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| VOL. XXII. LEXINGTON, S. C., WEDNESDAY, APEIL 6, 1891 NO. 20. AJdreM G. M HAEMAR, Mtor..
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LIEUT.GOV. GAR1 TALKS 1
He Survevs the Political Field, and j
Gives His Opinion Thereof.
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Independentism Buried?Little Enthusiasm
Over the Ticket?The
Conservative Blunders ? Reform
Strength?The Opposition Has ;
Been Inconsistent.
Abbeville Press and Banner.
The editor of the Press and Banner
called on Lieutenant Governor
Gary for an expression of his views
as to the recent conventions when he
said:
I think perhaps the most important
work for the convention was to
bury independentism in our State for
JOOiB W WiUC, n uiuxij OI UOUISC, IS It
source of joy to all good Democrats.
I was glad to see that those of the
the Independents who were in the
convention have at last seen the error
cf their way, and determined to support
the nominees of the party.
"What do you think of the nominees?
I prefer not to speak of them at
this time, further than to 6ay that after
carefully reading the proceedings
of the convention I feel satisfied they
are not such as would have been
rmade if some of the shrewd politicians
in that body had net felt that
there was no chance to win.
I think when the delegates conversed
freely as to the probability of
: success in their several counties, some
-of those who would have been anx.
ious for positions on the State" ticket,
but not for the honor simply of a
suggested nomination, became conwinced
that defeat would await them,
and therefore preferred for others to
^ undergo the defeat and fatigue of a
bitter campaign.
It was a happy thought to have
nominations made by a committee,
as a large number declining the
honor of a suggested nomination
would have been a wet blanket on
the ardor of the convention.
NOT MUCH ENTHUSIASM."
p*
-^Tdo not think there is any great
enthusiasm over the nominations,
even among those who are opposed
| to the Administration. I have not
heard a single man .hurrah for the
ticket. Several have said in Abbeville
that although opposed to Gov.
i Tillman, they would support him in
^preference to Gov. Shermard. and
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quite a number seem to think that
Col- Orr should have been nominated
for Governor and Governor Sheppard
I for Lieutenant Governor.
THE BLUNDERS OF THE CONVENTION.
L What do you think were the greatest
blunders made by the convention?
I The nomination of a full ticket,
and the failure to demand a direct
primary after so much fuss had been
made about the demand.
m The effect of nominating a full
[ ticket will be to dampen the ardor of
I those who would have aspired to a
place on the ticket as a reward for
faithful services rendered in their
! counties. No doubt quite a number
of ambitious men in the ranks of
those opposed to the Administration
I feel that they are fully as capable as
some of the nominees to discharge
the duties of office, and that their
elaims have not been fully appreci
ated.
"When the mass meetings were
\ called I thought the principle reason
was to demand a direct primary. It
seems that the delegates who were
so anxious for a direct primary were
not as anxious as they made out, or
changed their minds after reading
the strong and convincing interview
with Governor Tillman, in which he
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I clearly showed the great injustice
S that would been done the low countrv.
One delegate said it would be used
against them in . the lower counties,
and the News and Courier said after
the convention adjourned that it
would be eaiser to defeat the Ad
ministration by a primary for dele
gates than by a direct primary. Did
these reasons have anything to do
with the failure to demand a direct
primary? After all the fuss about a
L direct primary it secms to have been
"much ado about nothing.''
THE CONSERVATIVE PLATFORM.
I
"Well, Governor, what do you think
of the platform?
It is conservative in tone and an
| acknowledgment that the policy advocated
by the people was right althought
it was stoutly contested by
those who compcs2d the convention.
It seems they are willing to concede
everything the people want, if
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Ilucj art; oiuy aiiowea to name trie
officers, and the people do the voting
for them, as they have heretofore
The platform says: "We pledge
ourselevs, if entrusted with 'power to
fcbe pre^it of iho Stste by j
sacredly meeting every just obligation."
Have some of the members of
the convention who are in positions
to render assistance to the State,
done every thing they could when
they were not "entruted with power?"
And has their action not been in
striking contrast with that of the J
people when they voluntarily paiu
taxes to uphold the government in
1S76 when Gen. Hampton was elected
Governor? They are exceedingly
anxious to regain what is expressed
by that little word "puicer".
THE OPPOSITION HAS BEEN INCONSISTENT.
What do you think of the course
of those who are opposed to the
present Administration?
t it hoc ViAP-n inconsistent
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from beginning to end.
1st. The Farmer's Movement was
bitterly criticised two years ago, as
tending to discord and disruption of
the Democratic party, by producing
factions in our ranks, yet when the
mass meetings were held to elect delegates
to the convention their speak
ers on all sides proclaimed that they
were not opposed to the Farmers'
Movement.
2d. When the March convention
was held two years ago, there was a
chorus of condemnation of its action
throughout the entire State, yet
those very people who condemned it
then, advocated a convention in Macrh
1802, and when the convention met
not only suggested nominees for
Governor and Lieutenant Governor,
but an entire State ticket. Speakers
took part in the campaign who were
not candidates for a State office, to
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convince the people 01 tne error u:
their way.
3d. "When the "peace and unity''
mass meetings were held to send j
delegates to Columbia some of the
orators took occasion to vent their
spleen against the Administration,
placed in power by the Democracy.
Their platform is in striking contrast
with those speeches and some of
the resolutians adopted at the mass
meetings.
4th. But perhaps the most ihcon.r
in regard^
direct primary. Mass meetings !
had passed resolutions for the dele- ;
gates to make the demand. Dele- j
gates from some counties went in- j
structed, yet the matter seems to j
have frazzled out when they reached j
OrtlumVvia
WA UUU WiW.
THE INCREASED STRENGTH OF THE REFORM
MOVEMENT.
"What do you inink of the strength
of the Reform Movement?
In my judgment it is stronger now
than it was two years ago. From all j
directions we hear that the advocates I
of the movement are even more determined
than ever in their opposition
to the rule of the favored few.
THE EFFORTS TO CRIPPLE.
A great many think that every ob- J
stacle possible has been thrown in J
the way of the Administration to j
prevent it from carrying out needed
reforms.
They believe there has been a conspiracy
on the part of certain corporations
to cripple the government j
financially so as to make the people j
dissatisfied with their officials and to j
put in office those who formerly held
power.
The people are educated on politi
cal questions: they think for themselves,
and do not need a set of men
to suggest for whom they shall cast
their ballots. You can put Abbeville
county down as one of those that
will support the Reform Movement.
Bud "Worms in Com.
Home and Farm,
I wish to give to the farmers of
my county my expriments in keeping
the bud worms from killing the corn.
I have been trying for several years
to find a remedy for them, and I
think I have found it at last. I have
been trying it for five or six years,
and I have not had any trouble with
bud worms killing my young corn in
the spring. My remedy is, just before
planting, to sun it until perfectly j
dry and then plant it. Last year I |
tried it to my satisfaction. I had a
piece of bottom land?about two
acres?which I planted all the same
day, and for about half of it I sunned
the corn, and for the other half I did
not sun it. Of the half that I
sunned I do not believe I lost a stalk
by the bud worms, and of ihe half
that 1 did not sun I came very near
not getting a stand at all.
Almond, Ala. J. R. "Willson.
.
It L a fixed and immutable law |
that to have good, sound health one
must have pure, rich and abundant ;
blood. There is no shorter nor surer j
route than by a course of I)e Witt's
Sarsaparilla. Sold by J. W. Long.
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If you want the finest quality of
whole grain rioe, call >it th;? Ifozaftr,
LET TS HAVE PEACE, j
The People as a Pule Will Do Eight
When They Know Eight.
Their Errors Are Errors of Judg- j
merit and Not of Conscience?Hear
Patiently Both Sides of the Ques- j
I
tion?Concerning State Bonds.
For the Dispatch.
Mr. Editor: Painfully conscious j
that my views on some public questions
are not in accord with those
held by many of my friends of pastyears
at whose hands I had received
repeated manifestations of kindness j
and esteem, my pen has long been
still, my voice silent-. Deeply
as I have always desired
the approval of those to whom I shall
always be grateful, I have never for
a moment believed they would esteem
me more highly if I should purchase
their praise at the sacrifice of my
principles.
While I would willingly preserve
the silence I ^ave so long maintained,
recent events have suggested to my
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mma tne propriety 01 uiscuBsmg j
briefly one or two topics which appear
to me to be of supreme importance
at this time.
No word of censure, no spirit of
complaint, no language of bitterness,
no line of abuse, no syllable of invective
or of contumely, shall disflure
the page on which these lines
are to be written.
It must not be forgotten that while :
we differ in opinion we are of one
family. The men who achieved their i
wonderful triumph in 1890, are the j
same brave veterans who bore the
brunt of the battle in 1876. The j
writer was one among those who differed
with the vast majority two
years ago, though he was ready when
the heated canvass was over to bow
in submission to the expressed will of
that majority, and proved his fealty
at the polls by casting his vote for
the regular ticket.
But a breach has been made in
^n^nu^gi^hicl^^y^be, and ought
judgment of the writer, a necessary
step in this direction. It is not my
purpose here and-now to discuss the
merits of the platform adopted by
that conference. It has gone to
judgment before the high tribunal of
the people, and from their verdict
there will be no appeal. This much,
however, is to the purpose here. That
platform commits the members of
the conference and the people they represented
to the support of the regular
ticket to be nominated by the Demo
cratic convention in September. The
danger of a bolt, of an Independent
ticket has been virtually removed,
and so much of that paper it seems
to me we may all endorse.
But it is possible now to do more
in the way of healing the bleeding
wounds of the party. The questions
unon which we are divided mav be
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quietly discussed, the claims of the
different candidates calmly presented,
the speakers patientlyheard, and that
degree of repose of mind so necessary
to the comprehension of argument
and the reception of truth,
carefully maintained. I have supreme
confidence in the patriotism of the
people. Their errors are errors of
judgment and not of conscience. All
men are fallible, all men make mistakes.
The people as a rule will do
the right when they know the right.
Then, why not have all the questions
fullv ventilated, clearly illuminated
by hearing- patiently both sides so
that we may be prepared to separate
truth from error.
It will perhaps seem a strange association
of ideas at first blush, but
this question of peace and unity, of
harmony within our ranks bears some
relation to very important questions
of government. The State
owes ?6,000,000 which happens to be
due next July. We have been aiming
for years to maintain the credit
of the State so as to refund this
debt at a lower rate of interest. The
State bonds are now bearing interest
at 6 per cent. To replace those
bonds with new paper bearing 4 per
cent, interest means a saving of
$120,000 a year to the tax payers.
This could have been easily accomplished
two years ago when South
Carolina securities were worth one
hundred and three cents on the dollar.
They are worth now only ninetythree
cents on each dollar, and unless
the credit of the State is speedily
restored the opportunity to reduce
the interest on our public debt
will have been lost and the burden
(4 six ner cent, interest must be
1
borne for many years more. I shall i
not attempt here to show why the |
cmlit of the State has been so seri- J
ously impaired in two short years, i
except to say tliat the result has not
been surprising to some of us find
ronfvihriiod ir* no snwii degree to
wards influencing our action two
years since. The anticipation of this
result together with the fear of serious
disunion induced many people i
to oppose the "Movement*' tliough j
they were in sympathy with many of j
its principles.
Capital is always timid; men who
have money are slow to invest in the
midst of a revolution; a divided people
frightens the man who has money
to invest. Let us hope now that w^
may agree to disagree as to measures
and to men until the last Tuesday in
August, and after that day, that we
may come together as a unit. Solidifying
again. South Carolina's Democracy
coming in column to the polls
in Xnvpinhpv in Hiirmort of one ticket,
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unitedly holding up the hands of our
officers when we have elected them,
and thus restoring public confidence
at home and abroad.
I have tried to write without murmuring.
I have not complained that
the grave charges made against the
old administrations have not been
sustained, because 1 knew before
hand they could not be sustained. I
have not complained that the promises
of reform with which we were so
familiar two years since have not
been ledeemed, because I knew be
forehand that they would not and
could not be redeemed. I have not
even complained of the fact that the
Legislature appropriated more of the
people s money by sixty thousand
dallars during the session last winter
! than any other Legislature since
1876, because I am willing to believe
the money was needed for some good
purpose or it would not have been I
given. I am not among those^who
censure the Administaation for the j
expensive lawsuits in which the State
is now engaged and which are to cost
the people so heavily, for I believe
| we would have had most of these
| suits under any administration.
| We might -some of us with Frank|
lyn "doubt a little of our own infalii
bitv" and be wiser in the end by con
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fessing that we "do not know it all"
and that we have something yet to
learn. The writer is willing to learn
1 evejTT^rrrir-'jrs;?
him and willing to impart the little
he knows himself (not much perhaps)
through the columns of the Dispatch
if he felt that there would be no demurrer.
Friendly discussion through
the press conducted in good taste
and free from personalities will be of
service in the enlightenment of the
people and will conduce to harmony
in the ranks of the party, while bitier
invective, with denunciations and
abuse will widen the breach. "When
reason is dethroned by passion and
prejudice truth remains hidden in a
wpll
The public acts of public men are
the property of the-public and may
be freely and fully discussed, bat always
in a spirit of fairness and with
respect and consideration for the
opinions of those who disagree with
us. In opinions men will always differ.
Two men may disagree and yet
be equally honest. "Let us have
peace."' W. T. Brooker.
March 29, 1892.
There is more Catarrh in this
section of the country than all other
disease put together, and until the
last few years was supposed to be incurable.
For a great many years doctors
pronounced it a local disease,
ancl prescribed local remedies, and
by constantly failing to cure with
local treatment, pronounced it incurable.
Science has proven catarrh to
be a constitutional disease, and therefore
requires constitutional treatment.
Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufactured
by F. J. Cheney & Co.,
Toledo, Ohio, is the only constitutional
cure on the market. It is
taken internally in doses from 10
drops to a teaspoonful. It acts
directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. They offer
one hundred dollars for any case it
fails to cure. Send for circulars and
testimonials. Address.
F. J. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo, O.
Sold by all druggists, 75 cents 20.
inamttuai uisiuse.
I hate to see a mail chewing tobacco
while he is whipping his boy
for smoking.
I hate to see a man with a suspicious
breath talking of his temperance
principles.
I hate to see a man always talking
about how much he loves everybody
and never doing any thing to help
any body.
I hate to see a man always talking
about what a happy place heaven is,
and doing nothing to make his home
resemble it.
I hate to see a prominent church
I member slipping into a butcher shop
j to buy something for breakfast on
Sunday morning.
F hat<> lo kco a man remember
| everything the clown saiil twenty
i rears ago ami forget everything the
| preacher s(ii<I last SiunhtT 'horning.
PARTY CONSTITUTION j
And Rules Governing the Primary j
lle?tiohs.
Basis of Representation?Instructions
for Re-^rgaiization?Rules ,
to Govern the Formation ami Mem- j
bersliip of Democratic Clubs.
Article I; There shall be one or
more Democr atic clubs organized in
each township or ward, each of which
clubs shall have a distinct title,
''The Democratic Club,v and
"Lr.11 r?1nr.f a "Proci/^nnf r>np nr mni'fi
nULCWJl tiwC U x V?^ ?
Alee Presidents, a Recording and a
Corresponding Secretary, and a
Treasurer, and shall have the following
working cominittess, of not less
than three members each, viz.: A
committee on registration, an executive
committee, and such other committees
as to each club may seem
expedient.
Article II. The meetings of the
clubs should be frequent after the
opening of the canvass, and, some
member of the club or invited
speaker deliver an address at each
meeting, if practicable.
Article III. The President shall
have power to call an extra meeting
j of the club, and one-fourth of the
members shall constitute a quorum
for the transaction of business.
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Article IV. : The clubs in each
County shall be held together and
operate under the control of a
County executive committee, which
shall consist of one member from
each club, to be nominated by the
respective clubs and elected by the
County Convention, but these powers
to the said executive committees do
not carry with them the power to
pass upon the election of members
to the County Convention, or their
qualification to sit as members, for
thiis power belongs to the members
of the Convention through the appointment
and action of a committee on
credential, whose report shall be
acted upon as to the members of the
Convention may seem proper. The
shall appoint its own officers, and
fill all vacmcies which may arise
when the convention is not in session.
The tenure of office of the executive
committee shall be until the first
Monday in May of each election year
at which timo the County Coven tions
shall be called together to reorganize
the party. Every Presidential elec
tion year these County Conventions
in May shall elect delegates t> ~ a
State Convention called for the purpose
of electing delegates to the
National Democratic Convention,
and to elect members of the National
Democratic Executive Committee
from this State, and such
State Convention shall exercise no
other power. This State Convention
shall be called by the State Executive
Committee to meet every Presidential
election year on the third
| "Wednesday in May, and the State
Democratic Nominating Convention
shall be called by the State
Democratic Executive Committee to
meet "oil the third Wedxics lay iu September
of each election year.
Article. V. County Democratic
Conventions shall be composed of
delegates elected by the several
local clubs,* one delegate for every
twenty-five members, and one delegate
for a majority fraction thereof,
with the right to each County Convention
te enlarge or diminish the
representation according to circumstances.
The County Conventions
shall be called together by the Chairman
of the respective Executive
Committees under such rules, not inconsistent
with this constituton, as
I each County may adopt, and when
assembled shall be called to order
by the Chairman of the Executive
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vxjwwibbee, ami i^iie VJUUVCUUUU SXIUU
proceed to nominate and elect, from
among its members a President, one
I or more Yice Presidents, a Secretary
and a Treasurer. The clubs recognized
by the respective County Con
ventions which sent delegates to the
State Convention which met on
August 13, 1890, shall be recognized
as the only legal clubs, provided,
however, that any County Convention
may permit the formation of a
new club or clubs by a two-thirds
vote of its members; provided, further
that in all cities with a population of
five thousand and over there may be
two clubs in each ward; they shall be
organized in obedience to this Constitution
as are the clubs elsewhere
in this State, and in organizing said
clubs thov shall have representation
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ill the County Conventions, respectively,
as said Conventions shall
declare in accordance Avith the provisions
of this Constitution.
Article VI. The State Nominal- I
Convention for the nomination of
Governor, Lieutenant Governor and
other State officers in 181)2 and there
iwft'L and for electors, fof President
and Vice President in the same year
and every Presidential year thereafter,
shall be composed of delegates
from each County, in the numerical
proportion to which such Couiit^ Ja
entitled in both branches of the
General Assembly; said delegates are
to be chosen by primary* elections to
be held 011 the last Tuesday m August
of each election year; the delegates
elected to receive a majority of
the votes cast. At this election
only -white Democrats shall be
allowad to vote, except that negroes
who voted for Gen. Hampton in
and who have voted the Democratic
ticket continuously since may be
allowed to vote. The club rolls of
the party shall constitute the registry
list and shall be open to inspection
by any member of the party,
and the election under this clause
shall be held and regulated under
the Act of the General Assembly of
this State approved December 22,
1888, and any subsequent Act of the
Legislature of this State. Second
primaries when necessary shall be
held two week later.
Article YII. The officers of the
State Convention shall be a President.
one Vice President from each
Congressional District, two Secretaries
and a Treasurer.
Article VHL The State ExecuCommittee
shall be composed of one
member from each County, to be
selected by the respective delegations
and elected by the Convention.
When elected said Executive Committee
shall choose its own officers:
shall meet at the cail of the Chairman
or any five memberes, and at
such time and places as he or they
mnv ftrmnint. The member of the
National Democratic Executive Committee
from South Carolina shall be
elected by the May State Convention
in 1892, and every four years thereafter,
and when elected shall be ex
officio a member of the State Executive
Committee. Vacancies on said
Executive Committee by death,
resignation or otherwise shall be
filled by the respective County Executive
Committees. The State Execute
Committee's charged with the
execution and direction of the policy of
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me party in me outre, auuject iu uua
constitution, the principles declared
in the platform of principles, and
such instructions by resolutions
or otherwise as a State Convention
may from time to time adopt, and
shall continue in office for two years
from the time of election or until the
assembling of the State Nominating
Convention which meets in September
of each election year. If any
vacancy occur on the State ticket or
for Electors, by death, removal or
""""n 4-Vlo rVt m m if fflo oVioll I
UtiiCI uauoo, luu vvuimivvvv uuvma
have the power to fill the vacancy by
a majority vote of the whole Committee.
Arti :le IX. When the State Convention
assembles it shall be called
to order by the Chairman of the
State Executive Committee. A temporary
President shall be nominated
and elected by the Convention? and
after its organization the Convention
shall proceed immediately to the
election of permanent officers and to
tli3 transaction of business. When
the business has concluded it shall
adjourn sine die.
Article X. There shall be a pri
mary election in each Congressional
District in this State on the last
Tuesday in August, 1892, and every
two years thereafter to nominate
candidates for Congress, to be conducted
and managed as is hereinbefore
provided in the election of delegates
to the State Convention. The
vote to be received, tabulated and
announced by the State Executive
Committee to the Chairman, of
whom the result is to be transmitted
by the respective County Chairmen
by the first Tuesday in September,
1892, and every two years thereafter.
The election for Solicitors of
the different circuits shall be by
primary, subject to the same rules
and regulations and to be announced
in the same way as before set forth
for Congressman.
Article XI. Before the election
in 1892, and each election year thereafter,
the State Democratic Executive
Committee shall issue a call to
all candidates for State offices to address
the people of the different
Counties of the State,{fixing the dates
of the meetings, and also inviting
the candidates for Congress and for
Solicitor in their respective Districts
and Circuits to be present and address
the people. At such meetings
only the candidates above set forth
shall be allowed to speak,
Article XII. It shall be the duty
r.f <-;u'h Count,v Executive Committee
to appoint meetings in their respec- I
tivc Counties to be addressed by the
candidates for the General Assembly
and for the different County offices,
all of whom, including Trial Justices
shall be elected by primary oa the
InG. Tuesday in August of wh ,
tion year under the same rules aiicl i
regulations hereinbefore provided. '
Article XIII. Each County dele- 1
gation to a State Convention shall I '
have power to fill any vacancy there- :
Article XIV. This Constitution i
may be amended and altered only by j
the State Nominating Convention
which meets' in September of each <
election year. '
article XV. Any County failing j
or refusing to organize under the i
provisions of this Constitution,
shall not have representation in the
State Democratic Convention.
rules.
The following rules shall govern
the membership of the different
r,., UnMmo fo Pomrwrfliin. e.lllbs of
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this State, the qualification of voters i
at the primary elections held I
by the party, the conduct of the primary
elections to be held on the last
Tuesday [the 30th dayj of August,
A. D. 1892, and the second primary
held two Weeks later* if one be necessary
i
Rule 1. The qualification for membership
in any subordinate club of
the democratic party of this State,
or for voting at at.a democratic primary,
shall be as follows, viz: The
applicant for membership, or voter,
shall be twenty-one years of
age, or shall become so before the
succeeding general election, and
be a white democrat, or a negro who
voted for General Hampton 1876, and
who has voted the democratic ticket
continuously since. Every member of
a subordinate club, or voter in a democratic
primary election, shall pledge
himself to abide the result of the
primary, and to support the nominees
of the party. Application for member
ship, or offering to vote in a primary
election, shall be deemed equivalent
to such declaration and pledge.
Every voter in a democratic primary
election shall take the following oath,
viz.: "I do solemnly swear that I
am duly qualified to vote at this
election according to the rules of
the democratic party, and that I
have not voted before at this election."
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Rule 2. Every negro applying
for membership in a democratic club,
or offering to vote in a democratic
primary election, must produce a i
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white men who shall swear that they
know of their own knowledge that
the applicant, or voter, voted for
General Hampton in 187G and has
voted the democratic ticket continuously
since. The said statement
shall be placed in the ballot box by
the managers and returned with the
poll list to the county chairman. The
managers of election shall keep a
a separate list^ of the names of all
negro voters and return it, with the
poll list^ to the county chairman.
Rule 3. Each county executive
committee of the democratic party
in thisJState shall meet ou the second
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and shall appoint three managers for
each primary election precinct in
their respective counties, who shall
hold the primary election provided
for under the democratic constitution,
in accordance with the act of
the general assembly of this State
regulating primary elections approved
December 22d, 1888, the
constitution of the the democratic
party of this State and the rules
herein set forth. The names of such
managers shall be published by the
chairman of each county executive
committee in one or more county
papers at least two weeks before the
election.
Rule 4. Each voter in said primary
shall vote but one ballot, on
which shall be printed or written, or
partly printed and partly written,
the name, or names, of the person,
or persons, voted for by him for each
of the offices to be filled, together with
the name of the office. The tickets
to be voted shall be in blank in the
following form, with spaces to suit
the different Counties:
Delegates to the State Conven'
tion ; For Congress,
District ; For Solicitor,
Judical District ; State Senator
....; House of Representatives....;
Sheriff ; Judge of Probate
....; Clerk of Court....;
.... County Commissioners....; I
i Coroner....; School Commissioner
; Treasurer....; Auditor
; Trial Justices ;
Rule 5. The managers of election i
shall open the polls at S o'clock a. m. !
and shall close them at 4 o'clock
p. m. After tabulating the result, j
the managers shall certify the same 1
and forward the ballot box, poll lists
and all other papers relating to
such election, by one of their num- !
ber, to the chairman of the respec- j
tive democratic county executive ;
committees within forty-eight hours 1
after the close of the polls.
IU'lk 0. The county democratic !
executive committee shall Assejub'o I
at their respective court houses on
the morning of the second Jay after
the election, at 11 o'clock a. mM to v
tabulate the returns and declare the
result of the primary, so far as the
same relates to delegates to the convention,
members of the general assembly
and county officers, and shall
forward immediately to the chairman
of the State executive committee at
Columbia, S. C., the result of the election
in their respective counties for
congressmen and solicitors.
Rule 7. The protests and contests
(except in the election of congressmen
and solicitors) shall be tiled -within
five days after the election with the
chairman of the county executive
committee, and said executive committee
shall hear and determine the
same. The State executive committee
shall hear and decide protest
and contests as to congressmen and
solicitors, and ten days shall be allowed
for filing the same.
Rule 8. Candidates for the general
assembly and for county offices shall,
tcD days previous to the primary
election? file with the chairman of the
county executive committee a pledge,
in writing, to abide the result of the
primary and support the nominees
of the party. Candidates for other
offices shall file such pledge with the
chairman of the State democratic ""* *
executive committee, No vote for.
any candidate who has not complied
with this rule shall be counted,
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herein provided for, a majority of
the votes cast shall be necessary to
nominate candidates and to elect
delegates to the State convention.
A second primary, when necessary,
shall be held two weeks after the
first, as is provided for under the
constitution of the party, and shall
be subject to the rules governing the
primary. At said second primary,
the two highest candidates alone
shall run for any one office, but if
there are two or more vacancies for
any particular office, then double
the number of candidates shall run
for the vacancies to'be filled. For ^ ?
instance, in a race for sheriff, the
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commissioner is nominated, the then
six highest shall run.
Kule 10. In the event of a tie
between two candidates in the second
primary, the county chairman, if
it is a county office, and the State
chairman, if it is a State office, or
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for congress, or lor solicitor, snail
order a third primary. The question
of a majority vote shall be determined
by the number of votes cast
for any particular office and not by
the whole number of votes cast in the
primary.
JRule 11. The credentials of delegates
to the State convention shall
be certified to by the chairmen of
the respective county democratic
executive committees within live
days after the result is declared and
forwarded immediately to the chairman
of the State democratic executive
committee at Columbia, S. C.
[Signed] John L. M. Irby,
[Signed] Sampson Pope,
[Signed] Ira B. Jones,
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Executive Committee of the Democratic
Party.
That "Tired Feeling."
The newspapers are having- a good
deal of fun nawadavs over that
"tired feeling," so much spoken of in
medical advertisements, in connection
with the ill-health of females.
It may be a source of hilarity paragraphers,
but net so to suffering
women, who, by overwork, and a disregard
of the laws of health, have
lapsed-into a condition bordering on
invalidism. What most women need
is to be relieved of some of the slavish
work that is piled on^hem, and a
free, but judicious use of strengthening
tonics, such as P. P. P.
(Prickly Ash, Poke Root and rotassiom),
the greatest blood purifier
aiid invigorator in use. Superb as a
builder up of woL-.c, bringing back
lost energy to the body, and color to
faded cheeks, restoring the appetite,
and thus renewing in her that hcalty
long lost. P. P. P. cures all blood die '
cases, such as Rheumatism, Syphilis,
Gout, Scrofula, and all ulcerous affections,
even vanquishing that
melancholy enemy of man, Dyspepsia.
All druggists sell it.
It is all owing to what a man is
proud of. If he is proud of his hoDor
and integrity, proud of his blameless
life and his efforts to benefit his lace
he is the right kind of a man. But
it' he is proud ot ins loots, Ins clothes
liis wealth, his birth, or his learning,
he is a fool.
Bright people arc the quickest to
recognize a good thing and buy it.
We sell lots of bright people t^ie
Little Early Risers. If you are not
bright these pills will make so. Sold
by J, W. Long.