The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-10-07
OLD SOILS TIME TO RULE.
TO-DAYes BATTLE AT THE POLLS
TO BE FOUGHT BY sun TIME.


time. Superintendent Stubs has decid-
ed that sun time is legal time in Georgia
and that in order to avoid any technical
objections that might arise from any
source it is best to use the time most COM
monty recognized throughout the state.
Neither the 18th nor the 90th meridian
standards of time have ever been formal
ly recognized by law in this state. The
former is used in Savannah and Augusta,
and the latter in Macon and Atlanta.
The polls will open at 724 o'clock this
morning, city time, and win close at GA
o'clock tonight by the same time. The
voting windows will be raised at 7:2O
O'Clock, when the managers will exhibit
their empty boxes to those on the outside
and at 724 o'clock the receiving of ballots
will begin.
By request of Superintendent Stubs the
managers and clerks of the election met
him in the Office Of the county commits
sioners at the court house yesterday af-
ternoon. After some preliminary re-
marks Mr.. Stubs read the following in
strueuons:
First-An the managers and clerks will
assemble in the office of the county com
missioners at $50 o'clock "a. M sharp,
city time, where the oaths will be admin
dstered and all other preliminaries ar
ranged.
Second-Promptly a 1920 o'clock, city
time, the managers will open the windows
a their respective locations and in the
presence of the assembled voters open the
box in which the ballots are to be deposit
ed and turn it upside down so as to show
that it is empty after which they shall
close and lock the box in fun view of the
voters and shall at 7:24 sharp proceed to
receive the ballots of the voters.
Third-The box shall at all times remain
in full view of the voters and he shall be
allowed to remain and see his ballot num-
bered and placed in the box.
Fourth-When a voters ballot has been
deposited in the box the manager who has
the voters list shall Immediately run a red
line through the name.
Fifth-Each side shall be allowed one
challenger at each box, and these two
alone will be allowed to stand on the out
side of the window.
AS soon as a name is called, if either side
desires to challenge the vote it must be
announced and the ground stated. The
manager will at once swear the voter,
write on his ballot challenged for (here
stating ground and sworn" and the list
keeper shall make the same entry oppo-
site his name on the list
Sixth-Promptly at 6:A the windows
shall be closed and the voting cease at
every box.
At this time the sheriff will admit into
the court house a representative of each
local paper and thirty gentlemen-ten
from each side or faction, three of whom
will be allowed to go to each box and be
present at the count.
Seventh--The boxes shall be unlocked
In he s.ft R..a,
tiemen and all of the managers and clerks,
and the count shall begin and proceed in
the following manner: One manager shall
remove the ballots one by one and real
the names, beginning at the top and 60
ing down in the regular order, the clerks
each shall keep a tally sheet, and ono
shall announce aloud the tally as each
name is called. AS the calling of the
names on a ballot is completed it shall
be handed to another manager, who will
at once proceed to string the ballot until
all the ballots in the box have been strung
IN the regular order in which they were
called.
Eighth-Upon completing the call and
count at each box, the managers viii
place the ballots Gas strung), the tally
sheets and voters lists, in the voters box
lock the box and they with the clerks.
Will proceed to carry the box and lists and
tally sheets, into the Office of the county
commissioners, where the superintend-
ents headquarters will be, and where the
vote Will be consolidated, according No
law.
Justice Samuel Reynolds objected to the
seventh provision on the ground that il
would take all night to count the ballots
by this method as no time could be saved
by adding up the number of straight tick
cts on each side, and it would be necessary
10 call every name on every ticket Mr..
Stubhs admitted that it would require
much longer to make the count by this
method, but that it was the only way of
ansuring absolute certainty of fair count
which is what he is determined to have
1t Will be noted that instead of all the
boxes being carried to one room imme-
diately the polls are closed, and all the
ballots counted there the managers are
required to count the ballots in the same
rooms in which the election was held and
they will not be brought together to con.
solidate the vote until the count at the
boxes has been completed
The following arrangement of boxes was
announced:
First Distribution No. l, tax collectors
office; vote at York street window. Boz
No. 2, Bull street window, tax collector
office
Second District-Window of county at
torney's Office, Bull street
Third District-Window of tax recelv-
er's office, President street.
Fourth Dlstrict-Box No l, second win.
dow from the President street arch, coun,
~ commissioners office. Box No. 3 win.
dow of ordinary's Office, President street
Fifth and Sixth Districts-York street
window, county treasurer's office.
Seventh and Eighth Distrcts-Yorl
street window Of the Office Of the superior
court clerk
The election will be conducted by the
following gentlemen:
Superintendent of Election-W. B
Stubs.
First District-First Box--R. Wickhan
J. &C. A. Lamotte, Julian Schley Second
Box-G. Z. Bevans, j. p; II. Garwes
John r. Young.
Second Dlstrict-Waring Russell. Jr., j
F.. Charles Collman. J. p; c. S. Wood
Third District-W. II. Patterson, J. +.
N. Naughtin, J. p; J. f. LaFar.
Fourth District-First Box-Samue
Reynolds J. p; r. w Baughn, ]. IL
Cavanaugh. Second Box-John Fitzger
aid, j. p; Joseph p, Figg. John Nicolson
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Fifth Distriot-B. j. Mcintyre. ]. p.
w l.. Grayson, J. r. Cain
Sixth Dstrict-Wash Nelson. ]. P: w
i. Wall. G. A Mercar Jr