The age-herald., 1898-04-09
CONTESTS IN THE
 PRIMARIES TODAY 4 Hot Fight Over the Selection of Pro-
 bate Judge. LARGE BETS ON THE RESULT Much Interest in tho Senior JudSeShip
 Of City Court BETWEEN WILKINSON AND HARSH A Compromise Ticket Agreed on in Monroe Beat Some Hot Contests in Other Beats
 About the City Today
 In the State.
BETWEEN WILKINSON AND HARSH

Primaries for the nomination of state and county officers in this and nearly all the counties in the state are held today. In this county the contests will be thor oughly exciting, and many of them will be close. The race for probate judge has been, perhaps, the most hotly contested That for senior judge of the city court is likewise one of warmth.
 Not since the famous primaries two years ago as between the Johnston and Clark wings of the democratic party has there been so much interest, wire pulling, and charges and counter charges. The inter- est has gotten to the betting point. Much money was wagered yesterday, particularly on the probate judgship race. Several bets of two to one in favor of Stiles were made. One of $25e to $125 was made between two well known men while in The AgeHerald office.
 The Candidates
 The primaries today are general. The candidates are as follows:
 For Probate Judge-J.. P. Stiles, M. V. Henry, A. o. Lane.
 For Senior Judge of the City Court-G. R. Harsh and w. w. Wilkerson
 For Associate Judge of the City Court J. F. Gillespie, c. B. Powell and Charles A. Senn
 For Judge of the Tenth Judicial Circuit James J. Banks, A. A. Coleman, John H. Miller and w. C. Ward.
 For Circuit Clerk-W. K McAdory and Fergus W. Mccarthy.
 Delegates
 In addition to the baove the voters will vote for the beat committeeman and for delegates to the county convention to be held on April 8. This county convention will send delegates to the state conxen- tion at Montgomery to nominate a gov ernor and state ticket, chief justice and four associate justices of the supreme court and chancellor for the Birmingham division. The candidates for chancellor are Hon. Thomas Cobbs, the present incum- bent; J. c. Carmichael, and R. L. Thornton of Jefferson, and J. H. McGuire of Walker. The vote for the chancellor cast in Jeffer- son county will be given to the candidates receiving the highest number of votes and means his nomination. The vote for cir cult judge will be prorated
 The fight for delegates will be as in teresting almost as the race for county of- fees. The Mcclellan and Coleman people will try to secure delegates Messrs. D. A. Greene and H. P. Heflin, candidates for county solicitor, will endeavor to secure delegates who will support candidates for the legislature supposed to be friendly to them, and, finally, the Cobbs, Carmichael and Thornton people are each endeavor ng to secure delegates sa as to get friendly
 
 Two Ballots
 Each voter today must cast two ballots, one for delegates to the county convention, the other for county officers and beat com mitteemen- The ballots for delegates will be placed in one box and those for county officers in another. The vote for delegates will be made by handing in list of the names desired to be voted for. The vote for county officers will be made on the off1c al ballot, the voter placing (x) cross marx to the left of the name of the candidate for each office for whom he desires to cast his vote.
 Polling Places
 The polling places will be located as fol- lows today:
 Beat 21-Cleveland-Court house. Monroe-Ice factory, Avenue E and Twen- ty-second street.
 Madison-No. 40 Twenty-fourth street. Jefferson--Malone's store, Avenue G and Twenty-sixth street.
 Jackson-Shepherds store, Park avenue and Nineteenth street.
 Davis-1S03 Second avenue
 Hill-Rowelps store, Avenue and Twelfth street.
 South Highlands-Meat Market. Avenue H and Nineteenth street.
 Beat Delegations
 The following IS the number oI oeleSdteS to the county conventions which each voter is entitled to vote for today:
 Cleveland, IA; Madison 8; Monroe, 6; Jefferson, 6; North Highlands, 4; Jackson, 8; Davis, IA; Hill, 8; South Highlands, 2.
 Beat Boundaries
 Beat boundaries are as follows: CleveIand-North of Alabama Great Southern railroad and between Twentieth and Twenty-third streets.
 Madison-North of Alabama Great South ern and east of Twenty-third street. Monroe-South of Alabama Great South ern railroad and between Twentieth and Twenty-third streets.
 Jefferson-South of Alabama Great South ern railroad and east of Twenty third street.
 North Eighlands-West of Twentieth street and north of Thirteenth avenue. Jackson-West of Twentieth street and between Seventh and Thirteenth avenues. Davis-North of Alabama Great Southern railroad, west of Twentieth street and south of Seventh avenue.
 HilI-South of Alabama Great Southern railroad, west of Twentieth street and north of Avenue H.
 South Hghlands-South of Avenue H and west of Twentieth street.
 Hon e Candidates The home candidates interested in tomor- rows primary, as far as the vote for dele- gates to the county convention is con- cerned, are Judge H. A. Sharpe, candidate for associate justice of the supreme court; Joseph F. Johnston candidate for governors; and Hon. Charles G. Brown, candidate for attorney general.
 Monroe Beat
 Delegates--C. A. Mountjoy, J. IT. McCary, G. B. Burkhalter, J. H. Hamilton, R. P. 'Wetmore, Ross c. Smith.
 Beat Committeeman-R. H Tha Ich. The above is the compromise ticket