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H ' I u if I' ti J a; 3 5 C c C a t I- I ONE DOLLAR PER YEAR J -"'HB'N DEB SO NY I L L E :$X"C.?&VBS DAY, ' SEPTEMBER 24, 1908 ' 4 " 'lT" 19 library; , -jJk . - : l. TOO People ' n 'mm : ' Of lie (Special to Daily Hustler. ) .t Brevard, N. C. , ; Sept. 17, The gubernatorial party, in its triumphal " tour 5 throu ght the west reached this beautiful little city," nestling among the majestic peaks of these beautiful moun tains, today, and was greeted by fully 700 . people. So large .was the crowd that resort to the near by grove had to be taken. The, day was again beautiful, the air exhilarating, and to the thrilling music of the Henderson ville band the splendid audience -arranged Iself in convenient -position to iear the next Governor and-two boy of whom the people were justly proud - . 'Mr. Shipman began his brief and appropriate address by say ing he would make the shortest speech, perhaps, that any candi date for a State office- had ever .... . made. "Would be presumptions in me," he said "to take up time which can be so well occupied by our next Governor and Corpora tion Commissioner. And, be sides, you people came out to hear Mr. Kitchin and I am going to give him the - right of way. " After thanking the people of the good county of Transylvania for their united and loyal support in the 'primaries and at the State convention, Mr. Shipman said, in conclusion: :"I was not sent up here to make speeches, any way, but to accompany Mr.' Kitchin through these -grand old inoun- tains, the land of the Philistine, mendois Ovation S ; Kitchen and Ayccfcli, Bickett and Crawford Receive Tre- fromilie People" of '&te1.'N6rth' Ca1rolinai'--'I3iev .Doctrineiof :ue 6e6cacy3 to-the Grektt C0t7qQ. Ever to 0eaF Campaign oilnd the I fied -and conservativelpolitical ad- dress, scoring the - Republican jparty for ;vits, trustj record vand bossism -and v warning the people against the darigersdf i a return to Republican rule"m North Q&t- olina. '4 . -V- iT ;TOe;pemocrtS2 off :Aeyille and Buncombe couiityr are enthu siastic r Mr Kitchiris address and declare that it will not only As bled Sp3Sc!i;lii.:Sihc5. 'fcBib'sonctifiif;'; fravf brdiaL1 Maiii' Hayi3,- John Grant's Diary f Sept;: 14.V i Wentv J:ot 'Chimney Bock. i i Found 'one man andla dog there to hear me speak. Much encouraged. Began to talkJ; Told the sad story of my lif el i Dpg liowled. Kicked 4 the dbg. i Man got mad. - Said he didn't blame the dog. I stopped result inrollingiup-a- bigger- ma j talking., : . Don't . like, A Chimney jority io -DuucuiiiutS) uut. aisu in: rwvic very wen; the tenth district. v peace . d -loyalty . nog 100!' pfeSi'r -.1 X. " 1 f . ! v ' v v -"' . ' v . .idTie?. p ' - - v , .- " ' l ... - . "v. T...X. . ) . 7 f ' X ''Kitchin certainly helped Crawford today ' ' was the com ment of a well-known local De- mocrat ; That seems to be the opinion of many. - ' " , . . . . Mr. B. F. Aycock, who was to have spoken after Mr.-;Kitchin at noon today, postponed his' ad dress until tonight . ' AYCOCK 'ASSAILS WHITENER The court house was, again fill-, eel with ladies and gentlemen to night to hear the second political address, toclay. 1 vwhen V; Judfee TlicWas ifc Jones ' of rt"is city, itrdduced, Mk? J. Aycock, canmaaie ior .oorporapon:' ijom mssioner,; asthe ea&erof the evening. ."JMrAycclcnmade ' a HON. W. W. KITCHIN i-T r r- of his oeeno n tP Stated sentiment thus expressed met ticket preach the gospel of demo cracy. Students f rem The Bre vard Institute and the graded schools of the city - attended the Meeting in a body and gave the closest attention to the speeches.' Mr. M. L. Shipmaji;; nominee Commissioner of Labor and Printing, who joined Messrs-. Kitchin and Aycock at Hender sonville yesterday, V made the opening address here today. He as introduced by Senator W. B. Creese, Jr., in a few well chosen ' remarks, in which he claimed Mr. Shipman as a Transylvania the approval of the crowd in the tremendous" ' applause w h i c H greeted the utterance. Senator Aycock followed Mr. Shipman in his usual impressive way, after a brief introduction by Senator Breese. His speech was along similar lines' reported from day to day since he joined Mr. Kitchin two weeks ago. He discusses state issues exclusively, ad delivers his words; wjth a sledge hammer effect, every sentence weighted with a mes sage to democracy. His fine ad dress today . was well received anfl must have made an - impiresr sion upon the hearts of' the -ped-. U that tjhey will not soon for- ' ; Mr.. Kitcjiin was presented by Hon. T. H, Galloway, Transyl- vania's abl representative in the General 'Assembly of 1907-08. The,crowd cheered long and loud when the" next Governor - arose to begin his address and he must, indeed, have felt that he was m the hands, of his friends. Mr. Kitchin appeared at his best arid expressed sincere pleasure to face . such an outpouring of the splen did citizenship of Transylvania county.; He field thcisest at tention of his audience for nearr ly twoLhours and was ' frequently interrupted by spontaneous out bursts of .applause -State and National issues were -discussed in a masterly manner and repub lican hypocrisy exposed in scath ing terms. He reviewed condi tions during republican and; de mocratic administrations in Noith Carolina and ' pointed, withx pride, to thespotless record the derno cracy had made. Republicans, declared Mr. Kitchen, areashami ed of their party's meanness, but some of them seem not to posses the courage to abandon the bad habit of voting the ticket, ' not withstanding the fact that their candidates are usually - selected by political bosses, l composed - of postmasters, revenue officers and other Federal office-holders. He appealed to the young Imen to join the party of progress - which - ; Continued on last page. , , Ashe ville, Sept. 18.r1Nearly one thousand people heard Hon. William Walton Kitchiemo- craticcandidate for Governor; of. North Carolina, here to-day. The speaking was held at the county court house, : and with the ad journment of v c'oujrt a;Hfew miri-; begany filling upi i?A3pw&i5ti- a continuous i treani: .u jhe, " Tpeoplei ' " 4 j:.f . ' ' came. AU ine seats were promp tly taken, t many chairs- .were brought in, the inside of. the , bafc railing was packeda crowd stood about the walls of the room, while the gallery was packed to standing: room. Many -ladies were in the audience to-day.- Mr. Ki tchin, who reached ; the city this morning, was escorted from the Battery Park Hotel to the court house by. a reception committee in an automobile, and his ' entrance to the auditorium was the signal for an 'outburst of applause. Mr. Locked Craig introduced Mr. Kitchin in elo quent "manner; He referred to the Democratic nominee as one of the leading Southern Demo crats and introduced him as the next Governor of North Carolina. Mr. Craig, 4 when he mounted the judge's stand to introduce f Mr. Kitchin, was given an ovation. . Mr. Kitchin spoke for nearly two hours and held the undivid ed attention of the big audience. J He made a ihigh-toned, digni- Sept. 15. Went to Bat (Cave.. No ,one there but the bats. . Felt so sad I cried. - And cried. And cried some more. Stream began to rise. Man ; told me to stop ; crying or he would have nte indicted.; This is a sad world, an awfully sad world. Sept. liB. -Went to Sugar Loaf. Found a crowd of two men wait ing for me. 'Told them the. sad story of my life. Had - to - cry. Forgot when to . stop. . . Tears -caused a landslide and , two ;men were killed. Both republicans. t TSm'wprid A&ssfc: so' .' sad. ! : Sepl7iriWen itelloosevelt. Found a riibnster crowd of four ' ' men,'one boy and two bull pups IkL mi Introduced Kitchin, irf Asheville. V Jm Si lver 1 oupue Locke the Court ho Tiiesd f !ome ringing Democratic speech touch 6a both State - and national is sues; - His criticism of Mr.M. A. Whitener, the Republican ', candi date for presidential elector-at- large, for the utterances; of Whitener in a political speech at King's Mouritaini ivas scathing. The speaker said jthat ladies had to sitihere r and M; insulted by a vulgarian:. - that" Whitener shameful and indecent -'Ii had to get up arid apologise" to the people, ' said Mr. Aycock,. for letting, that -fellow Whitener speak,"--Charlotte' CHbserverp : The Haywood County Fair will be' held in Waynesville on ; Oct. 69. PreiniumTind purses of- f ered amounts to over $3,000 bf which more than $1,000 is divided between farm prbductsfand live stock; There : areV fifteen departments. - -' - v ;Pl Felt much encouraged. Started to teil the sad story-of my life. Dogs . began, to. growls Then they fit and fit and fit. They broke up the meeting, dad burn 'em. Feel much discouraged and believe them dogs are democrats 4 Sept 18. Went to Ottanola. Heard. Crawford ' was coming. Didn't stop to tell the sad story of my life. -Just cried a little, about two quarts and a pint " Then I made for the tall timber. . Crawford is an aristocrat a nd . uses vulgar language such as ex- osz iacto ana naoeas corpus and do not care to be introduced to him as he plowed a bull when he was a boy and has rude mariners and a sharp toriguevv v - . Hush, .little baby, don't you cryl i You'll get an office by- and by. When the plums "drop, you'll be , there, .your- Un cle Sam'll treat you fair. You can't be a congressman, for Craw ford'll get that,: but hush, little baby and you shall have your pap!;; ; ifc--v. ii Ml it .'f HI f p w t A I' -if. 4 ff 11 'V V fi.' t r:: N -i. V
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