The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-09-18
ORDERS REVERSAL
DORCHESTER CASES
State Committee Decides Two Coun-
ty Contests-Primary Frauds
Charged.

". F. Caldwell in News and Courier.
Columbia, Sept. 13.-The State Dem
ocratic executive committee, late this
evening, reversed tie action the the
Dorchester county executive commit
Zee in declaring J. A Parler the NOM
inee for county superintendent Of ed
ucation. and T. H. Abbott for county
auditor; threw out the vote Of the
dorchester club in Summerville and
ordered the Dorchester committee to
meet and declare John ]. Howell the
nominee for superintendent of educa-
ton and P. L. Moorer for auditor.
This action was taken on the motion
of H. C. Folk, of Bamberg, after the
committee spent nearly four hours
hearing the appeal from the Dorches-
ter county committee.
Richard 1. Manning was declared the
nominee of the Democrats of South
Carolina for governor, Andrew ]. Be-
thea for lieutenant governor and F.
". Shealy for railroad commissioner,
based on the returns from the second
primary election.
The Dorchester Case.
Assailing the vote cast at Dorchester
club in the town of Summerville John
J. Howell and P. L.Moorer, candidates
for superintendent of education and
auditor. respectively, in Dorchester
county, appealed to the State commit
tee from the decision OF the Dorches-
ter committee in declaring J. A. Parler
the nominee for superintendent of ed
ueation and T. H. Abbott for audi
tor, r. Lon Weeks, of ST. George, at
torney for the contestants, alleged
that SO fraudulent votes had been
cast at the Dorchester precinct in. the
township of the same name, and all
legged nfther that The managers at
this box had permitted fraudulent
votes to be cast with their knowledge.
1t was shown that the county COM
mittee had failed to lag of the boun-
daries Of the three club districts in
that township, but the State commit
tee voted that they could not go be-
hind the certified lists of voters fled
with the clerk of court, and hence
threw out the chargerof the contest
ants that 40 voters had been illegally
allowed to vote at Dorchester poll
when they resided nearer Knights
vile club.
Charges Fraud.
Mr.. Weeks, attorney for the contest
ants, then went into the allegation of
fraud at the Dorchester poll, offering
afidavits to show that fraudulent
votes had been cast, that names had
been put on the poll list and allowed
to vote after the list had been filed
with the clerk of court and that per
sons residing in other counties had
been allowed to vote at this poll. He
bitterly arraigned o. B. Limehouse, a
resident of Summerville, charging
that he was "the boss of the Dorches-
ter poll reading an affidavit from
H. Scarborough setting forth this
charge. Mr.. Weeks said that the Dor
chester club had long been an "eye-
sore" to the Democracy of Dorchester
county, and that this club, by wrong
full acts, had 1verriden the true will
of the. people. His specific allegation
was that 80 fraudulent votes were
cast there and that the managers OF
election had winked at this violation.
He stated that John ]. Howell came to
this club with majority Of 1913 votes,
but there he met his Waterloo, get
ting only II votes out Of 304, and P.
L. Moorer received only 81 votes there.
Fraud Denied.
John a. HERS, representing the
contestants, J. A. Parler, whc had
been declared the nominee fo- superin-
tendent of education by majority of
20 votes, and T. H. Abbott, the nomi-
nee Tor auditor, denied the charge of
fraud, and read afidavits from the 80
voters attacked, to the effect that
they had voted. He said the differ
ences in the names on the certified list
filed with the clerk of court and on
the poll list came from misspelling
by the clerk or minor mistakes. He
said the elction had been conducted
foir1Iy NoarCod th +