Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-02-05
POsTOFFIcE APPOINTMENT.
Continued from First Page.

We're: -. X. BrySOn, contractor ana
proprietor of the Star Dray company
business; w. F. Edwards. represents
tive of machinery manufacturers; TN
Mccullough, travelling salesman;-Wm
B. Reed, rural mail carrier; c. q.
brooks. cashier of the Citizens bank
The names of other applicants, though
not termed as active ones, are under
stood to be on file in Washington.
The majority of the candidates
have been in the race for a year or
more and during the warm campaign
they have waged there has BEEN little
rest for the democratic patrons of the
Office. First the applicants circulated
petitions among their friends, asking
them to afix thereto their signature
favoring the bearer for the position
which he diligently sought. Later
they made the usual strong appeal for
personal letters of endorsement and
the documents filed in Washington up
TO January II, when Congressman
Gudger requested that the candidates
for Office cease sending such. is said
to be voluminous.
Since that date the people in Hen
Jacksonville have been on the verge Of
most intense expectancy and this sit
uation was not relieved in the least
until last Wednesday, when Congress
man Gudger wired the Hustler-Dem-
ocrat that he would make the an
nouncement this week and that same
would be made through this paper,
the first source to divulge this inter-
esting piece of news. Until that an
nouncement to the paper the people
had watched eagerly each daily IS le
of the North Carolina papers in the
hope of learning something mo-
finite about the p~ostof1ce situation.
Although the race for the appoint
ment has been a most interesting one.
it has been free from bitterness aid.
the candidates have all conducted
themselves very orderly in their Gag
les for the appointment.
There has been considerable spec
ulation as to who would get the ap-
pointment, but the situation has not
been discussed with what was believ-
ed to be any degree of certainty until
during the past few days. The i'm
preston was generally prevalent that
the appointment would be received by.
either, MI. Brooks or Mr.. Bryson and
sentiment was about evenly divided
between them.
The applicants for the Office are all
we'll and favorably known and the fol-
lowing extract from 2 letter recently
written by Mr.. Gudger will show their
standing as loyal democrats: "As all.
of the applicants are personal friends
of mine, men of unimpeachable integ
rity and unquestioned democracy, IT
will be extremely embarrassing TO
pass upon this question and decide the
the successful candidate"
The Retiring Postmaster.
The commission Of Postmaster
Brownlow Jackson expires on Febru.
airy "a after a service of practically
eight years.
On the recommendation of T. S. Roi-
Inns of Asheville, then chairman of the
State republican executive committee,
Mr. Jackson received the appointment
from President Theodore Roosevelt
without having filed an application.
During the term his service vas Of
such a character that he had no COM
petition and without filing application
he was re-appointed by President Taft
on the recommendation of Congress-
man John G.. Grant.
During Postmaster Brownlow jack
sons administration the patronage of
the Office has about doubled and the
Office Facilities have been greatly in
creased, although conditions are lot
what Mr.. Jackson would like for them
to be and cannot possibly be so in the
present quarters. This condition Will
be relieved upon removal to the So,
900 p~ostofice building now under erec-
ton.
Mr.. Jackson's salary has been in
creased from $1,000 per year to $4,000
and it is understood that for the com
ing year the salary will be $1,000 IS
there has been an annual increase of
500 with the exception of n year
since Mr.. Jackson vas given the ap-
pointment. The increase will proba-
bly, be made in July.
The arrangements in the Office have
been materially changed during the
eight years, the last addition having
been made about two years ago n
making a little private Office for IN