The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1909-02-04
NORTH STATE HAPPENINGS
Occurrences g Interest Cleaned From All Sectioua Of the Bus,
Tar Heel State

the delivery of the inaugural address
were uniformly held in the hall O
the House of Representatives, thel
called the Commons Hall.V It wa
tnen the largest auditorium in til
cltY. Special provision having beer
made for the Inauguration and tern
OF office of the Governor elected !,
August; 1862, Col. Zeb. B. Vance wa
1naugurated and delivered his brie
but stirring inaugural address OF
September Sth, following the election
on a platform erected in the shade O,
the big oaks les the southwest cor
ner of the Capitol. After his election
Tor a second term in 1864. he wal
lnaugurated III the Commons Hall
and in that Hall Governors Worth
Holden, Caldwell and Brogden wer
lnaugurated. When Vance was to b,
installed Governor for a third term
the Democratic hosts were here il
such numbers that in the Capitol one
fourth OF them could not witness thu
ceremonies and hear the address OF
the great tribune of the people, re
turned to serve them, after twelve
years of official Punishment, and re
sort was had to Tucker Hall. a com
modious auditorium over what is nov
Dobbin & Ferrall's store. If mis-
take not, Governor Jarvis, his success,
or, was inaugurated in the same Hall
Ny recollection is that Governo.
Scales was inaugurated in Metropol.
itan Hall, and Governor Fowle anc
Carr is Stronach's Tobacco Ware.
house on South Wilmington street
and that Governor Holt, who filled
Governor Fowle's unexpried term
was inaugurated in the hall of the
House of Representatives, and Gov.
ernor Russell in Metropolitan Hall
The weather being propitious, Gov.
ernOr AycOck was inaugurated anj
delivered his address on a platform
at the east front of the Capitol, and
Governor Glenn in the Academy Of
Music. Tuesday, January 18th beinz
a mild day, Governor Kitchin was in.
augurated as was Governor Aycock
on a large platform at the east per.
tico of the Capitol.
Inaugurations of Half a Century Ago
When the population of Raleigh
was only a fourth of what it is now
Or less, as it was before 1860, and the
convenience of transportation from
different parts of the State was much
less than now, those who wished tC
attend the inauguration ceremonies
could be fairly we'll Accommodated II
the hall of the House of Representa-.
tives though the galleries were gen.
orally we'll filed by fair and fashion
able ladies of the State and the lob.
bies crowded by men, who did not
have the opportunity to witness pub.
lie entertainments as the men of this
generation have.
Politics ran pretty high between
Democrats and Wings in the ante-bel-
lum days, though the issues between
the parties now seem insignificant
The ladies participated in the inter.
est. The majority of the city and
town people were Wings, and the
wives and daughters of that day gen.
orally took pride in the digniied ap,
pearance and elegant OF
Wing ofice-holders. One of them
more notable than others, was seated
or standing in the gallery when 6
Democratic Governor-elect was beine
inaugurated in place of one of the
old regime. He was not as portly OF
eourtly as the outgoing Governor
and his predecessors for severa.
terms and the good lady craning he1
neck to see, inquired of a neighbor
(Which is Governor Blank?" Ant
when he was pointed out, she sale
in accents of disgust: "Sure thing
He is small potatoes and few in the
hill" Unfortunately the exeelleEI
wife of Governor Blank was in hear
ing of the compliment; but of thi!
the partisan lady was inadvertent
and Mrs. Blanks dignity was sucl
that she did not show a ruffled TEN
per. She knew that she had cousI
to be proud of her husband, whateve,
a Wing belle might think of his ap
pearance. However, the loyalty O.
our people to their officers was grea
In those days. and before very Ions
Governor and Mrs. Blank were cour
teously and Hospitality treated; anC
Governor Blanks private secretary
an elegant and handsome young man
who afterwards rose to high distinc
ton, became a lion In the fashionable
society of our Capital city.