The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1907-02-17

, ing his second term Mr. Moore has been
an alderman for several terms and is one
of the best known men of Birmingham.
w. G. oliver and j. e. Shelby are the
candidates for the executive committee
without opposition The polling station of
this ward is at Samuels store, Tenth ave-
nue. and Twenty-fourth street.
The Fifth Ward.
In the Fifth ward. B. H. Cooper has no
opposition for reelection to the City
Council. He and Mr.. O'Neil in the Sec
ond are the only unopposed aldermanic
candidates of the campaign. The hold
over" alderman is w d. Gum, who is
serving his second term.
Graham D. Perdue and John II. Miller
are the candidates from the Fifth for the
executive committee without opposition.
The polling station fthis ward is at the
court house.
The Sixth Ward.
The candidates of the Sixth ward for
Alderman are John c. Forney and John
II. Williams. Mr.. Forney has for several
terms been a member Of the City Council,
and some of the most important recent
legislation Is traced to him. Mr. Will
liams has never before held office in
Birmingham. The hold-over alderman of
the Sixth is Fred A Fulghum.
There are four candidates for the ex-
are A. A. Adams, Fred NJ. Jackson, Nal
colin M. Stewart and b. H. VanFleet.
Neither Mr.. Adams, Mr.. Jackson, nor
Mr.. Stewart has held public office. Mr..
VanFleet was elected to the committee
to fill vacancy, his opponent at that
. election being Mr.. Stewart. Mr.. Jackson
is the well known campaign manager of
Mayor Ward. The polling station of the
Sixth is at Faulkner & Wilson's store.
corner of Avenue F and Twenty-sixth
street.
The Seventh Ward.
There are three candidates for alder
| man from the Seventh ward. They are
c. C. HEIDI l.. N. Archer and w. b.
Grant. Mr.. Heidi has been an alderman
for several years, and is one of the best
known members of that bord. Mr.. Grant
and Mr.. Archer are new in the political
field. The "hold-over" alderman of the
Seventh is John l.. Parker.
There are four candidates for the ex-
| ecutive committee from the Seventh
Henry r. Howe, NJ. L. McAllister, A
Leo Oberdorfer and w. II. Tomppert
The first three are just budding into poll
tics. Mr.. Tomppert is a member of the
present executive committee The polling
station of the Seventh is Tuck's store,
Avenue E and Twenty street.
The Eighth Ward.
The "hold-oVer' alderman from the
| Eighth ward is Henry b. Gray, lieuten-
ant governor of the state. Harry Jones,
who has served several terms as alder
man. Is not asking for reelection. He
| is one of the best known members of the
present council and his efforts to up
build the fire department have met with
signal success. There are two candidates
J to, fill the place to be made vacant in
May by Mr.. Jones. They are w. Barnes
nj
whom has ever asked for office before.
The race In the Eighth Is said to be ex-
ceedngly close, the friends of the two
making strenuous efforts for success.
For the executive committee from this
ward there are only two candidates, w.
II. Johnston and "A. w. Nelson, both at
,, present being members Of the committee,
Mr. Johnston having bee recently chosen
to fill a vacancy, and Mr.. Nelson having
been a member for an entire term. They
have no opposition. The polling station Of
the Eighth is at the southside fire de-
partment.
The Ninth Ward.
The aldermanic race In the Ninth ward
has proved one of the most interesting of
the entire campaign. The "hold-over'
candidate is A. Stockmar. Thomas w
Smms, whose term expires in May, is not
a candidate for reelection. There are
three candidates, Robert f. Murphy. G..
II Estes and Joe Weferich. The first
name claims a distinct issue, that of a
cleaner ward, 1t being his contention that
the city has dumped trash in the Ninth
for years The race between Mr.. Muir
ply and Mr.. Estes is proving exceedingly
warm and the friends of both are con-
fident.
There are four candidates for the execu-
tive committee, II. B. Mooney. James II.
Hawkins, T. II. Johnston and w. j. Grail
Mr.. Hawkins at present is a member of
the executive committee, and he seeks
recollection. The Ninth contains more
voters this year than any other ward in
the city, which serves to show the. exis-
tence of much interest and enthusiasm
The polling station of the ward is at
Gums store Avenue F and Twelfth