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STATE CONVE SAFEGUJ Body By Overwhelming Restrictions About Ele Special Provisions for CIi stitution and Rules. Columbia, May 2 I. A new enroll ment of Democrats In every Hub throughout tho State. th?' applicant to apply In person lo Hie ser ret no of his duh and sign the roll, nil Huh rolls to he closed thirtj day? before the tirst primary and sent to the county committee, which are to purge them and lile a certified cop> with the Clerk of Conn, requiring a residence of two years m the state, six mouths In the county and sixty days ia the votin? precinct, are prominent features of the new rahs adopted by the state Democratic Convention in session here to-day to reform and safeguard primary elec tions. Special provisions and stringent regulations were made for Charles ton to guard against any possibil i t > of fraud or irregularity. The Char leston regulations call for the hooks to be closed sixiy days before t he first primary and be filed with the Clerk of Court. In Charleston book-; of enrollment are to open on the third Thursday in May. and each ap- | plication blank properly witnessed, I which sets forth that he is a citizen of the United States and has resided in Charleston one year, giving resi dence and street number, age and height. New Constitution and Rules. The constitution and rules as ad opted to-day follow: 1. At the convention of the Demo eratic party of the State of South Carolina, begun and holden at Co lumbia on the 20th day of May. hi the year 1914, Hie following rules are ordained and established in place of the constitution and rules heretofore in force, which are here by declared null and void. .Meaning of Words. 2. The words and librases used in these rules shall, unless the same bc plainly inconsistent with the con text, be construed as follows: (li "County committee" means the county executive committee. t'Jl "County chairman" mean-; the chairman of the county execu tive committee. i 3 i "State committee" means thc State executive committee. ( I) "State chairman" means the chairman of the State executive com mittee. i."ii "Primary" means the primary elect ion of t he pa rt >. (tl) "General election" means the general election, whether for t'ni led states or Slate or county offices, (Tl "Club district" means th' territory set apart for each Demo eratic Hub, whet lier it be a ward or township or a sub-division thereof. . S I "The party" means the Dem ocratic party of South Carolina. ( !. ) "Rules" means this constitu tion and rules (except in Section '. where the terni means the constitu tion and rules formerly in effect). (10) "I nhabitants" means t he number of Inhabitants according to the Federal census last taken. Chilis. :.. One or more clubs shall ho or ganized in each township or wari, except as hereinaller provided, each of which clutis shall have a distinct title, "The - Democratic club." and shall elect a president and one or more vice presidents, a secre tary and a treasurer, at!-.! may have the follow ing working committees, of not less than three members each, viz.: A committee' on registration, aa executive committee and such other committees as to each club may seem expedient. In the absence of tho secretary or in (ase of his inability to act, unless il ls otherwise provided in these rules, he shall (l?sinante another member of the club to perform the dui ies. I. The president or five members shall have power u> call all special meetings of the Huh (except for re organization, prov ideii tor in the suc ceeding section i. and at all special meetings one-tenth of the members Khali be necessary to constitute a quorum for the transaction of busi ness, of which meeting al least is hours' public notice shall he niven. 5. The clubs shall meet on the fourth Saturday in April of each election year for reorganization Provided, that tho county committee may name any other day within thc same week for such club meeting bv giving at least two weeks' notice by advertisement iii one or more count .. papers. In casi- any existing club shall fail to reorganize on tho day fixed, tho county committee may fix a dav for such club to meet for re organization by giving two week-,1 ii ot i n, as provided In this section. The qualifications for member ship In any club of the party In th's State, and for voting at a primary NTION \RDS PRIMARY Majority Votes to Throw ctions in South Carolina larlcston-New Party Con I shall be as follows, viz.: The appli cate for itiembership, <?r voter, shall he ?I scars of age. or shall become before the succeeding general elec tion, and be a while Democrat He shall be a citizen of the United States and of this State. No person shall belong to any club or vote in any primary unless he has resided in the State two years and in the coun ty six months prior to the succeeding general election and in the club dis trict 60 days prior to the first pri mary following his ofter lo enrol!. Provided that public school teachers and ministers of the Gospel of a re idar organized church shall he ex empt from the provisions of this soi tion. if otherwise qualified. 7. Kvery negro applying for mem bership in a Democratic club, or of fering lo vote in a primary, must produce a written statement of ten reputable white men. who shall sweai that they know of their own knowl edge that the applicant or voter vo ted for (hm. Hampton in 1S76, and has voted the Democratic ticket con tinuously sim?'. The ;aid statement shall be placed in the ballot box bj the managers, and returned willi th poll lists to the county chairman. Tin? managers of election shall keep a separate Hst ot the names of all negro voters. s. (al In cities ol' over 1 0,000 in habitants one or more clubs shall he organized in each of the wards. Mach ward shall be a club district. th) In cities or towns of less than in,non inhabitants the county com mittee may authorize the consolida tion of two or more wards to form a (dub district, and where townships are embraced in whole or in part in such cities or towns, the county com mittee may permit the voters resid ing in such townships to belong to a <dub located in such town or city and to vote in BUch city or town in the (lui) nearest to their respective resi dences, calculated hy tho nearest practicable route: Provided, No per son shall be enrolled or vote out of the county in which he resides. In cities or towns which are not divided into wards the county committee may designate the extent of the club (listrict. Kacli territory so designat ed for a (duh shall he its club dis trict. (c) In all other cases the voter 'must enroll in the club nearest his i place of residence, calculated by the ! nearest practicable route, and can J vote only at the voting place of such I ?lu h and the territory included by this test shall he considered the club district of such club. id? No person shall h.-enrolled in any 'duh or take part in any (dub meeting or vote in anj primary or be elected a delegate t<? the count) con vention, except in the club district In which he resides. te? There shall be in no case mor?1 than one voting place for each club. No (dub shall have less than 25 mem bers: Provided, however, that any county committee may permit the or ganization of a club of less than 25 members at inaccessible points where there are less than LT? voters. 9. No person shall vote except at the voting place authorized by the county committee for the club to which he belongs: Provided, that If he remove from a (dub district within sixty days prior to the first primary le- may vote in the year in which he moved in the club district in which he previously resided, provided fur ther that he must have enrolled be fore I he closing of the (dub list. I". State and county officers tem porarily residing al or mar tin- capi tal or near the county seat may re tain 'heir membership and voting rights in their former home (dubs il they so desire. In ?ase Of the mobilization of the National Guard Of this State, the Slate committee shall provide for the enrollment and voting of all mem bers of tho National Guard qualified to vote under this constitution and rules. ll. Hooks of enrollment for vot ing In primary elections shall be opened hy tho secretary of cudi (dub. or by the enrollment committee as hereinafter provided, on or before the second Tuesday in .lune in each (lection year. Notice thereof shall be given hy tho county chairman showing the names of the clubs, the boundaries of the club district when the clubs are in cities or towns or adjacent thereto, tin* names of the enrollment committee, such other In formation as the county chairman may desire to give, and whore the books are to he opened. Thereafter no new (dubs shall be organized in that (lection year. Bach applicant for enrollment shall in person write upon the i lub roll his full name and immediately thereafter his age, occu pation and post office address, and if in a city or town shall writ*- the name of the street and the number of the house in which he resides if BUCh d?signations exist in said city or town. If the name be illegible the secretary shall write the name be neath the signature of the applicant. In the event of the inability of the applicant to write he may make his mark upon the roll, which shall Ve witnessed by the secretary, or other lier so ll then having th?? custody thereof, and the secretary shall till in the other requirements. The county committee shall furnish to tile secretaries suitable books for enorllment. Provided, that nothing in ?his section or these rules shall be construed as inconsistent with any laws of the State regulating primary elections; and provided, further, that the county committee shall on the Hist Monday in .lune, 1914, or as soon thereafter as .possible, appoint for each (duh an enrollment commit tee of three which may consist of the secretary and county committeeman from the said club, and a third mem ber to be designated by the county committee, by whom said enroll ment shall ho conducted. The enroll ment book shall be kept in the cus tody of the secretary or at such place as shall he designated by the enrollment committee. The club roll shall be open to inspection by any member of tho party. Seddon Twelve. On the last Tuesday In July in each election year, which shall be the last day of enrollment, the club books shall close, and within three days thereafter each secretary shall transmit the original roll to the county chairman, who shall forth with cause a copy to be made, and shall certify a copy thereof, and file the same with the clerk of the court for publie inspection tit all times. At least ten days before the ti cst primary he county committee shall meet after three days' published no tice in a newspaper of general circu lation in the county of time and place of meeting and examine the rolls. Persons may complain of er rors therein, and the county commit tee, after hearing complaints, shall, in a fair and Impartial manner, cor rect and purge the rolls, striking off the names of all persons not residing In the club district for which each roll was made up, or otherwise im properly omitted: Provided, no name shall be stricken from any (duh roll without three days' notice by mall to the address appearing on thc club roll to the person whose name is proposed to be dropped from th< roll to show cause why said nam< should not be dropped. When said rolls have beer, revised and corrected by the said eount> committee they shall be certified tr and returned to the respective secre taries of eich club and shail there upon become the official club "oils and no names shall be added there alter except by the order of a iudg? Of comp? teat jurisdiction. Upon the completion of said revis ion the county chairman shall imine diately file in the office of the clerl of court a list, duly certified by him of all names added or dropped fron said roll, with the age. place of rest dem o and occupation, which list shal be preserved by the clerk, along wit! tho duplicate roll on file in iii- office and any person may there i n s pee said rolls and list of collections a all times. The original roll shall be reta mei to tin? secretary of each club, and b him delivered to the managers of th (Hilliary election before the hour 0 opening the pol ls. and no perso shall be allowed to vote nt said elec tion whose name does not appear o said original roll, as herein rerptlrei The managers of election shall rotor said rolls to the secretary of th club immediately after tho countin of the votes and the declaration C the result, or as soon thereafter ti practicable. Provided, that if tho original chi roll be lost or miscarried, a copy ( the duplicate filed In the clot k's o floe, duly certified to hy him, sha be used in place of the original. Special Provision for Charleston, l.t. Provided, however, thal wit! in the city limits of ?ill cities of ov< 10,000 inhabitants the following pn visions shall obtain: A new enrollment shall be mai every election year, beginning on tl third Thursday in ATay of said yea and closing Co? days before (ho pl mary. No name shall bo entered on club roll unless the applicant sh? have flied with tho secretary of tl proper club, at least 66 days befo the primary, an application on tl following form, properly signed ai returned : -, _ , 191. I. -, hereby certify th I ?nu a native (naturalized) eil tau of the United States; that ! ha hoon a resident of the state of Son Carolina since -.- (oi year previous to date of primary thal ! am a citizen of said State, I have hoon a resident of said Sta with the bona fido Intention of li coming n citizen of ?aid State; that I am a resident of -, living at No. --,-street, In said city; that 1 am-years of age, -feet, -inches In height, and l hereby apply for enrollment in Club '"ard-. -, Applicant. Wit ness: Residence:-? The residence, ago and height of each voter slvull be recorded oppo site the mime of the applicant on the (duh roll. i I. The secretary of each ward ?duh shall, within IS hours of the receipt of an application In the above form, enter the name of sahl applicant upon the (duh roll, pro vided he is satisfied that the applica tion is bona fide, and his signature is genuine. If he is not satisfied of tnis, he shall at once, not later than IS hours after its receipt, transmit the application to tho secretary of the county committee. I."?. The county committee shall have all of the mimes of applicants, whose applications have been thus transmitted to it. together with the name of tho witness to each appli cation published, ll shall also call upon each of said applicants In said publication to appear at a fixed time and place to show why his name should be enrolled. All names which the county committee, or any sub committee thereof appointed for this purpose, decide are entitled to en rollment shall be sent back to the respective secretaries and by them entered upon the respective club rolls. lt'.. If the county committee shall give ample opportunity within the GO days during which the club rolls are tiled with the county auditor for tiling and hearing complaints of the enrollment of those not entitled to vote in the approaching primary, the name complained of, the wit nesses to the application and the par ty complaining, together with the time fixed for the hearing, which shall not be within three days of the publication, shall all be published in the daily newspapers of that city. 17. The committee, through a sub committee appointed for that pur pose, shall, after giving opportunity for answering all complaints, make up a "challenge list" of those in its judgment not entitled to vote in the approaching primary, and shall file with the managers of each polling precinct so many of said names as shall appear on tho rolls constitut ing the registered list or lists of vot ers tit said polling precinct. One of the managers to be designated by the chairman of the county commit tee shall challenge any one offering to vote In any of said names and shall place the ballot in ?in envelope, indorsing thereon the name of the voter and of himself, and the ballot shall be kept separate .and not count ed, but turned over lo the county committee as hereinafter prov ided in Section H>. is. The chairman of the sub-com mittee above referred to shall ap pear before the county committee at its hearing on the subjoct of chal lenged votes, and state the objections which have been made wi: h reference to each name in which a challenged vote on the "challenge list" has been cast. li). The clubs shall meet in the fourth week in April of each election year for reorganization on such day and tit such hour as the county com mittee shall determine, due adver tisement thereof being given at least two weeks in advance. Tho place of said meeting shall he published at least 18 hours previous to the meet ing by the president of each (dub. Upon the failure of any club presi dent to publish said notice, then the place shall he named and published by the chairman of the county com mittee. 19-A. The county committee, ot counties containing such cities may reti?ir? the use of the Australian bal lot system, In whole or in pari within the said city limits. County Convention. 20. Every general election yeal county conventions shall be called bj tho county committee to meet on tin first Monday in May. at the county seat. The convention shall be com posed of delegates elected from tin clubs in t ho county, one delegate foi every 2b members, and ono delegaU for a majority fraction thereof, baser niton the number of votes polled ir the first primary of the preceding election year. The lists of delegate.' certified to by the president and se^ rotary of each club shall constitute tho temporary roll of the convention The number of delegates for nev clubs shall be based upon their en roll men I al the time ? ' the clul meeting. 21. Bach county convention shal be called to order by the count; chairman and the convention sha! proceed to elect a temporary presi der.', a temporary secretary and ; committee of credentials for the pur pose of organizing. When organlze< it shall elect a permanent president a secretary and a treasurer, lt shai also elect thc county chairman ant as many delegates to the State Con vention as double the number of members the county In which the convention Is held has in the General Assembly. The secretary of tlu couvent lon shall keep a record of its proceedings In the inimit? book. 22. In the event that the county committee has refused to permit the formation of a new club in any ward or township, such refusal may be ap pealed from to the county conven tion, which may permit the forma tion ol' Hie new club desired, but no su h ein 1? shall be allowed any repre sentation in that calendar year. Stiato Committee. 23. The State committee shall be composed of one member from each county, to bc elected by the county conventions and tho State chairman, to be elected by the State conven tion. The State committee shall choose its other officers, not neces sarily members thereof: Provided That hi chairman shall vote only in case oi <i tie. The State committee shall meet at the call of the chair man or any live members and at such time and place as he or they may appoint. The member of the National Democratic executive com mittee from South Carolina shall be elected hy the May State Convention in l?tt'?, and every four years there after, and when elected shall he ex officio a member of tho State com mittee. Vacancies on said State committee by death, resignation or otherwise, shall be filled by the re spective county committees. The State committee is charged with the execution and direction of tho policy of the party of this State, subject to these rules, the principles declared in tho platform of principles > such instruction, by resolution oi otherwise, as a State Convention may from time to time adopt, not inconsistent with these rules, and shall continue in office two years? from the time of election, or until their successors have been elected The committee shall nominate Pres! dential electors and if any varanoj occur in the Slate ticket of electors or of the national executive commit' tee, by death, resignation or othei cause, the committee shall have th? power to till the vacancy; all bj majority of the whole committee. State Convention. 2 4. The State Convention shall b? called by the State committee to mee a. Columbia every general electioi year on the third Wednesday in May The convention shall be composed o delegates elected by the county con volitions, each county to he entitle! to as many delegates .as double th? number of its members in thc Gene ral Assembly. When the State con volition assembles it shall be Calle? to order liv the chairman of the Stat' committee. A temporary presiden shall be nominated and elected b, the convention and after its organ! /.alien the convention shall proceei immediately to the election of per manent officers and to the transar tion of business. When the busbies lias concluded lt shall adjourn sin die. 2.".. The officers of the State Con vent ion shall he a president, vic president from each Congressionr district, two secretaries and a treas mer. 26. Each county delegation to State Convention shall have power t fill any vacancy therein. 27. Any county failing or refus lng to organize under the provision of these rules shall not have repn sentation in tin? State Democrat Con volition. (Continued on Fifth Page.) Child Cross? Feverish? Sick? A cross, peevish, listless child, wit coated tongue, pale, doesn't sleei eats sometimes very little, then aga ravenously; stomach sour; brea! fetid; pains in stomach, with dla hoea; grinds teeth while asleep, ai starts up willi terror-all suggest worm killer something that expe worms, and almost ?'very child hi them. Kickapoo Worm Killer needed. Gel a box to-day. Start once. You won't have to coax. Kickapoo Worm Killer ls a cam confection. Expels the worms, tl cause of your child's trouble. 25c. your druggist. Adv. Itndlum-ltenrliig Ores Discovered Washington, May 2 1. 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Finch, proprietor of the Finch Hotel, and Mrs. Mary I'}. Amos wore pain fully hut not seriously injured, and other members of an auto nobile party were scratched and brui-cd. when the car in which they were re turning from a fishing trip at Inman turned turtle neal- Campton Honday evening. The accident occurred at a sharp turn in the road. Mr. Kinch, who was steering, lost control of tlu -ar. When he attempted to stop ?t be manipulated the wrong lever, with the result that the machine cl'mbed the side tn" embank mont, at a high speed and then turned over, throwing the passengers out. The damage tn the machine amounted to several hundred dollars. ?ROWING CHILDREN. They Should He Protected Against Internal Uncleanliness as Well as Externa! Contamination, The delicate organs of the matur ing child are mort! susceptible to the influence of disease and Infection than are the more seasoned organs of grown-ups. Malaria lakes an early and strong hold on the child's liver and causes headaches, coated tongue. indigestion, cramps and many other dangerous conditions. These are the signal posta of warning nature provides that your child may he relieved of Impending sickness. Tlie proven remedy, CARSWELL'S LIVER-AID. which is a purely VEG ETABLE liquid compound should be in your medicine chest ready to ad minister at the Hist sign of a dis ordered liver. Fifty cents purchases a large bot tle at Hell's Drug Store under the absolute guarantee that the price will be returned without quibble if you want it.-Adv. Carries Dumbs, .Machine Guns, Etc. San Diego, Cal., May 21.- A new dirigible balloon which will carry li ft ecu passengers, a crew of five, three machine guns and a supply of bombs will he imported from Austria for experimental purposes, officers of the First Aero Co/ps hero say. Lieut. Thos. D. Milling, recently returned from Vienna, recommended the balloon's purchase. It will cost $1 00,000. 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