The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1915-08-31
NOTICE OF ELECTION.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF EEWBERRY.

COUNTY OF NEWBERRY.
Notice is hereby given that an cleo
ton will be held on the 14th day Of
September, A. D. 1915, at the voting
precincts fixed by law in said county,
upon the question as to whether u1e
manufacture and sale Of alcoholic
liquors and beverages shall be prohib
tied or continued in this State, as pro-
ided by Act No. IS. to submit to the
qualified electors the question of the
prohibition Of the manufacture and
sale Of alcoholic liquors and beverages
in tie State and to provide for the car
rying of these provisions 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
the county one year, in the polling pre-
cinct 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. Provided,
Tat ministers in charge of an organ
lied church and teachers of public
schools shall be entitled to vote after
c::x months residence in the State,
otherwise qualified.
observation-disclosures of all taxes,
including poll tax, assessed and collec-
tible during the previous year. The
production of a certificate or the re-
ceipt of the officer authorized to collect
suaa 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 Constitutional
oath. The chairman of the board of
managers can administer the oatn to
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. M, except in the city
of Charleston, where they shall be
opened at a. m. and closed at p. m.
Tie managers have the power to fill
vacancy; and if none of the manag-
ers attend, the citizens can appoint,
from among the qualified voters, the
managers, who, after being sworn, can
conduct the election.
At the close of the erection, the man
/ ayers and clerk must proceed publicly
| to open the ballot boxes and count the
ballots therein, and continue without
adjournment until tie same is com
pleted, and make a statement of the
result, and sign the same. Within
three days thereafter, the chairman OF
the board, or some one designated by
the board, must deliver to the commits
sioners of election the poll list, the
boxes containing tie 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:
Township No. l.
Court House,. R. Davidson, W. A
Fallaw, J. Chesley Dominick.
Newberry Cotton Mills-C. W. Doug
las, ]. E. Franklin, W. B. Johnson.
Mollohon Cotton Mills. A. Tew,
D. A. Rivers, NJ. B. Brazeale.
Oakland Cotton Mills-M. S. Bodie,
R. C. Williams, L. A. Land.
Helena-B. E. Julian, Welch Wilbur,
Joe Wilbur.
Township No. 2.
MT. Bethel-s. A. Rikard, w. P. Lom-
mick, J. H. Ruff.
Garmany-D. A. Livingston, J. S..
Brown, T. w Folk.
Township No. 8.
Glymphyille-J. L. Henderson, W. R.
Cromer, J. S. ]. Suber.
Maybinton-Jim Ruff Thomas, W. H.
Eison, B. H. Maybin.
Township NO. 4.
Beth Eden-R. C. Carlisle, C. T. Gro
mer, w. NJ Suber.
Waitmire-S. A. Jeter, P. B. O'Dell,
T. E. Eison.
Township No. ).
Kinards-S. B. Evans, J. J. Abrams,
J. A. Dominick.