The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-07-26
RALLY At AULANDER,
-Four Thousand The Crowd.
MR.. AYCOCK'S GREAT SPEECH.

MR.. AYCOCK'S GREAT SPEECH
Tuesday was great rally day al
Aulander. Early in the day the peo
pie commenced literally to pour in on
the trains and from the country, and
soon the town was filled with patriotic
men and fair women. The homes and
principal buildings along the streets
we're beautifully bedecAed with gay
bunting and flags handsomely dressed
marshals on dashing steeds, with others
made preparation for the parade.
Across the street in front of Hotel
Central on fine canvas we're the words
"OUR NEXT GOVERNOR
WELCOME!
At 10 80 O'Clock a great parade was
started.
The Wilson band was present to dis
course sweet and stirring muse.
The order of the parade was: The
band, the marshals, the Naval Reserves
of Windsor, then the carriages with
the speakers of the day.
The parade started at the hotel and
moved up the street to the railroad
station, then west back to the centre of
the town, back by the hotel and then
to the speakers stand in large grove,
where seats had been prepared for the
crowd.
Hon. e. w. Mitchell called the meet
ing to order and Rev. L. NJ. Curtis
was asked to lead the audience in pray
er. His Invocation for the guidance of
God in the affairs OF the great Com
monwealth of North Carolina was
striking.
Mr.. Mitchell then introduced Hon.
S. L. Patterson, of Caldwell county,
who made a short but impressive
speech, declaring the purposes Of the
proposed amendment, and that no
white mau in North Carolina can be
disfranchised under 1t.
The editor of THE COMMONWEALTH
was asked to present Hon. G. B. Ay-
cock, the next Governor OF North
Carolina. Mr.. Aycock did not speak
as long as he sometimes has, saying
that that was his nlnety-ninth speech
in the present campaign. His speech
was maste,ful from the opening sem
tence, and showed great genius and
tact for every cIass of hearers was in
terested-held fast all through.
His plea and pledge for the educa-
tlon of the poor children of North Car
DINA were something eloquent beyond
description. As he spoke to the great
throng of four thousand people, per-
haps, they drew closer and closer around
the stand and at bis close the people
were hanging on his words enraptured
with the power and magnetism of the
great orator and the magnificent man
that he Is. All went expecting much
and all left with expectations fully met
and anxious for the End of August to
come when each can do his part in
making the polished speaker who so
thrilled them there the next Governor
of North Carolina.
One of the striking features OF the
occasion was the large number of ban
ners carried in the procession with
their unique Inscriptions, and the great
floating notices in front of the speakers
stand. The two striking notices that
foated out grandly to the breeze were
thee:
"Let White Supremacy be our
Watch-word and Good Government is
is ours Forever"
"The Star of White Supremacy arises
and the Sun of Negro Rule sets For
eyer"
On the banners borne in the process
sion we're such notices of these:
"Aycock Doctrine is Hot Stuff"
"Let us send Butler to the Chinese
Mission"
"Whar am de Cu!lud Politician this
Year, Does he Fool You?"
1.-The Ladies are all Democratic
God Bless 'em !"
"Mary Ann is Gwlne to get Lost in
the Shuffle.'
"Lc; us make it Waterloo a final
defeat"
On the stand occupied by the band
In bold characters on canvas was the
motto: "K1tchin for Congress -
To the credit of AuIander and COM
munity and in wonder lie 1t said there
was a great dinner--seemingly ample
for all.
All in all it was great day for
White Supremacy, and some who were
opposed to the amendment before were
won by Mr.. Aycock's speech and
BERTHE stands pledged for good major
ity on End of August.
Letter to Mrs. A. Mcdowell.