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Extreme left: Girl on lap of "Mama" Eva Jarrett is Katherine James Estridge ;  Extreme right:  Katherine Aiken Jarrett, wife of Thomas C. Jarrett, sitting on glider. Center left: Maude Jarrett, Eva Jarrett's older sister. Center right: Mae James, holding son, Tommy Estridge, brother of  Katherine Estridge.

"Vision Statement For the Thomas C. Jarrett House Project,"  October 2007.

The following named ticket was then put in regular nomination: For mayor, John M. Ledford: for aldermen, D.J. McLellan, E.H. Britt and J.W. Cockrum. The latter was nominated on the fourth ballot." Asheville Weekly Citizen, April 23, 1891.

On motion a petition was drawn and enough signed to justify the town commissioners to order an election in May next.

Capt. Atkinson made a motion that the town issue $25,000 for improving the streets, which was seconded by B.G. Caner and all present.

An election will be held in May to elect a mayor and five town commissioners to serve for the next term.  March 31, 1891.

Thomas Walton Patton was re-elected Mayor of Asheville for a year and carried with him Henry Redwood, Wm. A. Blair and Fred A. Hull, the Aldermen on the Reform ticket.

The Democrats realized in the afternoon that the "goose was cooked," and only waited to hear the majority. The full vote by wards for the various candidates and on the funding bond proposition was as follows, as announced by Chairman West at the First ward polls last night:  [poll result follow]

When the result had been announced there were loud calls for the mayor, who  in response thanked the Reformers from the bottom of this heart for what they had done for him; reasserted his belief in the virtue of a business administration of a city's affairs, and then told all to go home and get a good night's rest, which all needed after the day's hard work.

It will be seen by the figures that the mayor led the Reform ticket, while Mr. Sevier led the Democratic ticket. The funding bond proposition needed 1016 votes to carry, but received 1713 and would have received a larger vote if there had been workers for it at the polls during the entire day. Of the registered vote 92 1/2 percent, was polled.

The crowd on the streets was unusually small and quiet last night.

It having been rumored about the streets that Richmond Pearson had put money, generally said to be $1000, into the Reform campaign yesterday, and the rumor having come to the ears of Mr. Pearson, he came to THE CITIZEN  office today and made a statement of his actual expense, as follows: $10 subscription to campaign fund: $17.25 for blue ribbons ; 5 cents for two glasses of lemonade for himself and Wiley Shook ; total, $27.30.

The newly elected officials will be inducted into office on the third Monday in May at noon.

IN WEST ASHEVILLE

The Democratic ticket in West Asheville was elected yesterday by a small majority. There were three tickets in the field. The vote for Mayor was as follows: