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NOTICE OF ELECTION.

For State and Couaty Onscers, ana
upon Proposed Amendments 20 tho
ConstisutioO.
State of South Carolina,
County Of Abbeville.
Notice Is hereby given that the gen.
eral election for State and county o'-
flcers will be held at the voting pre-
.incts prescribed by law In said County,
,n Tuesday, November 4, l9O2, sain
tay being Tuesday following the first
In November, as prescribed
BY law.
At the said election separate box
will be provided, at which qualihed
electors will vote upon the adoption or
rejection of an amendment to the state
Constitution as provided In the follow
ing Joint Resolution.
A Joint Resolution Proposing to
Amend Section II OF Article VII.
of the Constitution of 1895, Relat-
ing to Counties aud County Gov.
ernment.
Section /. Be is resolved by the
General Assembly Of the State OF South
Carolina: That The following amend
ment to Section II, 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 Greenvilie; the
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 Saluds. That the
existence of said t0wnthips
be, and the same Is hereby, destroyed
and all officers under said tow nships
are abolished and all corporate agents
removed.
Sec. . But the question OF adopt.
ing this amendment shall be submitted
ut the next general election to the cleo
tors a. follows: Those In favor OF the
shall deposit ballot with
the following words plainly printed or
written thereon Conslitu utionai amend
inert of Section Eleven of Article
Seven Of the Constitution. relating To
Counties and County Government,
Yes" Those opposed to said amend
mept shall cast ballot with the fol-
lowing words plainly printed or writ
ten thereon: "ConstitutiOnal amend.
mept of Section Eleven of Article VII
of the Constitution, relating to Coun-
ties and County Government. No"
Approved the 18th day Of February,
A. ID. 1902.
Sec. There shall be separate and
distinct ballots and boxes at this elec-
ton for the following officers, to wit .
|. Governor and nt-(iovernor.
9. Other State Officers. g. State Sena-
tor. 4. Members Of the House Repre-
5. County Officers. On
which shall be the name or names uf
the person or persons voted for rs 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 oi
Managers can administer the oath tO
the other Managers and to the Clerk
. Notary Public must administer the
oath to the Chairman, The Managers
elect their Chairman and Clerk.
Polls at each voting place must be
opened at Z o'clock a. m, and closed
ut 4 o'clock p. M, except in the city ol
Charleston, where they shall be open
ed at a. m. and closed at 6 p. m.
The Managers have the power to fill
n vacancy, and II none Of the Mana.
gers attend 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 Man.
ayers and Clerk must proceed publicly
to open the ballot boxes and count the
ballots therein, and continue withou,
adjournment until the same Is 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 deliver
to the Commissioners Of Election the
poll 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
ton at the various precincts In the said
county:
Abbeville-L. &. Nickles, w. V.
kscales, G. D. Graydon.
Antreville-J. n. Knox, J. f. Suth.
erlaud, J. B. Ferguson.
Central School House-A. B. Craw.
ford, T. J. Robinson. A. +. Calvert.
CIatworthy Cross Rosd-E.C. Young
John Brown, w. A. Hunter.
Bryant's Cross Road-R. H. Arm
strong, I. n. Ashley. II. E. Pratt.
Donalds-F. A. Carwile, G. Watt
johnson, E. L. Waldrop.
Due Vest. II. Brooks, Ernest
Hodges, sam Milford.
Keowee-C. l.. Ashley, J. r. Pruitt
J. A. McAIahan.
Lowndesville-S. s. Boles, J. T.
brennan, J. G. Huckabee.
Magnoiia-W. J. Ammons, H. J
Hester, Addison Edge.
McCormick-J. 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 and after November lst al
Abbevil e.
w. A. Lanier, Chr'm.
w. +. Morrison,
s. w. Sutherland.
Commissioners of State and County