The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1899-08-24
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ness mind. Indeed, Mr., Horne's capacl-
ty for business seems almost unlimited.
Judging from the number Of INDUSTRIAL
enterprises he is engaged In and con-
tinually fostering. Mr.. Horne may be
said to be in large measure the very
life of the business interests of this sec
ton. To mention some of the industries
he is connected with will give some idea
of the above fact. He is President OF
the Clayton Banking Company, stock
holder in the Selma Oil Mill, the Wilson
Oil Mill and stakeholder and director In
the Commercial and Farmers Bank OF
Raleigh, stakeholder in the North Caro-
lima Home Insurance Company at Raj
eigh, stakeholder and director in the
CaraIeigh Cotton Mills OF Raleigh,
Vice President of the Caraleigh Phos-
phate and Fertilizer Works of Raleigh,
stakeholder in the First National Bank
of Durham, in the Winston Chemical
Company, in the Atlantic and North
Carolina Railroad, and in the Southern
Building and Loan Association of Hun
tersville, Alabama, and runs a large cot
ton gin at Clayton. 1t will be seen by
the foregoing hist, which embrace only
few of his investments that Mr.. Horne
does not confine his business to his own
immediate section, but goes abroad also,
gaining new ideas and experience, even
as far from home as Alabama.
Possibly in recognition of his many
unsurpassed business qualifications, and
also Of his entire fitness as Il repFesen-
tative man Of his State, Mr. Horne has
been chosen as State delegate to the
coming Exposition in Paris in 1900.
This is truly a great honor, 70 be Sc
lected to represent so great and import
ant a State as North Carolina, and all
who know him are confident that Mr..
Horne will do honor. not only to the
State he represents, but to himself as
we'll
In politics Mr.. Horne Is a life long
Jeffersonian Democrat Of the true blue
striEe, loyal and faithful to his party
in every crisis, in success and in defeat.
While always taking a keen interest in
all campaigns, and as a citizen doing
what he could to help his party to sue
cess, he has never sought public recogni-
ton Of his services; but they have never
theless been recognized In 1SS4-'S5 he
served as State Senator, and in 1896
was only defeated by a few ballots for
the nomination of State Treasurer.
He is not a member of any church
nor any secret organization whatever.
He is a man built on the broad-gauge
plan, with liberal ideas on all subjects,
progressive and ever up with the times,
and has legions of friends in every part
of the State. All who know him agree
with one accord that he is eminently
fitted for any place in the gift of the
people.
When asked recently if he was in IA
vor of the Constitutional Amendment,
he replied most emphatically and UNI
compromisingly in the affirmative, being
a strong believer in the liberating of the
great old State of North Carolina from
the constant fear of black rule, which
no thinking man can contemplate for a
moment without the greatest horror.
Mr.. Horne together with many other
prominent business men all over the
country, sees a brilliant future for North
Carolina. He considers that it is des-
tined to be industrially the leader Of
the South Atlantic States, and educa-
tionally the competitor of any, politically
the vindicator of white suffrage and the
domination Of the Anglo-Saxon race.
Indeed, when one considers the geogra-
phical position, the wholesome climate,
the fertile soil, the unusual manufactur-
ing facilities, the cheap labor, and the
many arteries of transportation Of the
State, he will invariably be quick to
: agree with Mr. Horne on his first point
and when he contemplates the splendidly
equipped colleges and schools, both free
and paid, and observes the determined,
unfinching character of the sturdy in
habitants, he will not fail to entirely
fall in with Mr.. Horne on his last two
points also.