The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-10-19
Notice of Election.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
County Cf Sumter.

eral Election for Presidential and
Nice-Presdential Electors and Rem
rcsentative in Congress will be held AT
the voting precincts fixed by law in
the County Of Sumter, :. G.. on Tues
day, November :, 1912, said day be-
ine Tuesday following the first Mon
day, as prescribed by the >tale Consti
tuition
The qualifications for suffrage 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-
Vlded, That ministers in charge of an
organized church and teachers Of
public schools shall be entitled to
vote after six months residence i'm
the state, otherwise qualified.
Reglstration-Payme Of all taxes.
including poll tax, assessed and COL
lectible during the previous year. The
production of a certificate or the re-
ceipt of the officer authorized to col
iect 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-
tonal oath. The Chairman of the
Board of Managers can administer
the oath to the other Managers and
to the Clerk; 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. M, except in the City
OF Charleston, where they shall be
opened at a. m. and closed at 6
p. m.
The Managers have the power to
NIL 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-
tinue without adjournment until the
same Is completed, and make a state
ment 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, E.ust deliver to the Commits
sioners of Election the poll list. the.
ooxes containing the ballots and writ
ten statements of the result of the
election
Managers Of Election-The follow
ing Managers of Election have been
appointed to hold the election at the
various precincts in the said County:
Ward Edgar Skinner, w. w.
James. L. w. Jenkins.
Precinct 2, Sumter Court House..
Ward 2.-F. o. Jennings, H. M.
Spann, NJ. II. Fields.
Precinct 3, Sumter Court House.
Ward S.-W. c. Ivy, F. D. Blodgett.
w. S. Reynolds.
Precinct 4. Sumter Court House.
Ward 4.-G. E. Richardson. William
Hodge, K. +. Kennedy.
Stateburg Precinct-James NJ. AL.
len. w. NJ. Sanders, w. S. Thompson.
Rafting Creek Precinct-R. M.
James, James NJ. Reames, w. ].
Young.
Providence Precinct-Harry Jones.
Sam Moore, A. p Vinson, Jr.
Oswego Precinct-D. NJ Oliver, ].
l. Lesesne, r. NJ. Edens.
Shiloh Precinct. X. McElveen.
H. H. Player, Walter NJ. Green.
Concord Precinct-A. w. Newman.
L. B. Brunson, Scott Seymour.
Privateer Station Precinct-T. w.
Pritchard, Martin Rivers, Il. +. Hodge.
Wedgetield Precinct. b. Crouch.
w. r. Troublefield Scriven Moore
Bloomhill Precinct-W. j. Ardis-
II. NJ. Coulter. G. p. Weeks.
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
which will be delivered by w. J. Din
kinS at the Magistrates Office, Sumter.
:. c., on Friday, Saturday and Mon
day before the election.