The commonwealth. (Scotland Neck, N.C.) 1896-1929, 1900-05-31

having taken up the banner at time
when to do so was almost forloln
hope, Mr.. Woodlands claims on the
party should now be considered as
strong as before.
All the nominating speeches we're
good and were we'll received by the
Seconding speeches were made as
follows: G. w. Mitchell, of Aulander,
seconded the nomination of Capt.
PEBBLES J. NJ. Wood, of Wayne, sec
onded that of Mr.. Gillian H. A.
Boyd, of Warrenton, seconded for Mr..
Kitchln; L. V. Morrill,, of Greene,
seconded for Mr.. Woodland, ard E. c.
Moore, of Wilson, seconded for Mr..
Woodland.
BALLoTING.
Balloting was at once entered upon.
The first ballot stood as follows:
Woodland, So; Kltchin, II; PEBBLES,
80 ; Gillian, IS.
Eight ballots were taken and the
result of the eighth ballot was: Wood
ard, g.; Kitchin So; PEBBLES 80; Gil
liam, IS. 1t was evident that the Sos
sion would be prolonged one and the
convention adjourned an hour for sup
per.
Reassembling at 9 O'Clock ballotlng
was resumed. The ninth ballot show
ed very little change. Ballot after
ballot was taken for hours and hours,
but there wac no hope OF nomination.
BERTHE cast her 81 votes solid for Pee
bles every time, and Northampton her
80 Tor PEBBLES every time. Halifax
stood stone-like-every ballot went 40
for Kitchin; Edgecombe the same
with sc votes for Gillian, and Wilson
the same with 81 votes for Woodland
The counties that had no candidate
dlyided generously between the others,
occasionally Lenoir giving her solid
80 votes for some one of the candidates,
Greene dividing, now and then Warren
giving a solid Is votes for Kitchin,
but for the most part giving 1t l CLIO
for Gillian, 3 2-1O for PEBBLES aud
13 2-1O for Kitchln; while Wayne
kept her vote about equally divided
amongst the candidates. A few votes
we're given to Swift Galloway ana
Capt. /. w. Mason.
At l SO o'clock Mr.. II. E. Shaw, OF
Klnston, came upon the rostrum and
being recognized by the chairman, pre-
sented to the convention the name of
Mr.. J. w. Granger. He said that
Lenoir had tried to nominate every
candidate before the convention by
repeatedly casting her entire vote for
some one of them and in the hope
lessness of any nomination at all and
with the good claims he made for his
man for Lenoir county he presented
the name OF Mr.. J. w. Granger, OF
Lenoir. The nomination was seconded
by Mr.. T. G.. Wooten, of Kinston.
The balloting commenced again, but
with very little effect upon the pros
poets for nomination, Lenoir and
Greene voting for Mr.. Granger.
Ballotlug continued with very little
change until 40 o'clock, Mr. Kitchin
having gone to 102 one time, that
being the highest vote made. At that
hour Hon. F. A. Woodland appeared on
the platform and In lew well-chosen
sentences, acknowledging the honor
which the Second district has twice
conferred upon him by election and a
third time by nomination, he withdrew
his name from the contest.
Things grew more interesting now,
but no more prospective of a nomina-
ton. Wilson county then cast solid
81 votes for Gillian and stood SO to the
end. Notwithstanding the 81 votes Of
Wilson for Gillian it was evident that
things we're drifting to Kitchin.
At the close of ll4th ballot at
O'Clock Mr.. Granger appeared on tie
platform and with thanks for his sup
port, withdrew his name.
OF course the interest now was more
intense. Kitchin's strength continued
to grow, and five ballots were taken
with Kltchin, Gillian and PEBBLES In
field. On 10th ballot, with Kitchin'.
vote 1872, within IA of nomination,
Capt. PEBBLES came forward on the
platform, thanked his friends for thei,
support and withdrew his name.
This lett only Kitchin and Gillian
in the contest, and of cburse the next
ballot would decide 1t. Where would
BERTHE and northampton 80? OF
course Halifax expected them for
KltChin and Edgecombe expected
them for Gillian.
Alreadv the daylight had commenced
to peep through the windows and had
proclaimed sgaln by its superior power
over the Pickering electric light that
God and his works are supreme, for AZ
daylight shone in the lines OF weari-