The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-03-16
THE MASS MEETING.
{ Primary 0uzared and q Mass
Meeting For Candidates to
Be Held.

The mass rneetiDgof the voters of tbe city.
salied by ssthe executive comni.fec, was held
sTn4hd Court Horsa Friday night And thsrs was
sailarre crowd psesent. There was 10 enthn-
{ si;aasn acd no exeitement-it vac strictly
ssbusinesc. and when the necessary Business had
teen dispossdsof she meeting adjourned.
So aFhe call under which the meeting assem-
sShted Nas read by Vice President Harry Ryt-
SSsenberr. ubo presided, President Neill g Dom
mall beng ansent from The city
IS ) The reading OF lie minufes of the last
n,eesipe was dispensed With on motion Of Mr..
s III knight.
EousiinssioDs for President ves. called for
bs de Chairman
Harry Ryttenberg vas nominated and
elected BY 8 unanimous vote.
Mr. B o. Purdy was elected Vice President
rahrut oprosifion.
III G Osafen was elected Secretary
NJ. 81 LIE Wells moved that the Presi-
dent Es given power 70 appoint the executive
eeMwittee az bis leisure. The motion was
adopted
rssoIu,ioE that the maoicipal primary
saacsioa be dispensed With, Was offered by Mr..
{ q. e. B. Wells. Ths motion fecslved sec
oid sad 4 brief discussion followed.
s AZ. " 81. Ingram movei to lay the reso-
3 lsfjoa % mo fabse " ben the motion was
puf ths chair Announeed that the "ayes ap-
pesssd Sfo have prevailed. A division was
deHanded.
nessrs &. O. Pnrdy and Mark ReJnolds
vere sppoin,ed sellers end rising vote vas
tsken Tters were forty-seveu in favor OF
siaysog the motion on the table, and the ma
Fority being appesent, those opposed were not
seouused The mo,ioo to dispense With pri.
mary was therefore declared TO be laid on the
liable.
IL. b. @. Moses offered the following reso-
s luton
Resolved, that the candidates for Mayor and
Asdermen of the City of Sumter be nomi-
rated at Democratic primary.
The resolution received q second, and dis.
& cYssion commenced, the question at issue
being whether the white Republicans ia The
city would be excluded from participating iu
she primary
Mr. 3. D. Lee spoke against the proposal
70 exclaie the few white Republican citizena
of Snmfer and cited tho fact that they have
been permitted TO vote in previous municipal
primary elections, to which DO important OBJ
jeetion had been raised, and which on the
contrary, had given general satisfaction. He
offered the following auendmen! to the reso.
Iutioa offered by Mr. Noses:
Tbas committee Of fifteen be appointed
By fhs char to formulate rules end regula
lions TO govern the same upon the same basis
I SO was effective in 1895
The resolution, as amended was adopted
President Rytsenberg auuouIcsd the ap
pointment Of the following gentlemen Il
serve on the executive committee:
n. Noise, J. 81. Knight, r. D. Lee, B. G
Noses, s. 7. Deigar, NeiIi O'Donoell, Edga
Skinner, n. G. Kavanaugb, H. &cLaurin
Jr., J. D Wilder, Sheppard Nash, Mark Rey
noids, h. G. Cuttino, e. F. Miller, s. G
Baker
nr A. ". Knigh. moved that the e1ecu
,iys committee call a mass meeting of ,h
voters Of the city, which meeticg the candi
da.es for Mayor aud Aldermen shall address
TIE motion was adopted and motion Il
adionrp was teen ma6e aud carried.