The Brookhaven ledger. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1875-1883, 1879-08-07
COUNTY CONVENTION SATURDAY.
shall we Nominate, or Allow Radicals
n Chance.

cutlVe Sommittee, OF this county, helu Q
meeting, instructed the different beats OF
the county, to assemble on the second Sat-
urday in July and elect delegates to the
convention to be held here on the
9th OF August, next Saturday. The second
resolution of the Executive Committee, in
referring to the county convention, says:
eff the delegates when so assembled
shall decide to nominate by convention,
then such delegates shall proceed at once
to nominate candidates fLr county offices,
and TO elect delegates to the Senatorial
Convention, but if such c, Nention shall
determine to have a primary election, they
shall provide for holding of the same and
for the entertainment of the result"
The delegates elected to the county con-
! vention are:
BEAT NO. /.
BRooKHAvEN-J L Sessions, A c Me-
Nair, T. S. McGrath. NJ Nalty, J w Me-
MILAN. Alternates-R III Thompson, X
III Henry, Pc Milan, S III rhandler, A
q Cox. 0ppos ed to nominations for non
politIcel offices.
MoNTuoMERY-L III White. Joe. SEES
sions, w \ Towns. Alteftates-lsaao
Smith, Jno. Smith, VT Lambright, w
S Stepp, I c Crawford, WIN. FUR, L
Short. For 4 convention.
BoGUEcHITro-B Hall, J \ Price, J u
Hart. Opposed to nominations.
! BEAT NO. 2.
FAIR RIVER SToRE-H Summers. J W
Maxwell. 4 NJ Summers, is Burns, J NJ
KEGS. ~Aiternates-II S Smith, Jno. Mil
lvr. Opposed to either convention oil
primary election.
LITTLE BAHALA-First nppointel-A A
Graves, T ) Cotton. w p Fur, Slepher
Furr, Geo. Killcrease, Jr., V Haley
DIR. VI Ferguson. Alternates~Thos.
Linton, FM Newton, Neal Pierce, WasI
smith, Geo. Killcrease, ST., J NJ Hill
Second app,inted-Dr. j NJ Benton, A a
Graves, J NJ Crawford, r p FUR, y '
Price, AIternates--G NJ Killcrease, f
Cotton, J NJ New;tn,G W Farmer, w
Fnrr. Both list of delegates for q CON
v%ention.
EAT NO. s.
TyLER's MILL--Jno. Martin, Jaol
Smith, G w Huffman, S \ Brister, J /
Nav, 4 Greer, DR.. Connerly, J Fielder
r Cisco. Mr.. Pierce. Alternates-lIop.
/, Finch, Jas. Williams, b Mccullough
For a primary election.
BEAT NO. 4.
ADAMS CAMP GRoUND-J L Dennian
f V Lewis, J L Carruth, s } Hodges, Ell
: Tarver. For a primary election.
LARD's Mill NJ Lard,J r, l. Lard
Jno. eagle, Jasper Evans, JAS. Keen
Automatically Sasser, VIM. Burt, San
: oliver, J NJ King. Opposed 70 nominh>
tions, but prefer a primary election to
convention.
BEAT NO. 3.
CAsEYvILLE-P Bnie, II F Beacham
: 5 p McRee, A Currie, J y Blue. Alter.
nates-W w Godbold, S l. Cupit, J
Deeell. Opposed to a convention.
MACrDoNIA-J 6 Magee, W S Vaughn
J East, Jas. Coon, w J EiSey, Opposed
20 y convention,
From the above it will be seen tina
3 Tyler's MIL, with ten votes, and Adams
Camp Ground, with FIVE votes, are for
primary election, making a total of fifteen
Montgomery, with two and'a halt votes
II and Little Bahala, with five votes, are for
convention, making a total of seven an'
h A half.
Brookhaven, with FIVE votes, Fair Rive
IS:ore, with five votes, Lard's Mill, Will
five votes, and B~oguechitto, with two am
Il half votes, are opposed TO nominations
a total of seventeen an oae-half.
-Casryvnle, wrtr nvc y-tr-, urrl sf"cvfu
mia, with FIVE votes, are simply opposed t.
n a conyention, making a tota! of ten,
10 recapitnlate The vote in the count
e convention will stand:
t For primary election 10
For convention !
Opposed to nominations II
Opposed to convention ~
i Macedonia and Caseyyille hold the bal
y ance Of power, and il five olt of their tie
votes favor nominating by primary elec
( ton, it will carry, as it is understood thu
{ Little Kahala and Montgomery will vot
for a primary election in preference to II
> nominations.
The questi N of nominating is a yer
serious one, and it is hoped that the dele
gates will carefully consider the matte
before acting, We regard it a paramount
!: duty to nominate the whole ticket, and tn
only mode whereby such a result can b
obtained seems to be ~ a primary election
q We must not leave the bars down f
g The Radicals to walk into Office.