The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1907-03-15
Majority Of 1873 Over MIR. P.
q. ffiOOrC
He CARRIED FOUR WARDS
Official Result Of Democratic Pri-
mary Held Yesterday

Election Will be Held in May-Second
Primary Necessary in ali the Wards
ExccDt the Third for Aldermen.
Mcssrs. [. VI. Bear and Il. Ii. North
rop Elected in the First Primary
Executive Committee Met Last Night
and announced Rcsults-Largest
Vote Cast in Fifth Ward-Result OF
Primary Appeared TO BIZ in Doubt
Throughout the Day.
Mn. w. E. Springer will be the next
mayor of Wilmington. He won IN The
primary held yesterday and he wilt be
formally elected at the regular city
election to be held in May. AS a result
of the primary there have been chosen
as members of the board of aldermen
the following gentlemen: Messrs. J. A.
Karr, in the First ward; Martin
DEBrien, in the Second; r. H. North
rop and [. M. Bear, in the Third; G..
z. Bodies, Jr., in the Fourth, and W.
Nv. King in the Fifth. A second pri-
mary will be held tomorrow to deter
mine what other aldermanic candidates
from all wards except the Third, are 10
be elected.
The primary yesterday was one OF
The most interesting and exciting ever
held in this city. For weeks past the
workers for the different candidates
have been putting forth every effort
in behalf of their favorites, the last
Two days having been especially not
able for the strenuOsity of the rival
campaigners.
1t has been the general impression
that the vote would be very close
and Mr.. Springer's majority, while not
large, is much greater than even his
most enthusiastic advocates have eve
claimed.
The campaign, while holly contested
haas been, with a few notable excep-
Mons, free from bitterness and conduct
ed in an open handed manner.
MIR. Springer, afte" rs election was
assured last nigh, essed himself
las having no i'll r.. .tlg or enmity
toward any man, / ,lg the keynote
of his administrati5 the upbuilding
and development Il Wilmington in
every way that IS rJssible.
In the prime ,tsterday there we're
2,635 votes cast Ior mayor, Mr.. Spring
er having carried every ward but one,
receiving a majority of 1913.
The Fifth ward led off with the
largest total vote, numbering 785. The
First came second with 544; then the
Third with $40, the Fourth with 39S,
and the Second with S79 votes.
The election in the city was stub
borniy contested throughout the day
and up to the time for closing the
polls the result appeared to be in
doubt.
Very little interest was taken in the
election of members of the executive
committee, no tickets having been put
out in the First and Second wards. In
the Third ward Messrs. W. E. Perdew
and S. Behrends were elected without
opposition; in the Fourth Messrs. c.
wv. Worth and J. H. Waters were
chosen over Messrs. ". 7. Mercer and
IA S. Holden by a vote of SIS to It; in
the Fifth, Messrs Woodus Kellum and
-. II. Kennedy We're elected without
opposition, by a vote of PIP.
BY a majority of 1913 votes, Mr..
William e. Springer, an ex-mayor Of
h city, was nominated yesterday in
the democratic primary for mayor of
Wilmington. The official result of the
election was announced last night
shortly after 10 o'clock by the execu-
tive committee. The result had al
ready become generally known but the
exact figures were not known until
the official count had been declared.
The successful candidate carried
every ward in the city, except one. his
majorities being "a in the First; Il in
the Third; IL in the Fourth, and 93
in the Fifth. The Second ward went
to Mr. Moore by a majority of nine
votes.
AS a result Of the primary for alder