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

G. lis ua;uc !. Iaue- WorSnau !, il
ao.: a Yes.
Q. Do you Know oi Eoa- o":. Kno"-
ledge from the ticket he :o;ec'. whether
he voted Tor or agains; the new COUNT:
y. No
Q. As 20 Mr.. George Thigpen: did he
produce registration certificate from
Clarendon county: \. Yes.
Q. Do :ou know Of your own know
ledge, from the ticket he cast in the
ballot box, whether he voted for or
against the new county: y. did not
see what was OF the ticket, but be-
!!eve from the color 0: the ticket he
voted no, rs :hcre was no dark tick
cts il the box yes. .A!l the yes lick
cts were YES" he voted q dark ticket.
G. Mr.. Il. 5. DriggerS. You say ne
produced 2 registration certificate from
Clarendon county: You said Mr.. II. s..
Driggers voted YES: y. Yes.
Q. You said that Mr. DrigSers now
lives in Williamsburg county: y. les.
Q. ". r. Thigpca. Sr. and ". H..
Thigpen. J:. are both citizens OF Gar
endon county and each OF them produc-
cd registration certificate: y. Yes.
Q. MIR. Baker, understood you 10
say that every man who voted =; this
election produced 4 registration cerilil-
cate? 4. Yes. did so.
.. also understood you 20 say every
man produced = tax receipt or MS name
on list showing that he had pad his
tax: i. ies. he either had reccip. or
his name was on list.
Q. They either produced tax receipt
or proof that they hal paid their taxes:
y. Yes.
Q. they mad 20: produced proc: that
they had paid taxes you would not have
allC Sed them q vote woul,: YOU: y.
No.
Redirect. Nr. Wc.ch.
Q. Mr.. Baker. tie yes tickets that
came down ic box were same color as
no" tickets: y. Yes.
]. II. BAKER.
Sworn TO before me this %, August
1909. +. 3. BROWN.
Secretary.
|, is agreed that protestant. W. d.
McFaddin, is = property owner. tax pay
er aud qualified elector in Sandy Grove
township.
". D. McFaddin, being sworn. says:
Examination by Mr. We!ch.
Q. Die you receive registration cert!-
ticateS or Sandy Grove township last
year? \. Yes. received them all.
Envelope 10 ". D. NcFaddin offered
in evidence by Mr.. We!ch.
Objection by Mr.. LeseSne upon
grounds of irrelevancy: objection sus-
tanned.
Q. What came in this envelope: a.
Registration certificates for Sandy
GroYe township.
Q. What did you do with these cer:l-
Gca,es: a. Distributed certificates at
general election last year. and what xas
not called for, carried them home and
distribu,-t: them on day OF election on
Angus. 18th. 1909.
J. J. Epps. being sworn. says:
Examination by Mr.. We!ch.
Mr.. Welch hands witness book.
.. Mr.. Epps. what book is this: a.
Registration book for Sandy Grove.
Agreed for copy Of book to be made
b: secretary and put in record in
stead OF original.
Q. What Office do you hold? 4. Su-
pervisor OF registration.
Hands witness envelope addressed
to w. D. McFaddiu.
Q. Who addressed that envelope!
A. That is my hand writing.
.. What did you send Mr.. McFad-
din in this envelope? Did you send
Mr.. McFaddin registration certiticat-
es for Sandy Grove township? 4.
Yes.
Q. When did you send registration n
certificates? a. Just before general
election 1905.
q. Did people whom You registered
attend in person? A. Some did.
Q. Those that you sent Mr.. Mead
din did not? a. Some OF those whose
names appear on books did.
JOHN ]. EPPs.
Sworn to before me this August 2S.
1909. E. IS. BRowN,
Secretar..
W. D. McFaddin. recalled.
Examination by Mr.. Welch.
Q. How many registration ce-tih-
Gates did You receive: One hundred
and seventeen.
BY Mr.. Bass
=. Mr.. McFaddin, can you name
persons for whom you received certi-
ticates? 4. | can tel! some.
.. Name them, the ones that you
know? Can you name from that book
the persons for whom you received
=. -. a
! only remember some.
W. D. MCFADDIN.
Sworn before me this 2S August
1909. <. B. BROWN.
Secretary.
w. L. McFaddin. being sworn says:
Examination by Nj Welch.
=. Yop are one Of the managers: a.
Yes
Q. Could you tell the day OF cleo
ton how the voter was voting: A.
Yes.
Q. State how: ~ BY the color Of
the tickets.
.. Was there 2 crowd around bal
lot box all day? \. Yes.
.. And they could see how voter
was voting: \. Yes.
Q. You know the Mr.. Thispen who
voted. 4. Yes.
=. Do you know If they voted on
the same ticket? a. don't know il
it was the same ticket or not. The
certificate was w n. Thigpen-
Cross examination by Mr. Lesesue-
=. There were two w. H. T!iigpens
We're they? 4. Yes.
Q. They were both living in Sandy
Grove township: \. Yes.
Q. They both presented tickets did
they: Yes.
Redirect. by Mr.. WEIGH.
Showing witness registration book
Q. How many W. H. Thispens do
you find on this book? \. One.
.. What is his age: j. Thirty.
=. How old is the elder Mr.. This-
pen: A. Fifty or over.
Q. Do you know how Mr.. Thispen
voted: \. No sir.
Re-Cross by Mr.. Lesesue.
.. Do you know Of your own know
ledge how Mr. W. H. Thigpeu. or