The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1913-08-30

shouiu come before the commi missiOn
eis of election for them to pass on.
j. f.. DuPre, chairman of the board,
overruled Judge Purdys motion and
stated that the law made it manda-
tory upon the commissioners of cleo
ton to meet and canvass the vote
and declare the election and he pro
posed for the board to do this. Messrs
Clifton and Jennings. when called up
on for their opinion, were in favor
of and upheld this ruling by tho
chairman.
Mr.. ID. ID. Noise stated at this point
that he was present to represent anti
dispensary forces and that he wanted
all votes to be counted, unless the
dispensary forces could show that
they were Illegal. This point was
disputed pro and con by the attorneys
and members of the board and IL was
during the disputes that Mr.. Cuttino
declared that unless the board was
allowed to proceed without so many
Interruptions. 1t would put everybody
out and canvass the votes in secrecy.
Judge Purdy explained that ne only
wanted fair play and he thought 1t
but right that it should be granted
to all.
At the close OF the canvassing of
the votes In the first box, Judge Purdy
challenged the whole box on the
grounds that the ballots were of an
illegal size. In Ward 2 one vote was
withdrawn BECAUSE Mr.. j. w. Nc
Coy was allowed to vote against the
dispensary without a certificate. All
OF the contested votes were thrown
out When it came to Ward 3, there
was again long discussion and dis
pute, all of the contested votes final
ly being Withdrawn, on the state
ment of one OF the managers that
only two of the persons casting them
having both registration certificates
and duplicates from the clerk of court
Mr.. Cuttino called for the Provi-
dence registration book and had the
voters names on the poll list tailed
with the names on the book. Every
thing was found correct.
At Concord five mutilated votes
were taken out. four against the dis
pensary and one for it. There was a
great deal of discussion as to the rea-
son for writing on the ballots. the
voters themselves being present and
stating in most cases it was at the
instance of managers.
Privateer showed one more ballo,
than names on the poll list and the
box was reduced by one dispensary
vote, which was drawn by Mr.. Cut.
tino. The prohibition vote was also
reduced by one because it was stat.
ed that someone had voted at the
box who had not shown his poll tax
receipt for 1912.
The result at Shiloh was changed
to Al for and 81 against no recount
being called for.
Oswego was also tailed with the
registration book, but found to be
correct.
At Middleton no change was made
while at Statcburg, the returns from,
tho mnnaparu vao ann,nncol o. q
against and 10 for the dispcnsary
giving majority of one instead of a
majority of five for the dispcnsary.
At Rafting Creek Mr. DuPre stat
cd everything was correct, except az
to the four contested votes, which
were not counted by the board.
At Bloom Hill no change was made.
The votes were then counted up and IL
was found that there was still a
majority OF two against the dispcn-
sary. Mr.. Jennings made n motion
that the board take a recess until ne
could get evidence To show that more
votes against the dispcnsary should
be- taken from Ward 2 There were
protests on all sides from the anti
dispensary men. The chairman of
the board had ruled once prior to- this
during the day that the dispcu-
sary men must secure evidence before
the counting Cf the ballots was com
pleted or ne would not admit 1t. and
he was now asked for fair play. lie