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Messrs. Mayfield, Christensen, T. W. Williams, Ketchin and Doyle. The State committee then took a recess until 2.30, to allow the subcommittees time to complete tbeir work. The State conmiittee reconvened at 2.30 o'clock. The first matter was the report of the sub-committee which investigated the primary election, -which was made through Chairman Steveiisou. The report was signed by the full sub-committee, except K. M. Jefferies, who filed a supplementary re port. Then came the report of the committee 011 tabulating the returns, as follows : % Official Tabulation. Gor governor: B lease... 72,043 Duncan 2,366 Jonee 66/48 Total 140,757 For lieutenant governor: Chas. A. Smith 139,340 Secretary of State: R. M. McCown 140,685 Fnr Pnmntroller General: A. \V. Jones '. 139,472 For State treasurer: S. T. Carter 89,702 D. W. McLaurin 49,805 Total 139,507 For adjutant general: W. W. Moore. 140,421 For State superintendent of education: J. E. Swearingen 13^,828 For attorney general: ' J. R. Earle 16,464 B. B. Evans 12,193 J. F. Lyon 61,3 J1 T. H. Peeples 46,515 Total ...139,613 For railroad commissioner: James aCnsler 42,859 - ? "A J-no. G. Richards, ja <v,a?o J. H. Wharton 26,241 Total 139,996 For commissioner of agriculture: E. J. Watson 13S:604 Solieitorships. First circuit: P. T. Hildebrand 6,896 Second circuit: R. L. Gunter 9,391 Third, circuit: ' P. H. Stoll 4,146 T. H. Tatum 3,873 Total S,019 *ourin circuit: J. M. Spears (5.412 T. L. Rogers 1,598 G. K. Laney 2,812 Total 10,822 Fifth circuit: W. Cobb ?... 8,541 Sixth circuit: I J.K.Henry 6,210 J. H. Fester 4,756 Total 10,d9G Seventh circuit?second primary: J. C. Otts 6,847 A. E. Hill 7,566 1 To.tal.. 14,413 Eighth circuit: R.'A. Cooper 9,642 Ninth circuit: J. E. Peurifoy 9,388 Tenth circuit: r P. A. Bonhatn 17,440 J. M. Daniels 6,528; Total 23,968 | Eleventh circuit: G. B. Timmerman 8,104; Twelfth circuit: W.H.Wells 7,547; L. M. Gasque 3,95y Total 11,506 i For United States senator: N. B. Dial 28,889 W. J. Talbert 28, B. R. Tillman 73,630 / Total 140,208 For congress: First District?Legare, 9,111; Larisey, 4,054. Seconu District?Byrnes, 10,547; Calhoun, 4,i>^0. i Third District?Aiken, 16,650; Evans, 5,o05; Long, 1,402. Fourih District?Johnson, 23,512. i?iltii iyiou'ict?Finley, 12,364; Rags- ; dale, 3,036; Pollock, 4,315. < Sixth District?E.lerbe, 10,059; ! 4 Rag~dale, 11,321. seventh i/i:trict?Lever, 18,8S4. * Sfaaulug Resolution. < The following resolution was then; 1 introduced by Ivir. kicnard 1. Manning, j j of Sumter, who introduced the resolu-; uon that provided for ihe investigation j by the sub-committe: |; *'As I was the mover of the resolution providing for the appointment el ' \ the subcommittee to investigate the r charges of fraud in the primary election of August 27 1 desire now to say j to this committee and through them to the people of the State that the subcommittee appointed to prosecute the inquiry has been at work, that it; had the assistance of attorneys and i citizens interested in exposing fraud' voting in that election. That . the , subcommittee has made its report, that, report shows that illegal and irregular voting was practiced, that great | looseness prevailed in the conduct cf j that election and that the rules of the i party, lax as they are, were not ad- j hered to?that abuses and violation of the rules and failure to observe them , nn.tiomiic vat rhflt VPDDrt dOeS ! " 1 tl V UW) %7 V ? w|rfw- . .not prove enough 10 upset the election: ?that, the returns on their face show j that one of the candidates, the gover- j nor, received a majority of the vote. | la order to upset that showing, it would be necessary to prove beyond! auy reasonable doubt that fraud was ! practiced to such an extent as to vitiate the election and to change the re- j suit. "In my opinion, that has not been j proved, and it is, therefore, proper for i us to proceed to tabulate the returns and to declare the result. If we do this and declare the result as to the ?r.f thp Democratic party, we UVUiiu^o wi. will then be ready to go into the gen? *ral election with the united support of the Democrats of the State under their party obligation to support the nominees of the party, and Democrats who took the oath and voted in the' primary election can fulfill that pai ty j f obligation and the party remain united. "I ask that this action be-taken by this committee. "1 am frank in saying it is not in accord with my personal wishes, for I j supported Judge Jones for governor and desired his election, but I am and have been ready at all times to do my full duty as a member of this committee, representing all the Democrats of this State, and now I propose to discharge that duty by moving that we proceed to tabulate the returns and declare the results." Report of Subcommittee. Following is the full report of the subcommittee appointed to investigate charges of fraud, irregularities, etc., in connection witn me primary ui August 27: Columbia, S. C., Oct. 1, 1912. To the State Democratic Executive Committee?The committee appointed by you to investigate the primary election held for the nomination of State officers on August 27, and especially in relation to the office of governor, respectfully report that upon entering upon the work assigned this committee realized that there were only three sources of probable information, to wit: First. The evidence furnished by the contestants. Second. The information coming from the public generally. Third. The evidence to be gotten from the records of the Democratic pany. From the first source we have received nothing. The reasons for this are stated in the letter which is filed herewith, and were also stated orally by counsel for the contestant, Judge. Jones. No evidence was offered by him. From the public we realized that we could expect general charges and specific instances if the public should be 1 asked to co-operate and to send in affidavits, provided there should be anything to report. To give the public thorough opportunity to do so the {chairman called on the public generally to furnish information ?.nd gave two weeks for this to be done, a...d a good many responses were male, aU of which are hereby transmitted to this-committee. From the public records the most reliable evidence must come. In order i 10 get ims Lilt; CUUHCJ uuail U1CU auu i members of the executive committees ! were called upon to furijish copies of | club rolls and poll lists, and the newspapers were asked to publish the poll lists that the public might have an opportunity to see who had voted and Report to this committee. To collect these and check and arrange thtrn so as to show whether they were regular jar irregular was a big unaertaling, but through two subcommittees it | was undertaken, and the result ' rill be stated below. See Exhibit "A.' Some Chairmen fiefused Atf. Some of the county chairmen refused to do anything, some did not even answer the inquiries and requests, I some represented that there was no fraud in their counties and others sent in copies of the poll lists and club rolls. The newspapers when tendered the poll lists generally published them, and in some instances lj;id. the copies made up and published them, fcr which this committee especially tenders them its thanks. After devoting two weeks to getting the club rolls and poll lists and en-( deavoring to check up and arrange them and in waiting for the public to report all cases of wrong doing the committee met at Spartanburg on the i 24th of September to take evidence as j to conditions rewaled by the thorough work done there by a sub-committee of the county executive committee appointed in pursuance of the request of this State committee and resolution then passed and continued up to the meeting fteicl. We wish to commend the subcommittees ?jf Spartanburg, Greenville, Greenwood and Anderson counties for the thorough and painstaking work < which they did in this cause and to 1 say that they showed a determination j to get at the facts whether they sus-j< tained or refuted the political views of | the members. Their reports and trail-! ( scripts of the records are herewith submitted.* ( The committee went from Spartan- ' burg to Greenville and from Green-, ] ville to Anderson and took such evi-j > ience as was available, but it desires i to call attention to the difficulties of; ] its work, it has no power to swear j* ? ? rn ! I Willi eSaCS OX iu icquuc mem iu tend or testify; it had no power to 1 require county committees to send up * copies of records, and county and * club officers refused in many instances j; to do so; it could detect wrong doingM only from the records, as it was not | possible to investigate 44 counties and;; interview the voters or any number of} them to ascertain if there were ru11101 s, nor could it require the rumors j' to be verified by the oath of parties supposed to know the facts. It could j1 only diligently consult the records, j' which would not be likely to be in con- i dition to reveal the wrong, and call 1 on the public to furnish the evidence,:' the contestant having announced that!, he had none to furnish. Big: Vote Suspicious. The first circumstance to arouse suspicion was the eno*rmous increase j, in the vote over vote of former years, j Applying the rule that ther>- is one; voter to five inhabitants to the census of 1910 it appeared that in 19.10 there j wej'e only about 140,000 white voters in the State, and as a little in excess j of t number voted and it was well; know i .iat many voters failed to vote rho nihlir* nfltnrallv concluded that! there had been a system of fraudulent I voting generally adopted which would vitiate the whole election, and this suspicion seemed well founded. The chairman took up the matter with the national census department and procured a statement from the director, which is submitted herewith, j being Exhibit "I" of the testimony. It j shows that there were in 1910, 164200! white m*en of voting age in the State; ; that in 1900 there were 129,276. The white voting population, ther fore, in-, creased in ten years 34.924, or at 'he rate of 3.492 ppr annum Therefore, lor the two years from M. y, 1 i?1 u, to .. J^nttLnMiiMi fiAls_ | Recommended for medicinal and f Remit Postal or Expresi Money Oi I Guaranteed to p!*ase or money retur ORDER T< IH. CLARKE & SON The? South'* Greatest Mail Ordc To I.mipsoi "Are yoa going to tbe meeting ? " Women living on i haven't time to seek ai Distances are too grea Women grow lonesomi of these pleasuresr ! The Rural solves the problem. It enal bors and friends and keep Our free booklet tells how your home at small cost. should write for it Addres ' * Farmers Line De SOUTHERN BELL & TELEGRAPH South Pryor St, / May, 1912, add 6,984 to the 164,200 anc you have white voters in the State, 111,18-*. This includes only nativeborn whites and those foreign-borr who are naturalized or in process of naturalization, and, therefore, entitled to vote under our primary laws.. The margin of 30,000 votes considering the great interest taken in the election and the fact that clerks, and sheriffs were being elected in most counties, and that these elections bring out the vote most generally, is probably ample, and what appeared at first to be an unmistakable badge of widespread fraud is fully explained. The vote derived from the county records developed four classes of fraudulent or irregular circumstances: Alleged Frauds Classified. 1. Men voted who were not on the club roll or whose names were placed ^ ^ o tr 1 r*r? lliCi C Ull LUC uaj UI &1V/VUUU. 2. Men appeared to have voted twice Dr oftener under the same name. 3. Men not entitled to vote even if mrolled have voted. 4. The managers failed to do their luty, either as to being sworn themselves or as to swearing the voters or n other respects, such is counting State tickets put in county boxes. As to the first, there was little or ao excuse for men voting who?" allies were not on the club roll, and }uite a number of sucn motaiicco ~ proven by the records and office' s submitted. Some of those cases were, lowever, only apparent. For instance a man called "Cnarlie .'oi e and is enrolled "W. C. Smith," Kiif ir> tVici Viiir-rv At' Irppnincr TiiH I Will Jlit XXX mv XX c* X x VT vy*. ikvv^/***s - ? _ x list the clerk puts him on the club list 'Charlie Smith," or he may be enrolled on the club roll in 1908 or 1910, and when the names are brought forvvard he is inadvertently or otherwise Dmitted. He comes to vote, and having [lo.ie all he could, the officers let him vote rather than let their carelessness disfranchise him. But these are only exceptional cases. In most instances the voting, when not on the club roll, is a wilful 'disregard of the rules of the party by both the voter and the managers, and all such votes should be discarded. The number cf these instances is not large. Several 01 Same Name. As to the second class, in every county almost there are two or three men of identical names, sometimes more. 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Langford, the Southern Cottoa Oil Company, Mercer S. Bailey and William J. Bailey, as partners un^der the firm name of M. S. Bailey & Son, Defendants. Pursuant to an order or tne court herein, I will sell to the highest bidder before the court house at Newberry, South Carolina, within the legal hours of sale, on Monday, the 7th day Df UCtODer, lyiz, me same ucmg aaicday, the following property, to wit: All that tract or plantation of land situate and being in Township No. 5, said State and county, containing one hundred and ninety-two and onehalf (192 1-2) acres, more or less, bounded on the north by lands of Mrs. S. B. Aull, east by lands of Mrs. S. B. Aull and W. E. Merchant, south by lands of Joseph Epting, and west by lands of Joseph Epting. 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