Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1914-05-26
Law OF The PARTY
Rules and Bylaws As Amended In
Convention
CLUB ROLLS MUST Be REVISED
Hereafter Every Voter Must Sign the
Club Roll Either With His Name or
His Mark-CIub Membership Confin-
ed Strictly to Bona Eide Citizenship.


Following is the full text of the con-
stitution and rules of the Democratic
party Of the state Of South Carolina,
adopted at the state convention in Co.
lumbia, May 20 and 81, 1914:
l. At the convention of the Demo-
cratic party Of the state Of South Car
olina begun and holden at Columbia on
the Goth day Of May in the year 1914,
the following rules are ordained and
established in place Of the constitu-
tion and rules heretofore in force
which are hereby declared null and
void
Meaning of Words.
Q. The words and phrases used in
these rules shall, unless the same be
plainly inconsistent with the context,
be construed as follows:
O County committee" means the
county executive committee.
(2) County chairman" means the
chairman of the county executive
committee.
(3) State committee" means the
state executive committee.
(4) State chairman" means the
chairman of the state executive COM
mittee.
60 Primary" means the primary
election Of the party.
CO. General election" means the
general election, whether for United
States or state or county offices.
CD Club district" means the terri
tory set apart for each Democratic
club, whether it be a ward or township
or a subdivision thereof.
(S) 1.-The party" means the Demo-
cratic party of South Carolina.
(9) Rules" means this constitution
and rules except in section l where
the term means the constitution and
rules formerly in effect).
Q0) Inhabitants means the number
Of inhabitants according to the federal
census last taken.
Clubs.
3. One or more clubs shall be organ
lied in each township or ward, except
as hereinafter provided, each Of which
clubs shall have a distinct title. "The
- Democratic club" and shall
elect a president and one or more vice
presidents, a secretary and treasurer
and may have the following working
committees, Of not less than three
members, each, viz: A committee on
registration, an executive committee
and such other committees as to each
club may seem expedient.
In the absence of the secretary or in
case Of his inability to act, unless it is
otherwise provided in these rules, he
shall designate another member Of the
club to perform his duties.
4. The president or five members
shall have power to call all special
meetings of the club Except for re-or-
ganization, provided for in the sue
ceedng section), and at all special
meetings one-tenth Of the members
shall be necessary to constitute a quo
rum for the transaction Of business, of
which meeting at least 4S hours public
notice shall be given.
5. The clubs shall meet on the fourth
Saturday in April Of each election year
for re- organizations: Provided, That the
county committee may name any other
day within the same week for such
club meeting by giving at least two
wekes' notice by advertisement in one
or more county papers. In case any
existing club shall fail to reorganize on
the day fixed, the county committee
may fix a day for such club to meet for
re- reorganization by giving two weeks
notice, as provided in this section.
6. The qualifications for membership
in any club of the party in this state
and for voting at primary shall be
as follows viz: The applicant for
membership, or voter, shall be 81 years
of age, or shall become so before the
succeeding general election, and be a
white Democrat. He shall be citizen
of the United States and Of this state
No person shall belong to any club OF
vote in any primary unless he has re-
sided in the state two years, and in the
county six months prior to the succeed
ing general election and in the club
district so days prior to the first pri-
mary following his offer to enroll:
Provided, That public school teachers
and ministers of the gospel in charge
Of a regular organized church shall be
exempt from the provisions of this sec
ton as to residence, if otherwise quail
fled.
Z. Every negro applying for mem
bership in Democratic club or offer
ing to vote in a primary, must produce
a written statement of ten reputabl,
white men, who shall swear that they
know of their own knowledge that the
applicant or voter voted for Gen
Hampton in 1876, and has voted tho
Democratic ticket continuously since
The said statement shall be placed in
| the ballot box by the managers, and
returned with the poll lists to the coun-
| ty chairman. The managers of cleo
ton shall keep a separate list of the
| names of all negro voters.
s. (a) In cities of over 10000 inhabi
tants, one or more clubs shall be or
ganized in each Of the wards. Eacf
| ward shall be club district.
(b) In cities or towns of less thar
| 10000 inhabitants the county commit
tee may authorize the consolidation oi
two or more wards to form club dis
| trict, and where townships are embrac-
ed in whole or in part in such cities ol
| towns. the county committee may per-
NIT the voters residing in such town
ships to belong to a club located ir
such town or city and to vote in sucf
] city or town in the club nearest tt
their respective residences, calculated
by the nearest practicable route. Pro-
vided. No person shall be enrolled OF
vote out of the county in which he re
sides. In cities or towns which are mol
divided into wards the county commit
| tee may designate the extent uf the
club district. Each territory so desig'
mated for a club shall be it's club dis
| trict.
(c) In all other cases the voter