The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1914-02-24
10 DEMOCRATS MASS
MET SATURDAY AND ELECTED
,-,7yy EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
,o.o1ution Passed Depriving Voters
Of Auto Rides and Condemning
Use of Money and WhiSkey.

Use of Money ana WHIShSys
pursuant to a call issued some
time previously mass meeting of
democrats of Terrell county was held
- the court house Saturday morn
inc about forty being present.
Indge NJ. C. Edwards, chairman of
Tho retiring executive committee,
oo17ed the meeting to order and in
snort talk reviewed the history of the
democratic party the past two years.
permanent organization was effected
nv the election of Judge Edwards as
obairman of the meeting and c. NJ.
Couric as secretary.
The principal business before the
meeting was the election of new
executive committee, and this was
done as follows:
Dawson district, NJ. C. Edwards, H.
wilkinson, J. G. Dean and NJ. E.
Jennings; PARROT district, L. G..
pinkston and w. F. Avera; Twelfth
district. j. F. G. Daniel and j. W..
Hartman; Bronwood district, R. j..
Class and E. H. Stapleton; Sasser
district. A. T. Wall and J. H. Lewis;
Third district, C. M. Harris and ]. L..
Hass: Fourth district, c. S. Lee and
L. D. Gay; New Eleventh, G. w. Bell
and T. w. Haddock; Old Eleventh,
7. H. Sem and W. D. Davidson.
No Rides or Drinks.
NJ J. Yeomans introduced a reso-
luton against the use of money
and whiskey and automobiles and
other vehicles on election day. The
resolution was as follows:
Whereas, the purity of the bal
lot is the mainstay and safeguard of
a free government, and, whereas, we,
the democrats of Terrell county in
mass meeting assembled, desiring to
express our convictions and being in
favor of a fair, free and untrammel-
ed expression of the voters, free from
all sinister influences, therefore, be
it resolved:
That any candidate for any office
in the approaching democratic pri-
mary who shall himself, either d.
rectly or indirectly. or by and
through the aid of any one else use
money or whiskey, or who shall by
himself or friends use automobiles or
other vehicles for transporting voters
to or from the polls for the purpose
of influencing them, except in cases
of sickness or the physical disability
of the voter, shall not be declared
the nominee of the democratic party.
Resolved further, that the demo-
cratic executive committee of Terrell
county be and it is hereby requested
and instructed to prepare rules and
regulations touching this matter, and
to take such steps as may be neces-
sary to carry out these instructions.
The resolution provoked consid-
cradle discussion. H. A. wilkinson
took the position that it was entirely
unnecessary, as the elections in Ter
rell are always conducted on high
plane and are notably free from such
influences. The resolution, upon a
vote, was adopted.
Candidates Make Request.
At the request of candidates the
meeting adopted a resolution in
structing the executive committee to
call a primary for the nomination OF
county officers for March 18th. A
motion was also passed that the
names of candidates for the state
senate be printed on the tickets in
order that the people might express
their choice of candidates for this
office
j. G. Parks, H. A. Wilkinson and
R. R. Jones was appointed as COM
mittee to draw up resolutions on the
death of Senator A. o. Bacon. The
meeting then adjourned.
Fine footwear arriving-HOrnady.