The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1870-10-29
An Infamous Fraud I'm Laurens.
The Laurens Herald says:. -.

2 On Tuesday night tue. negroes lroua aR Pats9 VI
the County massed at this place. The RADICAL
managers paid little regard to challenges. AZ
ieest TWO hundred boys under age, from sixteen
and upwards, were alowedsto vote. Many cast
their votes at all Of the four preciucts IN Lne VII
iage, and afterwards voted at the county pre-
clfcts. Many yotei In the county and after
wards Mt all Of the village preclnctS. Inc Wnlte
vote Is solidly for the Union Reform TICKET. The
negro Radical vote VIII aggrsease IA a,s ,or "
their numerical strength. while many Voted i1r
Reform, and hundreds were not at tne po!ls. II
is estimated that about 2490 or 25O0 votes were
polled at this p ace; at Clinton aooo. Az s O1SsS
HILL Hamilton's, Lyons anu ScuWetoTn, prooa
bly 1000 to 1900 ballots were cast largely for re-
form. Thus the entire county vote VIII pc pc.
tween $500 and 5000. Deducting the 1faudolene
votes, the Reform party have won oy handsome
majority. j. Crews, canIials lot one Us
dIdate for Judge OF Probate, acted as manager az
this place. Other managers were candluates.
Only three Of the managers, paVenport, aust
cronble dnd Pool, are recognized as heloIme.s.
To the native scoundrels tCreWs aud ovens
who were commissioners, and not SO nucn 70 lne
carpetb ggers Is attributable this infamous ras'
cality.
where Powell acted as manager, upon some
Yelling in the streets Powell bolted and was seen
no more during the day The remaining manager
closed the poll and 1t was not opened again as re-
quired by law. ,,,,,,o,
to. OreWs's house, where the militia arms are
stationed, and took up arms. TINS was done nm.
der Crews's orders, 1t Is said. Under the clrcum-
stances the whites exhibited eXtraorulnsry lor.
bearance. We nave to say that our people have
acted nobly and have done their duty In this great
emergency.
No Legal Election in colieton.
A corresr oudent, who writes from Walterhoro,
on the 2Sth, says:
We are counted 'out,n az will be shown BY the
enclosed exhibit which they claim as ''oflclal.n ~
we will protest. There was Taot teOatt9 coh-
ducietl pol in the county. In no case was
nnred by law-ir they ever took any oath. ~. e
McIntSre, the Radical candidate for State sena.
tor. ordered a company OF militia to rendezvous
at the Summerville poll, subject 10 tne orders OF
cher good service. None or those who voted
early were sworn. Votes which were polied lor
"F. NJ. Maddox'' and u. L. MaddoH" were all
counted for ~. L. Maddox"
Al Ashepoo the roll was In charge OF Trial Jus
tice Adam W. Smith, who had the poll guarded oy
a company OF militia, and refused 10 Keep any
nol lst. saving that lie had his instructions and
intended to carry them out. NO VoseIs were
sworn. oo,,t, s.o.,,
thai when he arrived at Blue House, he found Nc
Iniyre, supported by guard OF militia, IN cnarge
of the poll; that they were bullying every man
into voting their ticket ana hsu ne hSE got
company Of militia who were friendly 10 MN anu
taken them to the poll, no other ticket Would nave
been voted. ,,a co,,,,
In the Township: OF Chamberlain and Collins,
there are jour polls-Summ an. tSars
Rantowles and Delalars cross koausi ana IA t,ele
are one thousand and ffty.hve persons llaoie 70
poll.raX-in other words there are one Thousand
and 0fty five voters living In these Two soWn.
shins. Yet. the vote at Ravenel's was l2io and
an aggregate in the TWO townships o; Iosf: The
Rayenrl box was taken charge Oh ny .. W.
Grace who though no manager. Is leIliaIkaoiy
good counter for his side. as the lolloWiuE VIII
prove; Mcintyre Is chairman OF the 1oara oa COM
mis- sioners-n fact Is the bo .rd as wen rs cooaei OF
militia. aud the votes were counted 1T ms nouse,
which was surrounded by coloreu euarn, VINO
kept the uninitiated out. gentleman managed
to get in, and took his position, for lew minutes
30 as to overlook Grace, who was Leaalug tne
names from the votes In the Walterooro' box.
Turning to the chairman Of the board, tnls gente.
man said "Would IL not be better TO ies soiae one
attend to this matter who Will leau saese e nanes
Correctly: saw Mcintyre, erascu from tnas
Last ticket and "Fox' inserted. ana Grace READ 1t
aMclnryre =, Grace took up the ticket ana made
the correction, saying It was an oVeTsign1. But,
said the gentleman, "thls IS the tniru Time
have detected you doing the same 'hlhs since
I've been here" ,.,.,,r oo,odero+,ons
Of those caud dates who are determined TO
"count in" ,,,o,o TIM .,uon, a
Delegation. y and are very blue. They soia their
friends and McIntyrc sold them. fkFoRA.