Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1922-05-04
COUNTY CONVENTION AT
CHESTERFIELD MONDAY

About 100 delegates from the various
precincts over the, County attended the
County Convention in Chesterfield on
Monday.
Hon. Geo. K. Laney, in the absence
of Judge NJ. ]. Hough, the County
Chairman, who was confined to his
home being sick, called the me
to order and proceeded with the tenn
porary organization. The following
officers were elected for the temporary
organization and later made the Off
GERS of the permanent Organization:
Hon. Geo. K. Laney, President; l.. c.
Wannamaker, Vice President; c. L.
Hunley, Secretary.
Judge NJ. ]. Hough and w. P. Od0m
were nominated for County Chairmen
and a ballot vote was taken, Judge
Hough was elected receiving 81 votes
to Odom's so.
Hon. w. F. Stevenson was elected
member State Executive Committee by
acclamation.
The following were elected dele
gates to the State Convention: B. F.
Pegues, L. l.. Parker, Geo. X. Laney
]. B. Nicholson, w. L. Mccoy, J. A.
Welsh.
Hon L. c. Wannamaker was then
asked to take the chair when Mr.. c. /.
Hunley offered a resolution nominal
ing Hon. G. X. Laney for governor.
He said South Carolina was looking
for a leader of the ability and charac-
ter of the man Chesterfield county had
to offer. lion. w. P. POLLOCK SAID BE-
felt he could not pass up an oppor-
tunity to add something to what Mr..
Hunley had said. He told of how he
had watched the hard work and use
full service rendered By Geo. K. Laney
since he was first elected to the house
at the time Mr.. Pollock was member
of that body, a number OF years ago.
He said Mr.. Laney's careful attention
to the interests of the people he was
serving had, made him known and
admired by people over the entire
State. He heartily seconded the nomi-
nation of Hon. Geo. K. Laney for
Governor. The resolution was unani-
mously adopted by a rising vote. Mr..
Laney then resumed the chair and
spoke with feeling, Of this honor ac-
corded him by the Convention. He
said he was not unmindful that it was
a high ambition to, want to be the
Chief Magistrate of the great State of
South Carolina and that he could not
easily put aside the urgings he had
received from men throughout the
State, that he make the race however
for reasons Of personal nature he
had not been able to make decision
but thought he would not be a candi-
date.
The Convention adopted a resolution
offered by Joe Lindsay welcoming the
ladies into the ranks of the Demo
cratic Party and commencing to them
the work of cleansing and purifying
our politics.
The following resolution endorsing
the candidacy of Hon. w. F. Steven
son to succeed himself as Congress
man from the Fifth District was unani-
mously adopted:
WHEREAS, our distinguished citi-
zen, the Honorable w. F. Stevenson,
is and has been representing South
Carolina's Fifth Congressional District
with such CONSPICUOUS ability, and
WHEREAS, the Honorable w. F.
Stevenson has discharged his duties
in every detail with such faithfulness
and zeal, now
BE 1T RESOLVED, by the Demo-
cratic Party in Chesterfield County in
Convention Assembled, that we appre-
ciate his devotion to duty, and most
heartily endorse him for denomination
in the forthcoming democratic pri-
maries.