The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1884-11-06
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LOCAL. NEWS.
9. LANGsToN, LOCAL ED1ron.
Tho Election, In hnderaon. I.

he election in. .,hisl County, IN 3 last
pSay passed off iinietlS and, i SsaIted
& GOOD majority for the Presidential.
,,SIessionai, State Gpd County tickets
Pc Democratic party, There was no
- for any other person than. the Demo-
itic nominees on the State or County
lets except :or tho Office OF Sheriff. in
icb the negroes tried to vote q ticket
E Sheriff Mcconnell, but as the cofifu-
ca of the numerous boxes was too great
Them very few of these tickets found
At most OF the country precincts the
ceryjsors had been improperly appoint
nnd upon having their attention called
,l,e fact they declined 10 serve. There
q n small turnout of the colored vote
cough the County, but iii the city they
gned out In full numbers. They were,
ayeyer, destined to meet with severe
appointments during the day, and thew
nm TO experience them early in the
The commission or the Supel visor
r. wrong, having been directed to Aaron
son instead of TO Aaron Saxton, and
81 being called to his,pitention he with
lw from tile service rather than risk O
5secution for Illegal iutnsion.
4 iock, and all Of the interest immedi.
ly centered around the Federal pou.
sssl it presented o lively. scene all day.
w. A. Geer had been appointed chGi.
ger for the Democrats, and had tom-
ia list of voters who had changed their
idence, and remained there working
sciently all day, long. r,.-,
he list challenge. for thange of res!
sre fell like q, clap, Of thunder from a
,ar SKY. / It was as stinnibg 10 tho ne.
les as it was unexpected. There 'rere
swds of them in the city, and durfng
81 previous day and nights they had
In violent in their threats, 80" .'a
Is soon Us tPeir votes began to be re-
led, it was discovered that quite num-
IS of negroes were gathering about the
ed 10 get powder and shot from Messrs.
,lecn & Poppe's restaurant. In this con-
don of things Mayor Tplly and County
airman Murray sent for Laurence
hes, tho Republican Chairman, who
% b dilatory about meeting them, and
Eer he came, professed entire ignorance
I the matter and declined TO interfere
prevent the gathering. Mr.. Murray
sreupon told him that unless it was
ssspped he would in thirty minutes put a
5suble barrel shot gun, loaded with buck
81, in the hands of every white man on
~ square, and that he might look out for
u '116 HlSO LOlQ ulm Ehat
ery Republican voter should have fair
ssi unobstructed access to the polls, but
ID they would not bio permitted to fill
- square with armed negroes. The
lot guns thereupon rapidly dispersed,
"a the balance Of the day was as quiet
- orderly rs any day that could be i'm
jned. Everything went off smoothly
"a without n ripple. R'Eg4i3o,
There were two or three arrests for ille-
~ voting at some of the country polls,
II the parties showing that they had
ssne it ignorantly were dismissed. The
tests, However, caused the: negroes to
be legally during the day at those polls.
3rhe vote in the loweri portion. Of tl1e
sdanty was light, our people not hdvipg
'en fully stirred up to the importance Of
% occasion, but in the upper part of the
ssunty and, along this railroad every ao-
sible vote was polled. - ~
aonea Path is the banner precinct of
S County, having polled 200 solid Dem.
satic votes. ~ ,"h
Ehe majority for the Presidential aud
ngressional tickets Is about 2,5l5, and
the State and County tickets it will be
mething In excess OF that number
fhaps 100. The Republican vote in the
tnnty did not reach one hundred.
l u was good days work for Anderson,
ID it ought to have been better. Our
S Ajority should not have been less than
10, .-,