Newport daily independent., 1918-01-27
CITY ELECTION
 APRIL SECOND.
City Central Committee Designates Date On Which City Officials
 Shall Be Voted Upon.

The following will be of interest to all our readers:
 At meeting of the City Central Committee called by the Chairman hereof and held at the office of the secretary on January 26th, 1918, the following members were present:
 F. R. Suits, Chairman; P. H. Van Dyke, Secretary and Treasurer; and, c. w. Watson, the same being all the 2 members.
 The purpose of the meeting, as stated by the chairman, was to call a legalized white primary election for the purpose of selecting and nomin- ating candidates for the various city offices to be voted on in the regular municipal election to be held in the City of Newport, Arkansas, on the first Tuesday in April, 1918, and to prepare plans for the holding of said white primary.
 On motion duly made and seconded and unanimously carried, it was or dered that duly legalized white pri- mary election be held in said city for the purpose of nominating complete ticket of city officials for said city, and said election is hereby called to s be held WEDNESDAY,, FEBRUARY 27th. 1918.
 It was unanimously ordered that there be but one voting place and but one set of judges and clerks to hold primary election, but that there be two ballot boxes and two sets of poll books,-one for each ward, the place of said election to be in the city hall, over the fire department, at the Corner of East Second and Walnut streets, in said city.
 On motion duly made, seconded and unanimously carried, it was or dered that no person be permitted to vote in said white primary election except duly qualified white voters of the City of Newport, Arkansas, to be which, among the other necessary qualifications, the voter shall have paid poll tax for the year 1916, which poll tax must have been paid between December 31st, 1916, and July 1st, 1917, unless he or she may have become of age since June 30th, 1917. All white people who possess the other qualifications of thirty days residence in the ward in which they reside, six months within the City of Newport, and one year with in the State of Arkansas, prior to the date of said primary, and who have become twcnty-one years of age since June 3Oth, 1917, will be permit ted to vote, although he or she may not have paid the poll tax for the year 1916. Women possessing the necessary poll tax receipt and other requisite qualifications as to age and residence will be permitted to vote equally with the men. A poll tax re- ceipt for the year 1917 and which has been paid in the year 1918 will not entitle the holder thereof to vote in this election.
 On motion duly made, seconded and unanimously carried it, was ordered that candidates for office pay the respective amounts to have their names placed on the primary tickets as follows: Mayor, $500; Marshal, s2.5O; Treasurer, $2.5O; Alderman, $1.0O, which amounts must be paid to the secretary proper length of time before said election and all candidates will be required to take the pledge to support the nominees and also to comply with the corrupt practices act.
 It was further ordered that the m..tter of appointing judges and clerks to serve at said election be made at later meeting of the com mittee to be duly called.
 F. R. SUITS, Ch'm.,