The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1906-10-31
NOTICE OF ELECTION.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. |


County of Lexington.
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
I of Lexington on Tuesday, November
|s6, 1906, said day being Tuesday fol-
lowing 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 before any election of any
poll tax then due and payable. Pro
Vided, That ministers in charge of an
organized church. and teachers of
public schools shall be entitled to vote
after six months residence in the
State, otherwise qualified.
Acknowledgment of all taxes,
Including poll tax, assessed and col
lectable during the previous year.
The production 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 managers and clerks must
take and subscribe to the Constitu-
tional oath. The Chairman of the
Board of Managers can administer tho
oath to the other Managers and to the!
Clerk; Notary Public must admin
lister the oath to Chairman. The Man
ayers elect their Chairman and Clerk.
Polls at each voting place must be
opened at Z o'clock a. m. and closed
at o'clock p. M, except in the City
of Charleston, where they shall be
opened at 7 a. m. and closed at o. m.
The Managers have the power to fill
a vacancy; and if none of the Man
ayers 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
Managers and Clerk must proceed
publicly to open the ballot boxes and
count the ballots therein, and continue
without adjournment until the same
is completed, and make a statement
of the result for each office, and sign
the same. Within three days there
after, the Chairman of the Board, or
some one designated by the Board,
must deliver to the Commissioners of
Election the poll list, the boxes con-
tanning the ballots and written state
ments of the result of the election.
j.. Managers of Election.-The follow
ing Managers of Election have been
appointed to hold the election at the
various precincts in the said county:
xington-C. w. Caughman, D. E.
Ballentine, w. NJ. Caughman.
T. J. Drafts Store-C. S. Living
ston, Haskell Shull, W. <. Hook.
Leesville-W. J. P. Kinard, j. S.
Craps, D. L. Gunter.
Lewiedale-W. r. Craps, P. H.
Craps, Lewie Hallman.
Gaston-J, B. Smith, R. J. Fallaw,
W.D. Pound.
Laird's Milo. G. Justus, W. @.
Jackson, Med Reid.
Irmo-J. z. Swygert, F. A. Weed,
Henry Lorick.
Ballentine-M. W. Eleazer, Sam
Lowman, J. w. Bouknight.
Chapin-S. j. Clark, Andrew Shealy,
Frank Frick.
Efrd's store-A. J. Wiggers, W. D.
Huffstetler, D. Pat Koon.
Peak Station-O. L. Meyer, j. A.
Eargle, W. O. Haltiwanger.
P. w. Shealy's Store-J. S. Miller,
Talley Shealy, J. S. Reeder.
Hilton-J. H. Hitler, Joe S, Epting,
J. Silas McCsrtha I, "
Samaria-P.ES:- Hallman, s. J. Rod
gers, J. S. Burgess.
Batesburg-E. Jones, John T. Saw
yer, J. Alfred Hite.
Swansea-S. F. Hutto, G. G. CAN'T,
Marion Jefcoat.
+ Red Store-John c. Muller, Jacob
Savior, Geo. K. Davis.
Huffman's Burnt Mill. V. Gunter,
J. Z. Day, NJ. D. Kyzer.
Brookland-J. D. Sem, P. I. Sox,
L. A. Moak.
Spring Hill-.O. P. Clark, c. o. Ris
ter, P. G. Amick.
Folk School House-Geo. r. Flea
zer, j. Muller Meetze, J. H. Derrick.
Red Bank-James Justice, Dallas
Wessinger, Hampton Warren.
Brook-D. L. Taylor, Willie Os-
wald, A. P. Jumper.
Lower Fork at ST. Andrews School
House-T. B. Huffman, A. S. Nuna-
maker, G. z. LeitZsey.
Edmund-H. P. Bachman, Fl. c..