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7 - MOItKHKAirs ABLE KI'KKCII. Mad Upon Accepting the Position of State Chairman Appeal for tnitel Kffort to re!cm Uie State. Mr. Jno M. Morebead. In accepting the unanimous call of the Republi can Convention to the State Chair manship, said: Mr. Chairman and Gentlemen of the Convention: I desire to express to the Conven tion my deep appreciation of the honor conferred upon me, and to say that the resposiblllties devolving upon the position will be met to the best of my ability, with absolute honesty of purpose and with the sole end In view of making the party suc cessful at the polls. I am very much indebted to the gentleman who has just taken his seat for his very complimentary ref erences. Without assumption of mock-mod esty and with all due allowance to what small modicum of truth hl3 re marks, as applied to me personally may contain, I wish at the very out set of my remarks and upon the threshold of this campaign to take Issue with my friend upon the pre mise that he lays down namely, that I will be the one to lead the Re publican Party to victory in Xovem- bf. Gentleman of the Convention, this is not a on man's campaign. It is a Republican party campaign, and every true and loyal Republican is not only a part and parcel of It, but a leader in it. ii successful, and successful we unquestionably will be, success can not be attained through the effort of any one individual, but by the united effort of every voter who has at heart the best interests of his party and State. Upon you, gentlemen, hero a- t..:-Vi..-.); J ' ' I HON THURSTON T. HICKS KEPUnLICAX CANDIDATE FOR CHIEF JUSTICE RECORD UNIM PEACHABLE GAINED FIRST GREAT VICTORY TWENTY YEARS AGO HAS SINCE KEEN A POWER BEFORE THE COURTS. The Republican party of North Car olina, in convention asspmhlpd on sembled, will fall the brunt of the August 10. 1910. presented to the work, and you will be entitled to the npnnlo Thurston t TTirv of v-Tiro acclaim attendant upon a successful County, as candidate for Chief Justico iSSUC I r,f Vorth ParnHno I. - AV VAA JU W AAA T- TTI,.!, A v: vv Committee, I promise to do my part L x. , A , , towards accomplishing the result: e , . r, . nA rfi, . the Earl of Granville to their great- and, gentlemen, if every man here u tl, wui n i -ii grandfather in the year 1749. On will do his, the people will as cer- , , , tntt,i i, .. , , luoi lai in uc was uoiu auu reareu io tainly rebuke Democratic appeals to , . . .. , . . ... . . a. manhood. Since that time he has passion, to prejudice and to tradition a Mmt,1f . . . . o l i i devoted himself to the study and as the sun is to set on next election ,: . 44ml.1 jjay piatute ui iaw. mis one ining ne I believe the average citizen of our I State is fair-minded and whatever be In his Profession he has been suc his political creed, he wants fair cessful and has acquired a good name . , fni. . - Jill I play and an open figat. It is upon this innate characteristic of our peo pie that, in my judgment, rests our strong hope and prospect of Repub lican success. tegrity. He has had a fine practice for mamy years in Vance and the three adjoining counties. Wherever he is known he possesses the confi- When a party, through its partisan dfince of the people nd violent press and by the mouth Mr. Hicks gained his first import- of its public speakers, forsakes all ant case about twenty years ago when argument as to the merits of political in the case of Burgwn vs. Hall it was issues and problems before the pub- held by the Supreme Court that a lie; when a party casts all legitimate person in custody for default of bail discussion of questions involving in a civil action could be discharged great National issues to the four as an insolvent before judgment, this winds of heaven and places its sole completing the application of the reliance upon wanton attack of all principle first adopted and applied in individuals and public officials who the constitution of 1SS6, the abolition dare differ with it; when a party's of imprisonment for debt in North success depends, not upon, the right Carolina. solution of great economic problems in the case prosecuted by him for vital to the State and Nation, but the Republican board of education of upon the success of its malicious ap- Vance county in 1897, he succeeded peals to prejudice and venom, that in maintaining the interpretation of party is on the rocks and its days act 9. section 5 of the constitution are surely .numbered. "Weighed in that fines imposed by mayors, police the balance and found wanting" has courts and other criminal tribunals been writ upon the wall and the hour of all the towns and cities of the has struck. state belongs to the county school Gentlemen, it is an absolute fact fund.and not to the towns and cities that so far as my reading of the (See 126 N. C, 6S9.) The towns Democratic press and Democratic and -cities had been collecting and speeches go, they practically, with- using these fines for more than 25 out exception, present no argument years, but by reason ofthis case whatever upon the subject in hand, Since the year 1897, and for all time but they are, nine times out of ten to come, unless the constitution shall ninety times out oi a nunarea be changed, all fines imposed for vio- either based upon "what happened after the war," or they are malicious and gratuitous personal reflections upon some individual of the oppo site political faith. Now, gentlemen, I would not, nor is there a man within the sound of my voice who would detract one iota from the glorious record of our State and its men, from Mecklenburg's Declaration down to 'Appomattox. They discharged more than their full duty. They were heroes. But, gentlemen, these are not the days of King George the Third, nor are they the days of Appomattox. WTe played our part and played it well upon those occasions, but, my friends, I submit to the citizenship of this grand old Commonwealth that we are not living in the times of George the Third nor the times of Appomattox. We are living in TO DAY. History proclaims that our obli- gations to past conditions were met like men and discharged to the eter nal credit of our State. Gentlemen, obligations rest upon the citizenship of North Carolina to day, differing vin kind with those past, but none the less important. One of these obligations is to throw off the thraldom of tradition, and to live in the present; to rebuke appeal to prejudice and passion, and it is my. firm conviction that at the ap proaching election the manhood of North Carolina wlill say to Democ racy that if you ask our suffrage on no more legitimate basis than these appeals, we have clone with you. This is neither the time nor the place to discuss the material advan tages accruing to pur State by such action on the part) of the electorate. That they will be wellnigh impossi ble to overestimaie'is the opinion of practically every pan who has meas ured the effect At independence in politics on State welfare; and, that lation of the law are and will be used to educate and teach them to obey the law. The results of this decision in dollars and in good to the State are beyond calculation. It increased the school fund millions of dollars. His standing with his brethren of the legal profession has always been good. He was present at the organ ization of the North Carolina Bar As sociation and has taken a lively in terest in all its proceedings. His ad dress before that body in 1909, by in vitation of its executive committee, on the life and times, of Sir Edward Coke, was greatly enjoyed by the law yers and much complimented by the leaders of the profession. He was chairman of the committee and re ported to the association the bill since enacted into law, providing for the disbarment of dishonorable attor neys. When, more than ten years ago, Mr. Hicks interpreted his duty as re quiring him to support the princi ples and policies of the Republican party, he announced publicly that his motives were unselfish, and that as he had not sought political office or hon ors in the Democratic party, he would not seek them in the Republican par ty. In that also he has "kept the faith.",. Readers of Republican papers and literature for the last ten years will recall how intelligently and forcefully he has advocated Republican princi ples and policies in each campaign and urged their support by the citi zens, not as a means of personal ad vancement, but as a duty to the State and country. And they will remem ber also how earnestly he has insist ed in each campaign and on the proper occasion with tongue and pen that the same degree of honesty must be exercised in the discharge of the duties of public office and in the con duct of election as in the private af fairs of the Christian citizen. The present high honor came to him without suggestion or solicitation from him or from anyone for him. And, while he felt that he should not seek great honors, he also thought that he should not reject them when tendered. His friends, without regard to par ty, from their knowledge of his habit of life as an indefatigable and enthu siastic worker, his clear and forcible literary style, , his incisive mind, his legal learning, his high character and his well developed sense of what is right and what is wrong, have an abiding confidence that he will be a successful searcher for truth in causes that may be brought to him for judgment in the great office for whiclrhe has been nominated. opinion is most amply justified and borne out by the experience of every section and State of the Union which has declared its emancipation from political slavery to either party. Now, gentlemen of the Conven tion, just a word as to your chair man. It has been said from one end of the State to the other by the press, some who knew better and should have been friends, and by foes, that my election meant the domination of the party by one individual. Gentlemen, if the Republican party sits quietly by and allows itself to be dominated by one individuaal, or set of individuals, it will never attain success; and, furthermore, I tell you, it would not deserve success. With what grace or reason can any political party appeal to the people when it knowingly and of its own mo tion has delivered itself into the hands of one individual or coterie of individuals? It then becomes a ma chine and it is no longer a party, and its days of progress and growth are past. It has prostituted itself and the people will repudiate it beyond question. I wish here and now" to most em phatically and unequivocally deny that my election means the domina tion of the party by any one individu al myself includedor by any set of Individuals. The control of the party is vested in the people, and there it shall re main so far as any act of mine is con cerned. My conception of the duties of the position does not embody the idea that the position is to be used for the rewarding of friends or the punish ment of foes. That it does not carry with it the dictation of who shall or shall not fill certain offices. As long as there are offices to-be filled and the Administration is Re publican, these offices will be filled by Republicans; but I deem it absolute ly inseparable from party gTowth and success, vitally essential thereto and the very essence of Republicanism, that these local offices be filled by Re publicans on the spot and who are ac cordingly most Interested" and who have most at stake in the selection of their local appointees. That will be the basis and founda tion of any action taken by me in regard to office; and, while on the subject of office, I wish to say that in my judgment it is not within the pro vince of the chairman to inject thi party organization into the local af fairs of a District represented by a Republican Congressman. The duly elected Representative of the people should be absolutely un trammeled by the State organization in matters pertaining to his District; though, in this connection, allow me to say that such has not been my ex perience in my District. My conception of the duties of your chairman, 'gentlemen, does Involve what, to my mind, is very much more important than having to do with Federal patronage. - s It Involves the Droviner An rl r1dmrTi strating to the people of the State that KepubUcanlitn U not altoittai?r sysostymous with Fe4rl See. It involves the ihowicg to the SUte that that taunt and Ci&s Is but the disappointed yelp of Democracy, and that it but voire the chagrin of a party hopelessly a National minor ity. It Involves the demonstratloa that Republicanism means loyalty to and actJre Interest In those principles which have made us lb greatest na tion on earth. That the success of Republicanism means that we of the South will no longer be set apart In the councils of the Nation by both parties as unde serving consideration because we al ways belong to the one aad are al ways antagonistic to the other. That Republicanism means patriot ism. That Republicanism means prog ress, and that successful Republican ism means the regaining of the South's lost voice in National affairs. Now, gentlemen, just a word In conclusion. I have endeavored to briefly outline my conception of the duties devolving upon your chair man. I most sincerely hope that my remarks meet with your approval. I can assure you that, so far as they refer to personal acts of mime as the chairman, they can be accepted ab solutely at par value, with or with out approval. We have had a hard fight in our own ranks, but that is past. I desire to say here and now, in behalf of my friends and for myself, that if those gentlemen of the opposition will ac cept the olive-branch as freely and in the same spirit and to the same end as it is extended, no nower on earth can keep this State under the domin ion of Democracy. Let us forget our factions and dis sensions and present a solid front to the opposition. We are equipped with principles based on the eternal right. They are equipped with principles so chaotic as to be unworthy of the name, and their main reliance is to awaken and control the passion of men by un truthful, illogical and unmanly ap peal, and a party with 6uch a basis will inevitably work its own destruc tion. Our State Convention is drawing to an end. Let the gavel of adjourn ment fall upon a unified and solidified Republican party, whose mission is to fight for the eternal right as we see it, and the outcome can be left with absolute security to the intelligence of North Carolina, as expressed at the polls. can leave to his posterity of greater raise than noUln See r the pos session of vast riches, nix: asu aiixx at mrTTYsnuito To Celebrate Fiftieth Anniversary of Bloody lUttlr The Ltet I tan IrcfKed. Atlantic City. N. J.. Sept. 20. A point convention of the Grand Army or the Republic, and the Confederate Veterans Union, to be held on the battlefield at Gettysburg, on July 1. 2. and 3. ltlS. the fiftieth anniver sary of one of the greatest and blood test battles in history. Is today be ing advocated by many of the Grand Army veterans. Discussed , Inform ally about the headquarters today the idea was recognized as the best that had been advanced In connection with the proposed amalgamation of the veterans of the Blue and Gray, Oemipaism number of The Cau casian will be limited to the orders sent in advance of that date, o get yoor order in early. Only ten cents until after the election in clubs of ten or more. If Yoo Want the 1W Wrr . " trm the Stat for ttu ti- , n r of per. W are still struts So 000 subscribers to T1sl :,' Our list is steadily grower Vf must hare more bw t3v v U reach that number. itt " ,n fsr: We win send Tfc r, and The Progress Far-.- J. 7 xette. to new subscribe?! .7 " year, for only $i.o. lie-V .5 you must be a new sabscn. Vi paper. To any of our i- J era who will get us a c . . 7V ; Si Business Locals. WAXTKI) Several good agents t solicit subscriptions for The Cauca sian. Write at once for terms. Ad dress The Caucasian Raleigh, N. C. FOR SALE A Sun typewriter at a bargain. Has been used only six months. Address "F." care The Caucasian, Raleigh. N. C. FOR SALE tttEAP. A 40 schol aiship in Draughona Business Col lege. Will dispose of It to person making the best offer. Write at once tor particulars. Address P. O. Box "O". Raleieh N. n ire Farmer and Gsx?. year for $1.00, we win u cent package of needles j j 5 ber) as a premium. Remember, the old suw receive the premium for bti . Address. THE CAUCASIAN". Half Rates to Fuqaar Sprint r ..v . .i mmx iMiiKn rnm t m. nuns ua itaieigu and S. Railway. "uihpori HON. T. T. HICKS. What a Democratic Paper Voluntarily Has to Say of the Republican Nom inee for Chief Justice. The Henderson Gold Leaf, a Dem ocratic paper edited by Thad R. Man ning, has the following to say of Hon. T. T. Hicks, the Republican nominee for Chief Justice. The Cau casian takes pleasure in reproducing the same. Local Editor.! The nomination of our townsman, T. T. Hicks, by the Republican State Convention for Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina, is a compliment ot which not only that gentleman, but his friends here at home and elsewhere, should feel very proud. It is a very high office for which he has been named, and the vote was altogether complimen tary to him. For the same honorable position the names of such men asrHon. Robt M. Douglass, one time Associate Jus tice of the Supreme Court of North Carolina, and Hon. William P. By num, former Judge of1the Superior Court, were presented. The vote, as published last week in this DaDer. was 481 for Hicks, 337 for Douglas, and 248 for Bynum, on the first bal tot. Judge Bynum's name being withdrawn, the second ballot result ed in the nomination of Mr. Hicks by a vote of 671 against 420 for Judge Douglas. Mr. Hicks was not a candidate and the vote he received under the cir cumstances, with such a formidable competition pittied against him. i all the more complimentary and credit- ame. when his name was mentioned ne discouraged the idea and dAolnr that there were others whose claime should be considered ahead of his He did not aspire to the Dlacer all h wanted was to be an humble worker in the ranks. But the convention would nave it otherwise. They want ed wicks to head the ticket, and Hicks they made it. The honor may be an empty one, but it is an honor none the less to be singled out from amone all th abi- and distinguished men who hold al legiance to thQ Republican party of rsortn Carolina for the high office of Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. Nor is this the only recognition that the high character and marked abil ity of our townsman has received. When a successor to the late Judge Purnell was to be appointed for the Federal Court of the Eastern District of North Carolina, the name of Mr. Hicks was among the most promi nent of those that were urged -and some of ,hls strongest endorsements came from persons outside of his own party. Although he did not get the appointment,, these letters and en dorsements, coming as they did from some of the very best men in the State without regard to political bias are in themselves something to be proud of. and the honor that has been conferred upon him In hfn . nated by his party for the great of fice of Chief Justice the confidence and esteem reposed and integrity is a heritage that he Effective Saturday sod Tnltr t m A anil J . - j oiu, bou cat'i r-at.it and Sunday thereafter until f notice, the Raleigh and Railway, will sell round-trip ticlJ from all stations to RalelRi, ra- Springs and Fayettevtile at rati one fare for the round-trip -,'---25 cents. Tickets will be good to return ca on date of sale, and will not U ir. ferable. All other round-trip rates tre drawn. JOHN A. MILLS. Pre? Id est NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILROAD Announces improved train service. New train between Ralelch el and New Bern, N. C, without chang e, daily, beginning Augutt u Daily Read Down SCHEDULE. 6:15 a.m. 8:20 a.m. 9:12 a.m. 9:40 a.m. 10:15 a.m. 10:40 a.m. 10:07 a.m. 10:28 a.m. 11:35 a.m. Lv Raleigh . Ly Wilson Lv Farmvllle Lv Greenville Lv Chocowlnity Ar Washington Lv Washington Ar Lv Chocowlnity lt Ar . - Now Pnrn . w DlHJ Read Vt .Ar 7:25 pa. .Lv 5:31 pa Lv 4:39 pa. Lv 4:14 pa. .Lv 3:35 pa. .Lv 3:20 ns 3:00 pa 2:20 p.a. 1:45 pa. Travel via the direct route and avoid chance of cars. B. L. BTJGG, Traffic Manager. w. w. CROXTON, O. P.J. Norfolk, Virginia. RAILROAD NORFOLK SOUTHERN NIGHT EXPRESS P15XL3IAN SLEEPING O AR SERVICE BETWEEN RALEIGH, N. O., a nd NORFOLK, VA. Night Express SCHEDULE. 3:20 p.m. 5:25 p.m. 4:35 p.m. 5:10 p.m. 9:00 p.m. 11:15 p.m. 7:00 p.m. 6:50 p.m. 8:02 p.m. 10:15 p.m. 12:41 a.m. 1:50 a.m. 5:10 a.m. 7:00 a.m. Lv Greensboro, Sou. Nijtt Ry A. L. Ry Lv Henderson. S. Lv Fayetteyille, R. & S. P. Ry Lv Raleigh, Union Station . Lv Wilson Lv Wilmington, Via Wilson Lv Kinston. Via Goldshoro Lv Goldsboro, Via Wilson . Lv Greenville LV. - Wo ell rtr n Ar Elizabeth fMtv Ar Norfolk. Park Ave Exprefl Ar 12:10 p.a. Ar 9:50 a. a. Ar 1:28 p.a. Ar 11:00 as. Ar 7:30 a.n. Ar 5:20 ta Ar 8:07 as. Ar 9:25a.a Ar 9:45 ao- Ar 6:40 a.s- Ar 3:53 a.s. Ar 3:00 m. Lv 11:18 p.n. Lv 9:30 pa Close connection at Norfolk with all lines diverging to GTSantV of Spins' car space, apply llV"l?;iia,"J'7"Iitem'- a A- Goldsboro. k C.; J. L tiasseii, r. A.; Greenville, N, C.: T. H Mvr t a ttt vt . up T. H. Bennett, T. A.. New Bern N T C ? , W. Crouton. n.:i. Traffic Manager; W. , v-.-. looosujer Agent, isorroik, va. JCHMJ. PULIDI, Prtxi&stJ CEAS. ROOT, Ctssr THE Raleigh Savings Bank AND TRUST COMPANY. Capital and Scrplss, $ 0,CC3 uepssits, ......... $700,000 4 Paid on Deposits Interest Compounded Quarterly. NOTICE! New Method Shoe Repairing. ,,5 lt1I the ltet improved and Jr ite ak m ail work. All work mr.n fort " v" ,vo Per- wVvT-T,V xour patrone elicited, work called tor and delivered. oore'sEIectricShoeSlioD FayettevlUe St nn i r rowail FARM FOR SALE A fine tobaeen dence. locsd Ta gooa re- 65 acres land, UrT dweSw stables and htmSE' S! bnildinir. w? " to M DAVID SPENCE Raleigh & Southport Ry. Co. TIME TABLE STATIONS. Lv !ffa ... LvCaiatefrh M-Cuiw.: LV VarinA Lv nquav 8prinii"Il Lv KinFwwr Lv Cp Fear lv LUiinctoa lv Harntt Lv Bonlfvel L.tKitm ... L l.n """ Lv Sloenmb """" SOUTHBOUND. DAILY. No. 29 A It 800 8 10 8 35 8 It 9 04 s u 9 8S 9 40 9 S3 moo 10 rg in 13 10 23 1' 34 10 39 11 10 No. a p. w. 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