The Robesonian. [volume] (Lumberton, N.C.) 1870-current, 1908-10-19
BRYAN-KITCHIN DEMO
CRATIC CLUB.


EnthusiasticMeetir,g of Demo-
crats-Impo,tance of Register
ing and Polling a Large Vote !
Urged Enthusiastic Speeches
Club Meets Again Tomor-
row evening.
At the instance of some Of the
leading Democrats Of the town
Mr.. R. D. Caldwell, president OF
the Lumberton Board of Trade,
called meeting at the opera
house Thursday evening to Or
ganize a Democratic club. A
fairly-well attended and very
enthusiastic meeting was held
and a Bryan-Kitchin Demo
cratic Club was organized with
GO members to start with and
with the following officers: Pres
ident, R. D. Caldwell; first vice
president, A. E. White; second
vice president, Leon T. Cook;
third vice president, W. }.
Prevatt; fourth vice president,
M. w. Floyd; secretary, j. A:
Sharpe. Mr.. J. A. McDougald
was elected county organizer of
clubs and an effort will be
made to have clubs organized all
over the county. Messrs. A. I.
Parmele, H. M. McAllister, }.
D. Norment, w. P. Barker, IA.
McDougald, D. W. Biggs, JnO.
Kaneer, M. o. Rafter and S. F.
Webbwere appointed a committee
on membership, and Messrs. WI.
Prevatt, E. J. Britt. W. 0.
Thompson, J. P. Stansel and
Frank Cough were appoint
ed to act with Chairman Geo. B.
Mcleod, of the county executive
committee, to make preparations
for the speaking of Senator
Overman in Lumberton Friday
night of this week. The club
will meet at the opera house to-
morrow evening at 1880 o'clock
and at that meeting other COM
mittees, to be appointed by the
president and the other officers,
will be announced. 1t is real
lied that the time is short and
that if anything is accomplished
all good Democrats must be up
and doing, and effective work
will be done between now and
the day for the battle of ballots.
The meeting was called for
7:30 but was not called to order
until about 8 o'clock, and while
waiting for the crowd to assem-
BILE Messrs. J. A. McDougald and
A. w. Prevatt entertained with
selections from a photograph
from the Eagle Furniture Store,
the most popular record being
Mr.. Bryan on the popular cleo
ton of Senators. In calling the
meeting to order Mr.. Caldwell
stated the object of the meeting
and said that it was realized that
something must be done to get
some enthusiasm in the cam
paign, to get men to realize that
work must be done if Robson is
to give the majority in the com
ing election that she should give.
He called Mr.. S. Mcintyre to the
chair, upon motion of Mr.. w. J.
Prevatt Mr.. Caldwell was unani,
mously elected president and Mr.
Caldwell again assumed the chair
After the other officers were du.
ly put in nomination and elected
Mr.. Mcintyre suggested thai
the president with the vice
presidents and secretary, ap.
point all other necessary work
ing committees, which sugges
ton was acted upon. Mr.. Nc
Intyre suggested that the clul
be known as the Bryan-Kern
Kitchin Democratic Club, bu
upon the suggestion of Mr.. Nc
Leod the name was shortened t.
the name given above-the Bry
an-Kitchin Democratic Club
The chair asked Messrs. A. T. Par
mele and H. M. McAllister t
canvass the audience for mem
bers for the club, and while thi
was being done Mr.. McIntyr
was called on for a 'red-hot'
political speech. Mr.. McIntyr
said he was not prepared to max
a speech of any kind and he wa
not tuned up for a "red-hot'
speech, but he made a rousin
speech, for all that.
Mr.. Mcintyre said that it wa
high time for all who believe i
the principles of Democracy
get on their war clothes. TIE
years ago he and ex-Sheriff M
Leod rode night and day canvass
ing the county and they face
the most formidable, meanes
and sassiest set of Republican
and Populists that was ever turf
ed loose on campaign. The
faced then a Fusion majority {
1,500, but at the end of the can
paign Democratic majority {
400 was rolled up and Robesc
county had 80 votes in the di
trict conventions, so that wit
any other county in the distri
Robson could nominate a Co,
gresham, a judge or a solicito
He said that we are prone to fo
get what kind of government v
had under Fusion rule, forg
that we then had negro juror
with neither property nor int
ligence; negro teachers, neg
justices of the peace. He revie,
ed rapidly some of the go
things that have happened und