The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1890-07-03
Democratic County Convention

Pursuant TO call convention Of the
Democratic voters Of Vance county
was held i'm the court house in Hender-
son. Saturday June 2Sth, for the pur
pose of electing delegates to the Judi
cial, Congressional and State conven-
tions. All the townships were repre-
sented. Col. Burgwyn, Chairman of
the County Executive Committee,
called the meeting to order and was
subsequently elected permanent presi-
ding officer. -.
The first business disposed of was
the election of delegates to the Judicial
convention. They were instructed to
vote for w. R. Henry for Solicitor. and
to use their best efforts to secure his
nomination. AS the convention is held
to-day and all delegates who will at
tend have gone, it is not necessary to
publish the list of names.
= The following were elected delegates
to the Congressional convention to be
held in Wilson, Wednesday, July 10th:
Henderson township. H. Dunn,
w. II. Cheek, Jas. r. Davis, A. C..
Zollicoffer, Samuel Watkins.
kittrell-Eppa Grissom, P. A. Bob
bitt, DIR. r. J. Gill, s. E. RACERS.
F:T Mddleburg X. Plummer, James
P. Satterwhite, w. d. Mitchell. l.. r.
Crocker.
Dabney-I. c. Bobbitt, B. T. Tuck
er, Geo. w. Wright, E. G. Butler.
Williamsboro-Ira T. Hart, Walter
Bullock, J. L. Kelly, John G. Morgan.
Townesville-J. NJ. B. Hunt, J. II.
Taylor, n. d. Boyd.
Nutbush-W. W. White, Richard
/ Wilson, W. A. Burwell.
Sandy Creek. H. Ball. NJ. B.
Prince, l. M. Green, A. l.. Steed.
The following we elected delegates
to the State convention, August Goth
W. r. Henry, J. H. Ball, C. NJ
White, A. c. Zollicoff'er, B. 7. Tuck.
er, W. H. S. Burgwyn. II. A. Finch
J. II. Dunn. E. &. Butler. Alternates
L. r. Croker, J. r. Davis, l. c. Bob
bitt, Samuel watkins. j. 7. Barnes
W. S. Parker, Stephen Satterwhite, j
NJ. B. Hunt, J. P. Satterwhite.
1t was decided to leave the matter o.
holding the county convention, to nom
mate county officers, &C.. to the Exec
utive Committee with the suggestion
that they defer calling it as late as il
was deemed expedient. The idea is to
make the campaign as short, sharp and
decisive as possible.
5. g. &. Watkins have recently employed
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this season. Leave your orders early anl
have your flues fixed right. jury 5
Convict Killed While Attempting tx
Escape.
On Monday morning convict wa
shot on the Urquhart farm Oh tn
Northampton side of the river whil'
attempting to escape. They had jus
been taken to the fields about sunris
and had worked one row when the cop
vict, who was white man name,
Richards, threw up his hoe and ran 70
Elife. He was shot three times, once il
the thigh, once in the back and once il
the head. He fell and when the guard
reached him his first question was ''hoy
tsmany ran?'' When told none, he re
piled '''you have big set of coward
here" 1t was supposed from the man
ner in which he had thrown up his no
and the question he asked that a plal
had been formed by which numbe
intended to break at the same time an
escape, but the hearts of the other
failed them. Richards died Tuesda
afternoon about six O'Clock. He toll
the authorities he blamed no one, tina
he had taken his life in his own hand
and preferred taking the risk to remain
ing in prison. He was about "a or
years old and was originally from Mas
sachusetts; his parents are living bu
. he said he did not want them to kno,
anything of his history or death. H
was sentenced about eight months ag
for burglaries at Warrenton and Hen
dersOn.
IA The above was taken from til
i Weldon Ners of last week. Robards
). it will be remembered, was convicte
y in this county together with negro
for breaking into Lehman's store. II
i islthe same man who broke out of ja
and was afterwards caught by Messrs
Quarles and Swain in the Bear Pom
section. .
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