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THHIMIMHIIHMM QJVLy'VATE'R Tub tzL lUhtd in tb County The Medium I J a y tar in" AdV&nci X t Ihxough which yoo reach toe X people tf Madison County M $ ADVERTISING RATES ON APPLICATION iniiiiini ii illinium T J rriati-e rmtl pad KnDi Pmm -IIIIIIHIMI POLITICAL REFORM AND THE GENERAL UPBUILDING OF MADISON COUNTY. VOL. X. MARSHALL, N. C FRIDAY, JULY 3, 1908. NO. 27. County Record. Madison HN IS Named Tor Governor By the Charlotte Convention on ENTHUSIASM UNBOUNDED End of Long Tight Came Saturday Afternoon on the Sixth-First Bal lot ConteeT the Hardest Fought and Host Bittrely Waged Ever Re corded in the Political Annala .of , ' North CarolinaEnd in Sight Af ter the Sixtieth Ballot . When .OoL Ashley' Horn .Appears on. Rost rum and Withdraws From the Bace Love Feast Follows Final Ballot Speeches Being Made by Ex-Governor Aycock, Mr. Camer on Morrison, Mr. Kitchin, and Mr. Craig Nomination Made Unani mous Mr. Craig's Feeling Address a Splendid One. . . Charlotte, Special. Mr. William Walton Kitchin, now representing the fifth district in Congress, was on Saturday evening at 7.30 o'clock, nominated for Governor on the sixty-first ballot by the State Demo cratic conventien in session here. Col. Ashley Home who had the small est primary vote of any of the three candidates in the race, withcVew af ter the sixtieth ballot and the light was closed by Mr. Locke Craig, of 'Asheville. and Mr. Kitchin, the re sult of the last ballot being 473.59 for Kitchin and 3S1.72 for Craig. After the coivtest was over a love feast, in which the friends of the candidates took part, followed. Among others wh,o spoke were: For mer Governor Aycock, who support ed Mr. Craig; Mr. Kitchin and Mr. Craiff. a x The clo8ingscenes''of theSreat conl test, which had continued for four days, were most animated. More than 8.000 people, men and women, filled the Auditorium. Demonstration after demonstration was made, so much so that the chairman had a task to preserve order. The victory won by Mr. Kitchin is ranked as one of the greatest in the history of the State. He was oppos ed bv Senator Simmons, the recog nized leader of the North Carolina i Democracy ; former Governor Ay vcock. and other well-known Tar Heel leaders. He made a fight on the Southern Railway and the American Tobacco Company, which concerns ho HON. LOCKE CRAIG, of Buncombe said were opposing him. . He came to the convention with approximately 374 votes. Cfctfg had 335 and Home 148. The first ballot came , at 12 o'clock Wednesday night. From' that time until the hour of the nomination the contest was spir&d and at times "bitter. The delegates were noisy and enthusiastic all the while. '.Craig was supported' by' the mountain counties of western North Carolina. . i His mountaineers' were loyal to the last and went down after: a came Cent. :' s 1 Kitchin had not only 'a-plurality of y instructed vote, but he could eount more delegates in a final show-down. He and his iriends believed that he y would be nominated on the third or 'fourth ballot, but-a master hand was against him, and as a result, the bal-tle-was prolonged and. royal. , '. ' , . William Waton Kitchin. : ; William Waton Kitchin, of Box boro, Person Bounty, was .born near Scotland Necx, Halifax county, Oct ober 8th, '1866. He was educated at Vine Hill Academy and Wake Forest College, where he graduated in 18S4v H edited The Scotland Neck .Democrat in 1885. Shortly afterward -he took up the study of law, first un er his father, the late W. H. Kitch- h, and then under the late John S. ' . - . ... m il Wanning, as me university oi nonu Carolina. He was admitted to the bar. inlSS7, and took rp his residence THE Sixty - First Ballot in Roiboro in 1SSS. He was married to Miss Musette Satterfleld in 1892. Mr. Kitchin was chairman of his county executive committee in 1890; was the nominee of his party for the State Senate in 1892. was elected sixth, 9t9isgC successively to the Fifty-fifth, Fifty- sixth, Fifty-seventh, Fifty-eighth and Fifty-ninth Congress, . and was re-elected to the Sixtieth Congress, receiving 16,503 votes to 11,089 for C. A. Reynolds, Republican nominee. The Break Begins. - The sixty-first ballot told the story. Craig was pitted against Kitchin. After the announcement of the' six tieth ballot, Col. Ashley Home came into the hall and withdrew from the race. He mounted the rostrum, ac companied by Messrs. C. B. Watson, T. W. Bfckett, J. D. Bellamy, R. R. King, W. A. Erwin, Walter, Joe Tay loe and P. B. Means, and mad3 a very touching speech. , He thanked the friends who had stoodhv him so loyally, counseled f -V, ( m W. K1TCHI full harmony, and withdrew. He was followed by Hon. C. B. Watson, Gen. Julian S. Carr and Hon. T. W. Bick ett, each of whom spoke feelingly of the splendid stand made by the Home forces. Governor Aycock Appears. - While the vote on the sixty-first ballot was , being counted Governor Ayeock came on the rostrum and moved that the nomination of Ma Kitchin . be made unanimous. The delegates and the spectators, some thing like 8,000 of them, rose and shouted as one person. For five min utes the uproar -was so great that the speaker eould not continue. ' When partial quiet was at length restored, MrJ 'Aycock made one of the happiest and most , brilliant speeches ever heard here, in which he spoke feelingly of his love for Mr. Craie and bis deep sorrow at his de feat, but added that the Craig peo ple would now be the most loyal sup porters of Mr, Kitchin. Other Craig leauirs spoke along - the same line. Nominee-Elect Kitchin to the Front ' The crowd yelled for Kitchin and Craig. Mr. Kitchin came first and made a most taking speech.' He look ed well and his voice rang dear and sweet.- Beirfg a striking looking man, one "whom, men- and women like to look upon Mr. Kitchhfhad no trouble getting silence, for one and all, wish ed to hear him. tM : v Mr. Kitchin't Speech. . f In introducing Mr. Kitchin, Chair man Parsons said: ."Gentlemen of this, the greatest Democratic conven tion, ever held in North Carolina, I esteem it a, great honor to present to yon your hero, thtfominee -o this convention for Governor. William W. Kitehin." , ' y "Mr. President. Ladies and Gentle men: To say that I am haoDV at this time very feebly expresses mv feeling on this occasion. I am proud to receive the nomination -of the Dem ocracy of North Carolina for its highest .office in this magnificent City of Charlotte. I am proud to have the endorsement of the greatest conven tion thatever assembled within the borders of this State. While I am prpud, my countrymen; I realire the great respensibility that this honor carries with it. I wuh to say that there is no bitterness in my heart. I regard this as not an honor con ferred upon an individual meyjy: I rather regard it as n expression of - i $ the choice of the people of North Carolina." (Cheers.) "And as that I esteem it highly. When I reflect that my competitors were, one of them a distinguished, a successful, a splendid and high type of North Car olina citizenship, the Hon. Ashley Home, and the other, an able, distin guished, eloquent and great Democrat of the west, the Hon. Locke Craig, I cannot think that this honor was giv en me as a mere personal compliment. We have had our fights within the party with a -spirit not of enmity and hostility, btit with the spirit of gen erous rivalry with each other for this a great honor that -you had in your power to bestow. . All Rivalries Settled. "We are told, ladies and gentlemen, that : between , Athens and Sparta there always existed a serious and sometimes a hostile rivalry, but that when a common . enemy pointed the prows of its ships toward Greece all internal differences ,-. and rivalries were, "forgotten and a united Greek army faced the enemy." (Applause.) "And so this convention has settled the rivalries between the candidates and. I believe that each candidate has as high a regard for his competitors now as he had .12 or 18 months ago, and the supporters of each candidate have the same 6pirit' of generosity now that they had prior to this campaign. And in the great fight that we are to make against the common enemy in the fall, I c not expect any more hearty and loyal support from the friends of N, OF PKKSON.. Kitchin of yesterday than I do from the friends of Ashley Home and the friends of Locke Craig of yesterday. Mr. Kitchin heartily thanked 'all his friends who had stood by him; spoke feelingly of the honor he felt to be the satndard bearer of the party and asked' for complete party harmony. Mr. Craig Appears. Mr. Craig, tired, but hano ome and smiling, appeared when Mr. Kitchin sar down. At the sighof their idol the mountaineers rose en masse and yelled at the top of their voices. Ev ery other . man and woman in the house stood .and cried aloud with the supporters of .the orator of the west. Graceful,' dignified, and refined looking he stepped forward and wav ed Jiis elegantly shaped hands for at tention, V L -j Mr. Craig's Speech. : "1 thank you, my friends, "for the HON. ASHLEY- HORNE,' of Johnson great reception you have given me. As I stand here I realise that I look upon the greatest body of Democrats that has ever assembled in any State in the United States and I come be fore this body to pledge to you again in this hour when you have chosen another to be your standard-bearer, that in the future, as for 25 years in tbe past, all of my talent, whatever it 1 .... l - - . 1 V 1 is, all of my strength, Is at the mand of the cause of the Democracy of this State. (Great applause.) I do not belong to the party for the honors and emoluments of office. I claim al legiance to that great organization because its success is coextensive with the welfare of my State and the good of the people that I love, and for that reason in victory and in de feat, I always owe and always give my allegiance to the party that has saved and that is the salvation of this State. A Victor in This Contest. "But my friends it unnecessary for me to sav this. I think that mv record for 25 years in the past is a guarantee of my loyalty' in the future to the cause of our party. I come be fore you especially to thank the friends who have stood so loyally by me in this, the greatest political con vention in the State's history. They have stood by me with the loyalty of a Spartan and with the devotion and chivalry of a son to this land of ; Dixie. ; . A nd I wish to say to you to- nighto-my tnends, that though I am rot , the nominee of this convention, I fe a great victor in this contest for I lavfe the devotion of the friencto who- have stood by me, their heroism, their intelligence and their loyalty is to -me a heritage and to mv children a heritag" that is more precious than the" honors or the emoluments of of fice for the honors and emoluments of office is in its essence the loyalty ftn devotion of friends, and I know that have this. I shall never forget their support. The only regret I have abont this is that, they have given r"? so mnob and I can give them so little., (Applause.)- I cannot express Jo'; you in words my gratitude. I hopelhat here and hereafter I can be true to the cnuse that you love and demonstrate in my life that your affection and your loyalty have not been .bestowc' upon one thijt is un worthy, Wo all go home with the determination and with all ' zeal to fight for the principles that we love an for the hind of our inheritance." MrJ Craig thanked all his loyal friends, declared that North Carolina is the greatest of all the States in its citizenship, and said that the success of the Democratic party was supreme and ahead nd beyond the ambitions of any' man. His speech was: warmly received by the immense assemblage a ml be took his seat amid wild ap plause. The Final Vote. The final vote, which was not an nounced, stood: Craig, 381.72; Kitch in, 473.59; Home, 1.69. Before this vote could, be announc ed the motion to make-Mr. Kitchin 's nomination unanimous was put and carried with tumultuous cheering. W. C. Newland, of Caldwell county was nominated for lieutenant Gov ernor, the ballot standing: Newland, 4S1; Wood, 217; Bowie, 159. Governor Glenn and Senator Over man were elected delegates at large to the Denver convention by acca- mation. A fight was sprung on mot ion to elect Senator Simmons, and pending the settlement of this matter the convention ad.iouraed until Mon day, the time being slightly past mid night. The platform committee was not yet ready to report and the nomina tions for other State officers had to go over until Monday. The Convention City. This is the first . State convention Charlotte has had in half a century. No better place could have been se lected. The city of Charlotte has a popu lation of forty-three thousand ; it has the .finest auditorium in the South; the best hotel facilities, the best elec tric car system, the best system of schools and colleges, the finest parks and amusements, the finest retail and wholesale stores, the largest publish ing interests, the most numerous and costly churches, the best banking fa cilities and the largest and, most nu merous and varied manufacturing in dustries of any city in North Caro lina, or for that matter any city of its size anywhere. Moreover it has an abundance of hydro-electrio pow er from the Catawba river, by means of which night has been turned into brightest day, and the illumination makesthe whole citv a fairyland. f Charlotte is now i putting down the new bitulhie paving on its principal streets; it has a complete water sys tem sufficient for' half a million peo ple, and one. of the best trained fire departments anywhere. Such is Char lotte, the historic Queen City, that has set itself to the task of enter taining , the; convention 'like ' it was neve entertained , before. And the people ! Special ; trains over the Southern, special trains over the Sea board, regular trains, freight trains, automobiles,' every known means of conveyance has brought in throngs. Thousands on, thousands . of ' them were here. ' ' ' : Webb From the Ninth. . ' Charlotte, SpecialAt the con gressional convention of the Ninth district held here Tuesday night, Ed win Yates Webb, of Cleveland coun ty, was nominated without opposi tion' This is his fourth nomination. CONVENTION ADJOURNS Big Democratic Meeting Finishes Its 'Work and Delegates Go Home. Charlotte, Special The Democrat ic State convention, which had been in session here for a week, adjourn 5d sine die Monday night, at 11:30 3 'clock, crowning its work by en lorsing and instructing for William leanings Bryan, of Nebraska, by a rote of 523 to 194. Much was ac complished the last day. Senator Simmons was elected a iVlegate-at-large to the national convention by a vote of 840 to 10. The following candidates for State officers were elected: J. Bryan Grimes, Secretary of State; B. R. Lacy, State Treasur sr;; Major B. F. Dixon, Auditor; T. W. Kickett, Attorney General; W. A. Graham, Commissioner of Agricul ture; B. F. Aycock, Corporation Commissioner; J. Y. Joyner, Super intendent of Public Instruction ; J. R. Voting, Insurance Commissioner; M. L. Sliipman, Commissioner of Labor and Printing; J. W. Bailey and Wal ter Murphy, elector-at-large, and Major E. J. Hale, the fourth dele-irate-at-large to Denver. DELEGATES-AT-LARGE. Gov. R. B. Glenn, Senator Lee S. Overman, Senator F. M. Simmons, Maj. E. J. Hale. ALTERNATES. Gen. Julian S. Carr, Chairman W. L. Parsons, Mr. J. W. Bailey, Mr. E. F. Watson. DELEGATES TO NATIONAL CONVENTION. The following named are ihe dele rates and alternates from the con rrossional districts to the Denver con vention : First, S. C. Bregaw, of Washing ton; Walter Jones, Swanquarter; al ternates, Luke Wright, Judeau Town; W. K. Jacobson, Washington. Second, Plato Collins, Kingston; T. M. Washington, Wilson ; alternates, E. L. Travis, Halifax; J. O. W. Graveley, Rocky Mount. Third, G. B. Richardson, Newbern ; r A !..!. i" 1 ' . . .. 1 . ...... XT 4, JY pvLuuue, nimuii, nun 11.11 Gibbs, Oriental ; E. W. Koonee, Jacksonville. Fourth, ,1. T. Ellington. Smith field; John W. Thompson, Raleigh; alternates. J. L. Ramsey, Rocky Mount; F. B. Arendell, Raleigh. Fifth, George A. Mebane, Spray; B. S. Graves, Yaneeyville; alternates, A. E. Kirkman, High Point; Leo Brandt, Greensboro. Sixth, J. R. Williamson, Whiteville; J. D. Bellamy, Wil mingfon; alternates, A. E. White, Lumberton; E. F. McCuIloch, White Oak. Seventh, Frank Armfield, .Monroe ; R. R. Ross, Ashboro; alternates, S. W. Finch, Lexington; J. R. Blair, Troy. Eighth, Paul B. Means, Concord; E. L". Lovell, Boone; alternates, Mich Vannoy, Wilkesboro; Robert M. Brawley, Statesyille. Ninth, James A. Bell, Charlotte; J. J. Redman, Marshall; alternates, C. E. Childs, Lincolnton; R. R. Bab bington, Gastonia. Tenth, T. C. Mills, Columbus; W. J. Cocke, Asheville; alternates, Wil liam Miller, Hendersonville;'Sol Gal lert, Rutherfordton. Governent Stocks Lake. Hickory, Special.-The government, distributing: fish car passed here en route to Edgeriiont with 65.000 Cali fornia, speckled trout for the waters of the lake of the Mountain Home Club, which is being rapidly develop ed and beautified under the direction of f landscape gardener who is look ing, after the grounds and roadways through the vast' estate,, which is owned by stockholders consisting of business and professional men trough ouj North and South Carolina as well as other States many of whom will build cottages convenient to the club inn: proper. Tornado Kills Six. Clinton, Minn., Special. A tor nado struck this town Saturday afternoon, killing six people, and in juring ' twenty-five, some seriously. Twenty houses, a printing office and two churches were blown down. The dead : Morton Higsins, Thomas Rock well, Miss Kate Mills, Spunk, Berry, Mrs. Olds Nicholson and ' daughter. Missing: Mrs. T. N. Johnson. . The New War Secretary, V Washington. SpeciaL " General Luke E. Wright, who becomes Secre tary of War Wednesday, succeeding Secretary TafL'went to Oyster Bay to "talk with the President and Sec- I 1. m .- l.!- ' retarj rait, ana saia on u way iu the. summer White House that - he would make no changes in heads of bureaus at the War Office. Secretary Taft's secretary, Tred W- Carpenter, who has been with Secretary - Taft since the latter quit the Phillipine governorship, will go with Mr Taft and be close to his cLief .all through the campaign. "1 . The tenant pays the tax .every time. Therefore, the 'tax rate is a thing that more deeply concerns the man who rents a residence than the man. who owns the property, argues the Richmond Tlmes-Dispatcb. British Pension for Yankee. London, By Cable. A list of pen sions granted by the government in the past year for sen-ices to science and literature includes $1,250 yearly te Professor Edwin Ray Lancaster, director of the natural history mn seum, and $250 yearly to Paul Foun tain, an American traveler and writer the latter "in consideration of his contributions to literature and his strained ciswnmstances. " Retires From Active Service. Winston-Salem. N. C, Special After thirty-one years' service, Bish op Edw. Rondthaler retires from ac tive pastorate of Home Moravian church. He will be succeeded bv Rev. J. K. Pfohl, of Christ church. Bishop Ronthaler remains president of pro vincial board and will be at the head of the Moravian churches of the South. Rebates to Sugar Trust. Washington, Special. Final argu ments in the sugar "trust" rebate case will be heard by the inter-State commerce commission. Testimony adduced shows that the trunk lines having terminals at Jersey City have for several years bei?n paying to the American Sugar Renning Company a rebate of 2 cents per 100 pounds on all sugar shipped. The rebate is defended as being allowance for d ravage. DIRECTORY. METHODIST CHURCH. Rev.C.B. Culburth, Pastor. Services, every Sunday, morning and night, ex cept second Sunday morning. Sab bath School every Sunday morning. Prayer meeting eyjery Wednesday night. PRESYTERIAN CHURCH. Rev. W. E. Finley, Pastor. Ser vices every Sunday at 1 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Sabbath School at 10 a m. Prayer meeting Wednesday even ing at 7:30. BAPTIST CHURCH. Rev. J. W. Suttle, Pastor. Ser vices every Sunday at 11 a. m. and 7:30 p. m. Sabbath School at 10 a. m. Prayer meeting Tuesday even ing at 7:30. DR. W. H. BROWN, Dentist. Office up stairs over C. B. Mash burn's law office. First class work, satisfaction guaranteed, graduate of the Atlanta Dental College. Perman ently located. v CHAS. B. MASHBURN Attorney-at-Law. Marshall, N. C. Will practice in all the State and Federal Courts, also in all govern ment Departments in Washington Especial attention to collections. ZACHART & ROBERTS, Attorney-at-Law, Marshall, N. C. Practice in all the Courts of the 15th Judicial District and in Su preme Court of North Carolina. J. H. HUNTER, Marshall, R. F. D. No. 3, Practical Surveyor and Notary. Alt work promptly and accurately done. FIDELTTT LODGE,-No. US. MrshAlL SC a Meets every Thursday night A eordial welcome to all , visitinj Knights.' ' .'. V B.' Ik LEDWELL, C, C ' W. H HENDERSON, K. R. ft 8. J. MOudger, Sr., L N. Ebbs, Asheville, N. C Hot Springs, N. CL , : GUDGEB ft EBBS, Attorneys aid Counsellors at Lav. Will practice in all the, Courts of the State. Collections a specialty.