The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1909-09-01
P,otes. Herd and Dismissed.

e,otes: Heard and Dismissed.
The Coua,r Board Of Caovasse-s, CON-
posed OF l. l. appel: cha!-i.:.aa. 7. NJ.
P@a-d. y. y. Broadway and E. s.
Brown secretary, me, ia ti.N old court
house Saturday and heard the protest
o. the advocates OF the proposed county
OF Eutledge. The protestants were
Represented by Senator Sass o: Lake
Civ, and ". n. Welch OF Columbia.
Ny. Stewart Starr OF Lake City, was an
interested spectator Clarendon vas
represented by J. r. Lesespe Esq.
whole thing the Eu:!edge advocates de-
pend upon is technical. They claim
the tickets voted 81 Sandy Grove are
no, wh.:e as the law requires. They
also claim that our registration officers
furnished registration certificates inan
unlawful manner, in that they mailed
certificates 70 Mr. ". D. McFaddin
some time before the last general cleo
t!on. and ;ha: The said McFadGiu dis
:ributed these certificates, when the
law requires voters 70 apply IL person
70: registration certificates. but there
was 90 proof whatever that the certit!-
Gates distributed by Mr.. McFadG!n were
the same sen, 20 him by mail or used 1T
the election on the 18th. Mr.. Nc
tIad6ic is deeply interested ir the for
NATION OF the new county. and the GER
tliica;eS he claims were sent him were
not sent for the new county election.
but FOR The election that voted liquor
out OF Clarendon. The anti-prohiblt!on
force knew these certificates were being
sen; out, and regarded it . party conf
dence therefore would not take advaa-
tagc OF it We regret that Mr.. Mcf'ao-
din permitted his zeal for the new coun-
ty to carry him so far as 10 be will
ing is expose Z party secret, but his act
tell harmless however because. he could
not swear the certificates entrusted 10
him were used il ,he election that IS
being protested.
Il is presumed that hereafter the reg
iStratioa officers Will be more careful,
IN the future in whom they conaGe any
OF the secrets of the Democratic party.
The tickets used in this election were
printed on the same paper tha; TIE
TINES is printed on. we claim u IS
white. After hearing testimony on
both sides. and the arguments OF coun-
SCI. the board announced that II would
sustain The managers conduct OF the
election held at Sandy Grove on Aug.
18th. Tha; said election was IN accor-
dance with law. and il there were any
Irregularities, they were purely tech
nical and did not effect the result.
Therefore the election IS sustained.
The following is the testimony and
testimony.
Manning. S. c., august "a. 1909.
The Board of Election Commissioners
for Clarendon county met this n. NJ, at
Manning aud organized By elec,ing /.
l. Apre!:, Chairman. and E. B. Brown,
Secretary The board met and o-ganiz-
ed themselves into the Board OF Can
vassers for said county for the purpose
OF canvasSiug the returns OF the election
held in Sandy Grove Township on the
18th, :ns:., OF the question OF creating
= new county ont OF parts OF Clarendon
aad Williamsburg.
MeSSrS. ". l. Bass and Stewart Starr,
o; Lake City. representing the propos-
ed new county appeared before the
board AID entered q protest against the
legality OF the election, and asked ;hat
the board hear the protest 81 later
oay. as they were anxious 70 meet q
train that morning.
The board granted their reques: and
adjourned 20 NEE: on August 18th at II
O'Clock. 10 hear said protest
E. 3. BROWN,
Secretary.
Manning, 5 c.. Angus: 2S, 1909.
The Board OF Election Commissioners
met today and organized.
NeSsrs. T. II. Welch aod ". L. Bass
appeard toc contestants Mr.. j. Il.
LeSeSne, contra.
The ballo. box was opened by Com
misSioners and the return Of managers
shows as follows: For tie formation OF
new couc :, iorty-fve (s5. Against the
formation OF new county, twenty-five
(&.)
Ballot box and tickets introduced in
evidence.
Mr. Louis Appelt, sworn, says:
Examination BY Mr.. Welch.
Q. Senator, you are printer here:
=. Yes.
Issue OF Manning Times dated August
L. 1908. introduced in evidence, and
identified b: Mr.. Applet. The Proclaim
alton was published by authori,y Of the
Governor Of South Carolina, and pub
lished in The Manning Times for three
consecutive weeks next proceeding cleo
,ion he's; oa August l.. 1909.
Q. Are you editor and proprietor OF
The Manning Times? y. Yes, and l
supervised the printing 0. tickets. II
was done under my directions.
Q. Senator. did you print any OF the
tickets in this ballo, box, tindica;ins:)
\. Yes, this ticket was printed 10 The
Manning Times Office. printed Yes
ard No" tickets, exactly alike except
as 10 the words Yes and No" Same
material. both tickets cus from same
paper. and same type used. aud the tick
cts together with ballot boxes and
blanks were turned over 20 MIR. ". I.
Kennedy. one OF the managers. who
came 20 Manning FOR the box.
Q. Senator, ~ whose request did you
print these tickets: A. Az the request
OF the Supervisor OF Clarendon county.
9. Wha; is niS name a. 4. Z. Nc
Faddin. Before box and tickets We're
turned over 20 Nr. Kennedy. he had
qualified as manager before Notary
Public. LOUIS APPELT.
Sworn 20 before me this August IS,
1909. f. 5. BROWN.
Secretary.
Mr.. Louis Appel, recalled.
Examination by Mr.. Lesesne.
Q. Mr.. Appelt are You accustomed 70
handling paper. a. Yes, for ;ne past
twenty years. have bought and used
thousands of dollars worth.
Q. Is ,ha; ticket printed on plain
white paper \. This ,icke, is printed
oo plain white paper news; what IS term
ed in the paper business IS white news
paper. There are several kinds Of pa
per and several weights OF paper, run
ming from twenty 10 eighty pounds per
rean: this paper IS forty pound paper,
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