Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1915-08-18
NOTICE OF ELECTION.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
County of Edgefeld.

Notice is hereby given. that an
election will be held on the 18th
day of September, A. D. 1915, at
the voting precincts fixed by law in
said county, upon the question as to
whether the manufacture and sale
Of alcoholic liquors and beverages
shall be prohibited or continued in
this State, as provided by Act No.
76, to submit to the qualified cleo
tors the question of the prohibition
of the manufacture and sale of alco-
holic liquors and beverages in the
State and to provide for the carry
ing of these provisions into effect,
approved the 10th day of February,
1915.
The qualifications for suffrage are
as follows:
Residence in State for two years,
in the County one year, in the poll
ing precinct in which the elector
offers to vote, four months, and the
payment six months before any cleo
ton of any poll tax then due and
payable. Provided, That ministers in
charge of all organized church and
teachers of public schools shall be
entitled to vote after six months
residence in the State, otherwise
qualified.
:Registration.-Payment Of all
taxes, including poll tax, assessed
and collectible during the previous
year. The production of q certifi-
cate or the receipt of the officer au-
thorized to collect 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-
tional oath. The Chairman of the
Board of Managers can administer
the oath to the 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 Z o'clock a. M,
and closed at o'clock p: M, except
in the City of Charleston, where
they shall be opened at 7 o'clock a.
nj. and closed at 6 p. m.
The managers have the power to
fill a vacancy; and if none. of the
Managers attend, the citizens can
appoint, from among the qualified
voters, the Managers, who, after be-
ing 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
continue without adjournment until
the same is completed 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 Commissioners of
Election the poll list, the boxes con-
tanning the ballots and written state
ments of the result of the election.
Managers of Election.-The fol-
lowing Managers of Election have
been appointed to hold the election
at the various precincts in the said
County:
Zimmerman. j. Clax.on, Jno.
Rutland, M. C. Whitlock.
Johnston-P. B. Waters, Jr., ]. R.
Hart, T. S. Rhoden.
Trenton-J. H. Berry, Harold
Crouch, Ed Pardue.
Edgefeld C. H. Pickens-J. T.
McManus, ]. A. Holland, w. R. Co.
var.
Edgefeld C. H. Wise-Yancy Bry-
an, Andrew Covar, Ernest Arthur.
Meeting Streets. H. Alien, M.
A. Watson, w. C. McCary.
Parksville-R. E. Bussey, j. P.
Blackwell, Frank Parks.
Pleasant Lane-L. H. Hamilton,
E. M. Zimmerman, Milledge Byrd.
Rehoboth-P. B. West, j. H.
Stone, w. A. Winn.
Plum Branch-W. H: Parks, Will
Banks, w. G. Mallett. :
Modoc-Warren Mcdaniel, Grov-
er Mcdaniel, Charlie Scigler.
Red Hill-Byrd McClendon, R.
E. Cheatham, Few. j. T. Littlejohn.
Cheatham's store-John McGee,
D. D. Brunson, M. W. Seigler.
Mathis-W. d. Cheatham, E. B.
Hammond, T. E. Mathis.
Liberty Hill-E. M. Whatley, E.