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FITZGERALD ENTERPRISH
" Yolume XI
FOLLOWING ARE THE RULES
. FORSTATE PRIMARY AUG. 22.
The following are the rules
adopted by the state Democratic
executive committee toits meet
ing Monday: .
1., That a Democratic pri
mary election be held on the 22d
day of August, 1906, in each of
the 145 counties of the state, at
which all white Democratic vot
ers who have registered in 1905
or 1906, not less than ten days
before said primary, shall have
an opportunity to cast their votes
for Democratic' candidates for
the following offices, to-wit:
Governor, attorney general, sec
retary of state, comptroller gefi-1
eral, chief justice of the supreme‘
court, treasurer, commiSsioner]
of agriculture, state school com
missioner, three associate
justices of the supreme court,
one United States senator, one
prison com missioner, judges of
the superior court, solicitors gen
eral, And the democratic exeu
tive committee in each county is
hereby directed to prepare and
furnish to the managers of such
Democratic primary a list of the
qualified voters in said county
nader the terms hereinafter pro-
Videdo ;
2. The namesof all Democrat
ic candidates for offices to be fill
ed as stated above, shall appear
upon the official bailot, and shall
be voted for directly, the voter
striking o said ballot the names
of all those-candidates for office
for'whom he does not desire to
vote, and leaving on said ballot
the vafmes of those candidates
for whom he wishes his ballot to
be couated. ;
3. That on August 23, 1906,
at noon, the Democratic execu
tive committee of each county
gshall assemble in the county
courthouse, and consolidate the
vote and declare the resuft, and
in each coun‘y where any candi
date for office shall have received
a plurality of the vote cast in
that county for said primary
election, the- delegates selected
from such county to the state
convention shall be considered as
instructed to cast the votes of
said county for such candidate
in the state convention, and the
chairman of the Democratic ex
ecutive committee of such coun
ty shall appoint as delegatcs%
gaid county to the state corven
tion such Democrats as the caa
didate for governor entitled to
the vote of such county shall des
ignate in writing, Each county
ghall be entitled to two delegates
for each member that it is entitl
ed to in the house of representa-
tives. All vacancies in delaga
tions shall be filled in the same
manner as prescribed above for
the original appointment of dele
gates. But pocounty shall send
more delegates than it is entitied
to individual votes in sajd conven
tion.
4. The state Democratic con
vention, composed of deicgates‘
selected in the manner aforesaid.l
shall assemble in the auditorium!
in the city of Macon on the fourth {
day of September, 1906, to noml
pate a state Dempcratic ticket
for the above pamed offices.
5. Ia each judiciat circuit,
where the judge or solicitor]
general is to be elected, the
white Demoratic voters in the
several counties shall express
their choice on the same ballet
as hereinbefore provided for,
and under the same terms as to
gualifications for electors. Itis
ordered further that the vete of
'the several counties in each cir
cuit for judge and solicitor gen
eral shall be consolidated by the
county executive committee of
each county, certified to by said
committee, forwarded to the
chairman of the state Democ
ratic executive committee, whose
duty it shall be to consolidate
the vote of the several counties
in each circuit for judge and so
licitor, and to report the result
of such consolidated vote to the
state convention, which shall, in
‘turn, declare the result and
make nominations accordingly
for the several circuits. All can
didates for judge and solicitor
general receiving the highest
vote in their respective circuits
shall be placed on the state tick
et as the Demoratic nominees
for said offices. - ;
6. The official ballot to be
voted in said Democratic prim
ary election shall have printed
thereon the following caption:
“STATE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY
ELECTION, 1906. ~
“By voting this ticket, I here
by declare that I am an organi
zed Democrat, and I hereby
pledge myself to support the or
ganized Democracy both state
and national.” p
No ballot cast in said primary
election without such. caption
and obligation shall be counted
by the managers. .
7. While white voters, with
out regard to past political affllia
tions, who desire to align them
selves with the Democrat'{c party
are hereby invited, in good faith,
to participate in said primary,
this invitation is extended only
to such voters as accept it in the
same spirit of good faith in
which it is extended.
Inasmuch as there has arisen
a controversy as to the intent of
the word ‘‘align” in the fore
going, we declare that, as herein
used, it means to join the or
ganized Democratic party and
become a Democrat in good
faith.
8. In case of a vacancy oc
curring in the office 'of judge or
solicitor general in any circuit of
the state, the chairman of the
state Democratic executive com
‘mittee, is hereby authorized to
call for a nominating primary
[election ia such circuit to fill the
vacancy in ample time before
the election shall be had. -
9, The chairman of this com
mittee shall prepare a form of
official ballot to be used in said
Democratic primary election,
containing the caption prescribed
above, and the names of all can
didates for the offices named in
paragraph 1, and shall furnish
the same to the chairman of each
county Democratic executive
committee ia the state at least
ten days before said primary
| election. '
10. In the event any ticket is
voted in said primary electipn,i
with the name of any candidate
for any of the aforesaid offices
omijtted therefrom such ticket or
tickels shall be declared invalid,
and shall not be counted. 1
11. No person shall have the
right to vote in said democratic
primary eléction whose vote has
been purchased, and no candi
‘date who buys or procures to be
bought votes in said primary
shall receive the nomination of
his party, and the democraticex-
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THRICE-A-WEEBIK
FITZGERALD, GEORGIA, THURSDAY, MAY 3, 1906,
| LIST OF CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED
' FOR SAN.FRANCISCO SUFFERERS:
' TheEnterprise........‘.... $5OO
| Herman‘5mith.,..............(............... io 80
R MR i vactiik B @ R sl dies - 308
Licd Rollings i...iveiessesasss®es it soivid 1400
BX. Farmaer .. ;! vidvd by il .o viw s vant O 500
W. R. Bowen% 5.00
- Benevolent Society yet to be eard from.
The following list was collect
ed by Hon. B. E. Wilcox and
forwarded by Mayor Drew
Paulk: ;
B. E. Wilcox. . ¢%8.00
Rev. T. G. Davis. 5.00
E. P. Wightman. c S
J.G. Knapp. 200
G. W. Smith. 2.00
J. D. Dorminy. 1.00
L. J. Smith. .50
T. M. Griffin. 2.00
Lon Dickey. 1.00
Z. B. Borden. o
J.A. Day., - e
G. C. Johnson. 1.00
Cash _ 4. 100
A. J. Dixon. 1.00
D. L. Turner. 1,00
H. B.lsler. > .25
J. C. Rogers. ‘ 1.00
J. L. Googe. .50
C. M. Wise.’ 1.00
J. W. Roewell. 1.00
George Boney. .50
D. N, Taylor. .50
John Gray. 1.00
D. W. Paufk. : 1.00
Col. Tom Luke. Lo
Cash. _ .25
Cash. : 25
Dr. Polhill. 1.00
Cash. 1 5.00
J.E. Turner, - 1.00
P. A. Lotich. 3 1.00
R. A. Smith.{ 1.00
L. O. Tisdell. 5.00
W. B. Hammock. .50
J. M.B Russell. .50
G. F. Robinson’ ; 25
S. M. Whitchard. .50
Claud Wilson. .50
W. H. F. Lee. 25
R. M. Boney. > .50
L. Boney. .50
S. A. Keefer. 25
O R. Walker. 25
Tom Dickey. .50
Wm. Wagnon. 75
I Goldenberg. 1 000
R. H. Seors. .50
B. T Camp. ; .50
J. M. McDonald. 1.00
J. D. McDaughlin. 1.00
G. F.Kircher. 1.00
John Gibbs. 1.00-
H. A. Pickord. 50
H. A. Adams. . .50
Harry Rogers. =5O
B. Reid. . + 1.00
W. R. Paulk. 50
Elias Paalk. ' .50
J. B. Senor. 1.00
T. J. Mcßae, : 1.00
L. M. Currie. .50
C. Kilburan. .50
J. B. Smith. so|
One of Fitzgerald’s Young
Ladies.
Miss Birdie Swords of this city
whois teaching at Wray, willl
close school Thursday night,
with the play—*‘'The Old Maids’
Convention.” In four months;
time the school house has been
painted, yards cleaned, and fence
ready for erection. On the in
side a collection of pictures, maps
and darwings adorn the wall.
‘Windew shades throwa subdued
light on the studious occupants,
and an organ completes the com
plication. This illustrates the
power of an energetic teacher.
By simple subscription lists
which orignated through her in
genuity, $30.00 were collected
' within two weeks, and the re
mainder, which was '540.00 re
sulted from abox social, The
box bringing the greatest
amount was Miss Birdie’s which
[ TITTS ST I ITITTICITTIITIT I N
John Beall, ; 1.00
Ethel Rivere. 1.00
Cash. ' . 1.00
Cash. e
Cash. 25
Cash. : : .06
E. W. Skinner. .50
M. D. Holt. 25
H. G. Powell.. .25
J. C. Story. - .50
A. Friend. 25
W. H. Hawks. _ .25
L. B. Wilcox. .50
C. G.Sandlin. , .25|
Samuel Grier. 1.00
Thomas Smith, 25
Jos. Rosenblatt .50
Johnson Hardware Co. 2.00
Dr. W. L. Julian, 1.00
Cash. : : 25
E. W, Nelson. \ 1.00
J. A. Selby. ; .50
A. B. Cook. 200
A. H. Thurman. : .50
Miss Birtha Twiss . .50
J. Hawkins Coodman. ~ - 2.00
M. H. Grover. +5O
R V. Hanle S5O
A}Eiwrm.hfexmtfle_ Co. 1.00
F. B. Knapp. .50
J. T. Dixzon. .25
‘O. D. Lee. : 25
D. B. Mull, : 1.00
R. L. Jones. .50
W. T. Paulk. ’ 1.00
Cash. S 0
Wiley Williams. .1.00
J. F. Scott., - .25
L. L. Hall, .50
I. M. Cripe. 50
Chas Walker. "y 1.00
E}sh. . .50
ash. ¢ " 50
L. Hobby. - 1.00
George Harris. ».501
Henry Sapp. .50
Stoney Glover. .I.oo‘
E. T. Chambless. 5.00
L. W. Meakin, 2.00{
%imons Bros. : .50
. J. Abrams, 200
E. W. Harker. 25
H. M. Warren. 2.00
I. Gelders. - 2.00
E. W, Stetson, 1.00 ‘
L. Kenedy. 2 50|
Capt. Wm. Friend. 50
W. H. Marston, 1.00
J. I. Crawford. .50
C. A. Jolly. .50
Katie Booker. .50
F. J. Hansen. 200
J $139.91
The local lodge of Odd Fellows
contributed e T SESOO
Knights of the Maccabees 5.00
was $4.00,
At the age of 15 she graduated
at G. N. C. and B. 1. at Abbeville,
Ga. made 20d grade liscene and
taught a successful school near
Osierfield, The next year she
made first grade and taught at
Abba., and now she has made a
reputation for herself that will be
hard 1o excel. The patrons
of the Wray school are unani
mous in their belief that they.‘
have the most energetic, capable}
and successful teacher in Irwin
County, and are doing their uts
‘most to secure her service for
the coming year. Whether she
will acceptor not, it is not known.
Loved by patrons and pupils (and
perbhaps by soME that are NIETHER
patrons or pupils) success invari
ably crowns her efforts.
She leaves for Mayo, Fla., Sat
urday, where she will enter
school. |
: & subscriber,
“Hal Mark™*
T
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generally interested in music in its
artistic sense, cannot know the great
achievement and progress in piano
construction and tone, without.in
vestigating the refined output of the
Cable Company. :
That ‘‘Hall Mark” is on all of our goods. '
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