The weekly clarion., 1879-08-20
THE CANVASS.
LINCOLN COUNTY.

LINCOLN COUNTY.
Brookhaven Ledger.l
The Convention was called to order by tn,
| Hon. r. III. Thompson, Chairman OF the Demo
cratic and Conservative Executive Committed
| of the county.
On motion OF J. G. Magee, the Rev f. l. Tar
yer was elected Chairman pro tenn, and A. c
| McNair, Secretary pro TEN. On motion this or
ganization was made permanent J. \. Prize
| moved that a committee of five credentials b'
| appointed by the Chair. Carried.
| The Chair appointed the following committee
! j. q. Magee, j. F. Sessions, }. E. Carruth, e. W
Huffman and II. Summers. This committee re
| turned, and reported the following as the dele
| gates to this Convention:
| Brookhaven-J. F, Sessions, T. J. 5. McGrath
| NJ. Nalty J. ". Mcmillan and \. c. McNair
| Montgomery-W. \. Towns and Joe. Sessions
! Boguechitto-Britton Hall, j. \. Price and
NJ. Hart.
Fair River Store-H. Summers, ]. w. Max
well, A. NJ. Summers, j. 5. Burns and j. NJ. KEGS
Little Bahala-J. A. Graves, \. \. Graves
T. S Cotton, j. NJ. Crawford and X. Z. Furr
Tyler's NIill-John J. Martin, Jacob Smith
G. w. Huffman, S 4. Brister, J. ID. May, Amos
Greer, DIR. c. P. Conerly, J. 5. Fielder, K. Criscc
and W. c. Price.
Adams Camp Ground-J F. Denman, F. "
Lewis, j. E. Carruth, f. l.. Tarver and I. W
Chisholm
Lard's Mill. NJ. Lard, Jr., L. L. Lard, John
H. eagle, Jasper Evans and James Keen
Caseyville-Prentiss Buie, II. T. I. Bea-
cham s. p. McRee, A. Currie and j. ID. Blue.
Macedonia-J G. Magee, W. S. Vaughn,
J. J. East, James Coen and W J. Elzey.
On motion OF Jno. II. eagle, r. II. Henry,
editor of the Brookhaven Ledger, was invited
to "A seat in the Convention.
W. A. Towns moved that vote be taken by
ballot expressive of the sense Of this Convention
as to the propriety of this Convention making
nominations for county officers Carried. The
vote resulted as follows:
For Convention
No convention '-''''f
No Convention, except for Representative. 1
G. W Huffman moved to take the sense of
this Convention to the Propriety OF making
nomination for county Offices by primary cleo
ton. Carried The vote was as follows:
For primary election ............ -
No primary election
T. S Cotton moved that the vote for primary
election be made unanimous. Carried
J. w. Mcmillan moved that at the primary
election all voters be allowed to vote for the
nominees.
\. c. McNaNair proposed to amend 50 as to
prohibit parties from voting, who Will not
pledge themselves to support the nominees.
J. A. Price offered the following as a substitute
for the above:
Resoired, That committee of two be elected
from each beat to adopt plan for conducting
the primary election.
J. F. Sessions offered as a substitute for the
whole matter the following:
Resoired That committee be appointed by
the Chair consist of one member from each yot-
ing precinct in the county, whose duty II shall
be to prepare and report plan for conducting
the primary election. Carried.
The committee appointed is as follows.
Brookhaven, T. J. S. McGrath Montgomery,
Joe. Sessions; Bougecbitto, Britton Hail Fair
River, H. Summers Little Bahala, I. S. Cotton;
Tylers Mill, DR.. c. 2. Conerly; Adams Camp
Ground J. f. Carruth Lards Mill. John II.
eagle, Caseyville, S. p. McRee; Macedonia,
W. S. Vaughn.
The committee reported the following reso-
lutions;
Resolred, That all legal Democratic Conser-
vative voters of Lincoln county, who viii pledge
themselves to support the nominee the DEM
ocratic-Conservative party al the general cleo
tion, New, 4th. 1879, be allowed to vote at the
primary election.
ResoEred That all candidates voted for will be
requested to pledge themselves TO abide the
decision of the primary election, and support
the ticket that may be nominated.
ResOlUed That the candidates getting the
highest number of votes shall be declared the
nominees
Resolced, That the Democratic Conservative
Executive Committee appointed at this meet
ing be empowered and instructed to hold the
primary election by the appointment of the
necessary managers, Clerk $. etc. requisite for
fair expression of the people, and announce
the result Signed, 7. j. S. McGrath S. P. Nc
Rec, G. P. Connerly, ii. Summers, W. 5.
Vaughn, Jno. II. eagle, J. E. Carruth, Britton
Hall. Joe. Sessions, I. 5. Cotton.
A. Nc Nair moved to insert the word Con-
servative after the word Democratic whenever
the same appears in the resolutions. Carried.
\. c. McNair offered the following sub
stitute for the first resolution presented by the
committee.
Resolced That all voters of Lincoln county
who pledge themselves to support the nominees
of the Democratic and Conservative party at
the general election to be held in November,
1879, be accorded the right to vote at the pri-
mary election. Tabled.
The resolutions with the amendment of econ
servative" after Democratic, were adopted.
J: J. Martin moved that the delegates from
each beat retire and nominate two delegates to
the Senatorial Convention. Carried.
The following is a list OF the nominees to the
Senatorial Convention:
Beat One-J. A Price and ]. F. Sessions.
Beat Two. w Maxwell and T. S. Cotton.
Beat Three-G. W. Huffman and J. j. Martin.
Beat Four-John H. eagle and 7. W. Chisholm.
Beat Five-Prentiss Buie and j. j. Magee.
On motion, these nominees were elected
delegates to the Senatorial Convention.
On motion, 1t
ResOlred That the second Monday of Septem-
Der be recommended as the time for holding
ven be the place and the Chairman of this Con-
ysntiOn is hereby instructed TO notify the Chair
man of the Executive Committees of Pike and
Lawrence counties, of the time and place of
holding the Convention.
Joe. Sessions offered the following resolution:
Resolred, That in the opinion of this Conven-
ton the nomination of candidate for the State
Senate from this District Is due to Lawrence
county, and the delegates to the Senatorial Con-
yention here appointed are instructed to cast
the vote of this county, for a. III. Longino, as
the choice of Lincoln county for that position
Carried.
The Convention then elected the following
as the Executive Committee for the county for
the ensuing term:
Beat III. F. Sessions, W. A Towns, A. C.
McNair, Joe. Sessions and Britton Hall Beat
"A j. Graves, FL. Summers, J. s. Burns, j.
NJ. Crawford and J. W. Maxwell. Beat 3-J.J.
Martin, NJ. ]. Williams, Jacob Smith, A. g. B.
Mccullough and S. A. Brister. Beat Al E.
Denman, J. E. Carruth, John H. eagle, S. J.
Hodges and J. f. NJ Evans. Beat 5-Dr. r. r.
Applewhite, J. G. Magee, J. D. Blue, w. s.
Vaughan and Prentiss Buie.
The Executive Committee retired and organ
lied and reported to the Convention that they
had elected J. f. Sessions Chairman and DR.
r r APplewhite, Secretary, which was ratified
by the Convention
J. F. Sessions offered the following resolu-
ton.
Resolved, That Hon E. Barksdale is the choice
of this Convention for United States Senator,
and we urge and request the members of the
Legislature to be elected from This county, to
support and vote for him for that position.
Adopted.
1t was moved that the Brookhaven Ledger be
requested to publish the proceedings of this
Convention. Carried
On motion, the Convention adjourned sine die
E. L. TARVER, Chairman.
A. C. McNAIR, Secretary. 80
Summer County.
RESULT OF THE PRIMARY ELECTION.