William W. (William Walton) Kitchin

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1. May 27 and 28, 1891 Caldwell Institute holds its commencement through a week of rain Rev. Mr. Crawford of Trinity College preached on Wednesday and spoke Thursday morning, W. W. Kitchin of the Roxboro bar gave the Thursday address and presented the medals, and pupils gave essays, music and dialogues that night. A correspondent credited Principal J. H. McCracken with building a school of about 80 pupils and a new schoolhouse in a year. People: William W. (William Walton) Kitchin, J. H. McCracken Place: Caldwell Institute, Caldwell, Orange CountyOrange County Observer (Hillsborough), June 20, 1891, p. 3
2. June 14 and 15, 1891 Cedar Grove Academy holds its 1891 commencement Rev. L. L. Johnson was to preach the commencement sermon on Sunday, and Judge R. W. Winston and W. W. Kitchin gave addresses. Irene Hughes won the principal's gold medal and C. C. McDade the silver, and the fall term was set to open August 27. People: Robert W. Winston, William W. (William Walton) Kitchin Place: Cedar Grove Academy, Cedar Grove · Also named: L. L. Johnson, Irene Hughes, C. C. McDadeOrange County Observer (Hillsborough), June 27, 1891, p. 3
3. September 22, 1896 Congressional candidates W. W. Kitchin and Thomas Settle debate at the Hillsborough court house W. W. Kitchin and Thomas Settle, rival nominees for Congress in the Fifth District, held a joint debate on free silver before a standing-room crowd in the Hillsborough court house. People: William W. (William Walton) Kitchin Place: Court house, Hillsborough · Also named: Thomas SettleSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), September 24, 1896, p. 3
4. November 3, 1896 The Democratic-Populist fusion ticket carries Orange County Orange County's voters elected the whole fusion ticket: Albert H. Holmes (Populist) to the House, John K. Hughes sheriff, John Laws register of deeds, W. B. York treasurer, Dr. C. D. Jones coroner, James O. Webb surveyor, and M. W. Moore, N. V. Ray and Thomas J. Hogan county commissioners. W. W. Kitchin carried the county for Congress by 401 votes. People: Clarence Dupre Jones, William W. (William Walton) Kitchin, John Knox Hughes Place: Orange County · Also named: Albert H. Holmes, John Laws, W. B. York, James O. Webb, M. W. Moore, N. V. Ray, Thomas J. HoganSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), November 5, 1896, p. 3
5. November 6, 1906 Democrats carry every county office in Orange Every Democrat on the Orange County ticket won in the general election: W. W. Kitchin carried the county for Congress by 407 votes, John W. Graham beat Bramham for the state Senate by 431 and Isaac W. Pritchard won the House seat by 224, and the three Democratic commissioners, John F. McAdams, Joseph W. Pickett and Sterling Browning, were returned. People: William W. (William Walton) Kitchin, John W. Graham, Samuel Mallett Gattis, John F. McAdams, Isaac W. Pritchard Place: Orange County · Also named: Joseph W. Pickett, Sterling BrowningSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), November 15, 1906, p. 2
6. May 18, 1908 The Orange County Democratic convention gives Kitchin most of its vote for governor The Orange County Democratic convention, meeting in the courthouse after the May 9 precinct primaries, cast 4.50 of the county's convention votes for W. W. Kitchin for governor, .81 for Ashley Horne and .69 for Locke Craig, and named the county's delegates to the state, congressional and judicial conventions. People: Samuel Mallett Gattis, William W. (William Walton) Kitchin, Joseph A. Harris, Locke Craig, Samuel Weldon Andrews Place: Courthouse, HillsboroughSearch the index · Orange County Observer (Hillsborough), May 21, 1908, p. 3
7. September 13, 1912 Freshman Isaac William Rand dies in a hazing incident on the athletic field Taken from his Old East room near midnight by sophomores, the Smithfield freshman was made to stand on a barrel behind Bynum Gymnasium, fell onto broken glass that cut his carotid artery, and died within minutes on the gymnasium steps. Four students were arrested for manslaughter that day after a coroner's inquest, and Governor W. W. Kitchin demanded a full public investigation. People: William W. (William Walton) Kitchin, Francis Preston Venable, Isaac William Rand Place: Athletic field behind Bynum Gymnasium, UNC, Chapel HillSearch the index · Howard E. Covington Jr., Fire and Stone: The Making of the University of North Carolina under Presidents Edward Kidder Graham and Harry Woodburn Chase (2018), p. 6
8. September 16, 1912 President Venable reports Isaac Rand's death to the trustees' executive committee Meeting in special session in Governor Kitchin's office on the afternoon of Monday, September 16, 1912, the executive committee of the University's trustees heard President F. P. Venable's report on the hazing death of freshman Isaac William Rand, drawn largely from the account of Rand's roommate, who had been hazed with him. The committee adopted resolutions of sympathy for Rand's family, recalled the trustees' rule that students convicted of hazing be expelled, and noted that the four students involved had been bound over to the Orange County Superior Court on a homicide charge. People: Francis Preston Venable, Isaac William Rand, William W. (William Walton) Kitchin Place: Governor's office, RaleighThe News (Chapel Hill), September 19, 1912, p. 1