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' i I v II II 1 1 1 1 III I This Aegtts o'er the people's rights, No soothing-strains of Maia's son, Doth an eternal vigil keep Can lull its hundred eyes to sleep" Vol. XVII. GOIiDSBORO. N C, THURSDAY. MAY" 81 19Q0. NO 148 - ( KITCHENJVINS. He is Nominated For Con gress By a Large Ma jority on "the 120ih Ballot. An Ail-Night Session, Bat Spirit ed and Harmonious Through out the Session. The Largest Convention in the History ot the District. o The Democra'ic convention of the Second Congressional district, composed of the counties of Bertie, Edgecombe, Greene, Halifax, Lenoir, Northampton, WarreD, Wayne and Wilson, as previously announced, convened in the Mes senger Opera House -in this city yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock, and was called to order by the chairman of the District Execu-. tive Committee, Mr. W. A. Dono, of Scotland Neck, who in stating the purpose of the convention I took occasion to speak at length and forcibly on the great issue of the impending State campaign the constitutional amendment, and his remarks were from t'me to time roundly applauded. He then, in generous words of merited praise, presented to the conven tion its temporary chairman, our popular acd eloquent townsman Mr. W. T. Dortch, who was greeted with prolonged applause, and who on takiog the chair made one of his characteristic thrilliDg speeches, which so captivated the great body of enthusiastic Demo crats composing the convention that at its conclusion he was, on motion, unanimously elected per manent chairman, and throughout the long and tedious deliberations of the convention he made a most efficient presiding officer. The committee on credentials reporied no contests and deter mined the vote of each cGunty, giving an aggregate of 291 votes to the district. The committee on platform and resolutions, through its chairman, the gallant Capt. Swift Galloway, of Greene county, reported as fol lows, and the same was unanimously and enthusiastically adopted: "By the Democratic conven tion of the Second Congressional District, assembled at Goldsboro, May 24, 1900, be it "Resolved, That we pledge cur allegiance and devotion to the principles enunciated in the plat form adopted by the Democratic National convenlion at Chicago in 18967 and in the platform adopted by the Democratic State conven tion at. Raleigh April, 1900. "Resolved, Tnat we see in the recent unseating of the Hon. William T. Crawford, the duly elected representative of the Ninth Congressional District, by the vote of Geo. H. White, the negro representative from this, the Sec ond District, a new illustration of the dangerous power of the negro -vote in North Carolina, and we heroby pledge the people of our State that we will do our full duty towards righting that wrong to the Ninth District, and that disgrace to the Second." . Pending the absence of the com mittee on Platform, Col Thog, W. Mason was vociferously called for and in responding made one of his noted great speeches, that never fail to enthuse his audiences and knit their hearts closer to' this "noblest old Roman of them all." Immediately upon the adoption of the Platform nominations were called fcr, and the names of Messrs. F. A. Woodard, of Wil son, Don. Gilliam, of Tarboro, Claude Kitchen, of Scotland Nec'i, and Col. R. B. Peebles, of North ampton, were placed before the convention amidst wild enthusiasm from their respective adherents. The nominating speeches oc cupied more than an hour, all the candidates being strongly pre sented. Dr. D. B. Zollicoffer, of Northampton, nominated R. B. Peebles; W. E. Daniel, of Halifax, named Claude Kitchen; H. G. Connor, of Wilson, pre sented the name of Fred A. Woodard; L V.Bassett.of Edge combe, nominated Donnel Gil liam. The nomination of Peebles was seconded by C. W. Mitchell, of Bertie; that of Woodard by Dr. E. G. Moore, of Lenoir; that of Gilliam by James Wood, of Wayne;that of Kitchen by Henry Boyd, of Warren. Mr. L. "V. Morrill, of Greene, also seconded the nomination of Mr. Woodard in one of the best speeches of the convention. It is needless to recount the recurring ballots that lead up to tbe final and decisive vote. Our readers can judge for themselves of the heroic struggle of each candidate's adherents by the steady session of tbe convention all through the weary, slow plodding hours of the night un til the 120 oh ballot, at 5 o'clock this morning, which determined tbe contest and gave Claude Kitchen the nomination over his only remaining contestant, Don Gilliam, by a vote of 192f to 98; Messrs. Woodard, first, and af terwards Peebles, having with drawn from the contest in grace ful speeches that did credit to themselves and justified the stoic fealty with which their friends supported them to the moment of their withdrawal. Several other gentlemen of the district, Grainger, Galloway and Mason, were complimented at times, during the deadlock, with votes from several counties, but results were not thereby de flected. When Chairman Dortch's ga vel fell after the announcement of the final ballot, and he declar ed Kitchen the nominee, the wild est enthusiasm prevailed aud as it at length quieted the chair rec ognized Mr. Powell, of theEige-i comba delegation, who witn beam ing enthusiasm, born of Demo cratic fealty, moved to make the nomination unanimous, which was im medially done. Mr. Kitchen was then ushered before the convention and re ceived with unbounded applause, and his graceful speech of ac ceptance enthralled him at once in the hearts of his great au dience. To say that he will be elected in November is already a fact be yond the possibility of contra vention. Mr. T. C. Wooten, of Kinston, was elected presidential elector for the district, and the follow ing were elected as the execu tive committee ot the district: Bertie A. S, Roscoe. Edgecombe H. A, Gilliam. Greene Geo." W. Sugg. Halifax E. L. Trayis. Lenoir J.W.Grainger. Northampton W. H. Joyner. Warren Dr.L. J. Picot, Wayne Joseph E. Robinson. Wilson Geo. W. Connor. After-the adjournment of the convention the Executive com mittee met and unanimously elected Mr. Jos. E. Robinson chairman, and Mr. E. E. Britton, of Wilson, secretary. Thus concluded the greatest convention the Second district has ever known. Oratory at Kansas Ciiy. Washington Times. There seems to be even a live Her contest among Democratic orators for the honor of pre senting Mr. Bryan's name to the Kansas City convention than among the Republican orators for the honor of presenting Mr. McKinley's name atPhiladelphia. Of course, the choice of eulogists in both cases will be left to the men who are to be eulogized. At last accounts Senator Spooner had been selected to present Mr. McKinley 's name at Phila dclpbia, though before the con vention meets this part of the programme again may be chang ed. The orator most frequently mentioned as Mr. Bryan's prin ciple eulogist at Kansas City is the Hon, William Joel Stone of Missouri, The relations between Bryan and Stone are known to be very close, all reports to the contrary notwithstanding. The Missouriau is very cordially disliked by many of the party leaders in his state, this antipa thy being due mainly to jealousy of Stone's rapid rise. Some of the Missouri members of con gress are now conspiring with Stone's rivals for the honor in dicated, and it is said that Mr. Bryan would be amused by their conduct if ther were not so an noying in their persistent "knocking" of Stone. As an ora tor Stone has few equals and no superiors m the country. He is not as fluent or as polished as Dapew or Bourke Cockran, but in the elements of earnestness and intensity he is the superior of either of these famous spell binders. His admirers predict a very notable tff jrt if be is per mitted to make the principal nom inating speech at Kansas City. A MILL BOSS MURDERED. J.L. Odell Stabbed by Hope Da vis, -a Discharged Operative. Charlotte, N. C, May 25. News reached here this afternoon of the killing of J. L. Odell at Bessemer City, N. C, to-day. Odell is boss of the weave room of the Southern Cotton Mills. Last Wednesday an operative. Hope Davis, "was discharged. This after noon Davis returned to the mill and was ordered out by Odell. Davis re returned the second time, and was again ordered out. Words, followed, Davis cursing Odell, who made a pass at Davis. Davis drew a knife, stabbing Odell in the neck, and then ran to the woods m an effort to es cape. Odell started to a drug store, but fell before he had gone many steps, death resulting from the wound. Sheriff Love, of Gastonia, has gone to the scene of the murder with blood honnds. Great excite ment exists, and there is much talk of lynching Davis if he is caught. Odell is a nephew of J. M. Odell, of Concord, and is well connected, his wife and four children living in Salisbury. One son was with the father at Bessemer City. Odell was about thirty eight years old. Davis is a son of Rev. E. Davis and is only twenty one years of age. At last accounts Davis was still at large. "Yielding to the persuasion " of my dealer, I changed chill tonic and tried Roberts', and found it the best I ever used, and shall in future continue its use." W. H. Corprew, Jamesville, N. C, to The Roberts Drug Co , Suffolk, Va., August 14, 1899. 25e. per bottle. Look for the red cross. METHODIST TIME LIMIT. In the Methodist church, North, 1 a minister could heretofore stay with a congregation five yeara; in the Methodist church, South, he can still stay, if the congregation be so minded, four years. Nomi nally the power of placing minis ters is lodged in a bishop; but in reality tbe particular congrega tion eelects its min;ster, and the presiding elder and bishop pro ceed to "O. K" the selection. The Northern Methodists have aow taken off the time limit alto gether, so that if a congregation so desires it can keep a minister who is not of a migratory nature all the rest of 'his life, provided of course, the bishop who pre sides over, the particular confers ence does not exercise autocratic power. It may be that the bish ops of tbe church Nort will club together and adopt a policy that will modify to some extent the ab olition of the time limit.They will say, perhaps, that a popular and successful preacher shall still move occasionally; but any anto cratic action on the part of a bishop would certainly be re sented by a congrgation that was much attached to a minister. The departure of the church North is almost revolutionary. Wesley desired a change in a pas torate every year, and Wesley's idea was adopted bv the early Methodists in this country. The term was, however, gradually lenfithened to five years, and now it may be fifty years. Under the new rule the country churches of the Northern Methodists may a as well bid good-bye to the best preachers, for they will soon be permanently domiciled in the cities. This is, however, the case at present, for by the system of transfers from one conference to another a brilliant preacher is never without a wealthy, if not fasnionahlp, city charge. The mixing up of preachers that Wrisley desired has long baen dead. Ia the evolution of Metho dism from ils primitive stage wealth takes its pick, and the rural districts take the remain der, and no bishop dare inter fere to make itineracy what Wes ley desired to be. THE ADJOURNMEN V OF CON GRESS. It is now expected that Con gress will adjourn upon June 6, after the date of adjournment has been fixed, by joint resolu tion, it is always possible to ex tend the session if necessary, but there is no reason now apparent why Congress may not dispose of all the remaining business of the session within two weeks. The members are all naturally desirous to get away, either to their own business or to the political business of the summer, and there never is any public obj action to an early ad journment. It has not been particularly eventful session and many things that might have been done, or that were expected to be done, must go over for the present. This is not generally a cause of regret. The legislation actually necessary to keep the various de partments of government in ac tive operation has been or will be supplied, and beyond that too little is usually to be preferred to too much. THE TOTE IN VIRGINIA Larger Majority Th&n Expected - For the Constitutional Con vention Richmond, Va., May 25.The vote in Virginia yesterday . on the constitutional convention question was full of surprises. In the first place, it was carried by a larger majority than was ex pected, and in the next place some of the largest majorities against the measure was in coun ties where the white vote largely predominates. The heaviest op position was in the Ninth district comprising the southwest coun ties. Where the negroes took part at all they voted against the measure. The cities and towns gave a good vote in favor of the con vention and largely overcame the opposition in the rural dis tricts. The majority of the con vention will probably reach 15, 000. In view of the handsome vic tory the question of calling a special session of the legislature to put tbe measure into effect is under discussion. There is gen eral opposition to taking any ac tion in the matter until after the Presidential election, but it is likely that a special session of the legislature will be called shortly after that date, probably in December, the regular time of the meeting of the legislature at its biennial session. The Republicans of Jackson ward, the only ward in the city where the Republicans made a fight, are claiming this morning that they were defeated by fraud and that they actually carried their ticket by 200 votes. Rich mond's majority in favor of the convention was 4,259 out of a total vote of 5,259. M'KIN LEY'S NAME. Ohio Senator Says He tVill Make the Nominating Speech. Columbus, Ohio., May 25. Senator J. B. Foraker said to day that he would present the name of President McKinley to the Philadelphia convention for recomination. Mr. Foraker placed M3j ir McKinley in nom ination in the St. Louis conven tion in 1896. TO SETTLE IN THE SOUTH. Inducements to be Ottered to L?ava the Transvaal New York, May 26. The Evening Post says today: "A movement is on foot under the supervision of several of the large railroads of the South to induce the Boers to settle in cer tain sections of the South. The general prevalence of the be lief that the war in Transvaal can last but a little while longer has given an impetus to the pro jeci to encourage settlement in some of the Southern States of those of the Boers who will not submit to reconstruction under Eaglish domination. It is reported in railroad cir cles that definite plans are being shaped to further the possible exodus of Boers to this country. Neeley has revived memories of the noble carpetbagger ' of re construction days. Buller is tryilig to reach the home plate after the stress of the game is over. INTER-STATE TOURNAMENT. 'aptJas. D. McNeill Writes In terestingly of Wilmington's Big Event in July: At tendance Will Be La'-ge. Special Star Correspondence. Fayetteville, N. C, May 25. Editor Star: I have just re turned from Charlotte, where we had one of the most successful in terstate firemen's tournaments on record. This event is only pre- liminary to the big one in y our city in July, when the North Carolina State Firemen's Asso ciation will hold both a State and inter-State tournament. Tbe attendance at Charlotte was naturally restricted on ac count of the large majority of the State teams preferring to wait for their association event, as was shown by only Asheville, Greens boro and Goldsboro sendibg visit ing teams, whereas Asheville, Charlotte, Concord, Salisbury, Spencer, Greensboro, Winston, Salem, Durham, Rale'gh, Golds boro, Wilson, Rocky Mount, Newbem, Kinston, Tarboro, Eliz abeth C'ty, Fayetteville and oth ers will be in Wilmington. The yisiting firemen from Co lumbia, Sumter, Charleston, Greenville, Camden and New berry in Charlotte were a splendid set of fellows and the writer in the name of your city extended to them a cordial invitation to meet with us in July, which was unan. imously accepted and every as surance given me that they would certainly be with us. Several other South Carolina departments have also assured me of their coming, and I can now confidently assure your people that they may rely upon the largest attendance of visiting firemen ever before at a State tournament, which I would also fay means that 3 ou will more than probably have the largest atT tendance of visitors that Wil mington has ever been called upon to entgrtain. I well know the reputation that your ?ity and your people have for being clever and hospitable to the strangers within your gates, but 1 am really beginning to fear that we fireman and our visiting friends are going to overpower your capacity to afford shelter to all of those who are not used to sleepiag in the open a'r. The at tendance at Charlotte wa? but an evidence of what Wilmington may expect. I only hope that eome of your enterprising citizens were there to be inspired by tbe occa sion. The Charlotte firemen will be with us in full force, aod are enthusiastic over making the July event as successful as their own most certainly was. , . We are coming, Friend Ber nard, several thousand strcng, so get your kitchens in order. k -:u. Yours respectfully;"'-' Jas. D. McNeill, Pres. N. C. S. F. Association. Children behave when out as they behave at home. ; r .. And still no one mentions the returning Otis for running mate. Out in Montana they have r a great deal of politics to the acre. Mr. Edison will have tojlook to his laurels. i: ' ' r i h ll-' - t r F1 r H. 3 i 1 $. 1 Si ii V. i r P t J-
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