Cheraw chronicle. [volume] (Cheraw, S.C.) 1896-2005, 1915-08-26
NOTICE OF ELECTION
Safe of South Carolina,
County Of Chesterfield.

County of Chesterfield.
Notice is hereby given that an cleo
| ton will he held on the 18th day of
| September, A. d. 1915, ut the voting
precincts fixed by law in said county,
upon the question as to whether the
| manufacture and sale of alcoholic H.
'luOrs and beverages shall be prohi
5ited or continued in this State, as pro
1 vided by Act No. 76, to submit to the
qualified electors the question of the
sbrOhibitiOn Of the manufacture and sale
Sof alcoholic liquors and beverages in
sthe State and to provide for the carry
zing OF these provisions into effect, ap-
Eproved the 10th day Of February, A.
D. 1915.
4 The qualifications for suffrage are as
i follows:
Residence in State for two years, in
Ilcounty one year, in the polling precinct
III which the elector offers to vote, four
months, and the payment six months
before any election OF any poll tax then
due anu payable. Provided, That min.
listers 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 quail.
fed.
| Observation-Disclosures Of all taxes.
including poll tax, assessed and collecti-
ble during the previous year. The pro-
ducticn Of certificate or a receipt of
the officer authorized to collect such
taxes shall he conclusive proof Of the
payment thereof
Before the hour fixed for opening
the polls Managers and Clerks must
take and subscribe to the Consti-
tutiOnal oath. The Chairman of the
Board Of Managers can administer the
'ath 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 he
opened at o'clock a. m. and closed
at O'Clock n. m., except in the city Of
Charleston. where they shall he opened
at n. m and closed at 6 p. m.
The Managers have the power to
fill Il vacancy; and If none OF the
Managers attend. the citizens can ap-
"int. from among the qualified voters.
Managers. who after being sworn, can
conduct the election.
At the close Of the election, the
Managers and Clerk must proceed pub
'icly to open the tballot boxes and
count the ballots therein. and continue
without adjournment until the same is
completed. and make statement OF
the results and sign the same within
three days thereafter. the Chairman
" the Board or some one designated
by the Board. must deliver to the Com
missioners OF Election the poll list. the
boxes containing the ballots and writ
ten statements of the result OF the
election.
Managers of ElectiOn.-The following
Managers Of Election have been ap-
''AAAs'" !" ii'iN tht III tnc
various precincts I'm the said County.
Patrick-J. F.. williams, 7. w. Win
burn. Frank r. Timmons.
Winz"-H. w. Gulledge, J. Frank
Evans. Fl. u. Outen.
o 'Ouselydale-COrdy Winburn. Jr., G.
w. Johnson. w. Brown.
Cross ROads-Niven Waddcll, Gull
ford Gulledge. Jr., J. T. Hamilton.
Plains-U. A. McManus, J. w.
Hicks, G. II. McManus.
Douglass Mill-Smiley Oliver, J. T.
DeeSe, j. II. Sutton.
| Catarrh-J. j.. MIDDLETON, Jesse
Hendrix, Henry Horton.
Pageland-W. w. jenkins, w. IL
Horn, w. Il. Rutledge.
Court House,. l.. Spencer, A. f.
Davis, ]. N. Campbell,
McBee- j. ID. Ingram, J. f. Sowell,
Alex McPherson.