The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-10-23
NOTICE OF ELECTION,

NOTICE OF ELECTION.
For State and County officers, and upon
Proposed Amendments to the State Con
stitution-State of South Carolina
County of Bamberg.
Notice is hereby given that the general
election for State and county officers will
be held at the voting precints prescribed
by law in said county, on Tuesday, No
vember 4, 1902, said day being Tuesday
following the first Monday in November,
as prescribed by law.
At the said election separate box will
be provided, at which qualified electors
will vote upon the adoption or rejection
of an amendment to the State Constitu.
tion as provided in the following Joint
Resolution.
A Joint Resolution Proposing to Amend
Section II. of Article VII. of the Con-
stitution of 1895, Relating to Counties
and County Government.
SECTION 1. Be it resolved by the Gene
raj Assembly of the State of South Caro-
lima: That the following amendment to
Section H., Article VIII, of the 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 Dunkin and
Oaklawn in the County of Grcenville; the
townships of Cokesbury, Ninety-Six 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. 9. But the question of adopting
this amendment shall he submitted at the
next general election to the electors as
follows: Those in favor of the amend
ment shall deposit ballot with the fol-
lowing ords 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 amendncn shall cast a bal
lot with the following words plainly
tional 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. :. There shall be separate and dis
tinct ballots and boxes at this election
for the following officers, to wit: /. Gov
ernor and Lieutenant Governor. 2. Other
State officers. 3. State Senator a. 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 fix ed for opening the
polls managers and c,erks 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 Lhe chairman. The
managers elect their chairman and clerk.
Polls at each voting place must be
opened at Z o'clock a. m. and closed at 4
o'clock p. m, except in the city of Char
lesion, where they shall be opened at a.
m. and closed at 6 p. m.
The managers have the power to fill q
vacancy, and If none 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 publicly to
open the ballot boxes and count the bal
lots therein, and continue without adj
journment 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 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 precints in the said county:
Bamberg-G. E. Bamberg, VIM. Nc
Cue, o. A. Simmons.
Midway-Hugh Hutto, F. F. Carroll,
Jr., A. M. Dempsey.
Ehrhardt-G. J. HERS, j. d. Quattlc-
baum, J. Laz. Copeland.
Denmark-C. E. Tyler, G. j. Fogle, D.
F. Hutto.
Farrel's Store-L. E. Cooner,J A. Nc
Cormack, Sam Goodwin.
Govan-W. L. Kennedy, T. A. Hutto,
J. A. Lain.
Olar-G. ]. Bcssinger, W. B. Chitty, A..
L. Kirkland.
Kearse's Mill-John Breland, J. j.
Kcarsc, A. w. Brabham.
The managers at each precinct named
above are requested to delegate one Of
their number to secure boxes and blanks
for the election. They can he secured on
Saturday, November lst, 1902, at the court
house. J. D. FIELDER,
JEFF B. SMITH,
w. T. CAVE,
Commissioners for State and county clec-
tion for Bamberg county.