Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1868-1875, 1874-07-07
STRIPPED FOR WORK.
Meeting Of the County Democratic and
Conservative Executive Committee.
The Work Of Organization for tae
Canvass Commenced I'm Earnest-A
Grand Ratification Barbecue ON the
25th inst.-Sub Committees for the
Wards and Districts.

20tn tnSt.-SuD committees Tor the
Wards and Districts.
Pursuant tOAannOuncement,a meeting of
Davidson county Executive Committee and
the nominees of the Democratic and Con-
sentative Convention, was held in the Law
Court room yesterday morning at 10
o'clock.
w. III. Morrow, the chairman of the
Committee, called the meeting 10 order
and proceeded to explain its objects, and
said it had been called upon the authority
of the following letter:
NASHVILLE, July I, 1S74.-W. II. NOR
ROW, EsQ.-Dear Sir: By order of the
County Convention, have announced as
the Executive Committee of Davidson
county the following:
w. III. Morrow, John Hows, Lou Whor-
ley, Pat Cleary, James Gleages, w. NJ.
Duncan, Frank p. Cahill, Green Sawyers,
+. A. Mathes.
Your position on this committee indi-
Gates, as | have intended it should, That
YOU are chairman. The will of the con-
ventiOn is TO make success of the Demo
cratic and Conservative ticket for county
officers. You are the Executors.
Hoping for your harmony and our sue
cess in the canvass, and leaving it entirely
to your own mOduS OperdRdi, with full
confidence in your competency for the work
assigned you, and with high respect for you
and your committee, i remain
Yours truly, j. NJ. SHARPE,
Chairman.
w. NJ. Duncan moved that i'm proceeding
with the business of the committee il
should be done with closed doors. Carried.
Il I'll
Heyerin be appointed dOOr-keeper.
On motion of f. p. Cahill w. NJ. Dun
can was appointed secretary and treasurer.
The chair, then announced that the
meeting had completed its organization and
would proceed with the transaction Of BUSH
ness.
The following were appointed commit
lee on finance:
J. +. Demoville, L. ii. Lanier, Jr., VIM.
Porter, J. p. White, p. McGcvern.
+. p. Cahill moved TO have a gand
Democratic and Conservative barbecue, to
be held at some point in the county on Sat
urday, the 18th inst. Adopted.
Ii was decided to have the barbecue at
Merritt's Grove, near Mud Tavern, on the
Tennessee and Pacific road.
The following constitute the committee
on the barbecue:
F. CockriIl, David McGavock, Tom
O'ConnOr, Wash CaTper, John OvertOu
John JoSlin, DIR. kirkpatrick, DR.. Hamp-
ton, George Peay, p. w. Maxey.
A number of distinguished speakers, in
Guiding Gen. w. Il. Bate, Attorney Gen
eral Caldwell, eX-GOv. Neill ). Brown,
Judge James Whi.wOrth, Judge Abram
DemOsS, Gen. j. A. Quarles, and others,
will be present to address the people.
1t is designed TO make this one of the
old-fdshiOned gatherings of ante-bellum
days.
The following subcommittee were APP
pointed in the various wards and districts:
First Ward-W. III. Chickering, p. {.
McCarver, James Patterson, VIM. II. Perry,
Lewis Bryan.
Second Ward-Walter BranSford, \. II.
Fricke, d. e. Kinney, j. Ii. Wilson, Geo.
Wells.
Third Ward-L. ii. Lanier, Jr., John
w. Hill, William Stockell, Harry ID. Mar
tin, j. c. McCrory.
Fourth Ward-Andrew Creighton, VII.
Haslam, Polk Brown, William Stone, Robt.
Swami.
Fifth Ward-A. Hume Lusk, William
AAotAoiAf AAOllAtlo StAAANAiAtCAs W. L. A-sA't
man, John Il. Everett.
Sixth Ward.-B. c. Wood, William Lit
terer, Richard Turner, Mike COnsadIne,
James Miller.
Seventh Ward.-A Hite, James Chiffon,
John Sperry, William Handley, I. j. Win
frey.
Eigth Ward.-James Wyatt, DIR. J. II.
McMurray, NJ. G. Cotton, Ben Tanksley,
Theodore Willard.
Ninth Ward.-CaSper Kuhn, Charles
Rich, J. II. Buddeke, Jr., Z. A. Eubanks,
j. {. Allen.
Tenth Ward.-T. o. Morris, William
Moore. Willie Smith, Charles Dahney, VIII
liam McAliSter.
Second District.-G. S Stanfeld, DIR. f.
L. Buchanan, Samuel Frazier, DIR. Fuqua,
d. II. McGavOck.
Third District.-H. =. Cotton, NJ. j.
Couch, Isaac Whitworth, c. Cone, John
Wright.
Fourth District.-James T. Gleaves, Da-
vid DisInukes, Robert Hadley, 5. 5 Wright.
Fifth District.-JOe DenniSon, James
HarwOOd, Dr.. \. 4. East, Gilmore G.. Rowe,
Prof. Sharp.
Sixth District-James Holloway, Thos.
Griggs, James Jones, Wyatt Mitchell, VIM.
Moore.
Seventh District-Andrew Baker, Sr.,
d. X. Turbeville, James Still, Anderson
PEBBLES, Frank Jones,
Eighth District-John OvertOn, G.. w.
Spain, George Hogan, Jackson Travis, r.
II. Hill.
Ninth District-Alf. Douglas, \. X.
Griffin, r. NJ. Howell, Capt. j. L. Rice,
Mike Hamilton,
Tenth District-James Elliston, Y. B.
Jones, ID. A. McG:edy, W. LOngwOrth, W.
Z. Page.
Eleventh District-Thomas Herrin, Will
lis Sawyers, w. II. T. Morgan, w. II.
O'Neil, Frank NichOl.
Twelfth District-J. 5. C.. Davidson,
Mark COckrill, Willis Sullivan, Jr., VIM.
jordan, Alex. Mcqueen.
Thirteenth District-JaSper Taylor,
Charles Warner, William Hagey, James
Johnson, Rich Glennon.
fourteenth District-John Joslin, Geo.
Hardin, &. OBrien, - FOrehand, W. W.
Fulghum.
Fifteenth District-R. A. Campbell, J..
Freeman, Il. I. Woodward, Daniel Allen.
Col. John Anderson.
Sixteenth DiStrict-J. +. Wright, Saml. |
DtcciC, W. u. NildiiuiCl, IL DE- Olui DOh
CaStleman.
Seventeenth Distrlcl-John Handley, |
John Morrow, Duncan Brown, Samuel |
Green, William Miller.
Eighteenth District-Irby Morgan, Thos. |
W. Caldwell, Ed Hickman, Thomas f. |
Col. Banks.
Nineteenth DiStrict-Dr. Simmons, Geo |
Nelson, Ike Hudson, Frank Mcintosh, IsOm
Rodgers.
Twentieth DistTict-Hunter Galbreath, |
George Peay, William Cartwright, Mack |
ShiveIs, John w. Baker,
Twenty-first District-W. ID. Robertson,
I. 4. Harris, William Saunders, James |
\ aTbrough, Thomas Il. BallOwc.
Twcnty-secOnd Distriet-Ab Shaw, Viii |
lam Clark, SANFORD Croker, William |
smith, Ben Hicks.
Twenty-third District. 4. Treppard,
William SImpkinS, DIR. Il. +. Manloye, w. |
SellUms, Wellington Hyde.
Twenty-fourth DiStrict-G. NJ. Reasoner,
". [. Lanier, W. EaTthman, William Win
ers, DIR. cambridge.
Twenty-fifth DiStrict-Dr. Hampton, j. |
VI. Simpkins, DIR. Fred Stump, Henry Aber-
lathy, WillOuahby Dozier.
The committee adjourned to meet next
Monday at 10 a. NJ.
THE WORK BEGUN.