The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-03-08
SPECIAL TOWN ELECTION.
Citizens Meeting Decides in Favor Of .
Primary-Time and Rules Fixed.

The citizens meeting on Friday
afternoon at the Opera House to con.
slider whether the nominations fol
| Mayor and an Alderman from Ward 4
should be made by primary election OF
convention, was not as we'll attended
! as it should bave been.
Arthur killer moved that G. G. Sale
act as chairman. The motion prevailed
and the object of the meeting was
stated.
Geo. S. Mower moved that the pri-
mary be adopted and that the election
| be held on Thursday, March 9th, and if
necessary, the second election on Mon
day, the 18th; and also that the rules
of the election of 1892, with the neces-
, sary changes, govern the same.
The following Executive Com mittee,
to carry out the rules, was elected:
At Large-Geo. S. Mower; Ward L
Wms P. Houseal; Ward 2-Geo. B.
Cromer; Ward 3-Frank l.. Bynum;
Ward w. T. Tarrant.
The Executive Committee met after
adjourn ment of the meeting and ap-
| pointed the following managers: A..
Singleton, W. J. Lake, D. w. 4. Kibler.
Mr.. D. B. Wheeler resigned on Sat-
urday as Alderman from Ward 2. The
nomination for this vacancy will also
be made in the primary.
RULES FOR THE PRIMARY.
l. An election within the Democratic
Party shall be held in the Town Of
Newberry on the 9th day of March,
1893, to select candidates for Mayor and
Aldermen for wards 2 and 4 for the said
town; the polls to be opened in the
Council Chambers at s o'clock a. p,.,
and to close at 4p. m.
2. Ali Democrats who have duly reg
istered fer 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 vouching of three
Democrats.
8. That the candidates receiving q
majority of all the votes cast for the
said offices of Mayor and Aldermen
respectively at said election shall be
declared the nominees of the Demo-
cratic Party of said Town: Provided,
That before the day OF said primary
election such candidates shall have left
written statement with the Chairman
of the Executive Committee that he is
candidate and that be will abide the
result of such election; and no vote
shall be counted for any candidate who
has not so pledged himself; And pro-
vided further, That if no candidate for
Mayor or for Alderman of any Ward
shall have received majority vote at
said election, second election shall be
held on March 18th, 1898, under the
same rules and by the same managers as
are herein prescribed for the first elec-
ton; at which second election the two
candidates only who have received the
highest number of votes for the respec-
tive Offices shall be voted for.
4. When the vote shall have been
duly counted the managers shall im-
mediately certify the same to the E1-
ecutive Committee, which committee
shall constitute a Board for the pur-
pose of canyassing the returns, declar-
ing the result of the election and hear
ing all contests and protests that may
arise, whose action shall be final: Pro-
oided, That no member. of the Execu-
tive Committee shall be candidate at
such election; And provided further,
That the said Executive Committee
shall meet in the Mayors Office al 10
o'clock a. M. on Friday, the 10th day
of March, 1S93-and Gn the event of 8
second election) on Tuesday March
14th-to declare the said election and
to hear any contests or protests in re-
gard to the same.