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NOTICE OF ELECTION.

For State aud Comfy Omcer.. aud
upon Proposed Amendments 10 the
Constitutions.
State of South Carolina,
County Of Abbeville.
Notice il hereby given that the gen
eraI election for State and county o.
ficers will be held ut the voting pre-
cincts prescribed by lsW ih said County.
Oh Tuesday, November 4, lSl2, saih
day being Tuesday following the frst
Monday in November, as prescribed
by law.
At the said election q separate box
will be provided, at which qualified
electors will vote upon the adoption or
rejection Of an amendment to the State
Constitution rs provided In the follow
ing Joint Resolution.
A Joint Resolution Proposing to
Amend Section III Of Article VII.
of the Constitution of 1885, Relat-
ing to Counties and County Gov
ernment.
Section /. Be Is resolved by the
General Assembly of the State of South
Carolina: That the following amend
ment to Section III, Article VII, OF the
Constitution, be agreed to: add to the
end thereof the following words: that
this section shall not apply to the fol-
lowing Counties: Dunklin and OAK
lawn In the County OF Greenvil e; the
townships Of Cokesbury, Ninety-Six
and Cooper in the County of Green
wood Sullivan Township in the Coun-
~ of Laurens Huiett and Pine Grove
in the County Of Saluda. That the
corporate existence of said tOwnthips
be, and the same is hereby, destroyed
and all officers under said townships
are abolished and al! corporate agents
removed.
Sec. .. But the question q! adopt
ing this amendment shall be submitted
at the next general election to the cleo
tors ~ follows: Those In favor Of the
amendment shall deposit ballot with
the following words plainly printed or
written thereon constitutional amend
inert of Section Eleven of Article
Seven of the Constitution, relating to
Counties and County Government,
Yes" Those opposed to said amend
ment shall cast u ballot with the fol.
lowing words plainly printed or writ
ten thereon: "COnstitutiOnal amend
ment of Section Eleven Of Article VII
of the Constitution, relating to Coun-
ties and County Government. No"
Approved the 18th day Of February,
A. d. 1902.
Sec. Z. There shall be separate and
distinct ballots and boxes at this cleo
ton for the following officers, to wit
IL. Governor and Lieutenant-(Iovernor.
|2. Other State Officers. 3. State Sena-
tor. 4. Members of the House Repre-
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 mus!
take and subscribe the Constitutional
oath. The Chairman OF the Board ol
Managers can administer the oath to
the other Managers aud TO the Clerk ;
Notary Public must administer the
oath To the Chairman, The Managers
elec, their Chairman and Clerk.
Polls at each voting place must be
opened at o'clock u. m, and closed
at 4 o'clock p. H., except iD the city ol
Charleston, where they shall be open.
ed at 7 u. m. and closed at 9 p. m.
The Managers have the power to fill
q vacancy, and If none Of the Mana.
gers attend the citizens can appoin,
from among the qualified voters the
Managers, who, after being sworn, eau
conduct the election.
At the close of the election, the Man.
ayers aud Clerk must proceed publicly
to open the ballot boxes and count the
ballots therein, and continue without
adjournment until the same ID com.
pleted, and make q statement of the
result for each office and sign the same,
Within three days thereafter, the
Chairman of the Board, or some one
designated by the Board, must delivei
10 the Commissioners of Election the
DOLL list, the boxes containing the bal
lots and written statements OF the re-
suit of the election.
The following
MANAGERS OF ELECTION
have been appointed to hold the elec:
aon at the various precincts In the said
county:
Ab6eville-L. e. Nickles, w. V.
Clin kscales, G. D. Graydon.
Antreville-J. n. Knox, J. +. Suth.
erlapd, J. b. Ferguson.
Central School HOuse-A. b. Craw-
ford, T. J. Robinson 4. F. Calvert.
Ciatworthy Cross Road-E.C. Young
John Brown, w. A. Hunter.
Bryant's Cross Road-R. H. Arm
strong, I. y. Ashley. Il. Il. Pratt.
Donalds-F. A. Carwile, q. Watt
johnson, +. L. Waldrop.
Due Vest. Fl. Brooks, Ernes,
Hodges, Sam Milford.
Keowee-C. l.. Ashley, J. r. Pruitt,
J. A. McMahan.
Lowndesville-S. S. Boles, J. T.
brennan, ]. q. Huckabee.
Magnoiia-W. J. AmmOns, H. J.
Hester, Addison Edge.
Mccormick. X. Deason. S. p.
Young, Henry Wideman.
Rock Springs-BroOks Jamison, Joe
Kay, Geo. Haynes.
Willington-I. H. Porter, w. A.
Stevenson, J. H. Drinkard.
Mt. Carmel-T. w. Mars, J. r. Tar
rant, Henry Taggart.
The Managers at each precinct NAM
ed above are requested to delegate one
of their number to secure boxes and
blanks for the election. They eau be
secured on aud after November lst at
Abbevil e.
w. A. Lanier, Chr'm.
w Il Marian