The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1892-05-13
Governor Holt a. a Businc>. Wan.

Melville, n. c., May 10.-Living
as | do within few miles of Governor
Hollis home. and being desirous of
seeing him renominated, l feel il my |
duty to say few words in his behalf. |
Although farmer, and member Of
the farmers alliance l do mot APP
prove of the personal attacks the Pro-
gressire Farmer is making upon him. !
If Gov. Holt has ever done anything
to injure the farming class of people. l
never heard of it. No man can doubt
his honesty, integrity, and devotion 10
the best interest of the State.
Being a successful business man,
his opinions of public questions, in
which our State is interested ought TO
have weight. For long time the in
dustrial classes have been clamoring
for a business man and farmer for
governor. Since my recollection, Gov.
dolt is the first governor of North
Carolina who was not lawyer. 1t
seems TO me he represents as many
different interests as any man you can
find in the State. Ii is true that lie
and his family have made money. and
It is also true that they have invested il
in Alamance county, in building cot
ton factories, from which the farmers
and laboring people derive great bene-
/ fit. At Gov. Holt's factory about
$500 is paid to the operatives per
week, and great amount of this goes
to the farmers for farm produce.
The different factories in which be
and bis family are interested pay
weekly for labor near $4,000. BY his
industry, skill and business qualitica-
tions this amount of money is made TO
flow into the county and benefit great
many people that might and probably
would have gone elsewhere. The
writer is young man, and when only
eight years old he had occasion to 90
into Gov. Hollis factory, and there,
the first time he ever saw him, he was
mailing up boxes of goods. sharing the
work equally with others. Gov. Holt
has made success at farming as well
as cotton manufacturing. While he
was in the legislature / had occasion
to go to Raleigh as a member
of a committee sent by farm
ers and can testify to his willingness:
to do what he could for them. Fol
the last three or four years the farmers
have been discussing the necessity o
an improved roller mill. Now, with
: out any expense to them, there stand
: upon the banks of Haw river, flou
mill equal to any in the State. Fo
: the last four years almost every office
{ in the county has been farmer, and
/ member of the alliance. Gov. Hol
5 and his family like true men, and goo'
|. democrats, have done their whole dut,
n toward electing these men. Nov
is it fair. or Just or honorabl
for us to say We need him no longer
The farmers need the services of sue
e men as Gov. Holt. The State canno
e afford to do without them. The farmer
. ought not to show a selfish spirit
Let US be willing to give and tax.
q have not word to say agains
Is the other candidates. | am a grea
admirer of Capt. Alexander and wa
y an earnest admirer of him for lieuter
II ant-governor at the time Gov. Ho
4 was nominated. also had the plea
ure of voting for him for United State
Senator, but under the circImstanc,
,e it seems to me that the democratic COZ
r. vention to assemble May 18th shoul
N renominate Holt for governor an
ie Harry Skinner or Sanderlin Cor lie,
d tenant governor. k. w. SCOTT.
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