The Birmingham age-herald., 1919-08-09
COLUMBUS, MISS.

Columbus. Miss, August S.-eSpe- Although the count of the ballots
 cast in the democratic primary which
 was held Tuesday to nominate state, district and county officers to serve the people of Mississippi during the Iour years. beginning January l, ls2o, IS
 still incomplete. John F. Frlersoli' oi this city. who was candidate for lleu-
 tenant governor, states that ne ieeis sure that he will be in the second con test. MT. Frierson. by means of the long
 distance telephone. communicated with
 the headuuarters of Hon. Oscar G.
 Johnston candidate for governor at Jackson tonight. and was informed that returns received there showed him to
 be well in the lead. Mir. Frierson hao two opponents, N. A. Mott, of 4azoo City, and H. H. Casteel. state senator from Coahoma codnty. and it is not known which one of these gentlemen will be pitted against him in the run off.
 Columbus also had another aspirant for state office in the field, Maj. B. A Lincoln, at present chancery clerk or Lowndes county, having been candi- date for clerk of the supreme court.
 The vote received by Maj. Lincoln. however was disappointing and returns so far in hand indicate that he will not be in the second primary. His defeat is undoubtedly attributed to the fact that he was opposed by two un- usually strong men, the candidates pitted against him having been George IC. Myers, who for a number of years past has been clerk of the supreme court, and E. J. Buck, private secre- tary to Governor Bilbo. Both these men have been in public life a long time and both have large political fol- lowings throughout the state. Rev. ". s. Slack, who for num- Der of years was rector of St. Paurs Episcopal church in this city, but who | is now stationed at Alexandria, La, lis here on visit. being a guest of MT. and Mrs. D. F. iobertson al their home, sos Main street. MT Slack will remain l in Columbus several days and has ac- cepted an invitation extended him by
 Rev. F. L. Lucien Malone, the present Irector of St. Paurs church, to conduct
 the regular services at that edifice next
 Sunday.
 l J. N Stuckey, who soon after tts
 United States severed diplomatic rela- I tions with Germany went to France as
 a Y. M. c. A. secretary, has returned to his home in this city. He sailed
 on the transport Haverford and landed
 at Philadelphia, having come direct | I ey is well known in Mississippi, being
 state commander of the Knights of the
 Maccabees.
 ! Four Columbians went to France to serve as Y. M. c. A. secretaries, those 1 in addition to MT, Stuckey having been Rev. T. A. Holcomb, pastor of the First
 Baptist church: Rev. S. l.. Pope. pas- tor of the First Methodist church, and John McLachlin, an employe of the
 local postoffice. MT. Stuckey is the
 third member of the quartet to reach
 home. MT. McLachlin being the only
 one who is still in France. In addi- i tion to the four Y. NJ c. A. secre-
 taries. Columbus furnished one Red Cross worker, s. B. Johnston having
 served with that organization for sev-
 eral months.
 1 Mrs. Eliza Tillman Bush, the venera-
 ble mother of Gains w. Bubh. a wealthy planter residing in the Artesia neigh tborhood. died at the home of her son Z yesterday. her death having resulted
 from complication of ailments incident to her advanced age. Funeral serv- ices were held at the Pythian ceme- jtery. near Artesia this afternoon. having been conducted by the Rev. J. T. Half lacre