The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-01-07
THE TESTIMONY.
(Continued From Page One.)

Q. How long has he been there?
a. He has been there several years
think.
@. L. w. Cox lived there? A Yes
@. How long has he been there?
IA. He has been there some time.
don't know how long.
Q. j. M. Chartrand lived there?
a. Yes sir.
O. How about Joe Murray? A.
Yes sir I know him too.
O. What are his initials? A.
don't know, he works at the bank
O. Do you know man by the
name of ]. McMurray? A. Yes sir
@. He is not the same man as Joe
Murray? A. No sir.
O. How about ]. S. Murray? A.
/ don't know him sir.
@. Do you know o. c. Robertson?
A. Yes sir.
O. He came from over in Cav
Caw. did he not? A. Yes sir.
@. How long has he been in st.
Matthews? A. He has been there
several months, it was sometime IN
the spring or summer that he came
there.
o. Do you know ]. H. Thacker?
a. Yes sir.
O How long has he been there? A.
He is the Methodist minister, ne
came there in January, he is just
commencing his second year, you
know there is special provision
made for ministers.
@. You say that he has been there
two years? 4. No sir not quite a
year sir.
o. How about F. M. Hauser? A.
He came there the first of January:
@. You say that there is speclai
provision made for ministers! A
Yes. Six months residence, l belleVe'
@. You were there at the polls
when Mr.. Thacker and Mr.. Hauser
showed their tax receipts? A. MT.
Thacker did but Mr.. Hauser did not,
we did not understand that they
had TO show tax receipts.
O. You don't know that either OF
them did? A. Yes sir, think Mr.
Thacker did sir. ;,
O. Did any one vote at that poll
without tax receipts except the two
ministers? A Yes sir.
O. Who were they? A. could
not tell you sir there were seVerai.
O. Will you look at this list ana
tell if any Of these gentlemen
presented tax receipts or not!
A. Some of them did I know ola
not look at the tax receipts though
I was doing the writing.
O. There were some that voted
there without tax receipts? A. II
they did they produced testimony
that we considered sufficient, either
they were too old to pay or had just
BECOME Of age.
Q. Were there any that did not
fall within these two classes that did
not produce their tax receipts? A.
I am not prepared to say that sir.
O. Look at this poll list and check
off the name that are white men.
--(Objection.)
O. Hou many colored people voted
at st. Matthews? A. There were
about ten I think.
@. There were ten negroes that
voted at ST. Matthews? A. Yes sir,
if all of them voted there were
about nine or ten, nine THINK
there were nine that know OF.
@. Mr.. Loryea examined the tick
cts and you kept the poll list? A.
Yes sir examined the tickets "nen
he was out, a few Of them.
o. OF the tickets that you examin-
ed were all of them regular? A.
Yes sir all that examined.
O. You know Of no instance where
the voting was not according to law.
A. No sir.
@. Do you know these colored peo-
ple that voted? A. Yes sir, most OF
them.
@. Are they property holders in
st. Matthews? A. Yes sir, I think
most of them are.
@. You conducted this election ac-
cording to the instructions you had?
A. Yes sir. We knew what was COM
ing afterwards, or we thought we
did.
@. Are nine all the colored voters
registered in St. Matthews? A. No
sir. there are sixty registered but all
of them did not come out.
@. A person that wanted to vote
against the formation Of the new
county would have to write NO on
his ballot? A. Yes sir.
@. There were no printed Noes?
A. No sir.
Gross examination by Mr., Welch.
O. Come here and show us how
the tickets were at your box? A.
We had the box about in the middle
of the table and the Eyes" tickets
were on one side and the opposition
tickets were on the other side.
@. Was the No ticket in full view?
A. Yes sir.
O. Did the managers do anything
to influence a mans vote? A. Some
times they would say that they want
ed to vote for the new County and
we would show them where the tick