The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1902-10-21
T OF
For State and County Officers, and upon
Proposed Amendment to the
State Constitution
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, |

election for State and County officers will
be held at the voting precincts prescribed
by law in said County, on Tuesday, No
vrmber d, 1902, said day being Tuesday
following the first Monday IN November,
as prescribed 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.
A Ioint 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: Dunklln and
Oaklawn in the County of Greenville; the
townships of Cokesbury, Nlnety-Slx and
Cooper in the County Of Greenwood; Sui
livan 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 OPP
posed to said amendment shall cast a bal
lov with the following words plainly
printed or written thereon: "Const1tu-
tional amendment Of Section Eleven OF
Article VII of the Constitution, relating
to Counties and County Government, No q"
Approved the 18th day of February,
A. D. 1902.
SEC. 7. There shall be separate and dis
tinct 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. S.
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 q
o'clock p. m except in the city of
| Charleston, where they shall be opened
| at 7 a m. and closed at s p. N.
The Managers have the power to fill a
| vacancy, and if none of the Managers at
| tend the citizens can appoint from among
| the qualified voters the Managers, who,
after being swurn, can conduct the cleo
| ton.
At the close of the election, the Man
ayers and Clerk must proceed publicly to
| open the ballot boxes and count the bal.
lots therein, and continue without adj
| iournment until the same is completed,
| and make a statement of the result for
each office and sign the same
Within three days thereafter, the Chair
man of the Board. or some n 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. Bethel-S. J. D. Price, ID. Nance,
Toe. McBrown.
Observation-Disclosures Ruff, Jno. F.
/ Cromer, Newton Darby.
Maybinton-J. B. Richards, F. May
bin, w. V. Lyles
Whitmire-J. Gist Setter, lack Suber,
Jno W. Scott.
Cromers-Lambert Chandler, Henry
Burton, Bachnlan Cromer
Ialapa-S M Duncan, VIM W. FarroW,
David Spearman
LongshoresJ S. Floyd Jr., Cothran
Longshore, John Hendrix.
vii iaus-J. W. Sanders, J. w Ropp,
w Reid
Utopia Arthur Werts, J. w. Reagln,
J. l.. Thrailkill
Prosperity-Jno B FeIlers, M. M
B~edenbaugh, B. 7. Yonng.
Hendrix Mi'l-Noah L. Moore, W. P.
Pugh, John H Garrett.
Slighs-E. E Sigh, Ira Miller, J. H
w Long
Jolly Street p M. B. Livingston, ]. D.
H KILLER, J. P. Cannon.
Central School, House &C w. Shealy,
+. c Seybt, Joe Stockman.
Pomaria-H I Counts, Richard Hlpp,
Julius Konn.
WaIton-Bachman Suber. W. B Ora
ham, R L Crooks,
St Phil ip>-R G. Sigh, W. R. Kohn,
NJ L. Wicker.
Little Mountain-D c. Boland, c. E
Wheeler, Geo. w. Farr.
The Managers at each precinct named
above are requested to delegate one Of
their number to secure boxes and blanks
for the election. They car be secured or
and after Thursday, October 5oth, at J
W. Whites store.
S c, MERCHANT,
N. FEAGLE,
r r IEITZSEY,