North Carolina Newspapers

. - 61S ONM lAIIl flAZETTE Unsettled Cloudy , Local Cotton 24 Cents It SINGLE COPY 5 CENTS VOL. XLIII. NO. 262 GASTONIA, N. C, THURSDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 2, 1922 THOMAS NELSON PAGE'S DEATH BRINGS GRIEF TO THE ENTIRE WORLD Grief Of World It Voiced By Kings And Diplomats From Every Clime. FUNERAL TOMORROW. Body , Be Of Noted Author Buried At Church Of Boyhood. To - RICHMOND, VA., Nov. 2. Mes sages expressing the universal.' sorrow that is felt over the death yesterday of Thomas Nelson Page were pouring into the noted Virginian's boyhood home iu Hanover- county from the four corner of the earth today, as king and diplomats, musters of art and literature, and men and women in all walk of life who admired the gift ed author, distinguished statesman, brilliant scholar, eminent lawyer and. typical Soutlieni gentlomau gave voice to -the grief which was occasioned by the announcement that his voice, bin iufluence and bis pen were forever stilled. '" , . . Among the first- to semi condolences to the familv were President Harding and former President Woodrow Wilson, under whose administration Mr, Page served u nnibasudor to Italy. The former voiced the sentiment of the nation and half the world when he paid tribute to Virginians distinguish ed son, and the latter expressed the grief that is exporieuied by a devoted Jricnid. From abroad came .cablegrams rep resenting practically every -capital in Kurope, whilo from almost every city, town and hamlet iu America, friends and admirers of Mr. Pago expressions ..f nrrov. It was an avalanche of - tributes to the noble character, kfiimliiif? achievement and the the out brilliant mwomii ishmcnts which were tne iionii- liant characteristics of Mr. rages varied and successful career. As these tributes were pouring in from admirers and friend everywhere, tl. hndv rested in "uaKiana, nomV uf a. Jtinir line of distinguished Vir- riiii.nis: awaiting the hour of its re- moval to the Ration's capital for burial. The . funeral will take place tomor row morning at 10 o'clock in "Old Fork Church, ' ' where Mr . Page was christened and where he attended , .... .. I...1 Aftur flip i.iniKiii Mi.rvii-i'K ii n it i in. ......... v siiimle funeral service in the little I'll 11 14' It tin. boilv will lie taken to Ash- land and '.forwarded to Washington. The burial will bo at four o'clock to morrow afternoon. Mr. Page's .final resting place will be beside that of his second wife,, who 'died last year. Dignitaries of the state and nation will take part in the final tribute at the grave. Flags on all the public building in Virginia were at half mast today in boor of tho dead statesman, n states first expression of the ovorwhoimig sor-, row occasioned by the loss, of a-noble "' Mr, Page died suddenly at 1:0 o'clock vesterday aftenmon while. walk ing with his sister in-law, Mrs. liose- well Page,, iu the garden of the niices trai home. He. was supervising the setting of slirublery in the garden and had stopped where several workmen were engaged.' He stooped to pick up a spade that lay upon the ground and collated. Medical aid w:is hastily summoned and a nurse responded, but life was ex tinct when' sin arrived. Mr. Page's death was duo to acute cardiac dilata tion. . Relatives said Mr. Page appeared in his normal health yesterday morning and for the past several months, al though he had not completely recov ered from an attack of pneumonia, which he suffered last winter. He came to Virginia about a month ago and begun tho renovation of the old home, preparatory, it is said, to spending the remainder of his life anions the scenes of his childhood. SSinee that time he has been busily en gaged, dividing his time between prep aration of his book on his experiences as a-diploniat and the work about the place. ' TOM SPARROW IS If MEMBER OF ROTARY Prominent Gaston . . County Dairyman Is Elected To Membership - First Farm er To Be Elected. Thomas Sparrow,' dairyman, was elect ed to membership in the, Oastonin Rotary Club at the noon luncheon held today by finaiiimous voet of the nieinbers. Mr. Sparrow is one of the prominent farmers and dairymen of Gaston county. This is the rst time in the history of civic organizations in Gastonia that a farmer bas been elected to membership. Other interesting features were talks by Drs. L. N. Gloiiu and Oscar L. Miller, hoth of whom are members of the Amer ican College of Surgeons, which recently wet in Boston, and a shop talk by John L"ck on " Accountaing. " All these talk were good and were thoroughly enjoyed. , It was decided that the club- should put in a float in the Armistice Ray pa rade, disposition of the matter to be left in the hands of a committee. The club will entertain tho teachers of the city schools nt the next meeting, Friday. No vmiber 10, at 7:30 o'clock. Ed Switzer wit in charge of the program today. "IW O'Oradv. of 1nrintte. d.'!i?i ABDUCTOR OF YOUTHFUL SWIMMING GIRL IS HELD UNDER A HEAVY GUARD Raymond E. Wilson Confesses To Kidnapping Rosalie Shanty. IN CRITICAL CONDITION. Feeling Runs High And Heavy Guard Placed Around Jail. - MUSKEGON, MICH., Nov, 2. Raymond E. Wilson, of Grand Kapids, a rested last night on a charge of kid napping Rosalie Shanty pleadvd guilty to a charge of abduction when arraign ed in circuit court , here at noon today. , MUSKL'GKON. MICH., Nov. 2,-p-While 11 year old Rosalie r3liaiity lay near death in u farm house at Dublin,. Mich., early today, Raymond E. Wil son, of Grand Rapids, was being -held at the couuty jail here under lieavy guard, as tho man who kidnapped, the child last Sunday, drove with her to the Jack Pine swamps of "Manistee county and there abandoned her. Wilson confessed, the sheriff's office reported, that he abducted the child. A formal charge of kidnapping was lodged against him and officers an nounced ho would be arraigned on'-that count unless developments in the girl s condition warranted a change. '. i Word from Dublin this morning was that Rosalie, widely known here as the ''swimming girl" through her expert exhlbitios at a local bench last sum mer, might not recover. She .still teas in a semi-conscious state, una Buttering from a high fever, as a-result of ex- posurc in tho forests, where she was found by a farmer, her clothing torn to shreds and her. body scratched-and bruised by the underbrush, i I ii his statement to the authorities Wilson was quoted as saying he en ticed tne .chilil into Ins uutoniohilo jhU sho was leaving a church here .Sunday, drove her about the city for a time, then ; started for Dublin. Near that town, the reported' statement said, Rosalie became alarmed and asked to be let out of tho car. Wilson said he left her near a farmhouse, ' and then returned ,to ..Grand Rapids. The prisoner said ho was intoxicated when lie took the girl into his machine, and was unable to explain his action. Feeling ran high in Muskegeon when it became known today that Wilson was' being held here and numerous deputy sheriffs and police reserves were called out to guard against dis orders. A strong cordon was thrown around the jail and citizens were not permitted to congregate in the streets for blocks around the building. Wilson is 41 years old and has been married twice. Officers said he has had a police record- here and had ser ved a term iu Jackson prison. James Mills Takes Issue With Statements of Rector's Widow NKW. BRUNSWICK, N. J.t Nov. Looking up from work in a coal bin in the basement of , the sehoolhouse where ho is janitor, James Mills, whose wife, Kleanor, was murdered-' -with the Bev. lidward W. Hall on September 14, today took issue with soni( of the statements made yesterday by the clergyman's widow iii an interview. Mills sjiid that he met Mrs. Hull at the church at o'clock on the morn ing of September J.V Mrs. Hull said yestenhiy that she was at the church at 7 o'clock. "I know it could not have lieen ear lier than 8 ::!(. " said Mills, "because my children had nlreuy gone to school. "The first thing Mrs. Hall asked me was: 'Was anybody sick at your house last night Wc then commented on the fact that hoth my wife anil her husbnnd were missing, and I said: 'Maybe ttuvv have eloped. ' " " ' Xn whs Mrs. Hall's reulv. 'I think something has hap;ened to them. ' "At noon when Mrs. Had came to my house, I told her I had not heard any. thing and she said she had not either. Then he went away. She is incorrect in her statements in stating that she did not come to my house again at 5:1!U o'clock. I remember 4hnt I had just re turned with some ice and was putting it. in the refrigerator. She stayed only a minute. "I saw Mrs. Hall again at 7 o'clock in her houie. I went there 'to "ask lo r if she hud any news. I stayed on the porch to. talk. She did not seem to take it as hard as I did. I had an idea that Dr. Hall and my wife had lieen together but I did not think there was anything wrong. . I don't know why I ever sug gested an elopement." , Mills said that when he sun- Mrs. Hall at the church nt 8:33 in tho morning she had assured him tha tse would notify the police. Mrs. Hall stated yesterday she was not certain whether she called ithe police before or aftr she met Mills. Commenting on Mrs. Hall's statement that she was not vindicti.-" and that she did not care to see any one punished for the murders. Mills said: "I am not vindictive, either, hut - I want to see the murdered punished. I l.etievp it Tins u wimi.'in' f!i1 ill llio On Trial i' . r &?irtrf V ' PiPMr - Mrs. Catherine Rosier on band and his stenographer. trial in GHERRYVILLE GIRL IS KILLED IN AUTO ACCIDENT Miss Hattie Melton, 17 Years Old Killed When Com panion Drives Into Moving Freight Train In Town Of Cherryville. ,Mum If iU in MeltunJJjXiUi .old. oL: the Melville Mill village. Cherry vi lie, was killed Tuesday night when the autom.j bile in which she was riding, steered hy young Paul Beam, wus driven intA a moving freight train at u railroad cross ing in Clierryville. The young lady's body was horribly uiangleii and deatli was instantaneous. Young Be.ini . was uninjured It seems that the .couple were return ing from a corn .shucking .out iu the country from Cherryville at a rather late hour. ir some reason or (other, the driver of the car did not see the train anil' ran squarely into the last Careless driving is attributed t w o en n us the cause. The accident happened at the Main street crossing in t hcrryvlile. .Young Ileum is the son of Mr. JHi Beam, proprietor of the Central Hotel in Clierryville, lie is about IS years of age. - - - I think her throat was cut in spite Im cause of her beautiful shiging. "I never heard -miv possin about lilV I wife and Br. Hull. If 1 bad 1 wool i uot have stood for it for a single niiu ute. I am man enoiigh'to have kept that job at the church if 1 had thought there was anything wrong In'twceii the minis ter and my wile. I live right and I want ntliers In do the same. I WOllll liuvo .,..n.. 1.. Mr Hill mi. I if lie niinlili'f not listen I would have gmie to the; bishop and to the vestry." ' Mills said he had never heard of his j wife maving trouble, with anybody and : said he knew of no enemies that Br. Hail I might have had. "'There was plenty of gossip about members of the choir, though,"-lie said. Tho 'authorities, are eloscly studying I Mm. : Hull's replies to newspaper men I yesterday in which the rector 's. wido.v I voiced her faith in lfr. Hall ; maintained i that she had no theories as to the imir I filers: said she did not seek revenge, and denied the accusations uiado against her I I bv Mrs. Jane Gibson. NKW BRUNSWICK. N. J.. Nov. ! Officials conducting tlm uitjuirv into th i munk-r on (September 14 of the Kcv. Kd ward Wheeler Hall and his choir leader, Mrs. !eanor Reiuhardt Mills, declined to comment this morning on the'inter vicw given yesterday by Mrs. Frances Stevens Ilall to twenty ticwspajicr men Stenographic transcripts of the interview were in the hands of both Sicci:il Dep uty Attorney General Wilbur A. Molt ami his. chief investigator, leteetive Jaine, F. Mason. The detective said, however, that two witnesses hail stated that Mrs. Hall en teretl her home at 2:10, a. in. on the morning after the murders, instead of .:.ij a. m., as Mte toiil tne newspaper i . , ., i .i.. . i nesses said she ws alohe. - Mrs. lall j said her brother, Willie Sterns, was I with her. , Kfforts were ,-ontiiiued to identify the man descrilicd by Mrs. Jane Gi!on, pig woman, as the murderer. It was pointed out that little would lie accuirfp'ished in going iH'fore the grand jury at this time j with Mrs. Gibson's alleged cye-witne j account because it siieoitii-allv stated i For Life Philadelphia for the murder of her him- PRESIDENT HARDING IS FIFTY-SEVEN YEARS OLD Chief Executive ' Celebrates Event Quietly And Simply . Receives Many Congratu lations. WASHINGTON'. Nov. . President Harding .today celebrated the fifty-seventh' uuui versa ry of his birth almost us quietly and tduiply us the average Ameri can citizen observes a birthday. There - werefio indications at the White House of anything more than jflst ail ordinary day in' the life of tho chief executive, of the land. The president's 1 1 la ns called for bis appearance at his ofu'co at the regular time, the usual fore noon round of conferences, tho customary noonday period devoted meeting visi tors in the capital from the towns and hamlets of America who consider the moment -when they grasp the president 's hand and bear his word of greeting the climax of their visit, luncheon, and then perhaps a few hours of golf over the course of ii nearby country club. Be muse -Mrs. Harding still is confined to her bed although recovering from her re cent illness there will not even be a birthday dinner party but the president will spud the tfv!iiiig""vit!i her. The fact that today i was his birthdav, however, was not forgotten by tho close friends of the executive or by the nation and the world at large. All day long the beginning really was yesterday tel egraph wires at the White House ticked and messenger boys arrived carrying messages of birthday greetings, many of them from rulers of other countries. Close ..acquaintance of Mr. Harding remarked today on the recent improve- ! inent iu his 'physical condition. A month j ago the strain of two years for it was j"Kt two years ago today that Mr. Hard ing was elected .to the presidency had become not icon hie. A summer of con tiniroiis work without a vacation, the troubled industrial MtuatioN, and finally Mrs. Harding 's illness, had increased tho strain. Adjournment of Congress, adjustment the major industrial controversies and the st end v progress toward recovery j made by Mrs. Harding allowed the ten i sioir to lessen. Heeding the advice of ! his physician, the president for a linuit !i j has lieen taking tilings easier, has devot j ed more time to rest ami has spent more time on the golf links. The result, according to associates of preM.ieiu, is mm i rcsi.ieiu naming " U tter physical condition on his fifty seventh birthday than he has been for months and is looking forward with tackling the problems to come '"' me recinening or v.ougress. CLOVER MEN DRAW?f ON JURY TO TRY FARIES LOYKIf, Clover nod 8. C, Nov. 1. .Several Kings Mountain township men have lieen drawn to sep-c a iH'tit jurors during the first week of the November term of court of general ses sios for York county which convenes in York, November.; 20, with Judge James K. 1'eurifoy, of Walterboro, presidiug. At this term of court Jt is thought that William C. (Fighting Bill) Paries, who is charged with the murder of four; members of the Tay lor family, two uf them children, at Clover. tSeptemlHT 6, will In' . brought to trial. Wagers are licing made hero that none of the local men drawn on the jury will U allowed to serve on I thl ca-e if attorneys for the defense Jt-nn help it. Those of this section w' F. Krvin," N. K. Dickson and S. i Mmtheu. P.etl.ei tmnishii. men drawn (jiiiun were W. S. Hogue aud R. L. THE WEATHER Cloudy tonieht' and Friday, probably Laborites Resolve To Make Good ' Showing In The General Elections Lost 149 Seats In Wednesday's. Balloting Number In Other Boroughs London Is To Labor. Young Daniels Unearths Good Story For "World" NEW YORK, Nov. 2. Declaring it obtained its information from Josephus Daniels, former Secretary of the Navy, and his son, Jonathan, a student at Columbia University, The New York World today print ed a story charging Deputy At torney General Gilbert had evolved a "partisan" plan to employ re publican students at the university as special deputies and investiga tors at the polls next Tuesday. The young men would be paid at the rate of $10 a day out of a $100,000 fund authorized by the legislature for ballot purging' pur poses, The World charges. Young Daniels, according to The World, heard that some of his fel low students at Columbia law school were going to make some "easy money" at election time and in quired how he might do likewise. He was referred to Miss Edith E. Fairchild, secretary to Dean Stone, of the law school, who. The World says, admitted she was making up such a list "But you're a Southerner and they're all democrats," Miss Fair child said to young Daniels, as quoted in The World. "Why yes," he replied, and Miss Fairchild then told him it would do no good for him to apply. The young man told his father, who was in the city yesterday, what had occurred and the elder Daniels in formed The. World. DISPLAY OF FIREWORKS ON ARMISTICE DAY TO BE BIGGEST IN THE STATE Committee Contracts For Large Supply Of Holi day Pyrotechnics. GALA DECORATIONS. .... . . . D c r-.t'. Preparations roruaston 8 AH Bie Day Move For ward Smoothly. Miles J. works ami in charge Kildisill, chairman of the fire decoration committee haviiifc the Armistice Day program for Gastonia, .states that the fireworks on the night of the 11th will be the most spectacular and elaborate fireworks ever set off in the state of North Carolina. The committee has already purchased a large quantity" of fireworks, included in the lot being 170 large' pieces sin h as .1 fight between airplanes, Niagara tails illumination, a battle meiie and ninny iithir ttiii!iic!irt ill' libdilv colored livro- t technics. This display will undoubtedly l. ...... the I, .!. features of t ie ... ..... .... .... - Armistice Day celebration iu Gastonia and will lie worth coming miles to see. l i ;. i parotic promises to lie no. oiii.s one oi largest but in every resieet one nt the finest ever seen in the state. It i.i Wing staged under the direct ion ana auspices of Gaston Post No. :!, Ameri can I.cgioh, and the boys are all enthu siastically working to make it a grand success. PUBLIC DEBT SHOWS INCREASE IN OCTOBER WASHINGTON. Nov. An In crease or more tnan . oo.u"ivuv the public debt during Octolier in :.. IS j show u by figures male puhlic( today-by run I mqinn' On Oct olier "1 the grorw public debt xeg.... .,.g .oMi .rr.M, morn ; . REPUBLICANS SPEND MORE mil be decorated for the eeleb.ation AMOUNT RECEIVED an unusually elaborate man tier. Last j year's decorations elicited nim h coin-j (JHCAGO, Nov. 1. (IK- the Aso meiit from hundreds of outsiders, but i-.-iatia Press.) The Hepublicuu nu this yenr's decorations, according to t tn ! ( i,,iui I committee spent $ll,s5tM2 inon committee, will make last year's look i than it received during the week ending like cents. One of the largest deco. ; October .!l, according to the second re rating concerns in the Puitod States has ,Kirt )ltl ,.jiipain contributions, which lieen employed- to do this decorating and J f)si!ed with the clerk of the house of their men will start to work tomorrow, j reprcxci itatives iu Washington today. AH preparations for this big event are j.-n., y. j',, (,;,,, 0f Chicago, liatiou.il gniiiK ahead rapidly and smoothly.- The ; treasurer, advanced that amount to make stood at 2."!.O77.OHJ,000. as compifted itigtoii for an October printing bill, with 22,SlJ.tHMl,000 on SeptenilHT :;t, j H. O. Biirsum, of Soccorro, N. M.. re and with 2.'i,45,000,OOU oil Octolsr (eeivc.l J,.")!!!) to be spot On -organized 31. HUM Issuance of government-' securities m excess of redemptions during the (month, particularly . the half billion dollars bond issue, treasury officials explained, was responsible for the in crease but was not regarded as inter ferring with the orderly reduction of the national debt which is 'effected quatcrly. ALLEGED MURDERERS MAY NOT TESTIFY MEMPHIS. TF.NN.. Nov. 2. Whether Albert M. Johns. Hoth W. Poston. F. A. Miller and C. M. Monk will take the witness stand in their own defence in their trial here on a charge of murder in connection with the. fatal nhooting of Charles' Lanier, railroad shopman, during the rail strike, was to be decided at a conference of attorneys j today. Indi cstintu arf t''ut tlie men vj!l net lie In London And Intensely Hostile ! I LONDON, JCotr. S. (By The As. sociated Press.) Ktuuued by the 'heavy downfall of their candidates in the municipal flections throughout IHngluud yesterday, the laborites itensi- fied the political campaign with the 'hoiie of making a better showing iu jthe' general election for November 13. ! In yesterday's balloting ites lost 149 seats which 'previously held in London parliament the labor they had mid about 100 seats which they ; had ! eighty boroughs outside tin occupied in capital, for ithe most part in such j Manchester. Liverpool, large cities as liirmiiighain, Derby. Y,.ii;.,i...,., P 1 y iu o u t h j Southampton and Portsmouth. Although nominally considered, pure ly municipal issues, tho local contests i i. .... i i ... i . i i ... ......... sucii lis imuw iieiu t c.sirrija.v am neutr ally regarded and sometimes are an in dex to existing political fling. This ti i)io the races were watched with in tense1 curiosity as a possible forecast of labor's chances in the coming gen eral election. While it undoubtedly would be rash to asHtime that labor is doomed to the same fate at the parliamentary polls as it suffered yesterday, nevertheless the outcome of . the local elections has certainly . lnade labor's proBH;cts for parliament very discouraging, In Home instances laborite represen tation wasc ompletely wfpod out in the municipal elections, but nt other polls labor hehl its own and even made u few gains. London was intensely hostile to lab or. The general feeling in tho capital was manifested by the way the voters Hocked to the polls despite the raw wind iiinl furious rains. Ordinarily the. yotfrs in London slay indoors for the most part when municipal elections fall on such a day. This time, how ever, the local political fights seelu to stir the 'electorate quite deeply i The pnrtisnu for and against labor is little stronger today, than the atten tion foscused on the wrangle between the Lloyd- (ieorgean liberals and the conservatives. The political writers really do not ecni to know what is going on behind the scenes. Some of them say Sir (Jeorge Younger has won his fight and that Lloyd Oeorge has decided to abandon his idea of "spreading the war" against the con servatives. Others " declare just as emphatically that the fallen premier has taken a very determined ' attitude and has decided to nominate addition al ciiniates against conservatives. On ithe whole, however, the general tend- ieney . is toward the belief that the jj., George threat of reprisals will 1 not be carried out and that his trouble with the conservatives will somehow be i smoothed, over. I S4itlllf fit tHf irv,rl lil-ltfiuij ti ami tl !. uewal of harmony between Lloyd George and his former collogues iu the statement made -. ypiftordny by Sir Hubert S. Home, who alt hough ho w as one of the most faithful followers of the little Welshman, informed a Glas gow audience he was still a unionist and that if elected he would sit on the unionist side of the House and give lus general support to J rim Minister ltounr Law. The illness of Lloyd George attracts much attention. His cold and throat trouble is said by some reallv to be a j ".'pfoin of rundown health due to That he is tired was obvious !1'","' ! to those who saw' him during his recent (visit to Scotland. i Koc tli- deficit, the report shows. The first report, riled a week ago, showed Mr. Pphaiu had advanced .fL'j.OO!) or teh same purpose. Today's statement sows receipts of Ui.i-.I.jii since the previous report, and expenditures of f;l..is.6. Samuel Insull, president of the Com monweaitii r.iltsuu Munpnnv, of Chicago, , led the list, of donors with a $3,000 con jtribution. H. V. Hliss, of Washington,! 'gae !r:;,umi; K. P. Carry, of. Chicago, j i.0U0; -Thomas K. Wilson. Chicago.! -tl.ouo ami 1 lull ina u ;Mckersou, .-New. i V..-I. i-1 i u.i i I The principal tlisburMMiient during ek was l,."i,!isiJ.ti." to the. National i fnililicaii J'ulilishing Company of WasL work iu his t,iate. FREIGHT RATE HEARING IS ON AT NEW ORLEANS NKW OliLKANS. Nov. F.dgarl Moutton, assistant manager of the New j Orleans Joint Traffic Bureau, who tie-j gun the preeutatioii of New Orleans commercial organisations' views on the J proposed changes in classificatio of! freight rates in southeastern territory nt yesterday afternoon's session. Was to continue. ld testimony at the hearing to day Ik-fore JosophB. Kastman, member of the Interstate Commerce Commission. .Mr. Moult on probably will occupy tie) witness stand during the rut ire- day, Among other things, ho will contend th.it .lass rates on intrastate traffic should not differ from chivs rates on commodi j ties moving from one state to another.) In his preliminary statement yesterdnv i Mr. M..ult n declared C'V ropo--d " ' REPUBLICANS ALARMED OVER STRENGTH SHOWN BY DEMOCRATIC PARTY Daugherty's Canton Speech Alienated Many Labor Vot ers And Hurt Ticket. FARMERS DISSATISFIED. In New York There Chance Of Smith feating Miller. Is De- (By C. V. Gilbert, in Greensboro ewg. WASHIN(,TON", Nov. 1. There has been some stiffening up of the Dehio cratie campaign iu the last few days and mi iuijir jveinent of Democratic pros- ' pects in several states. The Republican cni-ra'Kii reached its pe.u last week. This is notably true iu Ohio, where the V Republicans have put forth immense ef forts ouly to feel genuinely alarmed over the prospects next Tuest lay. Dis'i quieting reports were received today from' Ohio by the administration sup porters. They are unable to tell why things are going badly in the president's own stat. ' But conditions there mtiuUtcdly aro much wiii-.se than iu tho neighboring mid dle western states. No ooo for cxamplu questions the election of Beveridge In Indiana though Indiana is a much closer statu politically than Ohio while the re election of Pomereue, Democrat, to tho senate iu Ohio is now feared by the Kb publican managers. Politically this is not quite so serious . as would also be tho election of the Dem ocratic candidate for governor. Dona. hey, iu addition. Pomereue is popular in Ohio. He is already senator. His success was discounted from the ' first. But a DemiM-ratic victory on the stale ticket -is now reported as probable". And this will bo demoralizing to Presideut Harding's friends. , Republicans Make Mistake. The Republican have made mistakes in their drive to win tho president's state. It is now conceded that Attorney General Daughcrty 's speech at Canton on October Z iu defense of the rail strike injunction alienated many labor votes from the Republican ticket. ' Labor was not pleased with pit her can didate for senator in Ohio. It was in clined to split its vote between the two parties according to the habit of the voters, but Daugherty's speech is caid to have decided many Republican labor vot ers to go over to Pomereue. Another weakness of tne 'Republican ticket iu Ohio is tin) disaffection of tho farmer. Sunn-thing of tho spirit whieli is moving the fanners of Iowa nnd Ne braska exists iu Ohio, Iu addition the present Republican administration of Ohio is unpopular with the farmers on uccount of high taxes. Douahey, tlm Democratic 'eandidute for governor, is a labor man. ami radical, lie attracts disaffected labor and disaffected farm ers alike. la New York fho improvement ia Democratic chances is rerioeted in the improved odds on Smith, the Domocrutio candidate for governor. Tho new con- . test is all nhout the governorship. No one 'pays any attention to the senatorial issue in which it is conceded that Caldei, Republican, will win. But where a little while ago it. was thought that Governor Miller had slight ly the better of Smith, now it is granted that the fight is even. No one would be surprised to see Smith tho victor. Nebraska is another state in which tho Deniocrats have pulled themselves to gether through the i:iasterly politics of Senator Hitcucock. who is trying to suc ceed himself. He and Bryan have for gotten their old quarrels. Hitchcock has become os dry as Bryan himself and is doing his best to elect Bryan's brother, Charles, to the governorship. In return Br.vau is lifting up his voice in behall of Hitchcock. Jim Reed Will Win. In Missouri Jim -Rood seems to have won his tight to rfmu to Washington. And in North Dakota the combination of the conservatives on the Democratic. candidate, for .the senatorsltip, O'Connor, promise to defeat the riMleal Republi can non-partisan leaguer r raster. These developments altogether have tended, to-indicate more 'vitality in the. Democratic party than a fortnight (was believed to Ih lii it. 1 hey will not. 'j however, alter greatly the prosiMv tin Kepui.uicans m tne senate, ine uc pttblicnns will retain their present ma jority in tht upitor house or im-reuse it by two or more vote. Democratic victories in Ohio and Xt II I I... 0 1. .1 i uriw wiitiiti, minever, iiuirvw ni- iii.iiu- i - . - .... , . uc-tn majority iu uc nouse wion the 40 or more upon which the Republicans are now counting. Probably 2-1 will be nearer the actual figure than the 40 the Republicans expect. ' . The. moral effect of the carrying of Ohio both on the governorship and WB- J.itorsbip, the carrying of New York on the governorship, and of New Jersey on senntorsbip by the lVmocrnts would Ithe lie very ureal. Tlie minority would enter the national campaign of with the prestige of victories iu mpor taut vtuts ordinarily Republican. COTTON MARKET GASTONIA Receipts COTTON. ....... .115 .24 Today Price. Bale Cents 'CLOSING BIDS ON THE NEW YORK MARKET : otton I u NEW YOL'K. Nov. tnrvs J .'