The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-01-07
Attorney General gave to you?

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town of st. Matthews.
G. Is that territory from which II
is proposed to form Calhoun County?
A. Yes sir.
@. What Office do you hold in this
county? A. I am Supervisor.
@. You furnished the blank tick
cts as Supervisor? A. Yes sir.
@. And you also brought some yes
tickets to Orangeburg? A. Yes Sir
: @. Do you regret it? A. No sil
not in the least.
@. You are supporter Of Cal
houn County? A. Yes sir.
@. Heart and soul? A. Yes sir.
Redirect examination by Mr.. Wolfe:
@. Why was it that you delivered
tickets differentf rom the Attorney
Generals form after you had taken
his advice? A. AS private citizen
brought those tickets here, l was
requested to do so.
Recross examination by Mr.. Welch:
O. You were instructed to print
certain tickets and you got them and
delivered them along with other tick
cts for which you had no instruc-
tions? A. Yes sir l may have told
Mr.. Bowman that there were some
tickets with the answers filled out.
@. You did not explain that as
Supervisor you furnished certain
tickets and as a private individual
you furnished some? A. No sir.
@. Whose advice did you follow? ?
A. The Governors and the Attorney
General.
@. If voter in the territory of the
proposed new county wanted to vote
against the new county he would
have to write it on the ticket? A.
Yes.
@. And if he had wanted to vote
eyes" he could have used the other
tickets? A. Yes sir.
@. If he had wanted to vote
against the County he would have
had to write "No" with pen or a
pencil? A. Yes SIT
@. He could have taken a blank
ticket and have written whatever he
wanted on it privately so as not to
disturb the privacy Of the ballot?
A. Yes.
@. On the day that you gave those
tickets to Mr. Bowman you told him
not to put any in the St. Matthews
box that they had some there? And
did you not tell him not to have any
tickets sent there? A. l told him
that there were no v2s tickets to be
put in the st. Matthews box, that
they would be there. that the pro-
moters of the new County would
have tickets there?
@. Wha. did you tell Mr.. Bow
man? A. told him, here are the
tickets for the new County election
and put the tickets on the table and
he came over and examined them.
@. What did you say about the
tickets being at st. Matthews? A. l
told him that the new: County peo-
pie had Eyes tickets at st. Mat
thews and therefore there were no
"yes' tickets to be put in the st.
Matthews box.
@. Were the tickets divided into
| packages for each precinct? A. Yes
sir.
Voted at Wrong Places.
Mr.. u. G. Bryant testified as fol-
lows:
@. Where do you live Mr.. Bry'
ant? A. In the city of Orangeburg
@. Have you any property in the
county? A. Yes sir, some two
miles from here and some at For
Motto.
@. Town or farm lots? A. Farms
sir.
@. What townshsip is the For
Motto property in? A. In Pine
Grove, all except little slip.
@. Do you know Mr.. A. G. Arant:
IA. Yes sir, he is on my place.
@. DO you know Mr.. D. A. Ayers:
A. Yes sir, he is on my place.
@. Whose place do they live
on? A. Mr.. Arant is on my place
that is he rents from me, don't
know whether he lives on my place
or on Tabor's They are both In
Pine Grove, though.
@. What township does Mr.. Arant
and Mr.. Ayers live in? A. Pine
Grove.
@. How long have they lived
@. How long has Mr.. Ayers been
there for twelve or fifteen years
@. How long has Mr. Ayers been
there? a. He has been there fol
two years I think, would not swear
to that though, may be it is only
one.
@. You are sure that he has been
there this year? A. Yes sir, but I
do not know whether he lives in Ia
bor's house or mine.
@. They both live in Pine Grove
township? A. Yes sir.
@. Mr.. Arant was one of the man
gers at Fort Motto at the recent
election? A. Yes sir.
Mr.. Welch here interrupted The eX-
animation, and moved ID strike out
the testimony of Mr.. Bryant as the
contestants had not notified the
other side that that was one of their
grounds of protest, that the mana
gers were living in different town.