Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1920-10-20
NOTICE OF ELECTION
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COUNTY OF EDGEFIELD


COUNTY OF EDGEFIELD
Notice is hereby given that the
General Election for Presidential
and Vice Presidential Electors, Unit
ed States Senator and Represents
tives in Congress will be held at the
voting precincts fixed by law in the
County of Edgefeld on Tuesday
November 2, 1920, said day being
Tuesday following the first Monday
as prescribed by the State Constitu-
tion.
The qualifications for suffrage are
as follows:
Residence in States for two years,
in the County one, year, in the poll
ing precinct in which the elector of
fers to vote, four months, and the
payment six month before any elec-
tion of any poll tax then due and
payable: Provided, That ministers
in charge of an organized church and
teachers of public schools shall be en-
titled to vote after six months res
idence in the States, otherwise quail
fed.
acknowledgement of all tax
es, including poll tax, assessed and
collectible during the previous year.
The production 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 orening
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 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 4 o'clock p. M, except in the City
of Charleston where they shall be
opened at z a. m. and closed at p.
m.
The Managers have the power to
fill vacancy; and if none of the
Managers attend, the citizens can ap-
point, from among the qualified vo-
tiers, the Managers, who, after being
sworn, can conduct the election.
At the close of the election the
Managers and Clerk must proceed
publicly to the ballot box and count
the ballots therein, and continue
without adjournment until the same
is completed, and make statement
of the result for each office, and sign
the same. Within three days therein
after the Chairman of the Board,
or some 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 Eleotion.--The fol-
lowing Managers, of Election have
been appointed to hold the election
at the various precincts in the SAID
County:
Timmerman-D. G. Derrick, G. L.
Salter, W. P. Rutland.
Cheatham's Store-R. c. Griffis,
C. A. Cheatham, L. R. Brunson, Sr.
Johnston. G. Mobley, A. j.
Lewis, w. E. LaGrone.
Mathis. L: Miller, D. 7. Mathis,
H. W. McKie.
Trenton-D. o. Ryley, W. H. Moss
and L. D. Crouch.
Meriwether Hall. o. Scott, K.
Nv. Glover, T. ]. Briggs.
Edgefeld, No. 1, Pickens-W. H.
Bee, ]. w. Morgan, ]. P. Nixon.
Edgefeld No. 2, Wise-W. L. Dun
ovant, Jr., S. A. Brunson, W. A.
Strom.
Roper-s. W. Miller, j. W. Nun
DIV, W. w. Miller, Jr.
Meeting Street--G. R. Logue, j.
C. Buzzard, ST., j, M. Walton.
Bacon, at Bouknight's 'Store-G.
M. Smith, N. L. Broadwater, William
Bouknight.
Pleasant Lane-W. H. Thinner
man. Tol Mcdowell, j. B. Minick.
Rock Hill, at Seigler's Residence
w. L. Winn, J. O. seigler, R. D.
Seigler.
Red Hill. H. Smith, sr., En-
nest Harris, L. j. McClendon.