The Brookhaven leader. [volume] (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1883-1891, 1891-08-20
KINDS a. CHICKASAW.
LOYAL TO THEIR FAvoRITE SONS,
RARKsDALE AND BURKITT.
Franklin, Scott and Attalla also
Take Their Stand i'm the
Sub-Trcasury Column.
The Peoples Answer to the Au-
tocratic State Convention.
They Will not Submit Tamcly to
Machine Rule.

Special to the Clarion-Ledgcr.l
OKoLONA, Aug. 14.-Old Chickasaw,
in primary election, has spoken, and
spoken loud.
She has nominated the Barksdale
candidates for Senator and Represcn-
tativcs by five hundred majority, led
by Frank Burkitt.
She has rcbuked the State COnvcn-
ton for seating the boiling delegates
from this county.
She has condemned the State Con-
ventiOn for going beyond the limits of
its power.
She has declared against third term
ers, Dependent Pension voters, Blair
Educational Bill, and the supporters
of the Direct Tax Refund Bill.
She has said she would have no
more of j. u. Grorge.
She has endorsed +. Barksdale,
Frank Burkitt and the Ocala platform.
Chickasaw has done herself proud.
She is Democratic to the backbone.
Put three more votes in the Banks
dale column.
Franklin sends Greeting to Lincoln.
Special to the LEADER
MEANWHILE, Aug. 1S.-Oflicial re-
turns from last Saturdays primary in
Franklin county show tho following
successful candidates For L. 5.
Senators, Barksdale and Lewis; State
Senator, j. II, McGehee; Floater Rep
resentative, A. NJ. Newman Repre-
sentative, Juan Nix; Sheriff, r. S.
Butler Chancery Clerk, f. ii. Went
worth Circuit Clerk, f. c. Adams
Treasurer, S. l.. Scott; Assessor.
James IIalford; Superintendent OF
Education, John p. Jones, Jr.
The majorities of all the nominees,
except for Circuit Clerk, were large.
Adams beat Sullivan by just 10 votes.
Barksdale, the champion of the mass
es against the classes, won sweep
inc -s"tory over George, his majority
hn S w. 51o !, total vote of 1881.
Lewis majority overNa.,' "" 9. 80
out of total of 1881. Judge C"..
dy's name was not on the ticket in
this county, and hence it was known
to only few that he was candidate.
Franklin sends greeting to Lincoln,
her SubTreasury neighbor.
Kinds Stands by Her Gallant Son.
Special to the Leader.
JACKSON, Aug. 19.-IIinds has
spoken in her primaries, and despite
the fact that speakers were imported,
all sorts of tricks resorted to and no
stone left unturned to defeat Banks
dale in his own county and "retaliate"
on him for downing George in Carroll,
the peoples gallant and dauntless
champion has triumphed. Private
Allen, "Old Trace Chains himself,
the silvertongued Hooker and others
of lesser note, stumped the county
and spent their arguments and their
all to no purrOse-Hinds
refused to repudiate her favorite son.
Barksdale's majority in the county
will be about POO. His friends here
are .iubllant.
Scott and Alfalfa Join the BarksdaIe Col
Special to the LEADER
JACKSON, Aug. 19.-News has just
reached here that Scott and Alfalfa
counties wheeled into the Barksdale
column in Tuesdays election, each by
Il majority of about 200. Scott, be it
is the home of Congress
Becman, who opened the
with so many interviews
against the SubTreasury, and Alfalfa
joins Carroll and was twice visited by
Senator George and her people ap-
pealed to for support.