The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1919-08-02
PRIMARY ON
AUGUST 18th,
Governor Cooper Fixes Date
of Congressional
Election x
ALL DEMOCRATS
SHOULD REGISTER
Campaign Opens Agust ~;
Pledges Must Be Filed By
Noon Of Preceding Day

! Pledges Must Be Filed By
Noon Of Preceding Day
Columbia, July 30.-The prinIry
election in the Sixth and Seventh Con-
gressional Districts to nominate rep
resentatives to fill vacancies caused by
! the death Of the late Congressman ).
w Ragsdale and the resignation OF
Congressman Lever will be held Auass
gust &c. The campaign will open
August IL, and all pledges must be
| fled and assessments paid by noon
August H. Should a second primary
| be necessary it will be held September
t9. = - - ~.
! At the meeting of the State Demo-
cratic executive committee at noon in
, the library at the State capitol yes
terday the impression prevailed that
the general election would be ordered
by the speaker of the lower house OF
congress and a, telegram was directsd
by Governor Cooper, at the request
suggesting October as suitable date
for the general election. A subcom-
mittee was appointed to arrange all
details Of the special election, August
26 being agreed upon by this sub-
I committee as the date Of the primary,
contingent upon Speaker Gillett's ac.
| ton.
Gen. Willie Jones of Columbia, chair.
man Of the subcommittee, also dis
! faIa +n c7+nS
/ Stevenson, who is a member of ts
State Democratic executive commit
tee, asking tnat he urge Speaker Ga
lett to designate October Z as Hhe
! date for The general election. 1ates
in the afternoon General Jones reeeiys
ed the following telegram from afr.
Stevenson:
@Under Articel 1, Section 2. Pafa:
graph 8, of the constitution Of the
! United States, election ordered by the
governor of the State. The speaker
has nothing to dc with it and declines
20 interfere"
Immediately after the telegram was
received, General Jones announced Atl-
gust 26 as the date Of the primary as
agreed upon by the subcommittee and
August u as the opening date Of the
campaign.
The following itinerary was ar
ranged for the Sixth District: Flor
ence, August -; Manning, August 13;
Kingstree. August IA; Georgetown,
August IS; Marion, August 16; Con-
gay, August 1S; Dillon August IS;
i Darlington, August 20.
Seventh District: Columbia, August
/ 70; Lexington, August 13; st. Mat
thews, August IA; Orangeburg, Au-
gust Is; Sumter, August 16; and
Bishopville, August is.
All assessments must be paid and
+ all pledges filed by noon Of August II.
Assessments must be sent TO Gen.
Willie Jones, treasurer of the commit
tee, Columbia. and pledges filed with
| Ashley C. Tobias, ::Jr.s secretary, Co
| lumbia.
The assessment was fixed at $3.50
for each candidate. This is in excess
/! Of the customary fee, as the special
! election is always more expensive.
Also the Australian ballot law has
! been amended so that it now applies
to every voting precinct where as
many as so ballots are cast, regard
| less of being in the city or the coun-
Try, and in consequence there will
have to be extra expenses for election
! booths.
The counties in the Sixth District
are: Darlington, Dillon, Florence,
Georgetown, Horny, Marion, Marlboro
and Williamsburg.
Sixth District: Calhoun, Lee, Lex
ington, Orangeburg, Richland and
Sumter.
The expenses of the election. are to
! be prorated among the various coun-
ties of the two districts
John Gary Evans, State chairman of
the committee; sounded a note Of
warning. There was cropping out
symptoms Of indepentism in the2State
and it was the business Of the. mem
bcrs of the committee TO keep in touch
with the situation and to report any
such conditions to the committee that
proper action might be taken. This
was critical period in the State. Race
riots were rampant in the country and
It was the duty of the committeeman
not TO allow this race trouble to get
into the political atmosphere in the
State. The white race was dominant
and would always remain so.
The remedy lay in getting the white
vote registered and getting it out or
election day. Earnest appeals to en-
courage the registration Of the white
voters were made by Former Gov. R.
( Manning. Gen. NJ L .Banham OF
Anderson and T. Hageod Geeding Of
Hampton
The question Of opening the books
Of enrolment that returned soldiers
might have the opportunity to enroll
for the approaching primary. After
the question had been thoroughly dis
cussed, the. committee agreed that the