Malvern daily record., 1917-03-28
PRIMARY CALLED
 FOR APRIL IA
HOT SPRING COUNTY CENTRAL COMMITTEE CALLS PRIMARY FOR SELECTION OF CANDI- DATE TO CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION.

1 IlOn TOT ApTH If, to SelecI caHuludIeS ] for delegate to the Constitutional Convention, and selecting the two democratic judges who served in the last general election, they to select the third, and clerks, was the action of the Hot Spring County Democratic Central Committee, which met in the Courthouse today, with thirteen town ships and wards represented.
 The meeting was presided over by the Chairman, S. H. Emerson, and w. Morton Cardon, secretary of the Com mittee was at his post.
 The roll call showed the following townships and wards represented: Valley: Wm. Murry, Proxy. Antioch: E. E. Blakley, Proxy. Lone Hill: J. 0. Hardy and A. Will son.
 ouachita: R. T. Berry and J. ". Morris.
 Clear Creek: J. M. Caldwell and R. P. Goodman. Proxy. Clifford: w. F. Moore and Smith O. Brien.
 Saline: Will Westerman and Ed Gravitt
 Butterfeld: A. Wallis; J. c. Pennington, Proxy.
 Renter: R. E. Clardy. D. D. Glover, Proxy.
 Ward I: w. H. Cooper.
 Ward 2: J. M. Williams. Ward 3: J. R. Hill
 Ward 4: R. W. Baker and Lee Ba- ker.
 J. M. Caldwell, proxy for C. F. Walter, of Clear Creek township nov ed that the Committee call a primary for April IA, which motion was adopt ed.
 A motion by D. D. Glover, proxy for w. H. Paul, was adopted, calling for resolutions for the calling of the primary and arrangements thereof. Chairman Emerson appointed D. D. Glover, w. Morton Garden, and w. F. Moore, of Clifford, on the committee. The committee submitted the fol- lowing resolution which was unani- mously adopted by the County Central Committee:
 Be it resolved by the Democratic Central Committee of Hot Spring County, Arkansas. l. There is hereby ordered a pri- mary election to nominate Democratic candidates to represent Hot Spring County and the Sixth Congressional District in the Constitutional -Conven- tion to be held November 19, 1917. 2. A plurality. of votes cast shall nominate candidates.
 8. Said primary election shall be held on Saturday, April Ii, 1917; the polls to be kept open from o'clock l A. M. to o'clock P. M. at the usual voting places.
 l 4. Said primary election shall be a legalized primary election held under and in conformity to the laws govern ing primary elections in Arkansas. 5. That in said primary election only well known white Democratic electors, legally qualified, who have openly declared their allegiance to the Democratic Party who have paid their poll tax at the time for the collection of taxes next proceeding the election, or who have become subject to poll tax since the last assessment for the year, and who have resided in the State for one year, the County six months, and in the township or voting precinct thirty days, and no others shall be permitted to vote. The Com- mittee reserve the right to recount and investigate the same and throw out any un-Democratic or illegal votes. 6. The presiding Chairman shall
 appoint committee of five members
 of this Central Committee to meet al
 the Court House at P. M.., April IS 1 1917, which committee shall tabulats
 and certify the results of said cleo
 tion.
 !: 2. That all returns of the primar! election be made as soon as possible after the election to the Secretary Q the County Central Committee an all townships and wards must hay their poll books, ballots, etc. filed wit the Secretary of the County Centra Committee not later than April | :: :l1917.