The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-04-05


 Hon. Thos, b. Kilby of Anniston was mingling with Covington county folk last Wednesday, He was visitor at the Star office. MT. Kilby came here from COT fee county.
 Tom" Kilby, as he Is commonly called, i, is a candidate for lieutenant governor or Alabama. He has made good' in every position to which he has aspired AS business man there Is none better. AS mayor of Anniston, Tom kilby brought that city up to high standard of busi- ness efficiency. Wherever one travels or the name of Anniston is mentioned some one has a complimentary word to say Of the attractive little city. Tom Kilby did his part toward making such a thing possible.
 Tom Kilby is one of Anniston's biggest business men. If he isn't elected Lieu tenant Governor we will always think Alabama folk missed golden oppor- tunity to put a royal entertainer in the right place.
 Socially, Tom Kilby is Shriner He has gone the gaits in Masonry and, too, he has gone other gaits, but no one ever accused him of exceeding the speed limit. Tom Kilby has numerous friends In Gov ington county. There is every prospect that he will have majority of the votes ], in this county. If he should have a ma jority over all when the total vote is counted in Alabama, the editor of the Star will be delighted. Tom Kilby Is all right for any office within the gift of the people.
 Mobile Register May 24, 1912
 MT. Thomas E. Kilby, of Calhoun coun- ty, who will be lieutenant governor of Alabama, if the people will is generally well known. He is president of the An niston-City National bank and also presi- dent of the Kilby Frog and Switch com pany, which is one of the most successful manufacturing concerns in the country. MT. Kilby served for several years as alderman of Annston and for two terms as mayor. In 191D he was elected state senator from Calhoun county. As token of his popularity and the esteem in which he was held by the democrats of that county, he was elected by a handsome majority on the anti-O' Neal ticket, despite the fact that Governor ONeal carried the county by over 400 majority"
 Age-Herald.
 Candidates for minor office, while un- able to star before the calcium as con- ,tinuously as the ambitious for the fruits 7of fatter jobs, are quietly grinding their axes. Thomas E. Kilby, state senator and one of the best known business men of Alabama, is unopposed for lieutenant governor MT. Kilby is so popular and so
 
 that it is considered probable that should another candidate develop, he would re- ceive little ecouragement. And what is more, Mr. Kilby' has obtained a flying start and has lined up for him some of the strongest men of all factions in the Estate.
 Colbert County Reporter, August 7th,
 1913.
 The Reporter endorses the candi- dacy of Thomas E. Kilby for 1ieuten- ant governor and it hopes he will be unopposed for the place. He should receive the unanimous vote of the Ala bama electorate.
 In order to give the readers of this paper an insight into the way MT. Kill by's candidacy is being received, we quote from the Anniston Star:
 Hon. Thomas F. Kilby of Anniston, is in the race in earnest for lieutenant governor of Alabama" declares the Florence Herald. ''He is highly spoken of as successful business man and well qualified for the office. He will serve the best interests of the state" xcontinues the Herald
 ator Kilby's candidacy, the Gadsden Journal intimated that his election should be unanimous. The same fnti- nation came recently from the Troy Messenger. and the Montgomery Times says that senator kllDy seems tO nave an easy-going thing for the place of lieutenant governor Well, let's make it unanimous"
 } This seems to be the attitude of the entire state press. Hugh W. Roberts writing in The Age -Heara1d says he "has a cinch," and the most favorable comments have likewise been pub lished in the Birmingham News, the Birmingham Ledger and the Montgom- cry Journal, not to mention a dozen or more of the county weeklies, the real political powers of the state. The Mobile Register indorsed Mr Kilby ed- itorially shortly after he announced Talladega Reporter.
 Kilby goes after things. and Alabama. likes the man that does. He is likely to do something after he gets there. From Tuscaloosa Times Gazette.
 J1f we are any judge of politics. Tom ,Kilby has got the lieutenant governorship iAnd gone withsit.
 o. H. Parker in the Birmingham News
 'It was with no little pleasure that read your excellent editorial in recent issue of the News on the gubernatorial situation in Alabama, in which you set forth your opinion of the needs of the state af the present time and the type Of man needed to cope with the affairs of state as they stand. concluding with the assertion that We mead s>n ~~- = s-.'cs
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