Hickory daily record., 1922-01-25
SHEDS LIGHT On
P0STOFF|CE
FIGHT
he Editor Of the Record:

a., the Editor Of the Record:
bco. TO submit some observations
and history relative to the fight for the
n..j;iou of postmaster Ut Hickory,
4. Nv. W. II. Ba.|<lcy obtained
IN. endorsement Of tie Republican
.,.tutiye committee III executive ses-
.;,n on March 23rd, 1921.
Ahout month prior to this Mr.. a.
Whitener came to me and stated
,hat ne would sec tina. l would be ap-
,ointed postmaster. If would say that
! wanted it. | told h'n that l didn't
mimi, | could make the proper grade
,ru,r the civil .ervice rules and that
M, business arrangements were such
that could not consider it. On
IN, 18th of March, 1921, was reliab-
ly nformed that Mr. Whitener and
,yn or three 1thers had made AZ
.or.rment to put nv. Barkley over
- postmaster; on the next morning,
m, 10Th. | met Mr.. Whitener on the
corner at I.utz's Drug store and l
e.krd him as to the truth OF tins
agreement. He stated it was true.
informed him then and there that no
man could get the postof,ice by mis-
concentration and that | was cam
didate for postmaster from that date.
About two months after this Hon.
viii II. Hays gave out ruling that
uostmaster appointments would be
made IN the following manner:
Applicants shall pass civil service
examination for each Office and one Of
the three applicants making the
highest eligible grades shall be APP
pointed and endorsements filed prior
10 making an eligih'e grade woulG not
lie considered, but endorsements filed
after the applicant has been placed
on eligible list would not be objected
TO-"
About ten days after this ruling was
giyen OUT the Republican executive
committee was called to meet at
Newton ITO transact such business as
may come before it," and among other
things. one of the acts of the COM
mittee was that they passed a reso-
luton that no applicant for any posi-
ton should be endorsed by the COM
m.ttec until they had made an eligible
yrade agreeable to the above ruling,
and then only in session assembled.
Thi, rescindcd any action or endorse
ment made by the committee prior To
this date. and 3ar,ity got cotd i"ct |
and got out Of the race; ! stayed IN,
stood the examination and was placed
on the eligible list. Raymond l..
llctner being the highest and Albert
l.. Deal next of the three Of us.
There has been no meeting OF the
committee since the list of eligib!es
has been made known, and II. II.
Miller has no endorsement under any |
rules of he ga,an Gnd has no more |
rights TO tie position any more tbaa !
"Ahab's rights to Naboth's vineyard.
and any man contendng for such |
rights might we'll eXclaim with Ahab,
Hast thou found me, 0 mine en-
envy in the same dramatic and in
voluntary fashion, whnn their consci-
tnee is stricken by meeting a man !
Ok honest purpose and standing for
just cause. Justice is the supreme |
concern of Heaven on earth de-
clared Daniel Webster. In the vcr-
nacular Jezebel, Pulled off frame
up and Mller's friends are trying !,
TO pull the same with the help OF the
county chairman who hasn't the NOR
al courage to cali the committee to-
gcther so that the committee can
pass on eligible list and make their
choice Of the trio.
! wish to state that | have on file
correspondence and can get afii-
davits proving my statements or OBJ
seryation herein, and will only be too
glad to furnish proof to any one in
terested as to- the truth Of anything in
this communication.
HORACE II. ABEE.