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

FluS GTOfe. -. Ouly OAC OIL.
G. What is that? A. Lone Star
@. This book Is for what? A
Pine Grove.
Q. How many voting places in
Amelia? A.. There are two.
O.. These are the Books Of regis.
tration for all these precincts? \
Yes.
@. You have been one of the sup.
ervisors for four wears? A. Yes sir
@. Tell whether you opened the
books of registration for Orangebure
county, in the county, outside of the
Court House? A. No sir, we did not
1 want to explain that. We have to
give notice two weeks, before the
books are opened, and that must be
done thirty days before the election
and when the Governor ordered this
election we did not have the neces-
sary time.
G. Did you open the hooks at FL
loree? A. No sir.
@. At st. Matthews? A. No sir
@. At Cameron? A. No sir.
@. At Lone Star? A. No. Sir.
@. At Fort Motto? A. No sir.
@. At North?. A. No sir.
@. Have you opened the books OF
registration at no place, except the
Court House here in Orangeburg? A.
No sir, we were to, post the towns
two weeks before the date of regis
tration, and hat date must be 80
days before the election, and we did
not have the time to do that.
Q. How many inhabitats has the
town of Norths? A. I don't know
sir.
@. Has it over three hundred? A.
I could not tell you that.
@. How about st. Matthew's A.
That has over three hundred.
@. How about Cameron? A. ]
don't know about that.
@. How about Elloree? A. That
has over three hundred l think sir.
: Gross examination by Mr.. Welch.
o. In registering the voters in this
election did you abserve the same
rules that you have always observed?
A. No sir, we did not, in the prev
ious elections the secretary Of the
clubs sent in list of names for
who ne wanted certificates, but in
this case we complied with the let
ter of the law.
@. While heretofor you had shown
some liberality? A. Yes sir.
@. In this election you conformed
to the letter of the law? A. Yes sir.
@. Did any one from Elloree or
North or any of those precincts ap-
ply to your board to come to any of
those places, and sit as board? A.
I dCn't think sir that the laws makes
any question as to that, I think that
we had to go, sir.
Mr.. Wolfe: The act is mandatory,
Mr.. Welch.
@. If they had applied to you, and
you had had time to go would your
board have gone? A. Yes sir.
@. Your failure to go there was
not your fault? A. No sir it was not
our fault.
@. In registering the people Of
his county have you complied as
nearly as. you know with the law
and it's purposes? A. Yes sir, we
have to certain extent, not alto
yether.
O. Those in whose cases you did
not comply strictly with the law, you
were satisfied they were alright? A.
Yes sir.
@. Otherwise you would not have
done so? A. Yes sir, that Is right.
Not on Tax Books.
t.. M. McMichael recalled, testifies
as follows.
@. Have you made an examination
Of the records of your office as to
tax returns for 1906? A. Yes sir 1
have.
@. A man cant pay taxes without
returning for it can he? A. No sir.
O. You have made an examination
Of the books in your Office? A. Yes
sir l have examined the books, the
tax duplicates for the following
names I made an examination of the
tax duplicates and the names did not
appear on the record.
I, A. D. Fair, County Treasurer of
Orangeburg County, do hereby certi-
fy that the following named persons
we're not entered upon the tax list
and books for Orangeburg County,
for the fiscal year of 1906 and paid
no taxes in said county for said
wear, to wit: Lucius M. Bates, P. F..
Barron, E. II: Cousins, Lewis Car
roll, H. L. Herlong, H. G. Molony.
P. S. Zeigler, B. A. Bridges, l.. M.
Cox, L. L. Chartrand, F. M. Hauser,
Joe Murray, o. c. Robertson, j. H..
Thacker, Paul Yancey or Nancy.
hereby further certify that the
persons paid tax on Dec
ember 10th. 1907. for the fiscal year
1907, to wit: B. A. Bridges, H. G..
Moloney, E. H. Cousins, o. c. Rob-
ertson. Respectfully,
A. D. Fair,
County Treasurer, 0. G.
Some Tax Executions.
A. w. Tharin being duly sworn
testifes as follows:
O. What position do you hold in
thic conntv If any? A. am DEPUTY