The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1906-10-25
NOTICE OF ELECTION
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
(lnnnfv of Ramherp

STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
County of Bamberg.
Notice is hereby given that the General
Election for Representative in Congress
will be held at the voting precincts fixed
by law in the county of Bamberg on
Tuesday, November 6, 1906, said day be-
ing Tuesday following the first Monday,
as prescribed by law.
The qualifications for suffrages are as
follows:
Residence in 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 be-
fore any election of any poll tax then
due and payable. Provided, That min
isters in charge of an organized church
and teachers of public schools shall be
entitled to vote after six months resi-
dence in the State, otherwise qualified.
acknowledgement of all taxes, in
cluding poll tax, assessed and collectable
during the previous year. The produc-
ton of certificate or 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 the managers and clerks must take
and subscribe to the constitutional oath.
The chairman of the board of managers
can administer the oath to the other
managers and to the clerk; notary pub
lie must administer the oath to chair
man. The managers elect their chairman
and clerk.
Polls at each voting place must be
opened at 7 o'clock a. m. and closed at
o'clock p. M, except in the city of Char
lesion, where they shall be opened at a.
m. and closed at 6 p. IN.
The 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 elec-
ton.
At the close of the election, the mana
gers and clerk must proceed publicly to
open the ballot boxes and count the bal
lots therein, and continue without ad-
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 someone designated by the
board, must deliver to the commissioners
of election the poll list, the boxes con-
tanning the ballots and written statements
of the result of the election.
-. MANAGERS OF ELECTION.
The following managers of election
have been appointed to hold the election
at the various precincts in said county:
Bamberg-E A. J. Rice, c. F. Ellzey,
T.C. Tant.
Denmark. E. Tant, E. NJ. Sandifer,
F. 81. McCrae.
Farrelps Store-A. G. W. Hill, G. W.
Farrell, G. W. Miley.
Ehrhardt-G. W. Hughes, D. P. Smith,
HI. Kinard.
Govan-L. J. Hartzog, j. W. Ray, U.
N. Eaves.
Kearse-L. A. Brabham, G. E. Kearse,
L. W. Ritter.
Midway-G. E. Hutto, II. W. Dempsey,
Marion Smoak.
Olar-S. E. Neeley, J. J. Brabham, H.
G. Brabham.
The managers at each precinct named
above are requested to delegate one OF
their number to secure the box and blanks
for the election at The Bamberg Herald
Office in Bamberg on Saturday, Novem-
Der 3rd, 1906. K. NJ. BRUCE.
G. F. RENTZ,
F. CARROLL
Commissioners of Federal Election for
Bamberg County, sc.
Bamberg, S. c., October 1S, 1906.