Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1902-10-29
NOTICE OF ELECTION
For State and County Officers and
Upon Proposed Amendment to
the State Constitution.
The State of South Carolina,
County of Oconee.

ho otttGo VI OOuGu CaTOl1na,
County of Oconee.
NOTICE is hereby given that the
IN General Election for State and
County officers will be held at the voting
-ecinots, prescribed by law. in said
CoSnty, on TUESDAY, NOVEMBER d
1902, said day being Tuesday following
the first Monday in November, as pre-
scribed 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 Constitn.
tion as provided in the following Joint
Resolution:
A Joint Resolution Proposing to Amend
Section IL of Article VII of the Con.
stitution of 1895, Relating to Counties
and County Government.
Section l. Be it resolved by the Gene.
raj Assembly of the State Of South Caro-
Section II, Article VII of the Constitu.
tion, be agreed to, add to the end thereof
the following words: That this Section
shall not apply to the following Town.
ships in the following counties: Dunklip
and Oaklawn, in the County of Greenville
the Townships of Cokesbury, Ninety -Sis
and Cooper, in the County of Greenwood
Sullivan 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 hereby destroyed, and all officers
under said Townships are abolished, and
all corporate agents removed.
Section 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 ballot with the fol.
lowing words plainly printed or written
thereon: constitutional 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
ballot with the following words plainly
printed or written thereon: "Constitu.
tionai Amendment of Section Eleven OF
Article Seven of the Constitution relat-
ing to Counties and County Government
No"
Approved the 2sth day of February,
A. d. 1902.
Section Z. There shall be separate and
distinct ballots and boxes at this election
for the following officers, to-wit: |. Gov.
ernor and Lieutenant Governor; 9. Other
State Officers; 8. Members of tho House
OF Representatives,; 4. County Officers.
On which shall be the name or names OF
the person or persons voted for as such
officers, respectively, and the Office fol
ouCy are NOUeu.
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 Mana
gers 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
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O'Clock p. M, except in the city OF
Charleston, where they shall be opened
at a. m. and closed at 6 p. m.
Ihe 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 sworn, can conduct the
election.
At the close of the election the Mana.
gers and Clerk must proceed publicly 10
open the ballot boxes and count the bal.
lots therein, and continue without ad-
Journment until the same is completed
and make statement of the result for
each Office and sign the same.
Within three days thereafter the Chair
man of the Board, or some one desig-
mated by tho Board, must deliver to the
Commissioners of Election the poll list.
the boxes containing the ballots and
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election.
The following
MANAGERS OF ELECTION
have been appointed to hold the election
at the various precincts in the said county
Cherry Hill. A. King, @. M. Ridley,
Jr., Henry Alexander.
Clemson College-H. G. Routh, Burns
Gillison, j. b. Whitten.
Damascus--M. II. Lee, T. j. Carter,
G. G. Arve.
Double Springs-W. j. Barker, w. IT.
McAlister, j. w. Vissage.
Earle's-W. N. Bruce, w. Il. Hunt, p.
A. Grant.
Fair Plays. P. Stribling, j. o. Sim.
mons, b. j. Marett.
Friendship-G. N. Cothran, II. e.
Cox, w. M. Campbell.
Fort Madison. r. Jones, j. A,
Cook, j. w. Lyles.
High FallsSo. G. White, Edward
CAN'T, j. B. Hill.
Holly Springs-W. w. Burnside, D.
|. Chambers, Hardy Blackwell.
Jocassoc'--A. L. Whitmire, Henry Glaze.
ner, Lee Crow.
Little Riyer-C. NJ. Lay, Milton Mich.
olson, j. l. Alexander.
Newry-J. Fl. Bryan, w. Fl. Crawford