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NOTICE OF ELECTION State of South Carolina. County of Sumter. Notice is herby given that the gen? eral election for State and county of? ficers will he held at the voting pre? cincts prescribed by law in said coun? ty, on Tuesday, November 6, 1906, said day being Tuesday following the first Monday in November as pre? scribed by law. At the said election a separate box will be provided at which qualified electors will vote upon the adoption or rejection of amendment to the State Constitution, as provided in the following resolution: A Joint Resolution Proposing to Amend Section 7, Article VIII, of the Cosntitution, 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, of Article Vin, of the Constitution, be agreed to; add at the end thereof the follow? ing words: jt rovided, further, That the limitations imposed by this Sec? tion and by Section 5 of Article X., \ of this Constitution, shall Dot apply to the bonded indebtedness incurred by the City of Bennsttsville, where-the proceeds of said bonds are applied solely and exclusively for the pur? chase establishment and maintenance of a water works plant or sewerage system and where the question of in? curring such indebtedness is submit? ted to the freeholders and qualified voters of such municipality, as pro vided in the. Constitution upon the question of other bonded indebted? ness. Approved the 23rd day of February, 1906. There shall be separate and distinct ballots ?nd boxes at this election for the following officers, to-wit: (lKGov" eraor and Lieutenant Governor; (2) Other State officers; (3) State Sena? tor; (4) Members of House of Repre? sentatives; (5) County Officers. On which shall be the name or names of the person or persons voted for as such officers, respectively, and the of? fice for which they are voted. Before the hour fired 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*publie must administer 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 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 managers attend, the citizens can ap? point from among the qualified voters, the managers, who, after being sworn, can conduct the election. At the close of the election, .the managers and clerks must proceed publicly to open the ballot boxes and count the ballots therein, and con? tinue 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 some one designated by the board, must deliver to the commissioner of Section the poll list, the box on taining the ballots and written state? ments of the results 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: Sumter, Ward 1.-J. H. Darr, H. G. McKagen, R. J. Bland. Ward 2.-T. S. Sumter, W. A. Sparks, J. C. Geddings. Ward 3.-M. C. Kavanaugh, W. C. Ivy, D. W. Owens. Ward 4.-G. E. Beaumont, M. H. Beck, C. S. Mason. Shiloh.-J. W. McElveen, J. W. Hix. W. F. Dennis. Mayesville-G. W. McBride, W. N. McElween, J. A. Foxworth. Rafting Creek.-J. L. Gillis, T. J. Brown. S. J. Hatfield, Jr. Wedgefield.-H. D. Cain, E. E. Aycock, Calvin Chandler. Stateburg-Charles F'nckney, G. V. Nelson, Richard Cantey. Providence-Herman Myers, Sam Folk, H. E. Parker. Concord.-J. W. Brunson, Dozier Newman. G. W. Mahoney. Bloomhill.-W. J. Ardis, J. H. Christmas. Joe M. Ardis. Privateer.-H. H. Wells, T. H. Osteen, J. M. Jackson. Bossard.-J. R. Lesesne, W. D. McLeod, C. M. Dorn. The managers at each precinct named above are requested to dele? gate one of their number to secure boxes and blanks for the election from the board of election commissioners at the court house on Saturday. No? vember 3d, 1&06. J. E. Du Pre. R. E. McElveen, F. D. Knight, E. F. Miller, Secty. Commissioners of State and County Elections for Sumter County, S. C. October 17, 1906. NOTICE OF ELECTION State of South Carolina, County of Sumter. 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 Sumter oh Tuesday, November 6, 11906, said day being Tuesday follow j ing the first Monday; as prescribed by law. The qualifications for' suffrages are as follows: Residence in State for two years, in the County one year, in the polling 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 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 taxes, including poll tax, ass?ssed and collectable dur? ang the previous year. Tl:e produc? tion of a 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 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 ?adminis? ter the oath to chairman. The man? agers elect their chairman and clerk. Polls at each yoting place must be opened at 7 d'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 close of the election, the managers and clerk must proceed publicly to open the ballot boxes and count the ballots therein, ana contin? 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 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: . Sumter, Ward 1.-R. W. Bradham, Edgar Skinner, G. W. Reardon. Ward 2.-J. F. Reid, R. D. Coop? er, H. M. Spann. Ward 3.-C. H. Singleton, T. M. Jones, M. H. Fields. Ward 4.-G. E. Richardson, W. Hodge, H. W. Waties. Shiloh.-Tom Chandler, A. H. Truluck, F. L. Plaj'er. Mayesville.-J. B. Warren, R. E. DesChamps, R. J. Mayes. Rafting Creek.-J. M. Reames, T. W. James, J. J. Hatfield. Wedgefield.-W. B. Troublefield, W. H. Ramsey, Cuttino Strang*. Stateburg.-Nelson Murray, Charles A. Mitchell, Wm. Sanders. Providence.-H. A. Raffield, R. M. Brown, J. H. Jones. Cor?ord.-J. J. Brunson, Sam Newman, S. S. Davis. Bloomhill.-Alfred Owen, S. M. Coulter, G. T. Geddings. Privateer.-S. D. Richardson, Drane Tindall. R. D. Cain. Bossard.-J. L Lesesne, J. H. Rob? ertson, E. C. Brown. The Managers at each precinct named above are requested to dele? gate one of their number to secure the box and blanks for the election by calling upon the Board of Commis? sioners, at the Court House, Satur? day, November 3d, 1906. N. G. OSTEEX, R. J. BROWNFIELD, W. J. DINKINS, Commissioners of Federal Election for Sumter County, S. C. October 17, 19?6.-3t ?True and tried friends of the fam? ily-Dewitt's Little Early Risers. Best for results and best to take. Rosy cheeks and sparkling eyes fol? low the use cf these dependable little pills. They do not gripe or sicken. Sold by ail druggists. The ^aboard Air Line bridge at Cheraw* -ias boon condemned and a new bridge will be built. -j An Awful Cougli Curc?. *Two years ago our little girl had a touch of pneumonia, which left her with an awful cough. She had spells of coughing, just like one with the whooping cough and some a bought she would not get well at all. We got a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy, which acted like a charm. She stopped coughing and got stout and fat," writes Mrs. Ora Bussard, Brubaker, 111. This remedy is for sale by all druggists. 3HLITARY DAY. November ,7th Has Been Given to the Soldier Boys By the Charleston Gala Week Committee. Miltary Day of Charleston's Greater Gala Week will be November 7. The guard mount and parade will be held in the afternoon. The guard mount will take place on Marion Square and the hour will depend upon the num? ber of squads^ that enter the contest, but will probably commence*at 4:30 o'clock. After the guard mount the line of march will be taken up along the principal streets and after pass? ing the reviewing officers the parade will be dismissed. From replies re? ceived from out of town companies to the invitation to enter the guard mount it is certain that many of them will send squads to the city to enter the contest, ?nd the success of the ex? hibition is alreadj- assured. All the companies in Charleston will be rep? resented, besides others of the Third Regiment and some from the other regiments of the State. The prizes offered are worth competing for, and the competition will be keen and in? teresting. . Each company entering the guard mount is required to send a detail of twelve men, and shortly before the exhibition the officers will hold an in? spection and designate nine who will go into the contest'. 'Companies are allowed to furnish a detail for the bat? talion, and can also enter a separate squad, which will represent the com? pany individually. Besides the competitive guard mount there will be a grand parade and review, which will be participated in by the companies of the National Guard,, the Cadets of the South Caro? lina Military Academy and the Por? ter Military Academy and the compa? nies of coast artillery, United States regulars stationed at Sullivan's Isl? and. The parade will be the largest held here since the Exposition, and -will be enjoyed alike by Charlesto nians and visitors from other parts of the State and other States. GADA WEEK FIREWORKS. The fireworks display during the celebration of the Charleston Greater Gala Week, November 5 to 10, which is to be done by Pain, of New York, will be the finest of its kind ever shown in the South. In fact, it will equal the great display given in New York harbor. on the occasion of the first election of William McKinley as president of the United States. The harbor of Charleston offering practi? cally the same conditions as does the upper harbor of New York, gives a pyrotechnist like Pain opportunities which he never fails to take advan? tage of. There are the wonderful effects which can be obtained with water fireworks, the floating beacons, div? ing devils, prismatic fountains, fiery geysers, flying fish and submarine torpedoes. Each has its peculiar charm and all are fascinating. The aerial work for such an occa? sion must be of the heaviest kind, not such as is sold in the stores for ordi I nary displays, but the kin 3 which i Pain manufactures for his big shows, such as are given at Manhattan Beach which has been made famous for the last thirty years as the home and pro? ducing house of Pain's great specta? cles. The set pieces, which will be quite numerous for such an occasion, for set pieces are not as a rule used in aquatic displays, have been selected with great care by the executive com? mittee and will sure give satisfaction. A number of Pain's special represen? tatives will be on hand to handle the great show and everything on the elaborate programme will be given. ?Can you win? You realize that to win in anything these days requires strength, with mind and body in tune. A man or woman with disordered di? gestive organs is not. in shape for a day's work or a day's play. How can they expect to win? Kodol for dyspepsia contains the digestive juices of a healthy stomach and will put your stomach in shape to per? form its important function of sup? plying the body and brain with strength building blood. Digests what you eat. relieves indigestion, dyspepsia, sour stomach, palpitation of the heart and constipation. Sold by all druggists. Gen. M. C. Butler has accepted the invitation to deliver the address at the unveling of the Hampton Monu? ment in Columbia on November 20th. Danger From Plague. ?There's grave danger from the plague of Coughs and Colds that are so prevalent, unless you take Dr. King's New Discovery for consumpt? ion. Coughs and Cold.-. Mrs. Geo. Falls, of Forest City, Me., writes: . ''It's a Godsend to people living in climates where coughs and colds pre" j vail. I find it quickly ends them. It prevents pneumonia, cures La Grippe, gives wonderful relief in Asthma and Hay Fever, and makes j weak Inners strong enough to ward off Consumption, Coughs and Colds, ?nc { and SI.00. Giriranteed by Siberfs I Drug Store. Tillman and the Race Problem. In an address in Augusta on Satur? day night on the race problem, Sena? tor Tillman admitted that lynching, as a remedy for the crime for which ne? groes are usually lynched, had failed. He said that something else m'ust be tried, and ssuggested the European passport system. According to this system a person, before he can leave his place, must have a certificate of good character and a bona fide means of support. A person appearing in any community without such a certifi? cate is liable to arrest. Of course the passport system would have to apply to both the white and the black people. That being the case it would be so unpopular that it would be difficult to enforce it In? deed, it is' doubtful if the Legislature of any State could be induced to pass a law establishing the passport sys? tem. But if sucuh a system were estab? lished would it aid materially in sup? pressing the crime aimed at? It is established that the negroes that commit the crime are always known as crimianls or loafers? And wouldn't it often be as difficult for decent and self-respecting negroes to get the re? quired certificate as for the loafing and criminally inclined negroes to get it? The movement of negroes is very general. In some localities the plan? tations have almost been abandoned, but among the moving thousands, there are only a few to whom a cer? tificate would be denied-that is, a few in comparison to the whole num? ber. At first glance it would seem that this Tillman plan would result only in increasing the incomes of jus? tices of the peace, since, if it were adopted, it would devolve upon these officials to issue certificates. No doubt Senator Tillman has given the subject a great deai of thought, but it is a question if the consensus of opinion will be that he has found a remedy for the evil. The thought he has given to the subject, however, has been productive of one good re? sult, and that is that lynching is not a remedy. If that view is generally accepted there will be a noticeable de" cline in the number of lynchings. There was a time when Senator Tillman would have led a lynching nob. When he was governor of South Carolina he stated he would lead a mob to lynch a man, white or black, guilty of assaulting a white or black woman. We infer from what he said at Augusta that he wouldn't be a par? ty to a lynching now, for the reason that he doesn't think lynching is a preventive of the crime that calls into life the lynching spirit. The other day the Atlanta Consti? tution printed a communication rec? ommending a better religious train? ing for the negroes as a remedy for criminal inclination. There is no doubt that if all, or a part, of the money now sent to foreign missions were devoted to the moral education of negro children there would be brought about a marked improve ment in the negro race. The environ ment of negro children, particularly in the cities, is extremely bad. From the time a large percentage of them can crawl they live practically in the gutters. All that is wicked and bad comes under their observation. It is not to be wondered at, therefore, that so great a percentage of the criminals in communities which have large ne? gro populations are negroes. If their environment were improved and they were taught good morals wouldn't there soon be a noticeable decrease in the number of negro criminals? And if lynching were abandoned and the law enforced promptly in cases of all kinds of crime, wouldn't we have a better condition of affairs than if we were to adopt Senator Till? man's certificate of good character plan? It is a remarkable thing that as? saults upon women are so frequent in ?ome parts of the country and almost wholly unknown in other parts which have large negro populations. How can this be explained? A few days ago we published a communication from Col. Mercer, president of the board of education, in which he said he had never known of a white wo? man being assaulted in this commu? nity by a negro. The proportion of negroes in the population of this county is about as large as in any other county in Georgia. There may be some counties in other states in which the proportion is larger. It is cortaintly very much greater than in Fulton, the scene of ~-he recent riots. Is thc freedom from the crime in this county due to different treatment of the negroes hero? That is an inter? esting question, and if tho answer to it were known it might help solve a phase of the race problem.-Savan? nah Morning News. Nothing to Fear. "Mothers need have no hesitancy in continuing to give Chamberlain's Cough Remedy to their little ones, as it contains absolutely nothing inju? rious. This remedy is n>>t only per? fectly safe to give small children, but is a medicine of great worth and merit, lt has a world wide reputa? tion for its cures of coughs, colds and croup an fl c:in always be relied upon, j For sale by all druggists. The Kind Yon Haye Always Bought, and which has taea in use for over 30 years, has horne the signature <i? - and has been uiade under his pern .ffli*~tf~s sonal supervision since its infancy? *<CccJu4? Allow no one to deceive you in this? 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