The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1917-09-21
COUNTY COMMITTEE
PROVIDES RUN OFF
SATURDAY, DEC. 8
CANDIDATES MUST RECEIVE A
MAJORITY OF ALL THE
VOTES CAST.
ACTION UNANIMOUSLY TAKEN
Report OF The Subcommittee Is
Approved Without Protest-Lesal-
lied Primary Under all Safeguards
OF Law to be Held.

the second Saturday of December
two weeks from the first primary, for
the nomination Of county officers.
This action was taken unanimously
by the county democratic committee
at its adjourned meeting this morn
ing. The committee, of which E. P.
Turner was named chairman, report
ed a plan that was adopted without a
. protest
In brief the plan provides for a
| legalized primary with all of the safe
guards Of the law thrown around it.
The officers of the primary will be
appointed at a meeting of the commit
tee held at o'clock on Saturday, No
vember 8. BY noon of that date all
candidates must qualify.
The committee was called to order
at 1915 o'clock by Chairman Whit
thorne and roll call showed all dis
tricts present except the Second,
Fifth, Eighth and Tenth.
The following plan was submitted
by the committee, composed Of E. p
Turner, W. S. Phillips, H. H. Hill, c.
P. Hatcher and Hugh T. Shelton:
Resolved by the Democratic Exec
utive committee of Maury county:
list. That for the purpose of nom
mating democratic candidates for
sheriff, Judge of the county court, reg
lister, trustee, clerk of the county
court and clerk of the circuit court, a
democratic primary election, under
the laws governing same, is hereby
ordered opened and held at the sew
eral voting places Of the county, be-
tween 9 o'clock a. m. and 4 o'clock
p. m, on Saturday, Nov. "a, 1917.
"2nd. That in said election all
white well known democrats, qualified
voters, who will agree to support the
nominees of the primary hereby or
dered, shall be qualified to vote. In
addition all known white democrats,
who will agree to support the nomi-
nees and who will be qualified electors
on the first Thursday of August next.
"3rd. That in said election the per-
son receiving the majority of the
votes cast in the county shall be de-
clared the democratic nominee for the
Office for which he Is candidate.
Unless said candidate receives a ma
jority of the votes cast the two can
didates receiving the greater number
of votes for the same Office, shall en-
ter run-off. the election to be held
on the second Saturday of December,
1917, and the candidate receiving the
majority in said run-off shall be de-
clared the democratic nominee.
"4th. That any well known white
democrat in the county, qualified I'M
der the law for the Office he seeks,
shall be eligible to enter said primary
as a candidate, provided he agree to
abide by the rules of this committee
and the result of said primary. That
not later than noon on Saturday, Nov.
3. 1917, all candidates shall signify
their intention of entering said pri-
mary by giving notice thereof to the
secretary of this committee and pay
ing in cash the fee assessed against
them by the committee hereafter
named.
18Th. That for the purpose of esti-
mating the costs of said primary, fix
ing the entrance fees therein and ar
ranging all the minor details thereof,
primary committee, to be composed
Of the chairman and secretary Of this
committee and three other members
Of this committee to be elected today,
is hereby created.
18th. That the officers of said pri-
mary and run-off elections shall be
the same number that are required in
a general election and that all of the.
safeguards and restrictions and quail
fications required in a general cleo
ton, except that payment of poll tax
es shall not be required. shall apply
in the primary and run-off hereby or
dered.
nth. That this committee shall
meet at O'Clock p. m. at the Court
House. on Saturday, Nov. 8, 1917, for
the purpose of appointing the officers
for said primary and officers for the
run-off election to be held on the End
Saturday in December, next, in case a
run-off is necessary. the same to be
selected from lists furnished by the
various candidates.
18Th. That the ballots In said cleo
ton shall be printed by the secretary
Of this committee and shall conform
exactly to the legal ballots required
in general elections in this county.
containing the names OF all qualified
candidates, and having on the back