The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1888-06-23


ton which later was made Alamance county.
He was educated at Caldwell institute, Hills
boro, and attended the State university at
Chapel Hill in lS49 He was classmate Of
Senator T. B. Vance and Judge Thomas Set
tie, Of the Florida supreme court. He left
the university and went to Philadelphia, at
the wish of his father, applying himself to
mercantile pursuits, remaining there until
1851, when his father, Edwin NJ. Holt, who
had built the first plaid mills south of the
Potomac, in Alamance county purchased
the entire property and made his son man
aging partner in the business. In 1860
Col. Holt purchased cotton factory
which he has made one of the largest
in the state His family owns no less than
fourteen cotton mills. Col. Holt was for
many years one of the largest and most sue
cessful farmers in the state, owning thou
sands of acres of productive land. He was
for ten years or more president of the North
Carolina State Agricultural society, In 1863
ne became a director of the North Carolina
railroad, and has for about seventeen years
been its president. He has been repeatedly
elected to the Legislature and in 1885, was
speaker of the house He was nominated by
the state convention at Raleigh June !, 1888,
to be lieutenant governor.
Col Oliver II. Dockery, the Republican
nominee for governor Of North Carolina.
lives in Richmond county, the county of his
birth, and is now IS years of age.
His father, Hon. Alfred Dockerv, was for
many years a man of prominence in North
Carolina and was twice elected to congress.
Col. Dockery was graduated at the Univer-
sity of North Carolina, and then read law,
but did not practice, preferring agricultural
pursuits. He has been repeatedly elected to
various Offices, both in the state end nation.
He was an elector in 1860 on the Bell and
Everett ticket, and canvassed his district for
the Union He was active and influential in
the peace" movement of 1864. and aided
materially in the reconstruction of the
state. In 1868 he carried his dis
trict for congress by large majority
He was reelected and was placed on the com
mittee on reconstruction. He urged the pay
ment Of loyal claimants for property taken
for the use of the army and balances due
census takers for 1860, and to mail contract
ors for services rendered before the war He
was also active in behalf of educational in
terests introducing a bill setting apart n
portion Of the public lands throughout the
nation for common school purposes. As
chairman Of the committee on freedmeu's
affairs, he favored measures promoting
schools and other means for the improve
ment Of the colored people. In lo>2 lie was
elected congressman at large.
Jeter C. Prtchard, the Republican norni-
nee for lieutenant governor Of North Caro-
lima is the youngest man Oh the ticket and
was born at JoncSbOro, Tenn, July II. 1851.
He received an education at Martins Creek
academy and at odd Fellows institute in
that state, and later learned the printers
trade, working first as journeyman on The
Union Flag, Republican paper published
at Jonesboro. In 1875 be removed his resi-
dence 10 North Carolina and began the pub
lication Of a paper at Bakersville. The same
year he married He took part in his first
political campaign that year. on the Repub-
lican side, and in 1876 made a series OF
speeches in favor of Hayes and Wheeler. In
1875 he again canvassed his county. He was
for several years deputy United States
marshal. In 1879 he removed TO Marshall
the county seat of Madison county, and il
the campaign for Garfield, next year, was
sub-elector in several counties and made n
active canvass. In 1884 he was elected 3
Of the lower house Of the legislature
by a handsome majority. In 1886 he was
again elected this time receiving the largesS
majority ever secured by his party in his
county, or bv any candidate. In 1887 be
obtained license as an attorney. sld nov
enjoys lucrative practlce. Il