The commonwealth., 1916-05-23

equal to himself at his best AID made
a ringing speech.
Wayne was called but had no candi
date.
Wilson was called. and Judge H. d
tonnor, in classic language, scholarly
style and faultless bearing, presen ted
to the convention the name of Hon
+. A. Woodard of Wilson. Mr.. Wood
ard S good service to the Democrats of
the district counted for much and hay
ing taken up the banner at 4 time ,vhe1,
tc do SO was almost a forlorn hope, Mr.
! Woodard s claims on the party should
now be considered as strong as before
All the nominating speeches were
good and were well received by the
convention.
Seeonding speeches were made as fol
lows: G. w. Mitchell of Aulander, sec
onding the nomination Of Capt. Peeb-
les; j. NJ. Wood of Wayne, seconding
that of Mr.. Gillian; H. A. Boyd OF
Warrenton seconding that of Mr.. Kltch-
| in; L. V. Morrill, of Greene, seconding
that of Mr.. Woodard, and E. C. Moore
of Wilson, seconding that Of Mr. Wood
ard.
Balloting
Balloting was at once entered upon
The first ballot stood as follows:
Woodard, So; Kitchin, "a; PEBBLES.
I95; Gillian, 63.
Eight ballots were taken and tr
result of the eighth ballot was: Wood
ard, 62; Kitchin, 60; PEBBLES, SO; Gil
liam, IS. It was evident that the ses-
sion would be long one and the con-
vention adjourned an hour for supper.
Reassemhling at 9 clock balloting
was resumed. The ninth ballot showed
very little change. Ballot after ballot
was taken for hours and hours, but
there was no hope of nomination. 3er-
tie cast her 81 votes solid for PEBBLE
every time, and Northampton her 33
for PEBBLES every time. Halifax stood
-hke-every ballot went 40 Tor
Kitchin; Edgecombe the same with .,6
votes for Gillian. and Wilson the sam
with 81 votes for Woodard The coun
ties who had no candidate divided yep
ercusly between the others, occasionally
Lemon giving her solid 80 votes for
some one Of the candidates, Greene di<-
iding, now and then Warren giving :.
solid Is votes for Kitchin, but for the
most part giving it l 6-1O for Gillian
; 2-lO for PEBBLES and IS 2-1O 70,
kitchin> a while Wayne kept her vot
about equally divided amongst the can
didates A few votes were given to
Swift Galloway and Capt. T. W. Mason
At 1:55 O clock Mr.. H. E. Shaw of
Kinston, came upon the rostru.n and
Icing recognized by the chairman, pre-
sented to the convention the name Of
Mr.. j. w. Granger. He said that Le-
noir had tried to nominate every candi-
date before the convention by repeated
ly casting her entire vote for some one
of them; and in the hopelessness OF
any nomination at all and with the
good claims he had made for Lemon
county he presented the name of Mr..
j. w. Granger, of Lenoir The noml
nation was seconded by Mr. T. G. Woot-
en- of Kinston. The balloting com
menced again, but with very little eff
fect upon the prospects for a nomin !
ton, Lenoir and Greene voting for Mr.
Granger.
Balloting continued with very little
change until 2:4O clock, Mr.. Kitchi,
having gone to 102 one time that bein,
the highest vote made At that hour
Hon. F. A. Woodard appeared on the |
PLATFORM and IN few well-chosen |
sentences, acknowledging the honor
which the Second district has twice
conferred upon him by election and .
third time by nomination. he withdrew
his name from the contest.
Things grew more interesting now
Out no more prospective of a nomina-
non. Wilson county then cast solid
Il votes for Gillian and stood 50 to
ne end. Notwithstanding the 81
'otes Of Wilson for Gillian it was evi
lent that things were drifting to Ki'
II. At the close of the Hath ballot at
clock Mr.. Granger appeared on the
platform and with thanks for his slr-
'ort, withdrew his name
OF course the interest was now moro
intense. Kitchin s strength continued
o grow, and five ballots were taken
With Kitchin, Gillian and PEBBLES in
he field. On 10th ballot, with Kitck
n s vote 1872, within II of domination. {
apt. PEBBLES came forward on the I
'iatform, thanked his friends for their 8
upport and withdrew his name. s
This left only Kitchin and Gillian j
the contest, and of course the next /
aliot would decide it. Where would c
'ertle and Northampton gos Of course +
Halifax expected them for Nitchin and /
-dgecombe expected them for Gillian. p
Already the daylight had commenced
0 peep through the windows and had a
reclaimed again by it's superior power t
yer the Pickering electric light that O
fod and his works are supreme, for as t.
aylight shone in the lines of wear;. r.