The commonwealth., 1896-06-25
DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.
A Good ana Harmonious Meet,nr.

cratic Executive Committee the Coun.
ty Democratic Convention was held in
Halifax last Monday.
DR.. /. E. Green, chairman of the ex.
ecutlve committee, called the meeting
to order. By motion of w. E. Daniel
E. E. Hi1liard was made chairman o1
the meeting and D. E. Stainback and
B. A. Pope were elected secretaries.
The roll OF the precincts was called
and the following were elected as dele
gates and alternates to the Congress
sional convention in Goldsboro Tues
day 23rd:
BRJNKLEYvILLE-W. v. Bobbitt, DR..
G. E. Matthews, r. L. Stokes, Sydney
Williams ana F. M. Parker.
BUTTERwooD-T. G. Aston and W.
HI. Thorne.
CoNOCoNARA-Co -Conoconara precinct,
B. F. Tillery, w. II. Randolph, J. r.
Weeks and w. D. Shields; Crowell's
precinct, F. w. Gregory, w. T. Her
bert.
ENF1ELD-East Enfield r. E. l..
Gunter, W. J. Applewhite, s. Meyer,
David Bell, Wilson Pittman and C. E.
McGwigan West Enfield, F. G. Pitt
man, DR.. J. A. Collins, J. B. Kicks, r!
B. Britt and Jno. Leggett.
FAUCETTs-W. r Neville, F. III. Tay-
lor, j. G. Butts, S. P. johnson, C. A.
Harris, J. D. White, w. J. Lisles and
r. B. Brickell.
HAL1FAx-M. H. Clark, E. L. Travis,
T. N. Hill.
L1rrLEToN-J. w. Northington, J.
H. House, Eugene Johnston, Whit
Johnson and S. G. Daniel.
PALMYRA-R. J. Shields, L. J. Bak-
er, T. B. Harrell, C. V. Andrews, w.
G. Pender, E. Bony, J. L. Philpott, J.
T. johnson and w. q. Pendleton.
RosENEATH-W. T. Whitehead, DR..
M. T. Savage and w. T. Vaughan.
SCOTLAND NECK-E. E. Hilliard,
Claude K1tchln, w. A. Dunn, J. A.
Plttman, J. P. Futrell, r. E. Hancock,
r. M. johnson, B. I. Allsbrook, G. w.
Dunn, B. E. Pope.
WELDoN-Weldon Precinct, B. F.
Gary, D. E. Stainback, A. Prescott, w.
B. Whitehead, 1. E. Green; Deep
Creek Precinct, T. L. Emry, w. F.
Hockaday, V. M. Burton, G. F. Her
ring, w. III. Allsbrook and J. G. Sim
mons.
[Of the foregoing delegates to the
Congressional convention the first half
of the number named from each pre-
clnct were regular delegates and the
others for each precinct were alter
mates.
DELEGATES TO THE STATE CONVENTION.
The following were named as dele
gates from each township to the State
Democratic Convention which meets
in Raleigh to-day. This comprises one
regular delegate and one alternate from
each precinct:
BR1NK1EYv1LLE-H. S. Harrison,
w. V. Bobbltt.
BUTTERwooD-T. C. Aston, Capt.
Jos. Townes.
CoNocoNARA-W. M. Crump, B. F.
Tillery.
ENFIELD-East and West Precincts
David Bell, s. J. Clark, DR.. J. A. Col
Inns and G. E. McGwigan.
FAucErTs-F. III. Taylor, K. E. Kill
patrick.
HAL1FAx-Halifax and Crowell's
Precincts-J. M. Grizzard, J. J. Dan
iel and w. T. Eure and I. G. Shaw.
LrrTLEroN-Littleto and CASTOR
Precincts-S. G. Daniel and J. w.
Northington and j. A. House and r.
L. ASTON
RosRNEATH-Dr. M. T. Savage and
w. T. Whitehead.
PALMYRA-Palmyra and Neal Pre-
cincts-R. J. Shields and G. Hoffman
L. G. Bell and w. F. Butterworth.
SCOTLAND NEcK-Scotland Neck and
Mary's Chapel Precincts-W. A. Dunn
and Claude Kitchin J. B Neal and r.
E. Hancock.
WELDoN-Weldon and Deep Greek
Precincts-W. E. Daniel and T. G.
Harrison T. L. Emry and J. G. Sim
mons.
DELEGATES AT LARGE.
The following were elected delegates
to the State convention at large: DR..
I. E. Green, w. A. Johnston. E. L.
Travis, E. E. Hilliard and w. J.. Ap-
plewhite alternates, DR.. J. E. Shields,
Eugene johnson, s. Meyer, Maj. J. H.
McIver and w. V. Bobbitt.
RESOLUTIONS 9''HD.
Just before the election OF delegates
to the State convention Mr.. w. A.
Dunn offered the following resolution
which was enthusiastically adopted.
Resolved, l. That we favor the free and
unlimited coinage of silver and gold at