The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1881-03-02
Second Days Proceedings.
CALIIOUN'S MILLS.

A CROWD OF " HUNDRED Y EIGHTY
SEGRo.s GAINED" no G THROUGH a
CROWD OF TWENTY-FIVE WHITE MEN, l.
ABANDONED THE JON - GUS ROWLING
'CoULDS'r GO Up l.: DER III 1SFLUEHCE."
KSoX's HALL. Thursday, 0 a. MI
February II, lSSl.
Gu IIowling, sworn. Examined by Cap
@. What poll were you at on election day?
\. Calhoun'S Mills.
g.. bid you vote: 4. No, sir.
q. Did you wish to vote the Republican CO
the Democratic ticket: y. The Republican,.
q. What time did you sctthcrc? y. Halt
o.. How many cOlOrcd men came i'll COM
pany with you? A.. | guess 2s'.
q. Did any Of them vote? ~. No.
q. What prevented all Of YOU from voting?
us, and said no voting here to-day. We halt
ed, and stood q few minutes. Some tried to
get to the polls. They wouldn't let us. ,
O.. During that time did any OF the cnlnrcd
people try 10 rush their way In through the
crowd of white mcn: 4. Yes; they aimed
&. How many white people were there In
this crowd Of which you speak? \. Ahout2l.
q. Did they stand between you and tic
bailot-hoX? A. They did.
@. Were they clOSct0 the baliot-boX? Il.
They were 'twiXt us and that.
| O., How near to the ballut-bnX were they?
A.. About twenty-five steps of it.
@. Did you see any of the cnlorcd men try
to force their way through this crowd? A.
One did. sam Moore.
G.. Was he allowed to 20 the box? \.
! Yes; he was allowed to 90, and The ticket was
knocked out of his hand.
o.. Did any other colorcd men try to 70?
A.. They were all wanting to 60, but after
they said there was no voting they all stood
O.. Were any threats made by those white
men ut that time? A.. None; only that they
said there was no volin" among youall.
q. Were any guns or pistols shot of by
the white men? ~: Yes.
Q. How many shots do you think you
heard? A.. / cannot say. Over a dozen. !
u" q. DID ali the -: $50 colorcd men go away
without voting? a. Yes.
q. DO you know of your own knowledge
that all that crowd wanted to vote the Itcpnb-
lican ticket? \. All were Republicans and
wished SO to vote.
Q. Have You been ut that poll at other
elections besides this? a.. Yes; I've been to
all since emancipation.
@. What has been the usual Republican
vote? A.. Not loss than $40.
DO you know whether there was a Republic
can supervisor Of Election III that box? a.
There was none.
The cxanina. ion by Captain Eaton was
now concluded. The witness was cross-cx-
amincd by Mr.. Calhoun:
r. What time did you leave the polls" A..
About three quarters OF an hour after got
q. And You arrived there about half hour
after sunrise? a. Yes.
q. Didn't you go in II body with those men
and vote somewhere that day? \. No.
q. Where did You % when you left the
polls" a.. went home.
g. Did yen so back to the polls any more
that day? A.. No.
@: VINO wen, home with you" No person.
Q. Did YOU sec the crowd any more that
q. DO you know of your own knowledge
that they did not vote? \. | do.
9. How do you know? \. They all said
the same word, and they all came away.
q: i1id you speak to Gvc:T one OF the crowd
individually after you left them" y. To all
| sec and aSkc cd, none voted.
q. How many did YOU see? A. l don't
9. Name each one you spoke to after you
LETT? \. Martin fairfield. George Hatfield.
Tony Wr"mS, sam Moore, Mack Evans. Jim
Calhoun, .Iuck Armstrong, Richard Plumber,
Horace Rowland, James Rice, james Jcn-
kinS, iianiSitr TaiOEi.
q, DO You know Of your own knowledge
that noncof that party voted that day? A..
No.. Tho ones whose names ! called anb who
left with me didn't vote.
q. DO YOU know Of Your own knowledge
that 30 men didn't go back TO the polls to
vote? \. No..
Q. You stated that all that $50 men were Re-
puDlirans. How do you know it? \;
couldn't speak any moro than what they
said.
q. Did al of them tell you they were Re
punlican>? A. All that | spoke TO. but ]
dldu't speak to all on the ground.
Q. Then you . know that all Of them
were Republicans: y. No, sir.
9. DO you know any colorcd Democrats in
yuIr cDurtry that vote at that poll: a.. y
few.
9. Did YOU attempt to vote? y. Yes.
q. What Kind Of IN at;cIIp! did you make:
A.. TO y, 10 ia" OILS.
.. how were Suu stopped: y. In the
breast of men, saying that there would be no
voting here to-day.
Q. Explain what you mean by the breast
of men : \. \ host of men met us as we
were Going lp tho POLLS. About - men.
.. What did they 10 when they met you?
A.. They said no voting here to-day.
g. Was that all That prevented yoL from
voting? y. Yes.
.. How close to the box were you when