The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-10-21
GENERAL ELECTION,
Tuesday, November
;, A. ID. 1896.

tary of State, Attorney General, Comp
troller General, Adjutant and Inspector
General, State Treasurer, Superintend-
ent of Education, Railroad: Commission
er, Solicitor for 9Th judicial Circuit,
Five Members of the House of Represen-
tatives, School Commissioner, supervi-
sor, Clerk of Court, Sheriff, Coroner,
Auditor and Treasurer for the County.
STATE'OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF ABBEVILLE.
AN ELECTION WILL BE HELD AT tn 2
IA several voting precincts established by
law In Abbeville County on Tuesday, Novem.
ber the 3rd, proximo. A. D. 1885, for the follow.
ing officers to wilt: Governor, Lieutenant
Governor, Secretary of State, Attorney Cen
eral, Comp ptroller General, AdJutant and In
spector General, State Treasurer, Superin-
tendent Of Education. Railroad Commission
five members OF the House OF Representa-
tives, School Commissioner, Supervisor, Clerk
of Court, Sheriff. Coroner, Auditor and Treas
urer of the county.
| iu the forenoon and close at four o'clock In
the afternoon OF the day Of election, and shall
be kept open during these hours without IN
| term ission or adjournment; and the Man.
ayers shall admins to each person Offering
| to vote an oath that he is qualified TO vote al
| the election according TO the constitution oi
the State and he has not voted during The
| election.
There shall be separate and distinct
ballots for the following officers, to
wit /. Governor and Lieutenant. Governor.
| 2. Other State officers. 8. Circuit solicitor
4. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. 5. Members OF the House o
Represen Latives. s. County officers. 7. Rep
| resentat1ves in Congress-. =. Presidential
electors, on which shall be the name OF
names OF the person or persons voted ior as as
such officers, respectively, and the ONCE lor
which Ihey are voted.
, The managers shall take and subscribe be-
| fore any officer authorized to administer
oaths, the following oath.
81 do solemnly swear Tor atfrm) that am
duly qualified, according TO the Constitution
of this State. to exercise the duties of the Of.
flee to which have been elected. Cor appoint
discharge the duties thereof, and preserve
| protect, and defend the Constitution OF this
State and Of the United States. do further
solemnly swear (or affirm that have not
since the first day OF January, in the year
eighteen hundred and eighty.one, engaged In
duel as principal or second or otherwise
and that will not, during the term or office
to which have been elected ,(or appointed.
engage In duel as principal or second or
otherwise. So help me God"
| The managers may appoint clerk to asslsl
them in their duties VINO shall take the oath
above set forth.
Managers and clerk shall Immediately
proceed publicly TO open the ballot box and
count the ballots therein, and continue such
count, without adjournment or Interruption
until The same is completed, and make such
statment OF the result thereof, and sign the
same, az the nature or 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 Is found shall be desig-
mated and labeled. If, In counting, Two OF
more like ballots shall be found folded 10
gether ompactIy, only one shall be counted
| the other must be destroyed; but II they
bear different names all must be destroyed
and none counted. II more ballots shall be
found on opening the box than there are
names on the poll list, all the ballots shall be
returned to the box and thoroughly mixed
together, and one Of The Managers or the
clerk shall, without seeing the ballots, draw
therefrom and Immediately destroy as
many ballots as there are In excess Of the
number of names on the poll list. Within
three days thereafter the Chairman oil the
Board OF Managers, or one of them to be des
ignated In writing by the Board, shall deliy
er to the Commissioners of Election the poll
list, the boxes containing the ballots and u
written statement of the result OF the cleo
tlon In his precinct.
The following named persons have been
appointed managers OF election OF Slate and
Abbevliie c. HI. S. Graves, w. B. Goings
II. II. Wardlaw.
Mt. CARMEL. L. Taggart, w. L. Miller
|
WIllington-Joe Link. John Hem mminger,
Sam Mcbride.
Cokesbury-C. Z. Reid, Jesse Lomax, C. l..
Smith.
Greenwood. L. Hughey, j. S. Jay, w. j
Rook.
Ninety .six-John Turner, NJ. A. Hit
George Anderson.
Do5aldsvllle-I. B. Young, E. L. Waldrop
Due West-R. H. Armstrong, D. B. Ellis
| G. N, Nick les.
Antreville-J. H Power, J. N. Knox, L. o.
Robinson.
Lowndesville-B. A. Bell, ]. c. Thomas
MagnoIla~R. o. Bell. A. O. Grant, Garvin
Long Cene-W. R. Mundy, s. w. Mcouerns,
John H. Nickles.
CIatworthy's Cross Roads-Alph Lyon, A.
T. Brown, Jas. Crawford.
| McCormck-J. b. Holloway, w. d. Har-
mon, l.. H. Edmunds.
Hodges-T. E. Polhill, J. H. McCord, T. w.
Troy. w. Lyon, ]. C. Kennedy, J. L.
| Taggart.
Bradley-G. P. Hughes, j. NJ. Bannlster, r..
| H. Wooddel.
Jones-Frank Morrison. w. H. Hughes,
George Robinson.
The managers appointed are requested TO
designate one Of their number as chairman
who must meet the Commissioners OF EIec.
tion on Friday and Saturday Both and 8lst
days of October at ten o'clock A. n. for the
purpose OF being sworn In and receiving
boxes and instructions for conducting the
| election.
F.A Cook, Chairman,
| w. A. LaDier,
| Il. H. Hughes,
Board of missioners for State and
County election Tor Abbeville.