The Birmingham age-herald., 1922-08-06
Curtain Rises Tuesday With Stage Set For Primary Vote

an intense campaign with a special appeal to the labor vote.
 Anything is likely to happen, ob- servers predict, in the contest for judgeship No. 10 with Judge J. B. Aird, candidate to succeed himself. opposed by Judge Edgar Allen, judge of the Jefferson county municipal court, and by Roger Snyder, we'll known attorney.
 The solicitors race has perhaps focused the most attention from the public. The aspirants are Frank An dress, of the law firm of Address and Coffman, who has strong support; James q. Davis, who seeks elevation to the solicitors office after serv- ing six years as assistant solicitor and Clark Williams. who is running on a law enforcement platform with a promise of different" admfn- istration. During the first part of the campaign Davis was ranked as winner but there have been im- portant shifts or public opinion. 1t is claimed, with the result that the race is in truth a three-cornered one.
 Walter Brewer, M. A. Dinsmore. Erie Pettus and Henry Upson Sims are seeking election as state sena. tor from Jefferson county. The question of municipal government for while threatened to be an issue but it has been eliminated as all promise the people a referendum on that matter
 Judge J. F. Stiles is being opposed for reelection as probate judge by Circuit Clerk William l.. Waldrop and John c. Arnold. local attorney Judge Stiles has held the office for "a r or,l t, l~ sonally by thousands of voters who yearly have business in his office Mir. Waldrop has long been consid cred power in county politics. He has conducted a well organized cam paign with number of friends working for him. John c. Arnold Is , arguing rotation in office against his opponents both of whom have held court house jobs for years. He is also presenting his constructive record as a legislator for Jefferson county. Wall street would probably wager on Stiles.
 The contest for circuit clerk Is to some extent similar to the probate judges race except that the incum- bent Is not candidate for re-elec- ticn. However. a representative of the probate office. Woolsey Morrow. chief clerk; Jim N. Merrill, for sev- efal years clerk in the circuit court, and w. A. O'Barr. a newcomer, for merly in the furniture business. are the contestants. Morrow and Merrill have canvassed the county closely, and both sides are claiming a big ma ajority.
 Lots of interest is centered on the sheriff's office, with Charles A. Jones, J. E. Skinny Jones' Thomas J. Shirley, D. F. Sugg and J. B. Vines as the candidates to succeed Sheriff J. c. Hartsfield. The real contest is said to be between Vines, Charles A. Jones and Shirley.
 Unusual attention Is centered on the contest for the county board of education, where two are to be elect ed. J. D. Moore, president of the Moore-Handley Hardware company, and Dr. Cunningham Wilson are ranked as the administration candi- dates. while Joe E. Lacy and H. F.. Lipscomb, Jr., are the anti -adminis- tration candidates. Observers declare that Moore. who has given years of his lite to education, and Dr. Wilson. Understanding physician. will be elected
 The candidates for deputy solicitor at Bessemer are Ben c. Perry. incum- bent. and J. A. Estes. For deputy clerk in the Bessemer division the aspirants are E. c. Hines Rose Epey. incumbent. and E. B. Knight. L. H. Ethridgs is unopposed tor