The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-07-30
DR. CUNNINGHAM AMONG
 NEIGHB0RS OF HIS YOUTH

ney he was accompanied by Hon. Em-
 melt ofNeaI, candidate for Lieutenant
 3cyernor; Hon. Charles P. Almon, can-
 didate for Judge of the Eleventh Cir
 cuiti Hon. Ben H. Smith. candidate for
 the Lower House of the Legislature
 from Franklin county and Tho Adver-
 tiser's stan correspondent
 Tna party drove out of Russellviile at $ o'clock in the afternoon and at
 dark they pulled up at the hospitaplc
 home of William Petrey, who held o1-
 lice in Franklin county for many years.
 Inere the night was spent, But q speaking had been advertised in the
 school house at Beligreen.
 Beligreen Is the old court house
 town of Franklin county. Russell Vile won away the court house In 1888. BeIlgreen was thriving and
 prosperous then. It has not grown any since the court house was moved but t has been at all times an estap- hshed community Of cultured people, prosperous village surrounded by well to do farmers
 The old court house building was burned several years ago In this building in the year of 1880. Dr. Rus sell M. Cunningham. a young country doctor, received the election returns and learned that he had been elected representative over Thad Mills by a majority of three votes
 In the old court house Hon. Emmett O'Neaf had begun his legal career, for he came over with his father. Governor O'Neal to assist in the conduct of Franklin county litigation. So the prin-
 cipal speakers of the evening had old memories to discuss when they rose to address the crowd.
 Other speakers of the evening were Ben. H. Smith. and B. L. Bolton. cam didate for the Legislature from Franklin county. Hon. Charles P. AL mon presented the speakers to the audience. A crowd of fifty voters as- sembled at the school house to hear the speeches.
 Mir Aimon also presided at the meeting held today under the beech trees at Fordton. The candidates who drove over the rocky hills be- tween Befigreen and Fordton were re- 1 infprced by Hon. Isaac Orme and Paul l Hofges, both of whom are candidates l for the judeeship of the Eleventh Cir cult against Charles P Almon. This | is the judgeship from which Hon. E i. B. Almon resigned several months l than was appointed by Governor | Jelks. Mir Nathan Is not candidate l for the place. This judicial race Is
 warm in interest in and around Frank I lin county.
 In the meanwhile the confidence of I the Cunningham men that their cam didate will get an overwhelming ma 1 3oritv in Franklin rises.
 "The sentiment for Cunningham in
 Russellville Is overwhelming" said ".
 A. Dearing. Tn most towns the mer- chants are supposed to be supporting 1 Conner But this Is not true of Rus | seI1vilIe, From what hear euly two merchants in Russellvflie are now for
 Conner. You can hardly tell what i Cunninghan's majority In nRusselivilse will be. but 1t will be big one. And what Is true of RusselIviIle is true of the county. and 1t is a Cunningham I county by a wide margin.
 1 Some of the Conner men are still | claiming that Conner will take the lsceunty by small vote. but they are
 not making any such loud claims as I they made two or three months ago. Tn RusseilviIie yesterday Cunning i ham rian after hearing Conner man say that the Birmingham candidate | would carry the county offered to bet I that out of the soc votes cast in the county Cunningham would get 500.
 The bet was not taken.
 l JK. Lowney, q well known Frank | lin county man, is not among the Co., mer men who believe that the county
 will go for Conner. He frankly con- ceded 1t to Cunningham.
 q have been for Mfr. Conner all along and I am for him now" said Mir Looney, 'but realize he can't carry this county with all the changes | that have been going on. Now three months ago believe that Conner might have carried Franklin. but not now. don't understand why there should have been losses from Comer's strength but there have been and I
 can't see how he can carry the coun- | " !"