The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1920-11-05
ELECTION DOTS.

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This being the first general cleo
ton in which the women folks ever
took part in this state, there was
quite number of interested Incl
dents happening in connection with
the voting.
Newberry county seems to have
been in the lead, or at least up to
date as having appointed six OF
seven women managers, only two OF
three other counties having any Wo-
men managers at all.
Miss Mary L. Burton, sister of one
of our most progressive business
men, James A. Burton, a most estl-
mable women herself, presided as
manager of the federal election pre-
cinct here in our city and we hear
the most favorable comments upon
her work as manager. though it was
quite new to her and all Of the other
women voters. The other lady or
women managers appointed being
Ms. w. R. Miller, Whitmire; Mrs.
Kate Holloway Coleman, 'Chappells;
Ms. Maggie Barre Werts, Prosperi-
ty; Mrs. J. P. Settler, Pomaria; Miss
Eloerta Sease, Little Mountain; Mrs.
Hennie B. Sem, Longshore.
At this box there were SIT votes
for presidential electors, which in
cluded 1873 women voters, all white,
thus the men voters were nearly
three to one. Not single negro
woman voted, the fact being that not
a negro woman has registered as a
voter in Newberry county.
Some of the ladies presented
themselves at the election box along
with their husbands, often voting,
no. only with their husbands, but
perhaps just like their husband sug-
gested, one husband even folding up
his wife's ticket and his own, and he
is thought to have put in both votes
himself and his wife put in another
(hers) also.
Though many were calm and col
lected and seem to know the several
details about voting, like exhibiting
their registration ticket and property
tax receipt, if any, others were think
ing they did not know just how to do
and were both excited and embas-
rassed, and two ladies were so cor
fused as to the details Of their voting
that they actually folded up and
voted their registration ticket, per-
haps thinking this is what they had
to do with their registration ticket.
They of course received their regis
t.ation tickets back from the man
apfers after the box was opened at
4 o'clock.
Ladies of all ages presented them
selves as qualified electors, from
about 80 years old down to two who
were so youthful looking that it did
look like it was necessary for the
managers to require them to include
in their oath that they were Il years
of age and over, like an old bachelor
in town had done on the Democratic
club roll, but the lady manager dld
not embarrass these ewo youthful
lady voters by requiring them to tel
their ages on their oaths.
There were two Republican tickets
for presidential electors, one headed
by L. w. C. Blalock and including
Susan Horny, who is said to be ne
GRO woman, and the other ticket IN
Guiding R. Il. Tolbert, Jr., but only
20 of both kinds of Republican ticket
were cast at Newberry cort house, >
for the Tolbert faction and five for
the Blalock faction, these 20 Repub-
lican votes being represented by
about ten co!ored voters, because
there were II colored men who voted
and at least one Of whom is known
to have voted for the Democratic
presidential electors, thus showing
there were at least 10 white men vot-