Peaceful Election Day in Watauga; No News Yet On State, National Elections, Nov. 4, 1920

The election, in the main, passed off quietly in Watauga, and the vote was unusually large, and the Republican majority correspondingly large. Every democrat on the ticket, including Mrs. Edna Hodges, independent, are beated by a majority that will, according to the victorious party, possibly reach 700. Several of the townships have not yet been heard from, definitely, and the majority may changed, but it is enough. Up to the time of closing our forms there has been practically no news reached Watauga, not even from this Senatorial district, but with Watauga's big majority against him, it is resonable to suppose that the Democratic candidate, Dr. Reeves, is also defeated. Nothing from the Congressional district, nothing from the State, but it is safe to say that North Carolina has gone Democratic by an increased majority, and that she will send back to Congress her solid Democratic majority of 10 members. The local Republicans claim a "landslide" for Harding, but, so far, there has been nothing over the wires to back up their contentions. It is generally believed that Senator Harding is elected but the evidence is not in. (From the editorial page of the Watauga Democrat, Boone, N.C., Nov. 4, 1920)