The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-06-27
REPUBLICANS OF
TALLADEGA MEET
Full County Ticket Put Out BY
the Party
CARRIERS WILL MEET
state Convention Of Mall Carriers mt
TaIladega on July Baby
Show Was a Big
Success

Talladega, June 26.-tspecial)-The re-
publican county convention was called to
order In the court room of the city court
here yesterday at 1 o'clock by william
H. Thweat, the chairman of the executive
committee. The temporary organization
was by the selection of officers as
follows: Chairman, George H. Parsons of
Beat No. T.
Upon motion of Frank S. Vance of
Beat No. the temporary officers were
made permanent and the order of bust
ness was taken up.
Graves Embry then moved that the
convention here assembled resolve itself
into a mass meeting in order that the
slate selected might be rushed through
as soon as possible thereby giving the
country delegates the opportunity of re-
turning to their respective homes over
the county by the early trains in the aft
ernoon. This motion carried
Mr.. Vance then, being recognized by
the chair, moved that a committee of
three be given the authority to select the
candidates to contest for the county Of
fees. That the committee consist of the
following delegates: ]. A. Bingham, Tai
ladega: w. T. Stewart, Mumford; J. I.
Wilson, Beat No. 16
The chairman moved that the commit
tee also select the delegation to repre-
sent Talladega county in Montgomery at
the republican state convention. This
was seconded and carried.
The committee selected the following
candidates for county officers
For judge of the city court of ITALIA
dega county, George w. Parsons of Tai
ladega; for solicitor of the city court,
Frank L. Vance of Talladega; for Judge
of the probate court, R. T. vanDuzen of
Sylacauga; for sheriff, F. M. King, Jr.;
for clerk of circuit and city courts, John
T. Jones of Beat No. Z; for state senator,
McGreager Roberts of Sylacauga; for rep
resentatives to the legislature, Milton
Avery of Lincoln, j. T. Thompson of
Sylacauga.
The committees report was put to the
convention and the same was passed
unanimously.
On the county ticket the following were
selected for county commissioners: w. A.
Cook of Alpine, Mathis of Mumford.
The Carriers association of city mail
carriers for the state of Alabama will
July 4. At this meeting there will be the
representatives of IS Alabama cities which
have free mail delivery.
The city hall will be the place selected
for the holding of business and executive
sessions and the opening session will be
called to order at 80 a. m. on July by
the president ]. r. Stuckey of Tusca-
loosa. After an address OF welcome by
the executive head of the city, who has
recently been honored by the voters for
a third term with an overwhelming ma
jority, and response by the president
the business session will be held and the
pleasure of the visitors will be looked
after by the local association, which will
use it's best efforts to have the visitors
take to their respective homes the MEM
DRY of the most successful meeting In the
history of the association. The compile
ton of the meeting will be an old time
barbecue at Isbell Springs and the boys
here know how to dispense hospitality.
The baby show held for the benefit of
the new Sunday school room of the Pres
byterian church, held on the lawn of the
Alabama Institution for Deaf Mutes, pre-
coded by the parade on the square on
Friday afternoon last was productive of
quite neat sum of money. The little
tot of Leon q. Jones was the recipient
Of the largest vote, this being 364. The
next in popularity was the little girl of
George Banerlein, who had at the final
count 3l2. There were a number of other
little ones who received fiattering testi-
mony of their beauty and popularity by
the interest of their friends and admirers.
The ladies, when the box was counted,
found to their good pleasure that the gate
receipts were in round numbers $145.
The first cotton bloom of the season
was brought to the office of the Mountain
Home yesterday by H. H Stewart, who
resides on the plantation of H. Louis
Riley three and half miles below Chill
dersburg, this county.
The republicans of the Fourth district
will hold their convention for the purpose
Of nominating congressman to oppose
Fred Blackmon OF Admission at 'Calera on
Tuesday, June q. Delegates we're chosen
here yesterday by the county convention.
The delegation expect to give their votes
to Mr.. Reynolds of Chiffon as the field
now stands.
John T. Fackler Dies
Huntsville, June 26.-(Special.)-
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