Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-07-15
MASS MEETING
OF REPUBLICANS
Large and Enthusiastic OutpOuring of The
G. 0. P. at TaleweIl on Tuesday When
Delegates Were Selected to State
and Legislative Conventions.

The Republicans of Tazewell county
county assembled in mass meeting in
the court house at IL O'Clock m, on
Tuesday, the 18th instant - John T.
Barns, county chairman, called the
meeting to order and called upon R. o.
Crockett to preside over the meeting,
with VIM. c. Pendleton acting as secre-
tary. ]. N. Harman, being requested
80 to do, explained the object of the
meeting. On motion the citizens pres
ent organized district meetings and
elected delegates to the State conven-
tion which is to be held at Newport
News on the 28th of this month, and to
the convention to be held at Richlands
on the 7th of August to nominate a can
didate to represent Tazewell and Buch-
anan counties in the next Legislature.
The following were reported as dele
gates to both conventions:
JEFFERsoNvILLE DISTRICT.
J. P. Whitman, H. w. Crockett,
Thos. R. Mccall, Lee Riley, T. R.
Bandy, Chas. Poe, A. R. Beavers, T.
E. Hankins, James Hankins, G. NJ.
Graybeal, G. R. Gross, John Peery, W.
c. Yost, John D. Daily, F. Thompson,
George Stuart Asberry, w. A. Leece,
VIM. Clayton, c. A. Leece, J. B. Wit
ten, R. S. Brooks, James W. Brooks,
VIM. Hager, W. H. Kelly, B. E. Glider
sleeve, E. c. Peery, Lee Hayes, Peel
Harman, M. L. Peery, w. L. Britts,
Geo. P. Hall, ]. S. Gillespie, R. P.
Copenhaver, Henry Kincer, DR.. S. C..
Bowen, G. w. Lewis, w. L. Moore, T.
P. Bowen. ]. B. F. Gillespie, VIM. Nash,
VIM. c. Pendleton, James r. Laird, M.
j. Hankins, w. G. Harrison, T. C.
Bowen, George v. Kelly, G. r. Surface,
Shields Harman, w. o. George, H. G.
Mccall, Chas. Puckett, J. P. Royal, J..
B. Caudill, ]. Albert Hagy, Chas. T.
Patton, r. o. Crockett, Barnes Giles
pie, ]. N. Harman, Jr., J. A. Crockett,
J. d. Gillenwaters. Geo. Harrison.
MAIDEN SPRING DISTRICT.
w. B. Sprstt, William Bandy, Max
Greenberg, Geo. M. Brown, NJ. Ziegler,
James M. Keyser, Robert Shreeve, NJ.
C. McCorkle, T. A. Gillespie, I. A.
Mcclure, W. C. Witten, II. Ascue, D.
Green, C. H. Steele, A. ]. Copenhaver,
H. Bowen, r. T. Bowen, Jr., o. B.
Barns, R. B. Witten, j. A. Higgin-
botham, M. F. Brown, G. w. Miller,
A. p French. w. J. Gillespie, w. o.
Barns, S. R. Gibson, j. A. Hagy, R. B.
Gillespie, W. R. Bowen, W. A. Barns.
J. Sanders Gillespie, James Beavers,
S. F. Allison, Rufus Altizer, D. C.
Lowe, John Wynn, Thomas Harrison,
Jno. T. Barns, Joseph S. Bowen, ]. T.
Altizer, w. J. Lester, J. N. Russell.
CLEAR FORK DISTRICT.
j. S. Browning, H. C. Galloway, E.
G. Wagner, H. S. Bowen, ]. Floyd Gil
lespie, H. A. Long, Graf Mustard, Sam
L. Matz, ]. G. Gillespie, ]. P. Cameron,
T. R. Smoot, R. L. Gillespie, C. w.
Mathews, Harry M. Matz, ]. E. Nor
ton, R. C. Wills. R. P. Harman, c. c.
Wilson, R. II. Mathews.
On motion the delegates reported by
the district meetings were ratified and
the same were constituted delegates to
both of the said conventions, each
delegate to vote proportionate part o.
the entire vote accredited to the county,
and those delegates attending each OF
the conventions to cast the entire vote
of the county.
The following resolutions were ther
adopted:
The Republicans of Tazewell county
in mass meeting assembled announce
1st. Their continued adherence tC
the principles and policies Of the Ma
tional Republican party as heretofore
set forth in its platforms and exempli-
fed by its administrations.
End. We commend and endorse the
record Of our representative in Con-
gress, the Hon. C. B. Slemp, as shown
by his untiring effort to secure such
economic and other legislation as viii
fnure not only to the benefit Of his
constituents but for the general welfare
of the Nation. And we further con
gratulate him upon his jealous effort;
as State Chairman, which give promise
of a triumphant Republican party in
Virginia.
On motion the convention then ad
journed.
R. o. CROCKETT,
WM. G.. PENDLEToN, Chairman.
Secretary.
Countersigned, JOHN T. BARNS,
WIN. c. PENDLEToN, Co. Chairman
Sec. County Committee.
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