The Hattiesburg news., 1910-05-09
HAS SERVED The CITY
NEARLY ten YEARS
And is Thoroughly Familiar With All
Departments Of the Municipal Gov
ernment-Is Well Known and Pop
uIar With All Classes.

Captain A. Farley today makes for
NAL announcement of his candidacy
for the office of mayor of the city of
Hattiesburg, and will submit his
claims to the voters at the August
primary
Capt. Farley has perhaps served
the citizens of Hattiesburg in a pub
lie capacity longer than any other in
dividual. He has held the office OF
clerk and auditor for nearly ten years,
having been elected to this office five
times in succession, sometimes with
out opposition and at other times
when the field was full of candidates
against him.
Because of this long public service,
Capt. Farley perhaps knows more
about the affairs of the city and is
| better acquainted with municipal
government in all its branches than
any other citizen. During his term
of office he has helped to frame the
municipal ordinances which have
since been copied and adopted by
other cities in the state, among them
being the street tax ordinance which
has stood the test of the supreme
court, and is considered one of the
very best municipal laws ever intro
duced
During the past nine and a halt
years there has not been an official
act of the mayor and city council
with which he is not thoroughly ia.
miliar and to which he cannot turn
without reference to his index or or
dinances. He knows the location OF
every water main and sewer. under.
stands the subdivisions of every sur
vey made in the city during the past
ten years, knows where every cent OF
the public money has been spent
and for what purpose, and can furnish
off-hand, information on any public
question which has arisen during his
term of public service.
AS a private citizen, Capt. Farley
is so well known that any commen;
would appear super1uous. He has al
ways been identified with the right
thinking. conservative classes, anC
has taken active part in every public
question, doing always what he be
lieved to be to the best interests Of
the entire city. He enlisted as a vol
unteer in the Spanish-American war
served as captain during that cam
paign He afterwards served SOM
years as major and colonel in the Ma
tional Guard, and retired with briga
dier generals commission.
Since Hattiesburg elected to adop
the commission form of government
Capt. Farley has obtained the charter
of every city in the United State:
which is operating under a commits
sion form He has studied the vari
, Gus policies adopted by the commits
sions of these cities, and has reasol
to believe that he understands hov
such a government should be con
Quoted, and has confidence in hi
liability to make the commission form
success in Hattiesburg if given al
n opportunity to do so.
There is perhaps not voter in tn
9 city with whom Capt. Farley is NO
intimately acquainted. He is tina
character of man who makes friend
: easily. is popular with all classes. an
n appears to take pleasure in bein
q obliging and accommodating in hi
!. official capacity.
1t was only at the solicitation of
i number of citizens that Capt Fairle
e consented to announce for this offic
o and those who have insisted upon h
, candidacy are confident that he
e thoroughly qualified to administer Il
n affairs of the city in az
dignified and creditable d