The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1889-05-09
Town Election.

meeting OF the citizens and voters al ..,a
town was held at he court hous.. for the
purpose Of nominating q ticket. Nctics.
OF such meeting was sent around during
the forenoon and as great publicity given
to the matter as possible. At the ap-
pointed hour good sized crowd OF both
whites and blacks assembled. Mai. J. f.
Harris vas called 10 the chair and Thad
Il. Manning was requested to act as see
rotary. After few appropriate remarks
by the chairman upon taking his seat
the meeting was declared ready for bust
ness, and it was agreed that the first
thing in order slIuuid be The selection OF
a candidate for Mayor. The names OF
several gentlemen We're placed before the
convention in the order named: Thad
X. Manning, I, ". Goodrich, A. B.
Persse, Henry Perry, ". r. Henry, L. r
Hicks, i Il. Eortham. Messrs. Good
rich, Perry and Henry asked that their
Perry, however, who nominated him. de-
clined 10 withdraw his name and the bal
LOT affs then taken: The vote stood:
Manning 30 Perry 20. Hicks 13, PeIsse
., Henry ,, Goodrich ?, Workman 2. No
one having received q majority OF all the
votes cast, on motion Mr. Manning vas
nOmina ted by acclamat.On. While not a.
candidate fOr.the office, never having So
licited the vote or influence OF a single
person III that connection, coming i'll the
manner il which it did the nomination
was accepted Ill defereHce to the wishes Of
friends az expressed III the very fiat tering
nature OF its bestOWal. The vote for Mr..
Perry was quite complimentary TO that
gentleman under the circumstances He
asked that his name be not used saving
he could not serve and gave his reasons
for declining. The people Of Henderson
had been very kind to him he said and he
had cause to feel both proud OF and CRATE
full for the honors bestowed upon him
III the past, and while he hoped they
would not misconstl'ue the motives that
actuated him and think him lacking in
appreciation he asked that he be not
voted for.
The selection OF five commissioners was
the next thing 10 be done. The names Of
several gentlemen were proposed and the
following was the result of the balloting:
W. Fl. Walker 40, ". +. Gary %, Red
ding Perry 4S, ". ". Rowland 40, Holm
D. cooper So, !. j. Harris %, Col. W H.
$. Burgwyn %, Capt. r. l.. Daingerfield
81, Col. 4. Il. Cheek 10, NJ Dorsey Z, 4.
II. Jordan 6, Henry Perry 4, ". 4. Britt
2, ". H: Reavis (coD 2, Ben Smith 2
Scattering, persons receiving one vote
each, O. Messrs. Walker, Gary, r. Perry,
Rowland and Cooper We're declared the
nominees CT the convention and the
meeting adjourned.
Capt. DainferfeId who has served Oh
the Board with faithflIness and accept
ability the past ? years declined to serve
again, but notwithstanding this fact a
oil 4
for him and the result was that the vote
for West End men was split and that
par; Of town was left without representa-
ton on the Board. This was unfortu-
nate, while it was unintentiOnal, and the
matter was brought TO our notice by Mr.
cooper Immediately after The vote was
announced. Without waiting for a for
NAL adjournment the crowd began to
leave the room, knowing. that all bust
ness was over, and by that time there
were but few LETT. Mr.. Cooper said it did
not look fair for the other part Of town
TO have no man On the Board, and while
they were IN large measure responsible
for this fact themselves, he thought there
would DE diSsa tisfa3tiOn and was wiling,
to vii iltirsE IN f,fvor OF Col. BufgHyn,
Col Cheek, Capt Daingtricd, or some
o5:l"r good man who might be named
This writer left a I O'Clock for Green's
bOro and did not return until Sunday
morning. We did not know what action
ii any-had been taken Saturday.
Upon our return home we found that q
ticket had been brought out by the ne
aloas Saturday night, headed by 7. 7.
Hicks for Mayor, with the names Of
MeasIs N;til,e;. and Rowland Nominated
b. white, people Friday afternOon) A. +.
Smerdon and Two coiorad men, julius
Speed and John |. Rowland, On it as
Commissioners. Mr.. Hicks signified his
acceptance OF the nomination and entered
actively into the canvass early Monday
morning. 1t did not take long TO dis
cover that sectional feeling" ran high
and was to play an important part in
| the way certain people would vote that
| day The negroes Of course We're almost
solid for Hicks because he was de nom
| ernep,' while many OF our esteemed fell
| lOWtOWnSmen who come not within the
magic circle of the = Ring'-which We had
| hoped long ago that We had heard the
! last Of-Were almost as solid for him be
| cause he or some other good man was
| not the nominee on the OtAer ticket in
one capacity Or another. And at this
| they kicked with all four feet.
| Then there was an independent can
didate also in the field for Mayor. John
| f. Gibson announced himself as an aspi-
rant for that office and went actively tC
work to capture votes. SO it was a tri-
| angular affair and the man who should
get tlle most votes would be the success
fu contestant. Quantity and not quail
ity counts in an election. The best o
good feeling prevailed among the candi
dates and their friends. When the bal
lots were counted out the following was
| found to BE- the result:
| FOR MAYOR
Hicks. ....2O:
| Manning, 200
| E;k.on II