The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 19??-1922, 1919-08-13
POLITICS AROUND
THE STATE CAPITAL.

went before the Democratic voters
seeking nomination was Dr. Rodgers
of Holmes county, who made a run
away race. with Ben r. Guess rs MS
opponent. for state treasurer. DR.
Rodgers had announced for the Office
several months before the active
campaign opened, and even before an
opponent appeared in the offing he
kept himself and his aspirations be-
] fore the people. DR.. Rodgers has a
way of getting nearly everything he
goes after, being a prodigious work
er and using every means available
in. clean, straightforward way, to
attain the desired goal.
This pronounced stiek-at-it trait
was conspicuously displayed in con
nection with two constructive meas
ures which We're drafted by him ant
hammered through all the channels on
completed legislation in that quiet, al
ways genteel and courteous way OF
his. One of these was his celebrated
family mileage book" bill, intro
duced by him in 1908, which, in face
of decidedly active lobby in oppo-
sition, was successfully worked
through.
A still more important measur
fathered by DR.. Rodgers was that
which resulted i'm the establishment
of central state charity hospital at
Jackson, which he devoted much
thought and energy to and finally
got the bill passed in 1910 with little
opposition.
That he will be a worthy successor
to DR.. j.. p. Taylor, present treasurer
seems assured.
Another man who is receiving con
CALCULATIONS on the outcome of his
race is T. M. Henry ("Brothel
Toni, who has been nominated fol
another term as insurance commits
SlOHeI over TIdih n oNobt, Hutlih
of Warren county and one of the
strongest and most popular men in
the state. Up to the present the re
ports which he has received indicate !
that he has carried about so counties |
with a majority lowering around tn,
$4,000 mark When it is considered |
that Mr.. Henry did little persona
owing to official de.
mands on his time and serious lines.
in his household, being out of the of
fee less than two weeks, this leaves
him one of the leading winners.
When all the votes are finally tab
ulated and their figures are ascer.
tanned it will be found that Stokes V.
the esteemed and popular
young Hattiesburger, in his race for
as revenue agent. has
led the state ticket This
that he had opposed
% him in Sheriff Beall of Holmes
,ne of the finest young men in NORTH
and quite popular with
Il.
AS to the somewhat exciting an(
sensational though brief race for at +:
orney general in which Earl Floyd ,,
attorney general and form
r official associate of Frank Rober-
on, the pioneer candidate, made ar I
leventh hour entry, it is accepted :
nd conceded all around that the mar q
rom Pontotoc is safely in the lead
V probably 10000 or $4,000 ma jority 9
Ir. Robertson is not waiting for the 9
xecutive committee to declare the
esult, having made his arrangements
D return to North Carolina, wher,
e is engaged in some land condem
alton proceedings on a government
etainer.
Another man who got by with
afe margin was Mark Antony
rown, present land commissioner
'ho in his quest of reelection was
pposed by William Wynn of Holmes
ike some of the other opposition
andidates, Mr.. Wynn got rather .
lte start, but be that as it may, Mr.
rown expects to run Stokes Robert
on a close race for top Of the per.
entage column.
J. S. Love, of Hattiesburg, banl
hammer from the southern district
lrned up smiling at headquarters OF
aturday, having easily defeated two
pponents with a wide margin Of
Otes to spare.
A most important and interesting
lnoff contest will be that between
apt. George c. Myers, supreme
,urt clerk, who seeks reelection, anC
T. ]. Buck, private secretary to the n
Overnors for the past IL years,
Thile Mr.. Buck will probably start
+ well in the lead, Capt. Myers and II