Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1896-10-28
ELECTION NOTICE


For Representative for the Fifth
Congressional District of South
Carolina in the Fifty-fifth Congress
of the United States and for Nine
Electors for President and Vice
President of the United States.
A n ELECTION will be held on
NOVEMBER, 1896, at the legally estab-
iished polling precincts of York county,
for REPRESENTATIVE for the Fifth
Congressional District Of South Carolina
in the FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS OF
THE UNITED STATES, and for NINE
ELECTORS for President and Vice
President of the United States.
The location of the polling places shall
not be nearer than ten yards of the place
designated by the managers of the State
and County elections for holding the lat
ter elections.
The following named persons have been
appointed managers of the Federal elec-
ton in York county, to wit:
Antioch-D. T.. Black, J. L. Starr, w.
H. Dunlap.
Biacksburg-J. w. Thomson, w. F.
Dye, f. A. Trescott.
Bethel. w. Jackson, J. Hope Adams,
III. E. johnson.
Bethany-John A; McMackin, J. D.
Smith, n. A. Howell.
Blairsville-C. s. Good, w. T. M. Beard,
w. r. Burgess.
Bullock's Creek-W. j. Brown, E. j.
Wylie, w. E. Good.
Buffalo-W. P. Tolbert, R. E. Porter,
w. Fl. Camp.
T. Thomas.
Coates's Taven-J. R. Gettys, j. s.
Glasscock, w. P. Draffin.
Clark's Fork-W. II. Mcknight, Rob-
ert Moss, R. NJ. Wallace.
Ebenezer-W: H. Edwards, w. H..
Stewart, S. A. Fewell.
Fort Mill-Frank Pegram, G. P. Blank
enship, w. H. Crook.
Forest Hill. B. Brown, j. w. Sim
ril. w. J. Nicely.
Hickory Grove-T. P. McDill, R. l..
A. Smith, r. L. Pursley.
McConnellsville-J.T T. Crawford, j. L.
GLADDEN., G. L. Moore.
Newport-J. j. Edwards, w. e. Gettys,
T. w. Jackson.
Rock Hill. R. Oates, VIM. 'Whyte,
F. B. Thomasson.
sharon-Dr. J. H. saye, J. M. Sims,
John NJ. Russell.
Smyrna. J. Scoggins J. w. Quinn,
J. Meek Whitesides.
Tirzah-J. J. Miller, T. M. Oates, j.
Yorkville-Edward Mcfarland, R. R.
McCorkle, r. L. Wilkerson.
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 in case no manager has been appointed
for such poll, it shall be lawful for the
voters pl esent at the precinct 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
reasonable time, they shall take charge
of and conduct the election.
The polls will be opened at SEVEN
o'clock in 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
person offering to vote, all oath that he il
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 eiector Of
fering to vote at this election, before al
lowing him to vote-in addition to the
production OF registration certificate
proof OF Inc payment of poll tax six
months before said election of any poll
tax then due and payable. The produc-
tion OF certificate, or of the receipt of
the officer authorized to collect poll taxes,
shall be conclusive proof of the payment
thereof.
@s- Within three days after the elec-
ton, the chairman of the board of mana
gers, or one of them to be designated in
writing by the board, shall deliver to the
commissioners of election, the poll list,
the boxes containing the ballots, and a
written statement of the result Of the
election in his precinct.
ly> One of the managers from each OF
the polling precincts above named, is
hereby required to meet the Commission
ers of Election, at the court house in
Yorkville, on SATURDAY, THE 31ST
DAY OF OCTOBER. 1896, to receive in
structions for conducting the elections on
the THIRD DAY OF NOVEMBER,
1896, and to receive the ballot boxes.
Come prepared to take two boxes.
2. NJ: BURRIS, Chm, Commissioners
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