The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1916-10-20
NOTICE OF ELECTION.
State of South Carolina,
County of Union

county or Union.
Notice is hereby given that the
General Election for Presidential and
Vice Electors and Repre-
sentatives in Congress will be held at
the voting precincts fixed by law in
the County of Union on Tuesday, No
vember z, 1916, said day being Tues
day following the first Monday, as
prescribed by the State Constitution.
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 before any election of any
poll tax then due and payable. Pro-
v1ded, That ministers in charge of an
organized church and teachers of pub
lie schools shall be entitled to vote
after six months residence in the
State, otherwise qualified.
gistratiOn-Payment of all taxes,
including poll tax, assessed and COL
lectible during the previous year. The
production of certificate or the re-
celpt of the officer authorized to COL
lect such taxes shall be conclusive
proof OF the payment thereof.
Before the hour fixed for opening
| the polls Managers and Clerks must
take and subsribe to the Constitu-
tlonal oath. The Chairman of the
Board of Managers can administer the
oath to the other Managers and to the
Clerk; Notary Public must admin
lister 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 a. m. and closed at 6
D. m.
The Managers have the power to fill
a vacancy; and if none of the Man.
ayers attend, the citizens can ap-
point, from among the qualified vot-
ers, the managers, who, after being
sworn, can conduct the election.
| AT the close of the election, the
Managers and Clerk must proceed
publicly to open the ballot box and
count the ballots therein, and con-
tinue without adjournment until the
same is completed, and make state
ment of the result for each office, and
sign the same. Within three days
thereafter, the Chairman of the Board,
must deliver to the Commissioners
or some one designated by the Board
must deliver to the Commissioners
of Election the poll list, the box con-
tanning the ballots and written state
ments 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:
Union G. HI. F. Malone, J. G..
Howell, R. A. Oliphant.
| Cross Keys-A. J. Bailey, J. H.
Graham, R. B. Alverson.
| Black Rock-J. M. Henderson, Jas.
Mobley, Raymond Bishop.
Carlisle-W. l.. Hudspeth, R. ".
Gist, Jesse Conner.
Santuc-J. S. F. Adams, w. D. Sar-
tor, E. G. Thomas.
Adamsburg-.J, A., Orr, Bunyan
IAdams, j.. d. Hancock.
| Kelton-J. B. Holcomb, S. r. Gar
ner, w. B. Little.
Jonesville H. Gore, E. H. Jeter,
Gray Gault.
| Gibbs-Henry Smith, c. N. Lawson,
S. A. Lawson.
Coleraine-J. P. Hopkins, w. M.
Sumner, B. Il. Lawson.
West Springs-W. T. Lancaster, G..
T. Hyatt, Y. E. Holcomb.
Lockhart-B. B. Belue, w. C. John
son, G. D. Broom.
Buffalo Mills-C. H. Betsill, Fair
Willard, w. M. Johnson.
Monarch Cot. Mills-Grady Rey-
nolds, j. M. Howell, Oliver Sims.
Excelsior X. Mills-John Jolly, J..
C. Gregory, H. G. Bailey.
Meadors-J. F. Gist, Steven Cros-
by, Jno. Meador.
| Wilburn's Store-W. L. Lawson,
Scaife Wilburn, E. H. Kingsmore.
| The Managers at each precinct
named above are requested to delegate
one of their number tn secure the box
and blanks for the election from R.
G. Williams at Union Courthouse,
Union, S. c., on or before Nov. /.
1916.
w. H. Sartor,
j. Wesley Scott,
| c. A. Jeter,
Commissioners of Federal Election
for Union County, S. G..