The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-01-11
ALI. SOLD OUT
Votes Auelioaed Of a. The Public Squal.
to the Highest Bidder.
MANY ARE CONVICTED

Preachers, i.escons. Merchants. Rscl
Farmers and All Other Kinds OF
People Sold Their Eotes-On'
Whole School District il LEFT Wiu'
out Voter Now.
Adams county. Ohio. hereafter
must h!Ge i,s head in shame. Nere:
before In .he history OF the Unite,
States has such shameless ba1te. l:
votes been .rn!bi.ed.
/; Gu: OF voting population o. 500
alr,os, 1.01l already have been iD
d;ctAf an .~"--s i"-.areG lIv,
| been nae2 ,ua cIsfranchised Tor ..
years. Il Is said that the en;!:'
| number o. fraud cases may reacl
.oCC. or SO Is per cent OF the rot
e-s O. the county. 1t may even e.
ceed that hsr-e.
Already there are charges that a
!eas; Miro other counties n the SAM
! par; OF the State are IN Ike condN
,.on. Columbus hears tha; there ar
"bood!e" counties 10 Tho north -
we'll. Dec,ut citizens feer the e1ten
| c. The promised revelations.
Traffic in votes in Adams count,
has no; been confined 20 polit!ca
camp followers. People OF a!
classes have been indicted and foun'
guilty. Deacoas in The churches. bus
.ness men. professional men and tina
buiwark Of American liberty. th'
homes: farmer. have one and all COM
70 the voting places and handed II
.hc:- ballots TO the highest o!d6er
In che school d!str.ct rot s.cSlt
voter will De le.t-,hat is in JeEei
son township. which includes Wan.
i!ervi!le. Every male citizen hs'
been indicted. Two more ministers
both OF Queen county. we're indicted
today. Each received IS FOR his rotc
Zone young man confessed that D.
sod ou; to his own father for :lt
Il IS sad that the buying and sell
;ng OF woes has been going on II
ADAMS county for more than thiri.
wears. II started with the use o.
election funds in Gubecnator:ai cam
pa;sns. The H,i! Bil!ies." or resi-
den:s OF he puore! districts II th'
hills. im,ned!ata!, pounced .:ion j.
as a sae method Of turning an e1t-s
penny. It was not long before can
dsdates for al! Offices found that al
amazingly large number OF haoGs
were out The price OF votes. wh'c'
had been small in the beginning
began 10 rise Compelr'on s.'r
SO kee2 TIA: a:cn auc;ioaed tae'- bal
'ots from soap boxes in from; OF III.
cocr; house IN IVES, Union. Many .
county officer has been forced 20 r+,
campaign assessment OF more tha:
$4,000 20 Sbtain an Office with ssi
ary 0. $500. Running To- Ollie,
has meant ;i:e financial ruin .: NOR
than one man. The price of vote.
vent up from 50 70 SEQ. Mo:a thar
one-,hird tie voting ropulati,n O.
Adams County is declared 70 k"T.
heen iavolvei In the traffic. 81. :.
oacious did the voters become ,ha
the politicians found the s!tu1>io.
East getting beyond their control
Finally the scandal grew SO bae
.aat Judge Blair started 70 clean
things Up. lie tried. by agreemen;
10 do away with the buying and sci!
!ce OF votes.
"Hoodl!ng started when the ole
.ae.hod OF bai!otins was used" sale
| Judge Blair. When party work
er bought mans vote be woulc
hand tie nan 4 ballot and watch hin
pu: i; IL the box Under the new sys
ZEN the voter goes into the boott
and shows the ;adse his ballot. l;
!, Is right. tie judge signals 70 IT,
party worker outside. and. after the
ballot IS cast. the party worker hand'
| the ro.e! bis pay.
~ myself have seen men ssandini
on the auction block. saw farm
er worth $4,000 stand or soaI
box n from, Of the court house IL
Wes: Union and auction OF 5ss vote
The mayor. the p-osccut!n. a.torne'
and the Town marshal watched III.
auction and id nothing.
1T got so that men openly boas'
&c that they wouldn't vote lcles'
,hey were 2ai:: l have seen tweu
ty-s."en men IL one precinct sold Il
block by 4 leader. When | TAI
FOR o:1ce the first Tine. six years age
one hundred aud tSenty-seven me,
il Manchester organized and told m'
I'd have 20 pay t:'"n or ne defeated
| I wnal"1't pay. was elected ~ tn.
judicial district. but I lost Adam.
cc--tv."
Some two hundred confessed brib
e-s have "squ.aled" and have beer
released under TIE intorme:'s ac,
However. they have furnished II.
county officer :nd the judge with al
amazing mass OF inform ma'ion. o:
| which indictments are being returned
by -. hrci-"d
Adams cor.,y is In the grip o
! cod and snow and tie wind bic,
around The hills. bit The vote-selI
e-s are coming tor miles by foot ane
. by horse 20 make their pleas OF gui!
and receive punishment. The pena'
" Is The same 10 each Casa sus
pended prison sentence, fine OF s.
ard dis.rcnch:s.mcnt for ~" year.
4 ?ove-;y-s;-!cken preacher VA
anon :hosc Who cane recently Az
adn.i.te, TIA: Ae rad sold his rot.
when r"vcrty pIECh-d hard. ElGer.
n l.