The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-05-16
CALHOUN DELEGATES
ARE EVENLY DIVIDED
Representation in Democratic
Convention
DIsPENsARY IS FAVORED
Farmers of AIabama-Eig Carnf-
val to BE Given in Admission
During This Week

Admission. May 15.-tSpecial.) -Unless
one side or the other should gain an adj
vantage between now and the time for
the convention the delegates to the state
democratic convention from Calhoun will
go down equally divided as to. local op-
bone of contention according to the gem
eral belief, to come up for consideration
by the delegates in assembly.
Those who were elected on the straight
O'Neal ticket from Calhoun were: NJ B.
Wellborn, president of the First National
Goodwin, manager of the Admission Manu-
featuring company and one of the strong
est men politically in Anniston E. c..
Caldwell, main influential factor in the
northern end of the county; L. f. Greer.
whose work for ONeal and against the
amendment made him well known
throughout the state as 1.-The farmer ora
tor;' r. A. Love and j. A. C. Dickie ac-
tive men for several years in county
politics
The Mallory men are: w. p. Acker.
county campaign manager for Mallory
and a member of one of the states most
prominent law firms; Ross Blackmon,
president of the City Hardware company,
former councilman, a brother of Con-
| gressman-elect Fred l.. Blackmon and a
strong factor politically; w. H. Wealth
erly, president of the Bell Weatherly Mer-
camille company; ]. H. Edmondson. chair
man OF the county democratic executive
committee; Worth Whiteside of Oxford
and F. M. Formby of Piedmont.
insofar as could be ascertained only one
proxy had been given up to Saturday
evening, the recipient of this courtesy
being Thomas e. Kilby, state senator
elect and former mayor of Annistion
Without saying whose proxy he held. Mr..
kilby stated that he had been offered
the requisite for a seat In the conven-
tion, but that he was In doubt as to the
accessibility of awaiting himself of the
| pronered proxy. The cause of his doubt
was that he believed that he would be
more strongly bound by the platform If
ne participated In the convention deliber-
atoms than he would be otherwise.
Many Favor Dfspensary
- $50 SOHF Chtiou hIOulQ ADOPT a. local
option plank in the platform 1t would
very likely bring about another election
IN this county over the liquor question,
and In that event the issue would likely
be prohibition or a dlspensary; for with
one or two exceptions that are prom
| inent, the people of Calhoun would be
unalterably opposed to a. return of sa-
| looms. 1t Is believed. Yet there is q prettv
widespread sentiment in favor of a dis
pensary system, and should the local
| option question be again placed before the
cltizens OF Admission and Calhoun coun-
W IL is believed that the prohibitionists
would be unable TO poll the vote tina
tney cast in the election which put Cal
noun on record as one of the stronges
| prohibition counties In the state Thi,
oeiief Is based on the big majorities cas-
against the amendment and in favor O.
| y Neal, which, besides indicating s
strength that has developed with a new
vote, have, 1t is believed, weakened III,
prohibition sentiment, as result n
Whlch many strong prohibitionists nov
admit that the forcing of the amendment
election was the greatest political mistak,
mat the prohibition faction in the sta +,
| has ever made.
should the prohibition issue come to the
front again In this county the argument
| ~ iiiouC VIII center arOnnf
tne question of revenue. The contentio,
OF the prohibitionists that the closing o.
the saloons has decreased crime woulG
De hard to refute, but the anti-nrob;
pitiohlsts OF Annistion argue that thi,
| CITY revenues have been greatly de-
creased thereby, while many of the evil,
OF the saloon are likewise continrous n
the operation of blind tigers and in tbt
dig business done by the Southern Ex.
press company, which the ants lken r.
a oispensary without the revenue fea !.
lure The prohibitionsts answer this
argument with the contention that they
are merely building and that this evil will
eiiliiinated II they can get an anti.
shipping bill through Congress.
Regardless of what the state convan.
tion does however. the people or Cal.
noun are to have another chance to yott
on tnls question, for the republicans are
10 hoid a convention on May 2S and mn,
out candidates on straight dispensar,
ana local option platform, while the nro.
nibition party, on the other hand viii
put out candidate for Congress nm .
prohibition ticket. The result viii he
watched with interest. y
New Day Dawnlng for Farmer.
peiieve that a new day is dawnins
| ''o iaiiieiS OF Alabama and ma
ticularly in Calhoun county, a dav xvha,
farmers will farm for profit said T
roland Turner, agent for the farmers
cooperative and demonstration worL !,
TINS county, in an interview Saturday AFT
ernoon. al
This opinion of Mr.. Turner's is base,
on the fact that there is greater diverifi
cation and intensifcation, as well as a,
application of more enlightened method
py the farmers Of this district this ven
than at any previous time within loca
history. He says that the Increase i,
the corn production In Calhoun this vea ,
based on the present outlook. will be q
least rs per cent
In regard to the cotton crop farmer
say that 1t will likely be the smalles
within recent years. There had alread
been marked decrease in the acrea o.
before the cold weather in April. wbicl
resulted in still further decrease on ar
count of the inability of MANY of IN
planters to secure seed for the replantin,
Of the crops that were DESTROYED TIL
continued cool weather has had an un
toward effect and the final crop will h.
greatly delayed, as well as being chr
tailed In size.
Second Day Of Carnival
The second day of the merchants trad
carnival, which was auspiciouslv inau