The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1909-08-06

ing precinct in his county. And the
candidate receiving the highest aggre-
gate vote in all the voting precincts in
all said counties shall be then declared
by this committee to be the Democratic
candidate for Judge of said Fourteenth
Judicial Circuit, and in the same way
the candidate receiving the highest
number of votes in the aggregate for
District Attorney shall be declared to be
the Democratic nominee and candidate
for District Attorney for said Fourteenth
Judicial Circuit for the regular August
election, 1910.
1t is further ordered as prerequisite
to any and all candidates and persons
intending to become candidates before
said primary election that he and they
shall signify their purpose to do SO by
filing with the chairman of this COM
mittee, o. Spradlin, at Union City, a
statement of his candidacy on or before
the first Monday in September, 1909,
and at the same time or before said
first Monday in September deposit
with said chairman of this committee
the sum of two hundred and fifty ($250)
dollars to help defray the expenses of
holding said primary election. If there
should be any balance remaining of
this deposit after paying the expenses
of holding said primary election, clerks,
judges, fees, etc., the same will be re-
funded to each candidate, such expense
to be borne by the Candidates equally.
None but candidates who qualify as
herein provided shall have their name
printed on the ballots voted in said
primary or counted or considered by
this committee if voted. The ballot or
ticket to be voted at each of the precincts
shall be of plain white paper, three
inches wide and seven inches long and
shall have at the top of said ticket,
For Judge of the Fourteenth Judicial
Circuit" following thereafter alpha
betically the names of the candidates
who qualify as herein provided and
then shall be printed For District At
torney of the Fourteenth Judicial Cir
cult, " followed by the names alphabet
ically of each of the candidates for
same that qualify as herein provided,
and the voter shall place a cross (X)
opposite, after or before the name of
the candidate for whom he desires to
vote, and the name of the candidate for
Judge or District Attorney that has
this cross opposite his name on the bal
lots shall receive and have said ballot
counted for him. At the foot or bot
tom of said tickets shall be printed in
as to the manner and way
of voting as herein provided for.
Each member of this committee will
have printed a sufficient number of
said tickets and distributed at the va
rious voting precincts in his county,
the expense of the same to be paid
from the amounts deposited by each
as herein provided
In the event there should be but one
for the nomination for either
Judge or District Attorney of said Four
teenth Judicial Circuit as herein pro-
vided, who qualify by declaring his can
1idacy and making the deposit as here
in provided on or before the first Mon
lay in September, 1909, then this
or majority thereof shall
meet in Union City, Tennessee, on the
first Saturday in September, 1909, and
leclare the one candidate who has
qualified as the Democratic nominee
or Judge of the said Fourteenth judi |
,ial Circuit and declare the one candi-
late who has qualified for District At
orney as the Democratic nominee and
candidate for District Attorney of said |
Judicial Circuit. And should
here be but one qualified candidate
or each of said nominations and Office,
hen they will both on the fsrt Satur-
lay in September, 1909, be by this
committee declared the Democratic
and candidates, and the pri-
nary herein provided for will not be
leld. But should there be but one
candidate qualified for either Judge or
District Attorney I then this committee
will on the first Saturday in September,