Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1899-06-08
Democratic Executive Committee.

Pursuant to call the Democratic Ex-
ecutive Committee of Greene county met
IN the courthouse in Leakesville Wednes-
day, May 81, 1899.
Inc following members were present
County-at-Large-G. w Turner, Dan
Mcleod (excused.)
Beat No. ii. H. Turner and P. G..
Hetman
Beat No. 2-L. c. Peaster and C. P.
Smith.
Beat No. 81. A. Smith (excused)
Lloyd Kittrell, substituted.
Beat No. I'D. A. Mcleod and c. L..
Eubanks.
Beat No. 81 E. Miller.
On motion of j. f. Miller, a primary
election was ordered to be held on July
8, 1899
After due discussion the committee
unanimously agreed to allow all properly
registered voters of the county to vote in
the primary election.
On motion, L. G. Peaster and j. E.
Miller were appointed to superintend the
printing of the tickets to be used in the
primary.
On motion of j. E. Miller, it was or
dered, that the candidates be assessed
the following to defray expenses of cleo
ton:
States officers, $500 each; State Sena-
tor, so. 80 each; District Attorney, $3.50
each; county officers, $1.00 each; beat
officers, 80 cents each.
Mr.. J. E. Terral was then introduced,
and made an address asking the com
mittee, in view of the recent action of
the Democratic Executive Committees in
some of the northern counties of the
State, to pass resolution endorsing Gov.
McLaurin for the U. S. Senate.
! On motion of L. c. Peaster, the follow
ing resolution was unanimously adopted ::
Resolved, by the Democratic Executive
Committee OF. Greene county, That we
endorse the able, fearless and impartial
administration of Gov. McI.aurin, and
that we endorse his candidacy to repre-
sent Mississippi in the Senate of the
United States.
The following persons were appointed
managers of the primary:
Beat No. ii. J. MeInnis, John Reed,
G. X. Mcleod, F. J. Greene, r. o. Nc
Innis and S. T. Churchwell.
! Beat No. 2-Avera-W. 7. Anderson,
A. r. Clark, j. F. Smith, j. L. Ball, d.
| G. Landlord and r. S. Anderson.
Beat No. Estate Line. N. Turner,
r. J. Briggs, Jr., j. NJ. Williams, Pleas
Landlord, John Massey, J. 7, Knobles.
Beat No. -Washington-Ras Moody,
Whit Moody, Frank Bradley, T. C. Green,
Chas. Green, Alex. Breland.
Beat No. 3-Wade g T. Dunnam, J.
N. Dunnam Alex. VALLEY, Reuben Coch-
ran, Frank Dunnam, Hard Valley.
Beat No. 4-vernal-W w. Mcleod,
Randall McInnis, E. N. Ball, w. C. Ball,
C. C. Ball, Eli Brown.
Beat No. 4-Rorky Creek-C. E. Davis,
| Joe Hazard, s. d. Hemstead, c. A.
Adams, Henry Wexford.
Beat No. 5-Daughdrille-J d. Will
liams, w. F. Daughdrille, J. F. Cochran,
j. T. Miller, Sweyn Mcleod, w. R.
Cochran.
Beat No. 5-Salem-E. L. Thompson,
G. w. Mcleod, R. o. Cowart, Walter
Mckay, F. M. Mcleod, A. Pipkins.
On motion, mass meeting was called
to meet in Leakesville on July 4th, for
the purpose of electing a new Democratic
Executive Committee and delegates to
the state and district conventions, and
said delegates are hereby instructed to
cast their votes for the candidate receiv-
ing majority of votes in the primary.
On motion it is ordered that after all
expenses of printing tickets are paid, the
returning officers shall be paid 81 each
out of any surplus that may left, and if
there still be a surplus, it shall be pro-
rated among the election managers if it
does not exceed 81 each, if residue, it
shall go to defraying the expenses of del
egates to state and district conventions.
On motion it is ordered that all candi-
dates be requested to pay in their fee or
assessment between this and June 10th
| On motion it is ordered that the Her.
aid and Graphic be asked to publish
these proceedings.
GEO. w. TURNER, Chairman.
E. w. BREELAND, Sec