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cin'o, Tishamingo county, on the 18th Apr
1915 for the purpose of selecting delegates {,
the State Convention. Col. r. H. Boone wa,
called to the chair and C. w. Williams appoin
ted secretary.


The chairman made short address, and ex.
plined the object Of the meeting.
Judge A. II. Weir, Dr. B. d. Hodges, d. w
Hmman, Esq, and Col. R. II. Boone were
nominated and chosen delegates TO the State
Convention to be held at Jackson Miss, on the
1st Monday in July nex; and in the absence Of
any one or more Of the said delegates, that those
who do attend shall be authorised 10 cast the
vote for them, and in the event that neither one
of them attend, that they may appoint such per.
son as they may deem proper for tha, purpose.
The following resolution was then offered and
unanimously adopted.


Resolved, That the delegates from this Coun.
ty to the State Convention, be instructed to
vote for no man for nominee for Congress, or
important State office, who is interested in
what is known as the Choctaw speculation, or
VINO is a large debtor to the sinking fund, or
opposed to an equal distribution of the 9 per
cent fund, and Of the proceeds of the 100000
acres of land donated to this State by Con.
gress for the use of internal Improvement.
Then the meeting took into consideration the
propriety Of holding Convention for the pur-
pose ofnomina,ing candidates for the State
Legislature, and the following resolutions were
adopted:


Resolved, That we recommend primary NEE.
tlngs of the citizens generally in their respec.
tive Police Districts, for the purpose Of choo-
sing delegates to meet in convention on the last
in June next, at the Court House in
the Town of Jacinto, to nominate candidates
to represent the county in the Senate and house
Of Representatives nthe State Legislature.


Resolved, That copy of the proceedings of
this meeting be forwarded to the Ripley Adver.
tiser for publication, and that the Mlssissippian
be requested topubsh the same.


r. H. BOONE, Chmn.


C. II. WILLIAMS, Sec.


The Hon. JAMES e. MATTHEWS was present
at the meeting, and gave an address upon the
condition OF the finances of the State.



Salem Miss, April 2Sth. I6d5