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Campaign and Primary.
State Executive Committee
Makes Arrangements.
The State Democratic executive
committee met last Light in the of
fice of the secretary of state and
made all the arrangements for the
coming State campaign. The sched
' ule which has been arranged was
carefully prepared in advance, and
little or no changes were made in it*
The committee then went to work
'..on the preparation of the party mles
governing the primary elections
They had to be changed to meet the
requirement? for a direct primary for
United States senator. The oath
required was changed 60 as to make
a man swear that he would ''support
the nominees*' instead of "abide the
* result" of the primary. The ques
tion of assessments of candidates
was raised and very fully argued, a
final protest against the assessments
being made when the committee
reached a final adjournment at 1:15
o'clock this morning The commit?
tee had a fight over Charlton affairs,
and the city by the sea fared better
than usual. The proceedings were
conducted with open doors.
The only absentees were the mern
bers from the counties of Abbevilje,
Beaufort, Georgetown. Greenville,
Kershaw, Laurens, Newberry and
Oconee.
H At the outset Colonel Jones, the
treasurer of the committee, reported
that he had $1,300 in the treasury
It was thereupon decided that the
railroad fare? of the members should
be paid. Dr Williams wanted all
expenses paid Mr Stanland said
that the committee had never before
'paid his fare.
Mr McSweeney offered a schedule
of the meetings which he said had
been prepared with great care. As
will be seen it was adopted almost
without change
The schedule of the meetings was
then adopted in f?ll, as follows :
Manning, Monday, June 22
Kingstree. Tuesday. June 23
Georgetown, Wendesday, June 24
Conway, Friday, June 25.
Marion, Saturday, June 26.
M o nek's Corner, Monday, June 29
Charleston, Tuesday, June 30
Walterboro, Wednesday, July 1
Beaufort. Tuesday, July 2
Hampton, Friday. July 3.
Sumter, Monday, July 13
Camden, Tuesday, July 14 r
Lancaster, Wednesday, July 15.
.Chester, Friday, July IT.
Yorkville, Saturday, July 18
Chesterfield, Tuesday, July 21.
Bennetteville, Wednesday, July 22.
Darlington, Thursday, July 23
Florence, Friday, July 24
Barnwell, Monday, July 27.
Aiken, Tuesday, July 28.
Edgefield, Wednesday, July 29.
Saluda, Saturday. August 1
Lexington, Monday, August3.
Winnsboro, Tuesday, A'ugust 4.
Columbia, Wednesday, August 5.
Orangeburg, Tuesday, August 6,
Newberry, Friday, August 7
Laurens, Saturday, August 8.
Union, Monday, August 10.
Spartanburg, Tuesday, August ll
Greenville. Wednesday, August 12.
" Pickens, Tuesday, August 13.
Oconee, Friday, August 14
Anderson, Monday, August 17
j Abbeville, Wednesday. August 19.
Messers. Neal,* Efird and Mr.
Montgomery where appoicted a com?
mittee lo remodel the rules for the
campaign and primary
The assessments on the candidates
v were discussed. There was a motion
to fix them as they had been in pre?
vious years.
The county assessments many
wished to fix as heretofore also
Co!. Jones made a report for the
committee as to the assessments,
which contained the following pro
* visions : U S senator, governor and
congressmen, ?100 each ; Secretary
of State, comptroller general, attor?
ney general, superintendent of edu?
cation, superintendent of peniten?
tiary, superintendent of asylum,
State treasurer, railroad commission?
ers, liquor commissioner, U. S. dis?
trict attorney, U. S marshal, col?
lector of the port of Charleston,
$75 each, adjutant general, solicitors,
State chemist, $50 each, lieutenant
governor, collector of the port of
Beaufort, assistant U. S. district at
toeney, $25 each. Counties are as?
sessed $5 for each representative and
$10 for senator. The money is to be
paid on filing pledges, except as to ?
those who do not enter the primary i
(those who hold office now.) "We ! i
recommend that the State executive I
committee print tickets for all offi. ,
cers, U. S senator, congressmen and ! ?
solicitors and pay for them "
Mr. Durham moved to return half j
'the assessments to the defeated can i i
Hes. j ]
***era? champions of the "poor j <
j" candidate were heard from, j <
.id Mr. Durham's amendment was j i
adopted.
Mr. W. P. Evans wanted to know c
ti. counties were to be allowed to
assess the same men that the State f
committee assessed. r
Then Mr. M ay Held moved that nc: f
comity be allowed to assess any can- t
* 3ate for State oiiices. There was t
?derable debate. Many members f
not wish to have the Slate com- r
ee trying to interfere with local j s
ovemment in trie several ; ;
ities. i $
Mr. (Hayfield's motion was the
adopted, exempting State officers.
Mr Eefird theo offered thereport <
the special committee on rules. Mi
Efird read it through, explaining- th
changes from the old rules, thc mof
important being the change of th
pledge to supp?tt the party nominee
to the oath given the participants i
the primary.
Tue n?*w ruies were then adopted a
follow.-:
The following ruto? shall govern th
membership of the different suboniinat
Democratic clubs of this State, the qoli
fication of voters at the primary election
held by the p?rty. the conduct, of th
primary elections to be hehf on the la;
Tuesday (rhe 26;h day) of August. A
D 1896. and the second primary hel
two wreks later, if one be necessary:
Rule I. The qualification for member
ship in any subordinate club of the Derr.
ocratio party of this State, or for votin
at a Democratic primary, shall be a
follows, viz: The applicant for membet
ship or voter, shall be 21 years of age
or shall become so . before the suv -^ed
io g general election, and be aw.
Democrat, or a negro who voted fo
General Hampton in 1876 and wh
has voted the Democratic ticket con
tinously since. Provided, that n
white man thal! be excluded from par
ticipation in the Democratic primar]
who shall take the pledge required b;
the role of the Democratic part".
The managers of each box at th
pritcary election shall require even
voter iu a Democratic primaay eiec.tioi
to take the following oath and pledge:
"I do solmenly swear that ? am duh
qualified to vote at this election accord*
ing to the mles of the Democratic party
aod that I baye not voted before at thii
election, and pledge myself to suppor
the nominee* of the party.'7
Rule 2 Every negro applying foi
membership in a Democratic club, oi
offerine to vote in a.Democratic primarj
election, most pro.dnce $ writte'o state?
ment of IO reputable white meo, who
shall swear that they know of their owt
knowledge thai the applicant, ?r voter
voted for General Hampton ic 187t
and has voted the De-nccratic tickei
continuous since. The said statement
shallbe placed in the ballot box by toe
managers and returned with the pol!
list to the county chairman. The man
agers of election ahatl keep a separate
list of the names of all negro voters and
return it, with the poll list to the coun?
ty chairman.
No person shall be permitted lo vote
unless he has been enrolled on a club
list at least five days before the said
primary election.
The club lists shall be inspected
by and certified to by the president and
secretary aod turned over to the mana?
gers to be oord as the registry lists.
Role 3. Each county executive com?
mittee of the Democratic party in this
state shall meet on or before the fir*t
Monday in August ot eaob election
year and shall appoint three managers
for each primary eleotion precinct io
their respective counties, who shall
hold the primary election provided fer
under the Democratic constitution, in
accordance with tbe acts of the general
assembly of this State regulating pri?
mary elections, the COD s?t u ion of the
Democratic party of this State and the
rules herein set forth. The names of
such maoagers may be published by
the chairman of each county executive
committee tn one or mere county papers
at least two weeks before the electioo.
Rule 4. Illach voter io said primary
shall vote but two ballots, 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
io the followiog form, with spaces to
suit the different counties :
U. S. Senator.
Governor.
Lieutenant Governor.
Secretary of State.
Comptroller Genera).
State Treasurer.
Attorney Geoeral.
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Stase Superintendent of Education.
Railroad Commissioners.
For Congress-District.
For Solicitor-Judicial Circuit.
State Senator.
House of Representatives.
Sheriff.
Judge of Probate.
Clerk of the Court.
County Supervisor.
Coroner
County Superintendent of Education.
Treasurer.
Auditor.
No vote for house of representatives
?hall be counted unless it contains as
many names as the county is entitled to
representatives.
Rule 5. The managers of election
shall opeo the polls at 8 o'clock a. m.
ind shall close them at 4 o'clock p. m
After tabulating the result, the mana- j
yers shall certify the same and forward j
the bal'iot box, poll list and all other;
oapfrs relating to such election, by one :
)f their number or by thc executive ;
;ommitteeman to the chairman of thc '
.cspective Democratic county executive j
committees within 48 hours after thc
.lose of the poll.'*.
Rule (3. Thc county Pemocratie exe
jutive committees shall sssMruble at their
espective court, house? on tho morning 1
)? the se?o*id dav after the election :;t !
ir Cif>r<; 12 o'clock m., to tabulate '
he returns and d-cUre !Kr> result ni 1
ho primar?, so far ;?S the same le?ate?- !
members of the general assembly I
.rd county officers and sha1:1 forward ;
inmediately to the chairman of the
>tate executive committee at Columbia, j 1
the result of the election in their respec?
tive counties for congressman an solici?
tors.
Rule 7 The protests and content? for
county officers shall i>e filed within five
days after the election with the chair
tDan of the county executive committee,
and said executive commitrtee shall
hear and determine the same. The
State executive committee shall hear
and decide protests and contests as to
United States senators. State officers,
congressmen and solicitors and 10 days
shall be allowed foe filing the same
Rule 8. Candidates for the general
assembly and for county offices s'iall,
10 days previous to the primary elec
ction, file with the chairmao of the
county executive committee a pledge,
io writing, to abide the result of the
primary and support the nominees
thereof. Candidates for other offices
shall file such pledge with the chairmau
of the State Democratic executive com
ojiftoe on or before the 22d of June,
1896 No vote for any candidate who
has n~* complied with this rule shall be
counted.
Rule 9 Io the primary elections
hereio provided for, a majority of the
votes ca6t shall be necessary to Domi?
nate candidates. A second primary,
when necessary, shall be held two
weeks after the first, as is provided for
uoder the Coostitutioo of the party,
and shall be subject to the rules govern?
ing the first pr.Qjary. At said second'
primary, the two highest candidates
alooe shall run for aoy one office, but if
there are two or more vacancies for aoy
particular office, theo double the cum?
ber of caodidates shall run for the va?
cancies to be filled.. For instance, io a
race for sheriff the two highest shall
roo.
Rule 10 Io the event of a tie be
tweeo two candidates in the ?ecced pri?
mary, the couDty chairman, if it is a
couory office, and the State chairmao,
if it is a State office, for a Uoited States
spnator or for congress, or for solicitor,
shall order a third primary. The ques?
tion of a majority vote shall be deter?
mined by the number of votes eas: for
any particular office and not by the
whole number of votes cast io the pri?
mary.
Rule ll. Each county executive com j
mittee shali fur?ish tibe maoagers at ;
each preeioct two ballot boxes, ooe for ?
United States senator and State officers '
aod the other for congressmen, solici- '
tors and county officers.
-.-.
No dark Horses Allowed. ?
In the receotly adopted coostitutioo
of the Democratic party of this State
there is a provision that is of great im?
portance to caodidates, but which seam?
ed to bave escaped general atteotion.
The amendment reads : "That the
pledge of such candidate shall be filed
on or before the day of fbe first cam?
paign meeting of the couoty or State
respectively 99 Io other words, this
means that a candidate for a State office
who wishes to make the race and abide
by the result of the primary has to file
bis intention of running at the opening
of the campaign. Two years ago some
of the candidates did not appear on
the stump at all ; but this year the
intention seems to be to close the gates
as soon as possible aod avoid as far as
possible aoy ' dark horses" comiog into
the field
This is Bad.
WASHINGTON, Juoe 5.-Postmaster
Geoeral Wilson bas turned over to the
department of justice the case of the
Seaboard Air Lioe raiiroad. recom
mendiog the prosecution of officials of
that road if, in the opinion of the at?
torney general, such action is advisable, j
The papers io the case submitted to the
departmeDt of justice allege that the
Seaboard Air Line is guilty of an at?
tempt to defraud the goveromeot by
padding the mails during the month of
March last, daring which mooth the
test weighiog of mail matter over that
Hoe was made io order to form ao esti?
mate of the amount of matter carried
by the road which would eoable the
postofficc department to make a four
years contract for such service, aod fix
the rate of compensation.
P. D Armour, the Chicago million
aire is on trial before the board of
directors of the Chicago board of
trade for uncommercial conduct in
issuing short warehouse receipts for
grain.
Terre Haute, Ind, June 3-The
Travelers' Protective association this
afternoon unanimously decided to
make war on the railroad companies..
The national convention, in secret
session, adopted a resolution looking
to seem 2 legislation in the several
States fixing the fare for all passen?
gers at 2 cents a mile The earlier
part of the day's session was occupied
with hearing reports of committees
to which had been referred the an?
nual reports The committee on con?
stitution reported a number of amend
ments, which wil! be acted upon to?
morrow.
Ballimore, June .*!-The pas
?cngor elevator nf th? Kreidenwald
Printing company, Baltimore and
Kntaw streets, loll from the fourth
loor to the basement with an awful
;rash this morning. Fourteen men
md women were in tin.- car as it shot
lown the shaft The elevator con
?uctor had a miraculous escape,
;oming out uninjured The other lo
?ersons were terribly injured, broken
ega and arms being the fate of many
[Vo of the injured are in a dying
condition and others are badly ofi*
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS.
Jurie 4
Massia, the renegade Apache chief
and a tenor to southern Arizona was
killed a few dave ago by Indian
scouts.
P. M Arthur has beet) te-elected
chief of the Brotherhood of Loco?
motive Engineers
The Democrats of Kansas have
elected free silver delegates to Chica
go and it is predicted that they will
fuse with the Populists in the general
election
The free silver met) will control the
Virginia Democratic State conven?
tion. Senator Daniels has written
the platform and will be the leading
spirit of the convention.
The Prince of Wales horse Pereira
mor woue the Du by yesterday.
The Cheraw and chester R R has
been sold to an association of Lan?
caster merchants for $25,000. The j
road is 29 miles in length
The free silver men have 691 votes
and the goid men 206 in the Ken
tucky Democratic convention.
The Republicans have carried
Origon, and the next legislature ..ill ;
be overwhelmingly Republican
The Maine Republican State con-?
vention has declared solidly lor Reid |
and the gold standard
A severe eaithquake was felt in !
Colon, United States of Columbia, j
Tuesday.
The gold reserve in the U. S.treas:
ury has decreased to 106.932,621.
June 5.
Inquiry is being made as to the re?
sponsibility for the Moscow disaster, in
which about 1,500 persons were killed
Ar Newport, N. H , yesterday Mr.
Austin Corbin, his nephew. Corbin j
Edgell, and Mr. Paul Kuozier, with
Coachman John Stokes, started on a
fishing trip. In going out of the yard
the horses shied and overturned the j
carriage. Mr Corbin and the coach- |
man were killed and the others danger- ;
ously injured. Mr. Corbin was head of!
the Corbin Banking company of New
York, and was a very wealthy and !
prominent man, even for that city.
The attempted duel between Generals j
Campos and Barreros is the sensation of j
the hour in Madrid. j
A report of the ravishing of a Cuban j
woman and two girls, eight years old
by Spanish soldiers was received at Key
West last night. The victims were j
subsequently killed and buried in their
house.
Walter Joy, a patient in the State
asylum from Licking county, Ohio,
shot Thomas Cochran, another patient,
last night It is not known where Joy
got the revolver.
Mrs. Cleveland and children yester?
day went to Gray Gables, Buzzards Bay.
* ^toME, Jan? 4.-Ernesto Rossi, the j
distinguished Italian actor, died at Pee- j
cara today. He was boro at Leghorn
in 1829.
SAVANNAH, GA , June 4 -Adolph
Contradi, a member of Koseofeld's Or?
chestra at Ty bee beach, was drowned
to day at noon while bathing on the
beach in front of the hotel. Conradi
came here recently from Baltimore, j
where his parents reside. His body
was recovered and will be shipped to
Baltimore to-morrow.
June 6.
The June term of court in Kershaw
count}7" was in session but a day and
a-haif.
A negro woman and child were
burned to death at Cope. Orangeburg
county a few days ago.
A special to the Advertiser from
Selma, Ala, says : Tonight at ll
o'clock a difficulty occured between
Llewellyn Pitts and Ed Mollet, both
prominent men, in which the latter
was shot and perhaps fatally wound?
ed Mollet had been drinking and
went to the room of Pitts, 'where the I
difficulty occured. There were no
witnesses to the fight. Both men
emptied their revs?vers. Mollet was '
hit in the abdomen, and the ball pas-1
sed entirely through his body.
Ifit required an annual outlay of $100.00 j
to insure a family against any serious coose- ;
quences from an attack of bowel complaint
during the year there aie rcany who would
feel it their duty to pay it; that they coald
not afford to risk their lives, and those of
their family tor such an amount. Any one j
can get this insurance for 25 cents, that be- i
iog the price of a bottle of Chamberlain's'
Colic, Cholera and DUrrboea Remedy. In j
almost every neighborhood some one bas j
died from an attak of bowel complaint before j
medicine could be procured or a physician
gammoned. One or two doses of this reme- !
dy will cure any ordinary case. It never
fails Can you afford to take the risk for so j
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Machinery.
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Parties having second band machinery for sale will do well to confer with os.
We have several bargains on hand now in this lioe for those who wish to buy.
The Cheraw Machine Works
In addition to maki?g machinery manufacture about, the best Tobacco Barn
Flues to be bad anywhere, at very w prices.
H. B. Itlooni.
We have a Disston Saw Gummer for sale at a sacrifice.
NOWIS YOUR OPPORTUNITY.
Probably the last chance of
the season. One car load
Horses and Mules will ar?
rive about March 23d.
H. HARRI .
Sumter, S. C., March 20, 1896.
The Sumter
Music House,
J
NEXT DOUR TO POST OFFICE.
Pianos, Organ8 and Sewing Machines
of the best grade sold cheap for cash
:>r on ea6y terms. Old ones taken in
exchange for new ones.
-LEANING AND REPAIRING
DONE PROMPTLY.
NE I? LES. t;!LS,
A:: i pnr?? ot every Sewing Machine.
i
??Q have some rare bargains in j
'ianos, Organs and Sewing Machines, j
M. B. HANDLE,
Jai S. Manager.
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Mitt M
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Material.
f?fice ftp.Q Warerooms, King, oji-ositc Can?
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