Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1920-04-07
WARD
HAS BIG SHAKE-UP
Three Incurnbents in That Sec
ton Go Down to
Defeat.
WOODY SUCCEEDS NIELSEN
Veteran Member of Board of
Aldermen .Loses-Phillips
Leads Dickerson.
WOODY SUCCEEDS NIELSEN

seven new men gained seats in tho
Common Council ard ono in tho Hoard
OF Aldermen In Yesterdays primary.
Three of these will hll vacancies
caused by the retirement OF old
members. tho only shake-up occur
ring in Jefferson Ward. where three
new representatives elected
Arthur G. Nielsen. veteran member
OF the Board OF Aldermen from JEFF
terson Ward, lost his seat to Henry
w. Woody. Both mon are funeral
directors. Woody led the council
manic ticket. polling 2.l21 votes
Nelson's defeat was a surprise to al
most every one. tho general impress
sion being that the fight was being
waged against William II. Adams,
president OF the Board OF Aldermen.
Mr.. Adams was rc-clectcd. receiving
almost 600 votes more than Mr.. Nell
sen.
Phillips Scores Heavily.
Raleigh l.. Phillips received more
votes than any other candidate for
Common Council. beating James T.
Dickerson. the runner-up. by twen-
ty-four votes
John Grimes and jefferson Powers
were the two Councilmcn defeated
for reelection. William Il. Sullivan
being the only member returned
from Jefferson Ward. Percy Smith,
a lawyer, and Melvin +. Johns were
elected to the seats OF Grimes and
Powers.
W, {. CARPENTER was elected to the
vacancy In the Lee Ward delegation
caused by thr retirement of Council
man Butler. running second on the
ticket. which was led by Fred Powell.
Councilmen Roden, Balkins and Rose
were returned. Alderman Grundy
was the only unopposed candidate.
Jesse &. Duke Defeated.
Jesse G. Duke. running on the labor
ticket from Madison Ward. was de-
cisively defeated for the Board OF
Aldermen by Joseph L. Powers. the
incumbent. Powers received 1850
votes TO his opponents SO. The
entire Madison Ward delegation was
returned to the Common Counoi
Carter zones leading the ticket with
2.l2o votes. Atkinson. Moore, I~add
and Morton were the other v'ctori-
Gus Councilmcn. W. u. C'Dutch'D
leaman brought up the rear in this
raco with S57 votes. nosing out
McC g. Finncgan by bare ten
votes for last place. j. T. Bethel
ran sixth on the ticket.
James H.. Mann and James T.
rcters are tho new mcmrcrs from
Clay Ward. Peters winning from Fen
som, who finished in sixth place. by
the narrow margin or eight votes.
Peters Is the son of H. Lee Peters,
president of the Common Council at
present.
Seaton Leads Ticket.
Clarence Scaton led the ticket in
this ward with 3.Il1 votes. Edgar
II. English and Jacob Umlaut finish
ing in the order named. Charlie Moss
made n good showing. polling 1,4l5
votes. James r. Black nnishcd sew
enth. and !. n. Branch and T. NJ
Roscher finished ninth and tenth. re-
spectivcly.
Jack l.. Epps led the Clay Ward
ticket with 3.1S7 votes and Osdway
Fuller finished close behind him with
3,0S7 votes. Charles Bull, tine new
candidate for tho BOARD OF Aldermen.
received 1875 votes
Madison. Clay and Lee Wards gave
evidence Of their satisfaction with
the present representatives in the two
branches of the Council by giving
most of them substantial majoritics.
Carter Jones was evidently unkurt by
the strong opposition which was re-
ported to have developed in Sout h
Richmond because of his advocacy of
Mayor Ainslie for reelection.
The councilmanic vote was the
largest ever pollcd in Richmond and
can therefore be said TO reflect the
real will of the people. although the
public was admittedly somewhat
careless OF this campaign because OF
the whitc-hot interest In the mayor
atty fight. ~
New members will tai hcir seats
in september. when the 9{sf office
OF the Mayor begins.
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