The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-06-24
Notice of Change of Voting Precincts in Walk
County by the Board of Elections.

The County Board Of Elections met in
| the office of Watson &c Calling at u
o'clock M, on Tuesday, May 22nd, 1900.
| There were present w. L. Watson, chair
man; A. b. Hunter, secretary, and B. K.
| Partin.
The following order was adopted in ref
erence TO the division of the county into
election precincts and change of poll
| ing places. That the present division of
| the county into election precincts as
prescribed by ID. II. Young, the then clerk
| of the Superior court of said county, Tor
| the election of 1885, be adopted with
| the exception of the townships Of Bar
| tons Creek, Cedar Fork, New Light,
Wake Forest and Raleigh, which are divi-
| ded respectively as follows:
/ Bartons Creek Township
The two election precincts of Hutchin-
| sons Store and Rogers Store are con-
| solidated into one election precinct for
said township, to be known as Bartons
| Creek Precinct of Bartons Creek Town
| ship, and the polling place in said precinct
| shall be at Brassfelds Store.
| Cedar Fork Township.
The election precinct of Pollard in Ce-
| dar Fork Township is abolished, and
| two election precincts are created; one to
be known as Morrisville Precinct and the
other as Pollard's Precinct, with boun-
daries as follows Beginning on Crab
tree Creek at the mouth of Brian Creek,
| thence up Briar to Stirrup Iron Creek,
| thence up Stirrup Iron Creek to the coua-
| ~ line. All that part of the township
/ lying on the west side of said Brar
~ Lon l.a
| known as Worthwhile Precinct and the
/ polling place of this precinct shall be at
| Morrisville All that part of said town
| ship lying east of said Briar Greek and
| Stirrup Iron Creek shall be known as
| Pollard's Precinct. and the polling place
of this precinct shall be at j. G. Adams
store.
| New Light Township.
| The election precinct of New Light in
| New Light Township is abolished. and
two election precincts are created; one
| to be known as Robertsons Precinct and
| the other to be known as Stony Hill Pre-
| cinct with boundaries as follows: Be-
! ginning at Parker's Bridge over Neuse
| River, on the Oxford Road, runs north
along the centre of said Oxford Road
! to H. Woodliefs store, thence with the
centre of said Oxford Road to the Gran
| vile county line. All that part of said
| township lying west of said oxford Road
| shall be known as Robertson's Precinct
| and the polling place of this precinct
| shall be at Robertson's Store All that
! part Of the township lying east OF said
! Oxford Road shall be known as Stony
| Hill Precinct, and the polling place of
this precinct shall be at Stony HILL
Wake Forest Township.
The election precincts of Forestville
and Rollesville in Wake Forest Town
/ ship shall remain as they now are. The
/ polling place of Forestvlle precinct is
moved from the town OF Forestville TO
| the town Of Wake Forest. The polling
place OF Rolesville precinct shall remain
at Rolesville.
Raleigh Township.
! l. The election precincts within the
| limits of the city of Raleigh shall be as
prescribed in the Charter of said city
| 2. The South division of Outside West
election precinct shall remain the same
! as prescribed for the election held in
| November, 1896.
| 3. The North division of Outside West
| election precinct shall be changed as
| follows: Beginning at the intersection
| of the Raleigh and CASTOR Railroad and
the city limits. runs along the center of
| said railroad to the county road, known
| as the Louisburg road, thence along the
| center of said road to the Township line.
| All that portion of the territory lying
north of the Hillsboro Road, west OF the
city limits and of the Raleigh and Gas
| ton Railroad, and west of said Louisburg
| road, shall be known as the North divi-
sion Of Outside West election precinct.
/ A. Outside East election precinct is
| changed as follows: Beginning at the
| intersection of Newbern Avenue and the
! city limits, runs along the center of New
bern Avenue extension to the county
road, known as the New Road, thence
along the center of said road to the Town
| ship line. All that portion of territory
| lying Northeast of the city limits East
of the Raleigh end CASTOR Railroad and
| the Lousburg Road, and North of sail
| Newbern Avenue extension and said New
| Road, to the Township line, shall be
| known as the North Division Of Outside
East election precinct. All that port on
/ of territory lying South of said Newborn
! Avenue extension and of said New Road
| to the Township line, and Southeast OF
! the City limits and East OF the Fayottc-
/, Vile Road, shall be known as the South
Division Of Outside East election pre-
cinct. G.E@ih