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THE PICKENS SENTINEL U E D 1 7 -VLu 42 P29ENs S. C. . ..... s, c S C I O PaRtC, 1912 $t1 5 1dEhsltshe- 81-oue4 PICKENS, S. C., AUGUST 8,192NME15 RULES GOVERNING PRIMARYELECTION For-lGoverning ithe Membership of Democratic Chbs. Qualifi cation of Voters 3t"*J$Xeberry of Democratic Primaries The following rules shall gov ern the membership of the dif ferent subordinate Democratic clubs of this state, qualifications of voters at the primary elec tions held by the party, the con duct of the primary election to be held on the last Tuesday (27) in August, A. D. 1912,- and the second primary, two weeks lat er, if one be necessary: Rule 1 The quailifications for membership in any subordinate club of the Democratic party of this State, or for voting at a Democratic primary, shall be as ~1 follows, viz: The applicant for membership, or voter, shill be 21 years of age, or shall become so before the succeeding general election, and be a white Demo crat, or a negro who voted for ,General Hampton in 1876, and has voted the Democratic ticket continuously since. Provided, That no white man shall be ex cluded from participation in the Democratic party, who shall take the pledge required by the Democratic party, and -whose name has been enrolled on the Democratic club list five days before the said primary election, and who is otherwise qualified under the constitution and rules -of the Democratic party to vote in the primary elections: Pro vided, further, That in the coun tv of Charleston no person shall be registered upon a club list or -club roll, except upon his writ ten application, signed by him self and witnessed by at least one witness who shall subscribe his name as such and residence, the said appiicant setting out his residence by street, numbei and w ard (where these designa t ions exist). The managers at each box at the primary election shall re quire every voter in a Democrat ic primary election to pledge himself to abide the results of the primary, and to support the non-linees of the party, and to take the following oath and pledge. viz: "I do solemnly .swear that I am duly qualified - to vote at this election accord ing to the rules of the Democrat ic party, and that I have not voted before at this election, and pledge myself to support the nominees of this primary." Rule 2. Every negro applying for membership in a Democratic - club, or offering to vote in a D~emocratic primary election, must produce written statement of ten reputable white men. who shall swear that they know of their own knowledge that ap plicant or voter voted for Gener al Hampton in 1876, and has vo ted the Democratic ticket con tinuously since- The said state ment shall be placed inl the bal lot box by the managers. and returned with the poll lists to the county chairman. The man agers of election shall keep a separate list of the nanmes of all neg~ro voters, and return it with poll lists to county chairman. No person shall be permitted to vote unless he has been en rolled on a club list at least five ~\..,,days before the said primary geffiVOn anid has-been a resident o 'e State one year and ~bfte couny ~which he seeks enroll ment 60 day~preceding the next general election: Provided, A That in the county of Charles ton the voter must h-ave his name cn the club list at least 60 days befoi-e the said primary election: Pr-ovided. .further. Th~lat in the county of Charles ton the club rolls shall be tiled with the county auditor at least 60 days before the pri mary election The club lists shall be inspect ed by and certified to by the president and secretary and turnemd ove-r to the managers to be used as the registry list. Rule :3. Each county execu tive committee of the De)mocrat ie party in this State shall meet on or before the first Monday mn August of each election year,. and shall appoint three manag ers for each primary election precinct in their respective coun ties who shall hold the piimarv elctior provi(leA unuhC the Dei ocratic constitutioln. inl accord ance 'with the acts of the gener al assembly of this State regu lating primary elections, the cen stitution of the Democratic par tv of this State, and the rules luerein set forth. The names of --h mnawagers may be publish 4azu2 the chairman of (aci county executive coniuittee inl on' or more county papers at least two weeks before the elec tion. Rule 4. Each voter in said pri mary shall vote two ballots, on which shall be printed the name or names of the candidates vot ed for by him for each of the of fices to be filled, together with the names of the office. The tickets to be yoted shall be fur nished by the State and Ecounty executive committees respect ively, and shall contain the names of all the candidates for the respective offices and no oth er tickets shali be used. The tickets to be voted shall be in the following forms, one for United States Senator. Governor. Lieutenant governor. Secretary of State. Comptroller general. State treasurer. Adjutant and inspector gen eral. State superintendent of edu cation. Attorney general. Railroad commissioner. The other with spaces to suit the different counties. For congress.........district. For solicitor.........judicial cir cuit. State senator. House of representatives. Sheriff. Judge of probate. Clerk of court. County supervisor. Coroner. County superintendent of ed ucation. Treasurer. Auditor. Magistrate. Master. County commissioners. No vote for house of represen tatives will be counted unless it contains as many names as the county is entitled to representa tives. Rule 5. The managers of elec tion shall open the polls at 8 a m, and shall close them at 4 p. i.: Provided. That in the city of Charleston the polls shall op en at 8 a. mn., and close at 6 p. m. After tabulating the re sult, the managers shall certify the same and forward the ballot box, poll list and all other pa pers relating to such election, by one of th'eir number to the chair man of the i~espective Democrat ic county executive committees within 48 hours after the close of the polls. At any election when the right of a person to vote is chal lenged, the managers shall place the vote so challenged in an en velope and endorse thereon the name of the voter :and that of the challengers, and the person so challenged shall be allowed to vote, and the challenged votes shall be kept separate and apart and not counted, but turned ov er to the co,unty executive com mittee, who shall at its first meeting thereafter hear all ob jections to such votes, and no one appearing to sustain an ob jection madle at the polls the bal lot shall be removed from the envelope and nmingled with the regular ballots and counted, but bwhere the challengers ap peao rouce itneses in support of the challenge, the committee shall proceed to hear and determine the question, and in all instances the voter shall have the right of appealing to the State executive committee. (Amendment 1912.) Rule 6. The county Democrat i executive committee shall as iemble at their respective court houss o the~ morning of the second day after the election on or before 12 o'clock M.. to tabu late the returns and declare the results of the primary, so far as the same relates to members of the general assembly and coun tv otties, and shall forward im mediately to the chairman of the Staite executive committee t Columbia, S. C., the results ot the election in their respect ie counties, for ILnited States senator, State officers, congress men and solicitors. Rule 7. The protests and con tests for county offices shall be Ifiled within two daysanfter the election with the county .-hair man of the executive commit tee, and said committee shall hear and determine the same at its first meeting thereafter. The State executive committee shall hear an(d decide protests and contests as to United States sen ators. State officers, congress men and solicitors, and three days shall be allowed for filing the same after the decision of the county executive committee Provided. That no member of the county executive committee shall, act in any contest wherein his candidacy is acted on, and provided further that no mem ber of thd State executive com mittee shall act in any contest wherein his candidacy is acted on. Rule 8. Candidates for the general assembly and for c'>un ty offices shall file with the chairman of the county execu tive com'mittee a pledge in writ ing to abide the results of the primary and support the nomi nees thereof. Candidates for other ofices shall file such pledge with the chairman of the State executive committee, Provided That the pledge of such candi date be filed on or before 12 o' clock, meridian, of the day pre ceding ithe day fixed by the county executive 'committee or the State executive committee for the first campaign meeting of the county or State, respect. ively: Provided, further, That in Ch:rleston county the candi dates for congress, solicitor ana county offices shall file their pledges and pay their assess ments within the time fixed by the county executive committee No vote for any candidate who has not paid his assessment nor complied with this rule shall be counted. The following is the form of the oath: "As a candidate for the office of-, in the Demo cratic primary election. to be held on the last Tuesday in Au gust, 1912, I hereby pledge my self to abide the rdsults of such primary and support the nomi nees thereof, and I declare that I am a Democrat and that I am not, nor will I become the cand idate of any faction, either pri vately or publicly suggested, other than the regular Demo cratic nomination." If the can didate is runnin~g for the United States senate, or for the United States house of representatives, this additional pledge shall be required: "I will support the po litical principles and policies of the Democratic party during the term of office for which I may be elected, and work in accord with my Democratic associates in congress on all party ques tions. This the-day of--, 191-." Provided, that after the time for filing such pledges and be fore the close of the ejection, should any candidate die, it shall be the duty of the State or county executive committee (as the case may be) to afford the opportunity for the entry of oth er candidates for the office in volved. and should such death occur more than twenty days1 before the first primary, then said committee shall make pro vision for other additional cand idates entering the race, but if said dleath occurred after said twenty days, then the balloting for said office shall not be at the succeeding primary, but at such other times as may be fixed by said committee, and that they shall provide for- the filing of pledges. (Amendment 1912. Rule 9. In the primary elec tion herein provided for, a ma jority or the votes cast shall be; necessary to nominate candi datep. A second primary, when necessary, shall be held two weeks after the first, as provid ed for under the constitution of the party, and shall be subject to the rules governing the first primary. At said second pri mary the two highest candidates alone shall run for any one of. ice, but if there are two or more vacancies for any particular of fice, then double the number of candidates shall run for the va cancies to be filled. For in stance, in a race for sheriff the two highest shall run. Rule 10. In the event of a 'tie bet we en two candidates in the second~ primary, the county chirmnan, if it is a county of fice, and the State chairman, if it is a county office, and the State chairman, if it is for ficers, congressman, or solicitors. shall order the third primary. The question of a majority vote shall be det.:rmined by the num ber of votes cast for any partic ular office, and not by the whole number of votes cast in the primary. Rule 11. Each county execu tive committee shall furnish the managers at each precinct two ballot boxes, one for State of ficers, and the other for con gressmen, solicitors and county officers. Rule 12. All candidates must ubscribe to the following pledge, as required by the act of the eneral assembly and file the ame with the clerk of the court of common pleas for the county in which he is a candidate, .un less he should be a candidate in more than one county, in which case he shall file same with the ecretary of state, before he 3hall enterupon his campaign, o-wit: "I, the undersigned . . of the county of . . . . and tate of South Carolina, candi for the office of . . . . . hereby pledge that I will not give nor spend rnoney, or use ntoxicating liquors for the pur: pose of obtaining or influencing votes, and that I shall, at the onclusion of the campaign and efore the primary election, render to the clerk of court (or ecretary of state as herein be ore provided) under oath, an temized statement of all money pent or provided by me during bhe campaign for campaign pur poses up to that time and I Euriher pledge that I will im ediately after the primary 4ection or elections that I am :andidate In, render an Itemized ;tatement' under oat h. showing ill further moneys spent or pro ided by me in said election." JNO. GARY EVANS, Dhair. State Dem. Ex. Con. CHRISTIE BENET, Secretary. State Campaign Dates The followinug is the itinerary ~or the State campaign: Gaffney, Thursday, August 8 Spartanburg, Friday, Aug. 9. Union, Saturday, August 10. Newberry, Tuesday, Aug. 13. Laurens, Wednesday, Aug 14 Greenwood, Thursday, Aug 15 Abbeville, Friday, August 16. Anderson, Saturday, Aug. 17. Walhalla, Tuesday, Aug. 20. Pickens, Wednesday, Aug. 21 Greenville, Thursday, Aug 22 enatorial .Campaign The following is the itinerary or the senatorial campaign: Union, Thursday, Aug. 8. Gaffney, Friday, Aug. 9. Yorkville. Tuesday, Aug. 13 Lancaster, Wed., August 14. Camden, Thursday, Aug. 15. Chester, Friday, Aug. 16. Winnsboro, Saturday, Aug 17 The County Campaign The (dates of the county cam paign mieeting.s as adopted at the rneeti>g of the county execu ive committee, are as follows: Central, Saturday, August 10. Antloch, Thursday, Aug. 15 Mile Creek. Friday, Aug. 16. Cateechee, Saturday, Aug. 17 Dacusville, Thursday, Aug 22 Pumpkinto wn, Friday, Aug 23 Pickens, Saturday, Aug. 24. OUR TICKET ~ ~'WILSON AND MARSHAL ~ The People's Candidates, a/ tWinning Ticket, the Next President and Vice President , WANTED-300 cords good dry pine wood 4 ft. long. Will pay $2 .50 per cord delivered at Pickens Mill, tf Pickeis, S. C. CASTOR IA - For Infants and ChildrenR. Tbe Kind You Have Alwaps Sought ooooooooooooooooooooooooo<oo000 o What Others Say C 00 0000000000000000000000000000000 Roanoke World. Two or three months ago Mr. W. G. Baldwin, head of the Baldwin-Felts detective agency, was on a train travelling south. The train was running between Baltimore and Washington and --ill was proceeding peacefully until a tall passenger of fine ap pearance began to squabble with the cond:uctor about a drawing room. The car con tained three drawing rooms, two of which, the conductor as serted, had been sold and were occupied, and the third was on sale in Washington and could not be assigned until after Washington was reached. He gave the passenger every assur ance that after the train arrived at the capital the drawing room would be turned over to him and that he could make use of it during the remainder of his jour ney. The passenger was far from satisfied. With oaths and ex cited gestures he walked up and down the aisle, raving and curs ing at the cpnludtor, calling him f liar and abusing him in a most indecent manner, Among other utterances of this passenger, shoutipg so that he could be heard in every cor ner of the car, was the theatri cal declaration that he was the governor of South Carolina, and that the conductor, should he not deliver one of the drawing rooms immediately, would not be allowed in South Carolina; that through the governor's in fluence (?) he should lose his po sition. He spoke in most vio lent manner. Every person on the c.ir, man and woman, was indignant, and in discussing the incident, did not hesitate to ex press an opinion decidedly em phatic. The names of a num ber of them were given the con ductor in order that he might use them in setting forth his po sition and explaining his con duct. Detective Baldwin, indignant as the rest of the persons in the ca~r, asked if the disorderly per son were really South Carolina's governor. "That's Coleman L. Blease," he was assured. On his return to Roanoke De tective Baldwin wrote a letter to the Pullman company, set ting forth the facts in the case, and the reply received by him gave assurance that the conduc tor was in no danger of losing his position. So far as we know that conductor is still on the job and the convictions of the pas sengers remain the same-that ilease is a very absurd and dis graceful speciman of humanity. What Georgia Would Do. Augusta Herald. Whatever may be one' s indi vidual opinion as to the truth or falsity of the multitudinous charges of misconduct and malfeasance. in office-which come from man sources against the governor of South Carolina, there is, perhaps, no one who can escape the very definite and painful impression that the good old State of South Carolina presents a most humnil ating spectacle in having as her governor a man against whom so many and such seri ous charges can be brought. To say that the chief execu tive of a great State should be like Caesar's wife, above sus picion, is merely to say that everyone knows and feels-and certainly, Cole L. Blease has not so conducted himself as to be above suspicion. For instance, the charge has been made, not merely by Thomas B. Felder and the Burns' detectiyes, but by the Mayor of Charleston-a man in very closest touch with the situ ation, and a former friend and supporter of Blease-that the governor of S3outh Carolina ap pointed one Stothart as "chief constable" of Charleston, and that Stothart ~has svstemati cally collected "graft" from the liquor dealers of that city, agreeing to give them "protec tion" in return for their month ly payments. And Charlestor liquor dealers have confessed t< buying this protection frort Stothart-tie' governor's an pointee. Ohers confided t< Deeciv1 W iwlson"_the inform ation that Stothart openly pro claimed that he was represent ing the governor in the. matte: and that the bulk of the "graft' money went directly to th( governor. Now, this may or may not bE true, and most men will doubi the credulity of any and all of the witnesses directly involved in these alleged transactions. But it is a' serious charge; one that seems to be pretty well es tablished, at least so far as Stothart is concerned-and yet the governor of South Carolina permits Stothart to remain as "chief constable" at Charleston. The guestion naturally follows -why? At least one thing is certain; if Stothart really had authority from the governor to levy "toll" on the Charleston liquor dealers, as charged, then the governor dare not discharge him. For the obvious reason that he knows too much-and would tell. But if the governor is in no way involved in this Char leston scandal, he owes it to himself and to the dignity and honor of his State to dismiss Stothart sumnarly. Will he do it? It remains to be seen. But by action, or non action, he may be fairly judged in this particular matter, In this connection, it may not be out of place to refer to the fact'that the governor of South Carolina, In his usual chaste and dignified manner and for the evident purpose of making votes by arousing a feeling of rivalry or enemity be tween South Carolina and Georgians-saw fit to refer. to the governor of Georgia as a "Sap-seeded watermelon-head ed governor," and to Georgians in general as "pimps and cowards," all. Having thus forced a com promise- if, indeed, insult from such a source may be consider ed such-we can scarcely escape the observation that if the State of Georgia had a governor who was compelled to deny That he sold pardons for cash That he was hand-in-glove with-known "grafters" - That he had accepted pay for defeating legislation - That "blind tigers" contri. buted large sums to his cam paign fund That he was a beneficiary of "graft" collected from liquor dealers Or if Georgia had a governor who could so far forget himself and the dignity attaching to his high office, as well as the respect due his people, as to use the language that Cole L. Blease has repeatedly used on the stump in South Carolina. There would be found enough good men and true in Georgia to drive such a man from the gubernatorial chfir without ceremony- if not through the ballot box, by means more drastic. And that, we confidently be. lieve. is what the good people of South Carolina will do with Blease-provided the good peo ple are not woefully in the minority in that State. Fraternal Orders, As we see it, an injustice has been done the great order of 'Red Men of South Carolina by the recent declaration of a mem ber that he would have two men fired out of the member ship because he disliked them. To which they replied that the threat was a jest as they are too well known to their fellow mem bers for the charges to be be lieved. Does this great fraternal and social order belong to any one man or set of men, to'be order ed around like a flock of sheer -or are they men, independent in mind, in thought. in speech! This reminds us of the claims of some politicians that they~ carry the vote of the factory people in their vest pockets. What an insult to the factory people! The intimation is thai they are a class of no personality who will be lead by the nos< because of ignorance, or will b< induced to false ideals, througi prejudice. We have kno-in secret ordei to be ridden,' like their owi mythical gcrts, by candidate: for office. '.e have knowi -candidates for tge legislature t, FOR IMPROVEMENT OF COUNTY ROADS Act Passed at Last Session of Legislature Concerning the Im,,rovement of Roads In This County AN ACT TO PROVIDE FOR THE ISSUANCE OF Tows -- ONDS FOR ROAD IM ROVEMENTS IN THE COUNTY OF PICKENS. Section 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, That any township in the county of Pickens wishing to issue coupon bonds for such township's road improvement, shall file with the Supervisor of said county a petition in writing, signed by at least one-third of the qualified electors of said township, asking that the question of issuing bonds for such township be submitted to the qualified electors thereof at a special election to be held therein, which petition shall clearly set forth the amount of such bonds, the issue or issues thereof, the date or dates the bonds are to bear, the rate of interest, the denomination and the date or dates o maturity thereof, the road or roads it is desired to be improved, and whether the work is to be done by contract system or o1herwise. Sec. 2. Upon filing the peti tion in accordance with the re quirements herein, the County Supervisor shall order an elec tion submitting to the qualified electors or said township the question of issuing such bonds as prayed for in the petition, at which election each elector shall also vote for three persons, to be known as the Road C->m missioners of such township, and at least thirty days' notice of such election shall be given by publication in one or more newspapers published in the county. At such election all qualified electors residing in such township shall be allowed to vote at a voting place within the township, whet her register ed for the voting place at which he offers to vote or not. The County Supervisor shall have prepared for the use of the voters a sufficient number. of ballots, on one half of which shall be plainly printed or ~writ ten the words, "For the Issue of Bonds," and on the other half the words, "'Against the Issue of Bonds." The Supervisor shall also appoint three manag ers to conduct the said election, receive the returns, and de clare the result of the election, which shall be in duplicate, and one filed with the County Super visor and the other with the County Auditor, and in all other respects the election shall be conducted according to the law governing general elections. The notice above provided shall: state the place and time at which said election shall .be held. Sec. 2. If a majority of the votes cast in such election shall be "For the Issue of Bonds," the County Supervisor and County Tre :surer shall cause suitable bonds to be prepared and sold in accordance with the terms set forth in the petition for the election. The said bonds shall be executed by the County Supervisor and under his seal and countersigned by the County Treasurer, who shall join every order in sight that they might get votes thereby. We~ have known others to aspire to high rank in fraternal orders who were elected delegates to this, that or the other conven tion. That is very fine. Long trips with expenses paid by the poor "brethren" at home whose noses are so close to the ritual that they cannot appreciate that they themselves are being made goats and their order with its high purposes is being degraded byv selfish .men. We would not assert that such is the case in these wide awake days. but has it not been done? Reflect upon this. In fact fraternal orders have been used to mock the very purposes for which t hey were intended-un selfishness. brotherhood, the sinking of self to serve others, n atriotism. ragister the same and fle copy of said register with the County Auditor. The namiss of such officers may be.litfio graphed or engraved or prinie upon the coupons of ~said' boids Sec. 4. The three periMu N ho shall have received. the highest number -of votes at such election for Road Conms sioners, if such election shall be declared to be "For the Ise of Bonds." shall be declared elected as such Commissionprs, ed-.e duly commissioned -by the Governor, and shall organ ize by electing "Qne. of their number as chairmkaand an other as secretary, and l known as Road Commissio township. Such Comm shall have prepared plamnd specifications for the improve ment of the road or roads, ali set forth in the petition for the election, and may employ a Civil Engineer or other person supervise said work. If .t' petition shall ask for the con tract system of work, the Com missioner shall award the con tract or contracts to the lowest bidders after due notice by pub-: lication, and shall \require the 3 successful bidder or bidders to to enter into bond for one of the contract price, condition ed for the faithful performance Af their contract. Sec. 5 A report of the expend itures of funds itemized and verified by the Road Commission hall be filed in the office of the County Supervisor at least every ixty days. and the same shall be open for public inspectiori. Sec. 6. The proceeds arising from the sale of the bonds undr the terms of this Act urned over to I County Treasurer and by him placed to the credit of the township issu ing such bonds, and paid out nly upon the warrant of -the Road Commission of such town hip, and approved by the Jounty Supervisor, who shall keep a record thereof, and a separate account thereof shall be kept by the'County Treasut r; the County Treasurer shall be liable on his official bond for said funds. Sec. 7. After said bonds shall iave been issued, the County Auditor shall annually levy a tax upon all property, real'and personal, in said township suf fcient to meet the interest~ on_ 3.id bonds as it shall mature, and also to provide a sinking fund to, retire said bonds at maturity, and the Treasurer shall collect said tax, pay the interest coupons as they shall mature, and with the County Supervisor shall loan such as shall be set aside for the sinking fund to pay said bonds at ma turity to some solve~l re rated bank or banks within the county to the best advantage until such funds shall be needed to retire the bonds. Sec. 8. The members of the Y Road Commission as herein pro- J vided for shall each give bond .S in the sum of one thousand ~z dollars, conditioned for the faithful performance of their duties, and-shall receive as com pensation the sum of five hun- - dred dollais per annum. Sec. 9. The Road Commission - as herein provided for shall con tinue in office for four years, at which time their tyrm shall ex pire. If it shall be made to ap pear to the satisfaction of the Supervisor that it is necessary or desirable to continue the said - Road Commission for any town. ship. at the expiration of the term herein provided for, he shall order another election for the successors to the said Road Commissiorr, who shall be elect ed, qualified and shall have the. powers and duties as are herein prescribed. Sec. 10. This Act shall go in to effect inimediately upon its. approval. This Act was presented to the Governor the~ 16th day of Febru- - ary, A. D. 1912, and was not returned by him to the House in which it originated within three days, the General Assemb ly being in session.-CODE COx MIssIoNER. FOR SALE-I have 300 acres fine farm land for sale, 12 miles - from Pickens, at $5 per acre. Several good tenant houses, a large b)arn, plenty water, good neighborhood. Will cut to suit purchser. J. T. Taylor, Pickens, S. C.