The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1911-11-10
PRIMARY ELECTION NOVEMBER 2s
Citizens Meeting Adopts Rules and
Regulations Governing Same
Small Meeting.

| Small Meeting.
About twenty citizens attended the
citizens meeting on Monday night to
determine the manner of nominating
candidates for mayor and aldermen
and trustees of the graded school. DR..
o. B. Mayer was chosen chairman and
E. H. Aull secretary.
On motion DR.. G. B. Cromer the pri-
mary method of nominating candidates
was adopted.
The following rules and regulations
governing the primary were adopted:
Rules for the Primary.
Section 1. An election within the
Democratic party shall be held in the
town of Newberry on Tuesday, No.
vember 2S, 1911, to select candidates
for mayor and aldermen to serve for
one year, and trustees of the graded
school for Ward and Ward to
serve two years; the polls to be open
ed at 8 o'clock a. m. and to be closed
at 4 o'clock p. m, one voting precinct
to be in each Ward, and the execu-
tive committee shall have charge of
locating same.
Sec. 2. All Democrats who shall
have their names enrolled on the
Democratic club roll of the respec-
tive Wards five days prior to the first
primary election, shall be allowed to
vote; Provided, That in the nomina-
ton of aldermen and trustees for the
graded schools from the respective
wards, only those whose names are
on the club rolls from each ward shall
be permitted to vote for aldermen and
trustees of the graded schools from
that ward. The Democratic ward
clubs as organized for the State and
County Democratic primary election
are hereby recognized as the Demo-
cratic Ward clubs of the city Demo-
cratic primary; Provided, That only
those members of the respective ward
clubs living within the city limits shall
be permitted to vote in the City Demo-
cratic primary election. The secre-
tary of each Ward club shall furnish
to the secretary of the City Democrat
ic executive committee certified copy
of the, club rolls of his Ward club con-
tanning list of the members of said
club residing within said ward and
within the city limits, said; list to be
completed on Thursday, November %,
1911, and no name shall be permitted
placed on said club roll after that date.
Said club rolls to be turned over to the
City Democratic executive committee
on Friday, November "a. The said
club rolls certified to by the secretaries
of the various Ward clubs shall be
furnished by the secretary Of the City
Democratic. executive committee and
certified by him as the roll furnished
by the secretary Of the Ward club, to
the managers, and shall constitute<
the registration for said. wards, and
only those Democrats whose names
appear on these certified rolls shall
be permitted to vote.
If no candidate for the Office of
mayor or for alderman or for trustee
of the graded schools in a ward shall
have received a majority Of votes at
such election, a second election for
the nomination Of mayor or for alder
man or for trustee Of the graded
schools, as the case may be, shall be-
held on Friday, December /, under
these rules, at which second election
only the two candidates who receive
the highest votes at the former elec-
ton for the respective Offices, shall be
voted for; and, provided further, in
the event there should be tie at the
second primary for mayor and alder
men and trustees of the graded schools
the third primary shall be held Tues
day, December 5, 1911.
Sec. 3. The candidates receiving the
majority of all the votes cast for, the
said Offices of mayor, aldermen and
trustees of the graded schools, re-
spectively, at said election, shall be
declared the nominees Of the Demo-
cratic party of said town; Provided,
That on or before II o'clock noon on
Friday, November "a, 1911, each of
the said candidates shall have left
written statement with the chairman
of the executive committee that he is
candidate and that he will abide the