The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-10-03

J. Ebert Davis for sheriff and they
were all the persons so voted on the
1lth, day Sept 1900, and deponents in
tended no wrong and were actuated by
no corrupt motive.
w. P. MONTGOMERY.
JAMES REAvES.
A. H. D. CHANDLER.
Sworn to before me this 29th, day
Sept. 1900.
w. c.. DAVIS, Notary Public.
After hearing Messrs Davis and
Rhame for the contestee J. Ebert
Davis, r. O. Purdy Esq. for contestant
E. B. Gamble. the committee went into
executive session, and there the entire
matter was fully discussed: the whole
case resolved itself down to a thorough
conviction that no intentional fraud
had been perpetrated with regard to
the Harmony box. but that the proxy
votes cast there were illegal and should
not be counted, that the contestant did
not show that he had been defrauded
a. the White box, he had atfidavits 60
ing to show that twelve men voted for
him when there was onl " seven credited
to him, but the other side had atlidayits
of men who could read and write. and
did sign their names, who swear they
looked over the reading of the tickets,
and they were read correctly. and
| further, one of the men who swore he
voted for Gamble, when he had his
ticket fixed, he remarked loud enough
for others to hear scratch Gamble 5
very eyes out" and Gamble was scratch
ed.
When all the members had given the
matter full consideration, the question
came up on the throwing out OF the
White box, because the rule requiring e
the poll list had not been complied with
by the managers, upon that question
Mr. Applet moved that the secretary
call the roll and as each members name
was called he would vote No or Yes.
An amendment was offered to this mo-
tion that the vote be taken by secret
ballot, Mr. Applet objected to this mode
of procedure and on motion OF DR..
Woods the amendment was tabled by q
vote of II to 10, 3 members not voting.
Then the motion for viva voce vote
was put and carried. Those voting to
throw out the White box were Z. ].
Browne, w. c. Chandler, James G.
Harvin, f D Hodge, T a Bradham, c
r Fielder, J H Johnson and c NJ Mason.
Those voting against throwing out
the White box were; Louis Applet,
E S Mcintosh, NJ Montgomery, S w
Mcintosh, DR. NJ Woods, W Turbe-
vile. G T Worsham, B R Gibson, J R
Griffin, D F Lide, J c Lanham, a J
Richbourg, C NJ Davis, J J Mitchum,
J H Timmons and CT Haley-l6 to S.
This virtually settled the contest, but a
motion was made to throw out the Har-
mony box which failed, and by unani-
consent the five proxy votes cast in the
Harmony box were deducted from Mr..
Davis, which makes his majority p
instead of 27 as formerly declared.
After making ihe declaration in the
shape of the following resolution the
committee adjourned:
RESOLUTION.
Whereas, Edward B. Gamble, candi-
date for Sheriff in the primary election
tember, 1900, did file his protest and
contest as to the result Of said election:
and
Whereas the County Executive Conf
mittee, after being legally called to-
gether on this the 29th day of Septem-
Der, 1900 has duly considered each of
the grounds of said protest by having
all the evidence presented thereon and
argument by r. 0. Purdy. Esq. repre-
senting Edward B. Gamble. contestant,
and Joseph F. Rhame, Esq, and ". G..
Davis, Esq, representing J. Ebert Da-
Wis. contestee; now be it
Resolved, l. That this committees
specific findings on each Of the grounds
of said protest are set forth on sepa-
rate paper hereto attached and marked
Exhibit "B." and in the judgment of
this committee none of said grounds are
sufficient to invalidate the election Or
TO change the result heretofore an
nounced.
,. That the action on September the
18th, 1900, in declaring the parties, who
on the face of the returns received a
majority of the votes in the election
held on September 11th, 1900, the NOM
inees of the Democratic party, is here
by ratified and confirmed. and the COM
mittee does now re-declare and re-pub-
lish the following named persons as the
regular nominees of the Democratic
primary held on said 18th day of Sep.
tember, 1900:
IN. Woods, member of Legislature;
J. Ebert Davis, Sheriff; T. G. Owens,
Supervisor: L. L. Wells, Superintend-
ent of Education: E. c. Dickson, Aud
itor: W. a. Brewer, Coroner: S. NJ.
! Youmans, Magistrate at Manning.
EXHIBIT ''B."
| = lIOluSS VI GASCUGlFS SOilAiiieeS
September 2ath, on grounds OF protest
OF Edward B. Gamble, contestant for
the Office of Sheriff:
l. We find subdivision l, paragraph
l., sustained, but think it mere lrreg-
ularity and not prejudicial.
,. We find subdivision ,, paragraph
l.. not sustained.
3. We find subdivision 3. paragraph
l., not sustained. And we overrule
paragraph l.
I. We find paragraph II. sustained,
in that five votes were cast by proxy,
but this should not vitiate the vote of
the entire box, and we hereby deduct
from the vote of J. Ebert Davis five
votes, that many having been shown to
have been voted for him by the evi.
deuca improperly,
5. We find paragraph III, not sus-
tanned, inasmuch as the portion OF the
committee which canvassed and tabu-
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