Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1911-08-10
ENTHUSIASTIC
MASS MEETING
lRstructs For Hon. ]. Powell Royal For
Senator and Hon. S. P. Mustard For
House of Delegates.

vention to be held at Richlands on Sat
urday, August 18th.
Called to order by County Chairman
John T. Barns who stated the object of
the meeting was to select delegates to
meet in joint convention with Buchanan,
Dickenson and Russell counties to NOM
mate a candidate for State Senator
from the Third Senatorial District and
also delegates to meet with the dele
gates from Buchanan county and nomi-
nate candidate for the House of Dele
gates for the counties of Buchanan and
Tazewell. Both conventions to meet at
Richlands on Saturday, August 18th.
After stating the object of the meeting
the county chairman called on Hon. w.
B. Spratt, of Richlands, to preside. W.
G. O'Brien was elected secretary of the
meeting.
Under the Gull Tazewell county was
entitled to % delegates and % alter
mates, and on motion it was decided
they should be appointed as follows:
Clear Fork 9; Jeffersonville 9; Mai
den Spring 10, and that the same dele
gates and alternates serve in both con-
ventions.
The different districts then separated
to select their delegates.
On reassembling the following dele
gates and alternates were announced as
the selections for the various districts:
CLEAR FORK DISTRICT.
Delegates-T. r. Smoot, j. E. Nor
ton, Frank Pyott, ]. G. Gillespie, w.
L. Mustard, ]. G. Ward, ]. Walter
Graybeal, R. L. Gillespie II. C. Gallo
way, H. S. Bowen, Rass Carter, r. C.
Wells, S. H. Wingo, C. w. Pierce, S.
P. Mustard, j. A. Buckland, Alex Long,
VIM. Pruett.
Alternates-J. H. Gillespie, jr., C. C.
Wilson, R. P. Harmau, jeff Neel, C. w.
Matthews, F. M. Moss, Jas. Woodbridge,
T. B. Bailey, ]. D. Billips, E. G. Comp
ton, John L. Armes, ]. Floyd Gillespie,
A. S. Peery, w. D. Holbrook, F. M.
Shrader, ]. P. Crockett, John Carter,
Thos. Wilburn.
JEFFERSoNvILLE DISTRICT.
Delegates-R. w. Pruett, d. A. Will
liams, G. o. Bandy, Henry Yost, Ben
Daley, w. L. Moore, A. R. Beavers,
E. L. Riley Henry Linkous, Cecil Peery.
Alternates-J. M. Matthews, VIM.
Hager, Sterling Yost, John H. Peery,
John E. Barnett, VIM. c. Pendleton, C.
j. Moss. E. H. Warner, H. A Bowen,
M. K. Daley.
MAIDEN SPRING DISTRICT.
Delegates-John T. Barns, W. o.
Barns, NJ. F. Brown, Henry Ascue,
VIM. Witt, w. b. Steele, Ed Mcclure,
w. b. F. White, VIM. Bandy. S. F.
Allison.
Alternates-R. T. Bowen, jr., R. H.
McGrsw, d. Green, Edmund lilly, ].
A. Higginbotham, George French, d.
c. Lowe. F. M. Elswick, T. j. S. Muir
ray, Robt. Shreve.
Attention being called to the fact that
some of the districts had selected more
than their assigned number of delegates
and alternates the districts explained
that it had been arranged for their del
egates and alternatss to cast proper
tional part of the vote.
Hon. ]. N. Harman then offered the
following resolutions:
Resolved: That the list of delegates
and alternates selected by the district
meetings be declared the delegates and
alternates of this mass meeting.
Resolved: That the delegates and al
ternates and every Republican in good
standing, attending the convention, be
allowed to participate therein and cast
g proportional part of the vote of their
respective districts.
Resolved: That in view of the very
efficient and faithful manner in which
our esteemed fellow citizen, Hon. j.
Powell Royal, has heretofore repre-
sented US in the House of Delegates of
the General Assembly of Virginia, and
IN response to a general desire express
ed upon the part of our people to have
him represent US in the Senate of Vir-
ginia, we hereby instruct our delegates
to the Senatorial convention, to be held
at Richlands, Va, on the 10Th day of
August, 1911, to present his name to
said convention for nomination as can
didate for the Senate; and we further
instruct our delegates to vote as unit
for his nomination
Resolved: That the delegates to the
legislative district convention of Buch-
anan and Tazewell counties be hereby
instructed to vote as unit for the nom
ination of the Hon. s. p Mustard as
the candidate for House of Delegates
for these counties.
The mass meeting then adjourned.
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