Fort Mill times. [volume] (Fort Mill, S.C.) 1892-current, 1921-11-24
TO FORM PARTY CLUB.
Democrats Of Fort Mill to Hold
Meeting Friday Evening.

OF South Carolina holding that 10
BE- able to vote in any general
election held within six months
after the last day of the year the
citizen must have paid all State
and county taxes due by him be-
ween October Is and December
81, 163 Fort Mill Democrats. com
plying with the rules of the party
as adopted at the State conven-
tion held in Columbia OH May 10.
1920, have signed a petition adj
dressed to r. +. Ardrey, mayor of
Fort Mill, stating their intention
to organize "The Fort Mill City
Democratic Club. presumably to
nominate candidates to enter the
race for municipal offices in the
election to be held in Fort Mill
on January 10. 1922. and to nom
mate candidates for subsequent
town elections.
On the rolls of the Fort Mill
Township Democratic club for
the State and county primaries
held in August, 1920. there APP
peared the names of 223 men who
gave their residence as the town
of Fort Mill. The rules of the
party state that town Democratic
clubs may be organized upon
petition of not less than 10 per
cent of the voters residing within
the town. Taking the township
club roll as basis for cOmput-
ing the number of voters living
in Fort Mill, it will be seen
that considerably more than the
requisite number have signed the
petition for the organization of
the club they propose.
Friday night, November %. at
I 80 o'clock. has been selected aS
the time for the organization of
the club and the wnNhall as the
place, according to- information
reaching The Times. 1t is said to
be the purpose of the sponsors of
the cfub TO perfect the organiZa
tion along lines similar to those
employed i'll forming township
clubs. which conduct the State
and county primaries. If these
plans are followed il means that
there will be elected IA president,
one or more vice presidents, Il
secretary and treasurer and an
executive committee MS the club 5
officials. and if it is decided to
hold primary for the nomina-
tion of candidates for town off
GERS in the election to be held in
january, il will be necessary to
open books of registration at an
early date and to provide that
the primary be held before the
end of the year or early i'll the
new year. AS there will be some
expense involved in holding the
election. it is presumed that the
candidates will be required 10 pay
nominal fee for entering the
primary.
An interesting phase of the rule
VI TIC par ltIlticI Nuitll IL II
proposed to organize the local
city Democratic club is the recall
provision. Under the rules which
may be adopted at the meeting
Friday night it would be in keep
ing with an amendment adopted
at the State convention in Colum.
bia last year providing that the
successful candidates entering
the clubs primaries did so with
the understanding that if their
services were not satisfactory tO
a certain percentage of the citl'
Zcns participating in the election
these citizens could petition for a
/. recall election-in which il would
be necessary for the officials at
which the recall was aimed tC
seek vindication at the hands OF
the voters. This provision of tn,
party rules, however, appears tc
be optional with newly formed
clubs, which may or may moi
make it a part of their rules.
Authority for the organization
of town or city Democratic clubs
is found in section "a of .th,
amendments adopted by the 1920
State convention. The amcndmcn'
woo tho only ono Of several nl,,pt