The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1904-08-26
COUNTY POLITICS
New Commissioners
Ticket in the Field. Can
didates for Treas.

The swirl of county politics. which
has settled in it's center to the grand
free for all race for the Board of
County Commissioners took on the
added interest yesterday Of seemingly
we'll authenticated rumors OF the for
nation of a new ticket which is said
to have been constructed to fight the
opposition" ticket which has been
standing since early the month.
This ticket it is said will be com
posed of the following gentlemen:
w. {. Riddick. for chairman. and
Bryant Smith, of Raleigh; Parker
Hester, of Barton's Creek; r. J. Cd
wards, of Houses Creek. and Hal
Rand, of st. Mary's township.
AS published in The News and OBJ
server of August 9Th the opposition
ticket gotten up originally to fight the
present Board of Commissioners is
composed of:
Len H. Adams (for chairmanD. of
Raleigh; w. f. Utley. of Apex; s W.
Terrell, of Rolesville: j. T. Broughtor,
of st. Mary's, and T. j. Edwards, OF
Houses Creek.
In addition to these candidates four
of the present board are in the race as
follows:
A Fl. Green. of Raleigh; j. ID. Allen,
of Raleigh: Eli Scarboro, of Eagle
Rock, and William Yates, OF White
Oak.
Which one of the several other can
didates will be placed on this ticket
remains to be seen, it being possible
that the old board will not figure in
any specific ticket. but that each man
will make his race INDEPENDENTLY
Among other candidates who are
making an independent canvass for
nomination at the primary are Julius
Lewis, DIR. Blalock. I. b. Owens, j. j.
Edwards, Robert Burns, S. Wilder.
1t will be observed from the above
that Mr.. T. j. Edwards. of Houses
Creek, will be a candidate on both
the original Opposition" ticket and the
new ticket recently promulgated
1t was sumoSed Yesterday that the
policy of these getting out the new
ticket would be to take UP the "oppo-
sition" men, those suggested being
W. f. Utley and S. w. Terrell, but that
supposition seems TO have been inor-
rect.
While it is doubtless true that the
friends of several Of the candidates
will not press their selection by the
primary, the outlook at present IS,
however, for three. rather than two
regularly constituted tickets the old
board filed out by one of the indie
pendent candidates to take the place
of Mr.. J. w. PegTam who Is not In
the race. the Opposition" ticket and
the new ticket brought out yesterday.
Other Candidates.
While the commissioners fight is
occupying the centre of the stage and
the Apex News is stirring things up
from the centre. the contests for the
Legislature, for the Senate and f.sr.
chairman of the County Executive
committee are going merrily on.
| Tor the House there are four carr
dldates, Messrs. a. b. Stronach Percy
| Olive, r. e. Sentelle and j. c. Drewry
! The candidacy of the latter gentleman
was only formally announced on yes
terday, although it has been well IN
| derstood for some time that he would
| lie in the race
For Senator are N. B. Broughton.
j. ID. 8oushall and J. G. Ellington.
For Register of Deeds. j. J. Bernard
and r. p. Dixon.
I And for Chairman of Counts Execu-
tive Committee. Armstead Jones and
| ". B. Snow.
Candidate for Treasurer.
1t was also said yesterday that
there would be opposition to Treas
i urer 3. T. Williamson in the person
Of Mr.. Lawrence Fort, who had Just
decided to enter the race but com
ing as it did late in the day, this re-
port could not be verified.
From the foregoing it will be seen
that The Democratic voters of Wake
will have ample opportunity to ex-
press their preferences. The fight will
be a live one. but under the liberal
primary law it should and VIII have no
bitsernasses behind. On one thing
i everybody is united a rousing majority
! in November.
Hon. Locke Craig.