The Pascagoula democrat-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1878-1920, 1912-05-17
COUNTY DEMOCRATS
HOLD CONVENTION
DELEGATES NAMED FOR STATE
CONVENTION IN JACKSON.
Fifteen Members Chosen For New
County Executive Committee,
And Resolutions Adopted
--0ffIclal Proceedings.

The democrats Of jackson county
met at the court house last Tuesday
1t noon for the purpose of selecting
delegates to the state convention al
Jackson the following day, and tx
name new county executive commit.
toe for the party. The delegates tc
the county convention were selected
at the various beat meetings held At
10 o'clock last Monday morning.
Secretary Frank II. Lewis OF the
county convention gave out the fol.
lowing official proceedings OF the con-
ventiOn:-
Pursuant ~ the call OF the demo
cratic executive committee OF Jack.
son county, Mississippi, the county
convention was held NJ the court
house Of said county this day. Tues
DAY, May IA, at which the following
proceedings we're had and dom:
NEW COMMITTEE
Upon motion it was ordered that a
committee Of five, consisting Of nne
member from each supervisors dis
trict appointed by the chairman, sub
NIT list If qualified electnrs to con
stitute a democratic executive com
mlttee for Jackson county FIR the
next four years The following were
appointed as such com mittee, to wit:
W. j. Johnson, Beat i; George W.
O'Neal, Beat 2; E. j. Jane, Beat 8; ..
L. Bailey, Beat 4, and W. Fl. West
fall, Beat 5.
The above committee having re-
ported the nomination of The follow
Ing named parties, the same were hy
the convention duly appointed as
such executive commit ee, tD-wit:
District No. l, T. A. Roberts, J. A.
FaRgard, S. II. johnson; district No.
2, +. S. McInris, O. II. Wood, r. W.
Cowan; district M 3, II ID. Ford, J
A. Tabor, W. VI. Denny, Jr; district
No. 4, W. T. Ames, 0 L. Bailey, w.
Gautier; district No 5, J E. Lnckard,
W. X Ramsay, J. A. Ramsay.
UNIT RULE.
The following resolutions were In.
troduced and unanimously adopted
by the convention, tU.wit:
'Be it resolved that the chairman
OF this convention be and he is hereby
authorized and directed TO appoint
five delegates. one from each supervi
sor's district, to represent Jackson
county 10 the state convention to be
held III the city OF Jackson On May
18th, 1912.
"That said Delegates cast the vote
OF this county as unit, to be deter
mined by a majority OF the delegation
present at the state convention, and
In determining which no proxies will
be allowed"
FOR PAT HARRISON.
"Be it resolved by the democrats Of
Jackson county 10 convention Assem-.
bled that we endorse with pleasure
their course and WORK Of Hons. Leroy
Percy and John Sharp Williams, the
able and distinguished represen Ia
tIves OF Mississippi In the United
States senate. and congratulate the
people OF Mississippi upon the fact
that our state Is the most efficiently
represented state In the Union, In
that great body, and we hereby re-af-
firm with pride our confidence in the
integrity, ability and craftsmanship
of these two distinguished Mississip-
plans.
"Be It further resolved that we
recognize In the Hon. B. p. Harrison,
a faithful, industrious, energetic and
able representative OF the people 10
the lower house Of congress and bis
record as such entities him to be his
own successor, aud we endorse his
course with pleasure"
Under the foregoing resolutions to
appoint delegates to the state conven-
tion the chairman appointed the fol-
lowing, to.wit: From district l, J. G.
Ely; from district 2, F. S. McInnis;
from district 3, F. H. Lewis; from dis
trict 4, H. f. Russell; from district S,
w. H. Westfall.
H. G. HERRING, Chairman.
F. II. LEWIS, Secretary.
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