- 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
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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.
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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^
!
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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
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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;