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VOL XU1I NO. 32. LUMBERTON, NORTH CAROLINA, MONDAY, JUNE lO, 1912. WHOLE NO. 276S
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STATE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
Locke Craig Nominated for Gov
ernor by Acclamation Wood
row WiUon Endorsed for President-A
Lively Fight Precipi
tated by Kitchin Men Result
in Overwhelming Victory for
Senator Simmon -A. W. Mc
Lean of Lumberton a Dele
gate at Large Robeson's
Candidate for Lieutenant Gov
ernor Defeated An All-night
Session.
The Democratic State conven
tion convened a few minutes af
ternoon Thursday in the new au-
ditorium in Ralejgb, adjourned
for dinner after listening to a
rousincr "key-rote" speech by
ex-Governor R. B. Glenn, tem
porary chairman; reassembled at
3 p. m. and remained in contin
aeus session until 6:30 o'clock
Friday morning, during which
time it nominated Hon. Locke
Craig of Buncombe for Governor
by acclamation, the second time
in the history of the Common
wealth this distinction has been
conferred upon any man, the
niy otner governor ever nomi-
B. Aycpjk,. :pomp:::'tmi
nlv other Governor ever nomi
State ticket,' adopted a piatiorm
which. contained an endorsement
of Senator Simmons, along with
the Governor and other State of
ficers and ReDresentatives and
Senator, after a bitter fiffht to .
prevent it by Kitchin supporters,
and endorsed Gov. W'oodrow
Wilson of New Jersey as the
most available candidate for the
party to nominate at Baltimore,
after a bitter fight to prevent
such endorsement on the part of
supporters of Underwood.
THE TICKET.
The full ticket nominated is
as follows:
Sate officers named:
Governor, Locke Craig of
Buncombe.
Lieutenant Governor, E. L.
Daughtridge of Edgecombe.
Secretary of State, J. Bryan
Grimes of Pitt.
Treasurer B. R. Lacy of
Wake.
Attorney General, T. W.
Rickett of Franklin.
Commissioner of Labor and
Printing, M. L. Shipman of
Henderson.
Commissioner of Agricul
ture, W. A. Graham of Lin
coln. Auditor, W. P. Wood of Ran
dolph. Superintendent of Public In
struction, J. Y. Joyner, of
Guilford.
Associate Justices of the Su
preme Court, W. A. Hoke of
Lincoln and George H. Brown
of Beaufort '
Corporation Commissioner,
short term, E. L. Travis of
1 1 i; f r v
llama-.
Corporation Commissioner,
long term, George P. Pell of
Forsyth.
Delegates-at-large : R."B.
Glenn, W. C. Dowd, E. J.
Justice, J. S. Carr, E. J. Hale.
. fir KIT XXT n Unm
A. w. iucueau, . s. Ham
mer and W. C. Newland, W.
T. Dortch.
Electora-at-large: Francis D.
Winston and C. Ellis Gardner.
The warmest fight of the con
vention was over the adoption of
the majority report of the piat
iorm committee, containing an
endorsement of the record of our
Senators and Representatives in
Congress and the record of the
Governor and other State officers.
The majority report which was
the platform adopted and which
will be found elsewhere in this
paper was read by Mr. Cameron
Morrison of Charlotte, a member
of the committee, it was gener
ally understood throughout the
hall that a row would be precipi
tated when the minority report
was made, and there was breath
less expectation. All went
smoothly until the clause includ
ing endorsement of Senator Sim-
monS Was reai; ueu, wutu tueie
were cries of "No." Mr. Mor
rison said the minority of the
committee would offer a report
... .. m J a.
substituting ior inis enuoreemeni
a simple endorsement of the rec
ord of the party in State and Na
tion. This minority report was
signed by Congressman Claude
Kitchin, brother of the Governor,
ex-Judge J. S. Manning and R.
xiooi wnen jut. mornson
ddressed himself to this resolu-
tion the crowd refused to hear
him. Confusion worse confound
ed broke loose. Mr. Morrison
said the convention was with
him and the majority of the com
mittee but that the Raleigh root
ers were not; and the conclusion
of the whole matter proved that
he was right. But the rooters
were in their glory for a while
and no man who wanted to speak
in favor of the majority report
could get a hearing. Mr. Morri
son bravely held his ground and
at every lull in the roar would
shout out something that would
be drowned in the fresh outbreak
and could not be heard ten feet
faway, though the speaker snout
ed at the top of his voice. At
one tim during cries of "Lori
mer'' Mr. Morrison shouted that
voting for Lorimer was not half
ss bad as trying the fuse with
Marion Butler. Mr. Morrison
said he would like to discuss the
Lorimer case if the convention
had the temper to listen; that
Senator Simmons had been
wronged in that matter out
rageously, that it was a judicial
matter, the Senator was acting
upon his oath as a judge in that
matter, and that people had con
demned him who knew notning
f h He
mlftWnsr in their boots
now for fear Simmons would vote
to exnell Lorimer. Finally Mr.
Morrison cave uo the effort to
make himself heard and ex-Judge
Manning read the minority re
port. He was also prevented
from being heard by the uproar
and Mr. Morrison came to
the front again and asked
Simmons's supporters to give
Mr. Mannincr a hearing, that
Simmons friends' were not afraid
of fair discussion; that was what
thev wanted. Which was in
! stricking contrast to the fact that
no Kitchin suDDorter had asked
for a hearinc: for Mr. Morrison.
Judtfe Manning and others were
allowed to speak in comparative
quiet. It had narrowed down to
h. tiirht drawina of lines between
snnnortera of Gov. Kitchin and
Senator Simmons. Mr. W. C
Hammer of Ashebore made the
sneech that oerbaos met with
most favorable reception. He
counseled the adoDtion of the ma
jority report. He said that was
not the time or the place to in
ject the fight for the Senator-
ship. That would be decided at
the primary in November, ae
said that in the counties of the
west where the fight is close with
the Renuhlicans. thev dared not
go before the enemy without en
dorsement of the record oi their
leaders and that it would be a se-
i l J?
nous blow to tne cnances ior
suecess if that report was not
adopted. Several others spoke
and when the roll of counties was
finally called for a vote the mi
nority report was voted down by
578 to 393.
It was a bitter fight, invited bv
supporters of Gov. Kitchin, who
evirient.lv counted on and receiv
ed the support of supporters of
Judge Clark, and it was a signal
victory for Senator Simmons.
The next fight of importance
came in the early morning hours
over endorsing Gov. Wilson. Af
ter the election of delegates-at-large
to the National convention,
slated by the Wilson men. be
tween 5 and 6 o'clock Friday
morning, a resolution was offer
ed endorsing Gov. Woodrow Wil
son of New Jersey ai the most
available candidate for the party
to nominate at Baltimore. That
immediately precipitated another
row and R.N. Hackett of Wilkes,
and Underwood supporter, mov
ed to adjourn. On a roll call that
motion was voted down and im
mediately thereafter the resolu
tion endorsing Wilson was adopt
ed. The following were elected
delegates-at-large to the Balti
more convention: Ex-Gov. R. B.
Glenn of Forsythe. W. C. Dowd
of Mecklenburg, E. J. Justice of
Guilford. A. W. McLean of Robe
son, Gen. Julian S. Carr of Dur
ham, E. J. Hale of Cumberland,
Lieut. Gov. W. C. Newland of
Caldwell, W. C. Hammer of Ran
dolph, W. T. Dortch. It was first
decided to elect eight deligates,
instead of four delegates and
four alternates, and the eight
first-named above was the ticket
Blated; but when it was found
that nine men had received a
majority of the votes, on motion
of Mr. Josephus Daniels, nation
al committeeman, the number
was changed to nine. Mr. W. G.
Dowd and Mr. A. W. McLean
received the highest number of
votes. Mr. Dowd leadinar and
Mr. McLean a close second.
The convention was called to
ordor a few minutes after noon
hv Chairman A. H. Eller. of the
State Democratic executive com
mittee, in Raleigh s great new
auditorium. This is a splendid
building, fully equal to the de
mands of an occasion like tms,
and it was handsomely decorat
ed. When the chairman rapped
for order the building wa3 filled
with a mighty throng, far-called
and near, who had come from
every county in the State to nom
inate Hon. Locke Craig oi Bun
combe for Governor and transact
other important business. Rev.
H. M. North, nastor of Hldenton
Street Methodist church of Ral
eigh, led in prayer. Chairman
Eller then recognized Mayor J.i.
Johnson of Raleigh, who wel
comed the convention to the city,
and then Mr. Jas. H. Pou, who
extended welcome on behalf of
the chamber of commerce of Ral
eigh. Mr. Pou called attention
to the fact that this was tne nrsc
time the convention had met in
Raleigh in 12 years, and they had
realized that a larger puiiding
should" be erected and- had built
fcnis solenoid
State convention; and they had
realized that one hotel could not
accommodate the crowds on oc
casions like this, so they had
built four new hotels, making
five now. His speech was a most
happy one and captured the con
vention. The roll of counties was next
called and Secretary W. E. Brock
reported that each of the 100
counties was represented.
State Chairman Eller then ad
dressed the convention, review
ing briefly but comprehensively
the record of the work done since
the last convention, and intro
duced ex.Governor Robt. Broad-
nax Glenn, who was slated for
temporary chairman and to make
the "key-note" speech.
Gov. Glenn was given on ova
tion when he stepped to the front
of the platform and it was some
time before he could speak. His
speech was up to the high mark
: expected of him. He discussed
the record oi tne Democratic ana
Republican parties and showed
why this should be .md will be a
year of Democratic victory in
the Nation. He had not much
more than warmed up before he
mentioned the names of the four
active Democratic candidates for
the Presidency. As he called
the names of Harjnon and Clark
there was slight applause, but
when he called the name of Wil
son the first real enthusiasm of
the mighty throng found expres
sion in loud and continued ap
plause. Underwood's name was
also greeted with great applause,
but it was not so loud orjong as
the applause that greeted the
name of Wilson, and it was very
evident that Wilson sentiment
predominated.
The close of the Governor's
speech was marked by wild ap
plause. The first business be
fore the convention then was the
resolution on Aycock and every
mention of the beloved late ex
Governor's name throughout the
convention was greeted with ap
plause printed elsewhere in this
Paper.
The chair next called ior tr.e
naming of members of commit
tees and officers of the conven
tion made by the congressional
district delegations. This, the
sixth, district reported as fol
lows: Credentials and appeals A.
W. McLean, of Robeson.
Organization J. Baird Clark,
of Bladen.
Vice-President D. J. Lewis,
of Columbus.
Assistant Secretary J. H.
Cowan, of New Hanover.
Resolutions and platform J.
0. Carr, of New Hanover.
State executive committee E.
F. McCulloch. of Bladen: W. S.
Cook, of Cumberland; H. L. Ly
on, of Columbus; George H. Bel
lamy, of Brunswick; J. J. Fur
long, of New Hanover; A. W.
McLean, of Robeson.
At this point, 1:45, the conven
tion adjourned for dinner to meet
again at 3 o'clock.
When the convention reassem
bled Judge FrancisD. Winston
of Bertie was elected permanent
chairman and Walter Murphy of
Salisbury permanent ' secretary.
Judge Winston made a capital
(Continued on page 4.)
MORE
FLOWERS FOR
NORKENT.
DR. R. H.
An Interesting Letter from Aus
tin Texas Incidents of War
Times.
To thm Editor of the Robonian:
I was glad to see the tribute
paid to your venerable towns
man, Dr. Norment, by the Let
ter Carriers' Association at their
last annual meeting.
In the latter part of April, 1861,
I was stationed in the State fair
grounds at Raleigh in company
with other boys, comprising what
the older boys called the "Trun
dle bed Trash" of the cadet corps
of the N. C. Military Institute,
so-called because of our youth
and inexperience. We were un
fit to be made drill masters of the
volunteers, then gathering at
Raleigh, having become members
of the corps only about six weeks
prior to the attack upon fort
Sumter. We 'had the freedom
of the camp, however, with noth
ing to do but to speculate upon
which one of our respective coun
ties would send a company in
first. I had not loner to wait be
fore I saw Robeson's first organ
ized military company marcn m-
men t at their head and First
Lieutenant Willis Pope second in
command. It was the first real
thrill of county pride I had ever
felt. Bringing up the rear wa9
private Tom Smith, a little worse
for the wear from his diversified
experience on the journey from
Lumberton around by Wilming
ton and Goldsboro
I will heredigress enough to
state that I saw no more of
Smith until I overtook him walk
ing the cross ties leisurely in
1865. When after mutual greet
ings, we learned that both had
been prisoners of war and were
on our way home. Somewhat
late in the afternoon we reached
Big Swamp and looking ahead
saw the trestle work all torn up.
He sat down and said he would
spend the night on that side of
the swamp and cross next morn
ing in the open daylight, when
he would have an equal showing
with the alligators and moccasins.
No persuasion could induce him
to accompany us any farther that
Hnv. While iokincr him On his
laziness, he remarked. "If I felt
today like I did four years ago,
when Dr. Norment took us across
here. I'd take a running start
and jump across the darn thing.
That was before taking; this is
after taking." I have never
seen him from that day to this,
and it was then I first learned
that Dr. Norment had survived
the war.
In relating this circumstance
in 1905. after havincr made a
short visit to pay my respects,
mv enmnanion remarked. "I can
beat that. One of the earliest
recollections of my childhood was
seeing, him marching in a com
pany, organized for the Mexican
war in 1846 before you were
born."
In view of those pleasing recol
lections of this venerable patriot,
T deem it not inappropriate to
add these sweeter scented flowers
to the beautiful bouquet, which
his loval subordinates have so
orrnppfiillv nlaced at his feet, and
join them in an affectionate
tribute to a Datriot. wno so
nrnmntlv reSDoned to his COUn
try's calls when in actual need of
his services.
Z. T. Fulmcre
Austin, Texas, June 6, 1912.
Lumberton's Music Makers.
St. Paul Messenger.
The Lumberton brass band
cave a concert here Tuesday eve
nine, and notwithstanding the
rain quite a crowd was out and
eninved the music. The band
though young, is a good one. and
makes verv crood music, it is
composed of the best young men
in the town.-
A quartette composed of Messrs
C. B. Skipper, Woody Lennon,
Pope Stephens and Rudolph Car
lyle came along with the band,
and beat them making music
out of sight This was some
thing great and no mistake.
They Put an End to It
Charles Sable, 30 Cook St., Roches
ter, N. Y.. says he recommends Foley
Kidney Pills at every opportunity be
cause they gave him prompt relief from
a bad case of kidney trouble that had
lone bothered him. Such a recommen
dation, coming from Mr. Sable, is
.nH mninnmntf evidence of the
srreat curative qualities of Foley Kid-
Piiia Vnr Bale bv all dealers. m
ASHEVILLE CITES CRAIG AN OVATION
Hundreds of Citizens Gather to
Do Honor to Buncombe's
Favorite Son Declares That
Efforts Would be Consecrated
to Upbuilding of State and
Welfare of People.
Special to charlotte Observer. June 8.
Locke Craig the nominee of the
Democratic party for Governor
of North Carolina returned to the
city from Raleigh on the "Craig
special" this morning at 10:30
o'clock, and on his arrival was
accorded an enthusiastic ovation,
hundreds of people taking part
and evincing their approval and
Mr. Craig's popularity by shouts
and cheers.
Mr. Craig was met at the
station by a large number of peo
ple in automobiles and on foot,
including the public officials of
the city, county and United
States. There was a long pro
cession formed and the party
came to tl square, where Mr.
Craig maue a short talk, after
which he was escorted to his
home. The business houses along
South Main street and around the
square and down Patton avenue
'.were --decorated-.:.-with. : flags - ana
the trnoott ftra"gaiaappear .
ance. air. iraig oniy spone ior
a short time and it was evident
that he was almost overcome
with emotion.
First in the procession came
an escort of mounted police, fol
lowed by the sheriff's force, and
behind them, the regimental
band in auto truck. Behind was
the red truck of the fire depart
ment filled with firemen in
charge of Chief Wood and then
came an automobile in which
were Mr. and Mrs. Craig and
Garland Thomasson. About 30
Automobiles were in the oroces-
sion and carried the city officials
the Federal othcers. Doara oi
troda momhprs. etc.
The procession was greeted at
the suuare by the shouting of
the hundreds that had gathered
there to do honor to the "Future
finvernor." and then Mr. Craig
climbed on a fire truck where
he could be seen by all and re
snnnded to the demands for a
sneech.
r ... .
Mr. Craicr declared that words
cnnld not. exDress his aoorecia
tion of the hich honor that had
been conferred upon him in giv-
incr him the nomination for the
hio-hest honor in the gut oi tne
people of the State; -and while it
came from the whole State, he
felt that he owed it to the
neotilG of the west. It was more
than ft neraonal matter he said
It had been a third of a centuary
since the honor had come to the
trans-montaine Dortion of the
State. He declared that , it was
his nmhitinn and determination
to be worthy of the confidence
that the neoDle have shown that
thev had in him.
All knew his politics, he said;
fnr 9R vears he had been an act
ive partisan and had fought with
many of the formost Republicans
in political battles, but he was
triad to sav he had never been
hit below the belt. He went on
tr sav that if he should be elect
ed tn the GovernorshiD he would
he the Governor of the whole
nennle. that he would be a citi
zen and not a politician : he was
determined to be an Executive of
the neon e without regard to
r- r-
race, nnlitics or creed.
Mr. Craig told of coming here
9Q venrs ncn. when he said heon
Ty knew one man in Asheville
anH that nne soon left, but nOW
as he looked into the numberless
faces of those around him he felt
that he was richer than Vander
bilt with all his millions.
He declared that in the shad
the monument of North
Carolina's greatest son. his ef
forts would be consecrated to the
upbuilding of the State and the
urolfare fif the neoDle. that with
the heln of the people North
Pomlina wnnld he known not as
"the Rip Van Winkle State, "but
as the State of progress in agri
culture, in manufacturing and in
the boys and girls that are grow
?nrr tin
Tn clnsini? he aorain expressed
appreciation for the evidences of
the nennle's esteem and express-
oH the hone that he mizht be
worthy of it
"Dr. Thomas' Eclectic Oil is the best
remedy for that often, fatal disease
It has been used with success
in our family for eight years." Mrs.
L. Whiteacre, Buffalo, N. X.
LOCAL BRIEFS
Price of cotton today, 10J
cents.
Mrs. A. T. Parmele has been
very sick for several dyg, but
her condition this morning is
bought to be somewhat im
proved.
-Mr. N. C. Stubby r.f Mom
Neck, was in town Saturday and
he brought to The Robes m in of
fice a small crate or w.iches.
They were beauties juicy and
sweet.
Mr. R. C. Birmirtgharr!. who.
as has been mentioned i.i The
Robesonian, has accpp'd a posi
tion here with the V. & C. S. Rv.
Co., will arrive withBis family
this evening fronvLaurinburg.
Walter Bsnnett. colored, was
arrested yesteniay afternoon by
Chief of folice H H. Kediern on
a charge of retailing. He was
placed in iail and will be triven
a hearing this afternoon before
Mayor Caldwell.
-Mr. W. Taylor Fisher of
Parkton was accompanied Satur
day night by Dr. D. S. Currie,
also of Parkton, to Charlotte,
where Mr Fisher, who, Js suffer--
ing'"iwitTFniargemenr or-ine
prostate gland, will undergo an
operation at the Charlotte sana
torium.
Rowland Sun, 6th: We re
gret very much that Mr. W. R.
Edmonds, who has been engag
ed in the practice of law here
since last fall, is leaving us this
week. He goes to the growing
little city of High Point and will
be associated there with Mr.
T. J. Gold, under the firm name
of Gold & Edmonds.
Visitors to the picture show
tonight will be shown two high-
class pictures, one entitled "Love
in the Hills," a BiograpH, and
the other "Mated by Chess," a
Gaurnout. Tomorrow night the
management is going to give to
the person holding the lucky
number one hundred soda checks.
In other words, one hundred cold
drinks for only 10 cents. Next
Thursday night the orchestra
will delight visitors to the show
with a long program.
For the benefit of local Epis
copalians Bishop Robert Strange,
of Wilmington, will conduct ser
vices at the Presbyterian church
tomorrow evening. A cordial in
vitation is extended to all denom
inations. While here Mr. Strange
will be a guest at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Lawrence.
Rev. Thomas P. Noe, rector of
the church of the Good Shepherd,
of Wilmington, will also be in
town and will be a guest of Mr.
and Mrs. J. Q. Beck with:
As has been mentioned in
The Robesonian, Mr. John Fuller,
of Lumberton, and Miss Mary
Louise Best, of Goldsboro, will
be married Wednesday evening
at 8:30 o'clock in St Paul's
Methodist Episcopal church,
Goldsboro. Miss Annie Neill
Fuller and Mrs. R. H. Crichton,
si3ters of Mr. Fuller, have al
ready gone to Goldsboro. Miss
Annie Neill left Saturday and
Mrs. Crichton left this morning.
Mr. Fuller and his brother, Mr.
David Fuller, and Mr. Bunyan
Stansel, of Allenton, and Mr.
Jim McKay, of Rowland, will
leave tomorrow morning for
Goldsboro, and Mr. S. F. Cald-.
well, who is spending a few days
in Norfolk, Va., will join them
there.
New Building for Undertaker'
Parlor.
y Mr. J. L. Stephens, who has
charge of the undertaking de
partment of Messrs. R. D. Cald
well & Son, returned Saturday
from Elizadeth City, where he
attended the convention of the
State Embalmers Association.
Mr. Stephens was among the
successful applicants before the
State.board of examiners for era
balmer's license.
As stated in Thursday's Robe
sonian, Messrs. R. D. Caldwell
& Son are going to open up an
undertakers department and Mr.
Stephens will be in charge. They
will erect a building for this pur
pose on the vacant lot on the
corner of Chestnut 4md Second
streets opposite the Lumberton
Cotton Mills office building.
Mr. J. B. McNeill of Maxton,
spent yesterday in town.