The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-05-08
THE COUNTY CONVENTION
Repre- entatives of Sumter Co,n,,
Democracy Will Meet Monday.

The Sumter County Democrat.
convention will convene in the Court
! HcuSe at - o'clock, noon. Mondav.
May cth. The convention will be call
! ed To order by County Chairman. 7.
| Fl. Clifton promptly AT the horr on
pointed and all delegates should be in
thelr seats to answer to the roll call.
AS soon as the preliminary organiza-
ton has been perfected the conven
| ton will get down to business and
it is hoped that the session will be a
| short one and harmonious throughout
all It's proceedings. The most rapport
| ant matters of regular business to
be transacted are:
! The election of eight delegates TO
the State convention.
The election Of the member Of the
State Executive Committee.
The election Of the chairman 4 and
secretary and treasurer of the Coun-
ty Executive Committee.
Other matters Of importance NAV
be brought before the convention for
consideration and it is this contingent
possibility that makes it vitally i'm
portant that each and every dele
gate elected by the precinct clubs be
present. Some issue may be raised
1 that uynt,1l
policy and If there is not full repre-
sentation of the clubs present, action
contrary to the wishes Of the majority
Of the voters Of the county might be
taken by snap judgment by minority
representation
A list Of delegates elected from
majority OF the clubs has been pub
lished in this paper, only a few clubs
having failed to report the result Of
elected to represent the four ward
\ clubs are as follows:
Ward 1.
*. I. Manning. II. L. Scarborough,
f. ID. Epps. r. S. Hood. Bernard
Manning. Willie Shaw, B. d. Mitchell.
Il. A. Bradham. II. y. Smith. F.. NJ.
Hall. w. j. Archer. F. d. Knight, w.
r. Wells. c. B. Hogan. L. w. Jenkins
Fl. c. Haynsworth J. w. Turner.
Ward 2.
j. A. Warren. ]. Fl. Clifton, J. II.
lChandler, Horace Hardy, l.. D. Jen
nings. B. c. Wallace l.. I. PARROT. I.
&c. Strauss, w. B. Boyle. w. F.. Shaw.
r. 0. Purdy. ]. r. Sumter, c. L. Cut
tino. r. F. Haynsworth, H. G. Osteen,
G. l.. Kicker, r. d. Lee, r. B. Belser.
r. Dozier Lee. c. G. Rowland. j. p.
Marion, Louis Lyons, Thos Wilson.
G. A. Lennon, Geo. F. Epperson. j.
B. Raffield, r. j. Bland. alternates.
Geo. ID. Levy. w. S. Jones. D. r. Nc
Callum. Jr., Geo. Warren, ]. r. Clack.
j. +. Glenn. Cecil Wilson. Guy War
rem, c. c. Beck. w. Fl. Scott.
Ward 3.
/ L. NJ. Hurst r. i. Wright. II. A.
Moses 7. f. Richardson, w. S. Din
kins. j. p. Booth, J. d. Blanding, T..
W. Hurst; alternates. s. r. Smoak.
Julian Raffield, Richard Parker. ]. u.
Gra ham, r. II. Keels and II. G. Hill.
AT the recent meeting of Ward
club because Of the absence of the
(club roll all the delegates to the coun-
Ivy convention Monday were not elected
and President G. NJ. Hurst was en-
powered to appoint additional dele
gates when the proper number was
ascertained. Mr.. Hurst has appointed
as follows: Spurgeon Cherry ]. c.
Cooper, j. f. Brunson. w. ]. Crowson.
j. NJ. Chandler. ID. F. Kelly. j. w.
| Jackson, j. A. Mood, +. c. Manning.
II. p. Moses. +. S. Miller and l.. l.
| Hunter.
| Ward I.
Geo. w. Dick. Il. X. Wilder. w.
Percy Smith. s. NJ. Pringle. T.. l..
| Reardon, George w. Hutchinson.
| I"''ii W. NtNlcNtT, Il. Il. w llOer.
! Charles Thames George a. Brown.
! T.. II. Rhame, Arthur H. Wilder.
| Th"S. V. Walsh. Patrick Gallagher.
| y. l.. CulvcyhOuse
Delegates Should Notify.
! Delegates to the county convcn-
| ti"n Monday should notify the pres
1 4;
attend or not. In each club altornatcS |
We're elected, but these altcrnatrs viii |
not know to he on hand unless mo-
tihed. and the presidents Of the larger |
clubs cannot sec all their delegates he |
fore the mcting Therefore the dele !