The courier-index., 1920-07-16
Central Committee Meets
And Assesses Candidates

.no- two unsuccessful attempts
!. oct together, the county demo
..tic central committee flnail!
s,a mustered a bare quorum on Wed
nssday m afternoon of this week ane
40 the preliminary arrangements
-. M holding the primary election or
.ucust 10. The main purpose OF
@ .ss meeting was to fix the assess
.rt AGAINST the candidates anc
siH"s eu soveral vacancies in the mem
harship In of the committee. Chair
ueI X s. Clark presided and H. M
i.a Iastson was elected secretary OF
.So committee to succeed w. A
uarr W. who has moved his citizenship
.son hn, Lee to st. Francis county. Mr.
uorn was committeeman from
iu;an iu;p township. Recently he NOV
u I to Hughes were he is the cashier
If the Bank of Hughes. He is also
sarving as mayor of that thriving
town R. D. Hughes of Haynes
was unanimously elected committee.
man from Union township to sue
coed Mr.. Harp. Chairman Clark de-
cared vacancy in the committee
chin from Walnut township, Gordon
Sullivan. the old committeeman hav-
ing removed from the county. Dave
MeElduff was elected to succeed
Mr. Sullivan.
Because he is a candidate fo1
county and probate judge, M. H.
Ford, Committeeman from the first
ward in Mariana, resigned as a
member of the committee. Geo.
W, Freeman was selected as Mr..
Ford's successor.
The committee fixed the follow
ing fees against the candidates:
For sheriff, $25.00.
For county and probate Judge,
|$15.OO.
For circuit clerk, $4,000.
For county clerk, $4,000.
For assessor, $500.
For treasurer, $500.
For representative, $500.
For surveyor, $500.
For coroner, $500.
For township offices, $1.00.
The committee made a donation
Of $500 to the state central COM
mttee to be used in the forthcom-
ing campaign. Chairman Clark an
nounced he had previously sent
$500 to the state committee which
with the donation authorized We'd
nesday, makes total of $4,000
TO the state committee.
Chairman Clark also called at
tenton to the fact that under the
new primary election law the COM
mttee must hold another meeting
not earlier than one week before
the time for the election at which
meeting the judges and clerks of
NE election are to be selected.
Zach committeeman is requested to
recommend three judges and two
clerks and three alternate judges
and two alternate clerks. These
ncommendations should be brought
% the next meeting of the commit
zee to be held on Tuesday, August
At o'clock in the afternoon, or
handed to the chairman or the sec
ls'ary OF the committee. The posi-
a0n OF the names of the candidates
W tne ballots will be determined in
arawlng to be conducted by the
.Ommittee. The names of all the
candidates will be written on slips
u paper which will be placed in a
p@ and the slips will be drawn
some person designated by the
ssnmlrtee. The first name drawn
,0a. y, sach office will be the first to
sppear upon the printed ballots
W mat particular office.
evn;a aae lime for filing pledges has
a dpAga =, and the ticket is now clos
ii ill.,, me only additions to the pub
IN MI list of candidates are Col.
Hum,l" wood Of this city, and w. S.
d;aaspnreys of Moro, who are can
Eoas oaseS Tor representative. Col.
o" cUOa has card in this issue of the
cent et'sI.index a. stating he will ac-
tbes vae sne office if rendered him by
made 'o'erS; n Mr.. Humphreys has
NJ = no formal announcement of
DIsdea e deeaandldacy, but he has filed his
ii i4ss Tsn and paid his fee for having
eountu ra,ne :; placed on the ballots. The
Forg .lcket will be as follows:
elected, representative 1.-TWO to be
/ Iva Wa,,51 ,,51DOddridge McCulloch. W.
pirevss ~srd' j. E. Wood, W S Hum
tSf ScC5unty and probate iudge-
3. F Ford RUNNER. ]. A. Hudson M.
" " EsiSunty and probate clerk
; Str.iinlr ST circuit clerk-R. G. Apple. ].
For Teddy Clayweli. q '''uf
For Isrle tar A. Williams. W
For sS,.S Felix Hampton. "
For ssoorr1yeyor-J. S. Coleman. %
lOner-N. j. Williams.
n :. OF ACCIDENTS