Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press., 1924-04-24
JOHN COHEN NAMED
COMM 1T TEEMAN ATT
CONVENTION
Col. L. L. Griner Delegate From 3rd
District to National Convention;
Mrs. Lon Dickey Elector for
Third District

named as member of the Democratic
National Committee and Mrs. Edgar
Alexander, also of Atlanta was named
as Democratic national Committee wo-
man at the opening of the Georgia
State Democratic convention at the
Lyric Theatre here Wednesday. Neith-
er were opposed.
A last minute effort to block the
naming of Major Cohen by David C.
Barrow Jr, of Savannah, supporter
of Clark Howell, former committee
man was lost Wednesday afternoon.
A vote of 170 to 112 was counted
i'll favor of the motion to pass with
out debate resolution directing the
national committee to seat Major
Cohen as Georgia committeeman and
Mrs Alexander as committeewoman
Delegates to the convention and
members of the Electoral College from
Georgia also were named. there being
SO of the former with one-half a vote
each.
District Delegates
Following are district delegates to
the national convention, New York on
June 24th:
First District-Mrs. Lena B. Stew
enson, Chatham; Frances Hunter OF
Buloch; w D Bell, Burke; P. R. Kit
ties, Screven.
Second District-T. S. Hawes. of
cambridge; P. D. Rich, Colquitt; Mrs.
A, L. Miller of Edison county; Judge
w. A. Covington of Moultrie.
Third District-Mrs Nora L Smith
of Turner County; C E Brown, Crisp
County; L L. Griner, of Ben Hill M
c Edwards of Terrell.
Fourth District-Mrs. Bette R.
Cobb of Carroll; L. H. Chappell of
Muscogee; John A. Smith, Talbot; A.
S. Camp, Coweta.
Fifth District-Mrs Z. V. Peterson
Atlanta; Albert J. Woodruff De-
Kalb; Louie B. Marquadt, Atlanta; D.
B. Billiard, Campbell
Bibb; R L Turner, Henry; E D Wea-
therly, Bib; J H Carmichael, Bibb.
Seventh District-Mrs R. w. North
cult. Cobb; E. E. Lindsey, Floyd; J.
R. MacF Farland, Walker; w. E Wood
Woodfield.
Eighth District-Andrew C. Erwin
Clarke; Miss Marion Holden, Wilkes:
Howard B. Payne, Ebert; Albert ].
roster, Morgan.
Ninth District-Mrs. ] A Johns of
Barrow; William Gault, Cherokee; DR..
Jeff Davis, Stephens; o A Nix, Gwin
nett.
Tenth District Miss Annie J.
Wright, Richmond; John T. West, of
McDuffie; Boyd B. Lovett, Wilkes;
w B Pierce, Richmond.
Eleventh District-F M Starting of
Brunswick; D M Parker, Ware; G.
A. Paulk, Berrien; Mrs. R G Dickin-
son, Clinch.
Twelfth District-Mrs. LA Whipple
Bleckley; I. L. Price, Emanuel; c B
Rountree, Johnson; N L Gillis, Treul-
ton.
Following are electors by districts:
First District-Newton D Norman,
Calhoun; alternate Mrs. Robert Mill
Ter of Burke.
Second District-C M Ledbetter of
Pelham; alternate L D Passmore OF
Sylvester.
Third District-Mrs Lon Dickey of
Ben Hill; alternate Mrs. Oscar Nc
Kenzie of Macon.
Fourth District-Buford Boykin OF
Carol; alternate Charles Roberts OF
Muscogee.
Fifth District-J. T. Duncan, Camp
bell; alternate c E Sigman, Rockdale.
Sixth Distrirt- D p Nelson oi
Clayton; alternote William Hamilton
of Bibb.
Seventh District-C M Milan Of
Barlow; alternate Mrs. Annie Free
man Johnson of Floyd.
Eighth District-James c. Williams
of Greensboro; alternate c. E. Cald-
we'll of Walton
Ninth District-W B Rice, Jackson;
alternate Thomas A. Brown of Fam
in.
Tenth District-Roy V. Harris of
Jefferson; alternate DR.. D S. Sanford
of Baldwin.
Eleventh District WR Wilson, of
Dublin; alternate w H Strickland of
Waycross.
Twelfth District-Guy o. Stobe of
Wheeler; alternate the Rev. A. P.
Eegirt of Wilcox.
Platform Adopted
A resolution embodyine the ideas
of the Georgia Democrats as a party
platform as introduced by John S.
Cohen was adopted al the morning
meeting also.
1t called for repeal of the Nc
Cumber tariff act; revision of the
fedora tax system; substantial aid
to agricultural interest; justice to
all and the adjustment of favors to
any; and the relentless prosecution
of wrong-doing in the high places as
made bare under the Republican ad-
ministration"
In another resolution introduced
by T. ]. Hamilton of Augusta,
Woodrow Wilson was lauded and his
recent death deplored.
Judge w. A. Covington of Moul-
trie, nominated Newt c. Morris of
Marietta as temporary chairman
shortly after the convention was
called to order, the nomination be-
ing carried without opposition
Chas. c. Brown, editor of The Cor
dele Dispatch, of Cordele, Ga, was
named temporary secretary and
Easter Daniels of Savannah and
Mrs. Ira t. Farmer were appointed
assistant secretaries.
Credentials Body
Election of J. T. West of the
Tenth District as chairman of the
credentials committee, followed with
the naming of the other II commit
tee members, who we're: Mrs.
Laura Pope Forest of the Twenty
second District; Francis Hunter of
the First District; L. L. Griner of
the Third District; Columbus Rob-
erts of the Fourth District; A. E.
Roland of the Fifth District; John
P. Ross of the Sixth District; John
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