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

the Stub records. offered in evi.
dence for what they are worth.
MIR. Dantzler Explains Tickets.
Olin M. Dantzler being fhduly
sworn testifies as follows:
Q. What official position do yor
hold in this county? A. am Coun
ty Supervisor.
@. Tell us about furnishing the
tickets for this election on the ques
ton of the New County? A. I con
suited the attorney general through
DR.. Dreher who was the chairman o.
the Committee, he wrote the lettel
and showed the reply to me and
acted on his advice.
@. Did you furnish the tickets "a
Yes sir, I furnished all the blank
tickets and l had nothing to do will
any other tickets than the blank
tickets. I have just filed a claim
against the County for those same
tickets.
@. You brought the tickets to Or
angeburg? A. ies sir, I brought the
tickets that I had printed and as
private citizen I brought the Other
tickets with the answers printed.
@. What did you do with them:
A. 1 delivered them to Mr.. John S
Bowman.
@. Did you have them all wrapped
up together? A. No sir, had the
blank tickets in one package and
the Eyes" tickets in another.
@. Did you explain to Mr.. Bowman
that there were some that you fur.
nished and some that the other par
ties sent by you? A. No sir, I thought
that Mr.. Bowman would have sense
enough to understand and he did not
ask me for any explanation.
@. Do you remember any one ask
ing you about those tickets? A.
About some yes tickets being printed
and no noes?
@. Do you remember any one call
ing your attention to it, do you re-
member Mr.. 1. w. Bowman asking
you? A. I don't remember sir.
@. You don't remember telling him
anything at all? A. No sir I do not.
@. One bunch of tickets was print
ed with the answers blank? A. Yes
sir those were the tickets that I as
Supervisor furnished.
@. The other lot of tickets were
printed in full with the questions an
swered? A. Yes sir.
@. How do you mean when you
say that some you furnished as Sup
ervisor and some you did not? A. I
told you that I thought that Mr..
Bowman had sense enough to know
the difference, the packages were not
wrapped up, they were tied with
strings.
@. There was more than one pack
age, there was quite a number OF
those tickets, how many were there?
A. They were just about half and
half.
@. About how many were there OF
each kind? A. There were three
thousand of each.
@. They were printed in st. Mat
thews? A. No sir, they were print
ed in Columbia, I have claim now
from the State Company for print
ing them.
O. The State Company printed all
of the tickets? A. Yes sir, I presume
they were all printed in Columbia
@. Did you give the order for the
printing of the Eyes" tickets? A.
told you that I had nothing to dc
with the printing of the yes
tickets.
@. You don't know where the yes
tickets were printed? A. No sir.
@. Why is it that you presume
that they were printed in Columbia;
A. Because was handed both bunch
es of tickets at the same time and
know the blank tickets were print
ed there.
@. Who handed them to you? A
Mr.. Scottowc Wannamaker.
@. He handed you the Eyes" tick
cts and the blanks? A. Yes sir,
got Mr.. Welch to order the blank
tickets printed and I was handed al
of them at the same time.
@. They were all handed to you BY
Mr.. Wannamaker? A. Yes sir
@. You had the order for the blank
tickets given to the State Company
throught Mr.. Welch? A. Yes sir.
@. And that order only included
the blank tickets? A. Yes sir that
was all.
@. Do you recall conversation
that you had with Mr. McMichael
about there being part of the tick
cts with the printed yes and no
printed "no' that was in the pres
ence of Mr.. Marion Inabinet, do you
remember that? A. have talked so
much about the matter that l can't
remember what I have said, don't
remember the conversation.
@. You don't remember telling him
that you had the tickets printed by
the advice of Counsel? A. I told him
that I had the blanks printed by ad-
vice of the Attorney General may be.
@. You told Mr.. McMichael that?
A. If he asked me about the tickets I
certainly told him that.
rrocc oyop,i n n tiop nv Mr. We1ch