The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1906-07-10
Drewry Forced to Repu-
diate Editorials in
His Paper.
SOME WARM EVENTS

ton rs False.
Py EDWARD f.. BRITTON

ArcE. y. g.. July lit was Il Itcit
day for the Democratic voters IT
Wake and the candidates FOR county
nominations here TODAY and tho Only
marrilc 81 tho great event Wis the
rain. winch At times threatened TO al
;ouru the meeting to Il warehouse
How many I,cople were here today
can ,aIy be guess work, as every
wrerc one tIrncd there was " crowd.
and that ovcr 1905 people were pres
cIl is 4 safe aCcSs.
There were mounted narShalS un-
der of Mr.. j. r. Cunning
ham. and The Dunn brass BAND 10
welcome the special train from Raj
eigh. which arrived q bout eleven
O'Clock with over three hundred IcO-
lie, ana which brought h larger
number Of the candidates. Apex -
the home of Percy j.. Olive, Candldal"
fur the State Senate, and w. r. CtleN'
candidate for County Commissioners,
n royalty did it receive and enter
tain its guests. At dinner time Il free
barbecue and Il fine one. too. vas ScrV-
Cd. While invitations from All sides
to take dinner at nam OF the homes
here came to the visitors.
Apex is Il go-ahe&d. progressive
town, and in addition to the Demo
c.uric speaking and barbecue, there
WAS It land sale here today, part of the
Norris home estate having been sold
10 the ApcE and Company, which
has Laid off new strcet& AMI which
today sold business ana residential
lots, the prices ranging from PIoo 10
$500 a lot, VITA many buYers. me
auctionccr was Nj. J y. Thomas, or
LOuiShurg. editor of the Franklin
Times, and he stirred III the boys.
l. was raining hard @nd lest Waen
the Raleigh delegation arrived, out
the band played. and ii q few min
utr&. the rain easing, \ procession,
Euadc by t." mal&Iais, moved + .r"
new tobacco warehouse. The crowd
gathered here, but tho rain CeaSInS
and the prospect seeming fair, ad~
jOuInment was had to the grove at the
other end of town, where preparations
had been made for an open-air meet
ms. 1t proved a poor change, how
ever, for though ii was hot III the
warehouse, it rained Frequently dur
ms the speaking, the addresses at
times being made to the wet tops Of
moving umbrellas. while the Candl-
dates stood beneath others. the crowd
getting thoroughly dampeneG by the
performance Of the rain clouds.
The delay in beginning the meet
ing caused it to partly end before all
the candidates were heard, only
the Senatorial and House of Repre-
&CntdtiVcS candidates and Bart M.
Calling, i'll defense of the1903-t905
Board of County Commissioners II
against the present BOARD DGl1S ltlfu
before the train for Raleigh left With
most of the candidates, though Her
bert f. Norris addressed tho people at
terWard in half OF the preseI1 Board,
commencing the its conduct of affairs.
Just before Mr.. Calling closed the
Raleigh visitors hurried to the train.
which had been scheduled to leave at
4:15, but found that it had left ut four
o'clock with about half the crowd.
t!is b. order OF the SeaDoard train
dispatcher. \ hurry message vas
rushed to Raleigh and the train stop
ped at Cary. the engine bringing back
two coaches for the people left. The
distanc" from Apex to Cary is tive and
eighteenth miles, and the run was
made in five minutes and Twenty-Five
seconds. Il &eabOard engineer IN the
tr@in saying that at times the speed
was - rniies an hour, all of it exceed
ms = mile q minute 70 Raleigh from
Apex is fourteen miles and the entire
run. including the stop at Cary to AXE
up the two coaches left. was made in
nineteen miuteS, the running time be
ing fourteen minutes. OF q mile L
minute.
Tn" Address of Olive and Drcwry
FLASHED in the crossing of views Of tn.
opposing candidates. and the adhc-
rents o. each gave frequent applause.
Near tn" close of Mr.. DrcWry'S speech
Mr.. Olive asked him Il number of
questions. and as Mr.. DreWry would
't&E>i hN SupltoI IttS NOblu ttltCl.
Immediately there would come the
shout from mary COuntrynnen, That's
the Raleigh crowd that came with
DrcWrN. They can shout now. but
We Il do the voting" repeating again
and again when DreWry was cheered,
traits he Raleigh crowd that j.
cheering HIM" Questioned as to
whether OF not he would vote for a
= /" railroad rate some ono In the
CfoNd announced to Mr.. DreWTy that
no xNs,s Att O T.s - 1At Il -. ,.I ian
and if you Vii hold your mouth
VIII set to it, lie replied, and ms re
ply was. Il am not here to tell Wheth-
CT or not l Will vote for a , or a , l.
cent rate. as | have not studied the
question, and can't say what is best
for the interest Of the people and the
railroads.. If the Corporation Com
mission recommended a : or q , IL
cent rate | VIII vote for it" Later
Mr.. DreWry said he did no endorse
certain editorials in mis- paper.
Olive Opens the Speaking.
The meeting was presided over by
Mr.. w. B. Upchurch and Percy J..
Olive was presented as the first
speaker. He spoke of his record in
the Legislature of 1905 and denounced
as untrue reports circulated that he is
a railroad lawyer or an insurance
agent. or that he was ever paid by the
county commissioners for typewriting
q bill. Il want to hear the last of
these false charges" he exclaimed.
The little pamphlet circulated with the
title An Attempt to Injure John c.
Drewry" he declared should be
changed to can Attempt to Injure
Percy J. Olive" because of the things
in it. OF Mr.. DreWry he said that he
was not satisfied with his position. and
he ought to tell where he stands and
what he will do if he goes to the Sen
ate. How is he going to stand on in
~surance? He says he wants investi-
cation and regulation and everybody
says that Is he going to vote to have
the premiums re-inVested in the State ?
Let him be more definite than at Flu
quay Springs. Squarely Mr.. Olive