The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1915-09-09
Notice of Election.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA.
COUNTY OF WILLIAMSBURG.


Notice is hereby given that an cleo
ton will be held on the 18th day of Sep
tember, A D 1915, at the voting pre-
cincts fixed by law in said county, upon
the question as to whether the manu-
| facture and sale of alcoholic liquors and
beverages shall be prohibited or contin-
ued in this State, as provided by Act No
76, to submit to the qualified electors
the question of the prohibition of the
manufacture and sale of alcoholic liq-
uors and beverages in the State and to
provide for the carrying of these pro-
visions 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 precinct
in which the elector offers to vote, four
months. and the payment six months be-
fore any election of any poll tax then
due and payable. Provided. That minis
ters 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 qualified.
Registration. Payment of all taxes,
including poll tax, assessed and collect
ible during the previous year. TheSpro..
duction of certificate or the receipt OF
the officer authorized 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 constitutional oath.
The chairman of the board of managers
can administer the the oath 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 be
opened at o'clock a. m. and closed at
4 o'clock p. m., except in the city OF
Charleston, where they shall be opened
at a. m. and closed at 6p. m.
The managers have the power to till
vacancy; and if none of the managers
attend, the citizens can appoint, from
among the qualified voters, the manag-
ers who, after being sworn, can conduct
the election.
At the close of the election the m an
ayers and clerk must proceed publicly
to open the ballot boxes and count the
ballots therein, and continue without
adjournment until the same is complet-
ed and make q statement of the result
and sign the same. Within three (9
days thereafter the chairman of the
board, or some one designated by the
board, must deliver to the Commission
ers of Election the poll list, the boxes
containing the ballots and written state
of %ho al
Managers of Election. - The following
managers of election have been appoint
ed to hold the election at the various
precincts of the said county:
MANAGERS OF ELECTION.
Kingstree-R B Smith, C C Burgess,
A M Gordon, Sr.
Cades-R T Flagler, j H McFadden,
R F Epps. ~,
Bloomingvale-H o Pipkin, R w
Smith, S S Mitchum.
Muddy Creek-W H Harmon, N M
Venters, Luther Joy.
Vox-S D Hanna, John w Hanna, j
Earis-G W Camlin, J S Wheeler, 7
A McCants.
Trio-W T Ivens, M L Boyd, w W
Boyd. n, ,
Cedar Swamp-D w Courtney, W E
Snowden, G o Epps.
Greelyville-S W Montgomery j +
Green, H S Gamble.
Hebron Church--SB B McElveen, Charl-
ton A Budden, B G Baker.
Gourdins Workman McClary, Lex
McClary, ] G Bell.
Poplar Hill-W G Carter, j c Par
sons, c. H Gordon.
Mouzons p O-J w McClam, R E
Adams, j T Frierson.
Pergamos-B w Moone, w N Powell,
w B Wall.
Morrisville-W Marshall, R E Tart,
V w Graham.
Salters-W S Shaw, H T McClary, L
A Whitfield.
Suttons-S B Gordon, S P Cooper, S
L Parsons.
Indiantown-W R Graham, S D Cum
ningham, P D Snowden.
Taft-B A Brown, w D Bryan, II N
Sheppard.
Johnsonville-James McCutchen. J G
Rollins, F Powell.
The managers at each precinct named
above are requested to delegate one OF
their number to secure the boxes and
blanks for the election at kingstree Sat-
urday, September II.
RW FULTON,
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