The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-10-21
Notice Of Election,
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County Of Clarendon.

NOtlce Is NereDF gwen LnaC the
General Election for Presidential and
Vice Presidential Electors and Rep
resentatiye in Congress will be held
at the voting precincts fixed by law
in the County of Clarendon on Tues
day, November ,, 1908, said day being
Tuesday following the first Monday,
as prescribed by law.
The qualifications for suffrage are
as follows:
Residence in State for two years,
in the County one year, in 5he poll
ing precinct in which the electors Of
fers to vote, four months. and the
payment six months before any elec-
tion of ~ poll tax then due and pay
able. Provided, 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.
acknowledgement of all tax
es. including poll tax, assessed and
collectable during the previous year.
The production of a 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
the oath to the other Managers and
to the Clerk; a Notary Public must
administer the oath to Chairman.
| The Managers elect their Chairman
and Clerk.
Polls at each voting place must be
opened at : o'clock a. m, and closed
at o'clock p. H., except in the City
| of Charleston, where they shall DE
opened at a. NJ, and closed a + p. N.
The Managers have the power to
fill a vacancy; and If none OF the
| Managers attend. the citizens can ap-
point, from among the qualified Vot-
ers, 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 con-
tlnue without adjournment until the
same is completed, and make q state
nent 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 Commls-
! sioners of Election the poll list, the
boxes containing the ballots and writ
/ ten statements of the result Of the
election.
! Managers of Eiection-The follow.
| ing Managers of Election have been
appointed to hold the election at the
various precincts in the said County.
Fulton at Pinewood-Harvey Bar
! wick, W. D. Epperson, ?. H. Brough-
ton.
| Calvary at Hodges Corner-J. J.
Broadway, j. F. Hodge and r. S.
DesChamps.
Friendship and Panola-E. L,
Fairey, Douglas Holiday and J. a.
Way.
St. Paul at st. Paul.. D. Gerald,
w. a. Richbourg and R. G. Gayle.
Santee at Jordan-S. R. Sprott, T..
NJ. Davis and J. P. Coleman.
! St. Marks at Duffy's Store-1. n.
Tobias, c. W. Thames and H. ".
Mitchum.
Concord at Summerton-B. G. Rag
in, j. I. Plowden and Il. H. Wind
ham.
St. James at Davis Gross Roads
Henry Carrigan, J. ii. Davis and &.
| I. Lesesne.
Sammy Swamp at PaZville-W. c..
Sims, W. n. Stukes and j. W. Minis.
Manning at Manning-J. Fl. Nc
Knight, E. G. Thames and w. n.
Plowden.
Mt. Zion a Wilsou-RufusJ Johnson,
J. NJ. Strange and C. w. Ridgeway.
c Brewinston at Foreston-J. G.
Johnson, W. T. P. sprott and W. T.
Blackwell. q
Plowden's Mill at Alcolu-W. P.
emanuel. Jos. S. Dickson and Robert
Hodge.
Harmony at Chandler's-J. D. Dan
iels, R. E. Thompson and J. E. Kelly.
Midway at Barrow's Mill: r.
Barrow, Geo. D. Smith, 81. n. Mcln-
tosh.
New Zion at Boykin's-H. G. Den
mis-, J. N. Player and j. E. Cousar.
Douglas at Coles MILD. Z. Tur-
beville, David Cole, and II. NJ. Den
mis-.
Sandy Grove at McFaddin's Store
j. II. Ham, John Driggers, and ".
D. McFaddin.
The Managers at each precinct
named above are requested to dele
gate one of their number to secure
the boxes and blanks for the election
at the court mouse in Manning Sat
urday October 31st, 1908:
R. H. DAVIS,
jEHU SMITH,
S. S. STONE.
Commissioners of Federal Election
for Clarendon County, S. @.