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* rxviu MM mmmmmmmmmmmmammrnammmmmmmmmmammmm ?? NOTICE OF ELECTION . ! STATE IF SOUTH CAROLINA, County of Abbeville. Notice is hereby given that the General Election for Presidential and Vice Presidential Electors, United States Senator and Representatives in Congress will be held at the voting precincts fixed by law in the ~ *" - m J XT County 01 ADOevuie on i uesuay x* u ember 2, 192(^, said day being Tuesday following .the first Monday ms prescribed' by ,the State Constitution. The qualifications 'for suffrage are as follows: "? ' * Residence in State for two yearS, ' / m the County one year, in the poll* ing precinct in which the election i ?ffers to vote, four months,, and the payment six months before any election of any poll tax then due and payable: Provided, That ministers in chaige 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 #tax'v' as, including poll tax, assessed and coDectibe during the previous year. The production of a certificate or MKC l^VCiyv vi vuv v* vmv ? ? thorized 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 Constitui ttaoal oath. The Chairman of the ? . V. Board of Managers can administer the oath to the other Managers .and . to the Clerk; a Notary Public must( V , administer the oath to Chairman. The Managers elect their Chairman J and Clerk. V, ' Polls at each voting place must be % ' ? opened at 7 o'clock a. m. and closed . "v" r . at A o'clock p. m., except in the City ; . ; >' rf Charleston, where they shall' be ( r_ opened at 7 a. m. and closed at 6 p. The Managers have the power to iU v fin a vacancy; and if none of the Managers attend, the citizens can 7: appoint, from among the qualified voters, the Managers, who, after be. , ntg sworn, can conduct the election. [ At the close of the election tjhe Managers and Clerk must proceed | publicly to open the ballot box and ' ' ... . ii :.j_ i count the oaiiots inerein, ana con. ? tnae without adjournment until the ' ' ante is completed, and make a ' statement of the result for each ofV: ' flee, and sen the' same. Within , i ^J Ifli DfiQP* WMsjKr SEALED THIS ONLY jKggpP AT YOUR GPOCERS [MAXWELLHOUSE I COFFEE J ', . : I . - E X C U R S I i .. j- T( > COLUMBI ACCO * STATE OCTOBER - it ; SOUTHERN RAI y > \ Excursion Tickets on 27, 28 and for trains sched before noon of October 29tl V ' ' v * . original st&rting point pnoi v 1920. SPECIAL Will be operated Wed tober 27th and 28th, on th< Lv. Honea Path ... ., Lv. Donalds Lv. Shoals Junction . Lv. Abbeville * T.v Hndarfts. 4 '*{ " * ~~\J '[ Lv. Greeflwood ... !V Lv. Newberry Ar. Columbia r > Returning, leave Colui 27th?28th, arriving Ande Special train from Ho'( on arrival of special from C For further informatic ply to Ticket Agent or R. C. COTNER, Di! c I w . V" it i ;"*7 ;X;- - & Jjjfefe NO DEVELOPMENT IN COAL STRIK1 Transport Men May Refuse io Worl Conference in London Fails to Take Final Action As Expected. f London, Oct. 19, (By the Associat aA Proas ^?There were no new de velopments today in the coal strik which began last Saturday. In all th coal regions where the men have laii down their tools order was maintain ed by the strikers. One feature of th situation tonight which bore possibil ities of a widening of the strike wa the prospects of the 25,000 Londoi commercal -road transport men ceaa three days thereafter the Chairmai of the Board, or some one designs ted by the Board, must deliver t< the Commissioners of Election th< Poll list, the box containing the bal lots and written statements of th< result of the election. MANAGERS OF ELECTION. Mangers of Election?The follow lowing Managers of Election hav< been appointed to hold the electior at the various precincts in the sak County: Abbeville?T. C. Seal, J. Allei Long, Bayard Swetenburg. Cotton Mill?R. W. Smith, J. F Barnwell,,B. H. Williams. Gilliams Gin House?G. E. Putnan W. T. Sanders, J. a.' wnson. Magnolia?R. 0. Bell, Fred C Nance, J. F. Gibert. Lowndesville?E.. W. Harper, Jr. D. K. Cooley, Otto Nelson. Due West?R. H. McAdams, J. B Dawson, A. R. Fowler. ' v Donalds?B. W. Tribble, 0. J Dunn, J. R. Winn. / . Central?John McKee, Leondri Mcllwain, D.,E. Nickles. Rock Springs?Clifton Bfcrts, W M. Jameson, Jv P. Smith. Hampton?J. A? Murdock, J, VC Burton, C. C. McDonald. Bryant's Cross Roads?J. C. Mc Adams, J. W. Fisher, J. H. McLane. Keowee?J. Claude Ashley, C.,E Branyon, Benjamin Shirley. Antreville?P. Anderson, Fre< browther, J. M. Patterson. The Managers at each precincl named above are requested to dele gate one of their number to secur< A tvlnnlra aYoi^IAT VU UUA'OUU MWIItty AV* at Clerk of Chart's office, Abbeville S. C., on and after, October 25th, 1920. * I * '/ 4 ? ^ * We, the Commissioners of Election for Federal Officers hereby certify that the foregoing list is a true ist of names of Managers of Election ^appointed for the various voting precincts. D. H. HILL, Chairman, V WILL P. JONES, I W. E. MORRISON, Commissioners' of Federal Election for Abbeville County, S. C, October 15, 1920. I __ ON. FARES 3 a, s. c.; UNT FAIR 25-29,, 1920. IA LWAY SYSTEM ' j. sale October 24, 25, 26, * uled to arrive Columbia hi. Good returning to reach p to midnight, October 30, TRAINS nesday and Thursday, Oc- . i following schedule. . 5:47 A. M. . ... ... 5:57 A. M. ...... . 6:03 A. M. 5:50 A. M. A, M. . ... ? '. ^:40 A. M. ' v ft.ns A M 10:00 A. M. oabia 7:30 P. M., October rson 12:30 M'night. iges to Abbeville returning lolumbia, on 27th and28th. ?n and round trip fares apstrict Passenger Agent, jpartanburg, S. G. | YOUNG MAN SHOOTS ;{ 2J FATHER TO DEATH Claim* To Hare Had Just Cause For Act. r % , Laurens, Oct. 19.?Allen Owens, a: | well to tto iarmer 01 i oung"a m>wii ship, was shot and killed by his son, -j Claud C. Owens, near their home e Sunday afternoon. The son was are rested a few hours after the homi3 cide and brought to jail by Rural -.Policeman Columbus L. Owens. Core, oner R. R. Owings held the inquest - later in the ?day. Adolphus Hosted fcr, 8 , the only eyewitness to the tragedy, 1 testified that the father, Allen - Owens, was at his cane mill when r the son came to the place and, walking up to his father, told him that he 'Claude- was tired of the talk .that ' i was- being done about him and opened fire on his father, scooting six (times, from which wounds he/ died almost" instantly. The elder man was 3 not armed, the officers say, and Hostetler said the only effort Allen' Owens made to protect himself from his son's fire was in grabbing hold 51 of the barrel of the revolver, which i j I was .promptly jerked out of his [hand, .and the old man was left help- ? } leas and defenseless. ! Officers say that Claude , Owens J 1 claims fee had a "just cause" for|| , shooting his father. This is about all J he wiU say on the subject. He is I about 24 years of age and unmar- I 1 riod. : '< . . j ' ? ?A Legal Blanks for Sale Here.?'J ^ The Press and Bannep Company.' j ing work. The. men on Saturday night f passed a resolution declaring tl^em- i selves, as fully supporting the miners. | . A" conference was to have ^een held | today'for final action on this resolu-J | i ,tion but the meeting was adjourned j 'until tomorrow. Mentime orders have | . been issued to branches of the unibn | throughout the country to have their !. strike organizations prepared. Should ! the transport* workers in all parts of ! - the country, walk out it is estimated J that 180,000 men would be involved. \ f. \ v ' [; # I !. By agreement between the board of I trade and the Jockey club all horse I i racing is to be suspended fof the da- f ration of the coal miners strike. | 1{ Announcement, was made tonight of,J . the suspension of the sailing of near- j ? ly all the passenger steamers between j I i England and Ireland. Exception is t? | , be made in the cases of vessels carry- j , ing. the mails. The railroads also are beginning to restrict theiry'pasaenger . . service. 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