The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1894-11-28

The Final Figures on the
Vote for Governor and on
the Convention.
Wednesday the returns from Oar.
Iington county were received and
tabulated. Accompanying the re.
turns sent in are all the papers.
affidavits, etc, etc, in contests made
before the county board and over.
ruled by the body, as to the pre-
cincts Of Lydia, Leavenworth, La,
mars, Mechanicsville and Darlington
city tharges of fraud and gross
.irregularity at each Of these boxes
are made The contestants also asked
the county board to count the votes
of many qualified voters who were
prevented from voting at the Darling
ton city precinct by the delay
tactics employed by the managers.
THE aNo'' WINS IN DARLINGTON.
The vote of Darlington county is
returned as follows For Governor
Evans, 953; Pope, 676. For con,
vention. 8l4, against convention,
S73.
Greenville's officially returned vote,
with Greenville city precinct No. l
thrown out by the county board, is
as follows: For Governor-Evans,
1862; Pope. 5l7 For convention,
l,l44; against convention, 958
FINAL OFFICIAL FIGURES.
The complete returns for every
county in the State have now been
received by the State board Of can
vaasers aud tabulated. The tabula.
ton shows the final result to be as
follows:
Evans
Evans. Pope. majority.
For Go,n'r 39.247 1928 II .949
Yes
"Yes.'' NO. maJty
Convention 3l,4o2 29,52S 1879
THE TOTAL VOTE CAST
Total vote cast for Governor after
county boards have counted" aud
thrown out boxes, Sc, ,545. ~
Total vote cast on Constitutional
convention scheme, subject to same
explanation, 60.925
There we're 1880 votes more cast
in the election on the convention
scheme, or counted or discounted or
deposited, than in the election for
Governor.
But these are the final figures.
The throwing out of the Greenville
box has materially run up the tYes'
majority. The mose one looks at the
figures, which nave changed so much,
day by day. since the ballots were
deposited, the more convincing
becomes the belief in the correctness
of the general statement that the will
of the people as expressed at the
ballot box with regard 10 the conven
ton has been against the holding of
a convention.
Unfortunately, South Carolina is
not Georgia and there ia no j. c. G.
Black to say to the world "that if
you believe have not won fairly, l
will enter into another election with
you "
The afternoon train from the up
country brought General Farley. At
S o'clock Col. Elliott, T. B. Johnston,
his attorney. Capt. Melton. j. w.
Stokes attorney, Mr.. Moss, Alurray's
attorneys, Whipper and I. a.
Wheeler. both colored, and others
were at the Secretary of States
Office. The board was promptly
called to order and the proceedings
were commenced by Capt. Melton
announcing, on the part of Johnston,
that he wished to withdraw the notice
of contest with regard to the Sumter
box. He also announced that he and
Stokes attorney had agreed to ask
4he board to count in the votes polled
at the precincts of Horrell Hill,
Gadsden and Eastover in Richland
county, subject to arguments on the
contests thereof.
The board then passed a resolution,
offered by Mr. Blease, fixing to-
morrow morning at 10 O'Clock as
the time for the hearing Of all con.
tests in the matter of tue State
elections. This does not include
any contests of the vote for Gov.
ernor or any contest of the vote on
the Constitutional Convention scheme,
wherein regular notices of contests
were not filed with the county boards
below.
The hearing of the First District
fight was then opened up by Wheel