Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1912-10-02

tee take sufficient votes from the
highest candidate and order another
primary. If the result cannot be
changed the protest will be with
drawn.
At Grcenville.
Just before IL o'clock Col. Butler
moved that the committee pay a visit
to Greenyille and the trip was made
in the early afternoon.
The committee met in the court
house as soon as it reached Green
vile. Avery Patton, chairman Of
the subcommittee in GreenYille, was
called to the witness stand and
sworn. He IA examined by Leo
Patterson. Mr.. Patton testified as
to the report of the committee re-
ceived in Spartanburg. He vas ask
ed in particular as to the examina-
lion as to Central box and repeated
that the committee found BAT in
stances Of apparent duplication and
127 names that could not be identi-
fled at all in this box, where $50
votes were cast. On cross-eXamina-
ton Mr.. Dominick asked Mr.. Patton
If he or the committee is prepared to
prove actual fraud in Grecnvillc
county. "We have made no such
charge" ans wered Mr.. Patton.
In reply to another question from
Mr.. Dominick Mr.. Patton said the
Central box gave Judge Jones a ma
iOrity Of less than 100. He believed,
he said, replying to another question,
Jones and one for Blease in the gov
ernor's race. The Greenvile commit
tee has lot finished it's work.
Duncan Files Charges.
]. II. Duncan filed an affidavit
charging a number Of violations of
law. He charged, among other
things, that w. A. Lee, of Pelzer, a
Duncan supporter, had been hired by
Jones supporters at So a day. w. A.
Lee and j. 4. Duncan have been sum-
moned to appear before the commit
tee at Anderson tomorrow. In con-
nection with the charges in Green
vile Duncan cited as a witness a
Mr.. Whitmire. The State sub-com-
mittee gave the subcommittee Of
G~reenville authority to call "Mr.
Whitmire' before it and examine
him as to these charges.
The Anderson Meeting.
Anderson, Sept. 26.-The sub
committee finished its labors as a
committee Of the whole to-day until
the members assemble in Columbia
Monday to consider all testimony in
hand and prepare a report for the
State Executive Committee. The day
spent in Anderson did not prove en-
citing. Late in the afternoon the
committee went into executive ses-
sion and decided that the committee,
will meet in the State Library Of the
State House at Columbia Monday at
- o'clock to review the work done
and prepare its report.
The work done by the sub-commit-
tee from the Anderson committee has
been painstaking and thorough, and
when the committee arrived here it
found matter for its consideration in
excellent shape for action. After a
day in which considerable time was
lost in one way and another plans for
the or~tinuance and conclusion Of the
work Of the committee were adopted
late in the afternoon.
To Continue Work.
j. d. Bivens and r. NJ. Jeffries will
proceed to O~rangeburg to conduct an
investigation there Of the disappear
nee of the rolls 'ld any other ir-
Irregularities noted.
II. b. Butler is authorized by the
committee to collect all anidavits at
~Spartanburg and other evidence at
hand and convey it to the commit
tee for the meeting Monday.
j. II. Duncan was notified that he
will be expected to file with the COM
mittee not later than Monday ani-
davits in support Of the charges men
toned in his affidavit filed with this
committee yesterday. This is expect
ed to include an affidavit from w. a.
Lee, OF Pelzer, a witness mentioned
in the AFFIDAVIT from Duncan yester.
day, who was advised by telegraph
to present himself here to-day. Ef-
forts were made by ~telephOning to
PelZer to secure Lees presence. Dun
can arrived in the late afternoon and
read his affidavit. His presence had
been requested by the committee in