The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1913-10-27
COMMITTEE NOT
YET RE0RGAN|zED
Three Unsuccessful Efforts Made
to Put Plan Adopted by State
Convention in Force.
Special to The Timcs-Dispatch. !

Lancaster. Va, October 26-Tnere
seems TO be considerable difficulty I'm
getting the County Democratic Com
inlttee of Lancaster rcorganizcd ac-
cording 10 the plan adopted by the
state convention held in Norfolk last
year Ihat convention adopted n rcso-
iution changing the basis of rcpre-
sehtation OF the various masisterial
distrlcts on the county committees, by
providing that each district. Instead OF
having an equal number of members
on the committee. should have propor-
tiohal representation according TO the
number OF Democratic votes east in
the presidential election OF 1872 In
La hcaster County there are three dis
tricts, White Stone, Mantua and White
E IN, In the presidential election OF
W $50 Democratic votes were cast
IN W mite stone District seventy i'm
M MAT ma and l2o in White Chapel. 1t
trict caste nincty-niuc more Demo
cratic votes than the other district
combined; and under the new plan Of
tee. Three unsuccessful efforts have
pfeh made during the current year TO
assemble the county committee and
provide for reorganization according
10 the newly adopted plan. At each OF
S Nsst, meet!nsS he members from
have, failed TO attend. and thus no
regular action COULD be taken AT the
meeting held here yesterday, all four
members from White stone District
were present, as was also r. q. Norris,
member of the House of Delegates
from the Counties Of Richmond and
committee, but not n voting member
except In case of tie.
The members present adopted a
resolution. IN which il was unanimous
~ resolved by tho committeeman, who
were IN attendance, that.the new com
mitteemen shall be selected by the
District. Mantua District and White
stone District. respectively, TO be ap-
portioned on 4 basis OF one member for
every twenty five or fraction of thir-
teen or over of the number of Demo
cratic votes caste in the last presi-
Dental election. which basis will give
White Chapel District five committee
men; Mnntua District. three. and White
stone District twelve. But the aforc-
.aid basis and resolution shall be sub
jet to amy action that may be taken
in conformity with the requirement Of
the party plan for reorganizins tho
county committee that may be decided
toher. 1919, by a majority of the pres
ent county committee at a duly called
three days written notice to each
member OF the present committee
which the chairman Of the county COM
mittre was called upon to do.
1t seems that unless some action ts
taken by the present committee dur
ing the current week. the Democratic
currencc Of the troubles that reat the
party in twain in 1899. when the state
Committee had 10 straightcn things
out.
The northampton County school fair
was held Friday at Iicathsville. The
courthouse. was filled with c"editablc
ricultural products. and a large crowd
was present. but the rain that fell
throughout the day prevented tho
school boys from having all their out
door athletic contests except Che rum
ming races. The Lancaster school fair
will be held next Friday at the Chesa-
apcakc Agricultural Fair Grounds, near
orc night last week Vernon Morris
and Elijah Sanders, two young negro
men while engaged in a game or crap
at White stone. got into a dispute.
when Morris shot Sanders In the breast
with revolver; killing him instantly.
Richmond County, where he was arrest
ed TWO days later as he was boarding
the steamer for Fredericksburg. lie
was brought back To Lancaster and
after preliminary trial. committed to
tail TO await the action OF the grand
jury. There are now seven prisoners
In Lancaster County jail, two charged
with murder, one charged with crimi-
nal assault and four charged With put
ting distractions across the public
highway in order TO wreck an auto
mobile. All Of them are young negro
men.
Miss Lila Combs. daughter OF the
Rev. J.. X. Combs. rector of the F,pis-
copal churches of this parish, was taken
10 Baltimore last week and successfully
operated on for appendicitis. Her con-
dition Is reported to he very salts
factory.
Mrs. Mary Alice Pierce, widow OF
X. Tunstall Pierce. and mother or Mrs.
William Meade Clark. Of Richmond,
continues very i'll at her home. near
huntsville, in the upper part of Ian
caster. and her death il likely to oc-
cur at any time. Her daughter, Mrs
Clark. has been with her for the past
three weeks Mrs. Pierce IS in her
Scventy-third year.
Miss Ida Salome StiT. daughter OF
Mrs. Frances SUN, Of Middlcsex .coun-
ty, was married yesterday evening to
Charles Joseph rerncyhough. AT iiar.
mony Grove Baptist Church After a
reception al the home of the brides
mother. the newly married couple took
the Rppahannock River steamer for
Norfolk. whence they will visit Rich
mond. Washington, Baltimore and other
Eastern cities.