The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-10-28


tary of State, Attorney General, Comp
roller General, Adjutant and Inspector
General, State Treasurer, Superintend.
ent of Education, Railroad; Commission.
er,r Solicitor for 9Th Judicial Circuit,
Five Members of the House of Represen-
tatives, School Commissioner, superH-
sor, Clerk of Court, Sheriff, Coroner,
Auditor and Treasurer for the County.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF ABBEvILLE.
AN ELECTION WILL BE HELD Ar THE
"A several voting precincts established by
Der the 3rd, proximo, A. D. 1896. for the follow
ing officers to wit: Governor, Lieutenant
Governor, Secretary Of State, Attorney Gem
eral, Comptroller General, AdJutant ana IN
spector General. State Treasurer, Superin-
tcndent OF Education. Railroad Commission
er, Solicitor Of the Eighth Judicial Circuit,
five members OF the House OF Represen Ia
tives, School Com missione er, Supervisor, Clerk
of Court. Sheriff, Coroner, Auditor and Treas
urer of the county.
The polls shall be opened at seven o'clock
In the forenoon and close at four O'Clock In
be kept open during these hours without In
term isslon or adjournment; and the Man.
ayers shall administer To each person Offering
To vote an oath that he Is qualified 10 vote at
Va
the State and he has not voted during the
election.
There shall be separate and distinct
ballots for the following of1cerS, TO
wit: l. Governor and Lleutenan t-Governor.
Q. Other State officers 8. Circuit Solicitor:
a. .... 5. Member OF the House OF
Representatives. s. Comfy officers. 2. Rep.
resentatives in Congress. 8. Presidential
electors, on which shall be the name or
names OF the person or persons voted for as
such officers, respectively, and the office for
which they are voted.
The managers shall take and subscribe be-
fore any officer authorized 10 administer
oatns, the following oath.
81 do solemnly swear Tor a1ilrm) that l am
duly qualified, according to the Constitution Sf
flee to which have been elected, (or appoint
ed,) and that will, to the best of my ability,
discharge the duties thereof. and preserve,
protect, and defend the Constitution OF this
State and of the United States. do further
solemnly swear Tor affirm that 1 have not
since the first day of January, in the year
eighteen hundred and eighty.one, engaged In
a duel as principal or second or otherwise
and that will not, during the term OF ot1ce
to which have been elected (or appointed)
engage In q duel as principal or second or
otherwise So help me God"
The managers may appoint clerk 10 asslst
At the close of the election the
Managers and clerk shall Immediately
count the ballots therein, and continue such
count without adjournment or Interruption.
until the same Is completed, and make such
| staLment OF the result thereof, and sign the
same, as the nature OF the election shall re-
ouire. No ballot shall be counted upon
which there shall appear the name OF an
officer or the name OF person In connection
with an Office other than that which the box
| in which such ballot IL found shall be desig-
| mated and labeled. If. in counting, Two OF
more like ballots shall be found folded TO-
yether compactly, only one shall be counted
The other must be destroyed; out II tney
bear different names all must be destroyed
and none counted. If more ballots snail be
found on opening the box than there are
names on the poll list, all the ba llots shall De
returned to the box and thoroughly mixed
clerk shall, without seeing the ballots, draw
therefrom and Immediately destroy al
many ballots as there are In excess OF the
number of names on the poll list. Within
three days thereafter the Chairman of the
| Board OF Managers, or one of them to be des
ignated in writing by the Board, shall dellv,
er TO the Commissioners OF Election the poll
| list, the boxes containing the ballots and q
written statement of the result of the cleo
tion In his precinct.
The following named persons have been
appointed managers OF election OF State and
o0an,s xbbsviie Gnec.S G. HIS 10 Graves w. B. aongs
| H. Il. Wardlaw. w
Mt. Carmel-J. L. Taggart, w. L. Miller
WiIljngton-Joe Link, John Hemminser
Gokesbury-C. c. Reid, Jesse Lomax, c. L.
smith. -,
Greenwood-J. L. Hughey, ]. S. Jay, w. j
Rook.
Ninety .six-John Turner, NJ. A. Hit
Do5aldsville-I. B. Young, E. L. Waldrop
J, G. McDiil.
Due West-R. H, Armstrong, d. B. Ellis
G. N. Nickles.
AntreviIIe-J. H. Power, ]. N. Knox, L. o
Lowndesville-B. A. Bell, ]. c. Thoma!
Tom Clinkscaes.
Magnolia-R. o. Bell. A. o. Grant, Garvir
Edge.
John H Nickles.
CIatworthy's Cross Roads-Alph Lyon, A
T. Brown, Jas. Crawford.
MecqrisickIJ: (, j. b. B; Holloway W. D. Har
Hodres-T E. PoIhill, J. H. McCord, T. w
Pace.
Bfadley-G. P. Hughes, ]. NJ. Bannister, R
| II. Wooddell.
Jones.Frank Morrison. w. H. Hughes
George Robinson.
Verdery-Wm. Purdy, VIM. Lomax, Jr.
The managers appointed are requested tt
designate one OF their number as chairman
who must meet the Commissioners OF EIec
tion on Friday and Saturday 3Oth and S!s
days of October at ten o'clock A. NJ. for tht
purpose OF being sworn In and recelvlnt
boxes and instructions for conducting INT
F.A. Cook, Chairman,
| w. A. Lanier,
| r. Fl. Hughes,
Board Of Commissioners for Stale ant
| County election Tor AbbeVtlle.