The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-05-04
NEW OFFICERS
RULE THE CITY
Administered Oath OF
Office Yesterday.
A TOKEN OF ESTEEM
Presented to Mayor Powell On His Re-
tirement From Officer. 7. GOWan
Elected Auditor To Reduce
Number of Committees---NeW
Board Held First Meeting.


lanes I. Johnson is now mayor and
Thomas Badger trial justice. The new
board of aldermen have held their
first meeting and the government OF
of the city is in new hands. the go
ing out of the old administration was
marked by good cheer, ana Mayor
Powell was presented with d manu-
some present as a token OF the hlsii
esteem in which he was held py inc
enonIoves of the various city depart
ments The scene of change was one
of perfect harmony, and the new OH
GERS entered upon their duties at once
The old board of aldermen met IN
tho MAYORS office at noon ana lrlti
Justice Thomas Badger was hrst ad-
ministered the oath of office, after
which the new board of aldermen was
sworn in, and lastly Mayor James l:
Johnson took the oath. Then the ola
board adjourned and Mayor Johnson
called the new board to order. MI. j.
Sherwood Upchurch having rendered
his resignation as city auditor 10 tne
new board, Mr.. r. T. Gowan was erect
ed by the new board to succeed nlfh,
A committee was appointed to reduce
the number of aldermen COMMITTEES
from Is to g. and the board then ad-
journed till Friday night
After the board adjourned City
Clerk w. w. Wilson and City lax COL
lector Jno. S. Jones were administer
ed the oath OF office.
The Meeting i'm Detail.
The old board met at II o'clock,
the members present being Baker
Boylan, Habel, Hicks. Johnson, Lee,
Norwood, Rand, Rogers, Separk and
Wilder.
Mayor Powell stated that before adj
iournment the oath of Office would
be administered to the trial justice,
new aldermen and mayor. Justice
Badger was first sworn in. after when
the aldermen took their oaths the list
being reversed in alphabetical order
as fololws: j. Sherwood Upchurch,
l.. G.. Rogers, Herbert w. jackson,
George W. Harden, Ed Hugh Lee, w.
A. Cooper. VIM B. Grimes and Viii
liam Boylan.
Mayor Johnson was the last sworn
in by Mayor Powell. and directly after
the oath was administered he was
presented with a large basket OF beau
tiful cut roses.
AS Mayor Powell reached for the
gavel TO present to his successor, Mr..
I. p. Sale, City Sanitary Inspector.
arose. and representing the forces of
the various city departments, made q
presentation to Mayor Powell of an
umbrella. which was ornamented with
a magnificent solid silver handle, on
which was engraved the name of the
mayor. Mr.. Sale, in his presentation
speech, spoke as followS::
MIR Powell: On your retirement
from the office of mayor, the force,
whose pleasure it has been to serve
under you for the past six years, re-
quest me to present you with this little
token a san evidence of their love and
respect for you. You have always
been kind and courteous to us, and to
have served under you has been a
pleasure to each and every one of us,
and upon your retirement from office
we wish you success in whatever Work
of life duty may call you.
"And now as you return to a private
i'm the ranks of our citizens, and when
yonder western hills have obscured
life's sun, may you sleep secure in the
dawn of it's never-ending day.
Mayor Powell in accepting the gift,
said:
MY fellow officers: I accept this
token of your esteem with pride, as an
evidence of your friendship. l vacate
this chair feeling that every one of
you is a personal friend. Umbrellas
are too often treated as the property
of the man who last uses it. | shall
have this one properly inscribed, and
woe to the man who lays profane
hands upon it. If Judge Badger does
not send him to the roads for ten
years 1 will see that he does not sue
coed himself. / was not apprised of
this token, hence l have burned no
midnight oil in the preparation of
response, hence my eloquence shall
have to be my silence. Again l thank
YOU.
In conclusion he said he wished the
administration of Mayor Johnson
would be the best the city ever had.
Mr.. Separk then moved to adjourn
and the motion prevailed.
Mayor Johnson, before calling the
new board of aldermen together, said
that he desired to express to the cit
liens of Raleigh his appreciation of
the high office given him and the hon
ors which the office conferred upon
him. and declared that it would be his
earnest endeavor to always hold the
high responsibilities of the office be-
fore him. He said he esteemed it a
privilege TO preside over the new
board, which was composed of some
of the best business men in the city
and was truly representative of the
people and would care for the inter-
ests of the people. He was touched
with the token of esteem his predeceS-
sor had received, and said that when
his task was ended his greatest wish
would De that as many good and kind
words could be spoken of him as had
deservedly been said of Mayor Powell.
AS he concluded he referred to the
flowers he had received and spoke as
follows:
Before me are some beautiful flow
ers, presented me by Mrs A. NJ. Pow
ell, and their silent speech implies
that | am here representing the ladies
or Raleigh, as we'll as the men. /
shall have, as have already had. the
cooperation of the women of this city.
and when noble women assist any man
in a cause. both he and the cause are
hard to beat / very much feel that
the ladies have put me where / am"
He then called the new board to
order, all of the members being pres
ent as follows: Boylan, Cooper,
Crimes. Harden, Jackson. Lee, Rogers
and Upchurch.
Mayor Johnson said that the num-
Der of members of the board had been
reduced from 16 to 8, and that as
there were 16 committees these
should be reduced or combined and he