The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-04-30
REPORTED FOR THE CAMDEN JOURNAL.
The County Dem ocratic
Convention.

fuTSulnI 10 TIC cdii VI '"c Oou"'I
Executive Committee, the delegates
from tho several clubs assembled in th'
Courthouse. in Cumdtn. at twelve
o'clock on "Wednesday the 24th of April
The County c hartman, Capt. W. l. De-
Pass, called the house to order, and re-
ouested Mr.. G. j. McDowall to act a.
Secretary. The first thing in order be,
ing the enrolment of delegates, dclega
tions from the various clubs reported, a:
follows:
FLAT Rock CLUB.-*T J Cauthen
i G Hough, ~ j Horton. y Trant-
ham. j s Gardner, It A Cautiren.
DEKALB CLUB.-W i D"Pass. }
w DePass. James Jones, j T Hay
T A Moore. y G. Kirkley
REuLAm CLuB.-Samuel West. G
W Moseley, & / Dixon.
LIBERTY HILL CLuB.-F IT Ward
law. &c Thompson, j VI Perry.
OuIcKsTEp CLUB.-John Burdell,
T II Clarke, J NJ Can,cy. Jesse Gray,
John T Graham, j B Hammond, X
W Porter.
CAMDEN CLUB.-J w McCurry, D
L DcSaussure, j + Hunter. T j
Lcgar., W D Trantham, CO NcDowall.
OAKLAND CLUB.--B II McNoy, w
L COX. II II Anon, T ] iiolgcrs. | +
Holland. Richard Brown, B d Turner.
GRANNY's QUARTER CLUB Il ].
Cly5urn. G " Barnes. A j Mcdowell,
*B NJ Powell, j 7 Truesdell.
CUREroN's MILL CLuB.--W a Bal
lev, J w Rose. A A Bovkin, DR. j D
Cloud, II + Boykin, + J Gerald, G =
Bowen.
K1RKwooD CLUB.-E NJ Boykiu,
James Chesnut, A W l'urnet, W NJ
Shannon.
PINE TREE CLUB.-A NJ Dunn, II
K DuBose, ] E Pearce, B j Camp
bell.
BUFFALO CLuB.-SG Clyburn, NV
Cato. J NJ Kirkley, *J NJ Sowell, Jos
West.
MULBERRY CLUB.-L W r Blair.
SWIFT CREEK CLUB.-J B Phelps,
b Fl Boykin. W A Ancrum.
YouNG's MILL CLUB.-Joel Houch
and " + Russell.
LyNcuEs CREEK CLUB.-N W Jones,
DPC Murchison, G A Williams.
PrxE GROVE GLuB.-W II Nelson,
4 RADON. j !. Mickle, V Parker, A II
Bowen, Thomas Moore, A a Hnckab@c
LYNcHwooD GLUB-N A Bethune'
n W Shaw. r r Copeland.
TURKEY CREEK CLUB.--J d Shaw
J J Josey, j Z Shaw.
Those marked with an ssterisk were
not present).
The Convention then proceeded tc
effect a permanent organization, with
the following result:
Capt. W. L. DePass, President Tht
Chairmcn Of the several delegations
Vice Presidents; and G. j. McDowall
ESQ.,, Secretary and Treasurer. Th'
Convention was then declared ready fo1
business.
Gen. John d Kennedy, Chairman
of the State Democratic Executive Com
mittec, was invited to seat upon th'
floor and to participate in the delibcra
,ions of the Convention.
Mr.. J.. 9. Hough moved that a com
mittce, consisting of the chairmen G
the several delegations, be appointed Il
verify the list of delegates. Motion
lost.
Capt. T. II. Clarke movcd-That n,
member be allowed to occupy the foo
more than fifteen minutes on any sub
jcct, and not more than twice on tn
same question. Mr.. J.. c. Thompson
moved to amend by striking out 6ftee'
and inserting ten minutes The motion a
amended was adopted.
Mr.. Is. II. Boykin move hat tn
Convention proceed by ballot to tn
election of q County Chairman, and ac
cepted an amendment from Mr.. ThomT
son. that mnjorityof the votes must b
necessary to choice.
Mr.. J. T. Hay suggested that
would be in order first to take some &C
ton creating an Executive Committee
and, to tha. end, moved thai the sue
gestions of the State Executive Com
mittee in this regard be adopted. MI
Boykin claimed that his motion ha
precedence. after considerable discps
sion, which was participated in BY Ger
Chestnut, Col. Shannon, and MessT!
Hay and J. d. Shaw, the chair decide
that Mr. Hays motion was in orde
whereupon Col. Shannon took the floc
and argued against the motion, takin
the ground that it Was right IN form an
wrong in substance, while the motto
} of Mr. Roykin was right in substauc
hut wrong in form. Mr.. Hay spoke
: fav ofiis morioa. " W D. Tran