Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1908-07-10
NEW COUNTY DEM. Elk. COM
MT TEE MEETS And MAKES
PERMANENT ORGANIZATION.
Provides For Holding Congressional
Primary.

Persuant to call by H. P. Hell
delberg, secretary of the retiring
executive committee, the Democrat
ic executive committee of Greene
County, Mississippi met in office of
Harrison & Heidelberg at o'clock
Wednesday, July 9Th 1908 and trans
acted the following business, to wit:
On motion j. W. Daughdrill was
selected as temporary Chairman
and H. P. H idelberg as temporary
Secretary. The following members
were present in person; j. w.
Daughdrill, C. l.. Kittrell, Jas.
Faux anu H. P. Heidelberg and
the following members were repre-
sented by proxy, w. D.Ratlifff and
w. w. Eley had appointed H. P.
Heidelberg proyx, J. H. Turner by
D. E. Breland, proxy, John McIn-
tosh by Jas. Faux proxy. The com
mittee then went into the election
of officers and permanent organi-
cation when the following persons
were nominated and duly elected
for the following offices; for chair
man j. H. Turner, for secretary H.
P. Heidelberg. Mr.. j. w. Daugh-
drill was called to the chair as
chairman pro tenn and the follow
ing business was transacted; E.
w. Breland and T. R. James were
selected to represent Greene County
on the executive committee in this
Congressional district; j. E. Alder
man and Jas. Faulk were selected
to represent Greene County on the
executive committee in this the
Second Senatorial district; and L.
d. Clark and j. w. Backstrom were
elected to represent Greene County
on the executive committee of the
Second Judicial district.
After some deliberation and dis
cusison, it was finally moved, sec
onded and carried that each Candi-
dacy for Congress be assessed $500
to pay for the expenses for holding
the primary election for nominating
the Democratic candidate for Con
gress in the coming Primary cleo
ton to be ordered by the executive
committee of this the Sixth District
and j. H. Turner was nominated
and elected as ticket commissioner
to attend the printing of the tick
cts, sending out tickets and boxes
to the different voting precincts
of the County. The motion was
made. Seconded and carried that
the Chairman, j. H. Turner and
the secretary, H. P. Heidelberg be
empowered to transact and dispose
of such matters as should come up
between now and the COMPRESSION
al primary to be held in August as
was thought best and to the best
interest of all the parties concern
ed. The committee then went into
the selection of election Managers
to con1uct the Urinary election to
be held during the month of Au-
gust for the selection of the demo-
cratic nominee for this Sixth Con-
gressional district. This list will
be published a little later, when the
Chairman and Sect. issue the call
for the h ,lding of the election in
Greene County after the Congress
ional Committee has fixed the date.)
There being no other business to
come before the committee mo-
ton was made and carried that
said committee adjourn until the
day after the primary election TO
be ordered by the executive COM
mittee of the sixth Congressional
district to be held sometime during
the month of August.
J. w. DAUGHDRLL, Chairman
Pro Tenn.
H. P. HEIDELBERG, Secretary