The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-04-09
Wards Majority Over Reid Without Locust Fork
 Box Is 54
RELATED BOX COMES
 TOO LATE TO COUNT
Result in That Box, However, Cuts Gwin's Plurality in Besscmer Down to Two Votes-Total of 13,561
 Votes Were Cast

The county executive committee ad- journed yesterday afternoon at o'clock and declared the result of last Mondays s primary, before the Locust Fork pox, containing 26 votes, reached Birmingham Returning Officer Snow appeared at b o'clock with the box and stated that he would have reached the city in time, but was delayed by the train, the engine hav- ing broken down.
 The returns from the box were sealed in an envelope, and will not be opened unless there is contest. Mir Snow stated that the result telephoned in Monday night was correct.
 The committees action in refusing to wait for the Locust Fork box bars 1t from consideration except in case of a contest
 The total vote was 13,561. The feature of the result was the victory of J. C. E. Gwin for Bessemer judge by only 6 votes.
 In only four contests was the plurality less than 1000. Sam Blake was the only man in d contest with more than one opponent who got majority over them all His majority was 1765 and his plur- ality All.
 Judge J. P. Stiles led the ticket with so44 votes, and a majority of 4654. John D. Strange received the lowest number of votes, S71.
 Walter MeAdory's plurality for sheriff was 10S7. George Ward made second place by a plurality of 54 votes over John B. Reid.
 Thomas Owen Gillespys majority for auditor was 62o
 W. J. Waldrop's plurality for clerk of the circuit court was 1266.
 Bob Taylors plurality for road super visor was 252c.
 Judge C. w. Ferguson's majority for judge of the city court was 1922.
 II. P. Hefins plurality for county so- licitor vas 262S.
 Frank Cahalans majority for criminal judge was 3EG.
 J. c. B. Gwin's plurality for judge of the city court of Bessemer was 6.
 The Loo ust Fork box if added. would not effect any result except that for judge of the city court of Bessemer and clerk of the city court of Bessemer The box gave Jackson 12 votes and Gwin only 8, thus cutting down his plurality to ? votes. The returning officer did not re- member the result in the case of the clerkship. Unless MT. Dudley is satisfied that it did not give him majority he will most probably contest. The box gave Ward votes and McAdory 19. This would place Wards majority over Reid at 63 votes.
 The new county democratic committee will meet at the courthouse Saturday, April IS, for the purpose of organization It is very probable that Robert N. Bell will be reelected chairman and John Abbott secretary.
 The following were elected beat com mitteemen:
 Beat No.,1 R. M. Vines; 2, Roy Till man; 3, L. M Goodwin; 4 o. A. Houston; 5, G. W. Fox; 6, J. A. Tate; :, W. J. Brown; g. Frank Smith and Lee Cowart; 10. Clark Jones; Il, John M. Erwin; 12, George C. Jones; 13, W. l.. c. Yam; IA, J. H. Chandler; 15, A. C. Branom; 16, L.. Little; II, A. w. Minter; IS, c. l.. Ramsden Ali Jones; 19. George vandiver; 20 J. M. Howard; 21. Fourth ward, J. R. Copeland; 1; Fifth ward, J. F. Staley; Sixth ward, J. W. Altman; 9, A. L. Shoult; 2S, J. M. Mitchell; A D. G. Knight: 25, A. W. Rit- tenbury; 26, c. M. Self: 27, J. R. Reeves; B. M. M. Fields; 2s. J. E. Seay, T. S. Stovall; 30, J. N. Holt; 31, w. A. Maple; S2, D. o. Hughes; s3. l.. A. Carlisle, G. F. Goodman: 34, R. D. Thompson: 35, J. D. Cowen; 36, c. M. Larimore; 37, First ward, John Horan; Second ward, A. P Rich; Third ward, Victor Torina; Eighth ward, W. T. Poe; Ninth ward, P. H. Harris; s. M. NJ Nelson; 40 c. T. Dobbs: fl, O. R. Ray; 4, B. M. Taylor; 45, F. o. Harris, Nelson Thomas; 46, J. H. Trice; AT, J. I. Kimmons; 48, R. M. Matthews; 50, R. P. Franklin; 51, H. P. Cox, A. A. Amerson,