The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-10-08
ON THE CAMPAIGN.

The Spellbinders to the Front
The County Campaign is
on and the Various Candi-
dates are Addressing the Peo-
ple-Some Incidents of the
First two Days of the Cam
paign.
Most Of the Democratic and
Republican candidates for the
Legislature and various county
offices met at IIOWellsville Tues
day and fired the opening guns
for the county campaign of 1908.
Yesterday they assembled at
Back Swamp.and shot some more,
and today they have gone to
Raft Swamp, where they will
again pull their political triggers.
From all this shooting or loud
sounds that are floating out upon
the brCeZes from these political
orators somebody may get it into
his mind that there is something
doing, and right you are. The
Democrats are shooting the guns
that knock the Republicans down
as fast as they raise their heads
and the Republicans are firing
the same old poWder-loaded guns
that you have heard before. The
Republicans are endeavoring to
make capital Of the little house
busting which some of the Demo-
Gratis saw fit to have; but on this
they fall down. They try to show
the people a mouse in the Demo-
cratic house and say nothing
about the wolf they are trying so
hard to let in, which they have
twice turned loose upon the peo-
pie of Robson within the last
half century.
Tuesdaymorningat II :45o' clock
Mr.. d. P. Shaw, Democratic
nominee for the Senate, took the
stand and made the opening
speech and Immediately after
him came Mr.. S. A. Edmund.
Republican nominee for the same
office; and then Mir. M. Shepherd,
candidate for the House, who
was followed by his opponent,
Mr.. W. H. Kinlaw. These four
candidates were all that made
speeches-the rest doing nothing
more than announce themselves
and they paved the earth
around most much for some con-
siderable time, especially the
Republican candidates. After the
Candidates had all had their turn
Mr.; E. J. Britt, who was present,
laid off his hat, pulled I'D his
sleeves and proceeded to knock
down some of the props which
the republican brethren were
feebly leaning upon.
Yesterday at Back Swamp Mr..
M. G. Mckenzie had the honor
OF opening up the discussion for
the day, then Mr. T. N. HigIey
stepped out and told the people a
fact; Mr.. l.. E. Tyner, Republi-
can candidate for Sheriff made a
few remarks and Sheriff Mcneil
stated that he was in the race.
Wade Moses" an honored
name won in the last campaign.
now takes the stand and dis
plays some of the eloquence that
he may some day exercise in the
legislative halls of North Car
DINA if he can bat live until the
people all get cross-eyed and
through mistake get in the
wrong party. Mr.. Shepherd,
Mr.. Kinlaw's opponent, was not
present, so Mr.. S. A. Edmund
took the stump and labored hard
for about two hours to show the
people something that they have
not seen yet. Mr.. D. P. Shaw
closed the discussion of the day
with a good Republican hypno.
tizing speech.
The candidates and their fol
lowers, such as The Robesoniar
man and others, tasted Tuesday
at Howellsville, as they vii
probably have to do severa
times before the campaign !,
over, and yesterday they feasteC
at Back Swamp. The feast
which was an expression of tn,
hospitality of the ladies con
shutting the ninth annual meet
ing of the Woman's Missionar,
Societies Of the Robson Baptis
Association, was certainly
pleasant surprise to all the can
didates, and of course to a
the rest, too. Just after dinner
which was something after
O'Clock, Prof. Richard Henri
Norris, the renowned astroloper
who is making the campaign i,
order tlat he may be able t
make some political forecasts, wa
the centre Of attraction for som