The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1908-01-08
OHIO COUNTY UNION
A! S. of E. Met in Hart
ford Last Friday.
MEETING OF MUCH INTEREST
Matters Discussed and Com
mittees Report on I'm
pOrtant Subjects.

Hartford, KY, Jan. 8, 1908.
The Ohio County Union met Friday,
January Bird, at 10 o'clock a. m, in
Court Hall. The meeting was called
to order by County President David
Moreland, who briefly stated the mat
ters to come before the meetitg. The
Apinutes of the regular October meet
mig and the call session of Dec. 4
1907, were read and approved.
On motion a call of the roll of To-
calls was ordered. The call showed
IS locals represented with 81 delegates
On motion the chair appointed the
following committee on resolutions:
f. c. Austin, A. B. Tichenor, Burks
Tichenor, Esq. Render and Jno. w.
Sanderfur. On motion the following
committee was appointed to settle with
tpe County Secretary and Treasurer:
Jack Miller, Nat Lindley and r. c.
Hudson. The convention voted to
take up the election of officers for
the year 1908 as special order
the first business in afternoon ses-
sion. On motion the bill of Warren
Taylor for expenses as member of
Finance Committee was referred back
to. the committee with Instructions to
hold sam. together with other such
bills until funds are received from
tobacco sales.
Adjourned to meet at ITO p. m.
Met at / o'clock p. M, with Presi-
dent Moreland in the chair. On mo-
ton the special o rider, was tine
election of officers, in order that the
report of the special committee to
investigate the books of County Sec
rotary and County Treasurer might
be made. The report, which is as fol-
lows, was adopted:
X Hartford, KY, Jan. 3, 1908.
To the members of the Ohio County
Union A. S. of En-
We, your committee appointed to
investigate and compare the books of
the CountySeeretary and CountyTreas-
urer, beg leave to report that we have
performed that duty and report the
following result: We find that the
County Secretary, C. M. Barnett, has
collected during his term the sum of
s246.15, all of which he has paid over
I 20 County Treasurer, C. p. Keown,
As evidenced by receipts filed with us.
We find that County Treasurer, G. p.
Keown, received from outgoing Treas
urer, d. Ford, the sum of $115.94, whic
added to the amount, $246.15 received
from the Secretary during the year
makes total of $36209. We find
from warrants filed by County Treas
urer Keown that he has paid out by
order of the County Union during the
year the sum of $216.52, leaving a
balance IL. his hands belonging to
the County Union of $125.57
Also the County Treasurer has re-
ceived on the Tobacco account the
sum Of s4z.s5, and paid out on war
rant the sum of $500. leaving in his
hands or. that account the sum of
$37.57 as above, leaving a total
amount in his hands of $1C3.62 to
date. Respectfully submitted.
]. l.. Miller,
r. c. Hudson,
~ Nat Lindley.
~ Nominations being declared in or
Ner for County President, the follow
ing were placed in nomination: S. L.
Stevens, Jno. p. Foster, ]. r. Weller,
II. d. Durch and E. G. Austin. On
motion tho election was ordered by
secret ballot. On motion 1t was or
dered that the hindmost man be drop
ped after each ballot until an cleo
tion is had. A motion carried declar-
ing that the man receiving the second
! highest number of votes at the time
! of election be the choice for VivePres-
ident. Mr. Austin was allowed to
Withdraw his name without objection.
The ballot Resulted as follows: Stew
ems. As; Foster, II; Weller, Is; Burch,
z On motion of John p. Foster the
SECTION Of s. L. Stevens, County Pres
dent, and j, r. Weller Vice Pres
ident, was made unanimous. Nomina-
3lions for Secretary were declared in
Z order, and the following were placed
in nomination: Joe Hooker, Alney
Tichenor. Tom Tanner. A. p. Itch
enor, James NJ. DeWeese, C. +. Smith.
On motion nominations were closed.
The ballot resulted as follows: Hook
er. s; Alney Tichenor. 4; Tom Tanner
10; A. b. Tichenor. 81; James NJ.