North Carolina Newspapers

THh NEWSPAPER IS THE GREATEST EDUCATO £ OF THE AGE. KEEP UP WITH CLEVELAND IN THE STAR. THE COUNTY’S LEADING PAPER. PAID-UP CIRCULATION Of This Paper Is Greater Than The Population Given Shelby In The 1920 Census m t Utielanh RELIABLE HOME PAPER Of Shelby And The State’s Fertile Farming Section. Modern Job Department.* VOL. XXXII, No. 88 THE CLEVELAND STAR, SHELBY, N. C. FRIDAY, NOV. 7. 1921. $2.0u A YEAR IN ADVANCE COOLIE SWEEPS NOTH 11 IS ASSURED Of 38/ ELECTOBIL VOTES Republican National Organization Almost Turns Victory Into Landslide. Davis With Only 136 Electoral Votes Accepts Defeat Without Bit terness. “Solid South” Stands Unbroken But Almost Alone. The full measure of the Republican victory at the polls could not yet be detailed Wednesday night but the re turns eontinued to show that Presi dent Coolidge would have at least 100 votes to spare in the electoral col lege, and the largest popular major ity in history. The showing made by John W. liuvis remained unchanged th'ough out today and although Senator La Follette began to creep up a little in or two western states, there was no certainty tonight that he would re ceive the electoral vote of any state in the group except that of Wisconsin. On the face of the congressional returns the Republicans made cer tain of a paper majority, at least, in both senate and house, but doubt re mained whether the margin Would be great enough to give the administra tion the whp hand over the combin ed opposition of the Democrats and the La Follette bloc. Still Believes In Party. John W. Davis, Democratic nominee for the presidency, in a public state ment issued Wednesday accepted the outcome of the election “without any vain regret or bitterness’ and said it was his honest hope that the “ad ministration of President Coolidge may prove successful and beneficial to the country.” The statement was issued by Mr. Davis at the residence of Frank L. Polk, former under seertary of state, at whose home Mr. Davis received the election returns. When he had writ ten the statement and addressed a telegram of congratulation to Presi dent Coolidge, Mr. Davis left for his home in Locust Valley. The text of the statement follows: “The results of the election sneak for themselves, and the decisive char acter renders comment or explana tion unnecessary. I accept the out come without any vain regret or bit terness, and it is my earnest hope that the adminiftration of President Coolidge may prove successful and beneficial to the country. “So far as I am personally con cerned, I am unshaken in my faith in the principle professed by the Dem ocratic party. They will never lack defenders. To those who supported me so loyally throughout the cam paign, I am more grateful than I can say, and I am glad to march on with them as a comrade in the ranks, to ward the inevitable triumphs of the principles which they represent. House Arid Senate. Belated reutrns gave the republi cans the, best of it in the upsets in both the house and senate. But it ap peared that final reports from all districts would be necessary before there could be a determination wheth er President Coolidge could expect a real working majority in the next Congress. Returns from 390 of the 431 con gressional disrtict gave the republi cans an actual majority—218—but in this total are included nearly a score of La Follette insurgents. The democrats, meantime, had made certain of 170 seats and the farmer labor party of two. On the basis of these returns the republicans had made a net gain of 16 over the democrats, recapturing 20 seats against four now held by republicans, which were moved over into the democratic column. At adjournment last June, the house line-up was republicans 225, democrats 207 and three scattered, y In the senatorial contests, the most surprising^result, was in Iowa where Smith W. Brookhart, republican, who publicly repudiated his own national ticket, had conceded his defeat at the hands of Daniel F. Steck, a demo cratic lawyer of Otumwa. Mr. Steck generally was credited with receiv ing support from many regular re publicans. Two Women Governors. Women took one step more toward the White House at this election, but failed to strengthen theri lines mater ially in the move to build a feminist bloc in Congress. The advance was in a new quarter, toward executive re sponsibility in politics, while the fight for legislative representations marked time says a Chicago dispatch. Out of the present melee have come Governor Miriam A. “Ma" Ferguson, ruler of Texas, and Gov ernor Nellie T. Ross, chief executive of Wyoming, the nation’s first femi nine political potentates. In the exe cutive chair of the commonwealths they are to givern, these women will be just one jump from the presidency —as heads of states next in responsi bility to the chief magistrate of the If they measure up to the demands of their tasks and solidify their ad liatioa. vanco So that others of their sex may step up with them in elections to come, the road to hte presidency will be smoothed off considerably for women. The fact the first feminine executives rode into office on the shoulders' of their husbands, takes away none of the glory for them in the achievement. But in the battle for iJeglslatiye honors the fern in ist i>a rely held their lines. Nearly all candidates of the prettier sex went down to de feat, while none was able to break into the upper house of the Congress which has remained uninvaded to the present. Mrs. Mary T. Norton, of Jersey City, N. J., upheld the feminine hon ors, by breaking into the House of Representatives as the first woman elected east of the Mississippi. She bears another distinction as a woman “wet.' vice chairman of the demo cratic state committee. Her duty will be to carry on the battle for recog nition of women that Mrs. Mae No lan, only woman representative in the present Congress managed. Mrs. No lan was not a candidate for re-elec tion. Training School At First Baptist Church There will begin at the First Bap tist church Sunday, a church training school at which all members of the church and Sunday school who want to become more efficient in Kingdom work are invited. The actual class wmrk will begin at 6 o’clock Monday evening and continue for the week with classes each evening, conducted by members of the church assisted by Rev. Rush Padgett and A V Wash burn. The following is the schedule: Nov. 10th to 14th, 1924. 6 p. m. t6 6:10-—Devotional. 6:10 to 7—Class period. Sunday school manual taught by Rev. Rush Padgett. Building a standard Sunday scnooi taught by A. V. Washburn. Junior B. Y. P. TJ. manual taught by Mrs. H. F. Young. Intermediate B. Y. P. U. manual, taught by H. M. Pippin. 7 to 7:20—Lunch. 7:20 to 8—Class period. Seven laws of teaching taught by Pastor R. L. Lemons. Junior B. Y. P. U. manual taught by Mrs. H. F. Young. Intermediate B. Y. P. U. taught by H. M. Pippin. Senior B. Y. P. U. manual taught by Mrs. H. M. Pippin. 8 to 8:40—Inspirational service. Some interesting speaker each even ing. Boy Seriously Cut When Father’s Car^ Hits Tractor In Fog Woodrow Wilson Grayson, five year old son of Mr. R. N. Grayson, who lives on the Cleveland Springs road was seriously cut in the face Wednesday morning when he was thrown through the windshield of his father’s car in an accident on N. Washington street. The boy was rid ing on the front seat with his father who is a carpenter and was going to work early in the morning. The heavy fog clouded his windshield and ob scured his vision, so the side of his car struck the town’s tractor stand ing against the curb in front of Wright’s machine shop. The sudden impact threw the lad through the windshield and his cheek was cut from his mouth to his ear, the wound extending through the flesh of his jaw to his teeth. Nerves were cut and his face paralized.> The youth bled profusely, but was rushed to the hos pital where Dr. Harbison gave him immediate attention. The boy’s con dition was very critical, but he was resting some better yesterday. , / _:_ Mayor Lackey’* Garage I* Nearing Completion Mayor W. D. Lackey is erecting: a brick garage 50x90 feet on Sumter street in front of Dr. Dorton’s vetin ary hospital. The walls of the build ing are up and ready for the roof. Mayor Lackey says he is erecting this building primarily for a garage but that it can be used for anything else. It has a large basement 25x90 feet suitable for a repair department and when the building is completed it will represent an investment of about $8,* 000. Heavy advertises Heavy’s Cafe. . Highs Play Second State Game Friday With Lenoir Team Shelby Now Has Heat Chance K\cr To Win Stale Honors. Came Starts At 3 o'clock. Coach “Casey” Morris is pointing his eleven for the second game of the elimination scries for the state championship to he played here Fri day afternoon at 3 o'clock with the Lenoir High school eleven. The Le noir team is not “setup” and a de feat will put Shelby out of the race. The strength oT the Caldwell grid outfit is unknown, but according to reports they will furnish stronger opposition than Lineolnton.and with a little more drive added to theit fighting spirit the Yellow Jackets w’ould have been dangerous. Of course, Shelby expects to win, meaning that the"*ii.dclme suppnr'ei e hope so. If the big blue-jerseyed first staring team can pile up a good margin in the first half Morris will more than likely run in the “scrubs’ who made such a good showing in the Lincolnton game. For before the series is ended Shelby will need ev ery bit of strength available, and a first string player injured now would be a handicap, in addition to the fact that the reserve material being developed may decide Shelby’s chances of conning the state title. One th:ng the Shelby boys have in view is the Observer cup offered for the Western Champion. The Shelby baseball club won the Observer cup in baseball and now they are dream ing of putting the two alongside, and when a bunch of youngsters set their heart on anything they are going to be hard to stop. It will in the op inion of many be Shelby’s best op portunity of winning state football honors. Next year about half of the j regulars, who began their gridiron career under Gurley, will not be here and it may take time to get back up to the present rating. Local people should turn out for these first games for the confidence of the home folks will mean much to the confidence of the boys, and the confident spirit has a lot to do with winning. That Shelby, win or lose, will be well represented on the mythical All State eleven this year as usual is a certainty. Max Connor, for two years an All-State back, is making a bid for his old berth on the dream eleven of North Carolina boys. Steve Furches, a wonder in every de partment of the game, and Harry Grigg, who rates as one of the best centers in the South, should make the grade, while there is a probabil ity that Fred Beam and Caldwell, tackles, Cline Lee, end, and others will be in the running for state men tion. Indians are entitled to some credit, anyway, for the summer they left us. Life, it seems to the grouch, to be just one joy after another—for the other fellow. Crowds Expected For Sham Battle Hundreds of Cleveland and (ias Inn county people are expected to attend the hig Armistice day ccle hra'ion to be put on here by the American lesion Tuesday after noon, November 11. The. main event of the day will be a sham l.atile between the Clev eland guards and the Gastonia Howitzer company. The colorful battle will begin late in the after noon and continue after dusk. The program starts immediately after noon with horse, mule, bicycle and motor •yde races on the County Fair grounds half-mile track, witn local h o ses and riders competing. There will he other attractions and the ex-service men say the pro gram ">11 be entertaining and worth coining miles to sec. ^ "I II.. ■■■nya-rwn.n », d Cleveland Motor Is To Occupy Gardner’s Immense New Garage Dodge Brothers Car to Have New and Larger Quarters. Storage for Hundreds of cars. C. P. Pooler, proprietor of the Clev eland Motor company has secured a lease on Max Gardner's immense new garage on S. LaFayette street and will move into the same next week. This will pive (he Podge automobile which Mr. Pooler handles in this territory,! one of the finest show rooms in West ern North Carolina, the largest stor age and most modernly equipped au tomobile house in this section of tM" state. The garage was recently com-! pleted by Mr. Gardner at a cost of; about $40,000. It is fireproof construe-j tion, two stories high with electric el-! evator to take cars to the storage! room on second floor, has lames rest I room, wash pits, show room, steam; heat and other conveniences. Mr. Peeler says a full line of all i latest model Dodge automobiles will be kent on hand all the time and that he will cater esoecially to the storage of cars. In a short while he expects to add a paint department. The repair department will work on all ma"kes of cars and give the usual service to Dodge Brothers cars which Mr. Peeler has handled with considerable success for the last several years. Central Methodist Church. .Sunday school at 9:45 a. m. Last Sundays attendance was very fine. eLt us all be present next un day. Preaching at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. by the pastor. You are most cordially invited to all these services. Winnipeg, Manitoba, is the first city to be heated by its own central heating plant, the steam being gen erated by a hydro-electric system. NEW Mill TEXTILE PUNTIS TO BE ERECT ED WEST OF SDEIBT J. R. Dover And Associates Will Soon Let Con tract For New Mill To Be Known As Ora Mill With 6,000 Spindles Making Semi-Specialties. The Ora Mill Company is the name! of a new $400,000 textile plant which | is promised for Shelby, according to | official information secured yesterday from Mr. John R. Dover one of the leading cotton manufacturers of this section. This new industrial plant has been in contemplation for sometime, but all of the details were not worked out until this week when it became a certainty. The location of the new mill will be on the Beatty place be tween the Seaboard and Southern railroads about two miles west of Shelby on about 100 acres of land se cured from Blanton Brothers and L. P. Yarboro and adjoining the Dover mill tract. The new mill will have about 6,000 spindles and sufficient looms to balance a plant of this size. Semi-specialies and plain cloths will be manufactured. While the size of the mill will be small in the beginning it is the plan and purpose of Mr. Dover and his associates to enlarge later on and the building will be erected with this in mind. J. E. Sirrene and Co. prominent engineers of Greenville, S. C. have been awarded the contract to draw the plans and specifications for the mill, warehouse and cottages for the employees and as soon as these plans and specifications are received the Ora Mill company will be ready to let construction contracts. The machin ery has been bought as well as th«> necessary paint, but the company will be in the market for building mater ials. It is the plan to have a one-stovy concrete building with considerable number of steel sash and glass to give ample light to the employes. Th£ usable machinery in the Catherine mill, a weave mill in South Shelby, will be transferred to the new Ora mill to which new machinery will be added. Tiie Catherine will be owned by a rather close corporation the stock-holders being C. C. Blanton, Wilson-Bradbury of New York and Philadelphia, Earl Hamricjc, Fred Morgan, E. B. Hamrick, C. R. Hoey. Paul Webb, J. R. Dover and ethers who now hold stock in the Catherine. The mill will be driven by electric power furnished by the Southern Power company. Mr. Dover says that the work will be rushed to rapid com pletion as soon as the contract is let and that he expects to have the mill in operation by June of next year. Mr. Dover has been quite success ful in the textile industry. He first or ganized the Ella Mill about 20 years ago, this mill being later sold to the Consolidated Textile corporation. La ter he sponsored the Catherine, a weave mill in South Shelby. When the Eastside mill was nearing completion but was about to come to distress in 1020 because of the period of defla tion, he was selected to head this in stitution which has been managed in an admirable and successful manner. About two years ago he organized the Dover mill west of Shelby which is a modern plant in every respect, mak ing specialties that are in good de mand. The name "Ora” has been selected as a courtesy to Mr. C. C. Blanton’s j deceased wife, Ora Brewster. Secured Loan I rum First National At 4 1-2 I’c.r Cent. Kabid Hors Cost S|1H. School Election. It will not be ncccHsary to issue bonis to pay for the new $76,000 jail Which Cleveland .county is building, according to a statement made yes terday by It. Lee Weathers, register of deeds. In fact Mr. Weathers says the county lias already paid $38,52.'! on the new jail out of the receipts from last yeai's taxes and that the county has a comfortable surplus on hand for ne-es ary expenses that will have to he met before this year’s taxes are paid with any degree of rapidity. The fact that no bonds will be issued for t^j new ja 1 and that there will he no i tier op .e in taxes will he good news to the tax payers of Cleveland and a fine tribute to the county com mis, doners who are giving a business like administration. Loan At 4 1-2 l*er Cent. The commissioners have arranged for a loan through the First National Bank for $50,(100 to pay for -the new jail, this loan being secured at four and a half*per cent interest for a period of one or t.wo years, if neces sary. It looks now us if the county will not have to borrow the limit which has been promised them and that tlie tax revenue next year after all necessary expenses are paid, will leave enough to pay the balance due on me now jan, me county mus ray ng for its now $76,000 institution in two years without bonds and without any increase in the tax rate. Tlie construction work on the new jail is moving along rapidly and the walls will be a up in a few weeks, ready for the ro if. When the county commissioners met on Monday of this week they had a comparative dull business, in fact less business to transact than in months past. In addition to the regular bills that came up for payment, it was found that rabid dogs has cost the county $118 on claims made out by damaged parties. When these claims were made, committees were appoint ed to investigate the damage and rec ommend settlement, in moat cases the amounts asked for were double the amounts allowed. E. W. Dixon was awarded $33,33, Elmer Bigger staff $35 and Clem Hoyle $30. Election At Waco. An election was called to be held in the town of Waco on Saturday, December 20th for the purpose of ascertaining the will of the voters on a 40 cent special tax for a six months school in the boundaries comprising the present boundaries of Beam Lo cal district No. 26, Waco local dis trict No. 30 and Beulah-non-local tax district No. 27. Registration hooks open Nov. 8th and close Saturday December 6th. The commissioners visited the site of the new Ora Mill, a $400,000 tex tile plant to be built by Mr. J. R. Dover ad associates on the Beatty place between the Southern and Sea board railroads two miles west of Shelby and decided to build a new steel bridge which will In- needed across Brusliy Creek when the new industrial plant is started. Anderson Nolan Is 90 And Has Always Voted Since 21 Years Anderson Nolan, veteran of the Civ il war celebrated his 90 birthday on Monday of this week and on Tuesday he voted for Davis for President, ex ercising his right and privilege as a voter ever since he reached his major ity. Mr. Nolan was the recipient of a nice box from the Daughters of the Confederacy, which organization makes it a practice to remember the various veterans when another birth day passes over their heads. Mr. No lan was a member of Company F 56th N. C. Regiment, Ransom’s brigade and marched at the head of his com. pany. He was wounded at Plymouth, this state, and carried a bullet in his thigh for many years, but that never served to dampen his bouyant spirit. Although the snows of 90 winters have fallen on his head and his hair ta white, he walks erect, has a good memory of the past and is always cheerful and hopeful. Mr. Nolan has been a Democrat ever since the Democratic party was organized and never once has he failed to vote in the general election. He was born in Cleveland, or what is now Cleveland county, when Van Bu ren was President and has lived undex the following Presidents: Van Buren, Harrison, Tyler, Polk, Taylor, Fill more, Pierce, Buchanan, Lincoln, John son Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, Cleveland, Benjamin Harrison, Mc Kinley, Roosevelt, Taft, Wilson, Har ding and Coolidge. < The Chinese of the big cities have been having tong wars, which didn’t start over the right to manufacture mah-jongg sets. COUNTY AND STATE 80 DEMOCRATIC AS USUAL: PORT 8ILL APPEARS DOOMED Cleveland Folks Give Democrats Over 2,000 Ma I jority, While McLean And Democratic Ticket Sweep State. Bulwinkle Given Nice Majority And Cleveland County Polls Big Vote Against The Port Bill. I — . In Hip general election Tuesday Cleveland county voted a Democratic ticket to the majority of 2,000 on the average, the majority on the national ticket being 2,011. In the state election Angus W. Me. Lean and the entire Democratic state ticket was elected by seventy-five to eighty thousand majority, and from late indications Governor Morrison’s port and terminal bill seems defeated by count <t>f -.several t^pusand, al though final figures have not 1hhm\ given and port supporters still claim n victory. A. L. Bulwinkle, congress man from this district, was re-elected by a handsome majority, this county giving him a majority of around 2,000. Each of the 10 districts in the state elected Democratic congressmen. In This County. R. Lee Weathers, register of deeds, apparently led the county ticket with , a vote of 3,544, although Bulwinkle or McLean might have polled a larger I vote than any of the county officers, i although John P. Mull unopposed forj recorder actually led the ticket coun ty and state with 3,580 votes not counting East Kings Mountain pre cinct. B. T. Falls, the new representa tive, who was opposed by F. B. Ham rick. wus the low man on the ticket, polling 3073 or 513 less than Jon. P. Mull, neither counting East Kings Mountain. Sheriff Logan it appears stood next to Weathers on the county ballot. With the exception of East Kings Mountain precinct, the county vote of which was delayed, the vote in the county was: Register of Deeds—R. L. Weathers (D) 3,544; Miles H. Ware (R) 1,644. Sheriff—Hugh A. Logan (D) 3,540; U. A. Lackey (R) 1.571. Treasurer—Mary FT Yarhoro (D) 3,534; K. Q. Roberts (R) 1,571. Representative—B. T. Falls (I)) 3, 073; F. B. Hamrick (R) 1,960. East. Kings Mountain, the missing precinct in the county vote will run around 293 Democratic votes and 116 Republican, so that estimates can be made mf the ubove ticket. j-’or President Cleveland county gave John IV. Davis 3,794 votes and Cootidge 1.793. nn estimate being made in a few precincts, although'the vote includes East Kings Mountain. Angus McLean, for governor, was given prac tically the same vote with Meckins running about the same as Coolidge. Congressman Bulwinkle also led his opponent the same majority. At Governor Morrison’s port bill the people of Cleveland county took a real smack, Republicans and Democrats apparently joining in voting against the eight and one half million dollar bond issue for ports. This county stood out in :he state as one of the strong est against the measure. Had 77 more people voted against it the opposition majority would have been 3,000, as it was the dissenting majority was 2, 923. Only 651 people in the entire eounty voted for the bill, while 3,574 voted against it. Chas. A. Burrus was renamed coun ty solicitor by a majority similar to that of the remainder of the county ticket as was T. C. Eskridge, coroner, A. M. Lovelace surveyor, and the three county commissioners—A. E. Cline, W. W. Washburn, and George W. Peeler. Burrus, like Recorder-elect Mull, who led the ticket, was unop posed and received a vote only a littlo less than that of Mull. Four Cleveland Co. Farmers Enjoined From Selling Cotton (By 0. F. McGill, Field Representa tive.) The North Carolina Cotton Grow ers Cooperative association has filed restraining: orders in the office of the Clerk of Superior court of Cleveland county enjoining: four men from sell ing cotton on the open market that was signed up to be delivered to the association. The members enjoined are N. D. | Crotts of Earl section; S. R. Bridges j of Waco section; W. F. Blanton of Boiling Springs section and J. R Packard of the Polkville section. It was found that these men were selling cotton in violation of their contract with the other members of the asso ciation and the court has now forbid den a pound of this cotton to be sold outside of the association. Should one of these members sell since the in junction has been served on him he will be held for contempt of court. Careful examination is being made bj the association of the delivery records of each member and all cases of viol ation will be dealt with in accordance with the contract. Very few cases of the above nature have arisen and the deliveries by the members are exceeding last yars re cords even with a shorter crop. ! Saturday Is Forget Me-Not Day In Shelby Mrs. Loy Thompson is chairman this year of the sale of “Forget-Me i Nots,” that will be sold on the streets of Shelby, Saturday, Nov. 8 by pretty girls, the proceeds to go to ex-ser vice men at Oteen Hospital, Ashe ville, who do not receive compensa tion from the government. The drive has the sanction of Mayor Lackey and all official after-war or ganizations, as well as the president and governor and Mrs. Thompson hopes the people will respond as readily and cheerfully as they did last year. Mrs. C. P. Peeler was chair man of the drive last November and $240 worth of forget-me-nots were sold in Shelby. When you see the girls on the streets Saturday vend ing forget-me-nots, give them any sum you want to for the flower. There is no set charge, but your gift for the flower is evidence that you have not forgotten the soldiers who went over the top for you in the great world war and won victory and peace. Listen! Our store has been named by our satisfied customers as the Lit tle Store with the Big Values. See our big line of coats and be convinced that you can save money by baying here. Mrs. F. N. Wood. South Shelby. Ad Piedmont to Play Shelby On Tuesday The crowds here foi the Armistice day program Tuesday, November H, will be furnished other diversion in the form of football. Coach Johnny Hudson’s Piedmont pigskin warriors will play the Shelby reserve eleven here Tuesday afternoon, it is announ> , ced. None of the boys on the Lawndale team played football prior to this year, but in the short time this seu son Coach Hudson has developed a strong eleven and one that will give the “scrubs” a hard tussle. The Shel by reserves were defeated by Forest City highs and so was Piedmont. The scores were practically the same and the two elevens will enter the gama on about an even basis. It will be the first opportunity Shelby people will have of seeing the Piedmont squad in action and many will turn out to see the eleven of the former State college star. At the First Baptist Church. Sunday school at the usual hour, 9:45 a. m. You will be very welcome, indeed, at this hour of study and wor ship. You will enjoy it. Try it. At 11 o’clock in the morning the pastor’s theme will be, “Why Does the Church Fail to Cast Our Devils?’* Most enjoyable music and an inspir ing hour of worship. We bid you wel come. At 7:00 p. m. you are again in vited to worship with us. The service will be evangelistic and you will be pleased if you spend this hour at the church services. Junior B. Y. P. U. meets at 4 o'clock in the afternoon. Intermediate B. Y. P. U. organiza tions meet at 6 p. m. Begining with Monday evening at 6 o'clock the Church training school will be in session. Each evening of the week up to and including Friday ev ening this school will be in progress. See announcement elsewhere as to the course of study and schedule of lec tures. Beat Port Bill. Raleigh.—With slightly more than one-third of the precincts in the state unofficially reported the opponents of the ports terminal development pro posal, voted upon at the polls on Tues day, had a majority of 3,618 against it. These figures came from 621 pre cincts, and the total favorable vote was 67,376 and the opposition vote, 10,994. In spite of the fact that the totals shown by tabulation of unofficial fig ures indicated a majority against the bill, General Albert Cox, in charge of the campaign for the measure, con tinued to claim that it had been adopt ed. The majority for it was placed at around 10,000, and was based in aomq courses on estimates only. _j