The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1914-11-07
VOTE LIGHT IN CITY.
BIG MAJORITY I'OLLED IN THIS
CITY AGAINST ISSUE OF
COTTON BONDS.

BOnOcU lnOeDtctincSS and for Taxing
Abutting Property for Street I'm.
provements-Light Vote Cast in
County.
The vote Tuesday, as had been pre-
dicted, was very light in this and ad-
joining counties. In Sumter city the
ballots on the bond issue We're at the
polls, but they had not been sent out
to any Of the rural precincts, as it
had been decided by the committee of
the General Assembly that a ballot on
them would not be considered legal
and would be no more than a mere
expression Of the will Of the people.
In the city at Wards 1 and 2 and 3
only two boxes were used for the vot-
ing, while at other precincts in town
and county the full seventeen boxes
were used, one for each measure
which was voted on.
county have not yet come in, and it is
not yet known how these precincts
went. In the city the total vote was
$40, few Of the ballots being for the
Republican and Socialist tickets. In
fact at Ward 2 was the only place
where Socialist ballots were cast. A
few negroes voted at the polls, and
a number Of others presented them
selves to vote, but failed to have their
registration certificates with them, so
were turned away.
In the federal box of Ward / the to.
tai ballot Of 81 was cast for Senator
Smith and Representative Lever; in
Ward Congressman Lever was
scratched once. giving Senator Smith
III votes, one more vote than he got;
l. S. Leevy, Republican, got six votes
at this box and Lee, Socialist, received
two votes. In Ward 3 Smith and
Lever received "A votes each; Leevy
Z, Lee 1. In Ward 4, So votes were
cast. Leevy getting of this number,
while Smith and Lever secured the
rest.
In Ward /, State box, the total vote
went to the Democratic State and
county nominees, As each. In Ward 2
Socialist tickets for State officers were
cast. The other votes went to the
Democratic nominees, the only change
to the ticket being one scratch Of DR..
Geo. w. Dick on the county ticket.
In Ward the Democratic ticket was
voted solid, there being no Socialist
ballots cast and no scratches. In Ward
the same was true as in Ward 3,
there being no Socialist ballots cast.
In the city the vote on the various
amendments stood as follows:
Section 8. Article II, relating to the
change at School for Deaf and Blind,
for 100; against 10.
Section 7, Article 8. referring to
school district at Yorkville; for 4s,
against 8.
Section 16. Article X, relating to
Florence, Orangeburg and other
towns, for 62. against 5.
Section 20, Article III, relating to
voting in General Assembly, for 70,
against 10.
Section Z, Article VIII, relating to
bonded Indebtedness Of Florence, for
61, against 5.
Section Z, Article VIII, relating to
the bonded Indebtedness of Sumter
and Chester, for 1876, against 81.
Section 15a, Article X, relating to
Latta and Dillon. for Ga, against 8.
Section 1, Article XII, relating to
the schol for Deaf and Blind, for IS,
against II.
Section II, Article 10, relating to
Fort Mill. for 60, against 13.
Section 16, Article 10, relating to
Anderson, Greenwood and other
towns. fer 4S, against 10.
Section 16, Article 10, relating to
Sumter, Darlington and other towns
for 1877. against sc.
Section Is, Article Y, relating to
Gaffney and Woodruff. no /.
Twenty-fOur million cotton bonds
for 5S, against 1873.
At Wedgefield, one of the rural pre-
cincts heard from, the vote. on the
cotton bond issue stood: yes 27; no 4.
On the amendment to increase the
city's bonded indebtedness the vote
WAS: YES. "a; no. 3: ON the amend