The Sentinel=record., 1914-07-19
DEMOCRATS CHOOSE
 BARRY AND HIGGINS
GARLAND COUNTY DEMOCRATIC CENTRAL COMMITTEE ORGAN
 lZES FOR THE FUTURE.
Perfect Harmony Regns and There Is Nothing to Hint of Further Fac tionalism Within the Organization For Coming Two Years.

Selecting Dr. Linda H. Barry as Its chairman by a unanimous vote, and then selecting John G. Higgins as secretary by further unanimous vote, and climaxing this by the cleo tion of Claude Marsh as treasurer by a still unanimous vote, the Garland | County Democratic Central Commit tee held meeting yesterday which was one of the most harmonious that has been recorded in the party here in years.
 Judge Farmer, former chairman, called the meeting to order, and Gil bert Hogaboom, former secretary. called the roll. A quorum was present.
 The chairman announced that the selection of new chairman was next in order, and Dr. Linda H. Barry was proposed by Squire Grand Istaff, There were no further nomina- tions, aud the election of pr. Barry was unanimous.
 The election of secretary was next in order Harry A. Jones aomi- mated John G. Higgins, and there being no further nominations, Mir lHggins was unanimously elected sec retary.
 The matter of choosing a treasurer was next in order, and MT. Moore nominated Claude Marsh for treas urer, and there being no further nominations, MT. Marsh was elected unanimously.
 Gilbert Hogaboom, state central committeeman from this section stated that he would offer a resolu- tion in the state committee at Little Rock next Monday which would give the county committee the authority to retain at least $1O0 in the county treasury at all times to meet unex- pected emergencies arising between elections. His resolution received the endorsement of the committee.
 MT. Gilmore offered a resolution re- quirlng the executive committee to adhere closely to the law which re- gards the filing of pledges, but as 1t was not shown the executive commit tee had permitted aay violation of this rule the resolution, on motion of Mir. Mclaughlin, was tabled.
 A resolution was read by the sec retary which gave the executive com mittee of the committee the author ity to call a primary election in l 1916 to fix the assessments, to name the judges and clerks, and perform all such business as might come be- fore it regularly. The resolution was adopted
 A resolution duplicating the sys- tenn used in the past, by making the executive committee consist of sevea members, three of whom are the three officers of the committee. and 1 the other four to be named by the chairman, was unanimously adopted.
 Chairman Dr. Barry named as the four members at large the folowing Squire Grandstaff, ]. Lee Evans. Leo Mclaughlin and Dave Dodd. These four, together with Messrs. Barry Higgins and Marsh, as officers of the committee, will compose the ex- ecutlve committee.
 | J. D. Reynolds suggested that the primary elections are held too early to meet the convenience of the coun- try people, and offered a motion which was adopted, asking Mir. Hoga- boom to take the matter before the state committee and try to have the primaries held in June or July, rather than in March as they are held now The motion was adopted.
 The committee meeting was one in which perfect harmony prevailed throughout an innovation in the line of committee meetings ip Gar'and county, and indicating that there will be no factionalism within lthe ranks during the next two years.