The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1911-08-12
BOND ISSUE IS CARRIED,
MAYESVuLE Bon Thrown OFT
MAJORITY FOR GOOD
ROADS.
county Election Commissioners Cnani-
mously Declare Election Result to
be i'm Favor of Issue of Good
Roads Bonds.
From the Daily Item, Aug. S.

900 good roads bonds were carried by
| a majority of thirty-five votes.
This announcement followed the
! throwing out of the box at Mayes-
vile on the ground that persons We're
allowed To vote who were not regis
tered and whose name were not on
the registration book The final vote
of the election as declared by the
county election commissioners was
$50 for the bond issue and S54 against
the bond issue.
The action Of the county election
commissioners in declaring the e.ec-
ton in favor of the bond issue set
ties the matter insofar as Sumter
county itself is able TO settle it,.
However, if the opponents Of the bond
issue decide TO appeal to the State
Board of Canvassers. it IS not known
what will be the result but will prob
ably he the throwing out of the whole
election, except in one or two pre-
cincts. The box at Mayesvile was the
only box about which a question was
raised as to its being conducted in
legal manner and it was found that
il had not been, which caused the
action Of the commissioners.
The board met at Il o'clock in the
Chamber of Commerce hall and. a
demand having been made that the
votes he recounted, started in TO
recount all Of the votes cast in the
recent election. The votes being
counted, it was found that every box
tailed exactly with the count hand
ed in by the election managers and
which was published in the Item and
other county papers last week, the
vote being tie, 403 for and 4O3
against the bond issue.
Mr.. l. u. Jennings then handed in
on affidavit to the effect that there
had been certain Irregularities in the
election at Mayesville the poll list
was carefully compared with the
registration book and il was found
that fourteen persons whose names
hHd not been placed on the registra.
tion bCol, hdd voted in the election.
Mr.. Jennings rs county attorney. was
called on - give he law in the case
and ne stated that ir case t'.cre vas
a majority on either side large enough
to carry the election without taking
into count the fourteen votes, the
votes only would he thrown out and
the other votes in the box could stand.
However. in case there was a tie or
near a tie SO that the illegal votes
would throw the election one way or
another. there being no way to know
which way the illegal votes were cast.
as In the present case. the whole box
must be thrown out.
Mr.. Jennings affidavit was as fol-
lows:
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
Sumter County.
Personally appOred L. d. Jen-
nings, who on oath says, That he is
qualified voter Of the county of
Sumter and that he is informed and
believes that in the election held on
August 1st. 1911, at Mayesvile, per-
sons were allowed to vote in said
election on the question of the bond
issue without their names appearing
on the registration book or without
being registered.
Deponent therefore requests the
board of election commissioners to
count the Mayesville box and TO can
vass the returns Of the same and to
check the names on the poll list With
books of registration.
l.. ID. JENNISGS, L. s.
Sworn to before me this Sth day of
August, 1911. +. X. FRlAR.
Notary Public for s. G.
The names which were found to be
on the poll list but not on the regis
tration books We're: G. Z. Hancock
w. L. Grant, j. Is. Goldman, j. B.
Warren, III. w. Beall, Charles Rich
ardson. G. G.. Griffin, y. ID. Womble,
Il NJ. Tiller. ]. w. Odom, ID. j. Brad
ham. b. G. Chandler, j. c. Jones and
:. w. Plowden. OF these names it is
supposed that the majority were
against the bond issue although il is
known that at least two Of the par
ties cast their votes in favor Of the
bond issue
The board then went into eXecu-
tive session and after a short con-
ference ii was announced that it had
made Il unanimous decision to throw
out the Mayesvillc box, and the re
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