The Marietta journal. (Marietta, Ga.) 1918-1944, 1921-11-03

At meeting held Wednesday night
the Democratic Executive Committee
Of Marietta, named Friday of next
week, November the 18th, as the date
Of holding the white primary elect
ion for the nomination of mayor and
council for this city and set next
Tuesday the 18th, as the last day for
the names of the candidates to be
filed. Inasmuch as the meeting cal
ling the primary was held November
2nd, this limits the campaign to
DAYS and the filing of names or can
ddates to days after notice of the
holding of the election and constitu-
tps an unusually short record for
such matters in the history of Mari
eta, or elsewhere as for that matter.
The resolutions in full are as follows
Rules to Goven the Primary to Nomi-
nate a Mayor and Council for the
City of Marietta, Ga.
Marietta, Ga, Nov. 1st, 1921.
Resolved by the City Executive Com
mittee of the city of Marietta, this
dav assembled, as follows;
Gst) That a white primary election
is hereby called for the 18th day of
November, 1921. for the nomination
Of mayor and six councilmen for
said CITY of Marietta, for the gene
raj election for Mayor and Council
men to be held on the 18th day of
December. 1921.
(2ndl Said primary election shall
be held under the law now in force
governing primary elections: Only
white registered voters who are en-
titled to vote under the registration
law governing the qualification of vo-
tiers shall be permitted to vote in said
primary.
f3rd) The polls shall be open at 7
o'clock a. M, and shall close at p.
m.
(th) The polls shall be opened and
voting places provided in each of the
six respective wards in the city of
Marietta. No voter shall he permitted
to vote except in the ward of his res
idNnre, except as herein arfter pro-
vided.
(5th) Each voter shall be permit
ted to vote for his choice for the nomi
nation of Mayor in his respective
ward, that is the ward of the resi-
derce Of the voter, but each voter
shall only be permitted to vote for
one candidate for councilman, and
that candidate must be a resident of
the ward in which the voter resides.
t6th) At the same time and place
and under the same rules and regu-
iatlons herein provided as to the nomi
nation of councilmen, there shall be
SIX members of the City Executive
committee nominated for the ensuing
TWO years, one from each ward, the
voters of each ward to select a mem
Der of the Executive Committee who
resides in their ward.
C7th) The polling place for the
nrst ward shall be Delks Garage, At
lanta Street: The polling place for the
second ward shall be at Northcutts
garage, Powder Springs Street; The
polllng place for the third ward shall
re re at N. M. Mayes office, Cherokee
u; The polling place for the fifth
ward shall be at Allgood, Frey, Shaws
warehouse, on Lawrence street; The
polling place for the sixth ward shall
pe at the Justice Court room, court
no9Se on Washington Avenue. Pro
.soed however, in the event that there
y y out one candidate for Mayor and
OGnncll from any. or all wards, the
IIoillng place for those wards shall be
neld at the Council Chamber in the
vpu"t house where seperate boxes
shaIl be provided for each ward. II
more than one candidate qualities in
any ward the polling place for such
ward shall be as above named. The
managers and clerks for all of sale
Young places shall be named by the
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