The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1908-07-08
Camrairn Schedule.


The democratic executive commit
tee met in the court house here on
| Monday. Every precinctin the coun-
ty was represented, except Mates
School House.
The assessment of candidates for
the various offices was fixed as fol-
lows: Senate, SIS; House, So; Super
visor, S12; Treasurer, S15; Auditor,
S15;,Superintendent of Education, SIS;
Clerk of Court, $50; Sheriff, $40;
County Commissioner, 81; Coroner,
81; Magistrate, S..
It was agreed, after much discus
sion, that the magistrates be- elected
in the primary. 1t was also decided
that the names of candidates appear
alphabetically on the primary tickets.
|. All candidates must file their pledg-
es by 12 O'Clock noon, August 3rd, the
day previous to the opening Of the
campaign, with the secretary, F. H.
Hendrix, Leesville, S. G.
Each executive committeeman is
required to send the names of mana
gers at his precinct to the secretary,
F. H. Hendrix, Leesville, S. G.
There will be only nine campaign
meetings, as follows:
CASTOR. Tuesday, August 4.
Pelion, Thursday, August 6.
Azariah Taylor's, Saturday, Aug. 8.
Summerland, Tuesday, August II.
Ioor Hayes, Thursday, August 13.
Brookland, Saturday, August Is.
Irmo, Tuesday, August 1s.
Hilton, Thursday, August 20.
Pine Ridge, Saturday, August %.
Candidates must file statement
with the clerk of court in accordance
with the provisions of the following
! act:
Section 1. Be it enacted by the
General Assembly of South Carolina:
At or before every political primary
election held by any political party,
organization or association, for the
purpose of choosing candidates for
Office, or the election of delegates, III
this State, any person who shall, by
threats or any other form of intimida-
ton, or by the payment, delivery or
promise of money, or other articles of
value, procure or offer, promise or en-
deavor to procure, another, to vote
for or against any particular candidate
in such election, or who shall, for such
consideration, offer to so vote, shall
be guilty of misdemeanor.
Sec. 2. Every candidate offering
for election, under the provisions of
Section 1, shall make the following
pledge and file the same with the
Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas
for the County in which he is a can
didate, unless he should be a .candi-
date in more than one County, in
which case he shall file same with the
Secretary of State, before he shall en-
ter upon his campaign, to wit: I, the
undersigned, of the County of
- and State of South Carolina,
candidate for the Office of here
by pledge that I will not give nor
spend money, or use Intoxicating
liquors for the purpose Of obtaining
or influencing votes, and that I shall,
at the conclusion of the campaign and
before the primary election, render to
the Clerk of Court or (Secretary of
State as hereinbefore provided) under
oath, an itemized statement of, all
moneys spent or provided by me dur
ing the campaign for campaign purpos-
es up to that time, and further pledge
that will, Immediately after the ,pri-
mary election or elections that am
candidate in, render an itemized
statement, under oath, showing all
further moneys spent or provided by
me in said election: Provided, That
failure to comply with this provision
shall render such election null and
void, in so far as the candidate W ho
fails to file the statement herein re-
quired, but shall not affect the validity
of the election of any candidate COM
plying with this Section: And pro-
vided further, That such itemized
statement and pledge shall be open to
public inspection at all times.
Sec. 8. That any violation of the
provisions of this Act shall be mis-
demeauor; and any person, upon con-
viction thereof, shall be fined not less
than 500 nor more than $500, or be
imprisoned at hard labor for not less
than one month nor more than six
months, or both fine and imprison-