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RUTHERFORDTON. N. C, THURSDAY. MVY 5. 190
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THE RUTHERFORD COUNTY
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
Primary Carried by a
Vote of 70 to 27.
HARMONIOUS AND
LARGE MEETING.
EVERY PRECINCT IN THE COUNTY
FULLY REPRESENTED.
Delegates to the State Convention In
structed for Judge M. H. Justice for
Associate Justice of Supreme Court
Col. Gallert Withdraws From the
Congressional Race Congressman
Gudger Speaks.
i amendment in the west: he has been
offered the nomination for Congress in
this congressional district but declined
it more than once because his training
and talents make him essentially a
lawyer, and he desired promotion
only in the line of his profession.
Resolved further, That as a true
man, a brave soldier, a great lawyer,
an upright judge and a faithful Demo
crat, having few equals and no superi
ors, we commend Judge M. H. Justice
to the Democrats of North Oarolina as
a worthy son of our beloved State
whose elevation to the Supreme Court
Bench will reflect honor and credit
i upon our citizens.
i Resolved further, That the Ruther
ford county delegation to the Demo-
cratie State Convention be, and they
are hereby instructed to use all hon
orable means to secure the nomination
of Judge M. II. Justice to the position
of Associate Justice of the Supreme
Court of the State and that that dele
gation are hereby instructed to vote
first, last and every time for the noni
ination of Judge Justice.
Mr. Mills also reported that the
question of a county primary had been
The Demccatic County Convention
of UuthvrfoT'd county, was called to
order promptly at 12 o'clock by chair
man John C. Mills, who called L. E.
Powers, of Rutherfordton, tempora
rily to the chair and requested R. K.
Flack, of Green Hill, and John H.
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. in.. ou.a., iu carried Saturdav by a vote of 70.to27,
temporary secretaries; the represent a-, the delegate bein he unit. Gu rao.
lives of the press present being invited im of T B Qf Cool Spring3f
to act as assistant secretaries. , seconded by p Revnolds, of chimney
The roll of precincts was called, and t Rock the can for a primary was raade
it was found that every precinct in the , unanimous.
county was fully represented. There j COL. GALLERT WITHDRAWS,
being no contesting delegations no; ...
I Ou motion to elect delegates to the
Congressional convention, Col. S. Gal-
April
side over a convention of Rutherford i
Democrats, temporarily. T
rary organization was made perma
nent by acclamation
committee on credentials was ap
pointed. In assuming the chair Mr.
Powers said that he was i.i oud to m-e- i lert matle the statement that on
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he temio-; was cae tftat e Chairman John
I i. " i C. Mills was sick, but that he (Mr. Gal
lert) was present and presided; that the
The chairman explained that the ob-i nJ purposely omUted. that it had
lect or the meeting was the appoint-1
ment of delegates to the State Demo
cratic convention which meets in
Greensboro, June 23d, next.
a ,T ' .,, i , ! tion thought best to elect the delegates
tu:urti ui . . nan in, u nun t inru
that as many delegates be elected to
the State convention as
been the custom in this county to hold
several conventions; that such a course
, he thought wise in keeping the party
! united and at work, but if the conven-
i at this meeting, he had no objection,
bisobipct heincr to pxnlain whv the
each Precinct ft . nontninf-rl in thf r-all
is entitled to in the county convention, , Vr n.. !,
Liniliijuiiigf iui. vjciuci L naiu niai 11c
the whole number being 97.
The township and several precinct del
egates sent up the nominationslto which
had recently announced his candidacy
for congress; that at the time this an
nonnpempnt was made the Conpres-
they were severally entitled, and which; skmal convention had not been ealled
by the convention asfor Junp 21st; that there were but tWQ
davs between this meeting and that of
Chairman Mills presented the fol- the State convention at Greensboro on
were ratihed
given below.
lowing resolutions, which were en
dorsed unanimously by a rising vote :
INSTURL'CTIONS FOR JUDGE
JUSTICE.
Resolved, That the united and stal
wart Democracy of Rutherford county
presents to the Democrats of the State
for nomination for Associate Justice
of the Supreme Court, the name of
Judge M. H. Justice, of the Superior
Court Bench, a distinguished and life
long citizen of Rutherford county, and
we declare to our fellow Democrats of
North Carolinne:
First, That he is worthy of this or
any other honor withinthe people's
gift.
Second, As a man he is able, kind
and true.
Third, That as a soldier he was
brave, faithful and patriotic in the
service of his country, from the time
he entered the army at the age of sev
enteen years until Lee surrendered.
Fourth, That as a lawyer he is ex
perienced, skilled and eloquent.
Fifth, That as a Judge he is just and
upright in the administration of the
office of Judge; he knows no man's
politics, but before he was elevated to
the bench his party never called on
him in vain; he was wise in counsel,
fair In debate, but terrible to the en
emy in his belief in the righteousness
of his cause.
Sixth, That as a citizen his record
and life have been given to the service
of the lest interests of the Democratic
party and the State; in 1870 he helped
to redeem the redeem the State and
was that year elected to the Senate; in
1884 he helped to nation and was
that year a presidential elector;
In 1887 he was one of a band of
seven jDeraocratic State Senators
who successfully -opposed much
vicious legislation; he was al
ways opposed to fusion and urged the
Democrrats not to vote for Dr. Thomp
son for United States Senator and
helped keep the party true; in 1898 he
again helped redeem the State and
served in the Senate of 1899; the peo
ple of the State had no truer friend
when tne Suffrage Amendment was
framed and passed, and the amend
ment had no more zealous or able sup
porter when it was submitted to the
people; to him is due the credit for the
fact that the educational qualification
for white men became effective in 1908
instead of 1904 as was at first pro
posed and perhaps without this change
the people would not have ratified the
amendment; in 1900 he withdrew as a
candidate for Governor when the west
was for him, and his county protested
against his withdrawing, he thinking
that hi candidacy might create a sec
tional fight which would weaken the
the 23rd; that owing to engagements in
New York and at the Federal court in
Charlotte, he would not be able to give
the attention to the matter to which it
was entitled; and that, therefore, he
would no longer be a candidate for
this position.
The motion to elect delegates 97 in
all to the Congressional convention
on the basis of the township and pre
cinct representation in the county con
vention was carried, a motion to adopt
list already chosen to the State con
vention, after being amended, having
been previously withdrawn.
The delegates chosen by the precincts
and elected by the convention, also,
appear below.
The business of the meeting having
been accomplished it was on motion of
Dr. T. B. Twittv adjourned.
CONGRESSMAN J. M. GUDGER
SPEAKS.
lion. J. M. Gudger, Jr., being pres
ent, loud calls ran out for him. As
I hp vpflohprl thp siipnkprs st.nnd he was
loudly cheered. Chairman L. E. Pow
ers introduced him as our representa
tive in Congress.
Mr. Gudger congratulated the De
mocracy of Rutherford county in so
large and representative an audience.
He said that two vears ago when -he
first came to this county, he did so
comparatively a stranger; not so now,
he had many warm personal friends
in every voting precinct of the county.
Democracy is rising everywhere and
he predicted a "land slide" in the year
1904. No money nor tariff issues will
enter into the coming campaign. The
Senate of the United States was hope
lessly Republican for the next four
years. The Republican party had re
fused to allow an investigation of the
postoffice frauds, but the Democrats
were going to take a look at the books.
The refusal of the Republicans to go
into this investigation was the best
evidence of its being wrong.
It was not so much a question of how
much the people were paying in taxes
as to what disposition was being made
of the money after it had been paid
over to the government. There was
now in the treasury of the United
States a surplus of two hundred and
twenty-five millions of dollars: the
government was annually spending
hundreds of thousands of dollars by
way oi internal improvements Duiia-
ing
carriers receive $70.00 each tor car-'
rying the mails by the year. The good
roads question was up and would not
down until every mountain home could
be supplied with the mails. An an
nual appropriation of from twenty-
five to fifty millions of dollars would
be asked for improving the thorough
fares over which these mails must be
carried and would in the end be given.
Mr. Gudger said he was again a
candidate for a renomination and re
election and gave his past record as
an earnest of what might be expected
if he was returned to congress. If he
was not the choice of the district he
would shouldei his gun, as he had
done in every campaign heretofore.
for the man who should be nominated.
Said he had never turned his back on
the party whan the roll was called for
votes.
The claim that the Republicans were
making that they would carry this
county, was as foolish as the claim
mai iney wouia carry me lenin tus-1
trict. !
Mr. Gudger did not speak long, but
while he was on his feet he did some
effective work by way of satisfying
any malcontents, if any, who may have
been present, and of enlisting the
hearty support and co-operation of
his friends. Since Mr. Gallert has
withdrawn Mr. Gudger has the field
practically all to himself. He sat
down amid deafening applause.
THE VOTE ON THE PRIMARY.
How the precincts voted Saturday
on the question of Primary;
Precencts. For A'gst
Rutherfordton, Nos. 1. 2 37 191
Green Hill , 10 ' 11
Union.. 10 2
Sulphur Springs Solid
Owens Solid
Haynes Solid
Henrietta. . , Solid
Caroleen 17 1
Ellenboro, Nos. 1, 2 "."
Cool Spring, No. 1 22
u t. .- 01 1
Duncan's Craek Solid
Golden Valley Solid
Sunshine 11 3
Mt. Vernon Solid
Camp Creek lti i
Morgan 13 3
Chimney Rock. 3 1(5
This vote stands upon percentages
of the delegates to which the precints
are entitled, gives 70 for and 27 against
primary.
DELEGATES TO STATE CONVENTION.
Delegates to the State Convention,
Greensboro June 23 : .
Rutherfordton No. 1 L E Powers, J
C Mills. W A Harrill, T B Twitty, C D
Wilkie.
Rutherfornton, No. 2 RL Hampton,
W T R Bell. S Gallert.
Green Hill R E Flack. T M Lynch,
H Portrum, A L Rucker, Richard Led
better, G W Bryan.
Union D A Lollar, W J McKinney,
J A McClure.
Sulphur Springs W K McDowell, J
H Miller, B P Henson.
Owens V E McKinney, Cland Craw
ford. Haynes LA Holland, N T Thorn,
Henry Jenkins.
Cliff side R R Haynes, J P Davis.
Henrietta -Dr. R Hicks, D B John
son, J H McDowell, Dr. J F Whisnant,
John Freeman, John Fisher, Jake
Stirewall.
Caroleen S B Tanner, C M Roberson,
A B Holland, J H Steadman, Louis D
Duval, R P Scruggs, Pink Harrill, li
Hawkins, G G Eoone.
Ellenboro No 1 J M Glover, J L
Wright. A S Harrill, B B Edwards, O
O Hamrick, L C Daily.
Ellenboro No 2 T L Harrill, D B
Harrill, Wm Walker. W A Sparks, M
S Beam, E E Jones.
Cool Springs No 1 T P Reynolds, E
E Lowrance, J B Long, C J Young, J
W Griffin, I N Biggerst.-iff, C R Sim
mons, Lee W Lynch.
Cool Spring No. 2 J F Alexander, G
A McDaniel, A B Flack, John Carson
J K Grayson, B H Bridges.
Duncan's Creek J P D Withrow, W
T Stroud.
Golden Valley J L Yelton, J F
Long.
Sunshine A R Yelton, G. W Long,
W S O'Brien.
Mt. Vernon J A Long, T B Morris, J
L Wells.
Camp Creek .) P Nanney, J D Mor
ris, H Forney, R L Tate, J L Barnes,
C F Edwards.
Morgan W W Horn. W F Flack. L
D Hemphill, J H Bird, J T Bland.
Chimney Rock Frank Reynolds, S
B Grant, J B Flinn, J B McDaniel,
Joe E Searcy.
DELEGATES TO THE CONGR&SS-
IONAL CONVENTION.
The following are the delegates elect
ed to the Congressional convention,
which convenes at Hendersonville,
June 21st.
Rutherfordton, Nos. 1 and 2 Dr. E
B Harris, J R Washburn, Geo Bigger
staff, R L Hampton, L E Powers, D G
Padgett, W A Harrill, J C Mills.
Green Hill MK Lynch, W C Twitty,
A E Flack, W A Rucker, C S Lynch, J
H Lattimore.
Union W W Gray, D A Shehan, W
G Miller.
Sulphur Springs A McMahan, W G
Harris, J H Miller.
Owens W G Tanner. Jublilee Manly.
Havues N T Thoone, Gaither Ken
nedy, H H Hicks.
Ciiffside L N Hughes, J H Hamrick.
Henrietta Lee W Packard, J O Bell,
John Fisher, J M Brackett. M B Ma-
hafey, J B Watkins, J G Simmons.
Caroleen C M Roberson. W A Jolly,
T P Randall, J W Lytton, P D Harrill,
L D Duvall.R P Scruggs, B M Fortune,
J M Lumley.
Ellenboro, Nos. 1 and 2 Same as that
to State convention.
Cool Speings, No. 1 A C Higgins. R
M Harrill, L A Moore, G A McDaniel,
A B Flack.
Cool Springs, No. 2 J B Long, Lee
W Lynch, E E Lowrance. J B Harrill,
W P Hardin, J D Smith. T P Reynolds,
C M Holland, Will Griffin.
Duncan's Creek Plato Gettys, W P
Withrow.
Golden Valley W P Smart, W M
Fortune.
Sunshine Same as to State conven
tion Mt. Vernon J J Hardin, J L Weeks,
J L Wells.
Camp Creek J C Egerton J P Nan
ney, H Forney, A F Weaver, W G
Flack, J F Graves.
Morgan W N S Rollins, D S Butler,
J H Wilkinson. W L Bland. L D
Hempnill.
Chimney Rock Same as to State con
vention, except that J C McDaniel was
substituted for J B McDaniel.
DARLINGTON DOTS.
Mr. Geer Painting His Dwelling House
Pleasant Visitors.
Special to The Tkibuse.
Darungton, May 2. For the first
time we will take up our quill and try
to pen a few lines from this neck of
the woods, though news is scarce at
this writing.
Farmers are about done planting
in this section.
The cold weather and jack frost has
killed all the fruit except a few apples.
Mrs. Mary Higgins, of Henrietta,
recently made a visit to her sister,
Mrs. Geo. Flack.
Miss Carrie Elliott, of this place,
visited relatives at Gilkey Saturday
and Sunday.
Mr. C. W. Keeter and wife visited
relatives here Sunday.
Mr. R. P. Geer is having his resi
dence painted which will add much to
its looks.
Mr. Joe Flack bought Rev. W. D.
Bostic's fine horse and can now give
the girls a nice time.
Mrs. Barnes, of Union .Mills, is
spending a few weeks with her daugh
ter, Mrs. W. W. Cobb.
Mr. and Mrs. John Johnson, of
South Carolina, have been visiting
relatives at this place.
GREATLY ALARMED.
By a Persistent Cough, but Perma
nently Cured by Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy.
Mr. H. P. Burbage, a student at law.
in Greenville, S. C, had been troubled
for four or five years with a continuous
cough which he says, "greatly alarmed
me, causing me to fear I was in the
first stages of consumption." Mr. Bur
bage, having seen Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy advertised, concluded to try it
Now read what he says of it: "I soon
felt a remarkable change and after using
two bottles of the twenty-five cent size,
was permanently cured-" Sold by Dr.
T. B. Twitty, druggist.
A Birthday Dinner.
Correspondence of The Tribune.
Daruxgton, May 2. Mr. and Mrs.
Wm. N. Spangler recently gave a
dinner in honor of the latter's 01st
birthday. A sumptuous dinner was
spread consisting of every delicacy
to be thought of. Mrs. Spangler was
the recipient of several nice presents.
There were, quite a number of friends
and relatives present among them
their oldest son, John, and his family
and two daughters, Dovie and Docia.
They have one son in Cleveland coun
ty and the remainder of their children,
three sons and one married daughter,
are in Montana. After . dinner we
were pleasantly entertained with vocal
and instrumental music. May Mr.
and Mrs. JSpangler enjoy many more
happy birthdays.
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It is
Call For Congressional Convention.
A convention of the Democratic party
of the Tenth Congressional District is
hereby called to assemble in Henderson
ville, N. C, at 1.00 p. m., on Tuesday,
June 21, 1904, for the purpose of nomin
ating a candidate to represent said dis
trict in the 59th Congress, to elect an
executive committee and perform such
other business as may be properly
brought before the convention. The va
rious counties will please take notice and
elect delegates to the district convention.
The counties of the district will be. en
titled to cast the following vote in the
convention, based upon the Democratic
vote cast by each in the last gubernato
rial election :
Buncombe 87
Cherokee 10
Clay 8
Graham S
Haywood 35
Henderson ' 22
Jackson 22
Macon, 21
McDowell 23
Polk 11
Ruthrrford -IS
Swain U
Transylvania 12
It is earnestly desired tbrt each county
shall be f nlly represented by duly ac
credited 'delegates. By order of the
Tenth District Executive Committee, in
session at Asheville, N. C, April 28.
This April 28, 1904.
R. M. Wells, Chairman.
M. L. Slipman, Secretary.
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