The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1944-05-25
County Democratic
Convention Asks
Uninstruded Delegation
Delegate To Stote
Convention. Executive
Committee, Chosen

Longinotti, Miss Hazel Brannon, B. W..
Humphrey, Martin L.. Smith and George
w. Crow were elected Holmes County
delegates to the State Democratic Con-
v%ention to be held in Jackson June 7th
at the Holmes County Convention held
in Lexington Tuesday morning. Holmes
delegates will go uninstructed but
bound to vote under the unit rule with
majority controlling.
Holmes delegates were urged by the
convention to use their vote and influ-
ence to see that an uninstructed delega-
ton from this state is sent to the
national convention in Chicago in July.
Other resolutions adopted are given in
full below.
Delegates to the state convention and
members Of the Executive COMMITTEES
for the new term were nominated in
caucases held by each beat. Delegates
were present from every beat in the
county at the election. The convention
as a whole elected the nominees select
ed by the beat caucases.
Named to the Holmes County Execu-
tive Committee we're Beat 1: Major e.
7. Nelson, H. w. Watson and Sessions
Povall; Beat 2: S. r. King, A. J. Stew
ems, Jr., and Miss Brannon; Beat 3:
John M. Marlborough, ]. W. Eakin and
Jim Chisholm; Beat 4: Frank Eakin.
jim Cunningham and J. F. Carpenter;
Beat 5: George W. Crow, o. W. Nixon
and Ralph L. Ray.
In the Executive Committee meet
ing which followed the county conven-
ton Mr.. Watson and Miss Brannon were
unanimously elected chairman and secre-
tary respectively of the committee.
The following resolutions to be pre-
sented to the state convention were
adopted:
be 1t Resolved;-Inat IL Is the sense
of this Convention of Democrats of HoI-
mes County, Mississippi, that the Dele
cation from this State to the National
Convention shall not be instructed for
any candidate for President, but shall
support the man in their collective
judgement; Who is best fitted to fill
the highest office in the gift Of tbe
people of this Nation. Who, in their
JuJudgement who is best fitted to fill
interests of the Nation above personal
ambition. Who, in their judgement, will
govern the Nation in the best tradition
OF the Democratic Party. Who, in their
judgement will hold that Laws are su-
perlor to personal bias. Who, in their
Judgment. will promote unity in the
Nation; will promote goodwill between
employer and employee; between races
and creeds- Who will select Judges for
our Courts on grounds of character.
integrity, knowledge of the Laws and
traditions of this Nation and not for
their social views.
BE 1t Further Resolved;-That this
convention believes it for the best in.
terest OF the Democratic Party that =
competent and able man from the South
should be nominated for Vice-Presidens
and that the State delegates be instruct
ed to use their best efforts to secure
such a nomination if it should be i'm.
possible to secure such a man to head
the ticket.
Be 1t Further Resolved;-That the
Mississippi Delegation be instructed to
use It's best efforts to secure the rein
statement of the so called "%two-thirds
rule in the National Convention.
Those elected as delegates from the
precincts to attend the county conven-
ton, most of whom were present. are
az follows:
Lexington-G. H. McMorrough, C. A.
Glover, Will Wilson, Sessions Povall. d.
/. Ruff, ii. w. Watson, W. R. Ellis. Fl.
ii. johnson, P. P. Lindholm, NJ. A. Scobey
and H. l.. Nichols, D. C. Lundy.
Durant-J. C. Sproles, Carl Drake. s.
K. King, J. L. Longinotti, w. f. Howell.
r. V. McCullar, j. S. Kealhofer, H. L.
Harrington, Mrs. Modena Howard and
Miss Brannon.
cruger-C. L. KERN and W. W. Wynn.
Ebenezer-B. W. Humphrey and E. T..
O'Reilly.
Acona-J. D. Williams and Jesse H.
Tchula-O. W. Nixon, G.. P. Sharp, G..
W. Crow and R. L. Ray.
Goodman-W. A. Thomas and s. r.
Allen.
Eulogy|. W.. 'Eakin and Lewis Rob
erts.
Thornton-Frank Eakin and M. L.
West-A- J. Stevens, Jr, and L. J.
Hand.
.Pickens-John M. Marlborough and J.
K. Thomas
Mrs Toiose Rro$ho.