The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-14
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For State and County Officers. and upon
Proposed, Amendment to the
State Constitution
STATE or South CAROLINA,

be held at the voting precincts rescribed
10y law in said County, on Tuesday, No
vembero4. 1902, said day being Tuesday
following the first Monday in November;
as prescrib-d by law.
At the said election a separate box will
be provided, at which qualified electors
will vote upon the adoption or rejection
Of an amendment to the State Constitu.
ton as provided in the following Joint
Resolution.
\ Joint Resolution Proposing to Amend
Section II of Article VII. of the Con-
~stitution of 1895, Relating to Counties
and County Government
SECTION I. Be it resolved by the Gene
raj Assembly of the State of South Caro-
lima: That the following amendment to
section H., Article VII, of tie Constitu-
ton, be agreed to: add to the end thereof
the following words: that this section
shall not apply to the following townships
in the following Counties: Dunklin and
Oaklawn in the County of Greenville; the
townships of Cokesbury, Ninety-Six and
Cooper in the County of Greenwood; Sui
ivan Township in the County of Laurens;
Huiett and Pine Grove in the County Of
| Saluda. That the corporate existence OF
said townships be, and the same is here
by, destroyed and all officers under said
townships are abolished and all corporate
agents removed.
SEC 2. But the question Of adopting
this amendment shall be submitted at the
next general election to the electors as
follows: Those in favor of the amend
ment shall deposit a ballot with the fol-
lowing words plainly printed or written
thereon. Unconstitutional amendment OF
Section Eleven of Article Seven of the
Constitution, relating to Counties and
County Government, Yes" Those op
posed to said amendment shall cast a bal
lot with the following words plainly
printed or written thereon: "Constltu-
tioual amendment of Section Eleven OF
Article VII of the Constitution, relating
to Counties and County Government, No "
Approved the 2Sth day Of February,
A. D. 1902.
SEC. 7. There shall be separate and dis
tiuct ballots and boxes at this election
for the following officers, to wit: I. Gov
ernor and Lieutenant Governor 2. Other
State officers. 3. State Senator. 4 Mem
bers of the House of Representatives. 5.
County officers. On which shall be the
name or names of the person or persons
voted for as such officers, respectively,
and the Office for which they are voted.
Before the hour fixed for opening the
polls Managers and Clerks must take and
subscribe the Constitutional oath. The
Chairman of the Board of Managers can
administer the oath to the other Man
ayers and to the Clerk; a Notary Public
must administer the oath to the Chair
man. The Managers elect their Chair
man and Clerk.
Polls at each voting place must be
opened at 7 O'Clock a. m. and closed at 4
O'Clock p. m except in the city of
Charleston, where they shall be opened
at 7 a m. and closed at 6 p. N.
The Managers lave the power to fill a
vacancy, ard if lone of the Managers at
tend the citizens can appoint from among
the qualified voters the Managers, who,
after being sworn, can conduct the cleo
ton.
At the close of the election, the Man
ayers and Clerk must proceed pub icly to
open the ballot boxes and count the bal
lots therein, and continue without ad-
iournment until the same is completed,
and make 8 statement Of the result for
each Office and sign the same
Within three days thereafter, the Chair
man of the Board, or some one designated
by the Board, must deliver to the Com
missioners of Election the poll list, the
boxes containing the ballots 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:
Newberry-G. S. Nolan, Claude Domi-
nick, Floyd Bradley.
Factory-P F Baxter, Mel Campbell,
Brooks Hutchinson.
Helena-Geo. P. Hill, B. E. Julian, J.
W. L. Arthur.
Mt. Bethe!-S. J. D. Price, J. D. Nance,
Joe. McBrown.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Ruff, Jno. F.
Cromer, Newton Darby
Maybinton-J. B Richards, F. E May.
bin, W. v. Lyles
WhitmireJ. Gist Settler, lack Suber,
Jno w. Scott.
Cromers-Lambert Chandler, Henry
Burton, Bachman Cromer
Jalapa-S M Duncan, VIM w. Farrow,
David Spearman
Eongshores-J S. Floyd Jr., Cothran
Longshore, John Hendrix.
Will iams-J w. Sanders, J. w. Ropp,
J. W. Reid.
-: Utopia-Arthur Werts, J. W. Reagin,
J. L. Thrailkill
Prosperity-Jno. B Fellers, NJ. M
Bedenbaugh, B. T. Yonng.
Hendrix Miil-Noah L. Moore, w. P.
Pugh, John Il Garrett.
Slighs-E. E Sigh, Ira Miller, J. H.
w. Long.
Jolly Street M. B. Livingston, ]. D.
KILLER, J. P. Cannon.
Central School House-C. w. Shealy,
J c Seybt, Joe Stockman.
Pomaria-H T Counts, Richard Hipp,
julius Koon.
Walton-Bachman Suber, w. B Ora
ham, R L Crooks,
St Phil ips-R G. Sigh, w. R. Kohn, |
M. L. Wicker.
Little Mountain-D c. Boland, c. E. |
Wheeler. Geo. w. Farr.
The Managers at each precinct named
above are requested to delegate n of
their number to secure boxes and blanks
for the election. They can be secured on
and after Thursday, October goth, at ].
w. Whites store.
S c, MERCHANT.
J. N. FEAGLE,
B. B LEITZSEY,
Commissioners of State and County
Election for Newberry County.
October 18th, 1902.