Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-10-24
ELECTION NOTICE
For State and County Officer,

FOR SIdtC anu Souucy ohlSShc'
AN ELECTION will be held on TUES
II DAY, the THIRD OF FNOVEMBER,
1896, at the legally established polling
precincts in York county, for the follow
ing officers, to wit:
Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secre-
tary OF State, Attorney General, Comp
troller General, Adjutant and Inspector
General. State Treasurer, Superintendent
of Education, Railroad Commissioner,
Solicitor for the Sixth Judicial Circuit,
State Senator, Four Representatives in
the General Assembly, Sheriff, Clerk OF
the Court of Common Pleas and General
Sessions, County Supervisor, County
Superintendent of Education, and Cor
oner.
The following persons have been ap-
pointed managers of the election OF state
and county officers, to wit:
Antioch-S. E. McFadden, j. B. Davis,
J. H. Steele.
Blacksburg-D. L. Brown, E. R. Sa-
pooh, D. D. Castor.
Bethel-R. Meek Barnett, F. Z. Clin-
ton, D. G. Stanton.
Bethany-E. w. Pursley, ]. E. White
side, Felix Quinn.
Biairsville- H. G. Caldwell, H. J.
Sherrer, II. A. Gwinn.
Bullock's Creek-Kelly Inman, w. T.
Smarr, E. NJ. Bankhead.
Buffalo-W. d. CASTOR, G. Q. Webber,
A. F. Moore.
Clover-W. J. Davis, w. D. Moore, w.
Coates's Tavern-T. NJ. Allen, ]. Wylie
Roddey, H. NJ. Lineberger.
Clark's Fork-J. G. McMill, w. M.
Faulkner, John L. Martin.
Ebenezer-A. B. Fewell, A. K. Smith,
unfnbinSDp
" Fort Mili-C. T. Crook, B. F. Massey,
Forest Hill-W. L. PlaXico, T. L. Boyd,
J. J. Brandon.
Hickory Grove-J. E. Leech. B. F.
Scoggins, H. R. Neal.
McConnellsville-J F. Ashe, j. D.
Mcconnell, Robert Conrad.
Newport-L. j. Lumpkin, S. P. Pierce,
Rock Hill-v. B. McFadden, G. A.
Cowan, w. T. Sturgis:
Sharon-John D. Hamilton, John A.
Byers, James r. Kennedy. q.
Smy yrna-R. p1--~Whitesides, j. A
Hope, r. It. Castles. --.
Tirzah-A. NJ. Black, A. Hope,
F. P. Hoffman.
Yorkville-T. w. Clawson, J. L. Moss,
]. E. Carroll.
In case all of the managers shall fail to
attend at the time and place for poll at
any precinct, or shall refuse or fail to act,
or i'm case no marager has been appoint
ed for such poll, it shall be lawful for the
voters present at the precint voting place
on election day, to appoint from among
the qualified voters of such precinct, the
managers to act as managers in the place
and stead of the absent managers, and
any one of the managers SO appointed
shall administer the oath to the other
managers: Provided, That in case the
legally appointed managers attend IN a
reasonable time, they shall take charge OF
and conduct the election.
The polls will be opened at SEVEN
O'Clock i'm the forenoon, and kept open,
without intermission or adjournment,
until FOUR o'clock in the afternoon, at
which time the polls shall be closed and
the votes publicly counted.
Every elector is required to vote at the
polling place at which his registration
certificate entities him to vote.
The managers shall administer to each
nersOn Offering to vote, al oath that he Is
Qualified to vote at this election, accord.
ing to the constitution of this State, and
that he has not voted during this election.
In addition to the oath, the managers OF
election shall require of every elector Of
fering to vote at this election, before al
lowing him to vote-in addition to the
production of registration certificate
proof of the payment of poll tax siN
months before said election of any pol
tax then due and payable. The produc-
ton of certificate, or of the receipt o.
the officer authorized to collect poll taxes
shall bc conclusive proof Of the payment
thereof.
Eis- Within three days after the election
the chairman of the board of managers
or one of them to be designated in writ.
ing by the board, shall deliver to the
commissioners of election, the poll list
the boxes containing the ballots, and &
written statement of the result, of the
election in his precinct.
M" One of the managers from each o.
the polling precincts above named, is
hereby required to meet the Commissions
ers of Election, at the court house il
Yorkville, on SATURDAY,, THE 3lSI
DAY OF OCTOBER, 1896, to receive in
structions for conducting the elections OF
the THIRD DAY OF NOVEMBER
1896, and to receive the ballot boxes. Come
prepared to take six boxes.
ID. &. CLARK, Chm, Commissioners
A. w. GLADDEN., St.te and Count,
J. NJ. TAYLOR, Elections.