Show democratic convention IS 15 harmonious AFFAIR sole object of meeting seemed to be to select best available material for offices the democratic county convention con entson for the nomination of candidates for county offices was wag held in the treas frers office of the court house housa moh men day afternoon last with alt all represented except cedar point the temporary organization was wad effected by naming H E bla blake ke chairman and K D wiliams as secretary after which the convention went venti i into executive session fr for the purpose of sounding out the delegations from the iliffe different 7 tit precincts of the county as to their beir t ideas as to choice of material for the different offices candidates who had alre already atly announced noun ced cea their desires were discussed and votes were werd taken with wit the names of every candidate suggested on the aist aist there being no announced candidates for several odthe of the offices th the aval available lable material matei ial for the choice was looked over and a decision arrived it fit as to which vl ich ones name should be placed before the convention for selection fion as a candidate the hardest job seemed to ta be to find a candidate candi daie for the nomination of representative to tho the legislature it finally being decided deci deil to adjourn until evening and in the mean time seek out a candidate on reconvening in the evening it was announced that benj D black of 13 blanding anding would accept the nomination and the convention then went ahead and named the ticket as agreed agreed upon in the afternoon with the exception ec of the nomination for cle bleik jk there having been a ti tie e between K ki i 1 do williams of bluff and milton jame son oi of la sal when the vote wa was s taken in caucus so the two names were again placed e id before the convention 1 l mr williams receiving cOving re the tho nom alaon 1 n wd by a rn arity of tv two votes the nomination of the whole ticket was then made unanimous being elected by acclamation I 1 the usual routine of nain ng a platform committee receiving and approving the report of the committee comit tee and the naming of a vacancy committee and the naming of a permanent organization was gone through H E H blake being named county chairman mrs mrs cornelia perkins Pe ikins associate county bounty chairman chillman and A T J redd kedd county secretary |