Goldsboro weekly argus., 1908-10-15
HON. CHARLES R. THOMAS
Brilliant Record OF The Congressman
frsm The Third North Carolina
District.

The coming election on Tuesday,
November the 3rd, is for the purpose
of selecting not only a President and
State and county officers, but tor the
election of CO ngres ssmen.
The ID emocretic candidate for Con-
gress in this District is again Hon.
Charles r. Thomas, of Craven county.
On the 23d Of June, at Goldsboro, he
was again nominated for the sixth con-
secutive time. The convention was a
large and enthusiastic one, made up
of representative citizens Of the Third
Congressional District Of North Caro-
lima, including farmers, business and
professional men from all parts OF the
nine counties of the District, which
extends from Carteret county, on the
coast, to Pend er county and the New
Hanover line. The counties compos-
ing the Third Congressional District
are: Cateret, Pamlico, Craven, Jones,
Onslow, Duplin, Sampson, Pender and
Wayne. These counties lying along
the Norfolk and Southern Railway and
the Atlantic Coast Line Railway, COM
prise one of the tairest and best Sec
tions of the ''Old North State" The
people of the District, numbering about
IT'S, 600, are among the best and most
thrifty and progressive citizens of
North Carolina. The interests of the
District are many and varied, includ-
ing, besides agriculture and the cul-
tivation of cotton, large trucking, fish
int tc
The Representative of this District
has intrusted to him not on the agrl-
cultural interests OF the District, but
appropriation Tor rivers and han bors.
public buildings, light houses, life
saving stations and many other i'm
portant matters involving the welfare
of his people. To have been the Rep
resen tative for tie past ten years OF
such a constituency and to be re -nomi
mated for the sixth term III the Nat
ional House OF Representatives, is All
exceedingly high honor given to buf
few men in the State,
Mr.. Thomas and Hon. John 81. Small
will be thesse n or mem bers OF the North
Carolina delegation i'll Congress upon
the retirement OF Hon. w. w. Kitchen.
With all the honors bestowed upon
him by repeated re- election the Repre-
sentative OF the Third District is the
same Charles r. Thomas wh0 was
first elected { to Congress in 1898
He is Democrat of undoubt
ed loyalty to his party. but in matters
which are not partisan he serves all
the people ofIhis District. The huta-
blest citizen of his District receives his
attention and reply to his letter and
, request, while the larger interests OF
every kind nlsoHreceive tile benefit OF
his influence, which is increased by
his leng th OF service and will be still
greater in the event OF his reelection.
He is now taking up, with greater
power and inf lenceia than ever, the
improvement of our water ways,
sounds, rivers and every feeder there
to, as we'll as the drainage OF swamp
lands of Eastern North Carolina. By
reason OF his length Of service and po-
sition upon the Committee on Public
Buildings, he secured for Nol tn Cero-
lima in theA House of Representative
$765. 900, to which Senator Overman
added in the Senate, and between
Senator Overman AMI Mr.. Thomas the
State securedS for public buildings a
round million of dollars. - eThe appro-
priations forE orEpublicEkbuildings includ-
ed improvements of the public build
ings at New Bern ande Goldsboro, and
a $500, 10000 customs house for Will
mington. EAlso increased appropria-
tions for Kingston public building and
many other cities.
Mr.. Thomas isszthes second ranking
Democrat of the Committee on Public
Buildings. In speaking upon the sub
ject OF public buildings and Mr..
Thomas influence, the chairman on
the committee of public buildings, Mr..
Bartholdt, said :A'I want to make this
emphatic statement, that in no case
has the oommittee.on public buildings
dev1ated from the rule. which is, that
no considerationsshould be given to a
town having less than $4,000 postal
receipts. Let meiIadd, Mr.. Speaker,
that the State OF eNorth Carolina has
more appropriations in this bill in pro-
portion to it's population than any
other State in the Union.'' ZAP
plause.l
This reference.swa to the public
buildings bill in the House of Repre-
ssntatives and intended as a compli-
ment of the works OF the Representa-
tive of the ThirdfDistrict. I'm co-opera-
ton x.,i4I, tl,o uon I0br H Gmol1 ond