The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1904-07-29
A TAME AFFAIR.
Next thursdays County Election
Will be Unusually Quiet.
sHERIFF's RACE THE ONLY
CONTEST.
Election of School Directors 10 be
Held Under the Redistrict-
ing Act, According
To Law.

With the August election less thar
a week OF. Many county presents
the quIetest aspect politically she hai
presented in years. Usually at thii
stage of the county campaign. tn,
entire county is in a turmoil of excite
ment. but aside from the hustlIng oil
the candidates themselves and theil
political workers one would hare IL
know that county campaign is ON.
This is due principally to the fact
there is only one contest-the Sheriff Z
race-the other county officers holding
over. except the trustee. j. II. Kan
non, who Will be reelected without
opposition.
The race for Sheriff is betwee the
present encumbent. ]. II. Forgey, an d
ex-Chief of Police, John Latta. Both
sides express confidence in the result.
but that is the custom of all candidates
just before election. even though they
know they will be defeated. However,
it is very likely that the sheriff's lace
will be close. and both sides are exert
ing every effort TO gain the victory.
School directors.
The only other offices to he filled are
the positions of school directors in
the various school districts. Under the
ruling of the Board of Election Com
missioneIs, the election for school
directors will he held in the districts
as set out enlarged and combined by
the bill redistlicting MauIy County.
That is, three directors will be elected
in each one of the new nine districts,
as established by the redistricting bill,
1f n hof oil t0d in
each one of the old twenty-five dis
tricts.
In some parts of the county opposi-
ton to this course has been expressed,
because it was understood at the time
the redistrioting bill was passed that
the school districts of the county would
remain as already established, and that
they would not be disturbed by the
Iedistr1cting bill. This, indeed, was
the understanding and the purpose of
those who framed the bill. and this
very point was covered in the redis-
tricting bill itself, for the second sec
tion of that act contained this para
grahp: Provided further, that all of
the several school districts and road
districts in said county shall remain as
now existing until changed by lawful
authority. '55
After the redistricting bill had be-
come law. however, the legislature
passed another bill. general in it's
character, known as the Baxter bill,
which was introduced by the late
Senator Jere Baxter, and which pro-
vided ''That each and every school
district in the various counties of the
State be and the same are hereby made
with the civil districts of
said counties - Section 2, State
Senate Bill No. 416, Acts of the Legis-
lature, page SOL.
From this it is plain that the old
school districts were abolished along
with the old twenty five civil districts,
and therefore the Board of Election
Commissioners were correct in order
ing the election for school directors to |
be held in the nine new districts as |
established by the act redistricting |
Maury county.
In another column appears the list of
clerks judges and receivers for each
voting place in the county for the elec-
ion, which will be held next Thurs
1ay,