The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1919-09-19

/ seat in the lower house of the State
Legislature and that while in Dis
trict 2, he saw the said Mr.. r. Koonce
and that Mr.. Konce stated to him
that he doubted that he would offer
to vote at his old precinct, Spears,
as he knew that many regarded him
as having moved away from there
depOnent further states that during
the progress of the campaign for the
United. States Senate last year, he
then and there stated that he was not
living in that District.
J. H. CLARK.
Sworn to and subscribed to before
me this /, day of September A. D.,
1919.
]. H. BROWN, Mayor and Ex. Officio
J. P.
Roberts Makes Affidavit.
State of Mississippi,
Grenada County.
This day personally appeared be-
fore me the undersigned J. H.
Brown, Mayor and EX Otficio J. p in
and for said County and State, the
undersigned, J. N. Roberts, Arci
dent of District 3, Spears Precinct, of
said County and State, who after
being duly sworn depOseth as follows
That he is well acquainted with the
citizenship of District 3 and of the
entire County and that it has been a
sort of community understanding
that Mr., r. Koonce has moved out
of District and into another Dis
trict of said County and that this
move took place well nigh two years
ago. Believing that Mr.. Koonce is
resident of another District, the
deponent sayeth that he thinks that
the said r. Koonce did not have a
right to cast ballot at Spears Pre-
cinct in said County, and further,
that he does not believe the said
Koonce would have offered to vote
at Spears Precinct at Second Prima-
ry had there not been unusual press
ure or persuasion on him to do so.
J. N. ROBERTS.
Sworn to and subscribed to before
me this /. day of Sept. A. D., 1919.
J. II BROWN Mayor and EX. OFF,
clio J. P.
Mccormick Makes Affidavit.
State of Mississippi,
Grenada County.
This day personally appeared be-
fore me, the undersigned j. H.
Brown Mayor and Ex OfficiO J. P.
in and for said County and State,
Joseph Fl Mccormick q resident of
district 8 in said County and State;
who after being duly sworn depeseth
as follows: That he was candidate
for the office OF Supervisor in the
First Primary election and that in the
prosecution of his campaign he
chanced to run across Mr.. r. Koonce
and that something was said about
the contest for Supervisor in said
District 8 and that Mr.. Koonce sta
ted in effect to him that he realized
that there as a question about his
right to vote in District 3, and that he
(Mr. Koonce) stated that he might
go over into that District and offer
to vote at his former voting precinct,
Spears but that if there was any OBJ
lection made thereto that he should
or would decline to vote at all, or
words to that effect.
of Sept. 1919.
JOSEPH H. MCCORMICK
Sworn to and subscribed to before
me, this /, day of September, A. D.,
1919.
j. H. BROWN Mayor and Elk.
Officio J. P.
Carey Cook Makes Affidavit.
State of Mississippi,
Grenada County.
Personally appeared before the
undersigned. j. H. Brown, Mayor
and Elk. Officio j. P. in and for said
County and State Carey Cook, who,
after being duly sworn deposeth as
follows: That on the day of the
Second Primary election, viz, Aug
ust 26, 1919, he engaged in conversa-
ton Mr. r. Koonce, who came to
Spears precinct with the purpose of
offering to vote, and that the said
Mr.. R. Koonce said to him that he
doubted very much being allowed to
vote as he had been living outside of
that District for one O year or
more. Deponent further states that
ahis conversation with Mr.. Koonce
took place while the latter was Il: an
automobile and right near the voting
precinct but before Mr.. Koonce had
offered to vote.
CAREY COOK,
Sworn to and subscribed to before
me this l, day of September, A. D.,
1919.
J. H. BROWN Mayor and Ex
Officio j. P.
Horton Files Contest
To the County Democratic Executive
Committee of Grenada County,
Mississippi:
Now comes w. V. Horton, a quail
fed elector and resident citizen of
district three of said county, and
contests the election of Mr.. Frank
Anderson, alleged to have been re-
turned as the nominee of the Demo-
cratic party for the Office of super
visor of said district at the second
primary election held in said district