The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1912-09-18
FOUND MUCH FRAUD
In TWELVE BOXES EXAMINED SO
FOR In ANDERSON
MANY MORE TO EXAMINE
The Sub Committee Files With the
County Committee a Detailed
Statement On the Illegal Votes
Found in the Twelve Boxes So
Far Examined by 1t.

A dispatch from Anderson to the
Augusta Chronicle says according to
the afidavits filed with the county
executive committee Thursday by
the subcommittee the number OF ale
legged irregular votes cast in the re-
cent primary now totals about ITO,
and IL boxes out of SO are yet to be
investigated The executive coma
mittee, upon receiving this report,
continued the subcommittee, which
consists of Leon L. Rice, ". H. Can
field and Thos. Henry Burris, and
stated that unlimited time would be
given for thorough Investigation.
The report of the subcommittee
mainly consisted of affdavits, and the
number OF alleged irregular votes
put forward in these afndavits is 130.
The subcommittee some time ago
made report to the county exeeu-
tive committee in which testimony
and af1daVits were submitted alleg-
ing about 40 irregular votes Kurtz
P. Smith attorney for Governor
Blease, submitted several aHdayits
refuting the-allegations made In sew.
eral Of the afdavits and IN the tes-
timony submitted by the sub-eommit-
tee to the county committee about
two weeks ago.
Up to date twelve out of the SO
boxes have been examined. The club
rolls and the polling lists have been
carefully compared, and the afidaV-
is submitted deal with the results
found in nine Of the boxes examined.
The afidavits 2lIage: "
That in Ward the names Of II
voters appear on the polling list,
which do not appear on the club roll.
That in Friendship box the names
of three voters appear on the polling
list which do not appear on the club
roll.
That in Sandy Springs box the
names of eighteen voters appear on
the poll list that do not appear on the
club roll.
That in the Pendleton box the
names of six voters appear on the
polling list which do not, appear on
the club roll.
That in the Brogon Mill box the
names OF four voters appear on the
polling list which do no: appear on
the club roll.
That in Five Forks box the names
of six voters appear on the polling
list which do not appear on the club
roll.
That in the Three and Twenty box
the name of one voter appears on
the polling list which does not ap-
pear on the club roll.
That in Flat Rock box the names
of three voters appear on the polling
list which do not appear on the club
roll.
That in the Craytonville box the
names of seven voters appear on the
polling list which do not appear on
the club roll.
That in the Pelzer box the names
Of thirty-four voters appear on the
polling list which do not appear on
the 1910 or 1912 club rolls.
That in the Pelzer box, in addition
to the above, the names of thirty-one
voters appear on the polling list that
do not appear even on the 1910 club
roll.
That the name of j. B. Smith APP
pears twice on the Ward polling
list, while it appears only once on the
club roll.
That in the Pelzer box the names
of NJ. C. Ellenburg and v. NJ, Ellen
burg appear on the polling lists
while the name of Ellenburg, without
any initials appears on the club roll,
and that it appears on the club roll
only once.
That the names of A. P. Jameson
and ]. H. Davis appear on the Pelzer
box polling list twice while it does
not appear but once on the club roll.
The subcommittee intends to hold
frequent meetings whenever it is
deemed necessary. In the meantime
o corps of clerks, under the super
vision Of the sub-com u:t.::ee, will con-
tinue to examine the CLUB rolls and
polling lists, arranging them in lists
alphabetical order in order to catch
repeating and other Irregularities.