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

til J. Ebert Davis county chairman
came to the deponent and informed hin
of such oversight and on examination
deponent found said poll list, club rol
and tally sheets at his residence.
&. That deponcnt thereupon turned
over to said county chairman the pol
list, club roll and tally sheets and i:
sure there were no additions thereto OF
erasures and that the poll list delivered
up as aforesaid is the same as made ou
on the day of the election by W. S. An
derSon one of the managers. and cor
responds exactly with the number o.
votes in said box, and said tally sheets
are the ones upon which the vote:
counted by W. S. Anderson and \. T
Burgess were tailed, and the club rol
so delivered up is the one certified u
the managers for their guidance on the
day of the second primary.
w. c. WHITE.
Sworn to before me this Il day Sep
1900.
VIC. DAVIS, Notary public.
Personally appeared w. S. Anderson
who being duly sworn says:
l. That he was manager at wv hlte'
precinct on Tuesday the llth day Sep
1900 the day OF the second primary
election.
2. That no person was allowed tt
vote whose name did not appear on the
certified club list turned over to US q;
managers.
5. That the names of Peter Ridgeway
and Joseph Wise appear on said clut
list.
/. That deponent, as a part of hi:
duties as manager kept the poll list
writing down the names of the voters
and there were 4S votes cast and en-
tered upon said poll list: that at the
conclusion of the election day deponent
acted with Andrew P. Burgess as one
of the tallysman, taking down the mum
Der of votes as they were called by w
c. White.
5. That every vote called was proper
" credited to the person for whom il
was called, and at the conclusion o.
tabulating the ballots Mr.. Burgess
count and deponents tailed exactly.
6. That every vote called for Edward
B. Gamble candidate for sheriff wa:
counted for him, said count being pup
lie. and deponent knows OF no injustice
done the contestant.
:. That deponent certified to the
result of said election, signing his name
thereto as manager, and deponent
handed the poll list to W. G. White a:
manager to be placed in said box anc
deponent was under the impression thai
it was placed therein until he hearc
some time after the election ii was not
S. That deponent has been shown 6
pol: list he is informed was afterward:
delivered to the county chairman anc
it is the same written by deponent or
the day of said election, having no more
and no less names thereon than wher
he turned it over to w. G. White, nol
has there been any alternations thereof
W. S. ANDERSON.
Sworn to before me this l1th, day
Sept 1900.
". c. DAVIS, Notary Public.
PERSONAL appeared P. f. Ridgewal
Sp., a manager at white" precinct OF
the day OF the primary election Sept
llth 1900, and P. B. Hodge and J. L
Christopher qualified electors OF sale
club, who being duly sworn says eacf
for himself.
l. That they were at the poll the en-
tire day, Sept. llth, 1900, and remained
there until after the ballots had beer
counted and the result declared so 1ai
the "White" box was concerned.
,. That after the closing of the poll
". c. White. one of the managers
called out the names printed upon the
tickets or ballots, w. S. Anderson an
other manager and Andrew P. BurgeS:
doing the tallying.
3. That each of deponents stood JUS
behind W, White as he called the per
sons voted for, where we saw him cal
each name correctly, and deponents say
that every person voted for had his vote
read out properly by the said W. G
White, and not a single ballot cast II
said election whether for sheriff or any
other office was improperly called.
+. That deponents saw the ballot:
counted at the closing of the polls anc
then the names on the poll list anc
they tailed exactly.
). That so far as deponents saw, anc
they were there throughout the entire
dav, the election at said "White" pre-
cinct was fairly and impartially con
Quoted, and Edward B. Gamble can
didate for sheriff had counted every
vote deposited in said box for him.
P. Z. RIDGEWAY SR.
P. B. HODGE.
J. L. CHRISTOPHER
Sworn to before me this lIth day
Sept. 1900.
w. c.. DAVIS, Notary Public.
Personally appeared Peter Ridgewa.
who being duly sworn says:
l. That he voted in the pri mary ele'
ton held at white pre- ciuct on Tue
day the llth day of Semptember 1900.
5. That on putting his maine on the
club roll of said club about one month
before the said election deponent In.
formed the clerk or secretary Of said
club that he would be 2l years OF age be.
fore the general election and Instructed
him to enter his name as a number OF
said club.
5. That deponent states on lnforma-
ton gotten from his parents, that he
will be twenty one years OF age on the
3rd day of November, 1900.
I. That he has always understood
that he would be 81 years old on hi
next birthday, and that said 3rd, day
of November next will be observed by
him as his 2lst birthday.
5. That il he is the Peter Ridgeway
referred to in the protest of Edward B
Gamble as being under p years of age
deponent says he was not p on the
1lth day of Sept, but that he will be
of age before the general election.
PETER RIDGEWAY.
Sworn to before me this 18th, day
Sept. 1900.
II, c, DAVIS. Notary Public.
Personally appeared ]. 1. Christie
pher and ]. E. Haley who being duly
sworn says each for himself:
l. That on the 1lth, day Sept l9Ot
Joseph Wise came to J. L. Christopher
who was in company with j. +. Haley
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