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

bad done any crime. he sid no.
told him I would not 90 In the guard
house. sav 10 Vas Q mob OF lov
characters Who had no regard for
the Law. a. the town authorities did
not atsrrapt to keep order or aIrss'
any Of them. and I hsd no one to
help me, ard | left There we're Q
few Of the intelligent men Of the
town Who advised them 20 let me
alone, bat they paid no attention TO
them"
MILL McRAR-
A letter from Grady. Rob<son Co:
We held our election on the 2ad of
August Ii Was one % the most IN.
fair things / ever saw. They had .
LAWYER from Lumberton, one Chas
McNeill, and deputy sheriff, vhc
challer ged sevanty-thr~e of our de-
gro voters. Who would have voted
the Fusion ticket. He tMeNeiiD
would stk each one, il he could ex-
plain the Is va OF the last Legislature.
or IL be con Id repeat the Constitution /
of the United State, or IL he knew 1
the laws OF Ncrtb Csyol,na Ofcoursf
he would answer "ro,f and was told /
to psss on ont, ard il one OF our mer |
would start IN 90 in to see anytime |
about il. be would he met by one OF |
these very impertinen' marsh alls and |
told to get hack.
Well, there is one thing more
wish to call your attention In. il is
in regard tn their registrar. Hatold |
one negro that IL he registered him
he would nave the deputy take b m |
up then and there. The negro said |
he was afraid to register. for he did |
not want to 90 to isil. He treated !
others in the same manner
A letter from Pike, Robeson Go
The registrar, like all other regis
trars in this section absolutely re-
fused to register q large number of
qualified voters. The election was
neld in . two story house, and the
negro who represented us could not
Mace his own tickets IN the boxes
The whole thing WAS farce.
The registrar, as he went In tn
open the polls had . gun in his hand.
MARTIN COUNTY.
Letter from WILLIAMSON: The
Democrats carry this county by
from seven to eight hundred-not
BY votes, but by their infamou
election law, executed by their ras
cality and disreputable heelers as
poll holders. We have been accus-
toned to frauds in our election s
here all the time, but this is the
first time they made no attempt to
conceal it, and frankly a'mit 1t.
SCOTLAND COUNTY.
IL staved at the polls all day a.
upper Williamson precinct, Scotland
county, and until the constitutional
amendment box was counted. There
were about fifty votes east against
1t, as near a. / can tell. / have re
corded vote of 28 against it. but wher
they counted out, there were none a.
all for ns. or against the amendment.
saw amendment box counter pass
sn Avco"k State ticket over 70 Sta':
box counter. ard he called it OUT for
| Aycock. This i can testify TO. II
there were no frsud and stealing
done here, don't know what to cal
it. Thev voted four that had come
from South Carolina and bad not
been In the State long enough.
They voted one old negro and his
vote was counted. and ours were not
One negro was all that voted Of that
color
LENOIR COUNTY.
| Letter from LsGrange: The elee
ton in this county last Thursday, j
believe, was the most gigantic bare
faced steal ever known to the politi-
cal world. 1t WAS the most perfect
farce that ever disgrsced North Car
olina. The boxes were placed In the
center of q brick store, ropes were
extended out In front to make them
ffty feet Several came to me and
said that they had been refused on
account of the word challenge being
marked after their names. There
were numbers turned OF in this vay
not one had heen notified OF the chal-
lenge. / asked the constable per
mission to see the poll holders-tbs'
the Democrats were gong in and out
as they saw fit. He finally gave me
permission. went in, found tbe
two men handling our tickets. ]
remarked, 'Prentiss Wooten and
Lee are no poll holders" The only
; r. Spouse was "next.n A voter came
to me and stated that he saw Lee
putting the tickets in his hip pock
/ - "a I'M t<c Ia
ter and told me that he saw Wooten
, take q fel ow's tieke. and put one
or all in one box and dropped his
hand behind him went back to
: the polls, got behind Lee, bis pock
+ cts were full of something, I could
: not see what Wooten had left, nc
3 one was voting then. l told the
3 Populist poll holder the reports CON
Ifidently. He said he could not help
lit, that he had objected. Lee re
marked that he must 90 and get q
drink, and never came back. After
, wards I went and stated the reports
3 to the poll holders and demanded
: fair, honest election. They stated
that they did not do 1t, but you al
lowed others to come here and de-
lit, said. When the counting tool
place our tickets were in the wropG
box and In somebody's pockets In
, stead of getting about one hundred
7 majority, as re should. they were
= ahead.
II heard them insulting Our speak
> ers, it hurt me when they We're no
allowed to speak At their appoint
> ments. 1t made me mad when the,
> rotten -egged them, but when the,
stole our votes a. they did on las
Thursday, 1 swore within mysel
THAT would not vote with any par
= ty that would uphold such con
!, temptible rascality.
II the Democratic resort TO re'
shirts, shot guns and Winchester RI
y f1es etc Now what will they no