The age-herald., 1899-07-04
CONTEST TODAY
 AT WOODLAWN A Hard Campaign Closed by
 Housing Rallies.
BOTH CLAIM THE VICTORY
Exciting Documents Published on Last Day of the Campaign-A Great Deal of Mud Thrown Un-
 til the Very Last

The hottest political campaign in the l history of Woodlawn came to close last l night with two big rallies-one for each crowd-and today, on the nations birthday and the first anniversary of the day when the glorious news of the victory of San tiago was received, when all Americans are supposed to be at peace and enjoying the
 festivities of the day, the battle of the
 ballots will be fought in Woodlawn. Both of the meetings were we'll attend. ed. and the speeches were of a most spir- tied nature. The great majority of those in attendance at each meeting agreed to come to the polls today and work from o'clock in the morning until in the even ing, when the polls close, for the success of their fayorite ticket. The managers of today's election are A. H. Simms ladminis- tration), F. W. Durham Administration, and Dr. George Chisolm (citizen). These managers will select the two clerks this morning.
 There is all kinds of interest being taken in the fight by the whole populace of the place, and one of the three newspapers, all
 Of whom have been very active during the
 
 by getting out an extra political edition
 containing all of the latest and most re-
 vised arguments of it's faction.
 More Warm Documents
 The campaign closed yesterday with
 eral exceedingly warm" campaign docu-
 ments all bearing on the manner in which
 former Governor Cobb. who leads the Citi-
 zen ticket, is alleged to have treated one
 of his close relatives many years ago.
 Governor Cobb's friends claim that Charles
 Burris and Fee Wood, two of their oppon-
 ents made a trip to Asheville, Ala, es-
 pecially for the purpose of raking up some
 old gossip which might be derogatory to the
 reputation of Governor Cobb Thereupon
 the governors friends had printed num-
 Der of copies of letter which was written
 by Judge John W. Inzer, of Ashevine, ill
 which he says that Messrs. Wood and
 Burris, were looking up information jn
 favor of your opponent for mayor. They
 were much disappointed after seeing me
 and Judge Robinson, as I learn from him.
 The letter, which was written to Governor
 Cobb, is complete denial of the charges
 made against the latter.
 The administration people said last night
 that they had not intended referring to this
 matter, but as MT. Burris and Mr Wood had been attacked. they would tell all they
 knew. s. l.. Weaver, in the Burris mass ihetllilS idSl HiSut, Sdlu lHdl ne WOulQ De fully responsible for his statements, and that he would swear all the report as to Governor CobbS neglect of his relative was absolutely true, and that he, Weaver had once kept him from running for probate judge of Shelby county by threatening to expose all of his acts if he ran for office Indeed he said that he told one of the for
 mer governors friends that if he ever ran for office he would tell the affair on him. Not only the candidates. but the campaign managers are getting a touch of Thigh life;" one of them is accused of having stolen dog once.
 The mud is rather thick at Woodlawn The following are the candidates on the citizens ticket, the aldermen being arrang- ed according to the wards they are from: For Mayor: Rufus ". Cobb. For Alder
 men: Ben W. sherrod V. c. Smith, J. G. l Snedicor. E. Brewer J. B. Helm, J. B. | Chamberlain, Joe c. Hail.
 "I am counting on winning the election 1 by 150 votes,'' said Chairman Chisolm of | the citizens campaign committee, at II l o'clock last night 1.-TWO of our men, Lige | McPherson and J. M Morgan, have made a | most careful poll of the city, and my esti- l mates are very conservatively made. I | think we have made most dignifed cam I paign, in spite of the mud that has been thrown at us. and we will win the fight purely on the merits of our cause; which is l the cause of good and pure government Citizens Had Rally
 The citizens held their rally last night in 1 Beggs' hall, and there were about 150 voters present. Chairman Chisolm presided, and 1 besides himself, speeches were made by 1 Captain Key. J. C. Hail, pr. Wood. J. B. 1 Wood, George Brooks and others. Resou- 1 tons were passed thanking the two gen. l tlemen who took the poll of the city for | their work, and also the East End Quar- l tette, a newspaper, for the valuable ser 1 vices it had rendered during the campaign. l The following is the administration, or | working mans ticket:
 l For Mayor-John B. Burris.
 l For Aldermen-J F. Abney, l.. l.. Camp | bell, Henry L. Jordon, R. K. Edwards, 5d | J. Wood, A. c. Jernigan, B. K. Kennedy. 1 q am confident of the result" said Cap l tain w. J. Parkes, chairman of their cam | paign committee last night. "There are l abot 47o white voters in the city and 1Go l colored, 63o in all. I estimate that $50 of l them will vote Of this number I think l that Burrs will get S75 and Cobb i75 votes l Burris' majority of 200 will be made Up of l 75 white and 125 colored yotes Our cam l paign has been hard and conscientious l one, and we believe that tlfe people know l which ticket is the most representative and which will give them the better adminis- I tration if elected"
 J. B. Gibson presided at the adminstra- | ton meeting last night. with about 125 peo- | pie present, altogether Each of the eight l candidates made estimates as to the con- 1 dition in their section of the town. Other | speakers were J. H. Simms, T. w. Dun
 ham, J. B. Gibson, 8. L. Weaver and