The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-01-07
evidence. Page 21s Mayors Docket

ing grounds: 1. The crime alleged
is not disqualifying crime. 2. The
record is not attested by the clerk
of the Court. 8. There is no seal on
the record. Mr.. We;cn entered the
above objection and said he would
argue them later.
Mr.. Wannamaker further testified
that record was in his handwriting,
and Chairman Bowman overruled the
objections of Mr.. Welch and allowed
the record to go in.
Fixing Their Residence.
W. B. Thezevant, being duly sworn
testified as follows:
@. Do you know ]. K. Hane; Jr.
A. Yes. sir, do.
@. What township does he livein?
A. He lives in Pine Grove.
@. Has he been living there all OIL
this year? A. l am not sure about
his being there all the year, He NOV
ed from my brothers in Amelia.
@. He is farmer? A. Yes sir.
O. Has he been farming there dur
| ing the year? A. Yes sir he moved
from Amelia in June, he moved to
Pine Grove in June.
@. Do you know Mr.. Thomas Fred
Wise? A. know Fred Wise.
@. What township does he live
| in? A. Pine Grove sir.
@. He has been there in Pine
Grove this year? A. Yes sir for
several years.
@. How about G. H. Geddings?
A. He lives in Pine Grove.
@. He has been there about no"
long? A. 1 can't tell you that, l
don't know where he was living last
year.
@. He is in Pine Grove this year?
A. Yes sir I think so, am not posi-
tive.
@. Do you know Mr.. F. M. Smoak?
A. No sir not that I know OF.
@. J. K. Hane was one of the
managers at this special county cleo
tion? A. He was manager at Fort
Motte
@. Fort Motto is in Amelia Town.
ship? A. Yes sir that is one of the
voting places.
Voted Without Tax Receipt.
| T. H. Zimmerman being duly
sworn testified as follows:
@. Where do you live Mr.. Zim-
norman? A. At Cameron, sir.
@. Were you one of the managers
at the election out there? A. Yes
sir.
O. How did you conduct that elec'
ton with regard to the payment of
taxes? A. All voters had to have
their tax receipts for last year and
their registration certificates.
@. How did Mr.. Willie Felkel
vote? He came there without his
tax receipt and I would not allow
him to vote and then Mr.. Sam, Owen
or DR.. Fairey phoned to Mr.. Fair,
the County Treasurer, and he said
that he had paid his taxes and we
then allowed him to vote.
@. State whether Felkel produced
any tax receipt? A. No sir, moth
ing except that writing.
@. Where was that written? A.
From the phone.
@. Who wrote it down? A. Mr..
Harvey Taylor, I think sir.
@. What did he write? A. That
Felkel had paid his taxes for last
year.
@. Was there any other instance
Of that kind? A. Yes sir Mr.. B. D
Edwards, he got his over the phone
too, he is from Creston.
@. What township is Creston in?
A. That is in Lyons.
@. Edwards and Felkel voted the
same way by telephone messages
from Mr.. Fair? A. Yes sir those
were the only two instances.
@. Tell us about Mr.. James
Arant? A. He voted with his regis
! tration certificate and tax receipt.
Q. What tax receipt? A. 1 thought
it was for last year.
@. Don't you remember that Mr.
Arant said that he had his this years
tax receipt and he did not suppose
that he would be allowd to vote ?
A. I don't remember that sir.
looked at the registration certifi-
cate and the tax receipt and ]
thought it was the 1906 tax receipt.
@. Would you swear that it was
the 1906 receipt? A. No sir l would
not.
@. IF he said that il was a 1902
receipt you would not contradict
him? A. No sir, I would not.
@. State whether all of the re
ceipts were 1906 receipts? A. They
were all of them 1906 except his, l
would not swear to his.
Q. That was Mr. James Arant?
A. Yes sir.
Cross examination by Mr.. Welch.
@. You know the County Treasur-
er Mr.. Fair? A. Yes sir.
Q. Is he a gentleman whose word
you would take? A. Yes sir.
@. Who talked with him over the
phone? A. Either Mr.. S. E. Owen
or Dr.. J. K Fairey
@. Are they gentlemen whose
words you would accept? A. Yes
sir.
@. The managers at Your box ac: