The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1894-08-22
NOW FOR THE PRIMARY.
Thrt This Primary Means and What It
has to Do,

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On next Tuesday, 28!h instant, the
next political event of note 10 South
Carolina will take place, says the Colum.
bia Safe. 1t will be thu biennial Demo.
cratic primary election, and 1t is for
the purpose of choosing delegates to
the State c,n7en!ion-Retorm or Con-
servasige, Evans or Pope, as the case
maY he-nomlnating all county officers
ia each county, from Senator ca down
through couaty supervisor, aud nomi.
natiog men tor Congress on the DAM
ocrat!c ticket.
In view of the many factional pri.
mares, conventions ard what not,
large proportion of the voters seems to
be all mixed ", and there is but q
ccm oaratlvelY small number wh) seem
to undertand what it all means. Bs'
low will be found a summary which
will probably make It all clear. But be-
fore this is given, atteation is called to
the fo!lowing-one of the rules govern
ing the primary-Which affects q good
many candidates who come only Indirect.
ly before the people:
Rule s. Candidates for the General
Assembly aud for county offices shall.
ten days previous to the primary elec-
| ton, file with the chairman OF the
county executive committee pledge,
i, writing, to abide the result OF the
primary and support the nominees of
the party. Candidates for other Offices
shall file such pledge with the chair
man Of the State Democratic executive
committee. Novote for any candidate
who has not complied With this rule
shall be counted.
Las. Friday was the last day OF grace,
under thus rule, for the filing OF these
pledges. Pledges of candidates for State
offices have been filed with the secretar,
of the State executive committee, as
follows:
For Gove-nor-J )hn Gary Evans a.d
Sampson Pope.
For Lieutenant Governor W. q.
Zimmerman.
Fer State Treasurer-W. T. e. Bates.
For Attorney Gener al-O. W. Buca.
anan.
For Secretary Of Sls!e-Harrison, Hill!
and Tompklns.
For Comptroller General-A. ".
Jonts, Norton and Derham.
F3r Superintendent OF E luc atom
Ksist Mayield and Whitman.
For A6juant General-John Gary
Watts, Minus and r chbourg.
Foc Railroad C)m mn:ssioners-E vans,
Sigh, Thonas, Wliborn, Yeldell and
Gray.
All the candidates for Congress have
also filed their pledges, with one except
ton. Tae above candidates are of
course, the only ones whose names can
be considered al the September conven-
ton composed of the electors to be chos-
en- il this primary.
The Senatorial fight will be fought
Gu; in this election in the choice. by the
people, Of members of the legislature.
The subernatorial and State ticket fight
will be fought Gu; IN the choice of cleo.
tors 10 the State convention, which
meets September g..
10 WEo.o luiES % ioOhIuS CAlJ W
the putting uo Of the nominees of the
Democratic party-ConserVatives in
cluded-Wh;ch goes before the entire
| people in the general ele;tion in No.
gsmber.
In the primary 20 person can vote
unless re has been enrolled on regu-
lar Democratic .Sc' g: c'uo ISL at least
1--WE Gays oeIofe Ihe e!ectIon. Inns ls
important, aud all soco'd see 10 It.. 10
oecome clu member the applicant
must be q years OF aga oy the sutcee1-
ing general election, and must take the
pledge required by the rules OF the Dem.
ocratlc party-to support the nominees
OF the pr!ma:s an aoids the result.
Negroes who vo:ed f,r Hampton in 1876
and hava vJt"d iha Democratic ticket
continuously 81 zee, can also become club