The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1906-03-28
C1n oil dated Aug. 2. 1881.
THE STATE CAMPAIGN.
DEMOCRATIC EXECUTIVE COM
MrTyEE TO CONVENE APRIL 5.
Dates for Meetings Of County Clubs
and County and State Conventions.
Appointed By State Chairman Wi
lie Jones.

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Jones, chairman Of the State Demo-
cratic executive committee, announced
yesterday that the committee would
be called to meet this year on April
5th to consider the matters pertaining
20 the campaign soon to open and to
issue the call for the State convention,
which will formally set the ball in mo-
ton.
The meeting of the present clubs
will be held on the last Saturday in
April, the 2Sth, and the county con-
ventions, made up Of delegates select
ed at the club meetings, will assemble
on the 7th Of May to elect delegates to
the State. convention, county execu-
tive committee and a member from
each county Of the State Democratic
executive committee.
The State Democratic convention
will be held on the 18th Of May, that
being the third Tuesday. 1t is not
known what matters will come before
the convention this year. After the
meeting of the convention the new
committee will meet to make
arrangements for the State campaign
along lines decided upon in the con-
venton. The itinerary will be map
ped out by the executive committee.
The party constitution says that
there shall be one or more clubs in
each ward or township and that the
clubs shall meet on the fourth Satur-
day in April in State election years,
the county conventions the first Mon
day in May and the State convention
the third Wednesday in May.
The qualifications for voting in the
state primaries are that the person.
who desire to vote must have been
resident Of the State IL months and
of the county so days, who must
pledge himself to abide by the result
of the primaries, and his name must
be on the club list at least five days be-
fore the primary.
The State executive committee is
composed of the following representa-
tives from the several counties:
Abbeville, A. w. Jones; Aiken, ]. R.
Cloy; Anderson, J. P. Glenn; Bamberg,
C. B. Free; Barnwell, W. D. Black;
Beaufort, Thomas Martin; Berkeley,
r. W. Haynes; Charleston, J. F. Riley;
Cherokee, w. S. Hall, Jr.; Chester, T.
]. Cunningham; Chesterfield, ". F.
Stevenson; Claredon, A. J. Richbourg;
Coneton, J. W. Hill; Darlington, J. r.
Coggeshall; Dorchester, ]. D. Bivens;
Edgefeld, A. E. Padgett, Fair
field, T. H. Ketchin; Florence, D. H.
Traxler; Georgetown, ]. W. Doar;
Greenville, J. T. Bramlett; Greenwood,
D. II. Magill; Hampton, l.. C. Lang
ford; Horny, j. A. McDermott; Ker-
shaw, ;. G. Richards, Jr.; Lancaster,
T. Y. Williams; Laurens, T. B. Crews;
Lee, W. A. James; Lexington, D. j.
Griffith; Marion, w. A. Brown; Marl-
boro, w. D. Evans; Newberry, C. L.
Blease; Oconee, F. NJ. Cary; Orange
burg, Robert Lide; Pickens, W. T.
O'Dell; Richland, Willie Jones; Salu-
da, J. c.. H. Rauch; Spartanburg, \. l..
Bennett; Sumter, r. I. Manning; I'm
ion, J. NJ. Greer; Williamsburg, D. c..
Scott; York, J. W. Ardrey.
\ Senator Tillman is an ex-oficio
member of the com. littee by reason
Of his Office as memoer Of the nation
al committee.
LOVE AND MURDER.