The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-10-14

OFFICIAL NOTICE.IS HEREBY GIVEN
" that an election will be held on aoe Tues e.
The following officers, 10 wit:
For Congressman for the Third Congress
ionai District of the State of South Carolina
In the Fify-fifth Congress of the United
States of America; for two Presidep ia
Electors at Large; and for seven Presidential
Electors being one Presiden tial Elector from
each Congressional District
The polls shall be opened. at sucn Young
places as shall be designated, at { ociock
in the forenoon. and close at 1 o CLOCK
in the afternoon OF the same nay bose q hours
without entermsSlon or adjournment anu
the Managers shall administer TO each per
son offering 10 vote an oath mat ne is quail
fled to vote at this election. according to the
Constitution OF the State, and that he has
not voted during this election.
The managers shall take and subscribe be-
fore any officer authorized 10 adnlnlster
oaths, the following oath.
II do solemuly swear (or affirml that am am
duly qualified, according to the Constitu.ioff M on
OF this State to exercise the duties OF the oi
flee TO which have been elected, Tor apP00iitnC
ed and that WILL to the best or my aolilty'
discharge the duties thereof, ana presserhaie, ,hiS
nrotert and defend the Constitution OF inns
Stete and of the United States. l do further
solemnly swear (or affirm) that L nave nol
since the first day of January, In the year
eighteen hundred and eighty-one, engaged IN
n duel as principal or second or otherwise;
and that will not, during the term of Office
10 which have been elected (or appointed)
engage in a Cd duel as I prGinGdiPal God or second or
The managers may appoint clerk to assist
them in their duties who shall take the oath
above set forth.
TO Section 9 of AN act to provide
for holding elections in this State, approved
the 9th day Of March. A. D. 1885, which
At tbs general election for the year
1896, and all speciat elections thereafter
held up to the first day Of January, A. ID
1898, the Managers of Election shall require Of
every elector offering to vote at such election.
before allowing him to vote. in addition to
the production OF a registration certifhcate
proof of the payment OF poll tax six months
before said election Of any poll tax then due
And also to Section IL of the same act
which reads as follows.
AT the close Of the election the Managers
and clerk shall immediately proceed publicly
to open the ballot box and count the ballots
therein, and continue such couut, without ad-
iurnment or Interruption, until the same Is
completed and make suIh en- sta.ement ,6a 6a Ine na
ture of the election shall require. No ballot
shall be counted upon which there shall ap-
pear the name of an officer or the name OF
person in connection with an office other
than that which the box In which such bal
lots Is found shall be designated and labeled
If in counting, two or more like oailots snail
be found folded together ompactiy, only one
shall be counted, the other must be destroy
ed but they bear different names all must
be destroyed and none counted. II more bal
lots 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 Inc Managers or
the clerk shall, without seeing the ballots,
draw thereirom and imme edlately destroy as
many ballots os ON thh poll list. Within three
DAYS thereafter the Chirman OF the Board OF
Managers or one, of them 10 be designated In
writing by the Board, shall deliver to the Cont
missioners of Election the poll list, the boxes
containing the ballot and written statement
of the result of the election in his precinct.
And also to Section 2 OF AN act TO provide;
offenses against the election laws approved
March 9th, 1896 which reads as follows:
III any OF the Commissioners or Managers
of Election, or any member OF the State or
County Board Of CanVassers. or any member
of the Board of Registration, or Supervisor
of Registration, or any officers on whom
uny duty is imposed by the election or regis
tration laws, shall be guilty Of any willful
he shall be deemed guilty OF a misdemeanor
punishable by fine not exceeding five hun
dred dollars or Imprisonment at hard labor
not exceeding one year.
pointed TO manage said Election by the
Board of Commissioners Of Election for Alb
beville county. TO wit:
Managers OF Federal election for Abbeville
Abbeville c. H:-G. H. Moore, NJ. N. Patter.
son, T. NJ. Christian.
Mt; GarRel@Wi; G. w, H. Brough' Dock May
Willington-Oscar Gown, Samuel Cowan,
Cokesbury-s G. Merriman, ]. C. Moore, s.
+. HerndOn.
Greenwood-C. A. e. Waller, ]. w. Lites,
Sinety.six-R. m F. McCaslin, G. Med. Miller,
Donalds-L. A. Shannon, w. ]. Donnald, j.
w. Mattison.
Due West-John Black, L. S. Burton, Maxy
Donnald.
Antreville-J. w. Power, Il. y. McAdams,
Sam Wakefield.
LowndeSville- George Wilson, ). +. Epps,
Enoch Nance.
Magnolia-D. l.. Wardlaw, j. >. Norwood
Long Cane-D. c. Calvert, Dock Bowie, T. ).
Robinson
Clatworthy's Cross Road-T. P. Thomson j.
Il. Brown, Jr., Andy Crawford.
McCormick-J. F. Edmunds, j. w. Turnage,
Hodges. A. McCord, r. ]. Nickels, L. X.
Troy-W. T. Bradley, F. T: Young, j. l..
Russell.
Bradley-J. H. Chiles, Jr., E. w. Watson,
Jones-W. i. Jones, j. H. Blackwell, ]. H.
Oulla.
Verdery-J. l.. White, ]. v. Scott, Hillery
Devlin.
The Managers appointed are requested TO
designate one OF their number as Chairman
who must meet the Commissioners OF Elec-
tion at Abbevile Court House on Friday and
Saturday the 30th and 3lst of October A. D.
1896, at 10 O'Clock q. m. for the purpose of
being sworn in, receiving bexes and instruc-
tons for conducting the election.
NJ. E. Hollingsworth, Chairman.
SO. Young,
John II. Sanders,
Board of Comm issoners for Congressional
Election.