The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-10-29
NOTICE OF ELECTION
For Representative in the 5Sth Con
gress, First District.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF CLARENDON.
Notice is hereby given that the Gen.
eral Election for Representative in
Congress will be held at the voting
precincts fixed by law in the county OF
Clarendon being Tuesday, November
+, 1902, said day being Tuesday follow
ing the first Monday, as prescribed by
law.
The qualifications for suffrage are as
follows:
Residence in the State for two years,
in the County one year, in the polling
precinct in which the elector offers tc
vote four months, and the payment six
months before any election of any poll
tax then due and payable: Provided,
That Ministers in charge of an organ
lied church and teachers of public
schools shall be entitled to vote after
six months residence in the State,
otherwise qualified.
Registration.
| Payment of all taxes, including poll
tax, assessed and collectible during
the previous year. The production Of
certificate or of the receipt of the
officer authorized to collect such taxes
shall be conclusive proof of the pay
ment thereof.
Before the hour fixed for opening the
polls Managers and Clerks must take
and subscribes to the Constitutional
oath. The Chairman Of the Board of Man
ayers can administer the oath to the
other Managers and to the Clerk: g
Notary Public must administer the
oath to the Chairman. The Managers
elect their Chairman and Clerk.
Polls at each voting place must be
opened a o'clock a. m. and closed at
O'Clock p. M, except in the city of
Charleston, where they shall be open
ed at a. m. and closed at 6 p. m.
The Managers have the power to fill
vacancy, and if none of the Managers
attend the citizens can appoint from
among the qualified voters the Mana
gers, who after being sworn, can con-
duct the election.
At the close of the election, the Man
ayers and Clerk must proceed publicly
to open the ballot boxes and count the
ballots therein, and continue without
adjournment until the same is complet-
ed, and make statement of the result
for each Office and sign the same.
Within three days thereafter, the
Chairman of the Board, or some one
designated by the Board, must deliver
to the Commissioners Of Election the
poll list, the boxes containing the bal
lots and written statements of the
result of the election.
The following
MANAGERS OF ELECTION
have been appointed to hold the election
at the various precincts in the said
county.
Fulton, at Pinewood--Pinckney
Broughton, Walter D. Epperson, N. J.
Brown.
Calvary, at Hodges Corner j. j.
Broadway, J. D. Hoyle, J. B. Stukes.
Friendship, at Panola-J. NJ. Brails-
ford, E. P. Briggs, S. P. Holiday, Jr.
St. Pauls, at St. Paul.. L. Herlong,
J. H. King, R. NJ. Mcknight.
Santee, at JORDAN. P. Coleman,
G. H. Bradley, C. W. Plowden.
ST. Marks, at Duties Old Store-I.
N. Tobias, Moultrie Oliver, Milton
Stukes.
Concord, at Summerton H. R.
Meldeau, W. A. Fischer,H. A. Tisdale.
St. James, at Davis X Roads-R. R.
Billups Sr, Henry Carrigan, G. H.
Dukes.
Sammy Swamp, at Paxville-R. C.
Lackey, !. H. Brown, L. S. Barwick.
Manning, at Court House,. II. Nc
Knight, W. T. Tobias, E. B. Gamble.
Mt. Zion, at Wiison-W. NJ. Plowden,
C. T Ridgeway, Rufus Johnson.
Brewington, at Foreston-W. T.
Kelly, T. L. Bagnal, G. S. Land.
Plowden's Mill, at Alcolu-J. J.