Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1910-07-13
WHITEHEAD KLU1Tz AT ATLANTIC CITY.
independence Day Orator at Ocean Grove
Where He Is Hero of the Hour.

Where He Is Hero Of the Hour.
Hon. Whitehead Kluttz, presi'
dent of the Senate of North Caro-
lima, and one of the youngest men
IN public life in that State, Is
spending few weeks at this re-
sort. He came here from Ocean
Grove where on the Fourth of Ju-
ly he was the orator of the day in
the big auditorium, which was
packed to tho doors. His un-
broken flow of the soft, Southern
language, captivated the audience
and he aroused such tremendous
enthusiasm that some of the staid
old Methodist preachers arose and
called for three cheers to be given
him. He was congratulated by
Governor Fort, and number of
prominent public men who heard
him speak, and was afterward
taken to the Governors Spring
Lake home to dine.
, The son of Hon. Theodore F.
Kluttz, distinguished member
| of Congress from North Carolina,
! and a man beloved by all the peo-
pie of the State, young Whitehead
Kluttz spent much time in Wash
ington, hearing memorable de-
bates and becoming versed in leg
islatlve procedure. A few years
later he spent a winter in the Cap
ital as Senate correspondent for
several well.known newspapers.
He went to the University of
North Carolina and Immediately
became leader in the college life
and i'll the debating societies of
old Chapel Hill where Thomas
II. Benton, James K. Polk and
Zeb Vance learned oratory and
craftsmanship. He was eighteen
years old and in his second college
year when he was chosen intercol-
legiate debstor against Vanderbilt
University and won the debate
He was editor-in-chief of the col
lege paper.
Leaving the oaks of quaint and
historic Chapel Hill. Mr.. Kluttz,
like most young Southerners of
talent, entered the practice of
law. He was then just twenty
one. Four years later, at the ear
llest age possible under the State
Constitution, he was elected State
Senator, and served 30 acceptab'y
that he was unanimously re-nom-
mated and reelected. He was
made chairman of the Congress
sional convention of his district
and delivered the alumni address
at the University, Of which he is
a Trustee.
In January, 1909, his reputa-
tion having become more than
Statewide, he was unanimously
elected to preside over the delib-
erations of the North Carolina
Senate. This was the highest
honor in the gift Of the Senate
ami Senator klutttZ is the young
est man who ever occupied the po-
sition in his own or probably in
any State. He still took leading
part in the work of the commit
tees and the debates on the floor
and his legislative initiative EN-.
braced such various subjects as
good roads and fire escapes,
worthless checks and narcotic
drugs.
The New Jersey Bar Associa-
tion invited Senator Kluttz TO ad-
dress it at it's annual meeting at
Atlantic City in June last year.
He accepted and his address
Building the Greater Nation"
took the Jersey lawyers by storm.
1t was said of it that 'the speech
of no Southern man who has come
North in recent years has received
such an an ovation" The late
Justice Brewer of the Supreme
Court, warmly praised the speak
or and the speech.
Senator Kluttz spoke to the At
lantic City Y. M. G. A. last year
on "The Immortal Life" and
made such a profound impression
that they demanded another date
this year which he has given them
on July 10th. He Is actively en-
gagged in the practice of law and
declined to become a candidate
for Congress this fall.
His home is at Salisbury, N. c.,
and he is unmarried.
On Sunday afternoon he will
address the Mems Meeting at the
Y. NJ. G. A. building on Pacific
avenue. - Atlantic City Daily
Press, July Z.