The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-02-01

The opinios Of Attorney General
Beliager on the right to vote Of per-
sous holding certificates of registration
issued BY the Lee county supervisors of
registration, viii ee-read with interest.
The cisizeos of that portion of Sumter
county included in Lee ooanty will DOT
be permitted TO vote 10 the special
election on Saturday unless they have
registration certificates issued by the
supervisors Of registration OF Sumter
county. While this appears to be q
hardship to the people Of Lee county. 1t
should not prevent as great q cumoer
from voting as would be thought at
6rss glance. for majority Of the sosers
sof Lee county were registered by the
supervisors o: registration Of Sumter
county and .hey can vote without ques
ton. Only those Who we're registered
for the drss time during the period that
Lee couoty was in existenoe will be
disqusli6ed.
In expressing regret Shat Mr.: &
E. Garnes, of Bishopville, has de.
clined to be candidate for election
to the House of Representatives, to
Eli the vacancy in the delegation from
this county, we are confident that we
are in accord with the sentiment of
majority of the voters of the conn-
" It is conceded by all who have
considered tbe matter that the Bish.
opviile section is entitled to repre-
sentation, and had MIR. Carnes con.
sented to be candidate he would
have been elected without opposition
worthy of mention Since he IS not
a candidate and BishopvilIe has not,
as yet, put candidate forward, the
choice of the Eth representative is
narrowed down to Hon Aitamont
Moses, who has been nominated by
his friends in response to generally
expressed desire that he be elected.
Mr.. Moses is not in the city and will
NO. return until the latter part of
the week, consequently his accept
apce of the domination cannot be
published. The writer had con-
versasion with Mr.. Moses one day
last week in reference to the election
and he stated that he fully endorsed
the nomination of Mr. Carnes and
hoped that he would be elected. He
was asked if there was any founda-
tion for the rumor that he would be
a candidate. He replied that he had
no such intention. certainly not, if
Mr.. Carnes consented to be capdi-
date. MFR. Moses stated that he had
been requested by q number of peo.
Pile, many of them ftoR the Lee Coup-
ty section to be candidate, aod
that he bad made the same reply to
each of them "i am not candi-
dsse and do not expect to be- I will
not go into scramble for the posi-
ton under any circumstances. but ii
the people wish me to serve them in
the House of Representatives and
elect me, / shall serve them in this
instance, as have in the past, to the
best of my ability and with an eye
single to the interests of those whom
represent - Mr.. Moses was not
talking for publication aad bad not
the least. idea at the time that be
would be nominated. for it was then
regarded as settled that Mr. Caraes
would be candidate Mr. Moses
was nominated because be is quail
fled by experience to render good
service and because his election
will give general Satisfaction. lie
will not be in the county to take any
part 10 the election, and if be is
chosen to represent the county it
will be an expression of the feeling
that he served the county we'll in the
House and Senate and is the man for
the position now vacant.
Frank Sherwood was down toRu to-day,