The Birmingham age-herald., 1920-10-19
MERIDIAN, MISS.

Meridian, Miss. October 19.-(Spe- cial )-Only white democrats will be allowed to vote in the primary cleo tions for mayor and two councilmen of Meridian, according to ruling of the city democratic executive commit tee just made. Heretofore negroes who have been known to be democrats were allowed to participate in city primaries The first primary for the election oA mayor and councilmen to head the citys commission form of government will be held November 16. The second primary, if one Is necessary, will be held two weeks later, November 30.
 On Tuesday. November 23, a week after the first city primary and a week before the second, a special election will be held by the municipality on a bond issue of $150,000 for the estab- lishment and operation by the city of it's own ice and public cold storage plant With these three elections in addition to the presidential election November promises to be an interesting political month in this city.
 If present efforts are successful Hamasa Temple of Meridian \ and Wahaba Temple of Jackson will ex- change visits during the month of No vember for the first time. The biz Shrine ceremonial of Hamasa when class of 300 is to take the degrees will be held November IS. Wahaba's cere monial is scheduled for November Il The plan is for Hamasa to attend the Wahaba ceremonial, the visit being re- turned on the occasion of Hamasa's ceremonial.
 Mayor John M Dabney expresses himself as being 'fearfully disap- pointed" at the decision of Federa Judge Edwin R. Holmes in granting the application of the Meridian Light and Railway Company for an injunc- tion restraining the city of Meridian from interfering with recently am nounced increase of gas and electric rates and preventing the city from en- forcing an ordinance fixing rates to be charged by public service corporation. and individuals. The bearing of the application of the Meridian Light and Railway Company was before Judge Holmes at chambers sitting in Yazoc City. Mayor Dabney says the city's only apparent recourse is to carry out as rapidly as possible plans already set on foot to establish it's own lighting plant for street illumination so that it will be ready for operation as soon as the present cOfDOfdllOU ITdnCnlSf expires. October 1. 1921. He intimates that this plant might also be the en- tering wedge for plant of sufficient capacity to care for all the city's needs as to electricity.
 Congressman W. w venable whc has just finished speaking tour in Tennessee in the interest of the dem cratic national campaign and who ic speaking in Kentucky this week. in writing to friends here declares that Tennessee Is safe for Governor Cox and that he is strongly of the opinion that Kentucky also is. Congressman vena- ble goes from Kentucky at the end of the week into Indiana and during the last week of the national campaign will deliver a series of addresses ir Ohio. the home state of both candidatef for president.
 S. A. Neville of Meridian, presiden: : of the Jackson and Eastern railway. left last night for Washington where he goes in furtherance of his efforts to secure a permit under the new govern ment law for the further extension of his railroad from it's present terminus at Sebastopol on the edge of Leake county on to Jackson. The people all along the proposed route will be pleased to learfSthat President Neville as soon az he secures the necessary authority will push the extension worls as rapidly as possible.
 D. W. Hutto, charged with operating a moonshine still. and Rufus Baygent charged with violation Of the prohibi- ton law by having whisky in his pos session. arrested in Wayne county near Clara by United States Deputy