The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1910-09-07
GREENVILLE COMMITTEE RE
PORTED 5000 TOO MANY
VOTES FOR SCARBOROUGH.
Two Oficial Reports Filed Show Same
Mistake-Error Has Cost Demo-
cratic Party Over $5OO-New Tick
cts Will be Printed.


committee met Friday night and af-
ter canvassing the returns declared
O. G. Scarborough and James Cans
Ter to be in the second race for the
office.
John c. Bailey the secretary Of the
Greenville committee, and C. d.
Smith. a member OF the committee,
fled statements of the official re-
turns from Greenville county with
Gen. Jones. In each statement was
to be found the following: o. c.
Scarborough. 1885.
In The State Of Friday morning the
official returns from Greenville coun-
~ were given as follows:
Canister 1,027
Hampton -. 782
Scarborough. E. :. :. :. $50
Before the State executive commit
tee met Friday night there were only
21 boxes not accounted for as given
DAY morning. At that time Hamp-
ton was leading Scarborough by a
few hundred votes. When the an
nouncement was made officially by
the executive committee that Mr..
Scarborough had received 1850 moro
than Mr.. Hampton. II was suspected
that there were not enough votes
cast at the 21 boxes to cause the in
crease. This led to an investigation
in The State office which resulted in
finding the mistake by the Greenville
committee.
The returns as submitted by the
secretary Of the Greenville county ex-
ecutive committee gave o. c. Scar
borough 1855 votes for the county,
when he should have received only
3s6. The mistake was not discovered
until yesterday. when II was found
that the vote for railroad commits
sion In Greenville county was nearly
5000. whereas the vote for all other
offices. including congress, was, ap-
proximately. 5000 votes.
Immediately following the discov-
cry of the mistake Willie Jones. the
chairman of the State democratic ex-
ecutive committe, issued a call for
another meeting Of the State execu-
tive committee. to be held in Column
bia. in the office Of the secretary Of
State at the State house on next Mon
day night at $40 o'clock, when the
votes will be recanvassed and G. Nc
Duffie Hampton declared in the Sec
ond race. He received $50 more votes
than o. c. Scarborough.
The mistake was no fault of the
State executive committee, and the
announcement was caused by a cleri-
cal error on the part of the Green
Vile county executive committee.
The mistake has cost the Demo-
cratic party OF the State approxima-
tely $500.
The tickets for the second primary
mad been printed and were in the
express office here addressed to the
chairman of the various county COM
mittees. The tickets were recalled by
state Chairman Jones and new tickets
Win the name OF Mr.. Hampton for
railroad commission printed.
The following telegram was re-
ceived from John c. Bailey. the sec
retary Of the Greenvire county ex-
ecutive committee. which was sent on
request Of Gen. Jones:
"Greenville, S. c.. Willie Jones'
state chairman. Columbia. s. G.. To-
tai vote for county. Blease. 1881:
Featherstone. 1892; Scarborough
$50. John c. Bailey"
Gen. Jones sent the following toIe-
gram to o. G. Scarborough at Sum-
merton. notifying him of the mistake.
40. g. Scarborough, Summerton
>. g.. Greenville county reports error
OF 5000 votes against you. Your vote
I'm that county Is 3S6 instead of 3.3S6
have called State committee TO meet
Monday night to consider the matter.
Willie Jones, State chairman"
y FORMAL protest as TO the report
I'm the official vote for the office OF
railroad commission made by the
Greenville county executive commit
tee was filed yesterday nv 6 McDuf-
lie Hampton Of this city with Willie
Jones the state chairman. The pro-
test will he considered at tho special
meeting Of the executive committcc.
which has been called for Mon
day night. In the protest the situ-
alton in Greenville county Is review
ed. The chief ground of appeal ls
that Mr.. Scarborough should have
been given only $50 votes I'm the Of