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friendship and admiration and with
predictions of victory on election
day.
1t was exactly $40 o'clock when
Mr.. Woodard. ON announcement OF the
113th ballot came upon the rostrum
to withdraw his name. After thank
ing the delegates who had supported
him. he said:
Il recognize the fact that the am
hition of no one man ought TO stand
before the interest of the Democratic
party. Somebody must in this fight
surrender his ambition; and recai,ing
the fact that | have been repeatedly
honored by the Democratic party of
this district. | realize that if anybody
should surrender their ambition in
this contest | am that man.
''In doing so. / want here and now.
to tender to the nominee Of this con-
vention my support and best endeav-
or. Tn Withdrawing | desire to as
sure you that my labors are at your
command and chat | shall aid your
candidacy and do all in my power to
help You win u glorious victory next
November
Tremendous applause marked the
conclusion of this patriotic utterance
and Immediately the Kitchin and Gill
liam shouters began demonstrations
in behalf of their favorite candidates.
The Wilson delegation asked permis-
sion to retire for consultation. When
the delegates came back they had de-
cided to cast their 81 votes solid for
Gillian. and this they did TO the end
of the chapter On this ballot alco
Wayne county divided its strength
equally between the two--Gilliam and
Kitchin. The totals ON this ballot
were: Kitchin, 94; Gillian, 81;
! PEBBLES. 60; Granger. 30.
This vote having been announced
Mr. Granger came forward and in Il
pleasant speech. thanking his friends
for their support, withdrew his name.
This caused a renewal of the Gil
liam -Kitchin demonstration and spec
ulation was rife as to where the
votes of Lenoir and Green would now
90. owing to the eagerness OF the
two rival delegations to capture these
counties. that the chairman had to
threaten to adjourn the convention
before quiet could be restored.
On the 1l5th ballot Wilson cast
her vote solid for Gillian. Greene
gave him OF her 20 and Lenoir gave
him 4 of her -. Wayne cast 35 of
her votes for kitchin. II for Gillian
and for PEBBLES. The totals now
stood: Kitchin. 12s: Gillian. o. and
PEBBLES. 6S.
On the next four balots there was
no material change, the vote stand
ing: Kitchin, 134; Gillian, 81;
PEBBLES. 65.
This ballot having been announced
Capt. PEBBLES was recognized to with
draw mis- name from the contest. Af-
ter returning thanks to those who
had stood by him so nobly. he said:
Il have no complaint to make for
votes that | have not received and |
want to return thanks for those that
] did get Had | made my candidacy
known in this end of the district earl-
ier. ! should have secured more
strength here. But that can do no
good now and | shall be here next
time.
I'm Withdrawing my name permit
me to say that ] shall bucnle on the
armor and when the election is over
| hope every eDmocrat in the district
will be satisfied that | have done
my full duty"
The withdrawal of Capt. PEBBLES
having left the field to Kitchn and
Gillian, Il nomination on the next bal
lot tthe 120th) was assured.
The roll call began amid great eX-
cItement. BERTHE was passed over.
Edgecombe gave her Sc votes TO Gil
liam. of course. and Halifax her 40
to Ntchin. Greene gave Kitchin II
90
and Gillian ;. Northampton and
Warren asked 10 be passed over.
Wayne: Kitchin Al, Gillian 10. Will
son gave Gillian her 81.
As yet there was no nomination,
and three more counties to vote. War
ren was called. She gave her Is votes
TO kitchin. Great applause and
shouts of approval greeted the an
nouncement, but still there was no
nomination.
Northampton" called the clerk.
For a half minute nobody spoke.
then the leader of the delegation
arose and slowly said:
Northampton cast her 33 votes
solid for-kitchin."
This settled it and almost every
man in the convention arose to his
feet cheering like wild 1t lasted
many minutes. during which there
were half a dozen motions to make
the nomination unanimous. But
none of these motions were recog-
nized. the roll call not being com
PEELED.
When quiet was restored BERTHE was
called. Ii divided its vote Kitchin
20. Gillian Z. The total vote am
nounced was: Kitchin 1922 Gillian 9S.
Mr.. ktchin was declared the nomi-
nee and on motion of Il delegate from
Edgecombe his nomination was made
unanimous. There were then calls
for speech. He came forward and
said:
'One never feels so weak as when
he begins to feel grateful With all
the sincerity of my heart | thank YOU
for this honor. | cannot now. how
ever appropriate to such a convention
it might be. say one word on national
issues. | cannot afford 10 turn the
mind Of any man, even for a moment,
from that great Issue on which the
prosperity and good name of this
State depends This State can no
longer exist half white and half black.
There ara two lygVS tO settle this