The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1945-04-12
Officials Named For
Special Election

Tic Special clcCtlOIl W Dc HeiO III
Holmes county next Tuesday, April
18th, at which time qualified cleo
tors will name a district attorney
for the Fourth Circuit District and
voters in beat 5 will elect a Justice
of the Peace.
r. d. Bob" Everitt, of Indianola,
and Howard Dyer, Jr., Of Greenville
are candidates for the post of Dis
term of Earl T. Thomas, resigned.
j. @. DePoyster is a candidate for
Justice of the Peace in beat 5 to fill
the unexpired term of the late ]. p.
Hairston.
Election Officials appointed by the
election commissioners of Holmes
county to hold the election Tuesday
r named below. Any person named
unable to serve is asked to contact
Mrs. Adam j. Heinrich or Mrs.
George Povall at Lexington so that
someone can be named to take the
place.
Lexington: r. o. Duke, Roy
Brown, managers; w. D.. Ford, Mrs.
Walter Hooker and l.. B. Gilliland,
clerks; Marshal j. Lon McRae, peace
officer.
Durant: Mrs. r. c. Elmore, r. o.;
Andrew Stevens, Mrs. W. c. Castle
berry, manaers; j. o. Ritter and Mrs.
A. L. Stevens, clerks; Marshal Clar-
ence Robertson, p. 0.
Acona: A. G.. Anderson, r. o.; X.
F. Downer, Mrs. Jessie Walton, Man.
ayers; Miss Mary Steele, Mrs. j. B.
Parrish, clerks; j. r. Booth, Peace
Officer.
Eulogy: Mrs. Lillian Hocutt, R. O.;
Merrill Eakin, Jesse Edwards, man.
ager; Earl Covington, J.. r. Ables,
clerks; H. o. Marshall, Peace officer.
Emory: Andrew Smith, r. O.; Mrs.
w. E. Gray, Mrs. L. H. Cade, ST.;
managers; Mrs. Andrew Smith, Mar
vim Cade, clerks; Phil Downer,
Peace officer.
Tchula: Mrs. c. R. Hamlin, r. O.;
J. L. Shields, Mrs. T. j. Bogue. man.
ayers; Mrs. Florence Buck, Mrs. j.
B. Irving, clerks; A. c. Conger,
Peace officer.
franklin: Robert Lipsey, r. o.; j.
M. Powers, Noel brennan, manag-
ers; Mrs. J. M. Powers, Miss Mable
brennan, clerks; G. H. Love, Peace
officer.
West: S. J. Browning, R. o.; Jack
Martin, Mrs. Mildred Holmes, man.
ayers; C. D. Thornton, Mrs. Walter
Brock, clerks; Uric Alexander,
Peace officer.
Bowling Green: Hugh Mcclellan,
r. O.; j. w. Morris, Nick Grantham,
managers; Mrs. Hugh Mcclellan,
Mrs. Joel Gulledge, clerks; A. E.
Ellington, Peace officer.
Eddsville: J. L. Moorehead, R. o.;
Fl. o. Wynne, L. E. Parkinson, man.
ayers; Mrs. Willie Holmes, Mrs. Jim
Moorehead, clerks; George D. Nc
Lellan, Peace officer.
Goodman: George Mitchell, R. o.;
J. H. Douglas, c. A. Hansen, man
ayers; Mrs. d. K. Gulledge, Paul
Hand, clerks; j. B. Browning, Peace
officer.
Pickens: Ed Atkinson, r. O.; E. c.
Burton, Mrs. Britt Hoover, manag-
ers: Carl Hansen, Miss Josie Burton,
clerks; Willie Owen, Peace officer.
Richland: Jim Chisolm, r. o.; j..
F. Sample, Mrs. Ethel Shanks, man.
ayers; w. J. Shanks, Mrs. Raft Kille-
brew, clerks; Banks Upshaw, Peace
officer.
Ebenezer: B. w. Humphreys, r.
O.; F. f. O'Reilly, Edwin Murtagh,
managers; Walter Lucas, Edgar
Brown, clerks; Henry Brock, Peace
officer.
Thornton: c. c.. Campbell, R. O.;
Frank Eakin, Otis Harthcock, man.
ayers; John Liberto, Mrs. G. c.
Campbell, clerks; R. c. Causey,
Peace officer.
Cruger: w. w. Wynne, R. O.; T.
B. Smith, c. l.. KERN, managers;
Mrs. J. E. Turner, Mrs. Lizzie White,
clerks; Lee White, Peace officer.