Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1908-07-16
MASS MEETING OF REPUBLICANS.
farewell Republicans Elect Delegates To
District ConVentIon-Re-eIect Pres
ent Chairman and Committee.


ent Chairman and Committee.
On Tuesday, the 14th instant, the Re-
publicans of Tazewell county, held
mass-meeting in the court house at 2
O'Clock p. m.
The meeting was called to order by
John T. Barns, county chairman, and
he stated that the object of the meet
ing was to elect delegates to the dis
trict convention to be held at Norton on
the 30th instant, and to elect county
chairman and county committee. Hon.
A P. Gillespie was called to preside
over the meeting, and VIM. c. Pendle-
ton was made secretary.
A motion was made and adopted that
the three magisterial districts hold sep
arate meetings and select their quota
of delegates. The district meetings re-
ported the following delegates from
their respective districts:
JEFFERsoNvILLE DISTRICT.
DR.. J. Walter witten, Geo. P. Hall,
Barnes Gillespie. Henry Kincer. B. F.
Lewis, W. L. Moore, Henry Witten,
w. A. Leece, James Akers, Jno. A.
Higginbotham, VIM. Claytor, c. A.
Leece, Chas. Puckett, VIM. Hager.
John B. Witten, VIM. n. Kelly, Edd c.
Peery, Tate Harman, Governor Vance,
j. P. Whitman, Frank Riley, II. w.
Crockett, T. B. Warren, W. w. Link
GUS, W. w. Moore, NJ. L. Peery, ]. B.
Caudill, ]. Powell Royal, A. R. Beav-
ers, Thomas Hankins, G. o. Bandy,
Chas. Graybeal, John Peery, ]. S. Gil
lespie, ]. D. Daley, j. P. Barrett, A.
P. Gillespie, DR.. S. C. Bowen, R. o.
Crockett, G. r. Surface, T. C. Bowen,
W. o. George, G. v. Kelly, ]. D. Har-
risson, F. Thompson, M. ]. Hankins, ].
r. Laird, ]. C. Peery, T. A. Mccall,
Captain John Yost, VIM. C. Pendleton,
John Thompson, C. T. Patton, ]. Albert
Hagy, James Gillenwaters, ]. W. Jones,
Jno. F. McGraw, Sylvester Brooks, C.
F. Wall, D. A. Williams, T. P. Bowen,
Joe M. Rose, L. C. Burcham, ]. d.
Christian, David Williams, G. M. Dick
erson, 1. N. George, C. N. Bane, Peel
Harman, T. E. Hankins.
MAIDEN SPRING DISTRICT.
Delegates-w. B. Spratt, H. Bowen,
w. B. Steele, ]. G. Barns, Albert Nc
Guire, D. Green, r. H. McGraw, John
A. Higginbotham, Albert Caldwell,
III. c. McCorkle, o. B. Barns,
]. Sanders Gillespie, S. F. ALI
son, ]. E. Bandy, W. ]. Lester, M.
Ziegler, Geo. Hinkle, A. P. French.
CLEAR FORK DISTRICT.
A. ]. Doss, w. w. Brenneman, Frank
Ward, Harry Matz, J. w. Owens, w.
L. Mustard, Thompson S. Crockett, S. P.
Mustard, J. G. Higginbotham. M. F.
Neel, B. B. Leffel, John Slade, Floyd
Gillespie, VIM. Goodman, H. A. Long,
Geo. H. Moss, S. H. Wingo, DR.. Frank
Pyott, H. S. Bowen, T. R. Smoot, E.
G. Wagner, R. C. Wells, A. H. Nc
Clure, Pet Shrader, r. L. Gillespie, H.
c. Galloway, J. r. Anderson, B. NJ.
Newman, r. H. Mathews, ]. ]. Buck
land, ]. A. Tabor.
S ASRNA 20 WCIC dOOptcu1 anu the
following resolution was the adopted:
Resolved, that any Republican from
Tazewell county who attends the con-
vention to be held at Norton, Va, on
the Both instant, be, and he is hereby,
authorized to SIT in said convention as q
delegate, and to cast his proportionate
part Of the vote to which the county is
entitled in the convention"
The following resolutions were then
unanimously adopted:
THE Republicans of Tazewell county.
in mass-meeting assembled, declare as
follows:
First. We heartily endorse the plat
form of principles adopted and the can
didates nominated at the national con-
vention held at Chicago on the 18th of
June. 1908, and pledge the united sup
port of the Republicans of this county
20 the platform and candidates.
Second We cordially approve the
record Of our representative in Con-