The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-11-28
COUNTY PRIMARY
 WILL BE IN MARCH Jefferson Executive Committee
 Meets Next Month 3. A. THOMPSON TALKS Chairman Gives Several Reasons Why County Primary Should Be Held
 Earlier Than August-Not
 Opposed to Committee.
B. A. THOMPSON TALKS

The Jefferson county executive commit- tee will be called to meet about the mid dle of December for the purpose of set ting a date for the holding of the pri- mary in this county next year. Members of the committee will be notified of the exact day agreed upon within the next few days.
 Chairman B. A. Thompson has addressed letters through the secretary, John F. Abbott, to every member of the commit tee in the county and has received re- plies from more than half of them.
 With one exception every man who has replied is in favor of having the primary during March of next year. and all of the dates mentioned were after the 10th of March and before the 1st of April. The member who differed from the others said that he thought the priVary should be early in April.
 It has been definitely decided that the meeting of the committee will be before Christmas, and it is thought that there will be very little differences of opinion among the committeeman as to the date for holding the primary next year.
 Chairman Thompson stated yesterday that there were several reasons why March seemed the best time to hold the primary in Jefferson county in spite of the recent recommendation of the sub committee of the state committee. Conditions Are Peculiar. hn f,, lar 1 peculiar" said Mir. Thompson. I do not see anything to be gained by putting our 1 primary off until August and on the other hand there are many reasons why it should be held earlier. If we could get the benefit of next years registration by delaying until August there might be some incentive for delaying until then. but this would be impossible "The registrars begin their work on July l and must turn in their report to the probate judge by October l. There are forty-seven precincts in Jefferson county, In each of which the law requires that the registrars shall spend at least one day. The law further requires that they shall spend a week in the court l house.
 Tt would be manifestly impossible
 therefore for them to finish by the first
 week in August, the time when the state committee proposes to have the primaries
 held. Nor would it be fair to have some
 precincts get the benefit of next years
 registration and leave others out. It would only be an excuse for dissention
 and discord in the party, the very things
 that we want to guard so strenuously 1 against.
 "The committee will not be placed in the attitude of opposing the recommenda- tion of the subcommittee made last week
 because the county committees plans
 have been materializing for several
 weeks.
 Strong Sentiment for Early Primary. Even outside the committee there seems to be a strong current of sentiment in favor of an early primary although it is felt that the state primary will be as late as August according to the wishes of the state committeeman.
 Different men give reasons why the county primary should be as early as March One that has been advanced is that there is almost certain to be some dissention between labor and capital in the county next July. If this dissentlon gets strong and comes so near to the time proposed by the state committee for holding the primary, it is argued that 1t is liable to get the party involved and cause unpleasantness. On this account especially it is maintained that the county primary should be over before any of this has an opportunity to come up.
 The members of the county democratic executive committee and the number of the precincts from which they come are as follows:
 Names of the Committee. B. A. Thompson chairman; John F. Abbott secretary; 1, M. c. Ragsdale; ?, D. W. Houston; 3, s. M Meigs 4, l. J. Burchfield; B. F. M. Vines; 6, J. A. Tate; ', W. I. Brown; 8, Nose Hill; g. P. s. Milner and T. c. Smith; 10, H. Y. Prude: Il, R. S. Green; 12. J. B. Elliott; IS, R. H. Tendon; 14, w. A. Bradford; 15, W. c. Hurst; Is, Henry Simpson, r, B. T. Rochester; IS, P. J. Smith and J. R. Tate; 19. J. R. Lawson 20 J. D. Payne; 21, D. D. Courson, J. R. Copeland, W. T. Poe and J. H. McCary; 22, J. A. Harrison; 23. W. A, Mayfleld: "A, D. G. Knight; 25, s. F. Cunningham; 26, R. F. Keith, Jr.; 27, J. J. waldrop; 2S, c. W. Turnham; 29 J. B. Aird and George W. Brown; 30, B. F. Johnson; 31, w. H. Duke; s2. J. s. Hanna: 33, wm. Jackson and T. A. Moore; B. M. F. Wood: S5 W. H. Batson; S6. John Wise; 37, D. R. Copeland, John Horan, J. H. Cox. Pat O'Hare and John Me- Cartin; 3s, W. J. McMurrain; 3s, John Farrington; 40, C. L. Dabbs; fl, J. c. Crotwell; 42, J. L. Cole; 43, J. H. Snow; A. T. P Taylor; 45, A w. Muckinfuss and w. T. Terry; 46 John R. Ellard. Precinct g was recently divided by the board of revenue and the other half of it is known now as precinct AZ. The com mittee will elect member from this pre-