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NOTICE OF ELECTION. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEWBERRY. Notice is hereby given that the Gen eral Election for State and County Of ficers will be held at the voting pre cincts prescribed by law in said Coun ty, on Tuesday, November 8, 1910, said day being Tuesday following the first Monday in November, as prescribed by law, The qualifications for suffrages are as follows: Residence in State for two years, in the County one year, in the poll ing precinct in which the elector offers to vote, four months, and the payment six months before any election of any poll tax then due and payable: Pro vided, That ministers in charge of an organiked church and teachers of public sthools shall be entitled to vote after six months' residence in the State, if otherwise qualified. Managers of election must require of each voter the production of a registration certificate and the proof of the payment of all taxes, including poll tax, assessed and collectible dur ing the previous year. The produc tion of a certificate or the receipt of the officer authorized to collect such taxes shall be conclusive proof of the payment thereof. There shall be separate and distinct ballots and boxes at this election for the following officers, to wit: (1) Governor and Lieutenant-Governor; (2) Other State officers; (3) State Senator; (4) Members of House of Representatives; (5) 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. 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 other members and to the Clerk; a Notary Public must administer the oath to the Chairman. The Managers elect their Chairman and Clark. Polls at each voting place must be 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 at 7 a. m. and closed at 6 p. m. The Managers have the power to fill 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, can conduct the election. At the said election separate boxes will be provided at which qualified electors will vote upon the adoption or re.iection of amendments to the State Constitution, as provided in the following Joint Resolutions: The question of adopting each amendment shall be submitted at the next general election to the elector3 as follows: Those in favor of the amendment shall deposit a ballot with the following words plainly printed or written thereon: "Constitutional Amendment of Section .., of Article .,of the Constitution, relating to ......-Yes." Those opposed to said amendment shall cast a ballot with the following words plainly printed or written thereon: "Consti tutional Amendment of Section.., of Article ...., of the Constitution, relating to .........-No." No. 566. A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing to Amend Section 7, Article VIII, of the Constitution, Relating to Municipal Bonded Indebtedness. Section 1. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, That the followin?g amendment to Section 7, of Article VIII, of the Constitution be agreed to: Add at the end thereof the following words: "Provided, That the limita tion proposed by this Section, and by Section 5, Article X, of this Constitu tion, shall not apply to bonded in debtedness incurred by the town of Darlington, where the proceeds of said bonds are applied solely for the pur pose of drainage of said town and street improvements, and where the question of incurring such indebted ness is submitted to the freeholders and qualified voters of such munici pality, as provided in the Constitu tion, upon the question of other bond ed indebtedness." Approved the fourth day of Febru ary, A. D. 1910. No. 580. A JOINT RESOLU.TION to Amend Section 7, Article VIII, of the Con stitution, Relating to Municipal Bonded Indebtedness, by Adding a Proviso Thereto as to Certain Towns. Section 1. Be it resolved by the Gen eral Assembly of the State of South Carolina, That the following amend ment to the Constitution of the State of South Carolina be submitted to th e qualified electors of the State at the next general election for Representa tives, and if a majority of the electors qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly voting thereon shall vote in favor of such amendment, and a ma.iority of each branch of the General Assembly shall, after such said amendment by yeas and nays, that Section 7, Article VIII, relating to bonded indebtedness, be amended by adding at the end thereof the fol lowing words: Provided, That the limitations imposed by this Section and by Section 5, of Article X, of this Constitution, shall not apply to bond ed indebtedness incurred by the towns of Aiken, in the County of Aiken; Camden, in the County of Kershaw; Cheraw, In the County of Chesterfield; Clinton, in the County of Laurens; Edgefield, in the County of Edgefield; and St. Matthews, in the County of Calhoun, when the proceeds of said bonds are applied solely and exclu sively for the building, erecting, es tablishing and maintenance of water works, electric light plants, sewerage system or streets, and where the question of incurring such indebted ness is submitted to the qualified elec tors of said municipality, as provided in the Constitution, upon the ques tion of bonded indebtedness. Approved the 28th day of February, A. D. 1910. No. 581. A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing to Amend Section 7, Article VIII, of the Constitution, Relating to Muni cipal Bonded Indebtedness. Section 1. Be it resolved by the Gdneral Assembly of the State of South Carolina, That the following amendment to Section 7, Article VIII, of the Constitution, be agreed to: Add at the end thereof the following words: Provided, further, That the limitations imposed by this Section and by Section 5, of Article X, of this Constitution, shall not apply to the bonded inbedtedness in and by any municipal corporation when the pro ceeds of said bonds are applied sole ly and exclusively for the purchase, establishment and maintenance of a waterworks plant, or sewerage sys tem, or lighting plant, and when the question of incurring such -indebted ness is submitted to the freeholders and qualified voters of such munici pality, as provided in the Constitu tion upon the question of other bond ed indebtedness. . Approved the 28th day of February. A. D. 1910. No. 583. A JOINT RESOLUTION Purporting to Amend Section 7, Article VIII, of the Constitution, Relating to Municipal Bonded Indebtedness. 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 be agreed to: Add at the end thereof the following words: "Provided, further, That the limita tions imposed b'y this Section, and by Section 5, Article X, of this Constitu tion, shall not apply to bonded indebt edness incurred by the city of Alken, but said city of Aiken may increase its bonded indebtedness in the manner provided for in said Section of said Article to an amount not exceeding fifteen per cent. of the value of the taxable property therein for the pur pose of establishing, extending, com pleting and repairng a system of wat erworks, sewerage, electric lights and power." Approved the 28th day of February, A. D. 1910. No. 580. A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposipg to Amend Section 7, Article VIII, of the Constitution, Relating to Muni cipal Bonded Indebtedness. 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 Constituti(i, be agreed to: Add at the end thereof the following words: Provided, further, That the limitations imposed by this Section and by Section 5, Article X, of this Constitution, shall not apply to bond ed indebtedness incurred by the town of St. Matthews, but said town of St. Matthews may increase its -bonded in debtedness in the manner provided in said Section of said Article to an amount not exceeding fifteen per cent. of the value of the taxable property therein, where the proceeds of said bonds to the amount of twenty thou san d ($20,000) dollars, shall be turn ed over by the town council of said town of St. Matthews to the duly ap pointed Commissioners of the County of Calhoun, for the purpose of aiding in the construction of public buildings for the County of Calhoun. Approved the 28th day of February, A. D. 1910. No. 594. A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing to Amend Section 12, of Article V, of the Constitution, Relating to Asso ciate Justices. Section 1. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, That the following amendments to the Constitution of South Carolina be submitted to the qualified electors of the State at the next general election for Representa tives, and if a majority of the electors qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly votinig thereon shall vote in favor of such amendment and a majority of each branch of the General Assembly shall after such election, and before another, ratify said amendment by yeas and nays, that Section 12, of Article V, of the Constitution, relating to Associate Justices, be amended by striking out in lines 3, 4 and 5, the words: "but if the four Justices equally divide in opinion, the judgment below shall be affirmed," and by striking out the word "two" in line 8, and inserting in lieu thereof word "three," so that when amended, the same shall read as follows: "Sec. 12. In all cases decided by the Supreme Court, the concurrence of three of the Justices shall be neces sary for a reversal of the judgment below, subject to the provisions here inafter prescribed. Whenever, upon the hearing of any cause or question before the Supreme Court in the exer cise of its original or appellate juris diction, it shall appear to the Justices thereof, or any of them, that there is involved a question of constitutional law, of conflict between the Constitu tion and laws of this State and of the United States, or between the duties and obligations of her citizens under the same, upon the determination of which the entire Court is not agreed, or whenever the Justices of said Court, or any two of them, desire It on any cause or question so before said Court, the Chief Justice, or In his absence, the presidng Associate Jus tice, shall call to the assistance of the Supreme Court, all of the Judges of the Circuit Court: Provided, how ever, That when the matter to be sub mitted is involved in an appeal from the Circuit Court, the Circuit Judge who tried the cause shall not sit. A majority of the Justices of the Su preme Court and Circuit Judges shall constitute a qu,orum. The decision of the Court so constituted, or a major ity of the Justices and Judges sitting, shall be final and conclusive. In such case the Chief Justice, or, in his ab sence, the presiding Associate Justice, shall preside. Whenever the Justices of the Supreme Court and the Circuit Judges meet together for the purposes aforesaid, if the number thereof be qualified to sit constitute an even number, then one of the Circuit Judges must retire; and the Circuit Judges present shall determine by lot which of their number shall retire." Approved the 26th day of February, A. D. 1910. No. 59i. A JOINT RESOLISTION to Amend Section 2, of Article V, of the Con stitution, Relating to Associate Jus tices of the Supreme Court. Section 1. Be It resolved by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, That the following amendment to the Constitution of the State of South Carolina be submitted to th qualified electors of the State at the next general election for Repre sentatives, and if a majority of the electors qualified to vote for members of the General Assembly voting there on shall vote in favor of such amend ment and a majority of each branch of the General Assembly shall, after such election, and before another, ratify said amendment by yeas and nays, that Section 2, of Article V, of the Constitution, relating to Associate Justices, be amended by striking out the word "three" in line 2, and in serting in lieu thereof the word "four," and striking out the word "eight" in line 6 and inserting the word "ten," so that wi ; amended, the same shall read as follows: Sec. 2. The Supreme Court shall consist of a Chief Justice and four Associate Justices, any three of whom shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The Chief Justice shall preside, and in his ab sence, the Senior Associate Justice. They shall be elected for the term of ten years, and shall continue in office until their successors shall be elected and qualified, and shall be so classi fled that one of them shall go out of office every two years. Approved the 26th day of February, A. D. 1910. No. 596. A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing an A mendment to Article X, of the Con stitution, by Adding Thereto Sec tion 14, to Empower the Cities of Greenville, Spartanburg and Co lumbia, and the Town of Manning to Assess Abutting Proper'ty for Permanent Improvements. Section 1. Be it resolved by the General Assembly of the State of South Carolina, That 'the following amendment to Article X, of the State Constitution, to be known as Section 14, of said Article X, be agreed to by two -thirds of the members elected to each House, and entered on the jour nal respectively, with yeas and nays taken thereon, and be submitted to the qualified electQrs of the State at the next general election thereafter for Representatives, to-wit: Add the fol owing Section to Article X of the Constitution, to be, and be known as Section 14: Sec. 14. The General Assembly may authorize the corporate authorities of the cities of Greenville, Spartanburg and Columbia, and the town of Man ning, to levy an assessment upon abutting property for the purpose of paying for permanent improvements on streets and sidewalks immediately abutting such property: Provided, That said improvements be ordered only upon the written consent of two thirds of the owners of the property abutting upon the street, sidewalk or part of either proposed to be improv ed, and upon condition that said cor porate authorities shall pay at least one-half of the costs of such improve ments. Approved the 26th day of February, A. D. 1910. No. 603. A JOINT RESOLUTION Proposing to Amend Section 6, of Article X, of the Constitution of 1895, Relating to Bonded Debt of Counties and Town ships. Section 1. Be it resolved by the Gen eral Assembly of the State of South Carolina, That the following amend ment to Section 6, of Article X, of the Constitution of the State of South Carolina be submitted to the qualified electors of the State at the next gen eral election for Representatives, and if a majority of electors qualified to vote for members of the General As sembly voting thereon shall vote in favor of such amendment, and a ma jority of each byanch of the General Assembly shall, after such election and before another, ratify said amend ment by yeas and nays, that Section 6, Article X, relating to ,the bonded debt of any County or Township be amended by adding at the end thereof the following words: "Provided, That the limitation imposed by this Section shall not apply to any Township in the County of Greenwood, nor to any Township in the County of Saluda, through which, in whole or in part, the line of railroad of Greenwood and Sa luda Railroad shall be located and constructed, nor to the County of Sa luda, such said Townships in Green wood County and Saluda County, and the County of Saluda being hereby expressly authorized to vote bonds in aid of the construction of the said pro posed railroad, under such restrictions and limitations as the General Assem bly may prescribe hereinafter:" 'Pro vided, That the amount of such bonds shall not exceed eight per centum of the assessed valuation of the taxable property of such Townships." Approved the 26th day of February, A. D. 1910. At the close of the election, the Manageri and Clerk must proceed publicly to open the ballot boxes and count the ballots therein, and continue without adjournment until the same is completed, and make a statement of the result for each office and sign the same. Within three days thereaf ter, 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 results of the election. Managers of Election. The following Managers of Elec tion have been appointed to hold the election at the various precincts in said County: Newberry Court House-J. H. Hun ter, M. M. Satterwhite, L. I. Epting. Newberry Cotton Mills-Isaac Wes son, Fayette Odell, Arthur Ward. Mollohon Cotton Mills: L. S. Darby, . J. Porter, J. R. Rivers. Glymphville-Mark Smith, 3. S. J. Suber, Robert Glymph. Helena-J. Z. Salter, Welchi Wilbur, E. P. Whitman. Maybinton--W. D. Hardy, C. E. Eison, T. A. Conwell. Whitmire-James D. Tidmarsh, P. F The New NE At the Closelof Condensed F RESOURCES. Loans and discounts Furniture and Fixtures Overdrafts secured and unse cured ' Bonds and Stocks Cash and due from Banks 4Gba Paid JAMES MCINTOSH, President, B. Odell, John Moss. Beth Eden-Chris. S. Folk, Richard C. Caldwell, Lambert Chandler. Jalapa-J. W. Johnson, A. A. Sligh, S. B. McCarley. Longshore's-J. A. Schroder, F. W. Pitts, J. C. Longshore. Williams-E. C. Johnson, A. P. Coleman, W. R. Leavell. Utopia-G. T. Blair, J. A. Foy, W. L. Buzhardt. Prosperity-M. C. Dominick, J. A. Baker, W. H. Caldwell. Hendrix Mill-J. C. Cook, W. H. Long, E. M. Mayer. Sligh's-Jacob W. Long, Rufus E. Shealy, Robert E. Dowd. Jolly Street-T. A. Epting, J. B. Bed enbaugh, J. J. Kibler. Central School House-D. C. Bun drick, B. S. Wicker, David Koon. Pomaria-J. L. Graham, Thomas E. Hantz, R. H. Hipp. Walton-J. D. Crooks, W. B. Gra ham, G. T. Brown. Mount Bethel-John McCullum, J. C. Wicker, J. A. Sease. St. Philips-Perry Halfacre, Cald well Ruff, Arthur Lominick. Little Mountain-S. E. Boland, Ja cob A. Shealy, S. W. Young. Union, at Union Academy-M. L. Strauss, R. N. Taylor, J. W. Sligh. Kinards-A. D. Johnson, Eugene Hitt, S. E. Kennerly. Garmany Academy-B. B. Leltzsey, C. D. Buzhardt, J. J. H. Brown. The Managers at each precinct nam ed above are requested to delegate one of their number to secure boxes and blanks for the election, which can be obtained at the office of G. G. Sale, Esq. M. H. Boozer, J. Craig Gary, G. G. Sale, Commissioners of State and County Elections for Newberry County, S. C. October 7, 1910. NOTICE OF ELECTION. STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF NEWBERRY. Notice is hereby given that the Gen eral Election for Representative in Congress will be held at the voting precincts fixed by law in the county of Newberry on Tuesday, November 8, 1910, said day being Tuesday fol lowing the first Monday, as prescrib ed by law. The qualifications for suffrage are as follows: Residence in State for two years, in the County 1 year, in the polling pre cinct in which the elector offers to vote, four months, and the payment six months before any election of any poll tax then due and payable: Pro vided, That ministers in charge of an organized church and teachers of pub lic schools shall be entitled to vote after six months' residence in the State, if otherwise qualified. Managers of election must require of the voter the production of a reg istration certificate and proof of the payment of all taxes, including poll tax, assessed and collectible during the previous year. The production of a certificate or the receipt of the of ficer authorized to collect such taxes shall be conclusive proof of the pay ment 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; a Notary Public must admin ter the oath to Chairman. The Man agers elect their Chairman and Clerk. Polls at each voting place must be IEPORT 01 berry Say~ ~WBERRY, S. the Business Nove ~rom Report to State Ba ~269,495.25 Capital 2,275.00 Undivided I Deposits 1,758.60 Notes and]I 680.00 ed 59,437.65 ~333,646.50 On Savings I opened at 7 o'clock a. M., and closed at 4 o'clock p. m., except in the City of Charltston, 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 Man agers attend, the citizens can appoint, from among the qualified voters, 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 continue without adJournment until the same is completed, and make a statement of the result for each office, and sign the same. Within three days there after, 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: Newberry Court House-A. C. Welch, B. B. Hiller, H. W. Dominick. Newberry Cotton Mills-J. R. David son, J. M. Bowers, W. W. Hornsby. Mollohon Cotton Mills-Alex Single ton, Warren H. Jones, S. S. Langford. Glymphville-G. Fred Smith, Geo. H. Cromer, K. L. Glymph. Helena-B. F. Goggans, B. E. Ju lien, W. S. Melton. Maybinton-W. B. Whitney, B. H. Maybin, J. L. Thomas. Whitmire-Wm. C. Scott, Zach H. Suber, F. W. Fant. Beth Eden-T. E. Chandler, J. S. Glenn, E. C. Folk. Jalapa-J. I. Aull, M. B. Chalmers,. D. F. Riser. Longshore's-J. W. Wilson, S. E. Senn, D. R. Senn. Williams-J. Sam Werts, Lawsoir Fellers, J. W. Sanders. Utopia-A. P. Werts, J. F. Stephens, W. T Blair. Prosperity-N. E. Taylor, W. F. Dawkins, Clarence Dominick. Hendrix Mill-T. B. Warner, W. C. Bowers, D. A. Counts. Sligh's-M. C. Shealy, E. E. Sligh, L. E. Kempson. Jolly Street-T. A. Ellisor, E. H. Werts, C. T. Werts. Central School House-A L. Aul, John Sligh, Ludie Shealy. Pomara-H. F. Counts, 3. G. Long, Geo. 3. Wilson. Walton-J. W. Kinard, W. L. Gra ham, W. C. Cromer. Mt Bethel-Joe. M. Brown, Eugene Brown, W. H. Wendt. St. Philips-M. H. Wicker, James Ruff, Benjamin Halfacre. Little Mountain-J. 'K. Derrick, A. C. Wheeler, B. H. Miller. Union, at Union Academy-T. 3. Wilson, Luther Bobb, Geo. Gallman. Kinards-J. A. Dominick, T. H. Pope, W. P. Smith. Garmany Academy-Jno. T. Oxner, Jna. A. Suber, Jr., C. S. Ruff. The Managers at each precinct named above are requested to delegate one of their number to secure the box es and blanks for the election, which can be obtained at the office of J. B. Hunter, Newberry, S. C. J. B. Hunter, J. B. Derrick, W. K. Sanders, Commissioners of Federal Election for Newberry County, S. C. October 7, 1910. Subscribe now to The Herald and News. ings Bank mber 16, 1909. nklExaminer LIABILITIES. $ 50,000.00 'rofits 27,013.63 250,632.87 3ills Rediscount 6,000.00 $333,646.50 )eposits J E NORWOOD, Cashier.