The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1906-03-14
CITIZENS MASS MEETING
WAS HELD AT THE COURT HOUSE
ON SATURDAY MORNING.

An Executive Committe Was Elect
ed, and Resolutions Adopted.
Late Primary Was Favored.
Saturday morning in response to
the following circular, which had been
distributed throughout the county, a
mass meeting of citizens of Terrell
county was held at the court house:
"Citizens' Mass Meeting.
1.-THE citizens of Terrell county are
requested to assemble in mass meeting
in the court house in Dawson, Ga, on
Saturday, March 10th, 1906, at 1920
a. M, to consider matters of import
ance.
The number who were present twas
variously estimated at from 100 to $50
people. The meeting was organized
with Captain VIM. Kaigler as chair
man and Mr.. w. j. Lewis as secre-
tary.
The chairman, in stating the object
of the gathering, said the democratic
executive committee had called meet
ing for that day to name time for a
county primary. This, he said, they
had no right to do, but should have
called a mass meeting for the purpose
of electing a new committee; that the
committee was elected four years
ago, and had no authority to act
now. 1t was to take action on this
matter that the people had been re-
quested to assemble.
Upon motion a committee consisting
of j. G. Dean, w. H. Davis, j. Fl.
Pritchard, w. B. Oxford, A. G. Hill,
A. T. Wall, j. T. Waller, w. D.
Chambers and J. NJ. Powell were APP
pointed to suggest to the meeting the
names of new executive committee.
Their report, which was as follows,
was unanimously adopted:
Town district-J. w. Peddy, G. M.
Roberts, F. Nasworthy.
Twelfth 1istrict-J. w. Fillingame,
E. L. Anderson.
PARROT district. H. Pritchard,
E. w. Aven.
Sixth district-A. w. Fleming, j.
G. Collins.
Old Eleventh DISTRICT. N. Powell,
John Sem.
Third district-W. B. Dismuke, A.
T. Wall.
Fourth district-J. T. Waller, W.
S. Thornton.
New Eleventh district-W. L. Cham
bers, T. w. Haddock.
Mr.. W. H. Davis introduced the
following resolutions, which were
adopted unanimously:
''lst. Resolved by the democrats of
Terrell county, in mass meeting as
sembled, that it is the sense of this
body that primary election be called
by the county executive committee to
take place on or about June 10Th,
next, for the purpose of nominating
county officers. That at such primary
all white voters, without regard to
past political affiliations, who desire
to align themselves with the demo-
cratic party and who will, if their
right to participate in said primary
be challenged, pledge themselves to
support the nominees shall be allowed
to cast their ballots and are cordially
invited to do so.
''2nd. Resolved, That the white
people of Georgia desire reunited
party, and not renewed discussions,
and that it is the sense of the voters of
Terrell county that the state executive
committee do not depart from the rules
and regulations governing the quail
fications of voters in the white prl-
maries for the last half dozen years.
BIRD. Resolved, That the state eX
ecutive committee be requested to
adopt rules declaring the candidates
receiving the plurality of the popular
vote to be the nominees of the party.
"a. Resolved, That we condemn
the use of money, whiskey and other
things of value for the purpose OF
controlling or influencing votes, and
that all good citizens are urged to eX-
ert their utmost powers to prevent 1t.
The meeting then adjourned.
The committee named above is re-
quested to meet at the court house in
Dawson on Saturday next, the 18th.
inst, at 10 o'clock a. N.
win Take Part in Meeting on March 81.
The News has been informed by
gentlemen who we're prominent in call
ing the above meeting and partlcl-
pated in it's deliberations that
they will take part in the mass
meeting called by the democratic eX-
ecutive committee for March 81, ana
that the committee named Saturday
will not likely be kept in tact, They
saw that a meeting of the voters of the
county was their main object, and
this has been provided for.
The indications now are that the
people will harmonic. and there will
be only one committee. This is very
/ fortunate for the county, as dissension
and disruption among the people over
political matters would do untold
harm.
MIR. MARLIN WILL BE ASSISTANT