The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1924-09-23
CRISP is FORMALLY
NAMED FOR CONGRESS
DELEGATES TO THIRD DIS
TRICT CONVENTION GIVEN
CUE. NOMINEE SPEAKS.

on Wednesday to canvass the con-
pressional vote and formally nominate
Congressman Charles r. Crisp, OF
Sumter county, for the seventh con
secutive time.
Following the exercises OF the
morning the delegates were entertain
ed by Judge Crisp at barbecue.
After being opened with prayer by
Rev. John NJ Cutler the convention
was called to order by John M. Greer
OF Oelethorpe. in the absence OF the
chairman. and upon motion organlza-
tion was effected with the election OF
T. NJ. Furlow, OF Americas, as perma-
nent chairman.
Immediately after assuming the
gavel Chairman Furlow called Tor
nominations for secretary, and on mo
ton OF w. w. Dykes, Mr.. Greer was
again called to that position.
I'm nominating members OF the new
executive committee for the district
the convention gave equal standing to
women among those chosen. The new
committee. with the exception OF one
member from Ben Hill county IS as
follows:
Ouitman. d. w. lowers, Miss Ed
die Brannon; Webster, 5. O, Pryor,
Miss ALA Kidd; Stewart E. L. Carter,
Mrs. Annie /. Simpson; Randolph, l..
B. West Mrs John \. Watts; Ter
ren. Dr. J. G. Dean, Mrs. w II.
Gurr; Sumter. A. D. Gatewood, Mrs.
George S. Nix; Lee, F. L. Forester,
Mrs. Robert Pryor; Ben Hill, NJ. w.
Garbutt: Crisp, Dr. T. J. Macarthur,
Mrs. Y. O. Harvard Dooly J. w.
Lytle Miss Emily Woodward; Schley,
T. c. King. Mrs Mary Lou Rainey;
Taylor, c. T. Benns, Mrs Albert
Hicks; Macon, Frank Murph Mrs.
r. A. Hicks; Turner, f. A. Rogers,
Mrs. Nora L. Smith; Clay, G. NJ. Bell,
Mrs. Sam Ingram; Chairman, T. M.
Furlow; secretary. John NJ Greer.
The name OF the lady member from
Ben Hill county, it was announced,
will be determined later after a con-
ference with supporters OF Judge
Crisp in that county.
Congressman Crisp was formally
nominated by R. L, Moye, OF Cuth-
bert, the nomination being seconded
by Delegates McCrory OF Schley,
Hamilton OF Crisp and Miss Emily
Woodward OF DOOly.
Particularly enthusiastic were the
delegates when listening to Miss
Woodward, who not only paid high
tribute to the congressional nominee
and his father, but who declared that
the great source OF his strength and
fidelity came from God and the good
wife at home
Miss Nora Smith. delegate from
Turner county, offered a resolution OF
approval over the selection OF John w.
Davis as the democratic nominee for
president 1T was worth lO3 ballots,
she declared.
w. w. Dykes, Of Sumter county
offered another resolution endorsing
the position Congressman Crisp ha:
taken on every public question.
Both OF these resolutions were
unanimously adopted.
After receiving the canvass OF the
vote and hearing nomination speeches
a committee composed OF three men
and three women was appointed to es-
cort the nominee to the platform.
Judge Crisp pledged his hearers that
he would be present at every session
of congress unless prevented by ill
ness or other cause over which he had
no control.
Il did not miss a single day OF the
last session." said the speaker, nor
have | ever remained away from my
post OF duty unless providentially him
dered. | have had lyceum bureaus to
offer me money to tour the country
but you sent me to Washington to
serve you and my nation and there is
my post of duty" He said to the wo-
men present that he welcomed the
part the women were playing and
would play in politics. women stand
for clean government and they are al
ways on the moral side ef'every ques-
ton, he declared
Judge Crisp next spoke OF the three
principal presidential nominees now
before the country-Davis, Coolidge
and LaFollette.
The republican party is party OF
the special interests, he said, and II
has always treated the south like a
stepchild. We need not look to them
for relief President Coolidge is ar
honest man, but he is a New Eng
lander. an associate of tariff baron,
and multi-millionaires His environ
ments are such that he is not ht tc
head this nation.
Coolidge is an honest man, bu
he is cold and without magnetism,
said the speaker He asserted tina
Secretary Of the Treasury Mellon Il
the power behind the republican
throne" and that Mellon is the spokes
man and the representative of every
special interest that is seeking to hlcl
the government.
There never was as much rottei
graft in the government in all its his
tory as there has been for the pas
three and half years of republican ad
ministration," he said vehemently.
OF Senator LaFollette the speake
had little to say other than to call t.
mind the fact that he was branded a
disloyal during the world war; tina
he favors government ownership 20
almost everything" and that vot
for him is vote thrown away
The democratic nominee, John w
Davis, is a man who believes in prop
erty rights, yes; but he believes ii
human rights first He is to my mine
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