The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1900-05-04

in office.
HARRY B. sPIvEY, Indian Woods
township, elected 1896, time out.
w. E. BALLARD, Indian Woods town.
ship. elected 1898, in office.
ROBERT H. SPIvEY, Indian Woods
township, elected 1898, in office.
Coroner:
CHAMP PUGH, Windsor township,
elected 1896.
Constables:
CICERO URQUHART, Woodville town.
ship, elected 1896, and before his qualifica-
ton was indicted and afterwards cor n
ted of larceny of cotton from a !
who voted for him and sentenced to Die
year in the work house and was al
lowed to ecape Jail the next morning,
and is now at large.
ROBERT SMITH, Roxabel township,
elected 1896.
WIN. GILLIAN, Indian Woods township.
elected 1896
NELSON LEE, Woodvile township,
elected in 1898 and could not give bond.
ASHLEY SMALLWOOD, elected in 1898,
did not qualify.
Member County Board of Education:
LUKE PIERCE, elected by county COM
missioners, etc, in 1875 by act Of
General Assembly.
Jailer:
b. ]. ASKEW, appointed in 1897, by Flu
sion sheriff, w. G. Burden. Is now UNI
der indictment for permitting Cicero
Urzuhart, a prominent negro politician
and constable and convicted of felony, to
escape Jail.
At the first meeting of the Fusion
school board. the following was passed:
Ordered that the board proceed to the
election of three white and two colored
men from each district as a committee
Of the same
The following negroes were elected by
districts as follows:
No. Windsor Granville Cherry and
No. 2-Merry Hill, Geo. Horley and A.
T. Wilson.
No. 3.-White's, John A. Horley and
Willie Cobb.
No. 4.-Colerain, B. J. Lane and p. H.
Morris.
No. 5.-Mitchell's, Willis Askew and
Wright Cherry.
No. 6.-Roxabel r. Z. Bush and Whit
Peele
No. 7.-Woodville Lewis Duggan and
J. G. Williams.
No. S-Snake Bite, j. ]. Bazemore and
Dorsey Cherry.
No. 9.-Indian Wood. Isaac Bond and
Harry Smallwood
Postmasters:
LEWIS T. BOND, Windsor. N c.. in
office.
ED. CLARKE, Keeford, n. c.. in office.
j. c. WILLIAMS, Cahaba, N. c., in
office
F. J. RYAN, Quitsna, N. c., in office.
CHERRY, Drew, N: c., in office.
w. E. BENNETT, Powellsville, N. c.. in
office He succeeded Maud Wynn. who
was allowed to resign to escape indict-
ment for appropriating funds. Her broth
er, who was her assistant, is now in
Federal prison for stealing money out of
letters, etc. There are now complaints OF
lost money against the office in file in
Washington and the department refuses
to look into the matter. 1t is charged
that H. T. Gregory, Inspector, was taken
out of the county because he was get
ting all of the negro postmasters con-
victed. The postmaster at Powersville,
who was displaced to make way for these
negroes was a most excellent white lady
whose husband is an invalid.
CHARLES H. LEWTER, Lewiston, n.
c. He succeeded Dan'l W. Baker, Notary
Public and postmaster, who was convicted
in the Federal court of stealing funds be-
longing to his office, and was allowed to
go on the ground that he was about to
die with consumption He is still we'll
and going around pretty strong
GEO. ASKEW was appointed postmaster
at Colerain, n. c., and could not give
bond when DanI White was appointed
and qualified. The bond he gave was alb
solutely worthless and he had TO quit
for want of bond.
In the campaign of 1898 there were
NINETEEN NEGRO MAGISTRATES in
the county of Vance and TWENTY-FIVE
NEGRO SCHOOL Committeeman. In
other words, three out Of the five of the
committeeman in every township but two
were negroes.
OF county officers, THREE WERE Me-
GROES: The register of deeds, one coun-
ty commissioner and one member of the
school board.
The negro candidates running for office
in the campaign were: Register OF deeds,
member of Legislature and county COM
missioner
IneSe were on DOtn tickets. mere
WAS NO FUSION
Here is a list of the negro justices OF
the peace in Vance county
ANDERSON CROSS.
j. P. KEARNEY.
j. A. BULLOCK.
A. P. EATON.
JOE PARHAM.
TOM HENDERSON.
p. Fl. LEWIS.
GRANDSON BURWELL.
REDDIN TAYLOR.
THOS. BROMELL.
c. Fl. DAVIS.
A. B. j. WYCHE.
JOE SATTERWHITE.
TOM HENDRICKS.
E. w. BULLOCK.
There are besides the following negroes
who have, with others, been justices of
the peace in Vance county since Fusion
came about:
w. B. HENDERSON.
w. H. HENDERSON.
J. H. FOSTER.
VIM. KERSEY.
REV. ALLEN EATON.
PETER WHITE.
MACK JONES.
ALFRED JONES.