The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-09-30

lawful for anyone to solicit or to cleo tioneer for votes on the day of election All candidates names have been printed on the ballot, and there are 15 for asso- ciats commissioner and three for the presidency:
 Nhe ticket is as follows:
 For president of the commission (vot' for one):
 Arlie Barber.
 N. A. Barrett.
 George B. Ward.
 For commissioner (vote for four):
 John B. Bethea.
 George H. Bodeker.
 J. Ellis Brown.
 Jacob Burger.
 Henry Page Burruss.
 Charles K. Hall.
 James NJ. Hanby
 S. w. Hawkins.
 J. R. Hornady.
 David Kelso.
 J. R. Montgomery,
 Columbus Peachers
 T. E. Street.
 John H. Taylor.
 J. D. Truss.
 MIR. BARRIERS FORECAST
 "Thris is a peculiar campaign, and, a for me, I am not in position to giv you any figures on what I am going t do in the first race, and I believe tha there will be a second race,' said MI Barber last night. 'I am goini to be in that second race though an' I won't be unfair to either of my op ponents, consequently, won't say whic one I am going to have the recond rae with before I land the presidency of tn commission.
 But I am pretty safe in my conclu sions as to which one it will be- I hay not been out among the voters as muc1 this time as in the last race, when visited 6G00 of the citizens of Birming ham in their own homes, so I don't knoy what the people are thinking and talk ing as well as I did then. T will speak at the corner of Twen tieth street and Second avenue ever. night next week, except wedneday night when I will address a gathering in Mort Birmingham WARDS STATEMENT q am going to win on the first bal lot" said MT. Ward last night, ''and am going to get very close to 4000 vote out of the 1000 that will be cast in tn first primary. 'T have gone over the entire list of tn 57 precincts and from the vote cast las election I am sure that there will b fully 1000 votes boiled this election. figure on a majority in the first ballot will leave the other 5000 for my tw opponents to divide as they see fit, fo don't want to show any partiality t either in making the> division" MT. Ward will speak at Avondal Monday night, at East Lake Tuesda night and other dates for the week vii be announced later. SHELBY IS CONFIDENT I"With but one week until election can confidently predict the election o Dr. Barrett on October s. said Johl Shelby, Barrett campaign manager, las night
 And this is not simply an idle fore cast, given without careful consideration of the strength of the other candidates Dr. Barrett will carry every suburban precinct by overwhelming majorities, an will receive from 40 to 50 per cent c the vote of beats H and ST. constitutin the voting strength of old Birmingham. 'T estimate that there will probabl be 725O votes cast in the election Mon day week. Of this number the suburb will cast 4O0O and old Birmingham 325( And Dr. Barrett will receive 70 per cen of the suburban vote. We have boiled in the last two day TAT voters. These polls were made at tn Woodward corner railroad shops, Prat City. Fairview, the Ledger corner, tn Birmingham, Railway, Light and Powe company corner, First National bank COT ner and a delegation of 46 business mer These polls give Barrett 43S, Barbe 35 and Ward 119 and 160 would not OK press themselves. T consider the election of Dr. Barret by an overwhelming majority over bot of his opponents on October 8 absolutel assured.",