The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1881-03-02
L CARMEL.

MARTIN HARTF1ELD, AGED 3, v II oTII-
FIR OLD f THAT CARRIED "wALKISG
STICKS" BECAUSE THEY ARE "LIABLE"
TO DO 30 a BoNANZA OF IN.
FORMATION.
Martin fairfield, sworn. Examined by
Captain Eaton.
@. What poll were you at on election day!
th~rec,Hunrters of an hour by sun.
q. Did yOu vote? A.. No.
O.. What ticket did you wish 10 vote, Re-
publican! y. Republican.
q. Did there any number of colorcd mon
come with you? ~. Yes; | was I'm tho same
company. We all came together.
q How many were there: A.. About 80.
9. nid any of that 30 vote? A. No.
@. Who wouldn't let them vote: A.. /
don't know who they were.
q. We're they white or colored men? 4.
They were white people.
.. How did these white people prevent the
colorcd men from voting: a. We went there
to vote and they said we shouldn't vote.
q W ere these white people between you
O., Did you hear any guns or pistols shot of
b. the white people? A. Yes, SIR.
q. How many shots did you heart a. !
reckon about tllty-I couldn't shy exactly,
Q. Did you sec any colored men try to get
up and they wouldn't let us.
q. How did The white men prevent the COL
orcd men from voting? A.. They commenced
shooting anu said we shouldn't vote.
g; How long did !ou stay there? \. About
an hour.
g. Did you see any colored men votes A.
ing: A. Yes.
.. DO you know of your own knowledge
whether they wished to vote the Republican
hearts OF all of them; l know what their de-
termination was.
Q; Where did you go when you left the
pollS' y. Came right on home and went 10
picking cotton, and didn't go back thai day.
@. Have you lived long in tina. neighGor.
hood? a. Yes, sir; never have moved.
.. What has been the usual Republican
vote In that prccinctl y. reckon about :siu.
q. Is that OF Calhoun's Mills and Mt. Car
mel both? y. am talking about Calloun's
q. Did Calhoun.s Mills md Mt. Carmel vote
together at the election: a. Yes; they al,
came to the same boX. \. Do you know
what the Republican vote Of MI. Carmel has
been: a. No.
tnhJcc:cd TO on the ground OF irrclcvancy.1
The witness was then turned over to Colo.
mel Calhoun, who cross-cXaIniued him as fol-
lows:
O.: Where did you vote in 1876 AID rs! A.
At Cnlh0un's Mills. ,
Q. What was the Republican, vote ut Gel
nouns NILS in 1876: y. | don't know.
Y. How many voted In 1878? y. rant
tell YOU that; | never counted: don't know
the Republican vote ut any previous election.
@. low do you know what the Republican
vote would have been so ii ut last election.
!. didn't know.
@. What did you bring those clubs for, 4.
We didn't carry any clubs, any man Is liable
I y 81 N-l nr 4.
g.. Did the most of them have walking
sticks: \. No, sir; l had one myself, and
some of the old men.
q. How old are you? a. About 81.
q. What were you doing up 40 late the
night before the election? 4. | was making
niO.:ssrS.
q. Who were you making moiasscs for'
\. For myself.
q. Whit do you live with! A.. Mr.. Walter
Mars.
q. Were YOU grinding the cane, or boiling
the m"!nsscs: \. | was boiling Mt night.
Q. What time did You leave the 1nolasscs
q. Where did you sc then: y. Went home
@. What time did You rise togo TO the polls :
~. About dnyhrcHk.
Q. Where did you meet that crowd you
went w!th? \. They came right by my door,
and | Joined them.
.. or YOU own knowledge 10 you now
that the crowd you went with didn't go back
TO the polls: a.. Tiicy ali went home.
Q, Did you follow each one to SCI that they
went home! \. No.
Q. How many went home with you-about
how many: y: The rest turned of the road
and | c:'l:lc on home.
.. low do you know but what those men
didn't 60 back tothc polls! a.. / know
whether they went back or not: IL they did
they must have zone some either rOGd.
q. Did You see sam Moore pass those white
men and go up To the polls: y. Yes. sir.
q. tOuidn't you have done like sam? \.
YES. he and ! did pass the crowd OF white men
IN the road, but as We clmet to the door white
man drew q board and struck big sam.
Q. Who did that? 4. | don't know.
z. Did those men that you met in the road
fire pistols: \. Yes, they did.
q. How far were you from them when they
fired! 4. About $40 yards.
q. Is the road perfectly straight there for
800 yards: a.. Yes.
Q. From where you were when you heard
the firing can you see Il man standing where
these men stood? a. Yes.
Q. Was there any firing after you got up by
those men! A.. Yes.
z. Do you NOW any Of the men! 4. No.
Q. Did they shoot among you? \. No.
q. Did you count the cOloIcu men that
went with you that day? a. No.
Q. DO you know any cOlored Democrats
that voted at your box? a.. No.
Q. Don you know SOM that call them.
! selves Democrats! A. know twenty.
Q. Don't you know that in 1876 there was a
company OF cOlorcd Democrats in your part
of the county! a.. l heard Of them.