Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1910-06-25
PRIMARY is FIXED FOR
A DATE IN AUGUST
To Name the Candidate
From Third.
is7s -
Committee Has Meet
ing in Americus and
Fixes Rules.


The democratic voters of Sumter and
of all the fifteen counties comprising
the Third Congressional district Will
by their ballots, nominate the Con-
gressional representative from this dis
trict on August 23rd, the date of the
state primary. Such was the decision
of the District Executive Committee,
assembled in Americas on Thursday,
and of which Col w. T. Lane is chair
man.
The following resolutions were
adopted, fully covering ali features,
governing the primary:
Be it resolved by the Executice Com
mittee of the Third Congressional Dis
trict of Georgia, regularly assembled,
and t is hereby resolved by authority
of the same, that democratic pri-
mary shall be held in each county
comprising the Third Congressional
District of Georgia on the 23rd day OF
August, 1910, for the purpose of NOM
mating a congressman to represent
said district n the Sixty-Second Con-
gress of the United States
Second. Be it further resolved, and
it is hereby resolved by the authority
aforesaid, that said primary shall be
held under and governed by the same
rules and regulations fixed by the
State Democratic Execut We Commit
tee on control the nomination of State
House officers, except as hereinafter
provided for.
Third. BIT it further resolved, and it
is hereby resolved by the authority
aforesaid, that each candidate for Con-
gress in said Third district and run
ming in the primary this day called,
shall pay such assessments TO the
chairman of the various county demo-
cratic executive committees as said
committees may make against him;
and shall furn sh his name to the
proper authority in time for it to ap-
pear on the official ballot to be used
in said primary.
Any candidate falling to comply
with these requirements shall not be
eligible to run n said primary. and
any votes that may be cast for such
candidate shall not be counted.
Fourth. Be it further resolved, and
it is hereby resolved by the authority
aforesaid, that the chairman of the
Democratic executive committee in
each county of said distr' r'ct Immediate
ly upon the consolidation of the re-
turns of said primary election in each
county, shall appoint from among the
friends of the successful candidate for
Congress in hs county two delegates
to each representative in the lower
house of the General Assembly Of
Georg to which said county may be
entitled, and it shall be the business
of said delegates so appointed to rep
resent their county in the consolida-
tion of the returns of said Congro5-
sional primary, and declare the result
of the same. @
Fifth Be it further resolved, and
il s hereby resolved, by the authority
aforesaid that the delegates so select
cd shall assemble in convention at
Colde!e, Ga, on the Sth day of Sep
tamber, 1910, and proceed to c0nsoli-
date the returns from the various
counties of said district, declare the
candidate receiving the majority Of
gotes in sa d convention, the demo-
catc nominee for the SiXtys aa,nd
,soLtress in the Ta'rd Corsr- 5ima;
District of Georgti Provided, how
ever. nat such candle etc has CON 'liad
with the rules prescribed by the last
Congress onai cong gention with regard
to campaign expenses, etc.
Said convention shall lalsc select a
rew executive committee for tn Third
Congressional District of Georss!a, aEd
shall transact sach other and further
lasinesg as NAV y. p.operly come nefore
i:
BE it further resolved that the news
parers Throughout the district re re-
qucsted to publ ah these resolutions.
w. =. LANE, Chairman
A. L. M'ARTHUR, Sec'y.