The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1915-09-01
COLEMAN WILL CONTES1
Present Supervisor Charges Frau
in Election Which Gave Walker
Nomination by One Majority.

Supervisor G. G. Coleman na
sent the petition or notice printes
below to Chairman W R. Nortol
and Secretary A. A. Cohn of tn
Lincoln County Democratic Exec
utive Committee. asking for a re
viewing by the committee of th'
vute cast on Aug "a in beat fol
supervisor. citing in the document
various reasons for so doing. !
will be remembered that on tht
face of returns Coleman had 2l:
votes and Walker 213 with tive
votes under protest, ruling on
which the committee threw out one
and counetd the other. which wal
for Walker, giving him majority
of one.
Mr.. Norton, the chairman Of the
committee, states today that the
committee will again be asked tt
assemble to pass on the protest
notice of which will be given ir
due time.
Mr. CoIeman's protest follows:
State of Mississippi.
County of Lincoln
To the Democratic Executive Com
mittee of said County and State
Now comes the undersigned, G
G. Coleman who desiring to con.
test and hereby contestIng the elec.
tion of John Walker to the Office
of member of the Board of Super.
visors of district 5 of said State and
county and for contesting said
election within twenty days after
the primary election shows as fol-
lows:
That fraud was practlsed in said
election at the voting precinct al
the primary election at Red Star
in said Supervisors district. That
persons who were not qualiefid
electors were permitted to vote;
that BurnelI Britt, a minor, who
is under The age of 81 years, was
permitted to vote and allowed to
vote. Notwithstanding the fact that
he is not a qualified elector; that
the said Britt voted against your
petitioner and in so doing
fraud was perpetrated in said
primary election; that in violation
of the law persons who we're not
managers made out and prepared
ballots for persons who voted
which was a fraud practised in said
election against said petitioner.
who was candidate for said office
and who was elected to said office
that the said Britt although under
2l years of age and whose voting
was a fraud practised at said pri-
mary election against your petit
tioner who was elected; did so' at
the petitioners political opponents
request; that your petitioner here
by files this. his petition with the
secretary of the Democratic Execu-
tive Committee of said State and
county and respectfully requests
the Executive Comittee to assem-
Bile by the call of the chairman of
by three members of said commit
tee; and that notice of petitioner S
contest be served five days before
said meeting upon said John Wal
ker and the said Burnell Britt and
managers of said election, towit:
A. o. Hammel. j. /. Minton, w
A. Britt and NJ. G. Montgomery:
and that said Democratic Executive
Committee, after notifying all of
said persons who are all of the par
ties concerned. proceed to investi-
gate at the hearing of the above
stated allegation of fraud and by a
majority vote of members present
declare the true result of the said
primary election for member of the
board of supervisors of district 5
of said Lincoln county. Miss.
Respectfully submitted,
G. C. G0LEM AN
This Aug. 81, 1915.