The Fairfield herald. [volume] (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1849-1876, 1876-05-31
Tho Organization Of Democratic Clubs

GO nave worked WCil WllCfCfCf IL nu!
been tried. 1t was originally pub
hshcd i'll the Anderson Intelligence.
and has been very generally adopted
. i'll that county. The organization O
! the Democracy in Anderson is very
! thorough, and the fact that the con
stitution given below has bce,
adopted there is of itself q strong
proof of it's excellence and it's en-
tire fitness for the use of tho Democ
Iacy Of the State. It isns follows
ARTICLE l. The name of this or,
organization shall be 1.-The -- Dem,
Ocrutic Club"
Arr. 2. The officers of tho Clul
shall be II President, two Vice Pres,
dents, Il Recording Secretlry and
Treasurer, Corresponding Secre
tnry, and an Executive Committee OF
five members, who shall serve for
such time us may be fixed by rcso-
luton; and any vacancies for theS,
Offices shall be filed by an election
ut the first meeting uftor the same
are announced.
ART. 3. 1t shall be the duty Of the
Executive Committee to collect and
disseminate information, and advise
the Club with regard to such policy
rs in their Judgment shall best sub
serve and promote the general good
of the county.
ART. 4. The President, with the
sanction Of II majority of the Tx
ccntivc Committee. shall have power
to Gull extra meetings Of the Club.
and oncthird of the total member
ship Of the Club shall constitute Il
quorum for the transaction of busi-
ness.
ART. S. A regular meeting of the
Club shall be had Oh the - Satur,
day in every month.
Arr. 6. Any male citizen of the
vicinity may become member OF
the Club by signing the Constitu
ton, and pledging himself to sus-
tnin and support to the best Of his
ability all nominations made by the
Democratic party, either in State,
County OF Municipal elections.
Al;T. Z. II shall be the duty of the
Executive Committee to prepare Il
full and correct roster of the Club.
giving the name, residence and oc-
cupation of each member, and also
II complc'c q record of the names and
residences of all voters within the
township.
ART. s. That the mcnbcrs of this
Cub pledge themselves to each
other and to the Democratic partr
to abide By and sustain the nomi-
nccs of the party for al Offices,
whether National, State, County or
Municipal, and will discountcnlnco
every effort on the part of individ-
ua:R to distract cur counscIs ana
divide the vote upon independent
candidates. whom we will regard
hereafter RS giving uid and comfort
to our political opponents.
ART. 8. Any article of this Consti-
tuition may be altered or amended
upon one weeks notice by vote of
two thirds Of the members present.
One way of conducting spelling
bee i'll England is to let one person
begin with Il letter, the next one
must add to it, having 81 complete
word in his head, and so on, until
some one finishes whatever word
may c"cntunlly be manufactured.
Says II writer III the Court Ci,'cultn.'
1t is astonishing how unfamiliar
certain common combinations of
letters sound when said in this way.
Thus 7 heard Of II bee held in u com
mercial room in a large hotel, when
the word had got rs far ns Il n.
"Whnt on earth can 'zin' be the be
ginning Of ;" said the next man ;
and he was SO convinced there could
hc no word in the language begin
n;ng in that way, that he made
various bets against it, then "chal-
lcnscI the last speakcr-t)lat is,
asked him to complete Tic word.
"Iinc, was the answer, and the, G.
upon the puzzled one jumped up
with n spasm Of agony.
Some people have peculiar consti-
tutions. Mark Twnjn once com
planned, after n long interval of
;dieness This working between
meals is killing me!'
The crop prospects forsmall grail,
in Gcorgin is cheering. Llrgcr
areas are planted in wheat, oats, rye
and barley than heretofore. There
will be more corr and less cotton
this year
More hearts pine away in secret
anguish for the want Of kindness
from those who sho,Ad be thei,
comfortors than from any other
calamity in life.
The dcarcat object to a mar
should be his wife but it is not un-
frequently her clothes.
With n magnificent diamond. 4
gentleman can generally cut his
name upon the hardest female heart
Nat urally enough, ''Truth il
stranger than fiction" because it il
not SO common.