The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-11-30
All Of the Constitutional Amend
ments Were Adopted. Total
Vote tor State Officers
and Congressman.

j. =. OJHtt, SeC1StdIy VI SedLe o1 ,c6A
U. X. Guater, Jr., attorney
general NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 81 1854
R. H. jennings, treasurer .. 5l.S3l
4. W. Jones, comptroller. -. 1888
0. B. Martin, State superin-
tend5nt Of eduIation. ........ 81 1892
J. D. Frost, aGjltant general. 81, ,S35
J. II. Earle, railroad c0mmis-
S!on:r .............5 81 SC3
For the presidential electors, the
nine Democrats received 50 S63; Re
publicans 2,27l; T. ". Vaughn, the
Socialist candidate from Rchiand, re-
celvcd %, and Thomas Watson re,
ceived one in Spartanburg.
- DEMOCRATIC coNeREssMEN.
The following will serve the State
in congress for the next two years,
each Dam ocratic candidate havlng had
a decisive majority: Geo. S. Legare OF
Charleston, J. O. Patterson OF Barn
well, Wyatt Aiken OF Abbeville, J T.
Johnson Of Spartannurg, D. E. Fin
ley Of York, J. E. E lerbe OF Marion
and a. T. Lever OF Lrxington.
The vote cast in the several dis
tricts is as follows:
First Dstrict-Legare, 6.06S; Prio-
leau, 234; No'and, 346; total, 6.64S.
Second-Patterson 1925; Myers
4l9; total, ?,S42.
Tnird-Aiken, 1859; Sanps Pope,
|. Scott. l42: total, T.SJ2
Fourth Johnston, e.5l6; Adams,
PIG; total, 8,735.
Fifth. .nley, 1928; White, Ill;
total, 6,C99
sizsh-Eller5e, 1858; Deas, s76:
total, S, 727. e--
S,ventt-Lever, s,726; Jacobs, 563;
ca.terirg, s.; total 305.
The vote for solicitor was as follows
there being no opposition to the
Democratic caridates:
First circuit. P T. H;ldebraud, s..
523; second, J E. Davis. 500; third.
J. S.. Wilson. 6l9; fourth, j NJ
Johnson, 5 5l4; fifth, g. B. Thinner
man, 6,04S; sixth, J. K Henry, 5,6e1,
seventh, T. S S,ase. 8.23s; eighth,'J
E. Boggs, 1872.
CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENTS.
All OF the proposed constitutional
amend ents we're carried. First in
interest is the propo ition to have tha
| gislature meet every two years In.
stead OF every year. The vote on this
was: Yes, rs 635; no, IA, ,49l; total
number cast, 80, S56. A mere majori-
" is required, two thirds majority
being unnecessary.
A great deal Of interest HIS beer
taken in the effort to amend che con.
stitu:ion 50 that local or special laws
may be enacted in reference to the
building Of roads, the age at which
persons are subj .ct to road duty, and
on the question CT drainage. This
viii permit tie legislative delegations
to make the road and drainage laTs
conform to the wishes Of the people,
Tor the amendment vas adopted by a
vote Of 26, 452 to II, 242 The propo
sition to repeal subdivisions 2 and 9 Of
section 81 Of the constitution was
adopted by a vote Of 20,0C6 to l2,024.
The subdivision referred to would
prevent local legislation on road and
drainage and this merely supple.
nents the other amendments voted
upon.
The constitutional amendment to
permit Greenville to increase he:
Bonded Indebtedness to an amount
not to exceed Is per cent. OF the val
ue Of the property in the county.
was passed by vote OF FL. .6S2 to H..
016.
TIE CONTEST BEARD.
When the clerks reported that they
had conpleted the tabulation, the
State board entered into the matter Of
contests. The first OF these came
from the first district where Mr. Lie
eare had two opponents, both Of whom
are OF the Republican party. Aaroa
P. Prioleau, colored, charged with a
number of crimes, and J. A. Noland,
white. each claims that be could have
been elscted. Noland was represented
by a negro lawyer named Edward',
whose contention is that certain boxes
should have been counted over. Tte
State beard showed that had this
been done and all tie votes given to
Noland the latter could not possibly
have been elected. Noland's negro
attorney also claimed that the votes
should not have been counted with a
representative OF the candidate being
there. The bard ruled that it has
no jurisaict In this case.
Proleau:s extravagant cain is that
Re would have received II 800 VOTES
had not his supporters been denied
the right to vote. BE also claimed
that some boxes where he would have
had a majority we're not opened.
Prioleau represented himself. The
State beard declared that it has DO
rig1t to act in this case also, there
5eing no charge Of fraud.
jacob Moorer, negro lawyer from
Orangeburg, represented Jacobs, the
Sumter negro who is contesting NJ.
Levers seat. Moorer attacked the
constitutionality Of the election laws.
This matter is also beyond the juris
diction CT the board Of canVassers, as
was pointed out by Mi. B. Hart Mess
of Orangeburg, representing Mr..
Lever.
The State beard o. can vassers there
fore declared Mr.. Legare and Mr.
Lever duly elected.
Blind Tiger shot.
A dispatch from Charleston to TIE
State says King street was scene Of
excitement THURSDAY night as re.
suit of the dispe nsary ccnst2b blss |