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

TIE EXPERIENCE OF VAR
HE KNOWS oNLr y REPUBLICAN VOTER
THE POLITICAL PRoCLIvITIEs Or GUFFIS
ASD ToITERT UNKNOWN TO THIS DEro-
SEST TIE NUMBER OF TORN
EQUAL lie NUMBER OF FALsrAFF'S MEN
~ DCCkRAM.
Flaunders Stewart. from Ninety-Six, sworn.
Examined by Captain Eatop.
Q. Where were ;"u on the day of election,
Mt What poi? A.. Nincty-SiX.
9. What time did you get there in the
morning? A.. 6o'clocl.
q. How many colorcd men were there? a.
Q, Did you stay there all day until what
time? ~. 'o'clOck in ,lc evening.
q. How many co.oTcd men came there to
vote? y. Between 100 and 81.
q. Did you vote? \. so, sir.
Q. How nan colored men did vote: \.
About one Dom.
@. Did the others so away without voting:
a. Yes. sir.
o. Why didn't they vote? \. They saw
there WAS no chance.
O. Where was tie voting done? 4. Cpin
the hall in the second story.
O.. Were the stairs kept clear? 4. No,
they were crowded with white men.
Q. Did thee white men remain there until
you left? \. Yes, sir.
Q. Would they ora1iot allow co!orcd men to
pass to 30 to the polls" a.. No, sir.
Q. How did they treat any co!ored man who
attempted to pass? They would push him
back every time he started.
O. Did you sec cOi0rcd men attempt 10 60 up
those stairs and vote a.. AS they STATED nj.
the white mcl would push them back a,u
some of them would say let mo see your
ticket. Some OF the white men would take
the ticket and tear IT in too; some coiored
men would not SHOW their ticket.
q. What world the white men do In that
case? \. They would push Them back.
q. You stayed there all day? y. Yes; UNI.
til the fuss started about ) o clock.
G.. Did the other co:Orrd men stay There ur-
til the fuss began? y. Yes. iil of us sta Nel.
.. What were the colorrd men staying tor:
A.. They stayed ~ scta Chance 10 cast their
tickets?
o. When the fuss began what did they do ?
s.. They all made for home.
Q. Had they q chance to vote? A.. No.
q, Did those colored men intend to vutcthc
Republican or Democratic ticket? A.. 80 far
as / know all on the ground intended 10 vote
| the Republic III ticket: I've got mine now.
Q. Did they want TO vote that Republican
tickets? A.. lcS, sir.
q. What was the fuss? A.. Two co!orrd
men tried to get to the box to cast their tick
cts: ono of them held on pretty strong and
they pushed hiin until he fell t" INC groun,i;
| when hs fell the white men made after him
with their Clubs; they struck him; after this
. We all lett and went home without voting.
q. Have you been at ether elections at
! Ninety-SiN: ~. No.
Objection &t.
lhc Wltn'SS was now interFoGalcu DS
Colonel Calhoun:
Q. Was there any colorcl Democratic votes
cast st that poll? \. None that | know %.
Q. Do yoa know that all the iNj or SO col
! orcd colo:rd people there were Republicans?
A.. AS far As / know, they were.
q. Did you 90 around to each one and cN-
anime his ticket? A. l d! Mt examine
O. WAS the stairs leading to the ba Hot. box
hlGckaded all the time you were there? y.
Yes.
Q. And no Republicans were allowed to
vote? A.. Every time they went up lhc.1
would push them back.
O.. How did that twelve get to vote? A.
| Mr.. Lewis Moore Carried up several Of them.
| @. Is Mr.. Lewis Moore n white man and
Democrat? A. He Is white but ont know
whether he is a Democrat or not.
Q. Is l.. L. Gu1in 4 Democrat" a.. don't
know.
O. Are Mr.. John To!bcrt ana Mr.. Tom Toll
bert Democrats? A.. ! do not know; never
saw either of them cast a votc?.
Q. Did you ever see amy of that 400 or 500
cniOred people there t'iat day vote on pre-
viouS occasions? ~. Yes; some OF them in
other townships.
@. How many of them did you ever sec
vote? A.. One.
q. That is the only colorcI man then that
you really know is n Republican? y. Yes.
@. Did any one carry those two Re
publicins who were struggling 50 hard to
.. How did they manage to get up9 a.
They didn't get III.
O.. How do you know that twelve men
voted? A.. ] counted that many.
Q. Did you count all that voted: A. /
counted twelve. There may have been more.
@. How many tickets did you SO" torn up?
A.. SAW one; one man had II ticket and 1t
was torn up.
Colonel Calhoun then said that he had no
other questions to ask, when Captain Eaton
asked the witness:
@. We're you looking on all the time you
were there? A.. Yes.
O. Could other coiorcd men have got up to
vote without your seeing them? y. No. sir.
TILE ManESr An EII-SuISG PHILLIP CAL