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VOLUME SEVEN; NUMBER 215
BATTLE OF BALLOTS IS ON IN UNITED STATES TODAY
Forty Million Voters
Expected To. Exercise
The Right Os Franchise
Country Last Night Hhd Atten
tion Set on Voting Machinery
4 for Today
WILL RUSH COUNT OF
BALLOTS THIS EVENING
37 Senator* and 435 Represen
tatives Also Will Re Elect
ed Today
(Bq Associated Pre**)
This is election diy. summoning
tF« populace to Ita civic duly of n»l ■
cctlng Ita governing officer*. Once
•lain it mu*t decide whether the
helm ML national leadership *h»M he
entrusted to Republican or Democrat.
It ha* to chooae between Hert>ert
Hoover and Cliar)ea Curtl* on the one
tide and AID-ed K. Sm tli and T. j
Rohinaon on the other. Ry the hallo) i
tha electorate trust alao declare t*a
preference in ddating electing 37
senator*. 435 representative*. 34
governors |nd rartona alate officers.
More than 40.00A.1HM1 strong. the
i-lectorate la ready to exprysg ita will,
tmdly prepared to wrtedta mandate
after month* of attentive li'tenlng to.
debate on the laanna and of clnye acru
tiny of tike candidate* themselves. It
haa weighed the evidence and heard
the doting argument* of the atandard.
bearer* There remain* to the balagu.
ered voter only the teak of dedalon.
Appending to an aronaed populace
to tranalate Ita conviction* Into bal
lot* at the poll*. Mr. Hoofer direct
ed hi* last word* of the campaign,
over the radioYrom hi* Palo Alto, I
Calif, home laat night.
Oor. Smith spoke twice in condud
ing hie caae, once to the farm belt at
noon time, and again In the evening
to the entire nation. Hummarlging hi*
argumenta for a return t° Democratic
leadership.
Their trip* at an end. the two cen
tral figure* and their vice pfealden.-
tlal running male*. Robinson uml Cur
tia. arc at their homes, resting and
•watting for the new* off victory or
dt feat.
Bach ha* retired from the stage,
eyprenaing confidence he will have a
-part In the drama's last act, the
March b Inauguration.
With the campaign machinery di»
niatlde for another four years, every
agency center* now on the procee*
Ly which voter* will speak hi* inlud.
Scores of thousand* of voting bout In
have been set up in dty and hamlet
T'onrtniiert on V*«»
LIGHT SESSION
. COUNTY COURT;
Only Ong Drunken Driver Be
fore Judge Bland's Court
Vestetday
i
The lull beforw the election slovpi
waa felt even in the county court
veaterday when only a few case* were
irled. A number were continued un.
til November 12
James Carrs way was bound to sup i
erlor court on a charge of forging n
check,
* . - <.
Leonard Yelverton wont drive an
automobile In the next three month*. I
e if lie 'doe* he will go to the n'ad*
for it. He w*» yesterday convicted of J
d-lvlng while drunk, and fined s*>" \
and the coat* and told that if he ect*
under the steering wheel In the next ]
three month* he will do this time on
the road*.
Taft Allen, charged with larceny of
an automobile was bound to superior
court.
Charles Atak* was sentenced to A
month* on the roads for larceny j
and appealed bind bring fixed at .13""
Jodie AVarren was fined $2". atwT
the costa on a charge of as««ttlt.
Rgynest Moulton appealed after h"
had been sentenced l<y ser*,.' ninety
day* an the rond* for assault and car
ryipg a concea'ed weapon. Bmtd was!
fUed p$ f2W, . , - ‘
Expert- That' Vote in Wavmv
County Will Reach Or l*m»
Five Thousand
DEMOCRATS CONFIDENT
OF WINNING VICTORY
Fremont Pre mtde*; to Give Al
fred E. Smith Great Ma
jority At Foils
At 6:41 this morning-attt»up-f« l
|. P gfn balloting In the most
.„g political event Wayne c-unty U*»
known in twenty-live year*.
A total of about 3026 vote* were
cast in the county tu the otf year ele
ction two year. ago. and registration
for ih a election ha* been nnpre.
rated Voting today will run to S.OOO
ui beyond, muuy beHeved yesterday.
Today * voting it w»a **'d. wt, L 1,1 *
a much grea «r percent of the women
voters on the count exercising lh«
tranchlae than they have ever don*
since they were glfen the right At the ;
tame time Republicans »r* expend
to express lln-lr vote aa they have j
tot done In year*.
Democratic leaders were confident
1 eeterdsy that the county will remain
easily In the Democratic colamn with
-.he national ticket winning a ro»Jort<y
and only a iktle way behind the
»U*w ticket.
■••■.. . -r'
Grantham U>whahlp nnd Bt»ney
Creek went Republican for several
«ounty officer* last election, and it
was considered probable that this
might be the case again today.
RepdfU from Fremont were tlifct
hbout 471 vote* would be. cast there,
that Smith young get 40„ Hoover 60.
and about 26 anti* would not vote
'nationally. Gre*t Swamp anticipated
about 175 voting, with Smith getting
126. ,
* Anticipating great crowd* at th«
ban ha, election official* were yes
terday" making arrangements to
handle them orderly. At the court
house entrance* will be on thj* east
end norther of the building
and the weat side wlH»be Mr exit only
The voting booths and their places
In the county: Gold«boro one, Spence
.Motor Company; Goldsboro 2, court,
house: Goldsboro three, ho
tel; Goldsboro lour, W. D, Creech
store.
Mt. Olive. Dudley, Mitchell’* store
at providence. Fremont, Eureka, Bev
en Spring*. Indian Springs Plyeville,
I'earsoti's *tore at New Hope, Gran
tham's Store In Grantham. Hood
Swamp School ln߻ul*ton Ruck
t vamp. Sasser's Mill In Ofeat Swamp
Rosewood in Fork. Harvey’s store in
Money Creek.
New Pastors Come To All
Methodist Churches Here
Four new pastors will this year
come to Goldsboro under assign
ments by Bishop Edwin Mouaon «*
the closing buslneswl of the North
Cnroltng Conference of the Methodist
Kpjsropal church, South, in Wilson
t unday night.
Rev. *W. V. Mcßae wffl com<- to. St
Paul to succeed Rev JM Daniel]
who has completed hts fourth year!
here. Mr, Mcßae comes to Goldsboro!
from where he ha* serv
ed the Me hodisi ehureh dlsltnr'lon
\Jr. Itantels Is transferred to the first
ihureh at Rockingham a
hi/v. W H Rrown »IJI Kurced;
Rev. R K. Ilrown-.en the tioldsboroj
circuit Mr. Brown hat:
completed lour very successful years
on the Gnldahoro circuit and has won
Mate wide »tt«ntlon for the work he
ha* dtvne. Duke t'niveraity having;
placed some of the churches on Ihe,
rirentt In It s demonstration program.!
selecting ttiem a* model* for other I
fhurchrs, Mr. R. K. Brown la tranaJ
AFTER THE RATTLE OF BALLOTS -WHO
ft I Wnt V V 1
kA Jt A
DEMOCRATIC BALLOT
Here it la, Demorrsta, the tickel
jrm will be looking for at the pnllf
on November A.
RATIONAL HVI.I.OT
Klee tor* at Large:
TKRItY A. LYON
CLYDK R HOEY ‘
IBs trie t JSBct,pra:
First Oongreanii mil IRsietct:
81 ANI.KV U INHOIi.Nr:
Second Oongreaslongl Dlstriot
v W. 11. 8. Bt’RGWYN
Third Congressional District
GBORGK WARD
Fourth Congressional District
T. T. THORNE
Fifth Congressional District
ROBERT M GANTT
Sixth Congressional Otstr|ct
- , K. K lIRYAN
Seventh Congressional District
T. K HATTLEY
Eighth Coiigre slonai District
W. R. LOVILL
Ninth .ConfcMSlonal District
PEYTON McHWAIN
Tenth District
ft. H. REYNOLDS
FOR (ONBRF.K.H
CHARLES I, AHEUNKTUY
NTATK
For Governor 0
O. MAX GARDNER *
For Lieutenant Govi rnor
Xt. Fountain -
For Secretary of State
J A. IIARTNESS
F'or State Auditor
BAXTER Ml It HA M
For State Trewaoier .
B. ft. LACY . «
For Huperintardcnt of I’wbllc
Instruction
' A T ALLEN
For Attorney Genera 1
forred to tlie West lhjrh»m M thodlt
church, which if' a good promotion.
Thin chunh in located very near the
Uuko I'nlWndtf i ampu* anil |**• t
of "it* couiTrcKHil»n, I* drawn trnm
the M. tli»(ti - imlv r-i'v 'lli i VV II
•e
HrotsTi'' who ruccim-clh Jter. II h.
ftrown, is a aplcndid pastor and min
i*tcr
Rev, H I. Jerome Rtve up rc.
live work :n thl* cntifi'rivji
come a -luih-nt »t I'nl n Thelng'sl
••mlnarj, Vw’Yo'k l'i f.R'V. I. S
Richmond corpea to fill tin- place
which Mr Jerome hax filled so »c.
teptah’y. The Kltn stri ct' and like
ville churches reared to loan Mr Jer
i me hut rejoi- >• t“ «<* uc.- Mr. Hit'll
mood „
Rev. J. ll PrtsscUe, who seived
fit. Johns'last year. t»u; had previous
ly nerved it for four year*, wa* Iran*
ferred to Keuly «nd Micro, and R«r.
it .
it. K. Mnnus H rent t.) St, Johns, a
uiau y( , _ “ a irii
GOLDSBORO- N. C. TUESDAY MORNING. NOVEMBER 6, 1928
, t " DENNIS U.« BRfrMMIIT
• For Commissioner of Labor
and Printing
H FRANK D GUIS J ,
11 For CnaualHlMtr of
WILLIAM A- GRAHAM
For Commlsaloner tis Insurance
DAN C. BONEY
For Commissioner of Revenue
RI’ITS A. DOCOHTON
For Corporation CoinmUslonvr
W. T. LEE
For Aaanclale Justice* of
Supieme Court
W. J BROGHEN
GEORGE W. CONNOR
F'or Stipeiior Court:
F'lr»t Judlrtal DU trie):
WALTER L. SMALL
Fo,r Judge of Superior Court
Eleventh -Judicial DUtrlct:
JOHJk H CLEMENT
’’nil aty '
Srnatora—Eighth Senatorial District
Kenneth c. ij^yall,
Wayne County;
ci.aith: c. Cannady.
J«hnstou (Jou nty.
Ilduse of Repre'ontattvea °
W. WILEY ANDREWS
CLUNKY r.’HOOD
Judge of County Court
DAVID H. BIJA.ND
Solicitor, of County Court
PaL’l, It. EDMCNDSO.N
: v / ' Reg liter of Deeds
(MISS) DEBSIK GRANTHAM
Surveyor
I.OCIS GODWIN
, ■* ” Coroner
THOMAS R ROBINSON
. Sheriff
WILLIAM D GRANT
♦County Cnmmlsalonera
L. A RANEY,
NATHAN B BERGER,
IAMES It MPRVIN.
: DEEMS 11. PATE,
J HERMAN DENNING.
M en.lier of B)>ard of Education I
3 U I • 'LI A
MIMA TAI.k.H OF A OTF 111 1,1
.
jaer
HREENSBORO, N. Nov. 6. uP>
* Char!*- A lllu. n, i hairma'. if lb-
North Carolina stati lemril <if elt >- !
tlon-. explalneil in more del.HI tonlaht
l.i* TTerltl in on rules” for voting to
morrow,
"I say In w)un;'< * using the- Auatta
Mac ball t ki l> t-v.i f.t III" ■
lur: ished by elect'on office: i may i*
voted or l ovinted.
"In counties not imlng the Austra
lim>; ballol, voter-, nay hay* tleUel -
(Hi ted < r wriCen or parfl* l ') printed
aicf partially written. IloweveE lb.-
b ilbjF? should In- ini pap.'i \ t ■
i kj/in ter and < it to ifi, ni/,e of olftci u j
!>al !"l ■ . ,
"Slate biard of election* urges all i
ittl- i» to use ball'd* provhb i by H««
tidr; "(fuels atiil not talj* chani e> i. .
etiofflctal halo Its. However, a voter!
Iras the right to vote, not on.y a* he!
please*, but the particular pure of
paper hr please*, anil electl >ll olfli err
will usually irsdlve doubts !,i favor
of the right oi a voter to have hi* bal I
lot touuU‘4.” » _ r
RETIIhNS WILL
BE PROVIDED
I hi- News Will Give Complete
Kyiuri H Am GatF%red By
AsMPciated Ureas
A leased Aaaociatad, Press wlra run
Mug Into The New* office tonight
-will give complete retqfWs of the 41-
octlnn aa last a* they can be supptW
to through the army of worker* that
have Ives*n provided to speed the nawa
The News iufito* the public to galh
er in Dont of tha off lea oft lea on
South Jam«’* *trnet and hear the rw
tu-n*. They will Ite inegaphoued from
Ihe window* »nd occaalonal bulletin*
counted.
The Aaaoelsted Pr«*a* plana to send
.fiaqtpsnt enmprehenalve l*ad|i, cov
ering every angle of Interest and In
terpreting the trends of the vole and
s-xplafnlng colorfully I Ivclr slgnlft.
i amr#.
The new* of the election
iervtee will be under the supervision
pf flyron Price, chief of Ihe Wash
ington bureau, who Is Inf isiniplettng
a nation wide trip during which he
describ'd political ooiidittoua In
many state* He w|J| share the writ
lug of the tend with D Field Brit,
ile, who accompanied him on the pre
.ini trßhsiid Janie* L Williams, who
I'niitig the political convention* and
vne© h»* contributed much to the
political report. Interpretative lead*
' n the congressional returns wjll b»
written by F M Stephi-aaou, who_
has I • ' :i t ravelijig w?bb-SeifTtOr Cur
tla and Raymond / Houle, who ha*
lieen traveling with Senator Robin
son.
fCnntlnued on pag* 6)
Aldermen Award Contract
For Paving Center Street
Goldslxtro will get an Improvad ‘
i enter s'reel tor a ('lit Lima* pre*
ent Contract fi*r paving the center of
the street fr"in Asti to Che it nut wa
if la-d night by tbeAhlermen at their
rivulaP FI -t Mondalr session to the
ProVu Paving' Company for I 1t,140. ]
The contract will specify“7hxt the |
♦cork i» to t»e completed thirty d*y» j
af"er It !.< signed, which will probably
be brfor<- .Cfirisltna-
' Four rompanb offered bid* on the
•••(irk. and Übmt 12 repreivuitatlve* of]
the-<e companies were present to 1
await the opening of bid*. The Board.
W(>ni Into executive wea«lon and »n I
oi need the Brow company the low j
e*l bidder niter a cliuautalatlou of
,;bnit 30 minutes.
Yrrdtnance* prov'idlng for the I*.
-vance of sloo.non permanent improve'
nont bind* were adopted and order j
e l piibliahcd The various Item* to be ]
PMtvhbd fyr In bond* were: j
cater $«,oo. sanitary’ sewer $11,000,.
storm stwrfi f26,00U, curb |mtrfia«j
Candidates Use Radio ■
In Final Appeals To
w People Os The Nation
COMMISSIONERS
HOLD MEETING
Mt. Olive Citixenn Arc Informed
Relative To Funding Debt
Os County
ttoWMal Irate Mt. Oliva cttlaeo* i
(termed out of thalr section yester.
day prepared to raise a row about
more h*»od* for the county and *u
crehsed debt, for they had been told
that more bmda w*r* to be 'aaued.
Hut when they lamed tne true facta
went *w*y aatlafled for there
wsPETtn plan* of Increasing the coun
ty debt.
The had advertised
■ hearing on funding bond*, bonds
which would lake car* of current
debt The debt bears intafat at 6
l*r cent and the bond* bear Interest
at only four and thraw-tourtha par
cent, saving the county one *nd one.
toilrth per cent Interest on the
amount.. When this flatter waa aa
plained to tha clttaena who had ap
pea red before the commiaetowara,
Ihe withdrew any complaint.
• The Commissioner* drawd the
Marne* of ntnaty.six Wayne ouaty men
who will do duty a* Jurors In tha S
week* or court to be held, beginning
November 1». The ft ret weak will be
a special term of civil oourt with
Judge C. C. Lyon of Elisabethtown
presiding, and the eeeond will be«ta
November 26 wKh Judge F A. Dan
iel* of Goldsboro presiding. Tfis first
week of this term will be given
to civil c«nrt and (be second to
criminal court.
__
SIMMONS FIRES
PARTING SALLY
-
Sayn He Will Mewt Cameron
Morriaon and The Rent of
Them Two Yearn Hence
"'V ""
NEW BERN. Nov. 5 (A»>--Senator
F. M Simmon* fired hi* final gun
in hi* right on the candidacy of Gov.
♦ rnor Alfred K. Hntlth. Democratli
|,re«ldrntlMl ttomlilee. her# tonight as
(era delegation tailed upon him at
his home
In mu Impromptu speech he urged
voprs ft) cast their ballot* In accord
a lilt their conviction. He aaked that
all report aud have arrp*ted any per
*ou on either *lde" who waa found
nmnwptlu* "t lekery or maulpula
tlon" of tlie ballot boxes.
In referring' to former Governor
Cameron Morrison, ihe senator said
"lwo year* hence. I will meet Cam.
eirori Mori Ison and the reel y»f them."
| uid Nidewalk* flOomi; paving $29.00"
nil for street purpoM* $4,000, stree
! traffic and signal *iga* |2,stxi, dec.
*rlr light-White Way $12,600.
City tax collector Jame* C, Craw
lord was authorised to advertise lota
! for a*le o which paving aiwaameßts
have not been paid.
W. C. Spence appeaed before the
hoard to a*k permission to fill a
'tron two lot* between Audubon and
Pt»A* View Park The, matter waa re.
! r< rred to the city manager.
Prominent Wilmniffton
BusinesH Man 1s Dead
WILMINGTON. N*v. 6—<A*)~ J.
OllchrUt McCormick, 5I widely known
' Wilmington business man waa found
,((«d »t a Washington. D. <\, hotel
j ♦ nlay, according to word reaching j
"’lerdr-
Funeral arrangements havo not
I been cuptj>l?tetj, TI"2 J
* MEMBER HF
THE ASSOCIATED
PRESS
mid five
Smith Spoke Twice Over Ra4f>o
Hook Upe Yeoterdey. At
Noon and Night
NOON ADDRESS MADE
TO MIDWEST SECTION
Hoover Urgea AM To Eaerdfee
Franchise in Speech From
Pale Alto, Calif.
NBW YORK. Ndv. S-dD-Teraiae
, to the radio to carry • Haul appeal
' to the voters of the nation. AUred A
smith declared toetcht that he
"could enter upon the datlea of the
l. rent eat office la the world without
commitment to anybody eaoept ihe
American people."
In his campaign reledletory epeech
nrepared for deltvery through the
microphone to an naeaao ‘udlence.
; the Democmtlc nominee at fleet re
viewed la detail hie record la pnhlle
life and then delivered what he den.
tribed m “my taet epoken word be
fore the American people. I ooe ea
i ter upon the dotte. of that grant •«-
i flc* with a mind etagla ts tha heat
i Intereat of this country. sad 1 pr*-
, mint you that la return for your vote
of confidence tomorrow l ahall *»»«
to the country the beet that la la me
' to bring attest a constructive, bru
' creative and forward-loohtpi ad*»n
1 iftrstlon "
i The goeeraer said that wadar the
(Itlaens of tfce country "Mart ee
•ume aa individual oWtgatloa to do
1 their fhll share to hoop the Doporra
t'r government the success It has
been." He added that -their «hare on
election Ay" waa to ha Rare tn Vota.
PA UO ALTO, Calif. Nov. I—<AV-
Herbert Hoover left his campaign for
Ihe presidency tn tho band* of tbo
voter* tonight nod aat down In tho
comfort of his Pnlto Alto hemn to
await their decleloa.
with three moots of work and al
fOantlanad an papa •»
CLAIMS SMITH
EASY WINNER
Rankob Wires io.nl Ckairmpn
Does He Will Got 402
Elsciorsl Votgg
* ** »
J«hu J. Kaskob. chairman of the
National Democmtlc committee in n
telegram yceteeday to W. A. Dote,
chairmen of the Wayne County De
mocratic eiecntlve committee, pre
•li.ted ih»t Uovernor Alfred A h«4Rh
will win at the polls today, galuiag
402 electoral votes
The telegram follows:
Our election survey indicates BmNH
*iwl Robinson will win by large plur
ality earring u*ll«l Boqth New Yerk,
Maasschueett*. Rhode Island, Ten
nessee. Missouri, Wisconsin, Mtnnieo
is, Montsnf, Nevada. Arlsona. Now
Mexico. New Jersey. Maryland; W.
Vlrlx ns. Kentucky, Nebra.kn. Colo
! tsdo, Connecllcut. New Hampshire.
Indiana. Wyoming. Oklahoma. lowa,
IRah. Illinois. Noith Dakot*. and
South Dakota with total ot 402 elec
| torial rotes and with Washington,
I Vie ware. Oh'o, and tfhnnay Ivania la
louht. IVtoonglrations through tha
! inuth west and east leave no
' but that the "happy warrior" la ov.
j cr whelmlngly the chotce not only of
(hr IntellegentUel but of the plain
people of our great country who are
! t ied and thoroughly dlagnested with
| the hypeoregy pervading society lo
usy as a reauß of the rapidly !••
• reaalng disrespect for our laws lU
ri tuition* and everything that ahoufd
be fine and revered In the character
of our nation victory Is our and every
county chairman la being urged to
.leave no stone unturned to make K -
ihe mo*t decisive victory in onr polL
tlcnl history.
John J. Raskob,
Chairman Democratic National Co*.
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