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BREVARD, TRANSYLVANIA bo.v N. C., FRIDAY, JULY 3, t908. VOL. XIIL NO. 27.
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TIIE MINK
Named For Governor By the Charlotte
Convention on Sixty-first Ballot
ENTHUSIASM UNBOUNDED
Gcd of Long Fight Came Saturday
Afternoon on tli^ Sixth-First Bal
lot—Contest the Hardest Fought
' Most Bittrely Waged Ever Re
corded in the Political Annals .of
Korth Carolina—End in Sight Af*
ter the Sixtieth Ballot When .CoL
Ashley Home Appea^ on Bost-
* mm and Withdraws^ Froni ^ the
Bace IfOTa Feast Follows Final
Ballot Speeches Being Mads 1»y
, Ex-Governor Aycock, Mr. Camer
on Morrison, Mr. Kj^hjUi* and Mr.
Craig—^Nomination Made Unani-
mons—Mr. Craig’s Ftt^inf Addrtssi
a Splendid One.
Charlotte, Special.—Mr. William
Walton Kitchin, now representing
the fifth district in Congress, was on
Saturday evening at 7.30 o^clock,
nominated for Governor on the six
ty-first ballot by the State Demo
cratic convention in session here.
Col. Ashley Horne who had the small
est primary vote of any of the three
candidates in the race, withcVew af
ter the sixtieth ballot and the fight
was closed by Mr. Locke Craig, of
Asheville, and Mr. Kitchin, the re
sult of the last ballot being 473.59
for Kitchin and 381.72 for Craig.
After the contest was over a love
feast, in which the friends of the
candidates took part, followed.
Among others who spoke were: For
mer Governor Aycock, who support
ed Mr. Craig; Mr. Kitchin and Mr.
Craig.
The closing scenes of the great con
test, which had continued for four
days, were most animated. More
than 8,000 people, men and women,
fillec’i the Auditorium. Demonstration
after demonstration w»s made, so
much so that the chairman had a
task to presei've 'order.
The victory won by Mr. Kitchin is
ranked as one of the greatest in the
history of the State. He was oppos
ed by Senator Simmons, the recog
nized leader of the North Carolina
Democracy; former Governor Ay
cock, and other well-known Tar
Heel leaders. He made a fight on the
Southern Railway and the American
Tobacco Company, which concerns he
in Roxboro in 188S. He was married
to Miss Musette Satterfield in 189?.
Mr. Kitchin was chairman of his
county executive committee in 1890;
was tjie nominee of his party for the
State Senate in 1^2; was elected
sixth, 9t9isgC -
successively to the Fifty-fifth, Fifty-
sixth, F^fty-seventh, Fifty-eighth
and Fift^ninth Cotigress, and was
re-elected to the Sixtieth Congress,'
receiving 16,503 votes to 11,089 for
C. A. Reynolds, Republican nominee.
The Break Begins.
The sixty-first ballot told the sto^.
Craig was pitted against Kitchin.
After the announcement of the six
tieth ballot. Col. Ashley Home came
into the hall and withdrew from the
race. He mounted the rostrum, ae-
companied by Messrs. C. B. Watson,
T. W. Bickett, J. D. Bellamy, R. R.
King, W. A. Erwin, Walter, Joe Tay-
loe and P. B. Means, and madis a
very touching speech. ,
He thanked the friends who had
stood bv him so loyally, counseled
the ehoice of the people of Noith
CaroKna.** (Cheers.) *‘And as that
I esteem it highly. When I refi^t
that my competitors were, one of
them a distinguished, a successful, a
splendid and high type of North Car
olina citizenship, the Hon. Ashley
Home, and the other, an able, distin
guished, eloquent and great Democsrat
of the west, the Hon. Locke Craig, I
cannot think that this honor was giv
en me as a mere personal compliment.
We have had our fights within the
party with a spirit not of enmity and
hostility, but with the spirit of gen
erous rivalry with each other for this
great honor that you had in your
power to bestow.
AH Bitalries Settled.
“We are told, ladies and gentlemen,
that between Athens and Sparta
there always existed a serious and
sometimes a hostile rivalry, but that
when a common enemy pointed
prows of its ships .toward Grswee aU
internal ^fl^rraces and * rivifirfes'
were forgotten and a united^Greek
army fac^ the enemy.'' (Applause.)
“And 80 this convention has settled
the rivalries between the candidftes
and I believe that each candidate has
as high a regard for bis competitors
now as he had 12 or 18 months
and the supporters of each candidate
have the same spirit of generosity now
that they had prior to this campaign.
And in the great fight that we are to
make against the common enemy in the
fall, I do not expect any more hearty
and loyal support from the friends of
W. KITCHI N, OF PERSON.
HON. LOCKE CRAIG, of Buncombe
said were opposing him. He came to
the convention with approximately
374 votes. Crc'';» had 335 and Horne
14S. The first oallot came at 12
o’clock Wednesday night. From that
time until the hour of the nomination
the contest v/as spiritil^ and at timea
hitter. The delegates' were noisy and
enthusiastic all the while.' Craig was
supported by the • m’ouiitaih counties
western , North Carolina.^ ^ His
mountaineers were loyal to the last
and went dovv'n after a game fight.
Kitchin had not only a plurality of
instructed vote, but he could count
more delegates in a final show-down.^
He and his friends believ<Jd that he'
would be nominated on the third or
fourth ballot, but a master hand was
ajrainst him, and as a result, the bal-
tle was prolongetli and royal.
William Waton Kitchin.
William TVaton Kitchin, of Rox-
horo. Person e^intv, was born near
Scotland Neck, Halifax county, Oct
ober 9th, 1S66. He was ec’Jucated
at Vine Hill Academy and Wake
Forest College, where he graduated
in 1884. He edited The Scotland ]^eck
Democrat in 1885. Shortly afterward
he took up the study of law, first un
der his father, the late W. H. Kitch-
hi, and then under the late John S.
Manning, at the University of North
Carolina. He was admittedi to the
bar in 1887, and took up his residence
full harmony, and withdrew. He was
followed by Hon. C. B. Watson, Gen.
Julian S. Carr and Hon. T. W. Bick
ett, each of whom spoke feelingly of
the splndid stand made by the
Horne forces.
Goveraor Aycock Appears.
While the vote on the sixty-first
ballot was being counted Gt)veraor
Aycock can\0 on the rostrum and
movec^i that the nomination of Mr.
Kitchin be made unanimous. The
delegates and the spectators, some
thing like 8,000 of them, rose and
shouted as one person. For five min
utes the uproar was so great that
the speaker could not continue.
When partial quiet was at length
restored, Mr. Aycock made one of
the happiest and most brilliant
speeches ever heard here, in which he
spoke feelingly of his love for Mr.
Craig and his deep sorrow at his de
feat, but added that the Craig peo
ple would now be the most loyal sup
porters of Mr. Kitchin. Other Craig
leac;*3rs spoke along the same line.
Nominee-Elect Kitchin to the Front.
The crowd yelled for Kitchin and
Craig. Mr. Kitchin came first and
made a most taking speech. He look
ed well jand Ms voice rang clear and
sweet. Being a striking looking man,
one whom men and women, like to
look upon Mr. Kitchin had no trouble
getting silence, for one and all wish
ed to hear him.
Mr. Kitchin’s Speech.
In introducing Mr. Kitchin, Chair
man Parsons said': “Gentlemen of
this, th^ greatest Democratic conven
tion ever held in North Carolina, I
esteem it a great honor to present to
you yoi^r hero, the nominee of this
convention for* Governor, William W.
Kitchin. r
“Mr. President, Ladies ancV Gentle
men : To say that I am happy at
this time vepr feebly expresses my
feeling on this occasion. I am proud
to receive the nomination of the Dem
ocracy of North Carolina for its
highest office in this magnificent Citv
of Charlotte,' I am proud to have the
endorsement of the greatest conven
tion that ever assembled within the
borders of .this State. While I am
proud, my countrymen, I realize the
great responsibility that this honor
carries^ with it. I wish to say that
there is n» bitterness in my heart.
I regard this as not an honor con
ferred upon an individual meur^: I
rather regard it as an expressSsa of
Kitchin of yesterday than I do from
the friends of Ashley Horne and the
friends of Locke Craig of yesterday.
Mr. Kitchin heartily thanked all his
friends who had stood by him; spoke
feelingly of the honor he felt to be
the satndard bearer of the party and
asked for complete party harmony.
Mr. Craig Appears.
Mr. Craig, tired, but han('i;ome and
smiling, appeared when Mr. Kitchin
sat down. At the sight of their idol
the mountaineers rose en masse and
yelled at the top of their voices. Ev
ery other man and woman in the
house stood and cried aloud with the
supportei’s of the orator of the west.
Graceful, dignified, and refined-
looking he steppec^i forward and wav
ed his elegantly shaped hands for at
tention.
Mr. Craig's Speech.
“I thank you, my friends, for the
is, aU of my strength, is at the eonv>
nauid of the cause of the Democracy
of this State. "(Ghreat applause.) I do
not belong to the party for the honois
and emoluments of office. I claim alr
leg^ance to that g^eat oi^nization
because its success is coextensive
with the welfare of my State and the
goodi of the people that I love, and
for''that reason in victory and in de
feat, I always owe and always give
my allegiance to the party that has
saved and that is the s^vation of
this State.
A Victor in This Contest
“But my friends,it unnecessary
for me to say this. I think that my
record for 25 yeara in the past is ^ a
guarantee of my loyalty in the future
to the cause of our party. I come be
fore you especially to thank the
friends who have stood so loyally by
me in this, the greatest political con
vention in the State'^‘history. They
have ’siood J^e with the loyalty of
SpaiF^£an*and with the devotion and
ehivalry of a son to this land of
Dixie. And I wish to say to you to
night, my friends, that though I am
!wt the nominee of this convention, I
feel a great victor in this contest for
I have the devotion of the friends
who have stood by me, their heroism,
their intelligence and tlieir loyalty is
to me a heritage and to my children
a heritage that is more precious than
the honors or the emoluments of of
fice; for the h(Miors and emoluments
of office is in its essence the loyalty
and devotion of friends, and I know
that I have this, I shall never forget
their support. The only regret I have
about this is that they have given
me so much and I can give them so.
little. (Applause.) I cannot express
to you in words my gratitude. I
hope th^t here and hereafter I can
be true ^o' the cause that you love
and demonstrate in my life that your
affection and your loyalty have not
been bestowedi upon one that is un
worthy. We all go home with the
determination and with all zeal to
fight for the principles that we love
anrl for the land of our inheritance.'^
Mr. Craig thanked all his loyal
friends, declared that North Carolina
is the greatest of all the States in its
citizenship, and said that the success
of the Democratic party was supreme
and ahead and beyond the ambitions
^f any man. His speech was warmly
received by the immense assemblage
and he took his seat amid wildi ap
plause.
The Final Vote.
The final vote, which was not an
nounced, stood: Craig, 381.72; Kitch
in, 473.59; Horae, 1.69.
Before this vote coijld be announc
ed the motion to make Mr. Kitchin's
nomination unanimous was put and
carried with tumultuous cheering.
W. C. Newland, of Caldwell county
was nominated for lieutenant Gov
ernor, the ballot standing: Newland j
481; Wood, 217; Bovvie, 159.
Governor Glenn and Senator Over
man were elected delegates at large
to the Denver convention by acca-
mation. A fight was sprung pn mot
ion to elect Senator Simmons, and
pending the settlement of this matter
the convention adjourned until Mon
day, the time being slightly past mid
night.
The platform committee was not
yet ready to report and the nomina
tions for other State officers had to
go over until Monday.
CONVENTION ADJOURNS
HON. ASHLEY HORNE, of Johnson
great reception you have given me.
As I stand here I realize that I look
upon the greatest body of Democrats
that has ever assembled in any State
in the United States and I come be
fore this body to pledge to you again
in this hour when you have chosen
another to be your standard-bearer/
that in the future, as for 25 years in
the past, all of my talent, whatever it
The Convention City.
This is the first State convention
Charlotte has had in half a century.
No better place could have been se
lected.
The city of Charlotte has a *popu-,
lation of forty-three thousand; it has
the finest auditorium in, the South;
the best hotel facilities, the best elec
tric car system, the best system' of
schools and colleges, the Unest parks
and amusements^ th^ finest retail and
wholesale stores, the largest publi^-
ing interests, the most numerous and
costly churches, th6 best banking far^
cilities and the largest g*d, nioSt; nu
merous and varied, manufaj^^^itfing in-"
diistries of any city in NorW
lina, or for that maftei* of
its size anywhere. has
an abundance of; jiydrot^i^(frt^‘.;pow,-
er from tlje Catawbaf,ri:w.», by -means
of which night has !beea, turned into
brightest day, and the" itluMha’tion
makes th^ wholia dii^ faii^land.
Charlotte is now putting' down the
new bituiitic, paving ©n its principal
streets; it4has a complete water sys
tem sufficient for half a million peo
ple, and one of the best trained fire
departments anywhere. Such is, Char
lotte, the historic Queen City, that
has set itself to’ the ta^k of enter
taining the convention like it was
never entertained before. '.;Ai>d the
people! Special trains over the
Southern, special train.«: over the Sea
board, regular trains, freight trains,
automobiles, every known m^ans of
conveyance has brought' in throngs.
Thousands on thousands of them
were here.
Webb From the Ninth.
Charlotte, Special.-—At the con
gressional convention ' of the Ninth
district held here Tuesday night, Ed
win Yates Webb, of Cleveland coun
ty, was nominated without opposi
tion. Kiis is his'fOmUth^ nomiiafebn.
Big Democratic Meeting IHnishes Bs
Work and Delegated Go Home.
Charlotte, Special—The Democrat
ic State convention, which had been
in session here for a week, adjoura-
sd sine die Monday night, at 11:30
D'clock, crowning its work J>y en
dorsing and instructing for William
leanings Bryan, of Nebraska, by a
vote of 523 to 194. Much was ac-
ecmiplished the last day. Senator
Simmons was elected a c\‘}legate-at-
large to the national convention by
a vote of 840 to 10. The following
candidates for State officers were
elected: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary
of State; B. R. Lacy, State Treasur
er;; Major B. F. Dixon, Auditor; T.
W. Bickett, Attorney General; W. A.
Graham, Commissioner of Agricul
ture ; B. F. Aycock, Corporation
Commissioner; J. Y. Joyner, Super
intendent of Public Instmction; J. R.
Young, Insurance Commissioner; M.
L. Shipmim, Commissioner of Labor
and Printing; J. W. Bailey and Wal
ter Murphy, elector-at-large, and
Major E. J. Hale, the fourth dele-
^te-at-large to Denver.
[D IH
DELEGATES-AT-LARGE.
Gov. R. B. Glenn, Senator Lee S.
Overman, Senator F. M. Sinmions,
Maj. E. J. Hale.
ALTERNATES.
Gen. Julian S. Carr, Chairman W.
L. Parsons, Mr. J. W. Bailey, Mr. E.
P. Watson.
DELEGATES TO NATIONAL
CONVENTION.
The following named are the dele
gates and. alternates from the con-
gn^essipnal districts to the Denver con
vention :
First, S. C. Bregaw, of Washing
ton; Walter. Jones, Swanquarter; al
ternates, Luke Wright, Judean Town;
W. K. Jacobson, Washington.
Secondly Plato Collins, Kingston; T.
M.i Washington, Wilson; alternates,
E. L. Travis, Halifax; J. 0. W.
Graveley, Rocky Mount.
Third, G. B. Richardson, Newbern;
L. A. Bethune, Clinton; alternates, H.
L. Gibbs,. Oriental; E. W. Koonce,
Jacksonville.
Fourth, J. T. Ellington, Smith-
field; John >W. Thompson, Raleigh;
alternates, * J. L. Ramsey, Rocky
Mount; F. B. Arendell, Raleigh.
Fifth, George A. Mebane, Spray;
B. S. Graves, "Yanceyville; alternates,
A. E. Kirkman, High Point; Leo
Brandt, Greensboro.
Sixth, , J. R. Williamson,
Whiteyille; J; D. Bellamy, Wil
mington; alternates, A. E. White,
•Lumberton; E. F. McCulloch, White
Oak.
Seventh, Frank Armfield, Monroe;
R. R. Ross, Ashboro; alternates, S.
W. Finch, Lexington; J. R. Blair,
Troy.
Eighth, Paul B. Means, Concord;
E. L. Lovell, Boone; alternates, Mich
Yannoy, Wilkesboro; Robert M.
Brawley, Statesville.
Ninth, James A. Bell, Charlotte; J.
J. Redman, Marshall; alternates, C.
E. Childs, Lincolnton; R. R. Bab-
bington, Gastonia.
Tenth, T. C. Mills, Columbus; W.
J. Cocke, Asheville; alternates, Wil
liam Miller, Hendersonville; Sol Gal-
lert, Rutherfordton.
Grovernent Stocks Lake.
Hickory, Special.—The 'government
distributing fish car passed here en
route to Edgemont with 65,000 Cali
fornia speckled trout for the waters
of the lake of the Mountain Home
Club, which is being rapidly develop
ed and beautified under the direction
of a landscape gardener who is look
ing after the grounds and roadways
through t;h> vast estate, which is
owned by stockholders consisting of
business and professional ^men trough-
put North and South Carolina as well
as other- States many of whom will
build cottages convenient to the club
iiin proper.
Tornado Kills Six.
Clinton, Minn., Special.—A*^ tor
nado struck, this town Saturc^iiy
afternoon, killing six people, and in
juring twenty-five, some seriously.
Twenty houses, a printing office*and'
two churches were blown down. The
dead: Morton Higgins, Thomas Rock
well, Miss Kate Mills, Spunk Berry,
Mrs. Olds Nicholson and daughter.
Missing: Mrs. T. N. Johnson. •
Two FaH Into the Hands of An
Angry Mob and Die
AN EFFORT MADE TO SA>1E ONE
While Oi&cers Are Hnrrying Negroes
Off For Safe Keepixig, Mob Sud
denly Appears and Takes Posse»-
sica of Prisoners—^Unsnccessfnl At*
tempt Made to Break .Handcnffi
and Bot^are Lynched, Though OM
of ThemMa^ Be Inno^t.
The New War Secretary.
Wa^ingtoii, Special.— General
Luke E. Wright, who becomes Secre
tary'of War Wedciesday, succeeding
Secretary Taft, went to Oyster Bay
to talk with the President and Sec-
retai*y Taft, and said on his way to
the summer White House that he
would make no changes in heads of
bureaus at the War Office. Secretary
I'aft's secretary, Fred ,W. Carpenter,
who has'been -^iith Secretary Taft
since the* latter quit the Phillipine^
governorship, will go; with Mr. Taft
and be close to his chief all through
the campaign.
^faycross, Ga., Special.—Just at
sundo^ Saturday aftemoon two n»>
goes were lynched by a mob of at
least one thousand persons. TIm
lynching occured on the eastern out
skirts of the eity. The negroes wer*
Walter Wilkins and Albert Baker,
who were brought here Saturday
morning from Wayne county, one
them charged with outraging the 14^
year-old daughter of Mr. Wil^
Wainwright, Thursday evening.
The negroes were lodged in tha
Warp county jail during the day and
late in the aftemoon were taken out
by Wayne county officers for th*
purpose of carrying them to Jessup
for safe keeping. Suddenly a rush
was made and a dozen hands clasped
each officer and his gun. The negroes
were jerked across the railroad traek
and, a hundred persons pounced upon
them, others still holding the guards.
Through the wire fence at the rail
road the mob'shoved the negroes and
then started in a run across College
Hill. For nearly half a mile they
•ontinued to the first oak rtree in the
old Cherokee nursery. Here an at
tempt was' made to break the hand
cuffs which held the negroes togeth
er, but without avail. None had a
rope, but a heavy trace chain whifeh
was locked around one of the negroes
was broken apart and a loop wai
soon made around his neck. Some
one,mounted the tree and from the
first Innb caught the end of the chain
tying it around the limb, while oth
ers held the'aUeged-.xapiat..up-
the ground. The other liegro, still
handcuffed tb'the body of the hang
ing man, stood with' hands clasped
around the tree. The^iob steppiuf
back about 10 paces opened fire upoi
the men, hundreds of shots being fir
ed into their bodies. —
Many tried tio prevent the killing oi
the negro who was clasping the tree
there being much doubt about his
connection with thfe outrage. Nothini
could be done with the enraged mob
After the lynching the mob dispersed
The outrage occured near th<
home of Wiley Wainwright Thursdaj
evening. ‘ The girl had left the hous<
for the cow pen when she was at
tacked by the negro. She was taker
to the woods nearby, her screams fail
ing to attract any one at the liMise
Here, it is said two other negroes
joined the first.
It. was 11 o 'clok at night before Mr
Wainwright, accompanied by neigh
bors, found her. She was terribl;^
bruised anc> mutilated. The negro Al
bert Baker was arrested Friday
morning and carried b*^for<* the gir
for identification. He was with sev
eral cl her negroes at the time an<
sai it-adily pointed him out.
Only Patriotic Airs.
New York, Special.—In a procla
m»tion issued by Mayor George B
McClellan relative to the observance
of the Fourth of Julv, he directs tha
none but patriotic airs be played b]
the bands in the public parks an<
on the recreation piers on that day
The usual orders as to the raising oi
the American flag on all city build
ings are issued, and the mayor fur
thier urges citizens everywhert
throughout the city to display nat
ional colors “as the most appropri
ate manner of celebrating the anni
versary of the Declaration of Inde
pendence."
Fifteen Bead in a Collision.
Bombay, By Cable.—Fifteen per
sons were killed and 270 injured ij
a collision between an express and i
freight train on the Bombay and Ba
roda Railway near Baroda. Foui
of the passenger coaches and fou:
mail cars of the express train am
four, cars of the freight train *wer(
burned.
Attacked Espr^i^ 'Car.
Springfield, 111., Special.—An' ex
press car of the Illinois Tr'actioi
system, leaving St. Louis Frida']
night, carrying a largo amount o;
money and other valuables, wai
made the object of atttack by-thre*
highwaymen at Lynch Station, out
side of East St. Louis. C. E. Hart
man, a Chicago and Alton dispatchei
saw the, would-be robbers creepinj
along the grass, and gave signals t<
the car to go on. Several shots wer<
fired by the highwaymen, one oj.then
striking the car, and three shots, wer<
returned by the motorman and eon
ductor of the car. No one was hurt