Western Carolina Democrat and French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1913-1915, 1914-01-15
GUpaER GRANTs MTERYIEM.
Tells of Applicants for ONCE i'm His
District and When He'll Act.

Writing from Washington to the
Asheyille Citizen. George II. Manning
has the following to say with reference
to the patronage situation in Hender-
sonyille and other points in Western
North Carolina
Congressman James M. Gudger, Jr,
has five postmasters to appoint .
scme of the largest Offices in the Tenth
district within the next three months.
and in all probability will name the
winners in the contests within sixty
days. The Offices, together with the
date upon which the term of the pres
ent postmaster expires are as follows:
Forest City, Rutherford county, Feb
ruary 16.
H-endersonyille. Henderson county,
Feb. "A.
Asheville. Buncombe county, March.
7th.
Biltmore, Buncombe county, March,
gath.
Old Fort, Mcdowell county, April 81.
Many Letters.
Upwards of fifty letters a day are
coming to Mr.. Gudger's Office regard
ing these appointments, from the APP
plicants and their friends. The en-
d~orsements of the different candidates
run up into the thousands. At some
o. the offices the contest is very close
and it will be a difficult problem for
Gudger to make a choice.
Congressman Gudger has been par
t;cularly fortunate in the naming of
postmasters in his district. With the
exception of Mr.. Kerr at Canton,
against whom charges were brought
that he was not a naturalized citizen
and which were later disproved, Mr..
Gudger has had no difficulty in secur-
ing the quick nomination and confic-
nation of his postmasters. In this
respect he is most fortunate as several
of the congressman have had some
lively time appointing their men, and
some recommended six months ago
have never yet been nominated.
At Forest City the two leading can
didates are w. G.. Blanton and j. G..
Gamble. Mr.. ]. B. Long was a can
didate when the contest first started
but some time ago he practically with
drew and threw his support to Blan-
ton,
He~ndersOnyille Candidates,
At Hendersonville there are no end
CT candidates and applicants. The
men having the best endorsements
however are @. E. Brooks, w. F. Ed
wards, S. Y. Bryson, t. M. Mccullough
and VIM. B. Reed, with the first four
leading in a nip and tuck race. 1t is
probable that one or two of the four
leaders will drop out within the next
week and that the face will eventual
Iy narrow down to a contest between
two leaders.
At AsheYille one Of the best plums
in the state, Congressman Gudger an
nounced several months ago his inten-
ton of appointing Owen Gudger, 4
prominent attorney of Ashevile,e Fol
lowing the announcement endorse
ments have practically ceased. Gud-
: ger was almost the unanimous choice
! of the patrons judging by the endorse
ments which reached Washington il
his behalf. Young Gudger is a secont
cousin of the Congressm an. Con
gressmanGudger will probably FORWARD
his formal recommendation to Post
master General Burelson within tn
next two weeks.
! To Hold Primary.
At Biltmore it has been agreed be
tween the candidates and Congressman
I Gudger that a primary be held as
means of selecting a postmaster. Th'
$ fight there waged pretty warm wit
+ the race about even among a humble
of candidates. About ten days ago
a was agreed, at the request of h can
a didates to submit the question to
. primary, to which Gudger agreed
i, Since the announcement was made re
). garding the primary a large humble
= of other candidates have entered tn
race and a nice %squabbIe may ensu
before the matter is finally dispose
of. Mr.. Gudger will within the mex
80 few weeks make arrangements for
II meeting of the candidates to agre
Is upon whose names shall appear on tn
ballots, the rules of the contest an
the date for holding it.
a. At Old Fort the two leading cand
dates are Mrs. Annie l.. Trexler, an
Iv IT L.. Grant. Mrs. Trexler is the wiz