University Missourian. [volume] (Columbia, Mo.) 1908-1916, 1913-03-04
gagged in the abstract business. Mr.
Hodge is 68 years old.
TREASURER

J. lgaged in the abstract business. Mr..
Hodge is 6S years old.
e TREASURER
s w. E. Smith is the only candidate
: for city treasurer. This office pays
l 800 a year and its duties are to
handle the city funds. Mr.. Smith has
; had this place for one term, being
elected without opposition. He is 80
years old and has lived here all his
life. He was q student in the Uni
versity one year. He is now cashier
of the Exchange National Bank.
4 POLICE JUDGE
The police Judge tries all cases of
misdemeanors in violation Of city Or
dinances, issues warrants for arrests.
He needs to be thoroughly familiar
with the state statutes and city or
dinances. He should also know
enough law to act as Judge in a jury
trial, for cases in his court are fire.
quently tried by jurors. !
James T. Stockton, NJ. L. Edwards |
and N. H. Hickman are the candidates
for police judge.
Mr.. Stockton, who is now police
judge. is &C years old and was born
in Boone County. Mr.. Stockton has I
been deputy sheriff of Boone County
four years and sheriff eight years. He
has been justice of the peace for the
last twelve years and is serving his
second term as police judge. He has
devised a system of police court rec
ords that were pronounced by the &
auditors who recently checked the
books Of city officials. the best they I
had ever seen. Mr.. Stockton was once
defeated for county assessor about
years ago. II
NJ L. Edwards, 81 years old, was !
born in Boone County, educated in
the rural schools and has lived in
Columbia forty years. He has been :,
a member of the school board six =
years, has been constable four years
and was deputy sheriff 1879-S7. He :,
Is a stone-mason.
Newton H. Hickman, 81 years old, :,
was born in Kentucky and came to =,
Columbia thirty-four years ago. He :,
the University 1882. He
has been city collector two terms and g
,olice Judge three terms. He is To- ..
al salesman for a St. Louis fruit \,
md produce company. =,
CITY COUNCIL II
Candidates for councilman are: h,
first ward, ]. F. Whitesides, Willard re
J. Coffman, F. d. Alton, Charles ID. ce
Matthew's; Second ward, s. H. Levy,
v. B. Palmer; Third ward, w. ].
ietzler; Fourth ward, E. Sydney
stephens.
The City Council has charge Of the n,
legislative, administrative and exc "1
utive sides of the city government m
acts as trustee for the funds of the M
ity, devises means for the collection In
I taxes and licenses, and supervises fa
treets. water and light plant, fire a
apartment, city property, county m;
oor fund and police. 1t solves prob NJ,
,ms such as improvement in the col c;s
'ction of taxes, increasing efficiency i'm
the water and light plant, devising
ays and means of raising revenue 90
nd protecting public health. The M,
alary is 500 year. so
w. B. Palmer, of the Palmer and NJ
ohnson Hardware Company, was ;cc
orn in Lincoln County, Missouri and st.
10 years oio' he mas a nign scnooi biz
lucation. He came to Columbia
ght years ago and has been in the sr,
business since He served NJ
70 years as councilman and six n.
,ars as a member of the school pr
,ard at Salisbury, Mo. He has nev- wi,
been a candidate for Office in Co ,
mbia. NJ,
Willard s. Coffman, proprietor of
ofman's Grocery, was born in Boone
'unty thirty-four years ago and has
red here since. He has a COMMON 4
hool education. He came to Column sou
a two years ago and went into the ket
ocery business. He has never been is
candidate nor held a public Office. Po
F. d. Alton, a contractor, was born use
West Virginia and is IS years old.
, has a common school education. pin
; came to Boone County in 1876 but Is
s lived in Columbia only five years. len
} has never held public Office nor 5
s he been a candidate. Is
S. H. Levy, proprietor of Levy's Tit
oe Store, was born in Pike County, but
ssouri, sixty-two years ago. He e
s a common school education. He -
me to Columbia thirty-six years ago
d started in the shoe business in
Itch he has been since. He served
the City Council eight years and
8 vice-chairman two years. Aside
I'm the times when he was elected
the council, he has never been a