The Savannah morning news., 1901-01-09
WILL ELECT TO-DAY
COUNTY OFFICERS To BE CHOSEN
BY COUNTY COMMISSIONERS.
ELECTION FOR ORDINARY.
FRANK Il. KEILBACH WILL BE
NAMED AID INTERIM.

VIII BE Opposed Before the Commits
siOners by Candidates Who WIN
Also Make the Race Before the
PeOpIe-EIectiOn to FIJI Judge Fer
rfIPs UneIpired Term TO BE Held
Jan. 20 or 3O-COunty Officers to
BE Elected and the Salaries They
Drnw-COmmittees of Board of
Commissioners to BE Named by
Chairman Dale.
A special meeting of the County Com
missioners will be held at the Court
House this afternoon. The county off
GERS elective by the Commissioners Will be
chosen.
1t is expected that the Commissioners
viii name an ordinary ad interim and will
call en- election, giving twenty days no
tce, TO fiji the unexpired term of Judge
Ferrill. Mr. Frank e. Keilbach will be
chosen ordinary for the ad interim term
and the election will be called for Jan.
20. In Case the election of an ordinary
ad interim and the call of the election is
postponed until tomorrow afternoon,
when the regular meeting viii be held,
the election for ordinary will be called for
Jan 30
While it is generally understood that
Mr.. Keifbach is to be ordinary ad in
term, some of the other candidates for
the office seem determined to begin their
fight before the Commissioners and their
partisans have been besieging the mem
bers of the board with petitions for their
election. Several applications, including
those of Maj. Thomas Screven and Mr..
A. L. Alexander, either in writing or YER
bally, are with members of the board or
its clerk, and it is understood that these
will be pushed before the Commissioners
to-day or tomorrow.
1t is believed, nevertheless. that Mr..
KeilbaGA will be successful There are at
least two prominent members of the Cfti-
zens' Club who will be candidates before
the people when the election is held, and
the members Of the board, from parti-
IAN standpoint, will find It difficult and
embarrassing to decide between the claims
Of these gentlemen. They will rather
prefer to give the twenty-day appointment
to MIR. Kellbach and then let all of the
candidates fight ii out before the people
when the election is held
Aside from this consideration, there are
several others that urge the appointment
of Mr.. Keilbach with especial force and
these have all been presented to the Com
missioners. There are outstanding claims
due Judge Ferrll's estate, which should
be collected for its benefit, and the Office
should be placed in readiness to be turned
n he f,tl
election. These matters can be attended
TO by MIR. Keilbach better than by anyone
else In the opinion of the Commissioners.
The county officers whom the Commits
sioners will elect, with the salary of each
office, are as follows:
Superintendent of public works and
roads; salary, 81 400
County Engineer, salary, $3.50.
Clerk, salary 81, 800
County Attorney, salary $1,000
County Physician, salary $1,000.
Besides these the Commissioners will
elect also tanitor of the Court House.
So far as is known the present incum-
bent of the offices. with the exception of
county attorney and janitor. will not be
opposed for reelection. Mr. W. f. Chap
lin is superintendent of public works and
roads. Mr.. w. f. Brown, county engineer
Mr. G. Reuben Butler, clerk of the board
and DR. T. b. Chisholm. county physician
County Attorney ]. r. Saussy has filed
no application for reelection and indeed
has never done so, through the long years
since he first began to serve abe county
ir this capacity. An invariable sense of
his fitness for the position has induced
successive boards to retain him in office
This year he will be opposed by Mr.. S.
l.. Lazaron and it is understood that Mr.
Lazaron is to have the position. If rumor
counts for anything, il has already been
promised him and the place will be de-
livered this afternoon.
1t is understood that Janitor Barley
Donovan of the Court House, is to be op
posed by S. p. Brazzell, a former MEM
Der of the police force, who wishes to
succeed the janitor as custodian of the
Court House. 1t is understood that the
present janitor will be retained.
The reelection of DR.. Chisholm, as
county physician, will be a source of
qualification to his friends as well as a
deserved tribute to the zeal and devotion
with which he has always performed the
somewhat arduous duties of the office he
has held so long. The record of the
county convicts for health and fitness is
largely due to his efforts, and the per-
centage of illness among them and the
guards and other officers of the camps
| has always been low. No opposition to
him has developed and it is not believed
there is any fear of II now.
Chairman Dale will name the COM
mittees of the board for the next four
years. There are eight or mere of these
committees and only five members of the
board, so that some of the Commission
ers viii have to serve on number of the