would not return.
HARIRSON HOME
CATCHES FIRE
About four-thirty yesterday af
ternoon the home of Mr. C. B. Har-
ison, on Bernhardt Hill caught fire,
but was discovered soon after the
blaze had started and fortunately
o serious damage was done. The
roof over the back part of the house
was somewhat damaged and some
amage was done to the interior hy
water.
EVENING SERVICE ON
SUNDAY AT 7 O'CLOCK
Rev. W. W. Rowe. president of the
local ministerium states that the
hour for evening services changes on
this coming Sunday evening. The
hour for evening worship will dc 7
o'clock instead of 7:30. AH members
and friends of the different churches
wiil please note? this change.
Columbus, Ohio, Nov. 4. For the
first time in history Ohio will have
a complete Republican congressional
delegation as the result of Tuesday's
election.
SPLIT IN COUNTY
RESULTS
Incomplete returns indicate el
ection of Triplett, Cricp,
Blackwelder Conley,
McGowan, Swanson
With Wilson's Creek to be yet
. . a, jll -1 i. :
o bte heard irom omciaiiy, eiecuim
results as canvassed by the County
Rr.oi.ri fit PanvaMm fchow Dr. CamD-
bell defeated Congressman Dough-
ton in the County bylZO votes; in
the race for State Senate, Wake
field (D) 3028, Alexander (D) 3025,
Kanine fRl 3176. and Patton (R)
3187; For the Hduse, General As
sembly, Blackwelder leading Squires
bv 150 votes: For County Treasure,
Oonlev leadinir Suddreth: For Reg
ister of Deeds, Crisp leading Mil
ler by 66 votes; tor Surveyor, ls
bell has slicrht lead on McGowan;
For Coroner, Dr. Goodman has slight
lead on swanson; ror snenn, in
lett leading smith by 80 votes.
Present reports indicate that
Moora will be the onlv democrat el
ected as a member of the Board of
County Commissioners, with a bare
nossibilitv that Jehnson will land.
The County Board of Canvassers
adjourned late yesterday aiternoon
to meet strain this morning. It will
not eb possible to give.exact"figures
until next Jssue. ' f ; : 14J,-'-The
v' County Board of Canvassers
met this morning and , will complete
their work today. Complete figures
New York Nov. 4. Tennessee has
swung into the Republican column,
smashing Democratic traditions of the
past, according to returns received
here.
Her shift from the Democratic
ranks, coupled with an upset from
Oklahoma, assured Warren G. Hard
ing of 3901 electoral votes as against
127 definitely in the James M. Cox
column and left in doubt but 14
seats in the electoral college divided
among Arizona, 3; Nevada, 3; New
Mexico, 3; and North Dakota, 5. In
all these states, save New Mexico the
vote is close.
Tennessee on the face of returns
tabulated by the Memphis Appepl
fygm 93 of 95 counties, with 50
precincts missing, gave Harding a
plurality of 9,977. Governor Rob
erts, Democrat, was swept out on
the Republican tide and Alf A. Taylor,
unsuccessful candidate for governor
in 1886 was elected.
No substantial upsets were report
ed from the solid south, although
several counties in Georgia,, Florida,
and Alabama broke tradition by cast
ing large Republican majorities.
The Republican congressional
sweep assumed larger proportions as
the belated returns continued to
come m. lhe victory of Samuel V.
Nicholson, Republican candidate for
the senate from Colorado, assured
President-elect Harding a majority
of at least ten in the upper house
and of five states where senatorial
choices had not been determined, the
Republican candidates were in the
lead in four and in the fifth, Ken
tucky, Republican leaders were
hopeful that late returns would over
come the lead of Democratic Sena
tor Beckham.
Republicans had secured 257 seats
in the house of representatives to
132 f r the Democrats and four for
other parties, giving them a lead of
131 with 43 contests in 10 states un
determined.
The house will have one socialist
member, Meyer London f New York,
who defeated Henrv M. Goldfogle.
fusion candidate, in the twelfth.
RACE RIOT AT ORLANDO FLA.
At least two white men were kill
ed, two wounded and an undeter
mined number of negroes killed and
wounded late today at Oconee,
village twelve miles west of here as
a result of a race riot growing ou'
of the. election.
The known dead are Leo Bor-
gard, 25, of Wintergarden and El
mer McDaniels, 2D, oi uconee.
Sam Sailsburg, formerly chief of po
lice of Orlando, and John Hanner,
of Orlando, were, slight wounded.
One negroe sair to have been lmpi-
cated is in jail.
DEMPSEY AGREES TO
BOX WILLARD MARCH 17
Jack Damnsey. world's heavy
weight champion, announces that he
has agreed to a fifteen round bout
with Jess Wulard, former world s
champion, to take place next March
17. The location of the tight he said,
had not been decided.
BODY OF M.SWINEY
INTERRED AT CORK
In the presence of surplices,
church diguitaries, scores of his for
mer comrade volunteers and thous
ands of his countrymen, the body
of Terrence MacSwiney, Lord May
or of Cork, was lowered to ist rest
ing place in the "Republican plot"
IiftSt. Finbarr's Cemetery, just out
side. Cork, this afternoon.
Outside the cemetery, hidden by
the enormous crush of townspeople,
two armored cars, their machine
guns ready, and a half dozen lorries
filled with full-equipped soldiers,
were drawn up at the roadside, im
parting a sinster air to the other
wise solemn proceedings. But dur
ing the transfer of the body fron
the City Hall through streets lined
with crowds to St. Mary's Cathed
ral and during the procession from
the cathedral to the. cemetery thera
was not an incident of violence or
disturbance.
ISS
TI IE HIS
1
Marion, Nov. 4. With only two
days remaining before he leaves Ma
rion for a months vacation trip,
President-elect Harding went to work
today clearing up his desk of the final
left-over details of his campaign.
With Mrs. Harding he will start
Saturday morning for Point Isabel,
Texas, where he will spent 12 days
huntin and fishin prior to an ocean
voyage to the Panama canal zone.
He plana to be back in Marion De
cember 6 and after that may go to
some gulf resort for a winter to be
spent in choosing , his cabinet and in
formulating the policies of his administration.
INTERNATIONAL CUP IS
WON BY AMERICAN BOAT
The Glouchester schooner Esper
anto came from behind in a heart
gripping race, yesterday and woa
from the Lucenberg scooner Dela
wanna by seven minutes find 15 sec
onds omciai time, thereby clinching
the cup and $4,00 in prize money.
The win gave two straight victories
to the United States in the interna
tional series between the Nova Scih
tia fisherman and Massassachusetts
rivals, and thereby determined the
event for the year.
The official time as the boats
crossed the finishing line was Es
peranto, 4:34:30; Delawana, 4:14:
45.
VOTES AND COURTESY
Manchester (N. H.) Mirror.
Society women wishing to be elect
ed to public office are going to be
come very appreciatieve of the wom
en of everv Accusation and situation
In life hereafter. Votes lor women row, was coming up on a mo-
RUNS MAN DOWNi SPEEDS
UP CAR. MAKES ESCAPE
(Asheville citizen)
Roy Marlow, of the firm of Mar
low Brothers, butchers in the city
market, was rushed to the mission
hospital at a late hour Tuesdoy night
suffering from injuries received in
an automobile accident on Haywood
Street in which the driver said to
be at fault escaped after an exciting
chase. The car driven by the un
identified man was captured but the
driver, jumping from the automo
bile, made off into the darkness. "
After crashing into the rear ftf
Ottis Green's touring car, this myst
tenous driver backed out oi tM
wreckage only to run down Roy mar
will increase the courtesy among the
people. f
As soon as six farm wood lots in
New York state can be turned over
by their owners to the students of
the state school of forestry, an ex
perimental effort is to be made to
prove that timber is a worth-while
farm crop.' The students are to do
the planning and logging, Says Fo
will be given irv next week's papers, alar Mechanics Magazine.
orcycle with side car attached.. The
driver put on. speed and attempted
a getaway followed closely by Char'
lie Jackson, the" police report, th
chase proving a lively one, as the
public service driver closed in up"
the fleeing man. It was then that
the mysterious driver jumped from
the car, a big Studebaker bearing a
North . Carolina . license number, and
made goac ms escape, ine car, Daa
ly damaged, is now held by the po
lice in the municipal garage.