The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1894-12-13

of CanyasseTs certified that all OF the
votes in Anson county were cast for
Robest +, Seawell and Nelll \. Me
Lean.
That in the county OF Cumberland
at said election all the votes east fof
the Office OF Solicitor were for Her
bert F. Seawell and Neill y. Mclean
as the ballots will show. That the
original precinct returns of the
Judges of election, which are filed In
the Office OF the Clerk of the Supe-
rior Court of Cumberland count J
show that the votes were all cast for
Herbert +. Seawell and Neill 4. Ne
Lean and for no other persons.
That the couaty Board of Canvass
els duly canvaSsed the said returns
and ascer:ained and declared that
Herbert +. Seaweli had received
:, ,269 votes. and that Neill 4. Me
Lean had received, 2,21l votes for
Solicitor. That their Chairman, Mr..
d. &. GiIlis, signed the certificates,
one of which he delivered to the
Clerk of the Superior Court of Cum
berland county, and the other he
mailed to the Secretary Of State.
That by clerical error of the Clerk
who made out the SAID returns, the
former shows that 2,2J9 votes were
east for Herbert l.. Seawell, ana by
the latter that , ,269 votes We're east
for II. l.. SeaWell, TINS inserting by
mistake, the initial az for "F' in
said returns. That it is apparent
from all the other returns from all
the other counties in said District
now before the State Board of Can
vassers in which no clerical error
was made. that only Herbert +. Sea
well and Neill A Mclean, who were
the candidates for the office, were
voted for as such as is the notorious
fact. And it is also q notorious fact
that there is no lawyer in the Sew
enth Judicial District who bears the
name either of II. l.. Seawell OF
Herbert l.. SeaweIl or Robert F
Seawell. Tbs alfiant further says
that he has never heard Of any per.
son in the said District bearing
either of these names and upon in,
formation and belief, he says that
no such individual exists in sale
District.
Affiant further says that if the cor
rection Of the mistakes hereinbefOrt
set out which appear upon the face
of the returns are made, he Will have
received majority of 1870 vote!
over his competitor. That if the
apparent error in the Cumberland
return alone is corrected, he vii
have received majority of l7s
| votes.
He respectfully insists that taking
all the returns together In the igh
of the notorious facts which mus
lie known to the State Board Of Can
vassers, enough appears upon tn
returns themselves from the palpabl
clerical error to be corrected withOu
resorting to evidence aliunde.
Af1iant further says that he feel
sule that the said Gillis will, if per
mitted by the Board-in fact he i
assured by Mr.. Gillis that he will
correct the error committed by tn
transcribing clerk, who copied th
returns to which he certified, an,
thus prevent the perpetrahon of
hagrant wrong upon this atfiant
But he still insists that this is no
necessary, as the returns taken to
gether contain internal evidence, i
connection with the notorious facts
which are known to the State Boar
of Canvassers, sufficient to correc
the error.
HERBERT Z. SEAWELL.
Subscribed and sworn before m
this 4th day of December, 1894.
a. z. MASSEY,
Notary Public.