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SCOTCH-IRISH P Interesting Address Delivei the Unveiling of a Tal Old Greenville Church, Your ancestors were blue blooded Scots. Their original home was in the south-west counties of Scotland. From their mountains and valleys *' -1 ../?rr?c-i5 Hin 1 rioll una Iiw-V I'UUIU IUU1V anuja and see tho green hills of Ireland shining through the mists like gems. Little did rnauv of them think that these same hillsides were to be the iuture homes of their children for many generations. Those Scottish men and women were artisans and small farmers. | Tliey led simple, austere lives, finding it hard work to win their bread l'rom the wet and unfruitful soil. Their homes were poor cottages, built of stone and thatched with straw or heather, while their implements of husbandry were of the most primi u\e kind. They had to pay big rents to the lords who owned the land, and when the harvests turned out badly they were otteii brought to the verge of starvation. They were Puritans of the stern est type. Their sufferings had made them so. No people had sacrificed more than they had done in the cause of civil and religious liberty. They were denied the right to worship in their churches, their homes had been burned to the ground, they were nunt cd like wild beasts from valley to valley, when they attempted to meet and worship God according to their conscience. They were Protestants be fore the Reformation. Although the old Culdee church seemingly had dis appeared l'roin Scotland for three hundred years, and the Roman Cath olic church had full control of the nation, yet in the hearts and lives of those people the ancient church of their native land found a refuge. The love of the precious Word, her simple rites, her inborn love of the rights of man, were interwoven in the woof and fiber of their character. Do you wonder that they counted not their lives dear that were sacrificed in such a cause? What strong conviction they must have had to endure with such heroic fortitude the awful suf ferings of that period in Scottish history, called the "Killing Time," rather than surrender their Presby terian principles. The bloody uiav erhouse anil his wild dragoons utter ly failed in their mission or making them conform to a church they did not love. Not even when thousands of them had become martyrs ror their faith, would they desert the blue flag of their church. Christ's crown and covenant were of more value to them than the favor of kings. No church on earth has a grander roll of saints on her caleudar than ours. When they left their native land to seek a new home in Ireland -they carried their religious convictions with them. They have been living there now in the province of Ulster for three hundred years, a nation within a nation, still Scotch to the I core and as devoted and loyal to the ! Presbyterian church as they were ! while living in the misty romantic j glens of old Scotia. In some things, however, there had been a change in their character. Their residence in Ireland has not been one of continued peace. They have suffered much and have often been oppressed by the na tive Irish who have always looked upon them as intruders. This environ ment has produced a type of men we call Scotch-Irish. They have caught ( something of the warm hearted witty ( nature of the natives while retaining in an intense degree the strong virile ! patient character of the Scot. These characteristics have made them a ( mighty force in the world, and we , have felt it here in America. At least , five of our presidents have been j Scotch-Irish, and the month of No- , vfrrrber may bring us another. It was the Most High and Mighty n Prinoe James, styled King of Great ) Britain, France, and Ireland, Defend^ i er of the Faith, that conceived the < idea that your fathers might prove a j blessing to his turbulent provinces of ; Ulster if he could only induce them ] to settle there. Historians tell us that this prince was far from being the i mighty prince that he was described ] ?? 1 ? # J 1 , U1I Ulf UV ui UUI UlU DIUICD. 1 He was called by one of them* the "wisest fool in Christendom," and was a queer mixture of weakness and learning. Although brought up undeY the influence of the Presbyterian j church, he had -no love for our Com munion, declaring that our system of governmen twas too democratic and very antagonistic to his kingly digni ties. He said that without bishops there could be no king, therefore called our church "God's silly peo ple" when he would have forced b'sli ops upon our fathers, against thtir convictions and without their con sent. He, however, had wisdom enough to know that his Scottish sub jects were even in those days the best farmers in the world, and just: the kind of men to transform the wild lands of Ulster into productive farms; who wero in a continual state of re- 11 bellion against his authority. Offering 11 them new and cheaply rented land he ; induced many of your fathers to leave! 1 Scotland and found new homes in |; Ireland in 1611. The emigration thus started has gone on more or less even to the ipresent day. Between the date i of the first migration and the battle i of the Bovne it "was estimated that no less than fifty thousand Scottish fam ilies had settled in Ulster. They have by their thrift and industry trans formed the wildest and bleakest part of Ireland into a land of smiling farms, and have founded and fostered < an Industrial city called Belfast, that is the pride of Irishmen of all creeds and conditions. ; v It is over two hundred years 8lne? I the attention of your ancestors wa* directed to the Caroliuas as a suit- i able country to settle In. A few In those early times had dured the awful terrors of a voyage across the Atlan tic. which in those days of slow sail ing ships occupied about six months, and had found homes in the then un broken wilderness. Eager to have as ! many of their countrymen about them as they could, not only as neighbors, but to help defend the settlements against the Indians who were their inveterate foes, those early settlers did all in their power to induce their friends in Ireland to follow them to the land of the free. Many of them who left Ireland with high hopes never reached America. They died at sea from the lack of proper food, unsani tary quarters, and terrible hardships . endured on board those old coffin ships. Scurvy and smallpox killed them by the hundreds and they found a last resting place in the angry ocean. Many came to this country by the way of Charleston, working their way slowly up through the malarial 11 RESBYTER9ANS *ed by Rev. J. M. Dallas at' t>let to Their flemory at , Sunday, Oct. 6, 1912. regions until they reached the more desirable lands of the Piedmont. Oth ers landed in Virginia ports and made their way South by Ox-teams. We have no conception of the suffer ings your forefathers went through ere they wore able to form a settle ment in the then tracklesa woods. It took brave hearts indeed to stand th* loneliness of the forest, not Baying anything about danger always lurk ing about in the form of savage In dians. Not very far from the place, where we are assembled today, a; company of your people were massa- I creu in cold blood by those red fiends, j One of the first things your ances tors did after founding their homes, j was to build a church and school. They never forgot their duty to God j who had brought them safely across the sea, and had given them a goodly ' inheritance in this fair land. Educa tion to them was the handmaiden of religion, so for the children's sake, the school must be established. The church was built of logs, if not on the present site, on Borne spot very i near it. This is holy ground that | must always be held in reverence. They were simple folk with a simple faith, those fathers and mothers of yours, and their house of worship was very plain, but they carried in their! hearts a faith that had been the con- | aolation of their race for a thousand : years. Along with their religion they I also brought from Ireland their love of liberty, and I am sure that it Mas | around Presbyterian churches that the first plans concerning the llovolu- j tion were matured. Most of them were Whigs who made a gallant struggle for American independence, j They also made an early impression | on the political fortunes of the State which remain to this day. The "Bon nie Blue Flag" that we all love is on ly the banner of the Presbyterian church with a palm tree engraved onto it, while the legislature is hon oced by having borrowed the name of our highest church court, and calling .tseJf the General Assembly. We do not know when your fathers built their first church here. It may have been some time about 1750, as they were for a long time a mission Hononrtini? entirelv for the VUUt VUt WV|/VMV*.M{J w ministrationB of the Word on travel ing preachers, who came and went through the country on horseback, visiting the widely scattered congre gations once or twice a year. Wo know that Saluda church (as the name was then) had in 1773 grown very anxious for the services of a minister. The sacraments had not been celebrated for a long period, and i.!<uiy of the young childreu were growing up without baptism, which was u matter of great concern to their parents. Meeting together in the Spring of 1773 the people resolved to send a representative to the meeting of the Synod of New York and Phila delphia to present to that venerable court their great spiritual destitution and asking that a minister be sent hem. In this request they were join ed by the Upper Long Cane church, whose history is intertwined with yours and whose long honorable des cent is even more romantic and thril ling thau your own. The request of . the congregation met with a ready j response from the Synod, the Kev. I( John Harris of Maryland, being ap-!; pointed missionary in charge of the): combined field. Mr. Harris was not ! only a preacher but a doctor as well and was a big, powerful hearty man,' . who went about his parish minister ing to the bodies as well as the souls of his hearers. He was greatly belov- ; ed by the people and continued pas- J 'or for ten years. He rode over his j Beld with a rifle strapped to his , riumidere, for the times he lived in i were dangerous on account of the In- ' dians and also from the fact that he ivas an ardent Whig much disliked by the Tories for his bold and outspoken opinions. Mr. Harris continued pastor for ten years, after which be retired, idvising the congregation to organize into a regular charge in jaoa. iiim was done oy the Preabytery of South Carolina in that same year, Rev. Robert Hall being installed aa pas lor of Old Greenville church. I Through all its long history until the present the church lias been faithful to the faith of the fathers, and to the great head of the church, 5ur Lord Jesus Christ. From her, the mother, have gone out three daughter lougregations that are doing good work over a large neighborhood. The venerable organization itself shows 10 sign of decay or that her work is ione. She has more Christian vitality ind is doing bettor 'work than at any ime during her long witnessing for he Master. Her ancient walls are 'ull of young life which gives prom se of a bright and useful future. Like the eagle she is renewing her routh. She has been ever true to he emblem of the Presbyterian :hurch, "Burning but never Conaum We have erected tnis Deauuiui > monument of regal blue marble to the memory of your reverend fathers ; ind mothers who worked so hard in j their day to give us our pleasant ] homes and the blessings of our civi- . lazation. Wc are also deeply grateful : to them for the church that has come : down to us an ever abiding testimony j to the faith they held so dear. Their | bodies lie sleeping out yonder in that quiet cemetery and "after life's fitful fever they sleep well." In some way, however, unknown to us we hope their j spirits are rejoicing touay wuu uuib, ? that we have not forgotten what we j owe to them, your uoble aucastors. Ab | the yearn corae aad go with all the I mysterious changes iu life, while we bk*?e <Jod for -being citizen of the South, and loyal Americana, let us | never forget that you are and will re main In all that best, Scotch-Irish. The Memorial Tablet which is iu the form of a Bhield was designed by Rev. J. M. Dallas and contains three emblems, the Scotch Thistle, Irish Shamrock, and Burning Bush, of the Presbyterian church. The inscription is as follows: i Sacred to the Memory of The Scotch-Irish Pioneers Who Organized This Presbyterian Chnrch, ' A. D. 1784. From the home land they brought f their faith To enrich the South. Their brave hearts and strong arms 'r To subdue the wilderness The ceremony of unveling the tab let was very gracefully performed by Miss Lois Sharpe and Miss Eva Sea wright in the presence of a large con- , gregation. j LICENSE ORDINANCE. kKutiof fciuuth CaroUiiH, City ol Abbertlle. For the purpose of meeting In part the our rent expenses of the city government of the City of Abbeville, S. C., for the fis cal year beginning the 1st day of January, 1918, and to meet in part such other indebt edness of the City of Abbeville, S. C., as may become due in said fiscal year, there fore, be it ordained by the City Council of Abbeville, S. C., and by authority of the game: Section 1. That no person, firm, or cor poration shall engage in, prosecute or car ry on any trade, business, occupation or profession hereinafter mentioned, without haviiiK first paid a special license tax therefor as follows, to wit: Agents, enlarging pictures, per day, $1, month *10 (to Agents, retailing good*, per year... 100 00 Agents or dealers in pianos or organs 10 00 Agent for, or dealer in. fertilizers, who is not a regular merchant and who does not pay the merchant's license 25 00 Agents for sewing machines 15 00 Agents lightning rods 50 001 Architect, civil engineer, surveyor, either 5 00. Apple wagon, wholesale or retail, per day 1 00, Auctioneer 5 ?I0 Automobile hacks, earh 10 00 Ball, when admission is charged. night 5 00 Bilker 5 00 Banks 50 00 Every person, firm or corpurution conducting private bunks, lending money on real estate and Individ ual securities 25 00 Brokers, merchandise 10 00 Barbers, one chair $5, each additional chair 1 00 Bicycle dealer, repairing or hiring.. 5 00 Billiard, pool, bagatelle 300 00 Blacksmith, one forge $3, each addi tional 1 00 Bill poster 10 00 Boarding house, public, per year 5 00 Book agents (not local) per day . .5 00 Boot or shoe shop, making or repair ing 3 00 Bowling or ten pin alley, per month. 5 00 Brick mfgs 15 00 Bootblacks 5 00 T> '1 1.? I lAn/lc mil' 1-ouf 1(1 JDIUK.fl , OLAA-'IVD ttllv* i/VAiur*, Fw? j v..? . . Brokers (pawn) 25 00 Building and Loan Association (other than local) 25 00 Butcher and dealer in meats 10 00 Circus, per day, $25 to 300 00 Circus, side show, per day, $10 to ... 25 00 Coal and wood dealer 10 00 Contractor, for less than 1500 5 00 Contractor, for over $500 15 on Cotton factory 100 00 Cotton teed oil ruill 60 00 Cotton iriu and press $10, over 5 glue each additional 2 Q0 Cotton weigher 5 0? Dugs, upon each and every dog or bitch to be paid for by the person or persons on whose premises said dog or bitch is kept 1 00 Dogs, license not paid on or before 15th of May 1 50 Dealej-s in automobiles, per year 10 00 Dealers in builders' supplies 10 00 Dealers in horses or mules or both .. 25 00 Dentists 5 00 Druggists 10 00 Exhibition, outside Opera House, per day $5 to 25 00 Express companies for business done within the State and not Including that done outside the State or Gov ernment business 100 00 Feather bed and mattress makers and renovators, other than local, per week 25 00 Fish and oyster dealer, or each 5 00 Fruit tree agents 5 00 Flying jenny, lirst week $15, each week after 10 00 Gas fitters and piumbera 10 00 Gun and locksmith, repair shop 1 00 Harness shop, repairing 5 00 Horses, sold at auction exclusively.. 25 00 Hotel 15 00 Ice cream saloon 3 00 Ice dealer, retail 5 00 r-- l.vo lif,, i* lllblll HIIUI" t'UII'H(Uiiro> in*? vw fire 10 oo " " accident 10 00 Itinerant physician, faith curer or otlier healer, per day $y to 10 00 Junk dealer, per year 5 00 Laundry or agent for same 5 00 Lawyer 5 00 Lawyer, lending money on real es tate securities for self or others, in addition 3 00 Lonn, saving or investment compa nies, loaning money on real estate or otherwise 15 00 Lumber yards 10 00 Lunch dealers 2 00 Manufacturer of bottled soda water or agent for same 20 00 Marble yard dealer or agent 10 00 Merchants shall pay license accord ing to the following schedule of gross sales upon sworn returns: dies amounting to five thousand dollars or under, the sum of $10; on each additional thousand dol lars of sales or fractional parts then of, the sum of tlfty eents. Provided, that merchants who engage or ire engaged in business in the said City of Abbeville for a shorter period than twelve nonths shall be required to pay a license ,'ee of $1.00 to *250 dollars. Sec. 2. To constitute a merchant doing business in the City of Abbeville within -u_ : 1 ,1... it III? IlJtUlllllltf UL UIU 1WI OUV-lUV?li IV shall ho necessary for the person or per sons so engaged to maintain and keep a ilace of business or office In ttio said City >f Abbeville. Medicine vendors, per day $5 to 10 00 Mill, grist. 5 00 Mill, saw 5 00 Newspaper 5 00 Jil company, kerosene und gasolene 25 00 3ccuIIst or optician, Itinerant, per week 5 00 Iccullst or optician, local, per year.. 5 00 Painter, contractor 5 00 Physician 5 t)0 Piano or organ tuner or repairer per month S3, year 10 00 Photographers 5 00 Pressing clubs, per year 5 00 Printing office, job 15 00 Railroad, for business done within the State, and not including that done without the State, or inter State commerce, and not including that done for the Government 100 00 Real estate agent 10 00 Repair shop for automobiles, per year 10 00 Repair shop for furniture or other wood work 5 00 Repair shop for shoes 3 00 Repair shop for sewing machines ... 3 00 Restaurant 20 00 Shows, 5 and 10 cents, per week $5 to 25 00 fou.l 1(1 HO " livery and feed 20 00 " sales 25 00 " sales and feed 25 00 " sales, livery and feed 30 00 Stock yards for horses, mules, cattle 10 00 Stoves, itinerant dealer in 1.0 00 Street drummer 25 00 Street back or carriage 5 00 Street wagon or dray, two horses ... S 00 " " " one horee 2 50 Shooting gallery, ;>er week 3 00 Skating rink 5 00 Soda fountain, connected with busi ness or alone 5 00 No person shall let or hire any wag on, cart or dray, or other carriage or vehicle for transportation of goods or passengers within the limits of the city, without having first obtained a badge from the City Clerk and Treasurer, under a pen alty of Ave dollars for each and every day that such vehicle shall j l>a c/t run itt* liva flnvc ininiicitn. rnent for each and every day run. Provided that nothing: herein con tained shall be construed to extend to wagons, carts or other vehicles going to and from market. Street peddler or dealer in produce for profit 25 uo railor, merchant or manufacturer .. 10 00 railor, not merchant, engaged in making and repairing 5 00 rannery 5 00 Feiephone exchange 50 00 relegraph company, for business done within the State, wild not in cluding that done without the State, or inter-State commerce, and not including that done for the Government 15 00 rtn or tinker shop 5 00 Undertaker or embalmer, either 10 00 Veterinary surgeon Warehouse . r, nn . 20 on Watchmaker and jeweller, repairing 10 00 Set*. 3. Any p^moo or persons carr;rlng an any or prosecuting any business oi oc cupation or running ony establishment named in tills or preceding sections, with out first having taken out a license there for. shall be lined, except lu eases where special penalties are imposed, not less than two dollars nor more than one hundred dollars, or be Imprisoned not less than two days nor more than thirty days, for each and every day such business is carried on without such license. That no license shall bo issued for a less period than one year (unless otherwise specified) dated from the llrstdayof the month in which same is issued,and itshall !>?? thn duty <>f the Clork of Council to sen that liec'ie s and fees aie imposed and paid, ami to promptly report any and all casos of fulluro to uo so. T. J. Alton. .t. \V. Chile* I 60 20 15 Sec. 4. Tliat ror any Dusmess, occupation ur profession not enumerated in the fore going sections, the license shall be regu lated and imposed by the City Council at any meeting of the same. Sec. 5. The City Council hereby reserves the right to refuse or revoke any license for any cause which may seem to it just. Sec. 6. That any linn, person or corpora tion making any false or fraudulent re turns, where a return is necessary or re quired under this Ordinance, shall upon conviction be lined not exceeding fifty dol lars nor lass than five dollars, or be im prisoned not exceeding thirty days nor less than live days. Sec. 7. That any person, firm or corpora tion carrying on or pro.secutiiitf any triuht, business, oeciiimtloii or profession, or run ning any establishment named in this Or dinance," or upon which a license may here after be imposed by tin! City Council, with out Ilrst having taken out a license there for, shall be fined (except In cases where special penalties are imposed) not less t han two dollars nor more than one hundred dollars or be imprisoned not less than two days nor more than thirty days in the county or city prison for each and every day such business, occupation or profes sion is carried on without such license. That this Ordinance shall go into effect nn lha llrd rlnii nf Vm-umlior 1019 unflnll persons, linns, corporations or professions not conforming to its requirements shall be liable to the penalties herein imposed from and after hist mentioned date. Done in Council this 8th day of October, 1912, and ratified under the seal of the City of Abbeville, S. C. T. G. Pebrin. C. C. GAMBRELL, City Clerk. Mayor. SUPPLY ORDINANCE. To K?i$e Supplies for the City of AbbeviLie, b. C.# lor the Fiscal Year 11)13. BE IT 011DAIXED by the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of Abbeville, S. C.. in Council assembled and by authority of the same. That a tax for the sums and in a manner hereinafter named shall be raised and paid into the treasury of the City Council for tno uses and purposes thereof for the fiscal year 1918. Notice is hereby given that the office of City Treasurer of Abbeville, S. C., will be of c for the collection of taxes for said lls c. . year 1913, fiom Friday, November 1. 1912. until Tuesday, December 31, 1912, Vtll liwui/ l/> . Rates per centum of taxation are as fol lows : City tax (live) 5 mills Waterworks tax (Interest on bonds and sinking fund) (two; 2 mills Electric Light tax (Interest on bonds and sinking fund) (two) 2 mills Sewer age tax (Interest on bonds and sinking fund (two) 2 mills That when the tuxes and assessments or any portion thereof charged against the property or party on the tax books of the city for the fiscal year 1913, shall i.ot be paid on or before the "first day of January, 11)18, tne City Treasurer shall proceed lo to add a penalty of one per cent, on the tax l>ook, and the City Treasurer shall col il'Ct lilt! burnt*, anu II wit; ntuu aoovta inents mid penalties nro not paid on or be fore the lirst day of February next there after, au additional penalty of one per centum shall be added by the City Treas urer, and if said taxes, assessments and IK'iialties are not paid on or before thelirvt day of March next thereafter, an addition al penalty of live per centum thereon shail bo added by the City Treasurer and be col lected by him; and if the said taxes, as sessments and penalties are not paid on or before the fifteenth day o' March next thereafter, the said City Treasurer shall issue his tax execution for said taxes, as sessments and penalties against the prop wrty of the defaulting taxpayers according to law. A commutation road tax will be collected the same time as other taxes from all male citizens between the ages of 18 and 55 years, except those exempted by law. This commutation tax is as follows: The sum of two dollars payuble before March :Jlst, 1018; the sum of two and 50-100 dol lars if not paid until and during the month of April. 1913; the sum of three dollars if not paid until and dining the month of Mnn 1H1 O Tn 1 l/i? l /\P 4l%tu +I?V ?_* IV ill) |>C iUH V, XI1 ilV/U v/i bllio Ola. uuj o work upon the highways and streets of the city will bo required "under the Street Overseer. All persons failing or refusing to pay the commutation tax or to work sis full days siiull upon conviction be lined not more thun thirty dollars or be imprisoned not more than thirty days. l)one and ratified in City Council this 8th day October, 1912. T. G. PjatniN, C. C. GAMBRELL City Clerk. Mayor, j STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, Abbeville County OOURT COMMON PLEAS EX PARTE JOHN J. VAUGHN NOTICE is hereby given that a Pe- ( tition has been filed in the Court of j Common Pleas for the State and ( County above written by John J. Vaughn, asking for an Order appoint ing Jones F. Miller, Judge of Probate, j as guardian of the estates of John H. , Vaughn, George T. Vaughn, Carrie L. j Vaughn, Isabel Vaughn and Mamie L. ( Vaughn, minors, which e3tates con - C a; Wit nirvVtf 1 aiaia Ul otivuu nuiiuiuu oiaij -cigui. G8-100 ($7iJ8.G8) Dollars in cash now in the hands of the Master of Abbe ville County, and which said sum be longs to the said minors in equal shares. Your petitioner has filed a pe tition to have the Judge of Probate appointed as the guardian of the said estates for the reason that they have no general or testamentary guardian and that no fit, responsible or compe tent person can be found, wlii la will ing to assume the ?aid trust. J. J. VAUGHN, Petitioner. Greene & Hill, Petitioner's Attorneys. I) Contractors and Builders Estimates furnished free. Let us makf your plans ai d fig ure on your work. Notice of Election STATE OF SOUTH CABOLIXA, County of Abbeville Notice ijj hereby given that the General Election lor State and Coun ty Officers will be held at the voting precincts prescribed by law in said County, on Tuesday, November 5, 11)12, said day being Tuesday follow ing the first Monday in November, as prescribed by tbe State Constitution. The qualifications for suffrage: Managers of election shall require of every elector offering to vote at any election, before allowing him to vote, the production of his registra tion certificate and proof of the pay ment of all taxes, including poll tax, assessed against him and collectible during the previous year. The pro duction of ? certificate or of the re ceipt of the officer authorized to col lect such taxes shall be conclusive proof of the payment thereof. There shall be separate and dis tinct ballots at this election for the following officers, to-wit: (1) Gov ernor and Lieutenant Governor; (2) (ithnp nft'ifore fXl Pirrnit Sn-I licitor; (4) State Senator; (5) Mem bers of House of Representatives;(6) County Officers. On which shall be the name or names of the person or persons voted for as such officers, respectively and the office for which they are voted. There shall be separate boxes in which said ballots are to be deposited 1 and each ballot box shall be labeled ' in plain Roman letters with the office i or officers voted for. Whenever a vote is to be taken on any special question or questions a box shall be provided, properly la beled for that purpose, and the ballots thereror on such question or ques tions shall be deposited therein. Before the hour fixed for opening the polls Managers and Clerks must take and subscribe the Constitutional oath. The Chairman of the Board of Managers can administer the oath to the otfier members and to the Clerk; a Notary Public must administer the oath to the Chairman. The Managers elect the4r Chairman and Clerk. Polls at each voting place must b? opened at 7 o'clock a. m. and closed at 4 o'clock p. m., except in the City of Charleston, where they shall be opened ut 7 a. m. and closed at 6 p. m. The Managers have the power to fill a vacancy, and if none of the Man ntrara aftonrl the r-ifizens nan aD 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 mu6t proceed! publicly to open the ballot boxes and count the ballots therein, and con tinue without adjournment until the same is completed, aud make a state ment of the result for each office and sign the same. Within three day* thereafter, the Chairma'n of the Board or some one designated by the Board, must deliver to the Commissioners of Election the poll list, the boxes con taining the ballots and written state ments of the results of the election. At the said election separate box es will be provided at which quali fied electors will vote upon the adop tion or rejection of an amendment to the State Constitution, as provided in the following Joint Resolutions: >'o. oS2. A JOINT RESOLUTION to Amend Section 7, Article VIII of the Con stitution, Relating to Municipal Bonded Indebtedness, by Adding a Proviso Thereto as to the Town of Bishopville. Section 1. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, That the following amendment to Section 7, Article VIII of the Constitution of the State of South Carolina, be agreed to: Add at the end thereof the following words; "Provided, further, That the limita tions imposed by this section and by Section 5 of Article X of this Consti tution, shall not apply to the bonded indebtedness incurred by the town of Bishopville, in the county of Lee, when the proceeds of said bonds are applied exclusively to aid in the build ing and purchase of rights of way of the South Carolina Western Railway, or other railroad or railroads, under such restrictions and limitations aB the General Assembly may prescribe, and where the question or incurring i such indebtedness is submitted to ( the qualified electors of said munici- < pality, as provided in the Constitu tion, upon the question of bonded in debtedness." Sec. 2. That the question of adopt ing this amendment shall be submit ted at the next general election for Representatives to the electors as follows: Those in favor of the amend ment will deposit a ballot with the following words plainly written or printed thereon: "Constitutional amendment to Section 7, Article VIII Df the Constitution, relating to munic ipal bonded indebtedness, as propos ed by a Joint Resolution entitled 'A Joint Resolution to amend Section 7, Article VIII of the Constitution, re lating to municipal bonded indebted ness by adding a poviso thereto as to the town of Bishopville.'?Yes." Those Dpposed to said amendment shall cast ; \ ballot with the following words j plainly written or printed thereon: 'Constitutional amendment to Sec ion 7, Article VIII, of the ] Constitution, relating to munici pal bonded indebtedness as pro- ] posed by a Joint Resolution en litled 'A Joint Resolution to amend Section 7, Article VIII, of the Consti tution, relating to municipal bonded ndebtodness, by adding a proviso! i hereto as to the town of Bishopville' j -No." Ntt. m \ JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an I A A m An * f r* Arfi/?1o Y nf thp Constitution, by Adding Thereto | Section 14a, to Empower the Cities of Charleston and Beaufort to As-! sess Abutting Property for Perma nent Improvements. Section 1. Be it resolved by the j General Assembly of the State of; Jouth Carolina, That the following intendment to Article X of the State Constitution, to be known as Section j < 14a of said Article X, be agreed to 1 >y two-thirds of the members elected i o each house, and entered on the ? Tournals respectively, with yeas and | i lays taken thereon, and be submitted '< o the qualified electors of the State i it the next general election thereaf- c er for Representatives, to-wit: Add s he following section tc Article X of he Constitution, to be and be known ! a is Section 14a. Section 14a. The General Assembly 11 nay authorize the corporate author- l ties of the cities of Charleston and t Jeaufort to levy an assessment ypon s butting property for the purpose of I laying for permanent improvements v on streets and sidewalks immediate- c ly abbutting such property: Provid- j ed, That said improvements be order- > ed only upon the written consent of t two-thirds of the owners ol the prop erty abutting upon the street, tide- j, walk, or part of either, proponed to i be improved, and upon condition that <] said corporate authorities shall pay j at least one-half of the costs of suchj c improvements. [ s Sec. 2. That those electors, at the ! said election, voting in favor of the j t said amendment shall deposit a bal-'t lot with the following words plainly ! t written or printed thereon: "Amend- ] ment to Article X of the State Consti- ( tution, by adding Section 14a, empow- < ering the cities of Charleston and j Beaufort to assess abutting property i for permanent improvement??Yee." And those voting against the said !, amendment shall deposit a ballot witn !, the following words written or print- ( ed thereon: "Amendment to Article X < of the State Constitution, by adding i Section 14a, empowering the cities of Charleston and Beaufort to assess j abutting property for permanent im provements?No." j >'o. 584. A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an , Amendment to Article X of the ] Constitution, by Adding Thereto ! ] Section 15, to Empower the Towns |< of Gaffney and Woodruff and Cities j 1 of Chester and Georgetown to As- i sesa Abutting Property for Perma- ; nent Improvement. i Section 1. Be it resolved by the 1 General Assembly of the State of ' South Carolina, That the following amendment to the Constitution, Ar ticle X, to be known as Section 15 of ' said article, be aereed to bv two- ! thirds of the members elected to each i house, and entered on the Journals j respectively, with yeas and nays tak- j < en thereon, and be submitted to the | qualified electors of the State at the ,1 next general election thereafter for j Representatives, to-wit: Add the ; following section to Article X of the I Constitution, to be and be known ae i Section 15: ( Section 15. The General Assembly may authorize the corporate authori ties of the towns of Gaffney and j YVdodruff and the cities of Chester j and Georgetown to levy an assess- j ment upon abutting property for the j purpose of paying for permanent lm- I provemeuts on streets and sidewalks. 1 or streets or sidewalks, immediately ! abutting such property: Provided,!1 That said improvements be ordered j only upon the written consent of a I majority of the owners of the proper- ' ty abutting upon the streets or 6ide- : walks, or part of either proposed to j he imnrnved. and nnon the condition ! that the corporate authorities shall j pay at least one-half of the costs of: such Improvements. See. 2. That the electors voting at 1 duch general election in favor of the proposed amendment shall deposit a ballot with the following words plainly written or printed thereon: "Amendment to Article X of the Con stitution, by adding Section 15, em powering the towns of Gaffney and Woodruff and the cities of Chester and Georgetown to assess abutting nrnnertv for nermanent imDrovement ?Yes." And those voting against said i proposed amendment shall deposit a i ballot with the following words plainly written or printed thereon: I 'Section 15, empowering the towns of Gaffney and Woodruff and the cities ] of Chester annd Georgetown to assess abutting property for permanent im provements?No." Soc. 3. The Managers of Election i < shall canvass said vote and certify | the result as now provided by law, and shall provide a separate box for said ballots. At said election the qualified elec- j tors shall also vote upon the question i of issuing bonds not exceeding one' million ($1,000,000.00) dollars to car-1 pv out nlano relievo the pnncpsfprf I 4 J i"""" ?o ? I condition of the State Hospital for the < Insane, as provided by Joint Resolu- i; tion No. 578, V;ta and Joint Resolu-1 'ions of 1912. I Managers of Election. |: The following Managers of Elec- i i tion have been appointed to hold the j1 election at the various precincts in \ I the said County: Donalds?M. W. Gambrell, Vernan t Martin, Steve Brown. j < Due West?J. G. Loner, J. L. Pruitt, j < R. H. Armstrong. < Bryant's X Roads?Frank Carwile, A.; < F. Carwile, Charlie Pratt. 1 Antreville?Norrls Wakefield, J. H. I , Bowen, R. 0. McAdams. Lowndesville?James T. Baskla. J. H. | Bell, W. E. Ellis. , Calhoun Falls?John Poore, Claude j j Lanier, John Blanchett. Mt. Carmel?John R. Tarrant, T. W. Mars, T. B. Frazier. McCormick?L. N. Chamberlain, John i Dawson, rierce juci/aiu. Young's School House?J. M. Spence, i Fed T. Young, Cowan Young. Clatworthy's X Roads?John Brown, J. C. Dansby, Walter Smith. Abbeville?A. F. Calvert, J. C. Cox, Josh Billings. Central?A. 0. Calvert, A. B. Robin-\ son, Joe Mundy. Willington?George Lawton, Weyman Clinkscales, W. D. Morrah. Hampton?J. R. Murdock, J. H. Cald well, J. A. Murdock. | Keowee?John McMahan, Eugene B.G.11 Shaw, J. W. C. Ashley. Rock Springs?C. M. Kay, Will Ridge way, Leonard Moore. The Managers at each precinct named above are requested to dele- j gate one of their number to secure boxes and blanks for the election. Boxes and instructions will be de- j livered to Managers, Saturday, No vember 2nd, at Abbeville C. H., by A. P. Calvert, Clerk. J. Frank Clinkscales, jl Chairman,' W. E. Morrison, J. 0. Cann. Commissioners of State and County 1 * Elections for Abbeville County, S. C., October 10th, 1912. i , (1 n i\ otice 01 j Election ; STATE OF SOUTH CAKOMXA, County of Abbeville. Notice i3 hereby glren that the Jeneral Election for Presidential and krice-Prcsidential Electors and Rep esentatives in Congress will be held it the voting precincts fixed by law n the County of Abbeville on Tuea lay, November 5, 1912, said day be ng Tuesday following the first Mon-! lay, as prescribed by the State Con- ( ititution. The qualifications for suffrage are is follows: Residence in State for two years, in lie County one year, in the polling g irecinct in which the elector offers : 1 o vote, four months, and the payment j I ix months before any election of any11 (oil tax then due and payable. Pro- I ided, That ministers in charge of an I >rganized church and teachers of lublic schools shall be entitled to 'ote after six '-months' residence in h* State. otherwiM Qualified. RaglBtrstloa-?Puyaient of all taxen, Deluding poll tax, a?8?M?d and col ^cttble during she prcrlous year. Phe production of a certificate or tho ceipt of the officer authorized to collect such taxes shall be conclu sive proof of the payment thereof. Before the hour fixed for opening he polls Managers aud Clerks must ake and subscribe to the Crnstitu :ional oath. The Chairman of the 3oard of Managers can administer the >ath to the other Managers and to the Slerk; a Notary Public must admin ister the oath to Chairman. The Man agers elect their Chairman and Clerk. Poll# at each voting place must be jpened at 7 o'clock a. m? and closed it 4 o'clock p. m., except In the City af Charleston, where they shall be spened at 7 a. m.( and closed at 6 p. tn. The Managers have the power to 511 a vacancy; and if none of the Man agers attend the citizens can appoint, from among the qualified voters, the Managers, who, after being sworn, :an conduct the election. At the close of the election, the Managers and Clerk must proceed publicly to open the ballot boxes and count tne Dauois tnerein, ana con tinue without adjournment until the aame is completed, and make a state ment of the result for each office, 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 taining the ballots and written state ments of the result of the election. Managers of Election The following Managers of Election have been appointed to hold the elec tion at the various precincts in the said County: Abbeville?F. W. R. Nance, T. C. Seal, J. L. Clark. Antreville?L. 0. Robinson, L. Ale wine, F. A. Fleming. Calhoun Falls?H. W. Law^on, W. J. Ammons, R. 0. Bell. Mt. Carmel?J. T. Hester, H. S. Cas on, W. E. Hagen. McCormick?G. P. Watkins, T. J. Sy bert, Samuel Priouleau. Young's School House?J. A. Brown, J. W. Long, J. A. Young. Clatworthy's X Roads?J. J. Link, Weyman Below, W. F. Langley. uenirak? u. r. nanaaa, j. *1. ouurp, T. J. Palmer. Dob West?J. B. Pressly, D. S. Ed wards, John Magill. Bryant's X Roads?P. C. Ellis, R. L. Young, John Wilson. Lowndesville?R. T. Broadwell, J. M. Wright, George McNalr. Rock Springs?J. A. Black, J. R. Sheffield, Will Coleman. Willington?W. 0. Covin, Albert Gi bert, S. P. Morrah. Hampton?C. E. McCain, N.E. Cromes, J. H. Caldwell. Keowee?F. K. Ashley, R. L. McMah an, Bradley Ricketts. Donalds?C. V. Martin, D. S. Kennedy, R. L. Barmore. The Managers at each precinct above named are requested to dele gate one of their number to securc the boxes and blanks for the elec tion. Boxes and instructions will be de livered to Managers Saturday, No vember 2, at Abbeville C. H., by A. F. Calvert, Clerk. W. A. Calvert, Ch'n. J. W. Faulkner, W. C. Shaw, Commissioners of Federal Election for Abbeville County, S. 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