Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1912-10-04
COMMITTEE DECLARES
ELECTION RESULTS.

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Edgefieid County.
Edgefield county reported nothing
irregular.
Fairfield County.
Fairfield county reported nothing ir-
regular
Florence County.
Florence county made no report
whatever.
Georgetown County.
Georgetown county reported no ir-
regularities.
Greenville County.
The Greenville committee reported
12S votes in Central, where 752 votes
were cast, in which the voters could
not be found. They reported 240 repe-
titions on the poll list and say, I'VE
are satisfied, however, that consider
able portion of this duplication Is nat
ural and proper, due to the identity OF
names in different communities. On
the other hand, many of those names
thus duplicated appear to be repeated
on the part of those voting"
They reported that a good many vot-
ers voted without being sworn.
Greenwood County.
There are reported 179 men as vot-
ing who are not on the club roll; and
there are forty-four names that ap-
pear twice; but they have not investi-
gated as to whether they were repeat
ers or different men Of the same name
Hampton County.
Twenty seven men reported as voting
whose names were not on the club roll,
others were allowed to vote without
being on the club roll, but no fraud is
charged.
Horny County.
Nothing reported.
Jasper County.
Nothing irregular reported.
kershaw County.
The committee reports nothing ir-
regular.
Lancaster County.
There Is no report made.
laurens County.
resolution that no fraud had been
charged.
Lee County.
Lee county executive committee re-
ported by resolution that no fraud had
been charged.
Lexington County.
Lexington. county makes no report.
Marion County.
Marion county executive committee
nothing which 1t Is necessary to inves-
tigate in that county.
Marlboro County.
Marlboro county has published its
poll list, but has no report.
Newberry County.
The county executive committee re-
fuses to report
oconee County.
There is no report made.
Orangeburg County.
The subcommittee of the sub-com-
mittee went to Orangeburg to ascer-
tain why the poll lists were lost. 1t de-
veloped there that the county execu-
tive committee bad appointed a sub
committee to investigate the loss OF
the poll lists, as well as any other ir-
regularities in the election. They re-
ported that they could find out moth
ing.
The sub b-committee Of the sub-com-
mittee had a public hearing, took the
evidence Of the officers Of the county
the members of the sub committee. AS
a result it was found that the poll lists
had very mysteriously disappeared.
The committee sent to Orangeburg
reports that the carelessness display
ed in that county-said carelessness
being the usual custom used in that
county in not preserving all the rec
ords pertaining to the election, Is Sc
verely condemned.
Pickens County.
Nothing reported from Pickens coun-
ty.
RichIand County.
Two hundred and ninety-two votes
cast in duplicate names, which the
committee reports, are some Of them
explained by being two persons having
the same name; and we have not been
able to ascertain how many are in that
situation.
SaIuda County.
Saluda county reports nothing.
Spartanburg County.
There were 232 irregular votes re-
ported, such as voting and not on the
club roll or like Irregularities, and
$50 apparent repeaters were shown by
more than once. Running these down
demonstrated the fact, by great mass
of affidavits, which are herewith sub
mitted, that these apparent repititions
were largely due to different men hav-
ing the same name, and were not in
fact repeaters; the same experience
having been had in the county of An
derson.
Sumter County.
Sumter county reports nothing.
Union County.
Union county reports nothing.
Williamsburg County.
Williamsburg county reports every
thing correct.
York County.
York county reports sixty-one ir-
regular votes.
Letter to Committee.
The letter to the subcommittee
from Judge Jones attorneys was as
follows:
September 81, 1912.
Hon. w. F. Stevenson, Chairman
Committee to Investigate Primary
Election, Cheraw, S. C.
Dear Sir: We have read your no
tice as published in the State of yes
terday of which you sent us a copy.
We note the rules of procedure which