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WILSON IS ELECTED WITH 269 VOTES NOW
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•' »NTT. EIGHTH YEAR.
WILSON, 269. HUGHES, 243, IS COUNT WITH
19 DOUBTFUL VOTES FROM STATES,MINN.,
NEW HAMPSHIRE, NEW MEXICO TO COME IN
Wilson Seems Assured of NevV Mexi
co Which Would Make Him
Have 272 Votes
HUGHES HAS THE EDGE IN THE
STATES OF NEW HAMP., MINN.
Wonderful Triumph Os Wilson Is
Assured By Accurate Figures
With Votes To Spare
•f WILLCOX NOT READY TO ♦
♦ CONCEDE HUGHES’ DEFEAT ♦
♦ NEW YORK, Nov. 10.—Declar- ♦
•F ing that the official count might -F
yF change the present apparent re- ♦
F suit of Tuesday’s election, Chair- "F
man Willcox, of the republican -F
♦ notional campaign committee, this ♦
■F afternoon held to his previous de ♦
•* termination not to concede the re- >
*■ election of President Wilson at ♦
■F this time. ♦
■F Charles E. Hughes, the republi- ♦
■F can candidate, has as yet issued ♦
-F no statement touching on the re ♦
♦ suit of the election, but remains ♦
•F close to his hotel here. ♦
NEW YORK, Nov. 10.—With fifty
two precincts out this afternoon
Hughes had a lead of 770 votes over
M ilson in Minnesota, while Wilson led
Hughes in New Mexico by 2,233, with
seventy precincts unreported, and in
New Hampshire, the president had a
plurality of 239 on the face of the cer
tified returns, with 11 precincts miss
ing.
Minnesota and New Hampshire com
bined have sixteen electoral votes, and
conceding that Hughes has carried
both states, democratic observers here
state the final result will not be af
fected thereby, inasmuch as President
Wilson now has 269 votes, or sufficient
to elect, while Hughes, including Min
nesota and New Hampshire, among the
republican states, has only 259, or 7
votes less than necessary. This calcu
lation is based on California having
gone solid for Wilson, and leaves the
three electoral votes of New Mexico
still classed as doubtful.
Hughes Ahead in New Hampshire.
CONCORD, N. H., Nov. 10.—Charles
I’. Hughes, republican candidate for
president, had 107 votes lead on cer
tified returns from all but eight pre
cincts in New Hampshire. Wilson
votes in two wards, where press re
ports gave him a total of 414 are not
included, the secretary of state trying
to secure a correction on the certified
reports.
California Clinched Election Result.
NEW YORK, Nov. 10—President
Wilson was re-elected president of the
I nited States when the state of Cali
fornia, with thirteen eleitoral votes,
swung definitely into th. democratic
column this morning, thc-.gh Minne
sota., New Hampshire and New Mex
ico, with a total electoral vote of nine
teen continued doubtful. Wilson will
undoubtedly carry New Mexico, how
ever, unless there be a decided over
turn of the democratic majority by
returns from the few missing districts
there, and the three electoral votes of
that state are generally conceded as
for Wilson.
At noon today Hughes, the republi
can candidate, continued to lead in
Minnesota, where it is said the result
may be ultimately determined by the
vote of Minnesota national guardsmen
now stationed on the Texas border,
and whose votes will not be counted
until the state canvassing board meets
next Tuesday.
It is believed here that the official
count will be necessary to decide
whether Wilson or Hughes has carried
New Hampshire, the state still being
claimed by both democrats and repub
licans, but leaving New’ Hampshire
out of the calculation altogether, un
less California’s electoral vote be di
vided, which early today seemed pos
sible, Wilson is assured of 269 votes,
or three more than necessary to insure
election, with Hughes having only 243,
or twenty-three less than are needed
to name him president of the United
States.
Political wiseacres who figured the
result of Tuesday's election from many
angles, announced today that Wilson
could lose New’ Mexico altogether and
three votes from California and still
win, this conclusion being based on
the assumption that Hughes carried
both Minnesota and New Hampshire,
though the the official count in the lat
ter state will be necessary to decide
the election there, and the count in
Minnesota is exceedingly close. The
Minnesota national guardsmen, who
participated in the election, cast their
ballots at their respective stations on
he Mexican border, and because of
the narrow lead maintained by Hughes
in the home-cast vote, their vote, it is
believed, will decide the result there.
In consequence the Minnesota result
is not likely to be definitely announced
until after the state canvassing board
meets next Tuesday and gives the
official results to the public.
Reference to a division of Califor
nia’s electoral vote is generally inter
preted as there being a possibility that
certain republican electors may have
run ahead of their ticket,” in which
event these individual electors would
be declared elected, their vote being
cast, of course, for Hughes. There i#
little probability, however, that this
has occurred in more than one or two '
instances at the greatest, which, as in
dicated in the foregoing New York
despatch, w’ould not affect President
Wilson's election. In one former pres
dential election, California named a
divided electoral ticket, but such oc-
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Old Reliable Associated
Press Told The Fit st News
Woodrow Wilson wins.
That's not news to you in this paper
this afternoon, but it might be inter
esting to know how it all came about.
The Times-Recorder had promised that
the fire whistle would blow when the
result became known—and it did blow
last night.
The Associated Press, the greatest
news gathering agency on earth, gave
the first official news that said, “Wil
son carries California and wins.” To
show the difference, the news was
flashed about 9 o’clock last night that
Wilson had won—by the Hearst ser
vice. The folks here greeted with a
grain of salt, and it was very well
that they did, for it was premature.
The Times-Recorder is proud to say
that she is a member of the Associated
Press. Perhaps, some of our readers
AMERBMMEStREEDRDER
MEMB E R ASSOC I A TE D PRE S S
THE WAY THEY VOTE
The unofficial Anal electoral vote by
states was classified as follows when
the Times-Recorder went to press:
Wilson Hughes D’bt-ful
Alabama 12 .
Arizona p. 3
Arkansas 9
California 13
Colorado .6
Connecticut 7
Delaware 3
Florida 6
Georgia 14
Idaho 4
Illinois 29
.Indiana 15
lowa 13
Kansas 10
Kentucky .13
Louisiana 10
Maine 6
Maryland ......... 8
Massachusetts 18
Michigan 15
Minnesota .. 12
Mississippi .......10
.Missouri 18
Montana 4
Nebraska 8
Nevada 3
New Hampshire .. 4
New Jersey 14
New Mexico .. 3
New York 45
North Carolina ...12
North Dakota 5
Ohio 24
Oklahoma 10
Oregon 5
Pennsylvania 38
Rhode Island 5
South Carolina .... 9
South Dakota 5
Tennessee 12
Texas ... 20
Utah 4
Vermont 4
Virginia 12
Washington 7
West Virginia 8
Wisconsin 13
Wyoming 3
Totals 269 213 19
Necessary to elect. 266.
THREE MEN WERE
ARRESTED HERE
Fred Chandler, C. S. Salter and John
Davis, three white men, thought to be
tramping through this section were
'arrested on suspicion this morning, Da
vis attempted to escape, but was cap
tured after a chase of several miles
with Lieut. Bragg’s dogs.
There is no charge against either
of the men, although Davis is being
held because of a reported charge of
bigamy against him in Emmanuel
county.
think we talk about it too much some
times, but it is a thing that is so evi
dent that we want you to know it.
On the night of the election the re
turns were being received and every
thing looked like Hughes. Along In
the early morning a few words came
in which the Associated Press made
the statement that it was still In doubt.
And, so it was until 11:23 o’clock last
night.
All during Wednesday and Thursday
the old A. P. stood without wavering
refused to be dragged about from col
umn to column just before McCormick
filed another claim, or Wilcox let out
another whelp.'
Reliability; telling the truth as it
seems to be so far as it is in the power
of human beings to do it—that is the
Associated Press, and we are members
of the A. P.
AMERICUS, GEORGIA, FRIDAY AFTERNOON, NOVEMBER 10, 1916
Neg ro Jai led
For Vote In
New J.
BAINBRIDGE, Ga., No. 10. —A touch
of humor was added to the tense anx
iety over the presidential election late
yesterday when a negro woman here
received a telegram from her husband
in New Jersey, saying:
“Sell the old horse and the cows.
Send me the money. I am in jail for
voting.”
This negro recently left, ror the
north, and other negroes recently just
from the north said that they were
asked to register as soon as they
stepped from the train.
Practically all Decatur county ne
groes who went north are bitterly dis
appointed.
BA DRIVES
TEUTONS BEFORE
THEM IN BALKANS
PETROGRAD, Nov. 10. —Russian
troops in the Rumanian province of
Dobrudja continue to drive the Teu
tons southward, and today reached a
point two miles west of Tchernova,
v here the only railroad bridge cross
ing the Danube east of Belgrade, is lo
cated. Fighting for possesion of the
famous bridge is now’ in progress, the
war office announced early today.
Rumanians Retreat at Buzo.
PETROGRAD, Nov. 10. —Rumanian
forces in the region west of Buzo on
the Transylvanian front have been
driven back four versts, the war office
statement said this afternoon.
The Russians announced this after
noon that they had retired in the Stok
bod region in Volyhynia, after repuls
ing seven heavy Teutonic attacks.
Berlin despatches report the repulse
of French and British attacks on the
Somme front today.
HUNTER HEADS THE
EXCHANGE AGAIN
ATLANTA, Ga., Nov. 10—W. B. Hun
ter, of Cornelia, was re-elected presi
dent of the Georgia Fruit exchange at
the annual election held by the stock
holders here. J. E. Davidson, of Fort
Valley, was elected vice president, and
B. J. Christman was re-elected general
manager. The other officers elected
were as follows:
Board of Trustees—F. M. Stewart,
Gray, Ga.; T. R. Lombard. Cornelia.
Ga.; P. J. A. Berckmans, Jr., Augusta, I
Ga.; I. F. Murph, Marshallville, Ga.;
W. L. McKenzie, Montezuma, Ga.; J. H.l
Baird, Fort Valley, Ga.; S. B. Hun-,
gerford, Bradley, Ga.; J. T. Finney,'
Haddock, Ga.; G. I. Teasley, Canton,:
Ga.; F. A. Ricks, Reynolds, Ga.; A. D.
Williams, Yatesville, Ga.; T. W. Har-j
bin, Calhoun, Ga.; W. S. Middleton,!
Meriwether, S. C.
Executive Committee —A . J. Evans,’
Fort Valley, Ga.; P. J. A. Merckmans,!
Jr., Augusta, Ga.; I. F. Murph, Mar-I
shallville, Ga.; W. L. McKenzie, Monte-|
zuma, Ga.; J. H. Baird, Fort Valley,
Ga.; J. A. Finney, Haddock, Ga.; F. A.
Ricks, Reynolds, Ga.
DANIEL J. SESSION
DEAO Al BRONWOOD
Daniel J. Session, a cotton man at;
Bronwood, dropped dead today at that
place a few minutes after leaving his |
nome. He was a bachelor and about:
58 years of age'.
Several distant relatives live at
Bronwood, and other relatives in Flor
ida. The funeral arrangements have
not been announced. Nat LeMaster, of
the Americus Undertaking Co., went
down today to embalm the body.
COUNCIL GETS A
BIG MAJORITY
IN CITY PfIIMARY
Lee G. Council was nominated % for
mayor of the city of Americus for the
two-year term beginning January Ist,
1917 ,in the Democratic primary yes
terday over Lee Allen by a majority of
222. The result was: Council, 498;
Allen, 276.
The result of yesterday's primary
means that the Democrats of the city
will ratify their action at the polls
yesterday by electing Mr. Council in
December. The decision of the pri
mary virtually re-elects Mr. Council
tor his second term as mayor of the
city.
The three aidermen chosen are E. L.
Bell, H. B. Mashburn and Hugh L.
Mize. The vote in this race was: E.
L. Bell, 539; H. B. Mashburn, 499; H.
L. Mize, 495; H. O. Jones, 482; S, L.
Hammond, 300.
Doc Eldridge was the easy winner
in the final result for clerk and treas
urer. The final vote was: Doc Eld
ridge, 305; Frank J. Payne, 206; E. W.
Tullis, 201; A. L. Rees, 47.
H. C. Horton and J. L. Sparks were
named as police commissioners, and
the results were: H. C. Horton, 456;
J. L. Sparks, 434; Tucker Ansley, 362;
Allen Chappell, 374.
The races were closely contested
during yesterday, but close observers
at the end of the day ventured predic
tions which were borne out in the'final
results.
The complexion of the mayor and
city council remains virtually the same
with the people assured of a fine body
of business men in charge of the af
fairs of the city during these times.
WILSON AND WIFE ADE
COMPLETELY HAPPY
RHINE CLIFF, N. Y., Nov. 10.—
President Wijson seemed completely
happy as he and Mrs. Wilson landed
here this afternoon from the naval
yacht Mayflower, on board which they
had been cruising since Tuesday. They
are en route to Williamston, N. Y.,
where the president goes to act as god
father at the christening of the sec
ond child of his daughter, Mrs. Francis
Bowie Sayre.
News of his re-election had been
sent the president by wireless before
the Mayflower landed here, and a large
and enthusiastic assemblage of citi
zens gathered to greet him and extend
formal congratulations.
Hughes Not to Cgonrraiilate Yet»
NEW YORK, Nov. 10.—Former Su
preme Court Justice Charles E. I
Hughes, defeated republican candidate
for president will not send his con-1
gratulations to President Wilson today,
EDITORIAL
The Victory Os The People
Wilson carries California and wins—was the glad news which came
to the Times-Recorder last night, from the reliable Associated Press,
which told the story of a great political victory. The fire whistle gave the
alarm, just as the Times-Recorder | romised when Woodrow Wilson
came under the tape.
The result Is a pleasure to the great masses of the common peo
ple, who certainly elected Wilson. It was the South and the West; the
little states of the union which made the result sure in the end. The
great interests of New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Massachusetts
and Illinois staked their all—and lost, which was a surprise to many.
The Times-Recorder claims no credit for the victory of Wilson, as
there will be a sufficient number to desire that honor. But, we take a
great pleasure in realizing that this paper has been no small agent in
this section of the state in keeping the true Democracy apprised of the
events and happenings which vitally affected her welfare. The Times-
Recorder has fought the battle of t;ue Democracy at home and abroad
for many year?, and with renewed energy she entered the late campaign,
and promises to maintain that attitide of the Democratic party for
Democrats.
The genius and prowess of Woodrow Wilson has already been dem
onstrated and the people of the United States have ratified those ac
tions. This is no time for gloating, but this is certainly an era when
every good American should join In furthering the highest interests of
the greatest nation on earth.
CHY
U. L. OLIVEVR LOSES
HIS BARN BY FIRE
C. L. Oliver, a prosperous farmer Irv
ing on the McNeill place about six
miles from Americus on the Brown’s
Mill road, lost his barn this
morning and the entire contents of
feedstuffs. It was thought that the fire
originated from some accodental
cause.
CORDELE GETS IHE
1817 MEETING FOR
THE BAPTIST UNION
ATHENS, Ga., Nov. 10.—Cordele was
elected as the place of meeting in
1917 for the Georgia Baptist Woman's
Missionary union.
With the election of officers, in the
adoption of the report of the nominat
ing committee, this afternoon, the pas
sage of a number of important resolu
tions and the selection of Cordele as
the meeting place for the convention
of 1917, the thirty-fourth annual ses
sion of the union, with about 700 dele
gates in attendance, came to' a close.
Officers Chosen.
The following were the officers
chosen for another year:
President, Mrs. W. J. Neel, of Car
tersville, re-elected.
Corresponding secretary, treasurer
and editor of the “Mission Messenger,”
Miss Evie M. Campbell, Atlanta.
Auditor, Mrs. Hope 11. Hale, Atlanta, I
Chairman personal department, Mrs.
P. G. Awtry, LaGrange.
College correspondent and leader of;
young people’s work, Miss Pearl Todd,
Atlanta.
Vice-presidents (six divisions of the
state): Mrs. J. C. Lanier, of West
Point, general vice-president; rMs.
Charles Cater. Quitman; Mrs. D. B.
Hamilton, Rome; Mrs. J. P. Nichols,
Griffin; Mrs. G. H. Williams, Dublin;)
Mrs. W. H. Prior, Greensboro, find the
northeastern division vice president to
be selected by the executive commit
tee.
Executive committee: Mrs. C. W.
King, Mrs. Rush Irvin, Mrs. J. C.
Greenfield, Mrs. E. D. Crawford, Mrs.
Samuel Lumpkin, Mrs. Cody Laird,
Mrs. R. R. Adair and Mrs. Porter King,
all of Atlanta, and Mrs. Lucy L. Olive,
Stone Mountain.
I’-’O DROWNED WHEN BARGE
SANK IN VISTULA, AT KAMIERZ
I
LONDON, Nov. 10.—One hundred and
twenty persons perished today when a,
barge sank in the Vistula river at!
Kamiefz, Poland, according to a news I
agency dispatch from Amsterdam this !
afternoon.
according to an announcement this af
ternoon by Lawrence Green, Hughes'
secretary. It is inferred the republi
can candidate does not yet concede
defeat, but he has authorized no
statement on the subject.
AAEGGA FOR SHOW
FOLKS AS SOME
GO AND GOME JOO
The first of the advance cars of the
John Robinson circus, which is billed
to appear in Americus Wednesday,
Nov. 22, arrived here yesterday morn
ing and is now deserted. When it ar
rived it contained 28 men; they have
gone. Some to New York, Chicago,
New Orleans, San Francisco, in fact to
places that are too numerous to men
tion.
The men, after doing their last
day’s work, were all assembled and
paid off, and this morning could be
seen on the various corners in small
groups, discussing their past experi
ences, and what they were going to do
this coming winter. The merchants
were very much benefitted by the clos
ing of the advance car here, as the ma
jority of the men bought their winter’s
apparel before they left the city. This
afternoon will find them pretty well
dispersed, except the car manager and
bis secretary, who will be here until
Saturday at least, going over and bal
ancing the books of the past season.
It does not matter how clean and up
to the minute the books are kept dur
ing tlie course of a season, when the
final day comes, the books are gone
over very carefully and the accounts
are all verified, and everything is re
corded and filed away for future ref
erences.
The Next Cars.
Now that the first section has come
and gone, we are looking forward to
the approach of the Number Two and
Three cars, which we are informed
will arrive about Tuesday. They, too,
will go through the same routine, and
the men will be paid off. and then will
I make their way to their homes or to
places beter known as the “winter
abode.” As a rule, the men do not
work in the winter months; they usu
ally save their salary and leave it In
the coffers of the show until the final
day and are then paid off in full, and
after buying their necessary clothes,
etc., and their railroad fares they have
enough left in which to lay around
and enjoy a rest that is well-earned in
their season’s campaign.
After the advance cars are all in,
then comes the main attraction, the
show in itself. The payroll for twenty
eight men in the advance means a to
tal of SI,BOO and it can be easily seen
that with the people numbering in the
total a thousand people, will easily
reach the 100,000 mark.
The people with the show will most
ly remain here in winter quarters,
animal men, trainers, keepers, and all
the workingmen will be kept all dur
ing the winter. The big acts will, no
doubt, take to their homes for a few
weeks and will then report immediate
ly after Christmas to rehearse and
practice for the coming season.
We are all looking forward to the
22nd day of the month, when we will
be able to realize our one sole ambi
tion, that of seeing the circus and
having it as part of our city for the
long, weary winter months.
The animal sheds and grounds will
be thrown open to the public all win
ter and it will prove very interesting
itc those who are a bit inclined to be
interested in the workings and wel
fare of a big tented amusement ag
gregation such as is the John Robin
soncircus.
sebSHTspem
ABOUT MINE CASE
WASHINGTON, D. C., Nov. 10.—The
German government has informed the
American embassy at Berlin that the
sinking of the British steamer Marina,
of October 18th, with the loss of six
An>erie »n lives, will be thoroughly in
vestigated as soon as the submarine
opr rating or. that date reports, accord
ing to confidential advices
here.
The Marina, it has been claimed, was
attacked without warning, in viola
tion of the pledges given the United
Hates by Get many, being torpedoed
twice, before the crew had finished
leaving the ship.
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