The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1914-01-02
ORANCEBURG VOTES
RETURN INl UMBENTS
FIRST ATTEMPT AT RECALL
PROVES FAILURE.
Bryant is Winner by S1S to 119 for
Crum, While Won Ohsen Gets
297 to 1876 for Smith.

Orangeburg, Dee. 3O.-Mayor R. F.
Bryant and Councilman H. Won Ohsen,
Sr., were vindicated in the recall cleo
ton held here today and overwhelm-
ingly defeated their opponents. The
vote was as follows: For may Or.
F. Bryant, 318 votes; S. H. Crum, 119
votes. For councilman-W. G. Smith
1876 votes; H. Won Ohsen, 297 votes.
The victory was great one and the
commission form Of government has
come out victor in the first onslaught
brought against its existence. Great
interest has been manifested in the
Orangeburg recall election, not only
in this city and State, but in other sec
tions of the country as we'll. The re-
calling of municipal officers under
commission form of government is a
novel procedure in this State and the
Orangeburg recall has gained note as
the first effort Of the kind in South
Carolina.
The question of whether or not the
present officials would be sustained
was brought to issue this morning at
o'clock when the polls were opened
and the decision was rendered early
tonight, shortly after o'clock, when
the polls closed.
The managers of the election were:
A. Fisher, F. A. Schiffley, w. L. Izlar
and John F. Blanche, clerk. The rule
of secret balloting was strictly car
ried out.
Six in One.
A peculiar feature of the count was
the finding of % more ballots than
were accounted for on the roll I'm
der the rules of the election each
mans name was written down as he
offered to vote. The total number Of
ballots exceeded the. total number of
names by %. In one instance bal
lot was found so folded that the one
ticket inclosed no less than six. All
these were for Crum.
There was no disorder nor any dem
onstration of friends working hard
for candidates. 1t was noticeable,
however, that the advocates and sup
porters of the commission form of
government in Orangeburg thronged
to the voting place early in the morn
ing, thereby demonstrating that they
were loyal to the administration and
were present early to cast their vote
in It's vindication.
A Centre of Interest,
The recall election in Orangeburg
has created much interest in commits
sion form of government cities. The
effect of this recall election and the
manner in which it was defeated in
0rangeburg will serve as victory for
the commission plan. The order for
the recall election was received here
only as a surprise. Little attention
was given the event and the recall
was practically laughed at. A large
portion of the people here believe that
the whole affair was the result of re-
venge and not Of desire to recall
the officials because they were unwor-
thy, incompetent or unfaithful. AS
Orangeburgers were in. complete pos
session Of the facts they were uncon-
ceTned, but when so much publicity
was given the Orangeburg recall, the
citizenship generally became deter
mined stronger than ever to. stand by
the recalled officials and reelect them
by handsome majorities.
Just what brought about the recall
petition is not positively known and
various reasons have been advanced.
The charges brought against the re-
called officers were that the mayor
and councilman were temperament
ally unfit This and the allegation
about the policemen seem to be un-
founded and were not taken seriously,
aus was proved by the result Of today's
election.
War on the LaHless.
August 10, last, the election was
held for the purpose of nominating
candidates for the Offices under COM
mission form of government and the
platform upon which Mayor Bryant
and Councilman H. Won Ohsen, ST.,
were nominated was that they should
do their utmost to rid Orangeburg of
blind tigers, gambling dens and all
forms of IaWlessness. In order to ac-
complish this end the new council de-
cided to discharge the entire police
force and elect (, now one This was
done and some talk Of a recall was