The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-01-14

wreck and 1t was thought at the dis patcher's office that the track would
 De cleared in time to get the company ance.
 The Little Johnny Jones" companv has had tough luck on it's trip through Alabama. It left Atlanta yesterday morning on a special train over the southern Railway for this city, Two Wrecks on that system kept the com pany on the road twelve hours and 1t did not arrive in Selma until 6:3O yes terday. After the performance last night the company boarded it's special train on the Louisville and Nashville ana ieft Tor Pensacola. only to be wrecked early this morning.
 The regular passenger train from Persacola did not reach here until af ter Ii o'clock tonight on account of the wreck and the Sweet Clover" com pany which was on the train. did not nil its engagement here tonight.
 Election Date Set
 The adjourned meeting of the City Executive Committee called to order in the council room at the city hall today at l2:z0 o'clock this afternoon by Chairman R. D. Walker. Mir. Walker stated to the meeting that he had look ed into the law governing elections and considered it imperative to give the voters of the ward thirty days notice and that such notice was in conformity with the state primary election laws.
 secretary Franelich then read a set or resolutions which were in confor- mity with the state election laws and which provided for the holding of the election in the fourth ward to fill the vacancy in the council caused by the resignation of Councilman R. D. Berry These resolutions provided that the pri- mary should be held February 19. and asked that the city postpone the gener- al election which had been set for Feb ruary 8. until some day after the hold ing of the primary.
 They also provided that any candi- l date who wanted his name on the tick ct should file the same with the secre- | tary of the committee on or by Feb ruary 3. That each candidate should | have the privilege of appointing one in- | spector and that the committee should | appoint another inspector for the cleo tfon. That the polls fin that ward should be kept open continuously from a. m, until D. nl., on the day of the | election. That the balance in the | hands of the secretary should be used as far as possible in defraying the ex- penses of the election and if the amount | on hand was not sufficient that each 6iiOdkQ UC dSbcSScu GuOukn defray the expense incurred in the | holding of the election.
 This resolution was then adopted | unanimously and shortly thereafter the | meeting adjourned.
 The question as to who would be | qualified to vote in the election was | again the cause of some discussion | Some of those present stated that they thought that only those who had reg 1Sterpn according in inc Pifxr 1aNy the last municipal election would be | qualified voters. Others argued that | anyone who had paid his poll tax and | was a Democrat should have the privi- lege of taking part in the coming cleo tfon If he was a resident of that ward. |
 Mayor Atkins was present at the | meeting and his construction of the law l was asked for. Mayor Atkins address, ed the committee and said that as far as he could construe the law he thought that any resident of that | ward who had qualified himself by pay ing his poll tax should be entitled to a | vote. He said that he had studied the 1 question and had found that back in the sos the city of Selma had passed measure requiring the registration of voters but in his opinion the constitu- tional convention has wiped out the city law.
 Chairman Walker ruled that all duaI- flied voters of the fourth ward would be entitled to vote in the coming election. He also stated that he had the assurance that the city would change the date of holding the general election until some date after the hold ing of the primary. E. S. GatchelI, a prominent resident of the fourth ward today entered the race for the vacancy in the council and will go before the Drfmarv