The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-09-05
CANDIDATES ARE
 NOW HARD AT WORK
Henry and Collier Are Working
 for Seat In Congress
HEAVY VOTE IS EXPECTED
sattleeround for Second Primary Will Be In Hinds County and Each Can didate Is Backed By Diff
 ferent Interests.

Jackson, Miss, September 4.-(Special., Messrs. Pat Henry of Rankin and I W Collier lof Warren, the two opposing can didates for congress in the, Eighth dis er1ct' nave gone actively to work for their second roundup of the voters. and 1t Is very evident that they are going to devote the major portion of their time tn the city of Jackson and the county of Hinds.
 It is conceded on all sides that Henry will get the almost solid vote of Rankin county, while Collier will do the same in Warren. It is also very generally admit ted that Henry will get a majority of the votes in Madison county and that Collier will have the advantage in Yazoo. Thus they will come to Hinds county as the real battle ground of the congression- al race. Hinds has the largest vote in the district and the candidate who rolls up the greater number here will be pret- ty apt to land in John Sharp Williams shoes.
 Very little interest was manifested in the first primary, less than half vote being boiled, and it is predicted that a gfeater vote will be shown on the second round. Henry of Rankin has the backing of the Confederate veterans, Collier of the younger element in the democratic ranks, and it remains to be seen which faction is the stronger vote getter.
 The Yazoo and Mississippi Valley rail- road does not seem to attach near SO much importance to the little station used as getting on and off place by the Fish ing and Hunting club of vicksburg as do the members of the club, who have been demanding better accommodations The superintendent of the road writes the commission that the conductors tell him they average four or five for that station on Sunday and about one the other days.
 Leland Hume, general manager of the Cumberland Telephone company, reply ing to a complaint fired at him by the railroad commission on behalf of the citi- zens of Philadelphia, Neshoba county, ad- mits that the line from Newton to Union and Philadelphia is not what it should be- but States that the poles are too rotten to justify them in fixing it up. He hopes, however to have it repaired some of these days.
 The American Express company as- sures the commission that it is going to improve it's service at Harriston at very early day.
 Chances are that Jackson will get another telephone line at an early day. A year ago franchise was granted to the Home Telephone company, the same com pany that operates an independent line at Meridian and Hattiesburg, but because of the scarcity of money and the timidity of capital during the rich mans panic which struck the country about that time nothing has been done toward the inau- guration of the system. However, MT. D. N. Smith, the promoter of the company. has now returned to Jackson and gives positive assurance that he has the money secure and that the work on construction will begin within the next month. While he is building the local line and the ex- change here he will also cons ruct the line from Jackson to Meridian and Hat tiesburg.