The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1912-08-30
Mr.. Keitt Makes Charges
AS To The NelDberry Vote
SAYS some WARD 5
VOTES NOT PROPER
MIR. HARDEMAN, OF WARD .
MAKES STATEMENT.
Interesting Happenings in Meeting
County Executive Committee On
Thursday.

inst before the subcommittee to
tabulate the vote made its report to
the Newherry Democratic executive
committee on Thursday afternoon,
Chairman Dominick stated that he
would call the list of clubs and would
ask if any objections or charges OF
fraud were to be made at any OF the
precincts that these charges be made
as the roll was called.
When ward five was reached, Mr..
Jos. l.. Keitt arose and stated that he
had information of a number OF lrreg-
ularities, he would not call them by
harsher name, but he would call
only a few. 81 call the name of J. H.
Hendricks" said Mr.. Keitt, whom 1
am informed, will be nineteen years
old next September, and who was per-
mitted to vote ]. P. Thompson,
resident of North Carolina, who has
been in the State less than thirty
days, w. F. Ingalls,, who came into
the county less than sixty days. Two
sons of B. Thomasson, under age, and
allowed to vote.
Chairman Dominick asked if it was
the purpose or Mr. Keitt to make any
charges against these parties.
Mr.. Keitt said he was making no
charges, but he supposed that the
committee would like to see the rolls
purged, and only those entitled to
vote, allowed to vote. He said, at the
present he had brought no charges
in the courts. He did not know what
would be done about that. His only
purpose was to give this information
and help secure pure ballot. He
said that he had no purpose in making
the statements Of throwing ward five
box out.
Chairman Dominick said since these
charges were made, he would state
that he was reliably informed that a
resident of Augusta, Ca, whose name
was not on the club roll, had applied
to vote.
After the completion of the call of
the clubs, Mr.. E. S. Blease stated that
each executive committeeman was re-
sponsible for the appointment of the
managers at his club, and that he had
full confidence in the managers and
the secretary of ward club. Yet in
ward 2, young man whose name is
D. w. Ringer, had directed that his
name be put on the club roll, and it
appeared there as w. J. Ringer, and
he was allowed to vote.
Mr.. Blease stated, that as long as
men who lived in Newberry went nine
and ten mics to vote, they ought not
to talk about irregularities. Mr.. Keitt
evidently thought this referred to him,
and stated that he was a member of
Mulberry club, and had always been
a member of that club, and that his
property was in that community. Mr..
Blease replied by saying that Mr..
Keitt also lived in Newberry and that
his name was on Ward club roll.
Mr.. Hardeman was asked to explain
some of the irregularities charged in
Ward s. He said that W. J. ingalls,
referred to had come here from Tn:
ion several days before the time for
enrolling on the club had expired and
that he had had his name enrolled.
and that while he had gone back to
Union to make arrangements to move,
he was now working for him in the
Newberry Cotton mills. AS to Mr..
Thomason, Mr. Hardeman said that
Mr.. Thomason would tell you his sons
are of age. The man from Augusta,
|E. C. McCullon, had been in the coun
ty and in the State only short time
and his name was not enrolled, but
on Saturday night before the election
he made application to have his name
enrolled, and it was refused.
The petitions and resolutions pub
lished elsewhere were then presented
by Mr.. Keitt, and received as infor-
nation. Mr.. Kilt stated, in present
ing them, that he supposed that the
chairman would either rule them out
of order, or they would not be adopted
by the committee.
The report of the committee to tabu-
late the returns was then submitted
and the result declared.