The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1915-09-30
POLITICAL TROUBLE.
Former Beaufort City Manager At
tackled on Street.

Beaufort, September 25.-The city
registrar is under bond of 81, 900 to
answer to the charge of issuing
fraudulent registration certificates.
A white voter, Esau Levy, is under
$500 bond for alleged fraudulent
registration, and a negro voter is
eluding the service of a warrant for
the same alleged offence.
Ex-City Manager Horne is out on
a. 5000 bond charged with carrying
concealed weapons, and Levy is un-
der like bond charged with assault,
ing Horne.
The Alleged Assault. =
The alleged assault occurred in
front Of the postoffice tonight. Sur
rounded by party of over twenty
Danner partisans, Levy is said. to
have stopped Horne, who came along
the sidewalk in company with J. w.
Gray, and cursed him for swearing
out the warrant for false registra-
ton. Levy, who, it is said, had been
threatening violence during the af--
ternoon, urged on by the crowd, it
appears, struck Horne, and ran in
to a nearby store calling out: "He
is going to shoot mel"
Horne went after the~crowd in an
uproar. Others stepped in, police
man came up. Horne was charged
with being armed and turned over a
revolver to the policeman and de-
manded the arrest of Levy, which the
policeman refused to do. Horne
weighs lis pounds.
Tonight at a meeting of indignant
citizens the following resolution was
passed and presented to the mayor
by committee, consisting of Messrs.
George w. Beckett, George Water
house and w. E. Richardson's:
Resolutions of Protest.
"Be it resolved, That the mayor,
of the city, Mr.. c. E. Danner, be re-
quested to guarantee police protec-
tion for Mr.. R. c. Horne, Jr., who
has been attacked by political adher-
ents of the mayor on the streets Of
Beaufort in the presence Of the po-
lice, who refuse to make any arrests
upon the ground that the chief of po-
lice has ordered them not to inter-.
fere in the event of disturbances
arising from politics, but only to-
summon the parties involved to ap-
pear in court. We present this reso-
luton in the face of many rumors of
threats of violence directed against
Mr.. Horne
The meeting then resolved, That
whereas, the committee appointed
by the mayor and chief of police have
given explicit promises that the peace
will be preserved and the chief Of
police requests that any threat
against Mr.. Horne or any other citi-
zen be reported to him, upon which
information he will make the arrest
of said person; therefore, be it re-
solved, That the meeting accept the
promises"
The meeting also voted to ask the
county commissioners to keep the
rural police in the city until after
, the election.
The city registrar has turned down
many men who are registered in the
county, but who had lost their coun-
ty registration certificates. The re-
call advocates some time ago pre-
sented protest to the mayor, after
which the names Of two of their OPP
ponents were stricken from the reg
istration list.
Last night a number of the leaders
discussed other alleged irregulari->
ties and decided on taking out the
warrants, which were sworn to this
morning by Mr.. Horne before magis-
trate Riley, of Yemassee. In the
case of the two charged it was found
their names do not appear on the
county registration books and. there
fore, are not entitled to the city reg
istration certificates that were given
them. Other evidence is in hand
warranting other arrests, it is said.