Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1913-01-16

to be theirs and even at the sacrifice
Of the happiness of the mother. But
mothers are continually doing just
that. 1t is the true mother spirit the
true mother love.
Finishing his work in the State UNI
yersity in 1880, Locke Craig was APP
pointed assistant professor of Chem
istry and held this position one year.
He was urged to remain but the re-
enumeration was insufficient and the
young man taught in the Chapel Hill
private school the next session. Here
too, he was a success but the Call of
the West came to him. His friends
again urged him to remain in Chapel
Hill for that strong, earnest personal
ity which in later life marked him as a
leader of men appealed to those with
whom he worked.
In the year 1883 Locke Craig located
in Asheville Little more than vii
lage was the mountain metropolis in
those days. The young lawyer found
that clients were less plentiful than
attorneys and expenses must be met
Teaching appealed to him and for a
while Locke Craig taught IN the school
being conducted at that time by DR..
Poole. Then the lumber business Of
fered an opportunity and it was in
1891 when Locke Craig began the
practice of law In Ashevile in very
earnest. From the first the peopel
turned to him. Here was the oppor-
tunity of judging the value of charac-
ter plus preparation and the result
Vzyo Nd ic
The opportunity and the man came
together and the man conquered the
opportunity. Locke Craig became a
potential factor in the material and
political Life of the growing Western
Carolina city. Asheville was then in
the ninth Congressional district and in
1892 Locke Craig was the Democratic
elector from the district and manfully
did he throw himself into the battle
lines. Four years later he was named
as elector at large. In this campaign
the first real opportunity of his life
came to the young orator. He was SO
years old He was earnest and virile.
He was filled with courage and firmly
convinced. His campaign for Will
liam Jennings Bryan during that year
his reputation as the Cora
tor of the Blue Ridge" and from the
to the Sea he carried the
banner of Democracy. The Republi-
cans were in control in Buncembe
county but when the Democrats nom
mated Craig as their candidate for
legislative honors, he was elected with
a majority of 100 and this in the face
Of a normal republican majority of
R00 he fAc, 0f& 10
Of the man in his home county.
The General Assembly of 1899 is re-
cognized as one of the remarkable
gatherings in the history of the State.
Men of marked ability were gathered
together from every section of the
State. The stronger men, the men of
big mind and stalwart brain and
among them Locke Craig took his
place with the foremost. He made
good in goodly company. He dem
onstrated his ability in leadership.
The campaign of 1900 came on and
with the splendid leader, Charles
Brantly Aycock the campaign was
opened at Laurinburg, Those two
master men were together on the open
ing day. Last summer was at Laur-
lnburg when Locke Craig opened the
The gathered throng talk
ed of the other opening-in 1900. They
remembered the masterful manner of
the MAN of the West" and they loved
him. They cheered him in 1900 and
they cheered him still more heartily
in 1912. His leadership in 1900 won
them and they rejoiced that he was
the chosen leader in 1912. They re-
membered his masterfuI work for
White Supremacy and they loved him
more. He had grown stronger in the
twelve years and the men of Scotland
noted it and spoke of it.
During the years since Locke Craig
located in Asheville and began the
practice of law his work has been
markedly successful and his practice
has grown steadily. Several years ago
a partnership was formed with ]. H.
Martin and G. A. Thompson and the
firm of Craig, Martin and Thompson
enjoys the confidence of the people of
the Land of the Sky" and they are a
busy firm. In number of instances
the firm has represented clients intl
very important cases and they have