The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1902-10-29
NOTICE OF ELECTION.
For Representative in Congress Seventh
District.

| STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County Of Lexington.
Notice is hereby given that the General
| Election for Representative in Congress
will be held at the voting precincts fixed
by law in the county of Lexington, on
| tuesday. November 4, 1902, said day be-
| ing Tuesday following the first Monday,
as prescribed by law:
The qualifications tor suffrage are as fol-
| lows;
| Residence in the State for two years, in
| the county one year, in the polling pre-
cinct in which the elector offers TO 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 organized church and teach
ers of public schools shall be entitled to
vote after six months residence in the
Stat. otherwise qualified.
Registration.
Payment of all taxes, including poll tax,
assessed and collectable during the pre-
vious year. The production of certificate
or of the receipt of the officer authorized
to collect such taxes shall be conclusive
proof of the payment thereof.
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 Managers
and to the Clerk; Notary Public must ad-
minister the oath to the Chairman. The
Managers elect their Chairman and Clerk.
Polls at each voting place must be opened
at Z o'clock q. M, and closed at clock
p. M, except in the city of Charleston.
where they shall be opened at a. M and
close at 6p m.
The Managers have the, power to fill
vacancy, and if none of the Managers at
tend the citizens can appoint from among
the qualified voters the Managers, who at
ter being sworn, can conduct the election
At the close of the election the Managers
and Clerk must proceed publicly to open
the ballot boxes and count the ballots there
in, and continue without adjournment un-
til the same is completed, and make state
ment 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 Commis-
sioners of election the poll list, the boxes
containing the ballots and written state
ments of the result of the election
The following
MANAGERS OF ELECTION
have been appointed to hold the election at
the various precincts in said county:
Lexington-D, E. Ballentine, T. c. Sturkie,
J. Ed Barre.
TT. Drafts-D. T. Barr, D. s. Myzer, H.
N. Hammer.
Leesville-F. II. Hendrix, NJ. Crouch, Levi
Pool.
Lewiedale-J. F. Leaphart, s. E. Taylor
George R. Sease. ];
Gaston-D. E. Craft, J. P. Goodwin, C. G.
Goodwin.
Laird's Mill-W. @. Jackson, J. J. Boles,
Jesse Yon.
Irmo-D. F. Lorick, J. K. Leitner, An.
Dreher.
Ballentine-J. F. shealy, Fl. A, Buckley, N.
D. Shealy.
Chapin-s. D. B. Lever, w. P. Betchman,
Noah Frick.
Efrd's Store-C. S. Matthews, D. A. Kleck-
ley, L. B. Frick.
Peak-O. L. Mayer, Jno A. Eargle, James
w. Eargle.
P.W. Shealys Store-S.J J. Miller, Jr., J s.
Reeder, B. D. Clark.
Hilton-J. C. Fulmer, ]. j. Haltiwanger,
Joseph Epting.
Samaria-A. J. Boatwright, J..W. Grandy,
T. B. Barr.
Batesburg A. Spann, C. 3. Kneece, J.
C. Glover.
swansea-I. W, Hutto. L. P. Smith, Henry
Sharpe.
Red Store-J.J. Muller, j. E. Saylor, Lee
Muller.
Huffmann's Burnt Mill. F. Lyles, E. A.
Smith, L. C. Dunbar.
Brookland-R L Shuler, Smith, S
Gunnel.
Spring Hill P Richardson, James L
Slice, NJ B Eleazer.
Folks School House, n Meetze, +
Folk, Lonnie Eleazer,
Red Bank-James NJ justice, Jacob A CAN'T,
James F Lown.
Brook-A L Hite, D L Taylor, O Addy.
St Andrews-G F Leitsey, Huffmann,
WB Hook.
EdmunI-J A Kyzer, G NJ Lucas,
Coogler.
Pelion-H C scofill. D W Bars, Murphy
Hutto,
Crout's Store-George Oxner, O O Drafts,
John B Dreher,
The Managers of each precinct named
above are requested to delegate one OF their
number to secure boxes and blanks for the
election. They can be secured on Satur-
day, November 1st, 1852 at the grand jury
room in the court house from M P. George,
Clerk,
H. A. LORICK,
J. P. ABLE
Commissioners of Federal Election for
Lexington County,