Montour American. (Danville, Pa.) 1866-1920, 1907-05-30
No COUNTY
CONVENTION

The primary election. under the
uniform primary law, which will be
held next Saturday, will inaugurate a
series of departures, not the least of
which will be that the time -honored
aud serviceable county convention fol-
towing the primary will be omitted
and the county commissioners will de-
clare the results. lu the past the Goun
ty conventions, especially of the party
in the ascendency, were generally
crowded with incidents. Under the
old order if there was any factional
opposition or any personal antagonism
in the campaign it was sure to crop
out in the convention and as a result
the proceedings were often more
stormy than edifying The change
brought about by the uniform primary
law is probably not much to be regret
ted. The county convention will he
remembered more for what it was
than for the good it accomplished
The election under the uniform
primary law requires for each voting
place new ballot box to be kept
separate from the one in use at the
general election. The new ballot boxes
fourteen in number-arrived at the
court house Saturday and during the
next few days, these, along with the
ballots and election supplies, will be
delivered to the judges of election of
their respective districts
The election will take place on Sat
urday between the hours of 2 and 8
O'Clock p. m. At the closing of the
polls at the primary election the offic-
ers will first count the number of bal
lots cast for each party, making a rec
ord thereof; they will then count the
vote cast for the different persons
named upon said party ballot. After
certifying to the number of votes cast
the officers will! replace the ballots
counted and canvassed in the boxes
and lock the same, after which they
will place the returns of votes and the
register of voters for each party in
separate envelopes and seal the same.
These envelopes on or before noon on
Tuesday following must be deposited
by the Judge of election in person or
bv registered mail with the county
commissioners, who shall on the sue.
ceeding day at noon publicly commence
the computation and canvassing of the
returns and continue the same from
day to day until completed The sue
cessful candidate will receive certifi-
cate from the county commissioners
The qualifications of electors entitl-
ed to vote at primary is the same as
the qualification of electors entitled
to vote at elections within the election
district where the primary is held
Fiss & Hartman on the Ground.
The stone crushing outfit belonging
to Fiss x Hartman, of Shamokin, con
ssting of "A heavy stone crusher, steam
roller and elevators. arrived at this
city Tuesday and was unloaded from
the cars. Fiss q Hartman in 1908 re
constructed the section of road be-
tween the Mahoning township line
and Wise's hotel under the Sproul good
roads act The work was not approv-
ed by the State highway department
and the contracting firm has reappear-
ed on the ground to complete the job
satisfactorily to all parties
An inspector representing the State
highway department was on the
ground yesterday and carefully ex-
amined the roadway as reconstructed.
The section of highway in question
formed the subject of much discussion
at the annual convention of county
supervisors held in this city last w in
ter. 1t was alleged that the roadbed
fails to come up to specifications,
which call for nine inches of maca-
dam.
just where the roadbed falls short
will be determined by the inspector.
who at the interval of every fifty feet
will dig down to the natural bottom.
Fiss & Hartman expect to be busy here
for at least two weeks.
Undecided About Fisher.
After close scrutiny of the case of
Henry Fisher, who was sent to the
hosDital for the insane ar this rlaoa hx,