The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1913-10-29
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
County of Clarendon.


annexation of that portion of Claren-
don County Hereinafter descrioed) 10
Williamsburg County, will be heid
at the voting place designated III the
said proclamation, to wit:-The store
of R. G. Burgess, within the terrific
ry hereinafter described, Oh TUESDAY,
the 4th, day of November A. ID 1918
as prescribed by the said proclama-
ton. The qualification for Suffrage
is as follows:
Managers Of election shall require
of every elector Offering to vote, ana
before allowing him to vote, the
production of his registration certlh.
cate and proof of the payment OF all
taxes including poll tax assessed
against him and collectable during
the proceeding year The produc-
tiou of the certificate or of the re-
ceipts, of the officer authorized to
collect such taxes shall be conclusive
proof of the payment thereof.
That in the said election, two bal
lots shall be used on one of which
shall he printed the words Yes Tor
the use Of those voting in favor, OF
such annexation, and on the otner
shall be printed the words NO 1or
the use of those voting against sucn
annexation. Both of the said bal
lots shall be deposited in on and the
same box, which shall be labeled IN
main Roman Letters: "ELECT1ON
6N QUESTION OF ANNEX ALTON
OF A PART OF CLARENDON
COUNTY TO WILLIAMSBURG
CUUNTY''. Before the hour fixed
for opening the poll, the managers
aud clerks must take and Subscribe
the Constitutional Oath. The Chair
man Of the Board of managers can
administer the Oath to the other
members; a Notary Public must ad-
ministerthe Oath to the Chairman
and the Clerk.
Poll at the said voting place must
be opened at seven O'Clock in the
morning and shall be kept open un-
til four O'Clock in the afternoon.
The managers have the power to
fill vacancy, and if none OF the
managers attend. the citizens can
appoint from among the qualified
voters, the managers. who alter De-
ing Sworn, can conduct the election.
At the close of the election the
managers shall count the votes and
shall make return Of the number OF
votes polled for and against the said
annexation, signed and certified to
by the managers of the election.
which, together with the ballot boxes
ballots and poll list, shall be turned
over to the Commissioners Of election
as required by law; and that the
commissioners of election shall then,
as now required by law, tabulate the
votes and make returns thereof to
the Governor Of the State, and to
the Secretary of the State, and hle
a copy ofthe same with the CLERK
of the Court of Common Pleas for
the County of Clarendon
The following managers OF election
have been appointed to hold the
election herein referred to, at the
voting precinct or voting place des-
ignated in the said proclamation, to
Wit The Store Of r. G. Burgess,
which is situated in the territory
which is hereinafter described, and
which is sought to be annexed to
the County OF Williamsburg.
MANAGERS OF ELECTION:
J. NJ. WINGATE.
J. r. BARROW.
D I. BURGESS.
The following is 8 description Of
that portion of Clarendon County
which is sought to be annexed to the
County of Williamsburg, rs is de-
scriued in the Proclamation OF his
Excellency Cole L. Blease,s Governor
of the State of South Carolina, which
said Proclamation bears date Septem-
Der the 9Th, A. D. 1913.
"All that portion Of the County OF
Clarendon, known as the Southeast.
ern portion Of Midway township. and
the Southeastern portion of Sandy
Grove township, beginning at cy-
press on Black River, and running
nineteen degrees and two minutes
West for One Hundred and Ten and
Thirty. seven One Hundreds chains
to stake; thence, North. Nineteen
degrees and seventeen minutes West
for one hundred and fifty-nine and
eightv-fve one hundreds chains to a
stake; thence, North Forty-six de
grees East for Three Hundred and
Thirty and Thirty OneHundreds
chains to a point where the Cade
road intersects the Lynchburg road,
thence along the Cade road, which
has the bearing of North Eighty
eight degrees and Thirty-tivc minutes
East for Forty-nine and Fifteen One
Hundreds chains; thence along the
said Cade road which has the bear
ing of North Sixty-three degrees and
fifteen minutes East for Thirty-seven
and Seyenty-five One-h u n d re S
chains at which said point it leaves
the Cade road and continues with
the last bearing mentioned for a dis
tance of Sixty and Twenty four One
Hundreds chains to an iron axle,
which is placed on the intersection
of this line and the old Williams
burg County line; thence along the
williamsburg and Clarendon County
line to a point from which the de-
scription began, which has the fol-
lowing distances and courses:
South Twenty-four degrees and
fourteen minutes West for Ninety
seven and >eventy-fve One-Hundreds
chains to pine stump; thence South
Twenty-three degrees and Twenty
eight minutes West for Four Hun
dred and Seventy.six and Twenty
five One-Hundreds chains to Cy-
press on Black river; thence up Black
river for a distance Of about sixty
chains to a Cypress, this being the
one at which the description began,
it also being on the old Williams
burg and Clarendon County line" /
That the territory contained in
the area sought to be taken from the
County of Clarendon and added to
and incorporated into the Coun-
t. of Williamsburg, lies on the North
west side of the Williamsburg Coun-
t. 'ine and the said area as therein
proposed to be taken from the Coun-
tv of Clarendon and added to the
County of Williamsburg, contains
by actual survey made thereof twelve
and ninety six one hundreds square
miles, as is represented on a survey
or plat of the same, made by 6. L,