The Birmingham age-herald., 1916-08-14
PRIMARY ON TUESDAY


 Tuesday, August 15, is primary elec- tion day in Mississippi, but the average elector does not seem to care whether | it is or not, and the prospect is that the vote boiled will be very small-no- more than half what it was year ago when a governor and all other, state, district and county officers were chosen. It takes contest for justice of the peace and beat constable to get those Mississippians stirred up to the point of enthusiasm.
 At this primary eight congressman and four justices of the supreme court are to be chosen, but the chances are that half the people do not know who is run ming. This is the first time since the
 war between the states that judges have been elected in Mississippi, and there are many folks who hope it will be the last tme-but it will not. Four of the congressman, Stevens, Humphreys, Ven- able and Harrison, have no opposition, neither has John Sharp Williams Tor the Senate Justice B. Holden of the south ern district is the only supreme court justice who will have'a walk-over. MISSISSIPPI WINS PRIZE Governor Bilbo has received from the secretary of the Panama Pacific exposi- ton handsomely nodded silver medal and a beautifully engraved diploma an- nouncing that the Mississippi state build-
 ing on the exposition grounds at San Francisco won the prize on architectural bea uty This was matter of great sur prise here, and the opinion was freely expressed that the medal should have gone to the contractors who put up the building, as they have never been paid for their work-not even for the ma terial that went into the building. Ef. forts were made to have the legislature t,ay 1a ct wi mt hyt flatly refused to do so after the senate voted almost unanimously to settle the ac- count and save the name and credit of the state. Since that time an old Mis-
 sissippian long 8 resident of California,
 has been here trying to raise the money
 by private subscription, but it is under
 stood that he is not within s15,OoO of the
 sum needed.
 POLITICIAN TO ASYLUM William s. McAllister former member of the lower house in the legislature from Madison county, has once more adjudged insane and sent to the East Mississippi hospital at Meridian, there being no room | at the Jackson hospital. and for the fur | ther reason that the physicians in charge here are persona non grata with the patient Five years ago MT. McAllster was sent to the asylum, having been de- | clared victim of paranoia. but few months since ne was ulScnarSeu as cured and given employment at the institution as watchman or something of that char acter In course of time he fell out with the management, moved into Jackson and began his old pastime of writing and publishing long-winded circular letters assailing those he did not like in fearful terms. He has for many years had the hallucination that the whisky and the beer trusts were after him to kill him, and that they had hired assassins con- stantly on his trail A week ago he was arrested and after trial that lasted two entire days, and during which the de. fendant conducted his own case, showing great familiarity with all subjects and putting many hypothetical questions to the physician witnesses who appeared
 against him that they could not or would not answer. The jury of six men, arrei deliberating an hour or more agreed that he was a crazy man, but one of the smartest with whom eney ever had to deal For many years Mir. McAllister has enjoyed a reputation that was moro than statewide as an able and accom-. plished lobbyist and the passage or de- feat of many important bills affecting the rights of corporations are due large ly to his work among the members oi the legislature.
 FARM CONDITIONS NOT GOOD
 Weather conditions over this section of Mississippi continue very disastrouA