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NOTICE OF ELECTION STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF EDGEFIELD. Notice is hereby given that the General Election for State and Coun ty Officers will be held at the voting precincts prescribed by law in said county, on Tuesday, November 5, 1918, said day being Tuesday after the first Monday in November, as prescribed by the State Constitution. The qualification for suffrage: Managers of election shall require of every elector offering to vote at any election, before allowing him to rote, 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 a certificate or of the re ceipt of the officer authorized to col lect such taxes, shall be conclusive proof of the payment thereof. Section 237, Code of 1912, as amended by Act No. 6, special session of 1914. Section 237. There shall be three separate and distinct ballots, as fol lows: One ballot for United States Senator, Representatives in Congress ?nd Presidential electors; and one ballot for Governor, Lieutenant Gov ernor, State officers, Circuit Solici- j tors, members of the House of Rep resentative, State Senator, county of ficers, and one ballot for all Consti tutional amendments and special questions, each of three said boxes to be appropriately labelled; which ballots shall be of plain white paper and of such width and length as to contain the names of the officer or officers and question or questions to be voted for or upon, clear and even cut, without ornament, designation, mutilation, symbol or mark of any kind whatsoever, except the name or names of the person or persons voted for and the office to which such person or persons are intended to be chosen, and all special questions which name or names, office or offi ces, question or questions shall be written or printed or partly written or partly printed thereon in black ink; and such ballot shall be so fold ed as to conceal the name or names, question or questions thereon, and so folded, shall be deposited in a box to be constructed, kept and dis posed of as herein provided by law, and no ballot of any other descrip tion found in either of said boxes shall be counted. On all special questions the ballot shall state the question, or questions, and shall thereafter have the words "Yes" and "No" inserted so that the ?oter may indicate his vote by strik ing out one or the other of such words on said ballot, the word not so striken out to be counted. 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. Managers can administer the oath to the other members and to the Clerk; a Notary Public must admin ister the oath to the Chairman. The managers elect their Chairman and Clerk. Polls at each voting place must be opened at 7 o'clock a. m. and closed at 4 'oclock p. m., except in the City of Charleston, where .they shall be opened at 7 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 boxes and count the ballots therein, and contin- j ue without adjournment until the same 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 someone designated by the Board, must deliver to the Commis sioners of Election the poll list, the boxes containing the ballots and written statements of the results of the election. At the said election qualified elec tors will vote upon the adoption or rejection of amendments to the State Constitution, as provided in the fol lowing Joint Resolutions: A JOINT RESOLUTION PRO POSING an Amendment to Section 14a of Article X of the Constitution by allowing the City of Charleston Through the City Council, to Assess Abutting Property for Permanent Improvement and to Pay for the Permanent Improvement of the In tersection of Streets for Curbing and the Laying of drains without the Consent of the Property Owners. A Joint Resolution to Amend Sec tion 5, Article XI of the Constitution, Relating to School Districts, by ad ding a Special Proviso as to Green ville County. A Joint Resolution to Amend Sec tion 20, Article III of the Constitu tion by Adding Thereto Section 19, to Empower the City of Abbeville to Assess Abutting Property for Per manent Improvements. A Joint Resolution to Amend Ar ticle X (10) of the Constitution by Adding Thereto a Section 17 to Em power Any or all Incorporated Cities and Towns to Assess Abutting Prop erty for Permanent Improvements. A Joint Resolution to Amend Sec tion 7 Article VIII of the Constitu tion, Relating to Municipal Bonded Indebtedness, by. Adding a Proviso Thereto, as to the City of Orangeburg. A Joint Resolution Proposing to amend Section 17 of Article VIII of' the Constitution Relating to Muni cipal Bonded Indebtedness. A Joint Resolution to Amend Sec tion of Article VIII and Section 5 of Article X, of the Constitution, so as to Exempt the Cities of Rock Hill and Florence, from the Provisions Thereof. A Joint Resolution Proposing an amendment to Article X of the Con stitution by Adding Thereto Section 16, to Empower the Town of Pendle ton to Assess Abutting Property for Permanent Improvements. ELECTION MANAGERS. The following Managers of Elec tion have been appointed to hold the election at the various precincts in the said County: Timmerman-E. L. Scott, Luther Yonce, L. J. Claxton. Trenton-L. C. Eidson, W. H. Moss, J. M. Long. Johnston, W. L. Derrick, J. Wil bur Yonce, Archie' J. Lewis. Edgefield, Pickens-J. W. Reece, W. J. Duncan, J. H. Nicholson. Edgefield, Wise-S. E. Morgan, J. H. Paul, S. B. Mays. Meeting Street-W. M. Ransom, M. A. Watson, G. B. Timmerman. Pleasant Lane-M. B. Byrd, Mou zon Dorn, J. Whit Harling. Red Hill-C. L. Mathis, 0. 0. Timmerman, H. E. Quarks. Cheathams Store-R. C. Griffis, T. G. Morgan, L. R. Brunson, Sr. Mathis-J. L. Miller, H. W. Mc Kie, D. T. Mathis. Meriwether Hall-M. L. Bunch, R. W. Glover, H. F. Cooper. 'Ropers-J. D. Roswell; *F. F. Rainsford, S. W. Miller. Bacon at Bouknight's Store-W. H. Smith, O. W. Wright, H. H. Her long. School House near J. O. Seigler's -Ed Callison, R. D. Seigkr, T. B. Culbreath. The Managers at each precinct named above are requested to dele gate one of their number to secure boxes and blanks for the election on or before Saturday, November 2. J. B. MINNICK J. W. KEMP A. M. CLARK. Commissioners of State and County Elections for Edgefield County, S. C. When I Go O'er the Sea. When I go o'er the sea Let no one weep; Let every heart beat strong with hope. The swelling tide which bears us o'er Shall bring a new word to that shore Where blood-mad nations grope, A word which like the thund'rous sea Is strong and deep.. Shall I no more return? Let no heart pine. Man's life is not a time of measured hours, Where given suns and moons their light disperse; It is a chapter of the Universe; A -brief but matchless episode; a power Eternal, like the stars which burn With light divine. Life is man's will to strive; It is a deed With sweat, and blood and anguish fraught. . ' i Duration matters nothing, - but I alone The striving, what is striven for and won,v And those eternal values we have wrought. There is no other cruse to live, No further need. And shall I give my all? No martyr I. For Freedom never dies, nor those who fight And merge their souls in that eter nal morn. They live forever in thc omniscient form Of Justice, Liberty, and Universal Light That clears the hellish stench of Teuton pall Where .guiltless die. Shall I be seen no more? No tear shall fall, Nor lonely hour intrude on loving heart; In every flame that leaps in lowly hearth Of million homes across the chasten ed earth, My sword shall ever upward flash and dart To guard in peace that humble door' From fiendish thrall.. -Germany -has only -ONE CHANCE -Only one chance of a Hon victory. -Only one chance of causing the fearful outpouring ol oar blood" and Oves to prove a vain sacrifice. $ -Germany's cae chance is that America, dazzled by th? prospect of victory, ?right lessen her efforts on which Allied victory deposed; sod, through o^er-confldenco, slacken in ber prosecution of tho wa?. -Onr government knows that Germany stifl bas the frenzied power of desperatton, the w?d strength of madness.; and that abe still possesseo that brutal canning which never ta?s to tate a&vsstege of anopportunity. She is etLH a power that menaces eil free nations. We rn America most see to ft that the power of the Hun te smashed so that never again shalt the world be drawn into Bitch agony and suffering as ft has underdone during the past fear years. Force to .the utmost, force to the Itmft, 7 mast b e our on ry though*, ocr sote imputes, aotll victory it ^assured until the war ls ?nafliy over. -PaiJu70 ea the part af the individual American to realize that Aere is yet a glean tte task before oar armies weut? protons the war disastrously, would open to the Huna their only hope of victory. -The demands of oar army and nary and of the fb^t?ittff ?force* of , . r> our gaflnnt AIEea are constantly mcreasmg and -wfil sst end until 12? war ends. "57e mast, therefore, carry ?a to-the ead--*BUBL ?aere, fads ever, dispense vrfth our ceassa^ttoa of non-essentiaZ 0BDaa &sJt ser vices, end lead the money Oma saved to eur .government so that tte government eas parchase the labor and nratect&i wt?cb we barra- given np. The government has devised a practical and profitable method for thetadtvldaaltosavehi thh? way for VICTORY, and that hr through the purchase of WAR SAVINGS STAI South Carolina Lags Behind ^ 1 ' in the Purchase of W/S. S. HELP WIN THE WAK - BUY ALL YOU CAN They pay interest at the rate of 4 per cent per annum, com- !j$f%?g pounded quarterly. B. B. RUSSELL, JR. R. E. ALLEN RUSSELL & ALLEN INCORPORATED COTTON FACTORS 857, 859 and 861 Reynolds Street AUGUSTA, GEORGIA Bonded Warehouse. Liberal advances on cotton in storage. Correspondence invited?and consignments solicited. Shall I no4 more be heard? Or call in vain? ?Ah no! In winds that blow do' ery shore* I Of blood-washed Europe, I thundering ride, I And hurl a challenge far beneath the tide Where the Titan serpent writhes in oil-streaked gore; And shout abroad the liberating word:. J "The Hun is slain!" When I go o'er the sea Let no one weep; Let every eye be bright,-dear hearts rejoice; To higher fortune ne'er was sail un furled That live in Truth, and down the rescued world In thunders echo blend exultant voice, With tones eternal like the rolling sea So strong, so deep. Lieut. F. H. Allport, F. A. R. D. Camp Jackson. DR-J.S- BYRD, Dental Surgeon OFFICE OVER POSTOFFICE Residence 'Phone 17-R. Office 3 ?;ures OW Sores, Otter Rarneo'i'es Won't Curu The worst cases, wo matter o', ho-.vlonjr standing are cured by the wonderful, old rcliuble Dr Porter's Antiseptic Healing Oil. It relieve! Caia and Heals at the same tira:-. 25c. 50c. $1.QC Keep Well Do not allow the ?>oisons of undigested ood to accumulate in your bowels, where they are absorbed into your system. Indigestion, con stipation, headache, bad blood, ^and numerous other troubles are bound to follow. Keep your, system clean, as thous ands of others do, by taking an occasional dose of the old, reliable, veg etable, family liver medi cine. Thedford's Bkk-Diaoghf Mrs. W. F. Pickle, of Rising Fawn, Ga., writes: "We have used Thed ford's Black-Draught as a family medicine. My mother-in-law could not take calomel as it seemed too strong for her, so she used Black-Draught as a mild laxative and liver regulator... We use it in the family and believe it is the best medicine for the liver made." Try it. Insist on the genuine Thedford's. 25c a pack age. E-75 STEWART & KERNAGHAN Fuel is high---here is a way to gain big fuel economy and a perfectly heated home. Why not save the gas half of the coal wasted by all other stoves, with the fuel saving Cole's Original Hot Blast Nc. 115 Augusta Fucking Co. J Augusta, Ga. On New Savannah Road, on Belt Line Phone 518-P. O. Box 818 We buy Cattle, Hogs, Sheep, Calves. In the market at all seasons of the year. Car load lots or less. We charge no commission. SHIP US YOUR CALVES BARRETT & COMPANY " (INCORPORATED) COTTON FACTORS Augusta Georgia :0;< :.>:< Zm*M?? ?Vs United States, Railroad Administration, W. G. ? McAdoo, Director General of Railroads mmmmm RAILROAD Reduced Fares to Augusta, Ga. Georgia-Carolina Fair November 11-16,1918 Edgefield to Augusta AND RETURN $1.50 Proportionately reduced fares from other points. Tickets sold November 10, ll, 12,13, 14, 15 and morning of 16, with final limit returning No vember 18,,1918, prior to mid night of which date return journey must be completed. .T. A. TOWNSEND, Agent, Edo-cfield, S. C. FRED R. MC MI LUX, Div. Pass. Agt., Augusta, Ga. i ?J