Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-01-16
LOCKE CRAIG MADE GOVERNOR
AMID A BLAZE OF GLORY.

Raleigh, Jan. 15.-The ceremonies
attending the Inauguration of Hon.
Locke Craig as Governor of North
Carolina here today were witnessed by
a great throng of people and proved to
be success in every way. "The little
giant of the west" assumes the ardu-
Gus task of presiding over the destinies
of his State under the most favorable
| auspices and he. appears to realize
| fully the weight of the responsibilities
! attending the exalted position in which
he has been placed. His inaugural
! address ranks with those of the great
lest of his predecessors and made a
p1 ofound impression upon the thou
sands who heard it with intense inter-
est from beginning end.
/! Yesterday morning at o'clock
Governor-elect Craig left AsheviIle by
train scheduled to arrive in Raleigh at
ii7.30 that evening. On the train with
| him from Asheville there was large
number of citizens, friends and neigh
bors of the Governor-elect. Among
the number being State Chairman
/ Charles A. Webb. At Greensboro the
gubernatorial party was met by IL
members of the joint legislative 1nau-
gural committee, of which Senator
zebulon Weaver, of AsheviIIe, was
chairman. A reception committee of
Raleigh citizens, Is in number ioined
the party at Durham. On arriving in.
Raleigh GoVernor-elect Craig was TAX
en- to the Marlborough hotel
At 1880 this morning the parade
was formed. The military and civic
sections assembled on Martin street.
| opposite Nash square, anE she line OF
march was to Fayetteville street, be-
low the Marlborough hotel, where the
governor-elect, the various commit
tees and invited guests in carriages
and automobiles joined the procession
1T proceeded north on Fayetteville
fstreet to the capitol, around it on the.
/ west and north to Wilmington street.
] up it to North street, thence to the
governors mansion on Blount street.
Here the outgoing governor greeted.
the incoming governor and the process
Sion then proceeded to the capitol,
around it on the east and south, thence
ssuth on Fayettev1Ile street to the au-a
fdirorium. Here there was music, vo-
cal and instrumental.
The inauguration ceremonies took
place in the auditorium, where Gov
ternor Craig delivered his inaugural
j address. After he and the other state
/ officers were sworn in Governor Craig
reviewed the parade from the balcony
OF the Marlborough hotel. The mill
tary previous to this formed at the
foot of Fayetteville street and march
I'D directly north along it.
In the afternoon there was a Iun-
cheon at the mansion given Governor
Craig, his party, and various guests
At night from 1880 till 10 public re-
lception was held at the mansion where
refreshments were served, and where
the governor and other state officers
with their wives, received the visitors
After this there took place at the au-
ditorium the inaugural ball, to which
the public was invited.
The streets are decorated with flags
and bunting and numerous ornamental
arches span the line of march. Mill
tGry bands are rendering music for the
parade and also at the reception, while
at the ball the music is being rendered
by the Third regiment band.
There were number of military
companies in the parade. The ambu-
lance corps, the A. & M, cadet battal-
ions and the boy scouts. Invitations,
had been issued to all the editors and
all the mayors of the state to be pres
ent, and also to all the Democratic
county chairmen and all the members
OF the Democratic state committee
The formation of the procession was
4 follows:
Military Band.
The military companies.
The ambulance corps.
The A. e M. cadets.
he Boy scouts.
Carriages and automobiles
In the first carriage was Governor
elect Craig, Chairman Weaver of the
Senate inaugural committee and Chair
man Bum of the house inaugural com
mittee At the governors mansion
Governor Kitchin joined the party In
this carriage, and his personal staf5
occupied the carriage Immediately fol-
lowing.
In each of the other carriages with
the state officers were members of the
| legislature and citizens inauguraz
committee. The officers in the second
carriage were Lieutenant Governor
Newland and Lieutenant Governor
elect Daughtridge; third carriage, sec
retary of state and speaker of the.
house; fourth carriage, state auditor
and state treasurer; fifty carriage, str
perintendent of public instruction and
attorney general; sixth carriage, in
surance commissioner and commits
sioner of agriculture; seventh car
Iriage, commissioner of labor and print
ing and Corporation Commissioners
Pell: eighth carriage, Corporations
Commissioners Travis and Lee; ninth
carriage, Chief Justice Clark and Asso-
ciate Justice Hoke: tenth carriage, As
sociate Justices Brown, Walker and
Allen. In the eleventh carriage were
Democratic National Committeeman