The Chesterfield advertiser. [volume] (Chesterfield C.H., S.C.) 1884-1978, 1915-08-26
NOTICE OF ELECTION
State of South Caroline,
County Of Chesterfield.

County OF Chesterfield.
| Notice is hereby given that an
election will be held on the 18th
day of Septem ber, A. d. 1916,
at the voting precincts fixed by
law In said county, upon the
Question as to whether the man
ufacture and sale of alcoholic Ii
quors and beverages shall be
prohibited or continued in this
State, as provided by Act No. rs,
to submit to the qualified cleo
tors the question Of the prohibi
tion of the manufacture and sale
of alcoholic liquors and bever-
ages in the State and to provide
for the carrying of these provis-
ions into effect, approved the
10th day of February, A. D.
1915.
The qualifications for suffrage
are as follows:
Residence in State for two
years, in 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 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.
Registrations Payment of all
taxes, including poll tax, assess.
ed and collectible during the
previous year. The production
of a certificate or a receipt of the
officer authorized to collect such
taxes shall be conclusive proof
of the payment thereof.
Before the hour fixed for open
ing the polls Managers and
Clerks must take and subscribe
to the Constitutional oath. The
Chairman of the Board of Man
ayers can administer the oath to
the other Managers and to the
| Clerk; a Notary Public must ad-
minister the oath to Chairman.
The Managers elect their Chair
man and Clerk.
Polls at each voting place must
be opened a 7 o'clock a. M, and
closed at 4 O'Clock p. M. except
in the city of Charleston; where
they shall be opened at q. m.
and closed at 6 p. m.
The Managers have the power
to fill a vacancy; and if none of
the Managers attend, the citi.
zens can appoint, from among
the qualified voters, the Man
ayers, who after being sworn,
can conduct the election.
At the close of the election.
the Managers and Clerk must
proceed publicly to open the bal.
lot boxes and count the ballots
therein, and continue without
adjournment until the same is
completed, and make q state
ment of the results, 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 Con-
mlssioners of Election the Doll
list, the boxes containing the
ballots and written statements
OF the result of the election.
Managers of Election. The
following Managers of Election
have been appointed to hold the
election at the various precincts
IN the said County.
/ Patrick-J E Williams, J w
Win burn Frank B Timmons.
! Winzo-H w Gulledge, ]
Frank Evans, Fl Il Outen.
Ousley dale-Cordy Winburn
Jr. q w johnson, w Brown.
Cross Roads Niven Waddell
Guijfora Gulledge, Jr. j Z Ham
ilton.
Plains-U A McManus, ] W
Hicks, G FL McManus.
Douglass Mill-Smiley Oliver
j I Deese, j r Sutton.
OataFrn-J N middleton, Jesse
Hendrix, Henry Horton.
Pageland-W w jenkins, w
ii Horn. w T Rutledge.
Court House-L l. Spencer, A
+ Davis, j N Campbell.
| McBee-J d Ingram, J E So
well, Alex McPherson.
Dudley Minor y Courtney
j E Funderburk, Whiteford Jen.
kins.
Middendorf-J A Rowe, j
Alexander, X G. Johnson.
Odom's Mill N Clanton
Sidney Douglass, j w Merriman
! JeiFerson--Edgs, Baker, ID 4
Sutton, VIM. Griffith.
Grants Mill-W T Mcbride,
w L Rivers, S w Hicks.
Wexford-Joe Davidson, il