Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-10-30
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es.-Progressive Farmer.
NOTICE OF ELECTION.
State Of South Carolina
County of Edgefeld.

NOClCS ID uSlCpy given oAAoo WY
General Election for United States
Senator (full term) and Representa-
tives in Congress, and Special Elec-
ton for United States Senator (short
term) will be held at the voting pre-
cincts fixed by law in the County of
Edgefeld, on Tuesday, November 5th
1918, said day being Tuesday follow
ing 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 pay
ment six months before any election
of any poll tax then due and payable.
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.
REGISTRATION. = Payment Of
all taxes, including poll tax, assessed
and collectible during the previous
year. The production of certificate.
or the receipt of the officer authoriz-
ed to collect such taxes shall be COLI
elusive 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; Notary Public must
administer the oath to the 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 z a. m, 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 ap-
point, from among the qualified vo-
ters, 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, or someone designated by, the
Board, must, deliver to the Commits
sioners of Election the poll list, the
box containing the ballots and writ
ten statements of the result of the
election. ~
MANAGERS OF ELECTION
The following Managers of Election
have. been appointed to hold the elec-
ton at the various precincts in the
said County:
Timmerman-L.sJ. Rutland, D. j.
Derrick, T. W. Johnson.
Trenton-F. P. Salter, c. L.
Crouch, j. D. Mathis.
Johnston-H. W. Dobey, John
Wright, W. H. Carpenter.
Edgefeld, Pickens-J. W. Peak,
j. E. Minis, Clyde R. Jackson.
Edgefeld, Wise-W. A. Strom, j..
Y. Bryan, j. N. Fair.
Meeting Street-W. NJ. Thinner
man, ]. F. Logue, ]. j. Padgett.
Pleasant Lane-J. B. Minnick, F.
L. Zimmerman, E. B. Williams.
Red Hill-G. W. Bussey, Fl. H.
Smith, R. M. johnson.
Cheathams Store-J. F. Boone,
R. w. Christie, L. H. Harling.
Mathis-T.. L. Miller, ]. W. Ste
vens, C. T. Mathis.
Meriwether Hall. 0. Scott, L.
w. Reece, George Wright.
Ropers-T. L. Zimmerman, B. 7.
Lanham, J. W. Mundy.
Bacon at Bouknight's Store-B.
R. Smith, F. M. Warren, Charley
Yonce.
School House near ]. O. Seigler's
j. W. Morgan, R. T. West, j. P.
Sullivan.
The managers at each precinct
named above are requested to dele
gate one of their number to secure
the box and blanks for the election
on or before Saturday, November 2.
E. J. NORRIS
J. F. PAYNE
J. D. HUGHEY
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