The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, 1919-09-25
LACK OF QUORUM
CAUSES DELAY
MUST MEET AGAIN AT COLUM'
. RIA NEXT MONDAY TO SET
TIE CONTEST QUESTION

Another meeting of the State
Democratic executive committee will
have to be held next Monday at Col
-umbia to decide the contest between
p. n. Stoll and E. J. Sherwood can
didates for congress flom Sixth con-
gressional district.
The committee was in session about
six hours and at $50 o'clock Tues
day P. III. voted IL to s in favor OF
dismissing the protest fed by Z. j.
Sherwood of Horny. The point OF
@no quorum" was raised first by L.
D. Jennings, representing Mr.. Sher-
wood, and later by G. A. Guignard of
Lexington, and the pending question
was continued until full meeting OF
the committee can be had next Mon
day. When the committee began its
session, % answered the roll call,
(which was a quorum, but four mem
bers were compelled to leave in the
afternoon.
At the committees hearing Tues
day several circumstances entered to
complicate matters. One was the
question of allowing soldiers to vote
who were absent when the 1918 club
rolls were made up. Candidates IN
the Sixth district agreed among
themselves to allow any soldier, sail
or or. marine to vote who presented
himself at the polls. Executive COM
mitteemen from the. district held
meeting and agreed TO let the soldiers
vote, provided their names on the
club rolls were designated as those
of men who had been in the service.
In Georgetown county simultan-
eously with the primary the stock
law question was voted on, and this
issue excited keenest interest and en-
thusiasm. 1t was agreed among
county committeeman in Georgetown
county TO allow all young men who
would arrive at their 21st birthday
within the next month or two to vote
on the question of fencing stock. 1t
was consended by counsel represent
ing Mr.. Sherwood that men who had
not arrived at the age of q voted
also for a congressman, as two more
votes were cast for the candidates
than voted on the stock question.
Another point at issue in the con-
test was that at Carvers Bay, No l,
the regulation tickets were not used.
It was explained at the meeting Tues
day that the regulation ballots
were sent out to the wrong man and
consequently were not available. The
error was not discovered until too
late to correct. The committee took
the position that the people should
not be deprived of their right to vote
because of the error Of the party's
representative or his failure to place
the tickets at the precincts. This
phase of the contest was thus dispos-
ed of.
Andrews, Georgetown county,
around which precinctthe most stren-
ious pressure is being brought by
Mr.. Sherwood's representatives, Is
divided by country line, portion
of it in Williamsburg and this fact
has added to the confusion.
P. n. Stoll, candidate from Kings
tree, Williamsburg county, protested
the election on the grounds that some
soldier votes had been counted twice.
MIR. Stoll's contention was sustained
in. that the recount showed that "a
votes OF soldiers had been counted
twice. Of these, Mr.. Sherwood re-
,ceived 10 and Mr.. Stoll 4.
Mr.. Sherwood contends that IN
Andrews "a illegal votes were cast.
Mr.. Sherwood received Is votes at
the precinct and affidavits We're sub
mitted from nine of those who sup
ported the Horny county candidate,
all the nine being qualified electors.
Lang D. Jennings of Sumter, who
represented Mr.. Sherwood, said
granting the remaining nine OF Mr..
Sherwoods votes were illegal, that
would leave As illegal votes at the
precinct to be taken from Mr.. Stoll,
which would change Mr. Stol's lead
of 25 into a minority vote in the dis
trict. -
Much of the confusion at Andrews
has been caused by typographical er-
rors in sranscribing the names from
the club rolls to the list filed with
the county committee, on which the
contest is based. With the names
written in the books by the voter
noanv of them are hardly legible and