The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-01-07

MI. Welch: The following note is
written after the name of M. P.
Hooker. Number would not tally
written after name on poll list.
I, A. D. Fair, County Treasurer of
Orangeburg County, do hereby certi-
fly that the following named persons
were not entered upon tax list and
books of Orangeburg County for the
fiscal year 1906 and paid no tax in
Goodbys township, of said county for
year, to wit: W. D. Felkel, T. c..
Bair, o. l.. Edwards. o. L. Ricken-
baker, W. ]. Strock, Shuler H.
Houck, o. H. Dantzler, Adolph Muir
ply, Nanny Rickenbaker.
Respectfully,
A. D. Fair,
Jan. 1st, 1907. County Treasurer.
Hayward Trezevant being duly
sworn testifies as follows:
@. Do you know J. X. Hane, Jr.?
A. Yes sir.
@. Do you know A. G. Arant? "A.
Yes sir.
@. Do you know T. F. Wise? A.
Yes sir.
Do you know c. A. Ayers? A.
Yes sir.
@. Do you know c. H. Geddings?
A. Yes sir.
@. Do you know where they have
been voting? A. They belong to
the same club that I belong to AMI
have been voting at that club ever
since it has been organized, at Fort
Motto.
@. They have been voting there as
Democrats? A. Yes sir they have
been voting there and Mr.. Arant was
one of the Managers.
]. K. Hane, Jr., being recalled tes-
titles as follows:
@. Where do you live? A. I live
at Fort Motto, about three miles and
a half from Fort Motto.
@. How old are you? A. 1 am
twenty-eight, sir.
@. Where have you been voting all
your life? A. At Fort Motto.
O. What does your registration
certificate read? A. Fort Motto, ]
want to state that is the same certi-
ficate that / used in voting for Col.
Herbert when he was out for. the
Legislature.
Voted on Affidavits.
J. H. Loryea testified as follows:
@. Were you one of the managers
at the new County election? A. Yes
Sir
@. In conducting this election what
rule did you observe? A. We re-
ouired the voters to produce their
registration certificates and tax re-
ceipts or proofs thereof.
@. Do you know L. M. Bates? A.
Yes sir.
@. Did he produce tax receipt!
A. No sir, he had just come of age.
@. You know L. L. Chartrand? A.
I cant state that he had his tax re-
ceipt but he either had it or pre-
sented proof that he had paid his
taxes.
@. Your board satisfied itself that
he had either the receipt or the
proof thereof? A. We did not allow
any one to vote without their tax
receipts except very few, j. NJ.
Payne was one, he is ninety years
old or claims to be, he pays no taxes,
he has nothing to pay on, but he pro-
duced his registration certificate,
VIM. Glover was another, we made
no question as to him, he came there
without his registration certificate
and we sent him back home for 1t,
there was another that turned up
there with his registration certificate
and tax receipt, we refused to allow
him to vote because there was some
doubt about his, we did not let him
vote, there was some legal question:
he was a school teacher.
@. You followed the instructions
of the election commissioner in con-
ducting this election? A. Yes Sir
there was a man there whose certlfl-
cate was number 272 and he, had
tax receipt for 1906 and referred to
the book and found that 272 was
another name and we declined to let
him vote.
@. You regularly followed the law
as you saw it? A Yes sir
Cross examination by Col. Herbert.
@. Who was the teacher that you
referred to? A. J. S. Jourdine.
@. Neither Glover nor Payne, nor
Jourdine appear on our list, you al
lowed Mr.. Chartrand to vote? A.
Yes sir, we allowed him to vote.
@. He has some property? A. NO
sir none that know OF.
@. Don't he farm? A. His wife
has a little place think, two or three
acres, may be.
o. Mr.. T.. NJ. Bates was just re-
Gently of age you say? A. Yes sir.
@. Barron and Cousins and these
fellows don't appear on the books
down there, You were not there at
the polls all the time, you went to
breakfast and dinner? A. Yes sir, l
suppose l was away about an hour.
@. You are not positive that all
these gentlemen produced tax re-
ceipt? A. They either produced their
receipt or proof thereof.
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