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ft 4 -v No, 43. NEW BERN. CRAVEN COUNTY N. C., TUESDAY SEPTEMBER, 15. 1908 - FIRST SECTION 31th YEAR mi 1 . v. iLlTiiS SCHOOL CEGESVES DEEIEFIT BEQUEST OF FRIEND OF IN8TITU. ' .HON ENRICHES II BI TBI BUM OF $2i,00O OR S00. V - ZEB HI i:U JFiEUIE 0. A,T Elwtde Power Psoas .Buekbora Full Freeaited wttMiIiraMJr4e-rfl8ld ISlert Method sf PushlM the Deme trntte -;. Campaign, r Beglftrsttea .... . . ... - - Seeks Mast b Open Front October 1st, to October ftttb. '. i . special Correspondence. Raleigh. Sept 11. Democratic Stat Chairman Eller claim, to cover the whole Bute with. Democratic clubs and has prepared a very simple plan of calls, organisation, ate, to Jhese, , printed In convenient shape, so as: to It county, cttyT" township r ward clubs. These blank forms are being sent to all county and township oaalr men, and si a suggestion for the br- -Sanitation, -- . ' 8tJtai;y't Female School here 'so well-known" 4n North Carolina gets ja bequest from Miss Clement, who many years sjo was a meal ier of the fscul ty. ' The exact amount -Is not known, 1 but it Is expected to be somewhere between $25,000 and $30,000. "jY V The Republicans a this district, evidently do not think much of their i ability to draw crowds to their speak 4 Ings for one of them said today bs .,' thought there ought to be a Joint can- , vast between E. W. Pon and Willis Q. Brlggs, taking th ground that neither : tide could draw a Crowd. . National Democratic Committeeman Josephut Daniels will return Satur ',day from, the west, but will ge here . i only a few days as he will go back to " ' resume his Important duties with the . f pedal committees. " , . ' ji Raleigh will have the electric power . ; from Buckborn Falls by the eni' I the i rear. Work Is -going' ahea ? transalsslon Ilu and $25,009 js-to be expended by the Carolina Power Com pany in doing concrete work In the ' place of stone wad earth work at the "'plant-' ' : : - "It la decided by the assistant At- torney-General that the . registration ? books must be opened October 1st and ' remain so unUl October $4th. This wllf giv 11 registration days, Sun ; days being eicluded of course. , Dr. Rlebard H. Lewis, Secretary of . the Stats Board of Health has returned froo the annual convention of the ( AsMtican Public' Health Association, ;r at Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. : ;. J ! Contract has been '.made with tlu t band, of the Third Regiment to furnish SBusle during the But' Fair, October uth to nth. y It la very trident that all the Staje nglclals are determined to prevent the t returo to North Carolina of the lep(?, John It Early, whom .they all contend : , to properly a charge upon the United c-- " - K ab . Wesun -BUckhatder." Bessemer, MlctL, Sept 11. Promts! jant bnsiaeas ttea here have terror-. -. lsed for several weeks by threats of 'death if they did not comply with the demands of a "Black . Hand" gang. Continued efforts to trsp the "Black banders" proved unavailing until to day. I One of the Intended victims of the' -gang was Instructed to agret to pay - tribute. - Five officers concealed them selves near Powder Mill Creek, where Uts money was to be placed. They , , saw a woman creeping along the road at 4 a. m. She seised the box. con taining the money and ran.. When the Seers pursued shs' opened fire on them wltk a pistol. There was a lively exchange of bul lets before detectives stationed at a - torn to the road overpowered the wo man. She 'said she was Mrs. Frank ' CaHer, wife of a miner, who later was arested. The couple came from Italy nve years ago with their four cUldrea. ' ' - , Train Baa Harrow Steeps. Creeavtllc Reflector t Tuesday afternoon the Coast Line tr:. U came very sear gelling Into srlous trouble Just this side of Ay Ci. f m mlarreant bad blaced a I e ot timber like a log standard on t tratk, rrcta-'y with the Intention at doing n.!.L:.f. Catt Turrtntlne was at tli tbrott'e ar-id as the obetrue ka was run uon la duy W 'A, he wat stle to stop bis eor'n r,i skve the train, thus narrowly escaping so ac Cave Tht lr - a CV.X t.jin Eun: ' tr,d sVatlnf stunt - t T- t 1 t ' I a i:i sonjiBixKs Inauguration of the Pepsi-Cola Bust Mil hi ' AshevJUe. " Corporation :,';-; Hu ' Commenced Work. ' Aahevlll Gctte-News: - Ths -Ashevilis Pepsi-Cola Bottling Company wsa Incorporated September 1, and has opened a tales factory and bottling department at 69-71 South Main street, the location formerly oc cupied by the Ashevllle Bottling works which Jus gone out of business, -and whose affairs are now being settled by J. Frailer Glenn. The Incorporators of the new con cern are w. a. luncata, president; j. RctX Mlnakuchl, secretary-treasurer, and I T. Henderson, sales manager. Pepsi-Cola ' and other soft drinks will be bottled and sold. J. R. Bow den, special i advertising representa tive for Pepsl-Cola,and William Muller, superintendent of the Pepsi-Cola Paint lng department, with bis crew of pain ters, have been here spreading; Pepsi Cola signs everywhere. : The color ot Pepsi-Cola are striking and attractive, being Tuscan red, chrome yellow, ana Herculean white, and. their wall signs show near and far..:K.y.- Penal-Cola la a native of North Carn- ina nad was originated In 1892 by C. p. Bradham, of New Bern, who re mains the Company's president and general manager and Is one of North Carolina's foremost business men.. The business has thriven and has spread from North Carolina to South Caro lina, Virginia, Ohio, California, Penn sylvania. Louisana, Florda, New Tork, Arkansas, Mississippi, Georgia, Ala bama, Kentucky and Massachusetts. A fine office and factory building has just been finished at New Bern cost ing $40,000. ' '" " ' i Pepsi-Cola is bottled as an "original purs food drink," U. S. Serial No. 3813, and It Is claimed that there are no cases of Indigestion or dyspepsia that Pepsi-Cola will not benefit or cure. . . ' Although the Ashevllle Pepsi-Cola works was only opened Monday, the sales bavs been very , large already, and the prospects are bright. For the ferltory covered ; Pepsi-Cola Is the largest advertiser in the world, and the leading seller of Its kind. Peace Institute to Have Increased ' - . '" Attendance. ' ' Special Correspondence. Raleigh, Sept 11. Peace Institute hers opens on the 17th Inst, and there will be more students .than ever before, more room having been pro vided. ; Therj are two additions to the academio force, these being Miss Julia Moment and Miss Millie Beard, the latter an honor graduate. The new tidy principal is Miss Julia Z. Anus paugh. Rev. Dr. White, the new pas tor' of the First Presbyterian Church will give Instruction in the Bible ana will bo closely Identified wth all the college work. The family ot Dr. White has arrived hers from their former Home, Petersburg. Stylo 1b Xnrder. Littleton' News-Reporter: After murdering a person nowa days ft Is fashionable to put the body jn a trunk. - A Historic Worm. . Special Correspondence. Raleigh, Sept. 11. Sheriff Nell O. Watson, of Cumberland county will send to the Hall of History the worm of the famous whiskey distillery cap tured not far from Fayettevills which formerly belonged to Robert Burns, and was famous with the. poets. The cap of the still have not yet been found. Arrangements srs bslng made to se cure tor the Hall of History ths Re volutionary flag which it Is said was brought from ths Guilford. Battle grounds. The Stats has no revolution ary flag and has been extremely anx ious to secure one. ' . 5EGB0 WOMAK BUSSED TO DEATH Firs Destroyer ef Colored Womsa and Efforts ts Bescss Her Unsaeceii fmL Settle Oasklns, a colored woman, aged about 0 years, wss burned to leatb In her boms in James City, Thursday night at 7 o'clock. When the neighbors saw ths flames they tn leavored to gt into the bouse to res cue her but were driven off by the heat of the flames. When entrance was obtained Uie woman was found dead, terlbly burned and disfigured. "be house wae entirely destroyed, the rlfln Is unknown. The woman lived lont and It It not known whether or net she had any relatives. She used to live In New Bern. No notice was flen the coroner about the affair un til late last evening and In the mean time the remains were placedln an old i box and left on the ashes ot the ruined borne. Kate yotUng to Say. I n.!.:iV!"h Is mnJe tn Imue In c '? t' d . ith's canimt be COLLISION AT PLYMOUTH Cars of Atlantic Coast Line and Ksr folk k Southern Damaged, Bat Ho Passengers Hurt. Tarboro, Sept 11. A serious wreck waa narrowly averted Wednesday even lng of the 8th at the junction ot the Atlantic Coast Line and, Norfolk & Southern railroad at Plymouth, when A passenger train on the latter road plowed Into the Plymouth sboofly due hers at 6 p. m. The colored coach of the shoofly was badly wrecked, but on ly one person injured, a colored wo man,, and shs was abls to. walk to her horns. ; . . " ( . ...Xhft. engineer. on each engine saw the trains would collide and the engi neer on the Norfolk ft Southern jam med on the air brakes, attempting, to stop, while th A. C. L. train tried to pass the danger point " ; " There were several Tarborlans on the shoofly, among whom were- Mrs. T. B. Jacocks, and C. W. Kllngman. Nearly all the passengers made an effort to leave the Coaches. Captain Wooten was In charge of the wrecked train y. V '-"v "7 The wrecking crew from Rocky Mt hurried to the scene and the sboofly arrived In Tarboro three hours late. It was a narow escape for the pas sengers on the train many of whom were badly scared. Democratic Campaign Opens, The campaign of the Democratic party will be opened In this county Monday night at 8 o'clock by Hon. Walter Murphy, Democratic candidate for Presidential Elector at large, who will address the people upon the Is sues of the campaign. All citizens are invited to be present Mr. Murphy will speak at Bayboro, Tuesday, Sep tember 15, Morehead City, Wednesday 16, Jacksonville, Thursday 17, and Trenton Friday 18. It is understood that the campaign will be actively waged in Craven from now on until election day. Mr. Murphy was promi nently mentioned for Speaker of the House of Representatives of the pres ent General Assembly and is regarded as one of the most entertaining as welt as instructive speakers of the Demo cratic party and will doubtiessbewel comed by a large audience. Adv. A Correction.' Editor Journal: In the report of my address, before the Drainage Convention, which ap peared In your paper of Friday, I .am quoted as saying the germs of tuber culosis are conveyed by mosquitoes. That is an error. I referred to the fact that dry soil and sunshine were unfavorable to the development of tuberculosis, and that this fact alone would offer an incentive for ths drain age of swamps. The mosquito's cup of Iniquity Is very full and vengeance Is unappeased, but I have not heard of his Industry being exercised In In jecting germs which requires only to bs breathed in from a polluted atmos phere or swallowed with ths food- Then again as to the reception of the doctors advice by the city. I did not use ths expression "Insulted". But one who Is easily Insulted and Is in ths habit ot ."saying unto one, go and hs goeth and to another do this and hs doeth It! might possibly feel that way about it Tours respectfully. .... ,. FRANCIS DUFFY. A Correction.. In Friday's Issues of ths Dally and Weekly Journal, the following Item concerning the condition) of public roads in Pollocksvllls township, ap peared. Instead of the words, "worst condition,'' ths sentence should have read, "best condition. Ths cause ot this srror In phraseology cannot be traced at this tims, but ths Journal takes pleasure In making the correc tion as It is Informed not only by the ItemUer, but by others la that dis trict under Mr. Henderson's super vision srs better than ever before. Ths roads are worked by taxation and the fact that they are in such good condition not only shows that Mr. Hen derson Is conscientious In his work but Is a recommendation of his abilty as a road builder. "The public roads under supervision ot Mr. T. B. Henderson of this town ship, are In the worst condition I have ever seen tbem and I have been living be re for 80 years. This Is ths result of working by taxation." RfsampUesj sf Train Scbelsle. Special Correspondent Raleigh; Sept 11. Trains on the Ral etgh and Southport Railway , today ran on time after three weeks trouble all due to the rains. Ths steel bridge over the Cape Fear river at Isling ton waa not injured but Its trestles and approaches are damaged. The spans of ths steel county bridge there are now In the river end the people are using the railroad track and the trains to get across. A mire contrlvn I r ' M a spoon la tJie tif-k if a ft.-:;. ' j l 'e Is a ' " ' I v- ' 'i f vs.; !-i te U Gil Laos IIILUUII TOBACCO SALES STATE HORTICULTURIST JOCB KEY THROUGH WESTERS CARO K LIJTA, HOLDISG PACSIHG V DEMONSTRATIONS. SEVEN PEOPLE' FEAR RABIES "t T. B. Parker Fears. .Cotta) Bassagea Worse Than Js Commonly Supposed. 1 Death of T. E. Stevenson Inspector of Water Works Governor Glenn is off on Speaking Tetr Decllieg Call to Tabernacle Baptist Church. Chairman of Democratic Executive ' Committee Selected. t Special Correspondence, -j Raleigh, Sept. 12. Thej State Agri cultural Department makfcg its reports on sales of leaf tobacco lii warehouses for August, thirty seven places report log.' Wilson leads, . the ''sales there amounting to 2,516,863; Klhston being second, 2.065,124; Greeiiville; third, 1,561,595; Falrbluff fourth, 1,417,179. Next in order come FarJbville, Fair mont, Winston-Salem, Gqjdsboro, and Oxford ; the other markets being well below these. The total sales amount ed to" 16,336,498. .There' js an enor mouB business In' the warehouses at Wilson. ' All the tobacco jn the east ern part of the state, .'rwas cut and cured before the great rails cams, and hence suffered no damare but that west of Raleigh was Injured consid erably. " The development jof Falrbluft as one of the' big markets Is of In terest showing how tobacco culture has returned to the eastern section of the state where it was originally so important hundreds ot (ears ago.' The assistant State Horticulturist has returned from the western part of the state where he has been look ing after the arrangement for meet ings of farmers at whlc there will be, demonstrations. .of thi packing x& apples commercially. State "Horticul turist Hutt leaves Monday for the western section. At a ' number oi points these demonstrations will be held including Mt Airy, Brushy Moun tain, .Lenoir, Blowing Rock, Hender sonville and Waynesvile. He Is go ing over the ground where he and the State Entomologist Sherman went last spring when they showed the peo ple how to spray and care for the trees. , Now they will go to the same point and show them how to pack fruit In the orchards. Most of the western fruit growers have been putting their fruit In crates after having shaken it from the trees, and the result being that all the fruit was bruised more or less and most of It is bruised or unasle able. The apple crop was a great one in the west and a grower in .Alexander county sent here a couple of doten Plppens which averaged. - about a pound in weight He has 1,000 trees all loaded with fruit '. There Is no finer fruit section In the country than western North Carolina and Its possi bilities srs largely undeveloped. Demonstrator T. B. Parker of the State Agricultural Department who has been touring a. good deal of the State says that he feels sure the damage to cotton by the August wea ther Is greater than popularly sup posed, and evidently thinks It approxi mates 33 1-3 per cent This morning Thomas E. Stevenson the Inspector of Water Works hers died sfter a fortnight's Illness. For a number ot years he was In the plumbing business at .Raleigh and was well known. .,.' Rev. L. R. Chrstle of Valdosta, Ga. declines the call to the pastorate of ths Baptist Tabernacle hers, from which Rev. Dr. J. C. Masses recently resigned. The State Agricultural Department has Issued a bulletin on thebltter rot of apples, which has ruined so many orchards. It is due to a fungus,wbicb winters in the canker on branches so that when tbs leaves are off these tree these cankers could be cut away and burned and then in ths spring before ths buds begin to swell the trees should be sprayed with ths bordeaux mixture and then after the blossoms fall and every ten days or two weeks afterwards until the fruit Is aesrly rips ths trees should be also spray ed. . i Insurance Commissioner James R. Young, bas been re-elected Chairman ot the Democratic Executive Commit tee ot this district Congressman Pou and elector 11. P. McColn will mV a canvass of the district together ana postmaster Willis O. Drifts, nominat ed for Congress by the Republicans bas been InrlUd by Chairman Young to discuss questions jointly with Mr. Tou and Frank B. Jonet of Chatham county,, the K'publcsn elector Int l. r.n l- v!', 1 I-, t ,'!r ',,t s- REPU2LI: SPEAK;; ; Hen. Jacob EweU Addressed Quito a Large Gathering la the Court Hesse Lsst Night ; Hon. Jacob EweU, Republican can didate for the office of Attorney-General spoke on the issues ot the cam paign from a Republican point of view last night Quite a large number were present and the speech was well re ceived. While Mr. EweU is no orator he is a man with a power to give con vincing arguments and he never falls to give them, and he is an interesting speaker. Hs 'spoke at Bayboro yes terday and had a fair sized audience. Othert In do Nothing Class. Durham Herald: At the time that Mr. Cox Is accused of favoring high freight rates some other well-known politicians were do ing nothing to have them reduced. Republican Convention of Jones ' Special to Journal: ' . Trenton, Sept. 12. The Jones Coun ty Republican Convention and In the court house here at noon today and put out a full ticket - About three hundred ' Republicans were present and the convention was ane of the most enthusiastic and har monious conventions ever held In this county. The following county tickets was nominated, composed of some of the best people in the county. For House of Representatives W. W. Pollock. For Sheriff J. K. Brock, For Register of Deeds Mark Wil son. For Treasurer Louis King. For Coroner Dr. H. G. Monk. For Surveyoi1 Amos Becton. For County Commissioners J. H. raylor, of Tuckahoe, J. M. Mallard, of Trenton, J. E. McCutcnen, Mays vllle. A Breathing Spelt Ooldsboro Argus: , Guess Bryan Is glad that Watson nd Graves have locked horns, so as to give him a rest 1,500 Papers Raising Bryan Funds. Chicago, Sept 12. Moses C. Wet- more, of the Democratic Finance Bu reau, announced tonight that 1,500 Democratic newspapers had joined In the movement to raise a popular sub scription fund with which to run the Democratic campaign. . One Good Thing Accomplished. Morfolk Ledger-Dispatch: ... , , Anyhow Mr. Gompers will do a good turn If he only succeeds in-making Uncle Joe" Cannon use better lan guage. .: One Peril Avoided Vew York World: One thing in favor of the flying ma hine Is that when the speed -man lacs take .to touring in it they will not be running over pedestrians. Bryan Shows Slight Gain. The count of ths Journal's test votes taken from the boxes placed at the different shops down town show a illght gain for Bryan but Taft hat itlll a safe lead. The indications of he two principal partlea arc about he only ones voted for so far. Following Is ths result of last weeks voting: Ttftnnd Sherman Bryan and Kerr Total Yste. . Taft and Sherman Bryan and Kerr Watson Chtfln and Watklns, 80 24 8 0 I 1 Spent $4,4276$ for Good Beads. Albany, Sept 13. Stats Engineer 3ki ne announced today that from Jan. o Sept. 1, ths Stats had expended 14.427.8(3 tor good roads work and 12.531,380 for work on ths bargs ca nal. Death sf Testg Lai. Roland McDanlel, the 13 year old ton of Mrs. Carrie McDanlel, died at t tshome, No. Griffith street yester-tay- morning st I o'clock.- Hs bas een desperately 111 with typhoid fe 'er for three weeks and death ensued ifter complications had set In. Hs Is lurvlved by a brother and three alt ers, , Tbs funerst services will be beld it tbs First Baptist Church at I o' clock this evening, Rev. J. W. Ham, will officiate. : '-, Ts Peer Beer late Ithaca's Getters, j Ithaca, N. T, Sept. 18 A quantity )f beer and cider confiscated by the State officials for violation ot the Ex cise law wilt be turned into the gut tars at the storehouse where they are being kept The beer ie from Teoy Ratnano's store at Myert and the el ler from John May's hotel In the village of DTydea. John. Early, the )por In tf Tvitrlet if ColumUa, w!U rc-'v I 4 . , t pm- im. o c!.p X t T, a:..l 1 t.. a It over j DEATH OF SL PATTERSON J CosimJsalsner sf Agriculture Passes Away After Short Bit Severs : " nmese.' , Special Correspondence. Raleigh. Sept 14. A telegram to your correspondent front Mr. Lind say Patterson from Lenoir, this morn lng, brought the news of the death of Commissioner of Agrlculture.S. L. Patterson at his home in 'the Yadkin Valley, 7 miles from ; Lenoir. Your Correspondent spent day at Mr. Pat terson's boms little over a fortnight a go and he was then suffering from a severe attack of grippe. He had tub ercular trouble, contracted three years ago. He made a trip to Eu rope in the hops of securing Improve ment of his health. He was devoted to the duties of his office and was serving bis third term as commission er, his conduct of public affairs hav ing been marked by seal and ability. Mr, Patterson was the son of the late Samuel F. Patterson whoGserVed as Treasurer of the State and also as President of the Raleigh and Gaston railway and he was born at the stately home of General Patterson which Is located In what IS so admirably term ed the Happy Valley, on the Umer Yadkin river. Some days Ago Mr. Pat terson developed acute brlghts dis ease and it was evident the end wa near. His family physician. Dr. Hen ry F. Bahnson, Was' called to see him week before last from Winston-Salem and at once saw that his attack was of dangerous type. Mr. Patterson was 57 years of age and during the war as a student in the noted Bingham school in Orange county. He was a very lovable man and he had friends everywhere. At the various meetings of the Commissioners of Agriculture he always took a prominent part and was president of the organization of Southern commissioners. Thus . In one year the Agricultural Department has lost Its commissioner and Its se- iretary by death. But Yon Are Not Being Worked. Durham Herald: We see nothing wrong with the democratic plan of-raising campaign funds. , Money Is an essential in a campaign and when it Is given volun tarily by those who are expecting no favors In return we do not figure where, the wrong-comes in. , . Latham's Cotton Letter. Special to Journal: Greensboro, Sept 12. The collapse of the August squeeze In Liverpool h,aa lowered ths pries of spot cotton in this market resulting In an lncreasea demsnd from spinners who have ab stained .until their needs are acute. New England and Soutnern spinners havt also bought rather freely this week in the south and ths markets hsve been steady. There are no visi ble signs, however, of improving trade either, at home or abroad and the con- lumptlon of cotton at la probably not over 76 out of normaL t , Crop prospects continue good and the belief In a large crop is quits general. American splnnsrs srs bars of stocks snd must bs constant buy ers, but so far they buy only from hand to mouth and await lower levels because ths pries of goods Is relative ly lower than cotton. . FOB KENT. Ths Stanton farm, situated miles from Beaufort on New Bern road Join lng waters edge and waterway canal Good soil, very pleasant and healthy Splendid opportunity for an energetic farmer. Terms reasonable. Apply to M. 0. STANTON, Beaufort, N. C, - . - - B.F.D.N025 i Like tbs Anther Vers Than Hsr Flay Wilmington Star: An Industrious woman has written t play In nineteen nours, out us chances are that th swoman would be better worth while than ths play. EBR0H COST CITIZENSHIP. Faher Scaralcl Thought Lincoln Wat tbs First President. Trenton, N. J. 8ept 14. Rev. Gio vanni A. Bcarlncl, an Evangelist In sisted In Mercer County's naturalisa tion court, houss here today that Airs htm Lincoln was the first president ot the United Statet. He dld'nt get hit ptpers, although ho 'had another preacher and a saloon keeper raC) to vouch for the knowledge ot things American. ...... Graft Dog's Vertebrae en Hamas. Oil City, Ps., Sept. 14. Should he survive, and the operating physician now believe he will. Hear) Demus, ot Hospital, will have his bead for the Warren. Pa, a patient at the City remainder of bit life partially tup- ported by the spinal column of a 6 Pf mm fell from a trestle at r.Ivers: Junction recently and broke Lit ne-k It was nc-nary to nvv a Tr tree from 1,'s . !; i.l column end I IIS was I '!'. 1 S VI-'. rl.r f; f".i . 'u i f a ( REPUBUcins 1;;: :zi ii NARROW MARGIN BB0UG31 ABOUT BT LOCAL CONDITIONS INIMICAL TO THE WIN. . 5ING PARTT PLURALITY 8.000 TO EG No"BearInf On National Ekctto B turns Necessarily .Show em - A count of Spared Settled and o; mote Communities. The Bulk st Vote Counted snd the Result WUL Not be Greatly ' Altered by tats B-r turns. ' " ' , Special to Journal: ; -. ;,. Portland, Me. Sept 14. As ttsaaj. Maine has gons Republican, but it it) conceded by not so largs a plurality as In previous years. It will bs midnight before any accurate figures can be given , out.. The figures at 11 o'clock, how- ever. Indicate that Bert M. Ft maid, Republican for Governor has won by plurality from 8,000 to 10,090. Ths Democratic ticket headed by Obadlaa' Gardner, of Rockland, has polled a . neavy vote and Democratic leaders are really hopeful of his tuectloo. The fact that Mr. Gardner has served long term as head of ths State Grange,, or farmers organizations, aid ed him-greatly, y , . t ' Voting began briskly at 7 a, m., sad . during the entire day continued at a rate promised a record pon. The weather was Ideal, this fact in meas ure, of course, accounting for tbs bit attendance at the poll The voters of ths State wers asked to fill 286 ; offices, . including Bute, legislative,. Congressional and conn ty. For these positions there wers 731 candidates and with twenty cities 425 towns and 74 plantations tbs work ot collecting and counting ths ballots will therefore be a long and tedious One, and results will not bs definitely -' known . until late tonight Tbs hsavK, est vote In ths history . of fas State was In 1888", when 145, 384 voted Not "Straw" Eleettott, In this election there are soms fss tures which have never ben sxpsrtsa. cd , before. -, la. ths first place, the election, nnllks other times wlU bavs no bearing, on ths prealdenttaj.eleo- tion. Locai conditions Involving the ; prohibition , question entered largely In the campaign and ths demand for a resubmission of ths question to ths people mads ths linet betwen ths Re publican! and Democrats all tbs mors drawn. Ths Democrats with ths lib- . erihTlty born of a sense ot the people's " deslrrs acceded to ' these demands and pledged their word to rssubml. v Sion. Consequently the DsmodratM was ths mors popular and bad tbs more popular candidates. There was ' no labor; no tariff, nor any other na tional issue in ths election and wUhbs v ths Stat where these measures ars understood ths people treat tbs re suit as merely affecting tbs State It self. A comparison of figures la for mer years in connection with this vote: In 1804 ths Republican plur ality In ths September election wss 36,800, ths Stats gavs Roosevelt Itv ' 000 at the November election and two years ago whan this same prohibition question became an lssus tbs plural ity was 7,838, smaller than tbs. pres ent vote. 's-: ' , Revolt la Large Tswms. -'They believe, In spite of ths de flolencles of ths law, and notwlttto4 lng the perlodt of noa-snforctaant which sweep over ths state, on Ce whole It Is a good thing. They are dltgutted, however, by ths stiff aecieti '. attitude of ths republican leaders, an no oris knows bow far this sentiment extends. In all of ths larger towns ths revolt bas become serious, and In three of the four congressional X'.t tricts ths parties ars so nearly evenly balanced ths republicans might lots a congressman or two almost wltlo-.t knowing It Doth parties hava appealed to telr pat'intl committees for funis, urea the grounds that this election. Uk :- Z' though It may be, will have s feet on the country at Ur;i democratic national mar.f 'rt refuted to put tny money la f i Ths republican national t has sent a little, but tA t much ss tht local li: -n The local republican cn t thoroughly frli.Vtenel, f 1 1 r "ved at both tt.e tr sessional h 1 iw lii-rvf' i oi f : -iCi.:. tt t: 1 1 l of the t have d st I 1 i fr 1. f r ' 7 I ve M t.-'V- O I'l ' tt ! rt y f t i
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