The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-01-29
Jefferson County VIII HaUe Many Offices
 To Be Filled in August
Governor and Several Other State Officials to Also Be Elected-County Politics Revive After Being
 Dormant for Nearly Two Years

f judge. Other candidates do not take | this view of the situation. M. l.. l Morris, chairman of the board of reg | istrars, is a certainty in the race, ano | his friends predict that his courtesy
 and tact in handling the heavy reg | istration, especially since the women
 were given the franchise. makes him
 contender to be reckoned with He ] is also said to be strong with the eX- 1 soldiers on account of his efforts ts save the vote for them when the con stitutional amendment exempting | them from payment of poll taxes was l declared void.
 Rumors are also current that J. | Ellis Brown, former city commis sioner, and William J. Waldrop, clerk 1 or the circuit court, will take a try
 at the probate judgeship.
 When 1t comes to the sherifts O. ] flee the contestants threatenlto be as
 thick as bees. pr. J. B. Vines, for
 mer member of the board of revnue.
 IS expected to throw his hat into this | ring in the near future. His desire for the office will be contested by
 T. J. Shirley, former chief of police | under the last city administration l Charles A. Jones. Morris avenue mer- | chant and candidate for the position
 last time; D. F. Sugg of Ensley, for
 mer commissioner of public safety; l T. J. Batson. former sheriff; R. F.
 Howard, former deputy sheriff; W. ! T. Kemp, chief deputy at Bessemer at present; J. M. Jones, former city l detective. and S. NJ. Arnett, deputy
 under Sheriff Hartsfield.
 Ten JBdgeships
 or the 10 present circuit judges | whose places will all be again filled
 this year all of the present incum-
 bents are expected to be candidates
 to succeed themselves. There arc very few rumors in connection with
 tue Judgeships up to the present time.
 It is rumored that Joseph R. Taten present solicitor, may oppose Judge l H. r. Heflin of the criminal division | No opposition is expected to rs-elec- ton of Judge William E. Fort, the other criminal court jurist. No op- position has developed so far to Judge 1 Dan A. Green, R. V. Evans, domaine | Boyd or c. B. Smith. Rumors of op- l position to Judge Hugh A Locke of | the chancery division In the person
 Of E. N. Hamill are rife. as are those ! of opposition to Judge J. c. B. Gwin | of the Bessemer division, who, 1t is
 said, may be opposed by Mayor B. | Clay Jones. Roger Snyder has al-
 ready announced himself as an op-
 ponent of Judge J. B. Aird. and Judge l Edgar Allen to Judge J. c. Smith. The formal announcements for tho position of circuit clerk have all
 ready been made, those of J. N. Mer- | Till, former chief clerk in the cir i cult court, and Woolsey Morrow, | chief clerk in the probate court. Wii- liam J. Waldrop, present clerk of the
 circuit court, will not be a candidate l to succeed himself.
 For the solicitorship, which it is believed Solicitor Tate will not again 1 seek, those being mentioned are
 James c. Davis, assistant solicitors; | Clark Williams, who ran for the os- flee last time; Alvin Douglas, Thom-
 as Dozier and Frank NJ. Dixon, as-
 sistant solicitor.
 Candidates for the position of clerk
 of the circuit court at Bessemer will probably be Rose Huey, present clerk. | and F. .. Hines, chief clerk in the | tax assessors office. Ben G. Perr | will not be opposed for solicitor at l Bessemer. 1t is believed.
 | For the state senate, F. b. Mc-
 Arthur and H. U. Sims have already | filed formal declarations of candi- | dacy. Others being mentioned as pos l sible candidates are Horace c. Will
 kinson, pr. Frank c. Grace and Will i liam Spencer.
 Prospective candidates for the leg l islature include Hugo l.. Black, John l T. Glover, NJ. A. iDinsmore, Fred Fite
 J. B. Ivey Augustus Benners, Robert Jemison. Jr., David J. Davis, J. ".
 Pickens of Bessemer, M. H. McDow-
 ell of Ensley, Walter K. McAdory.
 Dr. E. P. Hogan. Fred M. Jackson,
 F. B. Yielding, Dr. R. c. Crelly, r.
 B. Kelser, W. R. Mabry, E. L. hig-
 don. F. c. Burchfield, L. F. Jackson. w. V. Cunningham and others.