The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1900-08-09

was one OF the greatest frauds that
was ever done here. There were n
Democrat and 81 Populists. IF God
don't save the State we are lost.
CRAVEN COUNTY.
Letter from Vance boro: The poll
holders woulj not allow us carer than
so feet from ballot box with our sheet
to keep tally. They allowed democrat,
to pass in and ont Of the building where
they voted all day, and they also issued
tickets In the same building where
they vOt d. I saw them put my ticket
In the wrong box One of the poll hol-
ders cal ed the other ones attention to
1t. They also allowed democrat to pass
In thore while trey were counting
They hurriedly read out the result
which were as follows: Against the
amendment ia, and every man on the
enclosed polling book voted aga nst the
amendment, exc1 pit two or three. Eve
ry man who voted against the amend
ment will be willing to sw ear to it. The
remainder of the ticket ran in proper
,iOn, except our representative, who
only got one.
Letter from Tuscarora: There
was wholesale fraud plentifulIy
car ried on.
Letter from James CITY The poll
holders refused to tell which box to
put the tickets in or to put them In
the box unless the voters designate
which box they wanted them put
in by laying their tickets On the
box rs an indication. The poll
holders would occasionally change
position Of boxes which kept those
who could not read confused. and
resulted in the ticket going in the
wrong box. 1t took from two to
twenty minutes to vote a voter. AT.
ter the voter who was forced to en-
ter one way and depart another in
side tho bull pen, voted, the Judge
would not call out "next" and so
the far continued all through the
day. Men were in line In the hot
broiling sun for two hours at a
time.
Some items of interest In the way
elections were held in Craven county
lst, -Four n"gro poll-holders appoint
ed by democrats instead Of good white
men recommended.
end, Registrars in Brian and Thur.
man precincts were not residents OF
said precincte.
3rd, Only one poll-holder at Thur
man precinct, to W.T., Haywood Tuck
er, from Newberne No township, 6
clerk fir; IN Newberne, and four bailiff,
from Newberne.
4th, The management of the A. Il N
G. r. r., sent special train down tt
Thurman with the Naval Reserves t.
escort those who pretended to hold tn,
ele ,tion, ID Newberne. These Reserve
insulting two ladies on their way t.
the polls from the train.
5th, Not One-half ths votes counted
as cast The whole election was grOs
piece of robbery.
CATAWBA COUNTY
Letter from Hickory In South Hick
ory precinct, we polled and voted abou
300 votes and when the count was mad
we only received credit for 237 Some
how, the votes were changed befor
|, going into the boxes. We were denie
a poll-holder and clerk The geners
, verdict is, that we would have carrir
: the county by 400 majority, had we got
3 ten our votes counted. Men will swes
! they voted, or handed in enough vote
TO have carried the county. 1t will b
. settled in the courts
Letter from Newton: At tn
= election IN Newton precinct yestel
, day We were cheated out of seventy
e eight votes. They gave the Reput
q licars a man that seldom eve
y vo' es at all, and never votes a fu
4 Republican ticket. So they ha
you may say, the Judges and a
the clerks. The clerks we're a
young men. We asked to have
: showing, but were refused.
. Oh ATTAIN COUNTY.
Letter from Pittsboro: We fear Il
Democrats have stolen this count
TIL re has been m re rascality and q
tual stealing in this election than b
been in every election since the ws
We have evidence enough to send son
I , rhs,I Iuh hn1O +
D" boxes were xri ten with a pen, sor
70 insta~ ces W tn pencil hat could h ar
iy be read b, cullege bred man. f
:" onfederate ldiers were refused
y have tneir ba lols de osited Great OF
. rage! Old anu young men wept at t
polls when they found out they we
> being di~franchised. In one preein
&c we had 237 men to go in and try to vc
'e our ticket, but only 55 we're count
as for us. could go on and give instan
~ after instance Of rascality, fraud, a
~ corruption The greatest rascality v
" done at John w. Atwater's voti,
s' o ace, and with bis consent. He "
~ actually run away from his voting pls
e on count Of the rascality being CO
mi,ted. We expect TO have an indigr
ton meeting. Under a fair count
" would have carried the county by
I'd hundred majority.
IN CUMBERLAND COUNTY.
~ Letter from Buckhorn: 1he reg
ed tration blok at Cedar Creek precir
10, was stolen yesterday morning, Aug
to End | am sure it was scheme of
40 registrar, one of the judges and ell
90 tiOn constable They were at the p
-, cinct at dsy-break The books w
~ stolen then 1 arrived at the .voti
"a % ace about dfteen minutes before ii
h. to open the polls The judge tried
he carry off the boxes, and said he wo'
Az hoItap oIaction hut the hOurishinQ q