Washington telegraph., 1926-06-11
GUBERNATORIAL RACE
WILL BE INTERESTING
Last-Minute Candidates POPPING Up In All
Parts of the State-Primary Promises
To Be A Lively Contest.

their pledges. William j. Driver of
Osceola, first district; w. A. Old
field, BatesVille, second district
Aeartsill Ragon, Clarksville, fifth
district; j. b. Reed, Lonoke, sixth
district and Tilman Parks of Hope,
seventh district, thus far have no
opposition and no entries have been
recorded from the fourth district.
Representative John A. Tillman of
Fayetteville is opposed for renomi-
nation in the third district by Karl
Greenhaw of Harrison.
Senatorial Candidates File.
Members of the state house of
representatives file their pledges in
the various county seats, but sena-
torial candidates must file with the
secretary of state. Only half the
districts elect this year. In the
fourth district Paul McKennon of
Clarksville thus far is unopposed as
are N. f. Harris, Batesvile, sixth
district; c. B. Bailey, Wynne,
seventh district; Ernest f. Harper,
Little Rock, tenth district; Ere
Hutto, England, twelfth district; J.
H. Hall, Hamburg, fifteenth dis
trict; j. Rosser Venable, Camden,
nineteenth district; James w. Clardy
Nashville, twenty-second district; F..
0. Butt, Eureka Springs, twenty
fourth district; G. F. Clerget, Nor
rilton, twenty-sixth district; H. b.
Hardy, Greenbrier. twenty-seventh,
district, Claude A. Rankin, Muir.
freesboro. thirtieth district and Sam
Beaaley, Bentonville, thitty-fourth-
distfic,. thus FAR no entries have
been made from the thirty-second
and twenty-first districts. More
than one candidate is entered thus
far in three districts. In the third
district j. H. Hand and Gus Butler.
both of Yellville are entered. Ad-
rian Williamson of Monticello; Scott
McGehee and X. L. Collins of
Wilmar are seeking to be senator
from the seventeenth district, and in
the twentieth II. c. Jobe, u. A.
Gentry and Hugh Clark of Hope
and j. c. Timbeilake of Ozan are
the candidates.
Judicial Race Interesting.
The various judicial Offices prom
ise good fights in many of the dis
tricts in which elections will be
held. There are nine judicial cir
cults and four chancery districts
which elect this year and for which
candidates have entered in the
democratic primary.
Only Lee Seamster of Fayette-
vile, thus far is unopposcd in the
chancery districts. He is the only
candidate entered from the thir-
tcenth. In the seventh district
George NJ. LeCroy of FL Dorado is
opposed by James Y. Stevens of
Magnolia. In the eighth Alvin S.
lrby of Walnut Ridge; john b. Me
Caleb cf Batesvillo; Oscar f. Ellis
of Salem and David l.. King of
Williford are candidates ard in the
third Oscar Barnett and Jabez M.
Smith, both of Malvern, arc eandi-
dates.
In the circuit judicial races no
one had filed for The tenth up to
the time this story was written.
Judge j. T. Bullock of Russellville
in the fifth district; James H. Nc
Collum Of Hope in the eighth have
not drawn any official opposition.
In the nineth, B. f. Isbell of De
Queen is opposed by A. P. Steel of
Ashdown. In the first district w.
ID. Davenport Of Searcey ard j.
M. Cakson of Helena have filed; in
the second-J. G. Wasken of Marked
Tree and w. w. Bandy of Para
gould; third of S. NJ. Bone, Batesville
and r. f. Jcffcry If Newport
fourth Glen Williams of Sloan
Springs and j. s. Naples of Berry
vile; seventh II. Z. Means of NAL
vern andThomas +. Toler of Sheri-
dan.
The thrG and fourse, nth dis
tricts thus far have recorded no
entries for prosecuting attorney and
Zal b. Harrison of Blytheville in the
second; j. S. Combs, Rogers in
the fourth; Bob Ragsdale cf Rus
sellvilc in tie fifth; J. R. Campbell
Jr., De Queen, ninth; d A. Brad
ham, Warren, tenth; Walter l..
Brown, FL Dorado, thirteenth and