The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1902-10-22
NOTICE OF ELECTION

County of Sumter.

County of Sumter.
Notice is hereby given that the General
Election for Representative in Congress
viii be held at the voting precincts fixed
by law In the county Of Sumter on Tues
day, 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 parable: Provided, That minis
tiers in charge of an organized church and
teachers of public schools shall be entitled
tovote after six months residence IN the
State, otherwise qualified.
Registration.
Payment of all taxes. including poll tax.
assessed and collectible during the pre-
yious year. The production of a certificate
or of the receipt of the officer authorized
to collect such taxes shall be conclusive
proof Of the payment thereof.
Before the hour fixed TOR 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 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 Z o'clock a. N. and closed at 4
O'Clock p. M, except IN the city of
Charleston, where they shall be opened at
Z a. m. and closed at s 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.
AZ 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 adjourn
ment until the same is completed, and
make a statement of the result for each
Office and sign the sane.
Within three days thereafter, the Chair
man of the Board, Or some one designated
by the Board, must deliver to the Comnis-
sioners of Election the poll list, the boxes
containing the ballots and written state
znents of the result of the election.
The following managers Of election have
been appointed to hold the election at the
various precincts in the said county:
Sumter, Ward 1-Jno. a. Renno, c. L.
Cuttino, John T. Buckner.
Sumter, Ward 2-H. NJ. Spann, w. r.
Burkett, B. G. Gibson.
Sumter, Ward 81. W. Waites, Jno. Il.
Burkett, A. j. Moses, Jr.
Sumter, Ward IS. E. Richardson,
Ghas. Thames, Z. w. Bradham.
Mayesviue-C. D. Cooper, Geo. T.
DesChamps, W. B. Cooper.
Stateburg-Claude E. Sanders. W. W.
Mellett, G. v. Nelson.
Providence. a. Raf6eld, T. ID.
Brown, j. Il. Jones.
Rafting Creek. D. Mcleod, R. NJ.
James, Ellison Bar6eld.
Bossard-W. S. Dinkins, w. R. DuBose,
Jr., Tom Brown.
Shiloh--W. W. Weaver. J. W. Hicks.
S. w. Truluck.
Concord-W. ". Newman, j. w. Brun-
SON. John B. White.
Bloom HILL. NJ. Ards. Dan'l Rich,
w. j. Ards.
Wedgefeld-E. Z. Aycock, G. D. Hart.
soc, II. D. Cain.
PriYateer-W. 0. Cain, Manning Hodge:
j. NJ. Jackson.
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 be secured on
October 81 and November 1st. at the store
of knight Bros, No. 107 N. Main Street.
w. J. DINKINS,
FREAN MELLETT,
F. D. KNIGHT, Chm.
Commissioners of Federal Election fol
! Sumter County.