The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-12
47 BOXES COUNTED


 1 The first 47 boxes which had been 1 counted up to an early hour this morning l gave Henry 2390 and Rogers 2113 for treas | urer, making Henry's lead PIT votes. At l that time the 10 city boxes in beat 2 had been counted. Ensley, Bessemer, Pratt City, North Birmingham and half of old Birmingham were yet to be can vassed. These places would give Rogers a majority, but Woodlawn boxes. also not counted, will give Henry big lead. | While the unofficial returns and the off cial figures canvassed up to that time in | dicated that in the total first choice vote, Rogers had a lead over Henry the fact l that Henry ran far ahead of his opponent 1 in the second choice voting indicated that 1 Henry will receive the nomination. 1 The race between Benners and Locke l for judge of the first division switched ! constantly during the night and early morning. At one time Locke was more 1 than 200 ahead of his opponent, but early l this morning, with 47 boxes completed, Benners was leading by 167. The vote at 1 that time was Benners 2430, Locke 2263 Half of old Birmingham had not been counted at that time. and these boxes were certain to greatly increase the lead | of Benners. On the other hand, a number 1 of strong Locke boxes had not been counted. This race is in doubt, and only | the final count will determine the winner 6drly ldSI nlSnt BlNenS was leading FowlSes for the fifth place on the board | of revenue by more than 200 but after the 10 city boxes in beat 21 had been can. vassed. Fowlkes ran considerably ahea 1 or Bivens. Forty seven boxes in 25 pre- cincts gave Fowlkes 1792. Bivens 1573. a ! majority for F'owlkes of 2l9 However there were many boxes known to be over whelmingly for Bivens yet to be counted and half the city boxes known to be strong for Fowlkes to be considered The indications were that this race would be very close at the finish, with the prob- abilities favoring the nomination of BiVens,
 FORECAST CORRECT
 The other races were not affected by the official canvass Up to early this morning and no doubt seemed to remain as to the accuracy of the forecast made in The Age-Herald from the unofficial returns. Gwin, Vines Lovelady and Hewitt were certain of places on the board of revenue, with Bivens and Fowlkes left to fight it out for the last place. For board of education, Minor. Moore, Mrs. Ohme West and Miller will be declared the nominees. Rives is run ming far ahead of his nearest opponent in the race for coroner, Hawkins will lead Bowers for tax collector by 400 at least. Heflin, Boyd, Gwinn, Pugh, Fereu-
 
 by about the same majorities shown in the unofficial figures as was also Wal drop for circuit clerk
 The first 47 boxes showed that White. Rushton, Denson and Carmichael had re- ceived majorities for delegates from the state at large, that the majority of Smith for national committeeman will probably reach 750 over Burr, and that Huddleston had an overwhelming lead for Congress over Judge who in turn ran far ahead of Rice. Anderson defeated Mitchell con siderably more than to 1 in this county for chief justice. Wallace was running far ahead of Goodwin, his nearest op- ponent for game and fish commissioner.
 Merritt was far in the lead of Kennedy early this morning and it was indicated that he would lead Kennedy in this coun- ty by about 2300, which is several hundred more than had been expected. The race for court of appeals switched frequently during the night and early morning, and with less than half the boxes canvassed, it was impossible to determine who would lead in this county. Pelham, Brown, Bricken and Knight were running strong with Whiteside and Bonner still conten- ders for place
 CANVASS NOT FINISHED The meeting of the committee was called at noon yesterday and after a