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- BREVARD, NORTH CAROLINA, NOVEMBER 6, 1930 VOLUME XXXV Number 45 democrats sweep nation from dan to beersheba , ? I Nation, State, District And County Carried By Densocratic Ticket ~ ? - . I EVEN MADISON IS CAPTURED IN THE PARTY WHIRLWIND Roosevelt Is Elected In New York by Almost a Mil- ' lion Majority BAILEY WINS BIG OVER hundred thousand Zeb Weaver Goea Back to Congress from the Tenth N. C. District America went democratic in Tuesday's election from one end of the nation to the other. United ! States senators, congressmen, gov ernors and other state and district' "tfices were won by democrats, many of which had long been held by republicans. The senate and congress is about tied, if not actu ally democratic, and it will take final , returns to determine the line up in 1 1 the next congress. jf Perhaps the most spectacular ' sweep was that of Governor Frank- 1 lin D. Roosevelt, of New York, who 1 was re-elected by a majority unpre- 1 cedented in the Empire state, andii the unusual majority given him Tues- | day is considered by his friends as i pointing to Roosevelt's certain nom- 1 ination for the presidency in 1932. J. Ham Lewis, democratic candi- J date for United States senate in Uli- ' nois, defeated Ruth Hanna McCor- * mick by a majority that would re- 1 quire a truck to haul the ballots rep-,1 re9?ntinK this majority. Thomas J. '; Heflin, of Alamaba, denied right to run on the democratic ticket because ' of bis fight against Smith, ran as an < independent and was defeated by a } large majority. In North Carolina Bailey defeated | Pritcharu by the largest majority ? ever given a successful candidate ( for that office in this state. Bailey/ carried nearly every county, and had 1 big majorities in every congression- , ' al district. < Zebulon Weaver, democratic can- . didate for congiess in the Tenth ! District was returned to office over ; } Brownlow Jackson, his republican i! opponent, by an overwhelming nuujj jority. .Mr. Weaver carried nearly i; every county in the district, taking!, even sonv. of what was considered!, rock-ribbed republican counties. J. Will Plcss, solicitor in the!' Eighteenth Judicial district, was re- i elected over Ralph R. Fisher, of Bre-;. vara, carrying each of the six coun- I ties in the district, even Henderson J county entering the democratic col-,' umn. Both republicans and demo- 1 crats in Henderson county state that ' the weather, which kept hundreds of ^ rural voters from the polls, caused 1 this swing of Henderson county into the democratic fold. i Mrs. E. L McKee, democratic : 1 candidate for state senate in the i 32nd district, was swept into office'' by large majorities in each of the three counties in the district? ? Jack- ii son, H*ywood and Transylvania, piling up a tremendous majority In \V aynesville township, and riding the tide in her own county, which went into tne democratic fold by majori. ties for the county ticket ranging from 1200 to 1400. So sweeping was the democratic victories that even Madison county, i long considered the stronghold of the republican party, elected a dem ocratic sheriff for the first time in the history of the county. Practically all of the county offices in Madison county went to tne democrats include, mg the legislative member. It is be- . liered that less than ten representa- ! tft ?tate senators of the re- : pobUcan side will be in the next gtoeMl assembly of North Carolina. *25!! "tate was no exception to the c - ii ^ 88 a whole, as the demo cratic wave swept over the nation, taking in ita wake states, district* JwL00?intljS even the mosten tBusjaatic domocrats had not hoped to carry, BALTIMORE NEWS HAS SrNlARD Bors PICTURE ? 25 edition of the Balti 2!? , oT3- carried a picture of Swauel Shuard, son of Mr. and Mrs. JOaMSImard of Brevard, who is a 5K9^ui2i. t,he United States Navy ? SiilT mi. 66- In the same photo Wolfram of Balti BW, Wo is shown sitting on one of the _ nug? Milwaukee guns. The uwa? tied up at the Recrea 115 Baltimore at the time ? wa a taken. ;rSiaard, wha joined the ago, la very DEMOCRATS TAKE EVERY OFFICE IN TRANSYLVANIA CO. ^ ? - .... i Majorities Range from 346 to, 509 In Favor of the Democratic Ticket WHITE LEADS TICKET j FOR THE REPUBLICANS Utto Alexander, tor Clerk ot i Court, Led Democratic j? Ticket ? Heavy Vote j I Transylvania county joined the < other counties of the state last Tues- i day and elected every democrat on the ticket by the largest majorities ( recorded here in many years. 01- < ficial figures will not be known un til the canvassing board, which meets Thursday, makes report, but the majorities run from 350 to 5o0. < Ail offices in the county were held] by republicans except the office ox sheriff-tax collector, and Tuesday s election means an entirely new oc cupancy of the court house/- with the y exception of T. E. Patton, Jr., in , the sheriff's office who was elected ;d to succeed himself. An unusually heavy vote was cast n the county, there being some four ^ hundred more votes this year than , irere cast in the big presidential jlectfon two years ago. The repub ican candidates polled practically ;he same vote as that cast for re sublican candidates two years ago, t when .the republicans were elected <? )v majorities averaging fifty votes. The increased vote went to the lemo#ratic candidates, bringing jandidates frpm a position behind J ;he republicans two years ago ou( S nto the front with majorities this . rear of 350 to 550. Tre greatest ;ains were in the two Brevard box is, where the total vote was almost j if'teen hundred. I Snow, rain, cold winds and mud I 'ailed to dampen the spirit of the j :ampaign workers in the county. ]? Voters were brought to the polls at . ;he several precincts in fleets of cars,j ;hat were constantly on the job, ana j ^ io voter was overlooked from school ij ;eachers who were free for the day U ;o those living in the most remote ^ sections of the county. The absen ce vote lists which were posted at ;he entrance of the voting booths at J o'clock, contained long lists ot i lames of those absent or ill, or be -ause of other reasons were declared to be unable to vote in person. As one of the chief attacks of the 1 iemocratic forces was that made up jn the General County Court, it is Bxpected that one of the first things ?o be done when the legislature s meets is to abolish this court. W. M. Henry, veteran in PuWic|( affairs here, was elected to the le?j8* u lature. He is at present a member^ of the board of aldermen of the , town of Brevard, active in the Bre- ( yard Baptist church, and has repre- ( sented the county once before. ? Otto Alexander, of Oakland, mak ing his first entry into public af- ( fairs, led the democratic ticket in i his successful race for the office o Clerk of the Court Mr. Alexander 1 has taught school in the county, and j is active in church affairs. i T E. Patton, Jr., re-elected to the office of sheriff-tax collector, is the most familiar figure taking part j in recent county contests. He has i never been defeated for office, and served as county treasurer for four years before being elected sheriff tWJew T Galioway will move from the log train on" the Gloucester Lumber company's plant totheof "tCl m bow to tWngs political, having spent the past several years on the logging train where his contact with the M numbers cf fellow-employes hod been of a most pleasant nature, and most popular men in tne coumg. Mr. Justice has not had good health * ? i.1.1 nnoaral traoT9. -AUfi Conlnued on page font. OFFICIAL VOTE IN COUNTY ELECTION! Otto Alexander Lead* County j Ticket With Vote Totaling 2417 HENDERSON RECEIVED HIGHEST BOARD VOTEj C. V. Shuford Elected Chair- j man, and Ga?h Secretary of Canv&uing Board : Meeting in the county court house at 11 o'clock Thursday morning, members of the canvassing board or ganized and began their work of canvassing the returns from the var ious precincts in the county. Half the seats in the court house were filled with spectators and election officials. The board organized with C. V. Shuford as chairman and Rob ert L. Gash was named secretary. The county ticket was the first canvassed, the officials granting this because it was the desire of The Brevard News to carry the official returns on the county candidates in this week's paper. The following were declared to be the votes ac corded each of the county candi dates, with the resulting majorities in each contest: Clark of Court Otto Alexander 2417 Judson McCrary 1908 Alexander's majority 509 Register of Deed* less A. Galloway 2341 5d Jones 1985 Galloway's majority. . 356 Surveyor iVike 2398 )wen 1910 Wike's majority .... 478 Coroner Vilkerson 2352 Snglish 1951 Wilkerson's majority 401 Sheriff-Tax Collector 'atton 2347 3ouch 1986 Patton's majority . . . 361 Treasurer ustus 2396 litton 1928 Justus' majority .... 468 County Commissioners 3rwin 2343 .yday 2342 'lummer 2348 lenderson 2356 iigman 2331 dcNeely 1982 ["alley 1968 'ickelsimer 1980 Vhite 1998 )wen 1940 Judge, County Court ). L. English 1917 f (no opposition) !l Solicitor, County Court V N. E. Moretz 1940 ^ (no opposition) W. B. Henderson led the commis- , lioners ticket for the democrats, vhile A. M. White was high man for ? he republican commissioners ticket. \ Z. R. McNeely, storm center in the v ecent campaign surprised his I Wends by receiving second highjl rote on the republican commission- i irs ticket H. A. Plummer was sec-!s >nd man on the democratic commis- 1 lioners ticket. c Otto Alexander, for clerk of the :ourt, led the democratic ticket, c while A. M. White led the entire re- c publian county ticket with a vote of 1998, while W. L. Couch waB close j second with 1986, .Ed Jones falling but one vote behind Couch. NEW MAIL SERVICE ! TO GREENVILLE^ ! ' ? J n- ^ , Brevard is aoon to have better j mail connections with ? Greenville, i according to a new schedule an- < nounced by Postmaster Nicholson, which roes into effect Saurday. The new schedule gives this community ft much later mail to Greenville in the morning and ? later connection < in the afternoon. The new schedule is as follows: Lv. Greenville 7 :00 am.& 3 :)B pm. Ar. Brevard 9:20 am.A 5 :1S j>m. Lv. Brevard 9:20 mm.& 5:20 pm. Ar. Greenville 11:40 am.&7:20 pm. HALLOWE'EN CIRCUS HERE WAS SUCCESSFUL EVENT Girl Scout leaders announce that the Hallowe'en Circus held last Fri day night in the Blue Moon build ing, was a huge success. Those who attended report an evening filled with fun and laughter. The com-! rminity committee and Girl Scout Readers wish to express their thanks to the community for its coopera tion and attendance, which will : greatly aid the Scouts in their con structive work in the fnture. Now Senator * * MRS. E. L. McKEE Mrs. McKee was elected in Tues-j lay's contest as state senator in the j 32nd Senatorial District, compris- 1 Ittg Transylvania, Jackson and Hay-' wood counties. She will become the | State's first woman senator. MRL 1 L M'KEE IS : ELECTED SENATOR! Mrs. E. L. McKee, of Sylva, be- . :6mes the state's first woman sena- ' ;or as a result of her sweeping vie- j 1 ;ory over James F. Barrett, of Bre- !' rard, in Tuesday's election. Official 1 eturns from Jack^pr. and Haywood ! ounties were not available, but the i 1 >fficial vote in Transylvania county! n this contest follows: '< McKee 2333 j] Barrett 1984 f McKee's majority . . . 349 ! ! Mrs. McKee's success in Transyl- i ' ania county is due in large meas- 1 ire to the splendid support given ier by Mrs. J. S. Silversteen, who / Id yeomanry work for the Sylva , roman. Barrett has already announced i hit he will make the race again c n 1932. ' YEAVER RUNS FAR AHEAD OF BAILEY i I Zebulon Weaver, in congress from I ? 916 to 1928, and defeated twoj* ears ago in the Hoover landslide, ! c rent back to his old seat in Tues- 1 lay's election, defeating Brownlow a ackson by several thousand major- jt ty. In Transylvania county the ' t fficial vote is as follows v Weaver 2340 c Jackson 1957 t Weaver's majority . . . 383 r George Pritchard cut Bailey's leadjc ar below that given to Weaver for t ongress. Bailey, elected to the Jnited ?tates senate by a majority 2 ipwards of 130,000, led Pritchard c lere by 284, in the following vote: j Bailey 2283 , Pritchard 1999 t Bailey's majority .... 284 This vote shows that there were , Simmons democrats in the county u irho would not vote for Bailey, and j /ho, evidently would not vote for , 'ritciiarfl, ana simply scratched the , Jnited States senate tickct. Pritch- f ird received about the republican j trength, while Bailey's vote was far , lelow that of other democratic can- ( lidates. j The state ticket ran 2317 for the ( lemocrats.to 1968 for the republi cs. I 1 *ED CROSS ROLL CALL IS < TO BE MADE IN BREVARD 1 National Red Cross Roll Call will,i be observed everywhere from No- 1 /ember 11 to November 27. The i ictual campaign here will be made j from the 17th to Thanksgiving Day. i rhe Rev. Harry Perry will be in ? charge of the Roll Call in Brevard, i f. S. Silversteen is county chair- j! nan for the National Red Cross,: ?nd has appointed committees and workers in every section of the', county. Full details of the local Roll Call to be made here will be published ntxt week. CARR LUMBER COMPANY IS ADDING MANY TO FOKUi, Many of the Carr Lumber com pany's employes an being called Baok to work, sine* resumption of operations there this week. It is the announced pi&a of the company to {Tive work to their regular employes lint. The S-hour day is being ob- 1 served eo thai more men can be given employment. OAK GROVE BAPTIST CMUKfet Announcement is made that Rev. J. E. Burt, new pastor of the Ro?* "man Baptist church,* will ureacb at the Oak Grove BaiAist march at j 3 P. M. Sunday, November 10 in lieu of a momh>p service which irj | changed on account of the absence i' of t^e pastor. 1 ^ ?: ELECTION CONTEST TO BE CARRIED TO COURT Notice of Protest Filed With Board of Canvassers ? Charges Irregularity of Election, Violations of Election Law by Offic ials, Voting People Under Age, Illegal Voting of Absentee Ballots, and Many Other Charges ? Board Called Upon to Grant New Election, to Be Heitd According to Law ? Board Refuses ? Said That indictments Are to Follow, Charging Violations of Election Laws. . . . , . , Charging that the election m Transylvania county, as "carried on in every precinct was illegal be cause of various frauds connected therewith," and other serious charges that are enumerated in tiie writing, W. E. Moretz, acting for republican county candidates, pro tested the board of canvassers against canvassing of the returns, and against declaration of any and all candidates on the democratic ticket The protest was filed witu C. V. Shuford, chairman of the can vassing board, and included a demand that the board of canvassers cease , in counting returns, declare the elf-: tion void because of the manner of its .induct, and call a new election, j "and that it be held according to law. i Motion was made after a time nad passed that the request be denieu, and after being given a second. ; Chairman Shuford put the question : to the board members who, appar ?ntly, voted unanimously in its favor, there being no discussion and discus- 1 lion being called for by the chair- j nan. Following is a copy of the request, j lemands and charges upon which the japer is based : 5tate of North Carolina Transylvania County j To the Countv Board of Canvas- j lers of TYansylvania County. W. L 3ouch, Judson McCrary, Ed Jones, J. J. Sitton, Dr. E. S. English, W. Owen, C. R McNeely, J. H. Jick lisimer, W. L. Talley, A. M. White, S R. Owen, and the Qtijec-RepubU-. an Candidates, through W. E. Moretz attorney at law do hereby , inter protest, against the canvass ox lection returns and issuemg cer ificates of election to any person ither than those above mentioned on he following grounds: That the election was carried on in j j very precinct of the County was u egal because of various frauds : onnected therewith. : That the election was not held iccording to law in that the arena o he election was so constructed in i he various voting places that it , vas impossible for the electors pres ?nt to see what was being done on he inside and the watchers were. iot allowed to be where they could i tbserve the election officials and he ballot boxes. That there were helpers in part it . iot all the voting precincts of the :ounty who were not sworn or quali fied to help in said election and. vho handled tickets in violation ol ; ,he mandates of the law. That the absentee ballots were iot cast and counted and returned, vith the certificates according to flVThat persons were voted in the ?lection who were not qualified ?lectors in this state and whose legal ?esidence is in other states i 1I1(Lt<?l ! /aricus and Sundry persefns reps- , ?.ered with the chairman of the j Board of election who were not leg 11 That'in the Old Toxaway precinct | there were more ballots cast thar.| there were legal voters in the pre :iDICn the face of the above men tioned facts we do hereby Prot^M arainst the counting of the return by your board and further pro ^ against the declared election of Ed Patton Jr., for Sheriff, Otto Al?c under Clerk of Ceurjl way Register of Deeds Dr. Wllker son Coroner, 0. L. Jrwin. W. Henderson, Carlos Lyday, n. Hummer, L. V. Sigman Board oi County Commissioners, together wi all the Democratic Candidates. We hereby request that no canva ? k- bv the County Board of CatSwaen and that a New Election kJ nSaed held in Transylvania County, and that it be held accord 1Dff WE* MORETZ, Attorney at Lawfc behalf of the aSove named Candidates on the Re publican Tic Vet Republicans have made many charges of allied irregularity in voting and in conduct of the elec tior it being claimed that electioi offU&a have violated the law in many instances, wh'le individual* ar - said to have voted ttlegclly. men not yet 21, it is charged, wei? voted, and the charges are . raadc thai mWy illegal .abwatee baBots) wtre vote*'. ?fod iiit.matloos w <? \TZ S* active hi the Wated tl- po^?' Hire in. their ef Ifjgte obuiln illepal votafc 6 ? said that the Tepub.iwns hRve manv i affidavits setting forth that names 'have been forged to absentee b.d I tots and to certificates accompany ing the ballots. It is said in some [?circles here that one election offio ial burned the certiflates accom panying the absentee ballots. It is said that several warrants are to be sworp out for violators ofi the election law, including, it U xaid, some school teacers who voted liTTi- - legal manner. Much stress will be laid to the fact that several hundred more votes were cast in Tuesday'* election than that of two years ago, when it is generally conceded, it is pointed out, that Transylvania coonty has lost in population rather than making any gains. With the papers in the contest lodged with the board of canvasser* and the request having been denied by that board, the next move, it is said by republican leaders, wiil be to take the matter to court for s hearing. FISHER, HAMLIN, GIVEN SAME VOTE Leaders Here Each Get 2001 Votes ? Pies# and Henry Are Successful Ralph R. Fisher and Lewis P. Ham lin, for solicitor and legislatirra respectively, tied in receiving the biggest votes of the republican party in Tuesday's election. of these men received 2001 voies^ while no other republican candi date reached the 2000 mark. Mr. Hamlin was defeated by W. M. Henry. Mr. Hamlin is now a member <>f the legislature, and was minority leader in the last General Assembly, having made many friends during: the 1929 session because of his re markable ability a3 a leader and bis sense of fairness in all of his legis lative work. The Henry and Hamlin vote, of ficially, is as follows: Henry 2339 Hamlin 200) Henry's majority .... 32S Mr. Fisher's ramarkable vote is aa evidence of his large following in the county, for he was ill most of the time during the campaign, -ind was unable to see many people. The fact that he tied for high place in his party, when taking Tjut little part in the campaign, is a source of maeh gratification to his friends. J. Will Pless, resent solicitor and re-elected in Tuesday's election, is one of the strong men in the demoeraitc party in Western North Carolina, often urged to be a candidate for congrcsx. The Fisher-Pless official vote is a? follows : Picas 232? Fisher 2001 Pless majority 326 [baptist orphanage call ! TO BE MADE AT EARLY DATS ! Rev. W. S. Price, announce* -tbtf .the rejrdar annual Baptist Orphan age C?U will be m?de at an e?rtf date, and foil particulars will M given in; next week'* paper. Men* hers of She various churoheg hi A* county are urged to be makteg plaa* ; to meet the call;
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