The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1905-01-18
THE APPROACHING
PRIMARY ELECTION
The Managers Have Been
Selected by Committee.
THE QUALIFICATIONS.
Rules and Regulations Governing Nun.
icipal Primaries Adopted by the
City Democratic Club.

VIII be cOndncted Ill accordance
with rules and regulations re.
Gently adopted by the I4aurens
City Democratic Club. In thi.
priinary mayor and six alder
men are to be nominated. Those
thus nominated will be the
nominees of the party in the gen
eral election, which will be held
March IL.
For the primary election, which,
will take place Tuesday, Feb. FL
two polling precints have been
provided for, one at the City Hall
and the other at the usual voting
place at the Laurens Cotton Mill.
The executive committee Sat.
urday evening selected managers
as follows:
City Hall-W. H. Franks, w.
H. Garrett and w. L. Dorroh.
I4aurens Mill--John D. Chill.
dress, Chas. P. Martin and John
Penland.
1t was agreed by the Commit.
tee to pay the managers of said
primary election a dollar each per
day.
1t was also decided by the Com.
mittee to provide for the printing
of a sufficient number of ballots
for said election and have same
placed at the convenience of the
electors.
At a previous meeting a Com.
mittee on enrolment was ap-
pointed, one from each ward, as
follows J. B. Brooks, ]. o. G,
Fleming, G. P. Smith, c. M.
Babb, R. +. Jones, T. H. Nelson,
See your Committeeman and
have your name enrolled at once.
This is important.
Rules and regulations govern.
ing the proper conduct of munich
pal primary elections and pre-,
scribing the qualifications of cleo
tors as adopted by the Club fol-
low:
A direct primary election, for
the purpose of nominating candi-
dates for Mayor and Aldermen OF
the City of Laurens, shall be held
on the third Tuesday in Febru-
ary, 1905, and biennially thereaf-
ter on the same date for the same
purpose, and second and third
primary shall be held success
lively one and two weeks later, if
necessary. Special primary cleo
tions shall also be held under the
direction of the Executive Com
mittee i'll conformity with the
Constitution and rules adopted
by the Club for the purpose of
nominating candidates for any
Office to be filled at any special
election.
Two of the three managers
who shall be appointed for each
precinct as hereinbefore pro-
vided, shall constitute a quorum
with power to conduct the cleo
ton. One of said managers shall
act as Clerk and keep a list of all
voters. The managers shall have
power to appoint a substitute in
case of any manager absence
from the polls. The managers at
each precinct, at the primary
elections held by the Club, shall
require every person voting there
at to pledge himself to abide the
result of the primary and to sup
port the nominees of the party
and to take the following oath
and pledge, namely:
| do soleinnly swear that l am
duly qualified to vote at this cleo
ton according to the rules of the
Laurens City Democratic Club
and that / have not voted before
at this election, and pledge my
self to support the nominees ol
this primary.
The polls shall be opened at
o'clock a. III. and kept open with.
out intermission until d o'clock
Before the said managers shall
open the polls they shall take the
following oath, which shall be
subscribed by them in writing
and deposited in the ballot box;
"I do solemnly swear that
will fairly, honestly and impair.
TALLY perform the duties of mana.
ger of this election and faithfully
observe the rules governing the
same"
Immediately preceding the
opening of the polls the mana
gers shall open the box prepared
for the reception of the ballots
and exhibit the same publicly tc
those present. The boxes shall
then be locked and sealed and
shall not again be opened unit
the polls are closed.
Each voter in said primar,
shall cast one ballot in the box
prescribed for his ward, and nc