The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-02-14
TROY

Troy, February 13.-(Special.)-City and county politics are beginning to warm up now, and a number of announcements have been made for offices. while many rEmors are floating around of probable candidates Former Mayor Frank P. Fol mar is being prominently mentioned as 6 candidate for mayor. MT. Folmar has stated, however, that he would only be a candidate in case the form of gov ernment was changed from having twelve aldermen and a president to three con- mssioners, thinking that fewer number of officials could better look after the city's welfare.
 1 Frank l.. Jones has announced as candidate for mayor and states that if 1 elected he will see that the electric light | ing system is improved, and will use his | best efforts in giving a clean, progress | sive and up-to-date government. MT 1 Jones Is a son-n-law of the late FOX Henderson, and for some years has been 1 manager of the Standard Chemical ani 1 Oil Company besides taking a very ac- tive interest in public affairs.
 l Dr. J. M Watkins has been announced i by friends as a candidate for president Of the city council. Dr. Watkins is pres 1 ident of the medical board of Pike coun- 1 ty and is considered one of the leading physicians and surgeons of the county.
 In county offices. J. T. Walker has an- nounced as candidate for reelection to | the office of tax collector MT. ', alker has made very efficient officer and has many friends who would like to see him in the office a second time.
 Payton Nichols has also announced as a candidate for collector. MT. Nichols was | in the race before. and only nine votes /, kept him from being elected, with two other candidates in the field. Mir. Nichols is very popular and will no doubt make very strong race.
 That Pike county has been growing | as a hog market is evident to all who have watched the cooperative sales mate here this winter. A great number of the hogs are shipped away. Over the Central
 Railroad alone. 604s hogs have benc shipped from Troy since October 1. They
 were valued at about s200.000 It is prob
 able that as many or even more have
 been shipped over the Coast Line road.
 A negro woman in West Troy had her
 jugular vein and windpipe cut a few
 days ago, and is still alive with good
 prospect of getting we'll. But it is sald that she would have died within i've
 minutes after she was cut had it not been
 for timely medical aid
 The story goes that Dr. Henry Minchea- | CT had been on a call in West Troy, a
 negro settlement, and was waiting in his
 automobile for a long freight train to
 pass He saw two negro girls, about
 grown, fighting nearby. An older negrl
 woman, the mother of one of the girls,
 ran out with a pole to join in the fight,
 when the other negro girl, is said to have
 made vicious stab at her with kn.se
 cuttirs; her windpipe and jugular vein
 Blood began to spurt from the wound
 and Dr. Minchener. called by the screams
 of the girls, ran to the scene. He presse- his fingers against the womans neck
 stopping the flow of blood. Then, as h$ could not release his hold, for fear thS vcman would bleed to death. he had the negroes call other medical aid Tw, other physicians responded and th' wound was soon given the proper atten' ton.