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SENATE COINTROL VERY IMPORTANT Struggle for Congress Interesting as for President. Chances Even for Senat?' Control. Washington, Nov. 6.?Whfle the eyes of nearly everybody are glued to the outcome of the presidential con test today, the Struggle over the con trol of congress is nearly as import ing and in some respects is quite as Interesting. On the outcome of the battle for the control of congress, in even lar ger measure than on the presidency, depends the shaping of legislation after next March 4. The foremost question with refer ence to congress Is: Will the domo? crats capture control of the senate? Another-important problem is: Will the democrats Increase their .margin of control in the housse. or will there be a kIunip? it looks like abo?t aii ?von chance whether t'.ie, democrats control the I senate. They are sure of forty-three I votes in Hint body next congress, al lowing for the defeat of Senator Gardner, In Main, and giving them a senator to replace Senator Sanders, of Tennessee, who is a republican. Forty-nine seats are necessary to control. If the democrats can cap ture six seats in the voting today above those counted surely demo cratic, they will win. The states whose returns tonight will be important from ft senate standpoint are Colorado, Delaware, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa. Kansas, Massa chusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mon tana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hamp shire, New Jersey, New Mexico, Okla homa, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Tennessee, West Virginia and Wyoming. As to some of these there is practically no question, but In moat of them there are stiff fights Two senators each are to be elected in Colorado. Idaho and Illinois. The states which are the centers of the hardest senatorial contests are the three just named, and Iowa, Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, South Dakota, West Virginia, and Wyoming. An Important phase of the situa tion is that if the democrats elect the president and vice-president and the senate is a tie, 48 to 'IS, the demo crats will be in control, because the vice president has liie deciding vote when there is a tie. House Sai'elj Democratic. The house, in the next congress the sixty-third, will have 435 mem bers. Of these, 429 are to be elected today, six having been chosen al ready, four from Maine and two from Vermont. The present house membership is rt to. The new house will be under the new apportionment, and will have forty-one members more than the present house. The present democratic membership of the house Is 2:10, or twelve more than the num ber necessary to control the next house. In the next house, 2IS will he a majority. The democrats In the present house have 111! more than a majority at present. If they are as strong relatively In the next, they will have to have 2f?o members. In view of the mixed condition of politics In ninny of the congressional districts, a condition favoring no question that they will keep control of the house, and they believe they are actually going to increase their relative strength, that is, are going to have a larger margin of control In the enlarged house than In the pres ent house. THE RA ZA A R THURSDAY. Annual Flower and' Fancy Work Sale to be Held at Terry's Old Stand. The annual ladies bazaar will be held Thursday, at H. Terry's old Stand, on the corner of South Harper and Main street. Many preparations have boon made for this annual event and a Very successful bazaar 1? ex pected. The fancy work booth will not be opened until 10 -o'clock, al though the remaining booths will be open earlier. The usual dinner will he served during the day. JERSEY GOVERNOR SWEEPS COUNTRY WITH ROOSEVELT RUNNING SECOND Reports Last Night Showed that Wilson had Carried New York, New Jersey, Maine, Massachusetts, Delaware, Indiana, Connecticut, Kentucky, West Virginia and Indi= cations are that he will Carry Others. The Solid South Still Remains Solid. Woodrow Wilson Carried New York City by 300,000 Majority. The only State So Far Giving Roosevelt a Maj ority is Illinois. Taft only Credited with Vermont and Rhode Island until Eleven O'clock last Night. Iicl'mv t<ii o'clock lusl night returns from nil oyor the o?mnlr,\ indicated ii sweeping victory lor Ihe democratic parl.v over Iii?' repub licaiis, progrcsshes, social ist s, prohibit innisls anil -ill other pai'iiif's in the Held. Willi n large mnubcr oC slates hoard IV. only lliree laid gone against I he N'ew ?Jersey governor. New York wi'iil lor Wilson, us lid New Jersey, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, Cnnneetientl, In (liana, South' Dakota, Wesl Virginal ami Kentucky, Tile democrats held their own in the southern slates, carrying Ihesn ;i!!. Tal'l earned Veriuonl ami Rhode Island, while Itoosovell carried Illinois, Other stiitrs had mil been heard fluni Inii tlie campaign managers of rli ? re publican and progressive parlies conceded Wilson's eleetion early last night. Uooseveil ami Tafl seni lelcgrains of eougratillations i<? the victorious candidate. The jibovo in format i<ui was secured by long dis!aneo telephone, ill rough courtesy -d Tho Stale, The Kparlunburg Herald, The Green ville News ami The No who pry Herald and Ww.s liml authentic, siX'RDTAin to im: t.o\kknok. ?lohn K. \iili. of Nowbcrry, has Vc ccpted Position until l!i:ciith II? hl bj Ucx. Kolnndi In onicr |(, cohllrm nun ?" i ; had spread over tli? slate to the effect that .lohn K. Null, of New berry', liad boon appointed secretary '<> ft i Blease, a representative of The Ad vertiser approached Mr. Aull lipon ihn subject last night after lie had ar rived In the City to lake up hi.-, dlltic: in the court of general sessions today. Mr. Anil consented to Btate da: the governor had just informed him thai tin appointment would he made. \(r. Aull said that he had accepted the appointment and that he would enter upon his duti.08 in Columbia the 1st of December. This, he stated, would not interfere with his work in the fall terms of court, but that, as all of them would bo over li) the end of this month, he would finish all work of the courts up until that time. Mr. Aull has held the position of court stenographer in this judicial dlctrict for several years and has won a reputation as the most painstaking and the most accurate as well as the most obliging stenographer in the state. The officials of the courts and members of the bar will doubtless regret to sec him leave and 1.1? many friends outside of court Circles wish him continued success. Ills regular visits to Laurens have been a source of much pleasure to his friends here, as certainly they have been elsewhere, and they regret to know that they will not sec him as often in the future. las) reported. Tho vote thorc Ii'-; between Wi on .iii<l Hoosevelt. The South Carolina state election ji:i -.-??<i off wit(i little Interest attacit '?(1 to it. The asylum bond issue at tracted considerable attention an i from meager returns it appeared thai it had been carried. In Greenville COtinty, where an Independent can didate for phorlff, W. F. Verdin, op posed the nominee of the party, lien dnx Uf-ctor, interest waft at foaver heat and excitement tan high. The latest reports Indicated the defeat ot Verdin. Kscaped Prisoner* Caught. Will Mullock and .Tina. McCoy, two of the prisoners who escaped from the county jail last week have been caught, and placed behind the bars. Officer Reld caught Bullock near Hnrksdalo Station and .Mm McCoy was caught near Clinton, .lohn Jacks, the other prisoner to escape, has not been caught, but tiie ollicers are on a hoi trail.