The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1874-09-10
COUNTY CONVENTION.
A Large and Intelligent Body-wise
A. Cooper Nominated.

ulodtc lOE LIE 1<cgiSdLure from TIL
county convened in Trenton last Mon
day, there being large body of gen
tlemen present from all parts of tn
county.
On motion, d. n. Mcdaniel, ESQ.
was elected chairman, and w. A
Wade, d. L. Rivers and j. F.. Bigg
secretaries.
L. c. Tyler. P. D. Edmonds, V
L. NJ. Taylor, j. C. McDearmon anC
I. d. Locke were appointed com
mittee on credentials, who reported
the following gentlemen as entitled t.
seats:
No. 1-Wm Shane, B r Foster
and w H Barrow.
No. p L Fly, D L Rivers and
S L Jackson.
No. 3-W H Mcknight, L c Ty.
Ter, L X Gillespie, n G Atkins and
c II Ferrill.
No. "A W Moody, w J Diel,
G W Bennett and w Watt.
No. 81 P Wade, J C Hartsfeld,
j Choate and Jas Banks.
No. 6-R j Norwood. T G. Patter-
son, j T Harrison, B o Carleton, DR.
Williams and NJ L Taylor.
No. &c f Glass, Sp'l Hill, E G
Ivie, Morris Goodloe, G n Wade, j |
Wells, W H January, r P Caldwell,
R f Raines, B W Taylor, w L Civ
ems, W F Blackmore, Ivy Russell, J
c McDearmon, J H Glass and F NJ
HolbroOk.
No. s-Nlaj Hall, DR. Vaughn and
James Mcknight.
No. 9-H c Hopper, A H Taylor,
j 7 Cowan, J n Mcdaniel, j Z Rigs
by, S Wilson and T d Locke.
No. 10-E H Tisdale, w j Potter,
W VI Halford, S A Boyett and j W
Howell.
No. 11-W H Haste, E L Glass
cock, f B Russell, d S Phelan, W
Hunt, E Harrison and w H Codlis.
No. 12-J NJ Ing, j L Wood, Dan
Hassell, G NJ Hopkins, VIM Patrick,
W H Durly and n P Richardson.
No. 49, G Jackson, A Jordan,
w II Mccall, S + Rankin, J w
Thomas, G w Sims and w A Wade.
No. 14-P B Edmonds, John Mar
tin, S j Lett and r H Wade.
No. 15-Gov Belew an 1 R H Good |
man.
No. l6-James Cox, B F Boyd and |
A T Donaldson.
No. It's D Carroll and w NJ
Smith.
No. ISL Hudson and J J Bass. |
No. 19-J NJ Blackburn, S Jones |
md T j Wren.
No. 2O-H Cast and J l. Epperson.
No. 2l-B F Bobbitt, G c Street,
! B Biggs, T H Fisher and J II
Drain. !
No. 22-J c Gibbs, VIM Carr and
r Thedford.
No. 23-J w Brickhouse, n B
Johnson, j w Harrison, w II Ed
K d Taliaferro and j G
Penn.
No. 24-Wm Duncan, VIM Lati-
ner and W r Tyson.
On motion, the basis of representa-
ion was fixed at one for each magis-
rate.
On motion, it was ordered that each
be pledged to abide the
ction of this convention.
The twO-thirds rule was adopted for
citing.
Nominations being in order, the fol-
owing names were put before the
Wise A Cooper, A I
tay, D A Ramsey, G W Day and H
Burnett.
During the first nine ballots Mr.
'ooper's vote ranged from 225 to 80,
aving majority nearly every ballot.
Ifter that the name of Zach. Bryant,
So, was put before the convention.
he last two ballots resulted as follows:
Cooper 80, Day II, Bryant 5, and
lay 4.
18th ballot-Cooper 80, Day 10,
nd Bryant 8; Mr. Cooper receiving
he required two-thirds. He was then
unanimously nominated and declared
ne candidate.
The following gentlemen were APP
ointed delegates to the Senatorial
VIM Shane John Fly,
L Rivers, B F Bond, w Moody, J 9
Harts6eld, T c Patterson, SpI Hill,
n Vaughn, T D Locke, Thomas
rocks, d G Fallen, j 4 jackson, A
ordan, Richard Wade, r Goodman, !
50. Cox, VIM Smith, NJ F Parker, =
F Penn, John Epperson, ] B Biggs,
,hn Gibbs, John Brickhouse and w
Tyson. The chairman and secreta- a
es were added to the list of delegates, i
I'd it was agreed to hold the conven-
IN at Milan on Saturday, the Goth
st.
The following County Executive
was appointed: a Jordan,
L Rivers, J H Glass, j NJ Coulter