The Semi-weekly leader. (Brookhaven, Miss.) 1905-1941, 1920-06-09
COUNTY DEMOCRATS
HOLD THEIR MEETING
Instruct for Vardaman and Rus
sell-New County Commit
tee Named.

State of Mississippi, Lincoln Coun
ty, City of Brookhaven. B. E. Sum
mers, Chairman of the Executive
Committee of Lincoln County, hav
ing given the proper legal notice fol
voting precincts in said County, tha
beat convention was called to NEE
at their voting precincts on Thurs
day, June 3rd, 1920, for the pur
pose of electing delegates to attend
the County Democratic Convention
to be held at the Courthouse at ter
o'clock on Saturday, June S, 1920
In pursuance to said call, meeting
was held in each beat of the county
and delegates then duly elected tt
represent each of said beats at the
County Convention to be held as a.
bove stated.
And the County Executive Commit
tee of Lincoln County and the Coun.
ty Convention met in the Courthouse
at Brookhaven in pursuance to sale
notice at ten o'clock this the 5th day
of June, 1920, and the said Conven.
tion was called to order with B. E
Summers, Chairman, and Versie
Smith, Secretary. The County Con.
vention was then organized by elect.
ing B. e. Summers Chairman, and
Versie Smith, Secretary. A Creden-
tial Committee was then appointed
and 1t was found that every beat in
the County was represented by duly
elected and qualified delegates, and
the convention then proceeded tC
transact the following business, to-
witt
The object of the Convention was
stated by the Chairman to be to
elect delegates to the State Conven-
tion at Jackson, Mississippi, and to
elect Democratic Executive Com
mittee for Lincoln County to serve
for the ensuing four years, and af-
ter some discussion, it was decided to
elect 9 delegates to the Convention
at Jackson.
The County Convention then pro-
ceeded to elect delegates to the State
Convention, as follows, to-wit:-
7. Brady, jr.; B. E. Summers,
Louis Arthur, Jesse Keen, Tom New
Gil. At large-H. V. Wall, Louis
Noble, J. @. Brister, A. A. Cohn.
The delegates were instructed by
said convention to vote as a unit on
all questions coming before the Con-
vention or Caucus, and said Dele
gates were further instructed to vote
for Honorable James X. Vardaman
and Governor Lee M. Russell as dele
gates from the State, at large, and
to vote for Honorable H. V. Wall and
T Brady, jr., for delegates from the
7th Congressional District to the Ma
tional Democratic Convention at San
Francisco, Cal.
The Convention then proceeded to
elect the Democratic Executive Com
mittee for Lincoln County, Mississip-
pi, to serve Lincoln County for the
next four years. After proceeding as
required by law, on motion duly sec
onded, the following named gentle
men were unanimously elected to
serve on the Democratic Executive
Committee of Lincoln County, to-wit:
Beat 1T. Brady, jr.; Chester
Byrne, PROXY Galbreath.
Beat 2.-B. E. Summers, J. M.
White, Bob Womack.
Beat 3.-Bert Price, B. B. Boyte,
Louis Arthur.
Beat Al. A. Keen, T. E. New
by, J. E. Brown.
Beat 81. F. Mobiles, Versie c.
Smith, A. C. Newell.
The Delegates to the State Con-
vention at Jackson were instructed
to vote for 7. Brady,jr., and c. C.
Clement for members of the State
Executive Committe of the 7th Con-
gressional District.
There being no further business to
come before the Convention, same
was on motion, adjourned.
B. E. Summers, Chairman.
Versie c. Smith, Secretary