The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1889-04-25

The Democratic Executive Commit
tee of Lincoln county met at the
court house of the county, at noon on
the 18th day of April, 1889. The
Chairman, Hon. Il. II. Applcwhite,
called the meeting to order. n.
Lewenthal, Jr., acted as Secretary.
The following resolutions were
introduced and unanimously passed !:
BE it resolved by the Democratic
Executive Committee of Lincoln
County:
First. That it is sense of this com
mittce that there shall be held a
Democratic Primary Election at each
of the voting precincts of this county
for the election and nomination of Il
Democratic candidate for the follow
ing offices respectively:
For Representative.
2. For Floater, LincOln's choice.
3. For Sheriff.
/. For County Treasurer.
5. For Assessor.
q. For County Superintendent of
Education.
I. For Surveyor.
8. For Coroner and Ranger.
8. For one Supervisor i'll each
Beat.
TO- For Two Justices of the Peace
in each Beat.
IL. For one Constable in each Beat.
Second. BE it further resolved,
that at said primary election the fol-
lowing persons, and no others, shall
be entitled to vote, to-wit All white
voters, who are known as Democrats,
who state on honor they are such,
and who voted the Democratic ticket
at the last election, and who pledge
themselves to vote for the Democratic
State ticket and for the whole ticket
that shall be nominated at the said
Democratic primary election; Pro-
vided, any young man who has be-
come of age since last election, and
persons who did not vote at last cleo
ton, shall not be excluded Oh that
account, if they are otherwise quail
fed.
Third. BE it further resolved, That
at the said Democratic primary cleo
ton there shall be elected delegates
to Il County Convention, which con-
vention is hereby called for the pur
pose of sending delegates to the DEM
ocratic State Convention to meet in
July next, the election of new
Democratic County Executive Com
mittee, and generally to do what to
said county convention shall seem
meet and proper. The said county con
vention is called to meet in the court
house in BrOokhaven on Saturday, the
18th day of July, 1889. The number
of delegates, to be elected 10y each
precinct shall be as follows:
Brookhaven, both boxes voting
at the court house, five delegates;
Bogue ChittO. three delegates; Mont
gomery, two delegates; Good Water,
five delegates; Fair River, five dele
gates; McClendon's School House, ten
delegates; Sheep Shed OF Adams, five
delegates Lard's Mill, five delegates;
Caseyville, four delegate; Vaughn's
three delegates and East's Mill three
delegates.
Fourth. Be it further resolved,
That the said primary election shall
be held on Tuesday, the 9th day of
July, 1889, and the same shall be con
Quoted by well-known Democrats who
shall be appointed and requested to
act in the premises by this commit
tee at a meeting thereof which is
hereby called to assemble at the court
house in Brookhaven, on Tuesday, the
10Th day OF June next.
Fifth. Be it further resolved, That
the said Inspectors and clerks are re-
quested to hold the said election
(save that no person except those
above declared to be entitled thereto
shall be permitted tn vOte) as cleo
tons are held under the laws of this
State for the election of officers, but
section 1877 of the Code, prescribing
the form and size of ballots shall not
apply. The returns of the said Demo-
cratic primary election shall be made
to the Democratic County Executive
Committe at the court house in
Brookhaven, at II o'clock NJ. on the
day after the said election. The said
Clerks and Inspectors are requested
and charged to keep a roll of all per-
sons voting and in case they see
proper they can, if any voter is chal-
lenged, or if they, or either of them
doubt the right of any person to vote,
require satisfactory evidence of such
persons right; and they can reject
any vote offered if they think the
person offering is not rightfully en-
titled to have the same received.
Any person interested, however, may
contast the e1ection held Mt anv yOtin p