The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1896-10-14
GENERAL ELECTION.
Tuesday, November
3, A. ID. 1896.

lFor Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secre-
tary of State, Attorney General, Comp
trouer 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.
| A n ELECTION WILL BE HELD All THE
IA several voting precincts established by
law In Abbevile County on Tuesday. Novem-
ber the 3rd, proximo, a. D. 1896. for the follow
ing officers to wit: Governor, Lieutenant
eral, Com ptroller General, AdJutant and In
spector General, State Treasurer, Superin-
tendent of Education. Railroad Commission
er, Solicitor of the Eighth judicial Circuit,
five members OF the House OF Representa-
tives, School Commissioner supervisor, Clerk
of Court, Sheriff, Coroner, Auditor and Treas
urer OF the county.
| The polls shall be opened at seven o'clock
In 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
termisslon or adjournment; and the Man
ayers shall adm mister to each person Offering
| to vote an oath that he Is qualified TO vote at
the election according 10 the constitution Of
the State and he has not voted during the
| election.
There shall be separate and distinct
ballots for the following officers, to
wilt: l. Governor and Lieutenant. Governor.
Q. Other State officers. 8. Circuit solicitor.
Representatives. 8. Comfy officers. !. Rep.
! resentatives in Congress. 3. Presidential
electors, on which shall be the name or
names OF the person or persons voted for as
lc1 oh off fl
which they are voted.
The managers shall take and subscribe be-
fore any officer authorized TO administer
oaths, the following oath.
~ do solemnly swear Tor affirm) that am
duly qualified, according to the Constitution
of this State, to exercise the duties OF The or
flee to which have been elected, (or appoint
edD and that will, to the best of my ability,
discharge the duties thereof, and preserve,
protect, and defend the Constitution OF this
State and OF the United states. do further
since the first day of January, in the year
eighteen hundred and elghty.one, engaged in
q duel as principal or second or otherwise {;
and that will not, during the term or office
engage in a duel as principal or second or
otherwise. So help me Cod"
The managers may appoint clerk to assist
them IN their duties who 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, as the nature OF the election sha II re-
aure. 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 desg-
} mated and labeled. II; IN counting, Two or
gether compactly, only one shall be counted,
The other must be destroyed but II they
bear different names all must be destroyed
and none counted. If more ballots shall be
found on opening the box than there are
names on the poll list, all the ballots shal 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
7 number of names on the poll list. Within
three days thereafter the Chairman of the
Board OF Managers, or one OF them to be des-
ig mated In writing by the Board, shall deliv.
, er TO the Commissioners Of Election the poll
list, the boxes containing the ballots and
written statement OF the result OF Inc elec'
tion In his precinct.
The following named persons have been
appointed managers OF election of State and
o Abbeviie G. HI. S. Graves, w. B. Goings,
MT. CARMEL. L. Taggart, w. L. Miller,
Walter Boyd.
WIllington-Joe Link, John Hemminger,
Cokesbury-C. c. Reid, Jesse Lomax, C. L..
Smith.
Greenwood-J. L. Hughey, ]. S. Jay, w. j.
Rook. VIVA
George Anderson.
Do5aldsvllle-I. B. Young, E. L. Waldrop.
Due West-R. H. Armstrong, D. B. Ellis,
AntrevilIe-J. H Power, J. N. Knox, L. o.
Robinson.
Lowndes sville-B. A. Bell, J. G. Thomas,
Magnolia~R. o. Bell. A. O. Grant, Garvln
Edge. ~
CIatworthy's Cross Roads-Alph Lyon, A.
T. Brown, Jas. Crawford.
McCormick--J. B: Holloway, w. d. Har-
Hoo Hodges @ IT. e. PoIhill, ]. H. McCord, T. w.
Pace.
Taggart.
Bradley-G. P. Hughes, j. NJ. Bannister, R.
H. Wooddell.
George Robinson.
Verdery-Wm. Purdy, VIM. Lomax, Jr.,
G. w. Foster.
The managers appointed are requested to
designate one Of their number as chairman
who must meet the Commissioners OF Elec-
tion on Friday and Saturday SOth and Slst
purpose OF being sworn in and receiving
boxes and instructions for conducting the
F.A. Cook, Chairman,
WA. Lanier,
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