The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1898-09-28

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,iou at that precinct was as fairly conducted
az any. The failure of the Tsylors box to be
in the hands of the committee within the re-
ouired time was due wholly to bis OVID neg
lect to send for it, as be had promised the
managers to do, and send 1t to the COMMITTEES
It was his carelessness and neglect and not
the fsult of the maosgers.
Manchester box was recounted on the re-
quest of Mr.. Noses The committee an-
nouuced tina. ths recount gave Manning 81,
Moses ia galn Of one for Moses and loss
of oae for Manning from the retarns of The
mansgers.
Mr.. Manning made s,asere nt in explaua'
ton of the charges that one of the managers
at Manchester was drunk on the day of the
election. Mr.. Moseley, be said who was Que
of the regularly appointed managers was In
capscita,ed and did cot eerve, but another
man was sworn in aud served ss manager
throughout the day Mr. Moseley ooly wen
to the polls to vote and returned home.
Gaillard's x Roads box was fecounted al
the request of Mr.. Moses, the recount giving
Manning 20, Noses 49, The challenged vote
of resident of Lee Coanty was not coanted
Providence box was recounted at the re-
quest of Mr. Moses, the recount giving Man
Mug IS, Moses IL.
Earle box was recounsed at the request OF
| Mr.. Moses. The committee reported that they
had counted for Manning 26 ard Moses so ;
that there were four ballots 80 iliekioly writ
ten or scratched that they could not decide
for whom they should be counted.
Mr.. DuPre moved that the original returns
of the mausgers, to wit, Manning %. Moses
| 62, be accepted.
The motion was discussed at some length
and then beng put to vote was carried.
Ayes II. 6.
Mr.. Moses requested tha, the ballots be =
closed 10 an envelope, endorsed ana sealed
By the chairman and placed with the record
to be sent up to the State executive comni'-
tee.
Mr.. DuPre moved to reconsider the vote to
accept the original returns of the managers.
| The motion was carried.
A motion was then made and carried to
number the ballots l, 2, 3 aud respectively
and vote on them in turn to count or rejtct.s
The result of the vote was, No. ] wss
counted 70, Mr.. Manning by vote of II to
=: No. Q was counted FOR Mr.. Moses by a
vote Of IA to 3; No. 3 was rejected oy unan-
imous vote; No. was rejected. The vote
on No was, to count for Moses 5, to re-
ject g.
The four ballots were placed in sealed en. .
veiope and endorsed to be placed with the
record.
Mr.. Ssuckey announced that he would
rest the case of Mr.. Noses for The time eeiog.
Nj. Reynolds requested in behalf of Mr.
Manoing that Farmers box be recouoted.
The recount gave Manning %, Moses d.
ea:a Of one TOR Mr. Moses on thu return OF
the managers.
Mr. Reynolds requested recount Of Scar
boro box. The recount gave Naming l3
Moses 30.
Mr.. Reynolds objected to the count on the
prouod that four of the votes mad oeso cast
10 the State box and were taken the-efcon by
the managers, counted and placed in the
county box with the other ballots. He read
affidavit, of Mr. W. A. Sparks that he was
one of the managers at Scarooro and assisted
10 making the count, tha, be knew that ore
or more of the four ballots for county officers
found in the State box were for Manoing and
one or more were for Moses; reference was
made to an sfidsvit to the same facts by
Col. Scarborough Mr. Reynolds then asked
that the committee deduct the four irregular
votes wrougfuly taken from the State box
and counted by the managers, from the total
vote of the candidate receiving the highest
nu nber of votes at that precinct, viz the
deduction to be made from the vote of Mr.
Altamons Moses, who was the candidate re-
oeiving the highest vote for Senator at that