The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1897-04-28
POLITICAL GOSSIP.

A Big Mass Meeting dominates Alder
men-Three Cornered Tight for May
or.
Durham. n. c., April 27.-(SpeciaD-
There was a pretty lively mass-meeting
held in the court house last night. Capt.
e. J. Parrish was chairman, and Mr..
Howard A. Foushee secretary. AT the
beginning there were some three hundred
persons in attendance. The largest vote
cast was two hundred and seventy and
q few persons present did not vote. In
the performances it was decided that two
persons should be chosen for aldermen
from Five Points, Parrish Warehouse
and Hunts store precinct and one from
the Court House precinct, making seven
in all. Five Points was taken up first
and a number of names Iwere put in NOM
nation. On the first ballot Mr.. &. q.
Taylor was nominated by a very large
vote, Mr.. Thos. J.Rigsbee coming well up
for the second place. On the second bal
lot Mr.. R:gsbee again led and it looked
like he would be the nominee. third
ballot, however, resulted in the selection
of Mr.. John w. Pope. For Parrish's
Warehouse precinct Mr.. NJ. q. Markham
and Maj. VIM. A. Guthrie were nOminat-
ed. DR.. N. NJ. johnson and Mr.. }. Is.
Morris were chosen for Hunts Store and
Mr.. c.. A. Jordan for the Court House.
The contest was a spirited one and when
the convention closed it was evident that
some were happy and others not so hap
Nv. On the streets were heard much
talk and what the result will be cannot
now be foreshadowed. The talk is that
another ticket will be in the field and
the main fight comes off next Monday.
This meeting was called for the nominal
ton Of candidates for aldermen only.
Only one case before Mayor Peay this
morning. The charge was drunk and
staggering.
Mr.. e. V. Webb has been here from
Roxboro on visit to relatives.
Col. Julian S. Carr went to Raleigh
this afternoon.
There was light shower Of rain here
yesterday followed with a very cool
breeze.
The seventy-eighth anniversary Of Odd
Fellowship will celebrate by the Golden
Link Lodge of that order IN this city
last night. The public exercises were
held at the opera house and was attend
ed by quite large and appreciat.ve au-
dience. The opening was led in prayer by
Mr. J. C. Worten. Mr.. e. X. Welch
made an address taking for his subject
'.F'riendship" Rev. Jno. n. Cole then
followed in most appropriate speech
on Love" J. w. Twilley closed with
telling speech on Truth" Mr.. Thos.
NJ. Stephens gave the bonedictiOn. The
Durham orchestra enl.vened the occasion
with some of their best music.
The fight in municipal affairs IS waxing
warm and from now on those who are
interested will be very active. The
friends Of the various candidates for
Mayor are growing more active. Each
one has his followers and it looks Ike
the three cornered fight will continue
to the finish. The candidates are Messrs.
Moses Il. MCGOWAN, L. NJ. Briggs and
ID. C. Mangum. There IS no use DIS
guising the fact that the voters seem to
be pretty evenly divided between the
three candidates and neither one feels
reasonably certain Of winning the race.
1t would be hard to phophesy who VIII
lie the winner.
Mrs. A. l.. Moore is here from Raleigh
on a visit to her daughter, Mrs. u. NJ.
Wahab.
Mrs. John C. Wilkerson has gone to
Leasburg, Caswell county, to visit rela-
tives. Mrs W:lkerson IS deseryedly one
of the most popular of the older ladies
of Durham, and numbers her friends by
the score. .
Miss Daisy Green has returned from
Greensboro where she spent a most de-
lightful stay of two weeks with friends.