The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1895-02-13
INTELLIGENT VOTERS.
Three or Four Hundred Wanted to
Vote for MOormam, but Failed to
Provide Themselves with the Ne.
cesSary Tickets.
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ABBEvILLE. 9. c.,
Monday AFTERNOON. Feb. II 1895
w. II. IOMAN, sworn
q. Where was your precinct. and where
,ere you on ovcmUer 6, 1904?
\. Abbeviile Court House. I was precinct
.hairrnrn then. ! was made delegate TO Dis
ulct Republican Convention, which nominal.
| ID Robert MoOruIan for Congress. voted foT
colbert MOormau in e General Election fol
| he 5ith Congress. lam satisfied there were
three nr four hundred here that day wh
Santed To vote Tor Muurman, aud who did
ioi vote. They did nut have registration
lckets. They were rejected at Congressional
| D. x-not having registration tickets. The
! Republican volers were notified 10 come here
I md vote for tongrcssmen. From the most
! perfect understanding all of the Republicans
Congress. All were given Republican ckets
; | kept the names oi nearly all who were re
; iecitd the right 10 vote. There are over tLret
! hundred names on 1t. THE list was here In
! troduccd.
! TMr Blease objected, because hcarsay and
opinion.l
! rejected at Abbeville. could produce fifty OF
sixty of my own knowledge.
INSTRUCTED TO VOTE FOR MooRNAN.
| know that three or four hundred would
have voted for Norman, If they had no,
! oeen rejected: because they were Instructed
! TO do so. There are more Republican voters
! in this township than there are Democratic
, Between nine hundred and twelve hundred
voters in the township. Then several hun.
dred Of men whose names 1 did not get on
election.
! was notified to instruct the Board of Man.
ayers that would contest Mr.. I.atlmer's elec.
tion on account Of imperfection Of The tickets
Of Latimer. That was six days after the elec.
ton. County Board was G. b. Moore. I no.
titled them, the County Board. SIX days after
the election, rs required by law.
! THE REASON REPUBLICANS ptDT VOTE
The Republican voters did not get to vote
last year, because they were rejected at the
office of Supervisor OF Registration. They
mad objections To the colored men, and wOu ii
not register them at all. White men had no
trouble at all in getting registration tickets.
Republicans were rejected In every shape,
form and fashion.
knew OF three men who lived in another
township who tried to vote here.
The State boxes were In the same building
same room. Twenty feet apart. No parti.
both boxes, m there was to goou Managers
lid not seem to take any interest In showing
the Federal from the State boxes.
ONE or TIE OLDEST VOTERS SHOWN HOW tn
VOTE.
I was not here at the counting Of the votes,
but did come up here to show one Of the old.
est voters In the Town how to vote. Some OF
he State officers asked me what IN the hell
right had To show man how to vote. II
u n
where to vote for Rohert Norman.
opposed Robert MO0rman in the nominal.
ing Convention fOrm iong time. was voting
and working for Moorman's adversary.
nominated and have been supporting him
all the time Three or four Of Us were at the
same time TOR Pope. and then for MOOrman.
There WAS no intimidation.
corLnS'T TELL STATE BONES FR M CoNGREs-
sIoSAL.
Cross.eSamlned by Mr.. Blease:
q. How many voted at Il time:
A. One right behind the other. The voter
could not tell the State boxes from the Con-
not. hardly think Mr.. Moornan was de-
prIved of any votes on account of the l0ca.
tion of he boxes. Mr.. J. ID Carwile was Su-
pervisor of Registration last year: did not
zee any coiored men vote for Mr.. Laflmer on
that day. Mr.. Latimer's ticket did not say
what No. OF Congress he was II cand idate for,
but thought IL must have been 5fth. / saw
Republican voters rejected who had registra-
tiOn tickets. The managers claimed that
they did not have registration tickets. None
were rejected who lived In the precinct.
DID NOT EXPECT THEM TO VOTE.
! did not expect those who had no reglstra-
ton tickets to vote. Three or four hundred
wanted to vote and were rejected at the Su-
perviSOr Of Registrations Office / do not
know exactly how many saw the Supervi-
sOr OF Registration reject. Ihe men intended
10 vote IN the Federal box, but could not.
did not see any Republican votes rejected al
the ballot box, because they had no regiStra-
tion tickets they did not come up stairs to
vote. About one hundred signed their names
to the list which exhibited the rest wrote
myself but they told me themselves to do 81.
The same way with my brother. | saw no
reason why Republican voters cOnld not vote
here. except lh- fact that they had no regis.
tration tickets. The Congressional box man.
ayers were Messrs. Hughes, Allen and Moore,
but ! am not certain. | did work for MIR.
Tolbert in the Nominating Convention be-
cause was from his county. and not because
, had any personal feelings against Mr.. Moor
man. Alter ~ lock for several hours | cast
the vote which uOminHtcd Mr.. MOOrInan.
RELUCTANT TOWARD MooRMAN.
Some of the Republicans of this county
ha " been reluctant towurd M0Urman on ac-
count o. the feeling which TOlhert has caused
by his defeat for the nomination
s.Instructed'' 10 Come Here and Try
10 Vote without Reg gistrasiOn Tick
cts.
s. II. HOLMES. sworn:
@. What Il your precinct, and where were
: you % November 6, 1921?
A. AT Abbeville. l was here that day,