The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1908-04-10
Fourth District ranyenlIan.

and a lively Time was had in
enoc,ino temnorarv or0sniy,,ion
and str.iclteni,g ont Tho di.or1nile8
utie,,ts for se,t. ia thecontention
Tho c,,,o,tio, vs. called n, o-i.-
o,to,.i.ot.t- ni.t,f.t g..,,,,., q.
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,a,,....r,,,. on,,,,,., ono of tse
,,l,i'e y,i.vortbe r,rtv immediately
,.....,,b.t,f- a. D, Wilson orrreoo
he made ,o,,norsrv chairman and tic
yeas and NAYS were taken. A. W.Har-
Il. ,,i.,ol do.isd,r niand dsly
olo.,ol r,e..i,e v... yof. ua. o0-
i.e,ed to,v t.o.ewbo nreforrel fohr'
,re.ided over bv "a whit. man. anda
~. ,y c,unf,o. va. demanded. Obi.
wa. met with standardization from the
h,act ,,i,ooftbe marty and seroa.
,,w COINED imminent when uran
n,e snooe.ti,n.orl. p Summers. of
,binrdon r. q Fav of Crewe eab-
he'd M the roll held I'm the hands of.
Harris. who was acting secretary. and
tried 10 wrench 10 from him. Men 200
over the house snrane to their nat.
and until Mr. Fbv was induced to
leave his hold upon She arm of
Harris. excitement was 40 high pitch.
Much wrang.ing and confusion ioi-
lowed this incident lu the meau-
time the platformwa, occupied by tv0
chairmen Wilson. who demanded
fair vote and Bland, who bah been
declared clectciby Harris. Finally
vote was taken 10y countIc-. and ra-
suited in Wilson receiving more Than
three To BANDS one.
Delecatc- were present from every
county i'm the district except Lunen-
burg. which was without representa-
tive. As soon "a, Wilson bad whipped
Bland for chairman. both Bland anl
Harris Withdrew as chairman and
secretary respectively. and Postmaster
Dyson. of Belfeld. wa- selected i0
icon the minutes
A. some stage. of The nroceadus.
There were occurrences and uttemnc.-
~ ,,ore or loss Interest to those who
,,ers There merely 10 witness the ac-
lions NJ tbe convention Forin.tance.
ox-Coooressnso Thorpe was present
and wished to adlres. the convention.
lie several times demanded of the
~. h..,i,. brt each Time WAS
o..'.t,o,.i,, i,f,rued that no ner.or
.,onId ha allowed tne privilege of
s,a,li,g without the consent of the
convection exoept he bea regularly
cer,iGed DELEGATE Nr Thorpe finally
renlied that he was not a delegate. but
had spent 10000 in the Fourth Disc
trio, far which he had never received
sd--n cent in return. and Doe thought
no ,,i,bt he accorded some RIGHTS n
tbis convention.
The chair APPOINTED the committee
ON credennal, from the unconte.ied
countie.. tt follows. III. G.. Green, of
Rrunsyyick. W. b. Alfred. of Mccklcn-
hnrc. J. n. Boswell. of N0tioway. s..
Y Vau0nan. of Amelia. and 10. Dl-.
Wis of powhatan. 10 wa, after @
o,ci,ct vben fiji. committee took up
tho contested cases and the convel-
,iou adiourned until S O'Clock to allow
time for the report.
1t was after O'Clock when Chair
man Wilson called the con ention io
order. The report of the committee
was read and adopted Prince fd-
ward one of the conte.tne counties.
won bv J. T.. Harris and h'-
delegate, over George Richardson and
his followers.
The temporary organization was
NOW made permanent. J.. Cd. Davis,
If powhatan Offered resolutions
>, ,,,-.... ,s,psniu.4usIg ad1u,ld.
having .Ycb ma, o. pssc,n -ie,.,r
IN succeed IN fbo i,o,,rt,,t d.fa..
commended Delicate N.efcor hi.no.f
AGAINST fine conGrmafio, of iud,.
Rhea'. nomination for the STATE Corr
poration Commission. approved ihe
policies and acts of Roosevelt. aud enc
dor,ed the candidacy of Taft for the
presideucv and instructed the tro
DELEGATES from thi. district to u.esll
honorable means far bi. n,mfnsfiar
o, chiosoo d, on.ri,, f,s.e rs.o,,.
,io,s Ar n,,.is made n lam, .,os.h
Mr. g. r. Wilson was eieetadc ..ir-
man of the district IN succeed p ID .
Rland coloreI and the following dis .
trict committee was elected. Wnn- f
worth Wilson ~ pe,ershnry. a. 4