The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-05-19
UNUSUALLY LIGHT
 VOTE IN BESSEMER
Interesting Scenes Are Wit
 messed Around the Polls
COUNT WAS VERY SLOW
State Ticket Will Probably Not Be Completed Until Today-PersonaI and General News of
 Bessemer.

Bessemer, May S.-(Special)-Th polls opened late in Bessemer today and it was thought for a while that the vote would be very light; however, there were SIS votes cast during the day and the vote would no doubt have been much heavier had it not been for the inclemency of the weather The rain kept a good many people away from the polls who would otherwise have gone up and voted
 The race in Bessemer has been quite a spirited one: especially is this the case in the vote for county officers.
 MT. McAdory appears to be leading the ticket in Bessemer for superintendent of education.
 Brasher seems to be leading for coro- ner, although Paris will no doubt run him a good race.
 For board of revenue c. B. Rogers and Kelly Johnson are running strong. and it is believed here that MT Rogers will be one of the lucky candidates.
 Lee Mattingly will no doubt be elected to the office of constable.
 Lopez and Lenier appear to be leading the ticket for justice of the peace
 Nesmith and Sharpe will no doubt be elected to the city judgeship, as far as Bessemer is concerned. Garrett has also shown up pretty strong, but the strength developed by him came pretty late in the day.
 It is hard to learn anything definite in regard to the race for judge of the su- preme court, although it is believed the winners in Bessemer will be Mayfield and Aston These two appear to have a good lead and Lusk is also running at a good rate.
 The race for president is quite close in Bessemer, and it is believed by many that Johnson will give Bryan hard run It has even been stated by some of the political experts that Johnson would beat Bryan out but it is not believed that he will, from the fact that Bryan has quite a number of supporters who have always stood by him, and they did not fail to put in good days work today.
 The count has been very slow, and it Is hardly probable that the county ticket will be counted before clock tomorrow morning. The count of the state ticket will be taken just as soon as the county ticket is finished, and it will no doubt take the clerks until ' or o'clock to- morrow morning to finish.
 The scenes at the polls were quite in- teresting, although the day was almost entirely free from personal encounters As far as is known here there was only one fight, and this did not take place at the polling place.
 Every voter had some one in whom he was especially interested, and there was a good deal of swapping done.
 A Bad Shot.
 Will Parker, a negro hailing from East Bessemer, came near causing a small riot yesterday morning when he took several shots at a negro in the rear of the store of W. J. Long in East Bessemer
 The negroes became involved in a diff culty and it appears that Parker was the only one that had a pistol. He had one about yard long and he did his best to kill the other negro. He shot at him sev- eral times but did not do much damage. He was arrested by Officers Clements and Goings and was lodged in the city jail.
 It is understood that Parker is quite a bad negro and it Is just possible that several other charges will be lodged against him before the city is through with him.