The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-05-02
CANDIDATES BEGIN ID FILE STATEMENT
 OF THEIR EXPENSES
Bankhead Has Spent Over $900-Bulger and Rylance Among Visitors to
 Montgomery

Montgomery May 1.--(Special)-In com pliance with the primary election law, candidates for office are beginning to file their expense accounts with Secre- tary of State John Purifoy. The law provides for the filing of two seperate expense accounts, the first from 10 to five days before the election, and the second within 10 days after the election. Failure to comply with the first provision of the law will cause the omission of candidates names from the ballot, and filure to comply with the second pro- vision will result in the forfeiture of the election, if successful at the polls.
 Those who have filed their expense ac- counts with the secretary of state to date are
 w. B. Bankhead of Jasper, candidate $913.G6; Stonewall Jackson Jennings of Calera, candidate for Congress from the Seventh district, $4S.72; H. c. Afford of Ashland, candidate for delegate from the Seventh district, 20 cents; H. D. Merrill of Heflin, candidate for judge of the seventh circuit, $2.5O; J. j. Willett of An niston, candidate for delegate from the state-at-large $5S.S5; J. A. Bilbro of Gadsden, candidate for judge of the Etowah circuit, 0126; c. P. Almon of Tuscumbia, candidate for judge of the Eleventh circuit, $1S105 and T. l.. Sow ell of Jasper candidate for judge of the Walker county circuit, $92.5O.
 Montgomery May 1.-(Specia1) )-Among the prominent visitors at the capitol today were Thomas l.. Bulger and J. B. Rylance. both of Dadeville. MT. Bulger represented Tallapoosa and Elmore coun- ties in the senate during the recent ses- sion of the legislature, and did much con- structive work while a member of that body. He was one of the administration leaders in the legislature, and assisted the governor in having enacted many import ant measures
 MT. Rylance is a member of the state highway commission, having been ap- pointed to that office by Governor Hen derson He is a candidate for delegate from the Fifth district to the national democratic convention at St. Louis, and his friends speak confidently of his elec- tlon He is one of the most prominent lawyers in Tallapoosa county.
 Montgomery, May 1-(Special Jon &C., count of the Confederate reunion in Bir- mingham on May 16, the state public service commission has postponed the consideration of the Birmingham grain rate case, scheduled to have been held on that day, until Monday, May 22 The grain rate case is the most important to come before the commission at its next session, and the hearing may consume several days. Other cases also will be heard by the commission on May g, but none of them is of much importance
 Montgomery, May 1.-(Special 1.-The state board of pardons today announced the postponement of the regular May session of that body from Tuesday, May g. to Wednesday, the 10th, on account of the primary election on Tuesday, The pardon board is composed of Attorney General William L. Martin, Secretary of State John Purifoy and Auditor M. C. AHgoed. a4e s The supreme court and the court of appeals some days ago announce the postponement of cases on the Third di- vision docket owing to the election.