Asheville daily citizen. [volume] (Asheville, N.C.) 1890-1900, 1891-05-06
THE MUNICIPAL ELECTIONS
HOW TOWNS OF THE STATE
VOTED MONDAY.
The Democrats win i'm Every Com
test, and salem, Concord,
ThOmasvilIe ana LincOlnton
For Vote EBrOUreaa.

test, and Salem, Concord,
ThOmasville ana I-incOlnton
For Vote Progress.
At Raleigh the following board of Al
dermen were elected: R. e. Redford, Jno.
R. Terrell, M. A. Parker, Frank Stron-
ach, w. X. Womble. S. v. House, F. W.
Honevcutt, Jos. E. Pogue, Thos. Pescud,
c. X. Lee, M. Bowcs, B. ]. Robinson, AL,
fred Tate, julius Lewis, D. M. King. R.
Z. Lumsden, L. B. Pegram. All are dem
ocrats except Messrs. Bowes. Tate and
Robinson. The mayor will be elected by
the board and Thomas Badger will be
chosen, all the democrats having been
pledged for him.
SALEM.
At Salem the old board Of c.Siermen,
with H. Z. Price for mayor, were elected.
A proposition for issuing $4,000 in
bonds for the Improvement of the town
was also carried by good majority.
HIGH POINT.
At High Point the election resulted ::
For mayor, Edwin D. Steel; for aldermen,
Vim. Partridge, R. c. Charles, Alvin
Hammer, J. ]. Welch. E. O. Snow, ]. H..
jenkins, J. Elwood Cox and X F. DaI-
ton.
GREENSBORO.
At Greensboro the contest was the hot
test on record. Forbs, the present in
cumbent, was reelected by a majority of
n votes over Capt. Geo. II. Gregory.
The councilmen were the same on both
tickets.
At Shelby the result was: t. Gard
ner was reelected mayor by majority
of 35 over w. L. Damron. A. B. Suttle,
J. F. Tiddy, W. H. Eskridge and ]. H.
Wells were elected aldermen.
HENDERSON.
At Henderson the result was: For
mayor, Andrew ]. Harris. Commission
ers: ]. p. Taylor, H. 2evis (col.); E. S.
Fleming, Rev. T. ]. Horner; r. Perry, W.
h. Walker; W. W. Rowland, w. H.
Hart.
NEW BERNE.
At New Bcrne the First, Second, and
Third wards went Democratic and the
Fourth and Fifth Republican. propo-
sition to issue bonds for $4,000 for i'm
provements was defeated.
SALISBURY.
At Salisbury T. c. Linn was reelected
mayor on the straight Democratic ticket
by 200 majority. The entire Democratic
ticket ran ahead of the pc e'ple's ticket.
CHARLOTTE.
At Charlotte the result was Mayor,
Or. b. Brevard; aldermen. Joseph Gra-
ham, +. B. Springs, c. Scott, W. F. Bu-
chanan, George Hall, S. !. Asbury, R. ].
Sifford. Heriot Clarkson, G. H. McGinn,
Pat. Fl. Phelan, w. W. Ward and DR.. |.
7. Williams, col. All democrats.
DURHAM.
At Durham there was hard fight over
the question Of appropriating $25, 900
for the purpose Of building public
school house. The Raleigh Chronicle
says the measure was carried by a good
majority. The Globe OF Monday saws it
was showed under. Mayor Angler was
reelected without opposition.
THoMAsvHLE.
At Thomasville $4,000 was voted for
purchasing a site for the training normal
school for girls.
GAsToNIA.
At Gastonia the following were elected;
Mayor, X. G. Bradley; aldermen, f. N.
Lineberger, Geo. A. Gray, L. l.. Jenkins
and J. b. Beall. They are democrats.
CONCORD.
At Concord the election resulted in
LAWYER W. G. Means being elected
mayor by a good majority. Bonds car
ried and also aid to graded schools.
HICKORY.
At Hickory l.. r. Whitencr was re.
elected mayor over ]. d. Elliott by So
majority and the local option contest re-
suited in victory for the drys.
LINcoLNToN.
II. E. Ramsour was elected mayor by
a majority of 65. H. W. Burnon, A.
Nixon, NJ. Lawing, !. L. Cobb, W. l..
Cruise, l.. J. Wilkes, l.. ]. House and !. A.
Abernethy we're elected aldermen. For
bonds was carried by majority Of 3s
votes.