The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-08-22
Children Cry for Pitchers Castoria
TUESDAYS ELECTION.

The peOp:e OF OOtn ldC'1ouo seoo' ~
be tired of politics and elections. lie
negroes have little Or no interest IN
tbem, if the appea' ances on Tuesday
are to be con>idered as criterion.
Formerly when all election was
abont 10 be held there vas q club
meeting, speech making, and coullers
appointed the night before. Men were
seen on the strce:s early in the morn
inc. Bu; such was not the case this
time. One reason why no one ap-
peared so early was that the hours for
opening have been changed from to
8 O'Clock. But up to 9 o'clock there
were very few people in from the
country and very few co:ored people
on tie stl leets.
The vote cast here was only $40, and
for a period of nearly one hour there
was no one on the steps but the con-
stables. The voting practically c'osed,
but renewed again about half hour
before the closing of the polls. The
election on tue whole was Very quiet
one. Tnere was one or two quarrels
but no abuse by either party. The
managers say that some who came up,
and who were thought to be in favor
of the League ticket, would pick up a
division ,icket and Vote it. Some in
te!lisent colore,l voters who could read
would pick upa division bal:o', read
it, and then deposit it in the bvx.
Then the count showed thar not few
yote;l for Two men of each ticket. One
old colored man came up with what be
thought was registration ticket, but
Oh examination it proved to be bill
of lsdin. f,r hag he had shipped to
his SON in Charlotte. When the mat
ter was explained 10 him he remarked:
sI tple de ole oman to git q light L
knowed she con!d not see SO early IN
de molnin'. Now she gin me de
wrong paper" lie realiz d the mis-
take when asked about the hog.
Tl.e.e is always joke on hand II
one is prepared to see it. A certain
gentleman told a good friead Of his
that he would kill his Qriend's) vote
with old Murry Stockings vote. We
knev nothing Of this little mischief
between those two gentlemen until
afterwards. Murryis genuine negro
with the down-de-country accent. lie
came up smiling, his mouth looking
like country graveyard, his large
teeth resembling row of tomb-stones
marking the resting place Of a large
or soldiers burying ground.
He was asked if he had moved, or if
be was any kin 10 Stocking Harris
who wears a cow's tooth in vacancy
in bis teeth. He replied, "No." Some
one asked him lnischievously if be did
not have two wives. lie said, mo,
l clare TO Lawd me ain't;" but he
looked a little frisky, and glancing
hurr;edly at tile division ballot nc put
one in. This is the way he killed the
friends vote.
THE VOTE.
The vote at Winnsboro was as fol-
lows: Division ticket-T. w. Brlce,
223; G. w. Ragsdale, 22s; R. A.
Meares, 219; w. L. Rosborough, 22Q.
League ticket-T. w. Woodward, 1a1;
T. L. Bulow, liza; J. W. Hanahan,
40; R. V. Bray, 116.
We cannot give the tabul tied vote
in this issue, but the following vote
will show the result in boxes men
toned:
Riigeway-DiVision ticket, 179;
League, "a. Division majority, So.
Observation-Disclosures, u; Lesgue,
23. Division majority, AZ.
H..reb-Divisiop, So; League, So
Diri,ion majority, sc
White Oak-Division, 70; League,
I. division majority, 63.
Decentralization. 10; League,
81. League majority, II.
At Albion the total vote cast was IS.
rhe division ticket got every one Of
thcm. A Young man from that Sec
ton told rs that there was 500 negroes
present, but tEey had no tickets. They
"a d the tickets were to have been sent
to White Oak, so he was informed,
but they did not get them.
At Gladden's Grove the Vote was 81
for the League ticket and 90 for the
division ticket, making majority of
64 for the League.
At Centreville the League ticket re-
oeiyed 5S votes and the division ticket
Is. 1t was impossible to hear from
Monticello and Feasterville-the only
places from which we had no report
If the above reports are correct the
vote, without Feasterville and Monti-
cello, stands 522 for the League and
7S6 for divisional majority of 264.
The chances are that Monticello will
send at least 125 majority and Feaster-
Vile $50 (ihcse are conservative fig
gures). which will make the majority
for division in the county about $40
votes.