The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1910-07-05
COUNTY.
Manning Three-Eifths, Allen Two
Fifths-Graham and Lee.

'pSNk ~ 1S"N Aio ooSCI SCl.J
Greensboro, N. c., July I'm the
Democratic County Convention today.
called to ratffy the action of the pri-
maries and to apportion the vote, the
following was registered as the Off
cial vote in the convention of the
State and Judicial and Congressional
Districts:
Observation-Disclosures. 65.1sS: 65
delegates; IS a~lternates, Jones, 1927;
Z Delegates; 7 ~alternates. Mebane.
5.454: 6 Delegates; s a~iternates; Roys-
ter. 1851: 1 delegate; 1 alternate.
State Convention-Chief Justice,
2s votes; Walker rs; Manning.
Corporation Commissioners-Brown,
24-04 votes; Graham. 11.114; Lee,
9.56s; Pearson. 5.34; Bagwell,. 1876.
Judicial CONFERENCE.-The, solicit
tor. 70 votes.
On motion of Judge Shaw, the
chairman was instructed to name a
committee of twelve, Whose duty it
should he to consult with friends or
of the various candidates
for State offices. and select a list Of
delegates and alternates to the State
Convention
The naming of this committee was
deferred until the afternoon, with the
understanding that these twelve after
agreeing on delegates ShOuld rcpOrt
same by publication IN the local pa
perS.
Delegates to the Congressional con
vention, it was agreed, should be
named in proportion to their TotIns
strength. these to be selected by the
respective candidates or their mana
gers
After settling the primary question,
there was an oratorical Democratic
love-feast n party fealty contest be
tween the successful and the I.1suc-
cessful candidates for the mil
tons
Every one Of the nominees an
swered to calls and made the Welkin
ring with thanks for support, loyalt,
to Democracy and desire to MAKE
good officials in the various offices
to which they were to be elected
Then followed an equally eloquen'.
but slightly more pathetic, season OF
brief but good-humored from
the defeated candidates Every man,
while thanking the voters who had
sunported them in the primaries,
cheerfully acQuiesced in the result,
promising to be in the forefront OF
the fight to roll up a record-breakihs
Democratic majority in November.
old Man Abe Kirkrnan,' as they
afectionately call the defeated candi-
date for Register of Deeds. premlsed
his speech in support OF Mr. Rankln'
his successful opponent, by paying a
tribute TO Ici11cCI ~S'S'i'
saving that he was proud Of the tact
that when he went in office twenty
years ago the ~county's taxable prop
erty amounted to 100000 ana the
school fund was $4,000. During the
twenty years / have served as clerk
to the Board of Commissioners. he
said. and as Register of Deeds. L nave
never heard of an unclean thing done,
and when ] leave the office this year
I see that in twenty years Guiitof"
county has taxable property mount
ing to s22,500, 600. this year our scnool
fund is exactly s99. 600. The game oio
Democrat and high-class ofhc'd.
thanked the people for their suppor'
for the past twenty-five years IN coun-
tv politics, promised cordial suppoT,
of his successor. and bade
stand by the nominees and by the olo
ship of Democracy.
It was an inspiring sight to see All
these men who but ten lays aHo ana
two days ago were in battle array II
the voting primaries, utterins WorcS
of LOYALTY to the party and persona
respect and friendship for each other.
When a hard fought primary IKE tne
last two in this county WITHIN less
than ten days of each other. can oflne
about such a result it is useless ION
ger for any one to try and restore fn7
old precinct and Darkroom ofhce
method of putting up or taxing