The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-04-30
NOTICE OF PRIMARY ELECTION.
Clerk and Treasurer

Notice is hereby given that a Demo
cratic primary election will be held
on Tuesday, April 80, 1912, in Ward 5,
in the Town of Newberry, South Caro-
lima, for an Alderman for Ward 5, to
fill the unexpired term of O. S. Goree,
resigned. Said primary Election tc be
according to the rules and regulations
of the Democratic party of the Town
of Newberry, South Carolina; the
polls to be opened at 8 o'clock a. NJ,
and to be closed at 4 o'clock p. m.
The voting precinct will be as fol-
lows:
Ward 5-At corner of Drayton and
Wright streets.
The following, have been appointed
as Managers Of said election:
Ward 81. W. Franklin, J. C Slice,
E. S. Cr0mer.
The attention of all candidates is
called to the following section of the
rules governing the primary:
"Sec. 3. The candidates receiving
the majority of all the votes cast for
the said Office 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 IL o'clock noon on
Monday, April 20, each of the said
candidates shall have left written
statement with the chairman Of the
executive committee that he is a can
didate and that he will abide the re-
suits of such election and that he
has paid the assessment. No vote
shall be counted for any candidate
who has not so pledged himself"
The attention of voters is especially
called to the following portion of Sec
ton 2, of the Rules:
"Sec. 2. All Democrats who shall
have their names enrolled ON the
Democatic club roll of the respective
Wards five days prior to the first pri-
mary 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
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
Democratic primary election. The
secretary of each Ward Club shall fur
nish to the secretary of the City Dem
ocratic Executive Committee a certi-
fed copy of the club rolls of his Ward
Club containing a list Of the members
of said club residing within said ward
and within the city limits, said list to
be completed on Thursday, April 25
1912, and no name shall be permit
ted placed on said club roll after thai
date. Said club rolls to be turned over
to the City Democratic Executive Com
mittee on Monday, April 29. The said
club rolls certified by the secretaries
of the various Ward Clubs shall have
received majority Of the City Demo
cratic Executive Committee and certi-
fed 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 per-
mitted to vote"
If no candidate for the Office OF
Alderman in a ward shall have re-
ceived a majority of votes at such
election, a second election for the
nuomination of Alderman shall be
held on Friday, May 3, under these
rules, at which second election only
the two candidates whc receive the
highest votes at the former election
shall be voted for; and, provided fur
ther, in the event there should be a
tie at the second primary for Alder
man, the third primary shall be held