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^QL. XIV. FINAL EDITION. ELIZABETH CITY, NORTH CAROLINA THURSDAY EVENING, .NOVEMBER 6. 1924. '"SIX PAGES. NO. 264.
Evangelist Begins Appeal
T o The Unconverted Man
After Devoting Several Weeks to Strengthening Faith
of ChritliaiM and Relieving Their Mind* of Kr
rors, Mr. Ham Turns to the Unsaved
The usual well-filled tabernacle I
greeted Evangelist M. F. Ham
again last night when h?* spoke
on "Why Mm Go to Hell."
This sermon was in distinct
contrast to the line or messages
which the evangelist has been de
livering from time to time and was
directed more to the out and out
sinner than to the professing 1
Christians.
Throughoui practically the en
tire campaign thus far. Mr. Ham
lias been preaching to the profess
ing Christians at both the morn
ing and evening services. Instruct-I
llDg them in the great spiritual
? truths of the Bible, building up
fheir faith, relieving their minds
of misconceptions and deluslcns
of all kinds and the unconverted
man up to date had come in for
only casual consideration.
It is evident now that the evan
gelist means to swing Into a line
of gospel messages, preaching db "
rectly to the unsaved.
The sermon last night was a
powerful discussion of the excuses
given by men for not accepting
Christ and the evangelist was at
his best from the time he came to
the platform until the close of his
urgent appeal to the unsaved.
The Inquiry room was filled ;
with seekers after Instruction In
the way of salvation as a result of j
his appeal.
The song service last night was j
one of the best of the entire cam
paign and Chorister Ramsay high
ly' commended the choir for their ,
good work. He took occasion to
express the appreciation of tin?
party and the local committee to
the StlefT Piano Company of Nor
folk for the use of the large con
cert grand piano which they fur- j
ulahed for the c^npalgn. I?. I ?
Gore, manager of the StlefT Com
pany. with his wife and little
daughter, were guests of the party
on the platform. A delegation
from Ilalelgh was also prnaent and
the opening prayer waa offered by
H. I'. Brother of Rflelgh.
The board of stewards of the
First Methodist Church attended
the service last night In a body t
M?nd received special recognition
Wrom the platform.
This morning Mr. Ham deliv
ered a special sermon on the sub
ject "What the Bible Requires of
ITs Concerning the Treatment of]
Our Enemies." Tonight he will
?peak on "Pontius Pilate.'*
The scriptural text of the ser
mon of Mr. Ham last night was
John 6:40, "And yc will not come,
to me that ye might have life.
The minister pointed out In clear
terms Just what such wanton neg
ligence meant to Christ and how
the Savior regarded such actions.
"For the facts are as Jesus stated
them at various times that a large
majority of the people that have
lived are going to eternal damna
tion rather than to eternal salva
tion. It Is terrible to think that
so many of the people ^n this very
audience will never reap the re
ward of a Christ-filled life, and
that even before tomorrow dawns,
they may be In hell looking up to
ward Heaven and crying for a
drop of water to cool their
parched tongue.
"(Jod did not make Hell for
man. He made It for the Devil
and his angels Men go there as
Imposters and trespassers. In re
gions in which they do not belong.
If Hell was not made for man why
do men go there? It I* certainly
not because there Is not salvation
for them because God's salvation
is open to every man who will re
pent and turn to Him. Jesus'
death on the cross brought salva
tion to all men as a free gift from
God
"Salvation Is not merely for h? -
fevers, ss a class, for It Is parti- 1
ptlsrly Intended to drsw men to
TOfcrlat: that Is. those men who
now do not profess Christ. And
man will not find himself in Hell
because of Adam's sin. It Is true
that because Adam sinned, all
men are capable of sin. hut those ,
who go to hell will not go there
because they thomselves have
sinned since they camo to this
earth. Sin has prevailed on the
earth for a long time, and it pre
vailed for a long time before It be
came a transgression. Death has
prevailed too. and is evidence Of
sin Itself Jesus Christ paid the
death penalty that made man i?os
slblc to salvation and salvation
possible to mas You tnav won
der why It Is then that God saves
s child thai Is not of accountable
age. This Is simply the child has
never sinned within Itself and the
Lord forgives It of Adam's sin.
"There is no doubt In the fae.1
that man's own sin Is responsible
for his own destruction. Msn Is
not to be held responsible for her
itage or parentage, for there are
some esses In which the parents
of men heve to a Isrge extent In* '
financed tne lives of their chll- j
4ren spiritually. And st the sam"
JTime the sins of tho parents are
\Dot to prevent anv man from be- j
ing aaved although it Is true the .
sins of the parents will be visited j
spon the ahlldran even unto the ,
third or the fourth generation. |
'?And It Is not sins that send
llleli (o H' II. tt Ik tile refusal tif
men tu repent of t In ?, utrni. Hi av
??n In full of nun who haw sinned
but these satin sinners have been
reitenerat.-d and have gotten rlalil
?lili the Lord. At the saltu lime
ttlen cannot Rive as an ? \eusc for
Kettlnj; Into Hell that tlien wen*
"" many hypocrites In the world,
for often It Is the com. that these
men are so critical that tli. y have
developed the Inability to t ee any
men "titer than in the lliiht of a
hypocrite. Their vision Is tin
paired.
As por previous announcement,
the evangelist this morning t>ok
up a discussion of "Our Dulles to
Our Emmies." ?n,| spoke In sub
stance as follows:
"The man who Roes to a doctor
or a lawyer for advice exp??cts to
to follow it. God reveala his will
only to those wfio are willing to
do it ,|f ?ny man will* to do his
will, he ahall know of the doc
trln??. Now, God'? word ih very'
plain and explicit concerning our I
duty to our enemies. hot h in and
out of the church.
"In .Matthew xvlll. we
ure fold to take a grievance first
"f all to the offender himself.
Tell hint; not somebody else. Dis
cussion can only intensify antag
onism. The more yon will become
embittered and harder it will lie
to adjust the matter. The man
who talks emliltteiN his own
heart. 80 we are to ko at once,
and as you ro. pray God to give
you grace and the spirit of love to
win your brother.
...T,fir.ty n,ne of PVHr> hundred
'tifficulticr* and misunderstand
ings could be settled in a few
minutes if this rule were followed,
nut if he will not listen to you!
take others with you. and if he is
"till Irreconcillahlc take the mat.
ter to the church.
If a man will not hear the
church he has no business In the
church. I.*t uim be no longer a
?brother, but a publican. The man
who loves peace" will avoid discus
sion as far as possible. Expres
sion deepens Impression. That is
why Christ Hm* should often testi
fy for Christ und also whv thev
should avoid factional talk. Hut If
a faction maker persists. do not
hesitate to discipline him.
"In Matthew xvlll. 21. the vin
vlour lays down the law of for
giveness on your part. Verse lfi
related to your brother's duty to
you; now he tells what is your du
ty toward him. He says you must
forgive him even as often as sev
<?nly times seven. If need be. Hut
you say you can t do that. Then
you had better seek for more
grace than you have; for Jcsu*
?ays In that case '.Neither will
?your Heavenly Father forgive yon
your trespass's'" (Mark xi. 24
26.)
"Well.-some say. 'I can rorglvc
him. but I don't propose to hove
anything more to do with him."
Then. according to the principle
of the mutuality of forgiveness,
when VOU get to the gates of
Heaven. St |?eter will say to you.
'God has forgiven you. but he
docsn t propose to have anything
more to do with you.* Hut the
truth Is. brother, you can never
g?*t to Heaven with malice in your
heart. |f you have gotten the
worst of the matter and suffer
wrongfully get your comfort In I
Peter II. 19-124.
" 'Do you mean to tell me I
must forgive the enemy who ha*
lied on me?' That Is what Christ
?ays 'Ard the scoundrel who has
slandered tne?' That Is what he
*ays. If you are filled by his spir
it. you will do so. Amidst the
agony of the cross he prnyed for
those who had so cruelly mocked,
ridiculed, spat upon, beaten itim
and crucified him. "Father, for
give them; they know not what
they do.'
"Read afresh the parable of the
unjust steward, and note especially
he *avs. 'If ye from your heart*
frrglvn not.' etc . neither shall
)ou obtain forglVDtiess. Yon of
ten pray. 'Forgive us our tres
passes 44 we forgive those who
tregpass agalnM us.' If you would
Hot hav?- only partial forglvene*?
grant entire forgiveness yourself.
"The favors granted you may
be in answer to the prayer? of
others and for their sake Lot's
delivery front Sodom wia no? In I
unswer to his prayers for his own
sake, but for Abraham's sake
"Thus far the discussion has1
befn a? to your proper course
when you are the aggrieved party
fn -Matthew v. 2.1 2 4 the great
Teacher Instructs 111 as to our du
ty when wo have given offense to
our brother. He says you can't
worship until you have sought out
your offended brother and
"tralghtencd the matter up with
him. for your gift will not be ac
crptahle until you have done this
And you csn't get Joy out of wor
ship unless the spirit of God be J
with you. and that la why wor
ship so often becomes a burden1
PORT TERMINALS
SEEM DEFEATED
Raleigh. Nov. 6.?The result
for Port Terminals this morning
stood a? follow?, with 633 pre
cincts reports out of the total of
1.730:
For Torts 68.958; Against 74.
894.
In spite of this -.najority against
the measure, O.'ueral Albert Cox
declared that returns received by
Fort Terminals headquarters In
dicated that the proposal had
l.oen adopted by a rood majority.
to you. *
"The greatest blasslngs I hare
aeen come upon towns and upon
churches have been when old con
tent ions'3nE$=-. ujitaRonisms have
been settled In the Christian spir
it and old enemies have become
reconciled .
"You can't fool God by any
sort of dlHsliuulatlon and false
pretenae. He knows your heart,
and you have got to have the un
ity of the spirit In the bond of
pence. And don't think any mat
ter of difference Is too small to
grlfye him. ;No sin looks small
to God. To him sin is always ex
ceeding- sinful.
A woman at Fort Scott. Kun
sas. told me once that she had
been praying for years that her
husband might be saved, and It
seemed God would not hear her.
I told h? r then there was some
thing wrong in her own life. 8he
studied a minute and said. 'Do
you think this can be It?" without
waiting for her to finish, I said.
"Yes, I don't know what you are
going to say, but whatever it is.
be sure that Is the trouble; for
the Holy Spirit will always sug
pest it to you.
"Then she told me there was
ill feeling between her and a
neighbor. She went over and
uxked forglvenesa, and they mu
tually forgave each other and had
n prayer. That day ber husband
came home to dinner and fell
weeping on her shoulder and gave
his heart to God. and came to the
tabernacle that night and made
hi* confession.
?lAs to our enemies. In Mat
thew. v:43-44, our Saviour tell?
us that our duty is to love them
and do good to them; this hax
been a hard saying to many good
people; 1-ecause they have mis
construed it. It does not mean
that you shall love your enemies
ah you love your mother or your
child or your wife; but as you
lev? yourself.
"How do you love yourself?
Why. when you are hungry, you
feed yourself; when you are in
distress, you relieve yourself. If
you can; you don't circulate mean
reports or say mean things about
yourself, pray for him. just as
you pray for yourself. Praying
in better than quarreling. Jacob
had to wrestle all night in prfeyer
before he could bo reconciled to
Esau. Speak no evil, hays Titus.
II!: 2.
"II may in extreme cases be
come necessary and proper to
speak evil of a had man In order
to give warning to a poswlblo vic
tim; but never for the sake of ev
il itself. And remember I hat
there are three things that can
noi even be joked about?the vir
tue of a woman, the character of
a preacher and the credit of a
bank.
"When you pray for your ene
mies. don't Just perfunctorily
pray. 'Lord, 'bless my enemlen.'
That Is too general and Indefi
nite. Pray for each one by name.
You can't do that long till you
will begin to love every one of
them.
"In my meeting at Garland,
Texas, a man who had been talk
in?? against the meeting drew
Irom me some rebukes so severe
that he rame to the tabernacle
and told me he had come to lick
me and was fcoing to make me
fight him or whip me. I asked
P? rmitslon to pray over the mat
ter as I told him I never under
took anything without consult
ing the ixml about It. He told
me lo go ahead, but to hurry up.
I prayed earnestly for him. and
when 1 opened my eyes he wan In
tears, came forward and surrend
ered his life to Chrlut and become
my fast friend. Just as ready to
light for me as he had been to
fight against me.
"The reason wo haven't a thou
sand ronversions here Is God's
splrft Is grieved What we have
against each other Is trivial In
fomparison with what he has
sgalnst us. Why the old martyrs
not only forgave the men who put
them to death, hut prayed for
them as the flames rose around
them.
I hsve heard people say they
rould forgive a person who had
wronged them If they ebought
him worthy. Suppose God was to
apply lhat rule to us! Which of
us could he forgiven? God does
n t forgive you for your sake; but
for Christ's sake, and that must
be your motive. And Christ Is
worthy In every case
And don't confuse suffering for
Christ's sake with suffering for
your own Inconsistency. In that
ra?e you are not persecuted, hut
Justly criticised.
"And after yon have hurled a
thing don't dig It up again; let It
star burM. Drop It for good.
"Follow God's way. and my
word for It and hla Word for It he
'will bles? yo?."
State's Vote For Governor
KaW'lKH. Nov. 6. - Following U tin- vote for Governor by cuuntl?*s
I'mtIihU. Mrl<raii. Mrrkilis
X 1ft33 148
23 3 K Or, 1025
?; frcmplct* ? 1795 8 7
15 297?* 2047
10 1060 859
I?; ? 2 6 38 133
8 668 7?
9 579 542
23 *762 2442
(i 154H 59
19 K *?77 4517
9 ?1?1 311
3?i *142 4870
11 26K9 (Not 11 e ported l
?i 1520 845
4 "702 41
18 5 <*>01 2874
4 477 112
3 988 127
10 1972 324
:;8 8429 1836
8 2562 474
1 20? 135
2 158 38
r. 1030 497
t Complete) 2713 492
21 4107 483
7 l ? 1423 132
31 7579 1671
7 2357 290
.... _ 419 86.181 29.403
W omenTakd AnotherStep
Toward The White House
lliiwcver, Thoy Failed in Tuftiday's Elections to Streng
then Their l.inrii Materially in the Move lo Build
h Frniini?) Bloc in United State* Cun^rrsh
liy ?>. i.. SI'OTT
IU4. ?? Ilia
< liicujo. Nov. 6.?Women look
one step more toward the White
House nt thin election, but fallct*
to strengthen Ihe'r Una* material
ly lu the move to build u femiulst
bloc in Congrcas. The ail vam e
was in u new Quarter, toward e*
ecutive responsibility in polltltw.
while the light for lefctalntl>>n re,v
j res? ntaiion mar kid ??me. '
i Out of the present metre hive
come Governor .Miriam A. "Ma"'
Ferguson. ruler of Texan. and
Governor Nellie T. Homh. ? hiof ex
erutlve or Wyoming. the nation'*
first feinlnlue i?o!itlral potentates.
In the executive chair of the coin
monwealth they ur* to govern.
I these w.?arc* will bw Just on?
Jump from the presidency?a*
heads of states next in executive
responsibility to i he chief magK
trate of the nation.
If thev measure up to the ?!??
"lfi^ds ' f their fas'- and -olldlfv
their advauce so that others of
tnur ?t-x may ttep up with them
In elections to come the rosd to
I the presidency will be smoothed
off considerably for women. Th<
fact the first feminine executive*,
rode Into office 011 the shoulder*
of tholr husbands. take* away
none of tne K?-?ry lor in* 111
in the achievement.
Hut In the battle for leglslatlve
honors the feminists barely held
their lines. Nearly all candidates
of the prettier sex went down to
defeat, while none was aide to
break Into t bo upper hoiine of (hi
Congress which ha? remained un
invaded to the present.
Mrs. Mary T. Norton, ef Jern. y
City. N. J . upheld the femiuiti'
honor*. by breaking into the
House of lleproKoiitativeH as the
first woman elected Kast of the
?Mississippi. She bears another
distinction as n woman "wet" vico
chairman of tho Democratic Slate
Committee. Her duty will hi* to
carry on the battle for recognition
of women that Mrs. Mac Nolan,
only woman representative In Him
present Congress managed. Mrs.
Nolan was not a candidate for re
election.
Whether Mrs. (Norton Is to have
assistance at her task is douh'
ftil. according to I>emocratlc and
Republican headquarters here,
who announce that they are with
out Information that other femin
ine candidates for natlonsl le*i?ia
t Ive office, have succeeded.
In most state*, however, v?
men have streijgincned their leg
islative positions. bulwarking
their stanu lor futuro advance
In the legislative section.
H is as chief executives ?f
states that the feminine politi
cians are to shine. "Ma" Kergu
ton. future ruler of the great
Lone Star state. It going to devo:?
her main attention to education,
from the rural nchools to the uni
versity flhe announces now that
victory In asHured. that It is her
Intention to be a "real" governor
She will attempt to vindicate In r
husband. James K. Kergux??ti.
whose record as governor br.iiiglit
about nls Impeachment a few
years ago.
Mrs. Hons, probable winner ?-f
the governorship of Wyomltiff.
Kays that ahe will conduct the ??
ecutive office in a way thst will
allow "no one ever again t? a ?
sert that women are unfit fof
high executive office." She wMi
ex so to conduct state affair* tint
the example of her rule will male
It easy for Women elsewhere t??
achieve leaderahlp as chief mm:
istrate* of etatea.
With these two women strength*
jening the advance of lhair sex
toward the hlgheat political office
of the land, Ibc feminists in poli
tim, nr* now less awed by the
thought thHt Horn?' tlmo they
may have a candidate for presi
dent. They count on their two
governors giving an adminintra
tion that will display the ability*
and poise demanded of a success-t
ful executive.
Mrs. Ross Is starting on the
Mame track lhat led President!
t'oolldge to pelitleal power. She
goes hlin one better In taciturnity.
Her campaign was conducted |
. xithout speeches, with Just a
Himpl" statement ihut aba would
do well the work that her hus
band did before her, ko that It
might not be Kaid that women
wen* In 'upalde of exercising ex->
ccutlve r? sponslblllty. Broken by
the death of her husband, former
Will la m li. Hobs, she had offered
| only a stay-at-home campaign
from the state's executive man
sion.
Mrs. Ferguson was moro mil
itant. She was on the slump,
with her husband, throughout the
campaign While she let ",Pa" do
most of the talking, she did
enough ho that voters could ap
pralse her position.
The new Congress woman. Mrs.
Norton will carry on the women's
fight In the House of Represen
tatives, a s an experienced politi
cian. Her political work already
had brought her recognition by
the state Democratic organiza
tion. and her welfare work and
charity activities made her wide
ly known among voters.
All In all the women contend
that they made marked gains In
the past battle, even though un
able to strengthen their hold in
Congress
( AIT. IMVIHLfc l)KAI>
Captain Charles Danlcla, age 23
years, died at his home, corner
Walnut, street and Pennsylvania
Avenue. Thursday morning at ,'t
o'clock with pneumonia. Iiavlnu
been sick since Sunday when he.
came home with a deep cold. Mr.
Daniel* was captain of the K. K
Daniels that runa between this
city and FalrAeld. His body was
taken to Wanchese on the Hattle
Creef Thursday morning where
funeral services will be held at
the home of hla father. E. It. Dan
lels, and Interment made at Wan
ehese Friday. The pallbearers at
this city were: A. G. McCabe,
Frank Sellg. L. L Winder. Jr..
Llnwood Simpson, Hubert Toxey.
and Raymond Sheely.
Mr. Daniels Is survived by his
wife and little daughter, Hilda;
by his father. K, It. Daniels: and
by four brothers, A. S. Daniels, L.
S. Daniels. John Daniel* of this
city, Preston Daniels and Itoscoe
Dm lib In of Wanchese; ?nd by one
alster, Mrs. Frank Harris, of this
city.
SKINATOK MIIM.K IN
CRITICAL CONDITION
Cambridge, Mass . Nov. fi
Senator Henry Cabot Lodge who
suffered a stroke yesterday at the
hospital where lie had been eon
valenclng from an operation wax
still unconsclou:? today.
Dr. John Cunningham said that
the Senator'a condition "must be
conaidered critical."
ItlCTI ItN'H FROM OATH*
Gateavlllc. Nov. fi.? Practically
complete returns from Gates
County give Port Terminala 50
votes with 9?0 arcalnst the mens
ure.
Davis was given BOO votes,
Cooiidge 170. and LaPollette
VICTORY GROWS
FOR COOLIDGE
i
Lute*t lleluriiH B????i Hi*
Total of Votes and In
crease Hi? Slrenjjth in
(iongrrHH.
i Br T-i AtoUinl rwl
New York, Nov. fi.? Rt-publlran I
triumph* in Tuesday's election to
day assumed even greater magnl-,
tilde ns the counting of ballots^
n?'?red com plot Ion.
Latest returns not only boosted I
th?* total of electoral votes credit -
??d to 1'realdeut Coolldge and Mr. |
Dawes but Increased the likeli
hood that the new administration
will have a dependable majority
of. Its own party In Congress.
They likewise lifted to uew j
heights the vaBt Republican ma-!
Jorltlea In several states already
counted In the electoral column
and gave Indications of depositing
there all of the electoral strength
now classified a? doubtful.
The latest states in the trium
phal procession are Montana and
Nevada. having between them sev
en electoral votes. Increasing the
total to 37 4. or 10K more than I
nc?'ded to elect.
The electoral bag of Davis and
Rryan remained at 136 and ap
parenlly the only chance of In-j
crease was in New Mexico.
Coolldge with 1574 electoral j
votes had the following states: i
Arizona. California. Colorado. |
Connecticut. Delaware. Idaho, II-,
llnols, Indiana. Iowa. Kansas, |
Kentucky. Maine. Maryland. Mas-1
sarhusetts. MIchlKan. Minnesota. I
Missouri. Montana. Nevada. New |
Hampshire, New Jersey, New
York. Ohio. Oregon. Pennsylvania.
Rhode Island. Utah. Vermont.
Washington. West Virginia. Wyo
ming.
Davit* had 13K electoral votes
and tin- following mates: Alaba
ma. Arkansas. Georgia. Florida. |
Louisiana, Mississippi, North Car
olina. South Carolina. Oklahoma. ;
Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.
La toilette had 13 electoral ?
votes from Wisconsin, and the |
possibility of R from New Me*lc<
and North Dakota.
Republican < 'oin'itM
Washington. Nov. 6.?The abll- ,
ity of the Republican organisa
tion to control the new Congress
elected Tuesday appeared to
hinge on the outcome of Sena
torial contests in Minnesota, New
Mexico, and Wyoming.
There was little doubt that it
would have at least a tare work
In? majority In the House over
the Democrats snd LaKollctle In
surgents.
If Republican candidates for ,
the Senate in two or three states
still In doubt are, victorious unci ]
the vacancy In Connecticut is [
filled by a Republican, a coalition (
of Democrats and consistent sup
porters of LaFollette would fall
two short of a majority.
To Kuccee?! CIU let to
Washington, Nov. 6.*---?Repre
sentative Martin Madden. Repub
lican. of Illinois, announced today i
that he would be a candidate for
?peaker of the House to succeed !
Frederick Gillette who has been (
elected to the Sonato in Massachu
setts.
HISTORIC
HHOl LDURI.NG ItriNH
Washington, Nov. 6. ? Green
Valley Manor House, historic !
Virginia landmark three miles
from here was reduced to smould
ering ruins today by fire of un
determined origin and two of
four naval officers occupying it
were Injured. The loss Is esti
mated at $30,000 although the
exact figures csn not bo arrived
at as the estate contalnod an
tiques and historic relics.
MHN. HAHD1M* IlKTTKH
Marlon. O . Nov. Mrs. War
ren G. Harding's condition con
tinues to Improve, it was an
nounced today.
WOMAN'S UKAll MTOKIC
OFFKIIM Hl'K4 I Ali VALl'KM
Spcr nl valu? s are offered by M.
Leigh Sheep Company, the Wo
man's Wear Store, for Frldsj and
Saturday on costs and dresses,
and th" advertisement of this spe
cial offer on the Woman's Inter
est page.of The Advance today
will appeal to shoppers Reduc
tions in price so early In the soa
r.oti are doubly welcomed.
ItlKIMMKMI SAFETY
APPLIANCES USED
Newport Mew*. Nov. d The
collision Monday betwen the Chos
u;>cak" fh Ohio pausenfer train
and n bus In which 11 persons
wne K lil? d snd fiur seriously In
Jured "waa a deplorable nccldf-nt"
twi coroners' Juries reported last
night. They recommended that
KPf. ty measures cr appliance* be
used at th" crossing to avoid a
ri petition of such accidents.
Misses Mary flradham and Sur
ah Wood and Doaaey I'ruden of
iRdcnton spent 8unday In the city.
Radio Completes First ?
Presidential Campaign
Service Fpr from Uniform but Served lo Keep Stntl
Crowds ill I .urge r Cities Down to Smallest ' **"'
Proportion* Known in Years
II) ROIIKHT T SMAI.I
lC?(|flalil IB*. V Tin *??????> ,'tltr.
New York. Nov. 6.?With an
audience estimated a* high bh 20,
000.000 persons, radio completed
It* first presidential campaign by
announcing the results to every
section of the country.
-Having been more or Iff? ex-'
pcrlmental. the servlco was far
from uniform in the various ether
belts and was not as full as many
had expected. Nevertheless it
served to do what many believed
would be accomplished.?It kept
the street crowds in the larger ci
ties down to the smallest propor
tions known In the lant twentv or
thirty years of national politics.
Reports from as far West as
the Pacific coast received today
all agree on thin point. Elec
tion night, hitherto In a rival of
New Year's eve. for color and car
nival aplrlt, resolved itself this
year into quiet throngs of specta
tors around the old fasliionel
bulletin boards and a few enthus
iastic youngsters with horns and
rattles trying to supply the din of
olden times.
'Instead of the street throngs,
radio kept the people largely at
home. Radio parties were Iho
order of the evening, neighbors
with good receiving sets opening
their homes?and In many instan
ce? their cellars?to friends less
fortunately supplied in the ele
menta, both aerial and liquid. In
many cities the radio carried the
news to Immense audiences gath
ered in halls. Here in New York
the hotela were jammed with gay
dinner parties and each dining
room wis "tuned in" on the In
formation which filled the crisp
night air.
The streets were not deserted,
but the eld fashioned marching
throngs were gone. By midnight
even the most popular gathering
point of the city, auch us 42nd
and Itroadway were wall nigh de
serted . Only on the teeming East
Side was there any semblance of
the lormer election night gaiety.
There the bonfires flared, the
street? milled with their thou
sands of all agei. and red fire
gleamed from many a tenement
window. There was a reason for
all this old time Jubilation down
on the Bant aide. A! Smith bad
OQM more been elected governor,
making another of his marvelous
races In the face of odd? which
would have crushed the ordinary
candidate deep Into the mire. A.1
Smith belongs to the Bant Side.
Ho grew up there, and although
ho stops a great deal now at the
fashionable Rlltmoro Hotel, he
still calls the East Side his home
and he goes there to vote with
end among *Js old friends. It
was the East Side's night. The
rest of New York took the result?
very much for granted. It was
the quietest election day and
night the city has ever known. It
was but the ghost of former
years. 'Reports from Chicago to
day stated that radio parties took
the "kick" out of election night
thye and elsewhere through the
M Indie West. There was little of
the old time spirit In the "loop."
although a few bands tried to liv
en things up a bit. There was
not even a band In New York In
Chicago the stroets crowds were
much smaller than usual .but big
eudleneea "listened In" at halls
through the city.
The newspaper bulletin boards,
formerly about the only means of
supplying the returns to the pub
lic. were far from being deserted,
but It was evident In nearly every
city reporting the results that the
radio was claiming a very large
share of the public's attention.
Telegrams received from Kan
Kranclaco today ssld tho Interes'
In the election there had reached
the highest point ever known
This wai Indicated In the first In
stance by (be record breaking
vote and by the estimate that ful
ly three fifths of the entire pop
ulation of the state "listened In"
on the returns. The condition? In
Oregon and Washington were
much the same and both tho coast
nnd mountain states, thousand? of
persons on distant, farms, who
never before should be able to re
ceive the results on election night
wefe glvn a radio service which
sntlifled their every need
In most sections of the country
the broadcasting was so divided
and so universal that the owners
of tho humblest crystal sets, with
? ?nly a few miles range, occupied
the scats of the mighty and heard
mo?t. of all that was going on.
In broadcasting the election re
sults th'- radio, however, showed
Itself once more tho hand-maiden
of the newspapfm and of the
new? gathering organisations. The
broadcasting stations largely were
dependent upon the newspapers
i nd upon at least one news asan
elation for the Information which
they disseminated and while the
redlo greatly speeded up and wid
ened the meana of distribution.
It contributed not at all to Hie
gathering of the news. The re
i turna filtered In Jtst m of yore
and on the radio programs as,
well aH on the bulletin board?
(here were many long lapses when
news wai "low and far between*,'*
The bulletin boards were pop?
ular aH usual with the argumen
tative persons. To some people
11 Is no fun at all to Ret the elan*
tlon results without also getting
into an argument.. The throngs
around the newspaper offices In
this city fbrmed themselves into
one grand Joint debate. And the#?
wen? the humorists, too, IntMM?
ing the guy thai every time a bul
letin was shown from Alabana
shouted:
"Twenty four votes for Under
wood."
Very few of the broadcasting
stations had arrunged anything
like a fixed program. They
seemed to realize the night wag
largely an experimental on?. The
air fans about the metropolis had
a very wide selection, so met hi Ac
like eight stations being on ttaa*
air at one and the same time* If
buslnesa got slow at one station,
they cut in on another, and first
end last, received most of tb?
available .news as well as a lot 'tft*
really high class entertainment,.
Some of. the announcers did* net
serin to know exactly what WMW
expected of them and others in
dicated very plainly they knew
more about baseball, football and
i r-.7n flerhMng than they did about
national politics.
oue chain of stations conceived
and carried out the idea of having
nn experienced newspaper retrtttr
er at Washington cut In to giv.a a
wigest and somo serious and hum*
orouK reflections on the returns.
1? would seem that this is a phase
of election broadcasting which. I#
particularly applicable to radio
?nd which unquestionably wHI
grow In popularity in the future.
Virtually all the candidates for
national office, from President
Cooltdge down, tuned In at ona
t'me or another on the radio
b roadcasters during the nifht.
SENATOR BROOKHART
LEADING OPPONENT
II. Tin* AMnruite? Pm-m) , i
f'? 'ni i, la.. Nov. 6.?Unof
? .;.i hut ceiuplete returns from
II precinc?? in Iowa today
showed that Senator Smith Brook
hart was leading his Democrat!? 1
n? Daniel Steck, by 6f
votes.
i;(K.KI!H()X I'LKADH (il'ILTY ,
T*.! P-.iM.n. young white msn<
I -.i , : County, entered s
? wiry iri the recorder'?,
? ? i'. i/iday morning to a,
? f prostitution and was*
ii .1 $1" ?nd costs. The co-re'
. : 'I i-. In the case was Mi??
rh Tvrs. also of Perqulm
Dwlght Sylvester and Maeea
N'lx' n were before the recorder
Wednesday on a charge of enter
ing a pool room without being of
legal age to do so, while Pross
Sawyer, manager of the Southern
Hotel pool room, was up for per
mitting the two foregoing defend
ants to enter without registering.
Each of the three defeitdanta i
were lliied |5.00 and costs." * *^1
Kil K LUX HALL 18
DESTROYED BY FIRE
Fort Worth, Tex.. Nov. 6. ??
The Fort Worth Ku Klux Klan
hall, recently completed at a cost
of about 160,000, was destroyed
by Are of unknown origin early
today. The structure was of
brick.
TWO BUILDINGS
CO tfl> IN KLAMES
Wheeling. W. vT7Nov. fi -Two
busings buildings in the dowa
town district were destroyed by
Are today with s loss estlmtftM kt
$750.000 The Davi*. Durkhaiu
and Tyler Piano building and 4be
Browne building were burned.
Kill UAHAOK III K.NH
Bradford. Pa.. Nov. ?. *? Vke
Star garage and about 200 ante
mobiles were destroyed by .fits
with a Iosh of $250,000 today. . t
fOTTOV MAftKKT
fNew York. Nov. fl -3pol ?f>l
|ton closed quiet. Middling 22.99*
a decline of 30 points. ? ? - . Vf 1.
Futures, closing bid: Dee, 22.78
Jan 22 97. March 23.21, Mar
23 40. July 23 25.
New York. Nov, 6,-^At two p.
m., today cotton futures stood at
the following level?: T>ec. M.09/
Tan 23.21, March 23.St. May
. 3.72, July 23.61.
? ?v Y< rk. Nov. *. -Cotton f.U- :
iffren Wnrned ??d?y at the fellow?
Ing levels: December 22.92, J aft*
ut.. JS.Ol, March 23.44, May
|23.f?0, July none.
rJM
Mr. (lid Mr. K. u. Cow?
Mri. H. K Kor.h.nd of
?P??t MoniHr In the city