The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1892-03-23
THE CITY PRIMARY,
Citizens Meeting Held-Time for the PTi-
mary Fixed-EXecutive Committee
Rules Adopted.

The citizens meeting in the Opera
House on last Friday afternoon was
very we'll attended. Mayor Go@gans
called the meeting to order and eX
planned the Objects and said that nomi-
nations for chairman were in order.
Mr.. Harry II. Blease nominated
Mayor Goggans for chairman and ne
was elected.
+. II. Aull was elected secretary.
.. l.. Schumpert, Esq, moved that
the candidates for Mayor and Alder
men be nominated by primary election
and that the chairman appoint conf
nlittee to carry out the rules to govern
in such election.
On motion of Geo. 3. Cromer, Esq,
the rules governing in the last town
primary were read by the secretary.
On motion G. L. Blease, Esq, the
rules were adopted after amendment
as TO date and appointment Of En-
ecutive Committee. They are pub
lished as amended.
The Executive Committee is autho-
rized TO make any other changes
necessary to carry out these rules as to
managers. &c. Tne rules to govern
this year are published herewith
The following Executive Committee
was appointed Town at Large, O. l..
Schumpert; Ward l, w. II. Wallace :;
Ward >, Harry II. Blease; Ward 5,
Thomas Cook: Ward t, L. w. Floyd.
RULES FOR THE TOWN PRIMARY.
l. An election within the Demo-
cratic Party shall he held in the Town
Of New berry on che 5th day of April,
1892, to select candidates for Mayor and
Aldermen for the said town; the polls
to be opened in the Council Chambers
at S O'Clock, a. ~, and to close at t
p. N.
,. All Democrats who have duly
registered for the municipal election Of
1892 shall be allowed to vote. In case
the right to vote is challenged the per-
son challenged shall be required to es-
tablish his right to vote, before the
managers, by the vouchins of three
Democrats.
3. That the candidates receiving a
majority of all the votes cast for the
said Offices of Mayor and Aldermen re-
spectively at said election shall be &C.
clared the nominees of the Democratic
Party of said Town: Provided, That
before the day of said primary election
such candidate shall have left written
statement with the Chairman OF the
Executive Committee that he is can
didate and enat he will abide the result
of such election; and no vote shall be
counted for any candidate who has not
so pledged himself; And prouided fur
ther. That if no candidate fol Mayor or
for Alderman of any Ward shall have
received majority vote at SAID cleo
ton, a second election shall be held on
April S, 1892, under the same rules and
by the same managers as are herein
prescribed for the first election; at
which second election the two candl-
dates only who nave received the high
est number Of votes for the respective
offices shall be voted for.
+. When the vote shall have been
duly counted the managers shall I'M
mediately certify the same to the Ex-
ecutive Committee, which committee
SHALL constitute Board for the purpose
of canvassing the returns, declaring
the result of the election and hearing
all contests and protests that may
arise. whose action shall be final: Pro-
vtded, That no member of the Execu-
tive Committee shall be a candidate at
such election; And provided further,
That the said Executive Committee
shall meet in the Mayors office at 10
O'Clock a. M, on Wednesday, the 9Th
day of April, 1S92-and lin the event of
a second election) on Friday, April the
l1th, 1S92-to declare the said election
and to hear any contests ard protests
in regard to the same.
5. The following citizens are hereby
appointed managers of said election:
Robert Y. Leavell, J. W. Gary and
Richard H. Wearn.