Roanoke Rapids herald. [volume] (Roanoke Rapids, N.C.) 1914-192?, 1914-05-29
DEMOCRATIC COUNTY CONVENTION
Held in Halifax at Noon on Saturday,
May 23...EleCtiOn Of Delegates.
Resolutions Of Endorsement
and a Hot Prohibition
Fight

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vention, assembled in Halifax on
last Saturday, May %, at noon,
for the purpose Of naming dele
gates to the State Convention
and the Congressional and Judic-
ial Conventions and was called to
order by w. E. Daniel, of
Weldon.
Mr.. Daniel appointed Ray
mond Dunn, of Enfield, tempor-
ary Chairman, D. E. Stainback,
of the Weldon Roanoke News,
and j. T. Stainb b a C k
of the Roanoke Rapids Herald,
temporary Secretaries, On mo-
ton this organization was made
permanent.
The roll of the townships was
called by the Secretary, all
being represented. W. E. Dan
iel moved that the Convention
proceed to the electionof delegates
to State, Congressional and Ju-
dicial Conventions. The Chair
man announced that each town
ship was entitled to one dele
gate and alternate to the State
Convention and each of the
four larger townships (Roanoke
Rapids, Weldon. Enfield and
Scotland Neck a delegate at
large each.
Each township named its dele
gates as follows: Brinkleyville.
F. M. Taylor, delegate, j. E.
Ayres, Jr., alternate; Butter
wood, N. w. Warren, delegate,
j. r. Patterson, alternate; Con-
ocanary. J. H. Darden, delegate,
j. L. King, alternate; Enfield,
r. C. Dunn, W. T. Clement,
delegates, DR.. A. S. Harrison,
j. w. Whitaker, alternates; Eau
cetts, E. w. .Lyles, delegate, W. l..
Dickens, alternate; Halifax, E.
L. Travis, delegate, MI. Sted-
man, alternate; Palmyra, W. D.
White, delegate, L. W. Leggett,
alternate; Littleton, w. A. John
ston, delegate, j. w. King, al
ternate: Roseneath, w. H. Ivey,
delegate, l.. H. Lucus, alternate;
Scotland Neck, N. A. Riddick,
j. H. Shields, delegates, Stuart
Smith and Gresham Harper, al
teruates; Roanoke Rapids, W. L.
Long, A. L. Clark, delegates, ].
w. House, J, T. Stainback, al
ternates; Weldon, w. E. Daniel,
Geo. c. Green, delegates, A. c.
House, W. l.. Knight, alternates.
w. E. Daniel introduced a res
olution endorsing Congressman
Claude Kitchin for nomination
and appointing as delegates to
the Congressional CONVENTION to
be held in Rocky Mount on June
2, all of Congressman Kitchin's
friends who desire to attend.
This resolution was unanimously
carried.
DR.. A. S. Harrison introduced
a resolution endorsing Solicitor
Jno. H. Kerr of Warren for re-
nomination. This resolution
was carried and the convention
appointed itself as a delegate
body to the Judicial Convention
to be held in Weldon on May 20.
Following an enthusiastic
speech of w. E. Daniel, the Con-
vention by a rising vote signified
its hearty endorsement for re-
nomination of Hon. E. l.. Travis
for Chairman of the North Car
olina Corporation Commission.
DR.. |. E. Green, of Weldon,
who was unable to attend the
convention on account of a very
sick patient in Weldon, offered
through Mr.. Daniel, a resolution
endorsing the candidacy of Sen
ator Lee S. Overman. This res
olution was carried.
A. C. House, of Weldon, in
troduced a resolution pledging
the candidates for the Legisla-
ture to work for the passage of a
bill to prohibit the shipment of
liquor into the State. This res
olution was hotly contested on
various grounds, principally on
the ground that the resolution
was beyond the province of the
convention. MIR, House amend
ed his resolution by striking out
the word pledge" and substitut-
ing the word request. After a
spirited contest the chair ordered