The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1906-10-12

and Nominated Mr.. BelIamy-One
Member of the Committee Was Not
Present-New Committee Wants
Funds Left Over From the Primary.
The newly elected members of the
fdeTnoc1atic executive committee Of
New Hanover county met last night
in the court house for the purpose
of organizing. Mr.. William J. Bellamy
was elected chairman, and will for the
next two years preside over the destin-
les of democracy in New Hanover
county. He will be assisted by an
executive committee male up of loyal
democrats.
Prior to the converting of the ex-
ecutive committee the committees Of
the various wards met and elected a
chairman which is the member of the
precinct or ward in which he resides.
The committee as it is now constituted
is as follows:
10 v" IoL pICClICI, II. l.
Skipper. End precinct-Thomas Quin-
livan. 3rd precinct-John Barry.
Second Ward-T. w. Wood.
Third Ward-Henry E. Bonitz.
Fourth Ward-Willam J. Bellamy.
Fifth Ward-1st precinct-R. B.
Moore. End precinct-W. w. King.
Cape Fear township-W. II. Shearin.
Harnett township-Garritt Walker.
The newly elected member of the
committee to represent Federal Point
and Masonboro townships was not
present.
The committe was called together
by Chairman Burriss who stated the
object of the meeting. First business
to be taken up was the election of a
chairman, and Mr.. r. B. Moore placed
in nomination Mr.. Henry E. Bonitz,
an enthusiastic democrat. Before a
second could be made to the nOmina-
ton Mr.. Bonitz rose and asked that
his name be withdrawn and placed
in nomination Mr.. William j. Bethany
who he termed as one Of the most
prominent young democrats of New
Hanover county, and one excellentiy
fitted to look after the duties that
would be incumbent upon lh1m as
chairman of the democratic executive
committee. Mr.. Bellamy was unani-
mously elected to the position and
Mr.. Burriss surrendered the chair TO
him.
An accepting the position Mr.. Bella
my made a short speech in which lie
thanked his friends for the honor
they bestowed rpon him and said that
he did not feel that it was On account
Of any special ftress that he might
possess but because they wanted to
give the young man a chance to be-
come familiar with conducting the
political affairs of the county, a duty
that the older members of the party
had looked after. He said hi county
was overwhelmingly democratic at the
present time and he hoped that as .o1s
as he lived it would remain so. In
the approaching election the newly
elected chairman expressed the desire
that the candidates would make every
effort to get as large a vote as pos
sible and not be content with a scat
tering vote. He thought the movem n
in Wilmington in 1898 for white gu
premacy had placed North CAROLYN
in the democratic column today ant
he declared that in the past New Han
over had never shirked from dOin'
her part and he would use his ever.
effort to see that her record was main
tanned.
The next officer to be elected wa
permanent secretary. and on motor
OF MI. T. w. Wood, Mr.. Henry L
BOnitZ was elected to the position
Mr.. T. ". Wood was elected treas
urer.
1t was announced hat there was
vacancy to be- filled in the Fifth q
and it resulted in DR.. w. w. Kin
being elected ove M. T. G.. Lander
On the first vote Mr.. Woodus kelluI
was placed in nomination and he wa
elected over Mr.. Landen, but 1t wa
found that Mr.. Moore and Mr.. Kellu1
both resided in the first precinct, an
it was necessary to place the matte
again before the committee and
resulted as stated above.
There was some discussion as I
what the retiring executive comm1tte
should do with the cash on ham
Mr.. Burriss stated that he could NJ
say what the retiring committee o
do, but he favored turning II over
The newly elected committee as the
would need money with whlch to q
certain work. He expressed himse
as always being glad to give m ney ft
charitable purposes, but the money
the hands of the committee was co
lected for political purposes and b
thought ought to be used for srch pu'
poses. He said some of the candidate
had said they thought the mone
should be divided u. n give the
their pro rata share. A few hills a.
yet 10 be paid cut of the fund now c
hand. The retiring committee na
something like 500 on hand and til