The Durant news. (Durant, Miss.) 1882-1985, 1948-05-27
County Democrats Name
Delegates To State,
District Conventions
Drow County Resolution
In Continued Promotion
Of Sovereign Rights .

Of Sovereign Rights
Meeting in the Court house ON
Tuesday at 10 a. m, the Holmes
County Democratic convention re-
presented by "a delegates, chose re-
representatives. to attend future meet
ings unanimously adopted a county
resolution directed against the Civil
Rights program in furtherance Of
States Rights. H. w. Watson was
elected permanent chairman, and
Mrs. George Povall, permanent
SECRETARY at the meeting.
Ten delegates were chosen from
the five beats, with two elected from
the county at large. All of these
are to attend the District caucus in
Greenwood, June II, and the State
convention on June %.
Committee Meets Friddy
Delegates were instructed to vote
as a unit at the State convention.
and that if unable to attend the dis
riot caucus to notify the chairman.
Members elected from each beat
for the Holmes County Democratic
Executive committee were; beat one
e. T. Nelson, H. w. Watson, Ruth
Povall; beat two-S. R. King, Hazel
Brannon, A. J. Stevens, Jr.; beat
three-B. w. Humphrey, ]. E. Chi
solm, H. S. McKie; beat four-R. L.
Wallace, j. r. Peaster, Jr., ]. F.
Carpenter; beat five-E. L. Hines,
Claud KERN, and Ralph L. Ray. The
committee will meet on Friday
morning in the Supervisors room Of
the Courthouse to organize.
Persons elected to represent the
county at the district caucus and
the State convention are: beat one
Ed White, D. T. Ruff; beat two
A. E. Branch, w. A. Thomas; beat
three-J. E. Chisolm, w. S. Owen;
beat FOUR. N. Hearn, c. G. Camp
bell; beat five-Guy P. Sharp, E. L.
Hines; county at large-G. H. Nc
Morrough and P. P. Lindholm.
Recognized Delegates
A Credential committee appointed
by Mr.. Watson recognized the fol-
lowing delegates at Tuesdays meet
ing: Lexington-Mr. Lindholm, Mr..
White. Mr.. Ruff, Mr.. Marlborough,
W. D. Ford, P. H. Williams, E. W.
Hooker, Mrs. Povall, Mr. Nelson,
w. 3. Kenna, D. c. Lundy, and w.
R. Ellis, Jr.; Durant- F. V. McCul-
lar, R. E. McNeer, w. E. Creswell
and A. E. Branch; Goodman-W. A.
Thomas and George Mitchell;
Thornton-J. N. Hearn; Tchula-E.
l.. Hines and Mrs. Ray; Pickens-
w. S. Owen and Howard T. Worthy,
and Richland, j. E. Chisolm.
The resolution, introduced by Mr..
White at Tuesdays meeting, reads
as follows:
RESOLUTION
Whereas, the true National Demo-
cratic Party grew to its noble sta
ture by reason of its staunch sup
port of the sacred rights of the
States as plainly reserved to them
in the Constitution, and
Whereas, the present so-called
leaders of the National Democratic
Party have proven themselves I'M
faithful to the Party's principles by
advocating the passage of what they
call a Civil Rights program" which
is clearly unconstitutional in every
respect and which strikes at the
very heart of local self-government,
and
Whereas, under the measures in
cluded in said Program" the United
States Government would be autho-
rized to enter into the States and
there take charge of and intermeddle
with matters which the United
States Supreme Court, in an honor
able period of. its history, declared
to, belong solely to the States, and
Whereas, the enactment of said
Program" into law would funda-
mentally be not in the best interest
of the South, or of any Of its peo-
pie, and
Whereas, now is the time for men
and women who love freedom to
make an unyielding stand in its be-
half, and to fearlessly and unre-
lentingly drive from the fold of the
National Democratic Party those
who have proven themselves UNI
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