The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1902-10-29
Notice of Election,
For Representative in Congress, Fourth
Congressional District.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County of Laureus.

NOTICE is hereby given that the
General Election for Representative in
Congress will be held at the voting pre-
cincts fixed by law in the county OF Lau-
fens on Tuesday, November 4, 1902, said
day being Tuesday following the first
Monday, as prescribed by law.
The qualifications for suffrage are as
follows:
Residence in the State for two years,
in the County one year, in the polling
precinct 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 organ
lied church, teachers of public schools,
shall be entitled to vote after six months'
residence in the State, otherwise quail
fed.
Registrati IN.
Payment OF all taxes, including poll
tax, assessed and collectable during the
previous year. The production of a Ger
tiicate 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 Constitu tional oath.
The Chairman OF the Board of Mana
gers eau administer the oath to the 9TH
or Managers and to the Clerk; a 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 seven o'clock a. m. and close
at four O'Clock p. M, except in the
city of Charleston, where they shall be
opened at z a. m. and closed at 6 p. M.
The Managers have the power to fill a
vacancy and III mona of fhn Monnnaro
attend the citizens can appoint from
among the qualified voters the Mana
gers who after being sworn, q conduct
the election.
AT the close of the election, the Mana
gers and Clerk must proceed publicly to
open the ballot boxes and count the bal
lots thefein, and continue without adj
iournment until the same is completed,
and make a 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
poll list, the boxes containing the bal
lots and written statements of the result
of the election.
The following
MANAGERS OF ELECTION
have been appointed to hold the cleo
tion at the various precincts in the said
county:
Laurens-saml R Todd, A Huff, Jud
Langston.
Laurens Cotton Mills-C P Martin,
Reed Blakely, j N Culbertson.
Characterization Copeland, George
D Smith, M w Milan.
Clinton Factory-S B Switzer, G M
w Fucker, s Rodgers.
| Mornfuila-n A1,ou Errllo, Wy ID
Boyd, James Miller.
Hopewell-J j Young, Jim Miller, j
Floyd Workman.
Sardis-J j Ray, Joe Payne, Toinmie
billiard.
Langston's Church, P billiard, j p
Saxon, Lewis McCraie.
Ora-R H Fleming, Park Blakely, w
M Bryson.
Pleasant Mound-J A Fowler, o f
Cox, j r Martin.
Youngs-Willism Bobo, Sam Riddle,
w 7 Dorroh.
Parsons Store-Jas. ID Stewart, Geo.
Cook, Cook Henderson.
Power-W S Power, James Long, r
DGMsaycourt--o L Owens, ] H Garrison,
Dial Church, H Curry, l. B Godfrey,
ID d Harris.
Shiloh--H S Wallace, Marvin Wolff,
Pinckney He!lams. =
Woodville-Harvey Woods, w f Med
lock, Willis Putnam.
Decentralization Murf, j III Bal
l%entine, w s knight.
Tumbling Shoals-R d Boyd, Clar-
ence Nichols, John M Woods.
Waterloo-Josl A Smith, B A Ander-
son, v B Robertson.
Mount PLEASANT d Hunter, Nose
Madden, j r Mcdaniel.
Ekom-C p Mcdaniel, Hiram Gull
bertson, Thomas Berts.
Daniel Store-J g Martin, DIR. John r
Smith, Pink Jones,
Tiptop-W j Anderson, A w Sims.
Eugene Mccullough.
Cross Hill--Wm Miller, Mack Simp-
son, Marshall Leaman.
The managers at each precinct named
above are requested to delegate enc of
their number to secure boxes and blanks
for the election, They can be secured
on Saturday, the first day of November,
1902 at Laurens @. II.
The Managers are requested to call for
the boxes on Saturday the 1st day of
November, 1902. 1t is also requested
that n of the Managers who served in
the Primary Election be designated to
call for the boxes.
). III. TRAYNHAM,
j. T.. BOYD,
BENTON FULLER.
Commissioners of Federal Election
for Laurens County.
Oct. 13, 1902.