THE
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Our Motto
Principles and M^asm
VOL. XIV.
Professional Cards.
(H 'ft.
R. L. DURHAM,
Attroney at Law,
Dallas. Norlh Carolina.
I BY
TIMOKE.
C E. WHITNEY. C. K MOORE.
WHITNEY & MOORE,
-Attorneys at Law,-
BESSEMER CITY, N. C.
Will practice in the Courts of Gaston,
Cleveland and adjoining counties.
/^S^Prompt Attention given to all bush
Heavy J Dosts and Expenses—
Appeal -o the Supreme Court.
Our citizens of Cleveland county
have now the report i f the Referee
ex-Judge Atinsiead Burwell, of
Charlotte, w,.o heard the Quium
Lattimore contest beginning on
January^ 1.896. He was here about
two weeks hearing 250 witnesses.
The Board of County Canvassers
approved and received this return.
I concluded that no illegal vutes
were cast in Sharon box and that
the box should stand as reported
above. The plaintiff insists that
this return is correct; the defend
ant denies this and insists that
the 5 votes of John Blanton, Wil-
Lain H Turner, G C Bradley, R F
Ellis and M M Moore should be
deducted from Quinn’s number of
entitled to vote and did not offer
to vote elsewhere and ’the vote
stands unchanged.
NO. 3 TOWNSHIP.
. 7 iff.
WEBB &
—Attorneys
SHEnBY.
E. Y WSBE.
WEBB.
at Law—
Attend promptly to all busine's in
rusted to them’
(Judge Henry A Bryan now hold
png c art here and the defendants
'lawyers. Montgomery, Frick and
; Mcbo & Webb, will contest this
report upon questions of law and
an appeal to the Supreme cour 4
'Qil be taken. So the end is net
'very near
•STOffiee south of Court Housed , AS . J , udge Bi,1 '" e11 ; a ” “I’ 16 i lirist
uptight man and a true democrat,
[heard faithfully and weighed well
[the evidence on both sides, diacar-
Lied nis political predilection and
[has declared against T D Latti-
i more, the present incumbent, on
J. A. ANTHONY,
•Attorney at Law,—
Shelby, N. C.
Office in the Miller Block,
trance upstairs, opposite 1
House.
En-
Court
[questions of fact and law, the
chances are heavily against Latti-
A. G. MANGUM,
—Attorney at Law,—
Gastonia, N. C.
more’s winning before
promo court a reversal
Burwell’s decision.
The exact costs are
known, but it will with
the Su-
of Judge
not yet
Will practice in Gastonia, the
adj -‘Ting counties, and the. Fed-
eiid Courts
bakber snot’.
The Tonsorial Art in all its
neeses approximate $2,000. then
Quinn as he was deelared legally
elected and offered hie bond and to
perform the duties of clerk of the
[court, the fees, about $2,000, are
due Quinn. So it will cost about
$4,000 tor costs and fees, besides
the lawyers' fees. For Lattimore
to pay $4,000 will be a heavy load
to carry and many sympathize
with him in his losaea.
Than T D Lattimore there is not
fancies and touches for
times will he corMueted by
D. W. DAW KINS
To
FREE.
Agents 'Wanted.
Dike orders for JOb
NG, Samples and terms
C J HAM^K
A ME RICAN
ITALIAN
MA R B LE
Amerr.au and Foreign Granite. 1
purchase directly from the Quar
ries in Vermont and
Italy, and can give
terms possible
Carara m
the lowest
apprentice
ship under one of the best sculptors
in America,! am prepared to do
an
the finest work on short notice.
Orders from a distance solicits d
and satisfaction guaranteed.
Mon.mueotal Work a Specialty
ADDRESS:
BOILING SPRING'S, N. C.
KING’S MOUNTAIN, N
lEFDRMER
IFRiL 23, 1896.
NO. 27
thony, John Poster
John L. McCurry. E
ip Martin, J. C. 11 any..-.:-. I find
that these nine wem ioogMal votes
and should be dedtph ‘ com La -
timorp, Putman, i. studeni at
Shelby, has .his home ■. ith his futh.-
erin another"townsb
voted at Blacksburg
1993 and staid there
Rudisill
LI1 Septem
ber 1894. Anthony i o two Pos
tons admitted they i . al in No. 4
township,, registered : No. 6 town-
At Austell precinct, the original [ Cm
re.urn -bows N ■ : -
The plaintiff insists th
Curry, Gold, Martin :
van did not reside L
Were illegal.
The imendant L it
■ following v
120^0 VoU),N A J
cor
that
and sain Ih
1 J. C. Run-
No. 6, and
more claims
■s were iile-
3 illegal votes of W. II. Ellis, Lee
Gamp and George Tombs' should
be deducted from Quinns number
of 120.
Quinn.
Inga 1.
1 decide th
Defendant
. R Harri-
not sworn
voted for
-e four
■dai ms
that
>sby, Link
The charge of illegality Crosby, R. P. Hoyle, W P. Cost-
against these three is based solely (nor, R. C. Ledford, Ca yb Ledlord,
on the fact that they were Davin Pratt, Ed Ran tin, Rueben
uut sworn by the registrar did no; F. Poslon, J. MeRMims and Jas.
administer to them the oath pre- Porter—12 total who voted tor
scribed. I conclude they thouki j Qinin, yet they wen
not be excluded and the returnlJ. F. Williams in h
stands.
At Patterson s pr cinct the orig-
he was not
offic
1 10
Legally. I conclude this was il
legal and I deduct it from Latti
more.
j. Joseph Wash! urn lived in No 7
knew he lived in No 7, yet register
ed and voted in No. 9 for Latti
more. His vote is illegal and
should be deducted. Jolin M
Gold Who lived and voted in
Texas, voted here illegally, Jake
Swain, a convict was disqualified
from voting but no sufficient evi
dence to show how he voted so his
vote should not be deducted from
Lattimore.
The return, as corrected, would
show: for Lattimore 170; for
Quinn 132.
No. 9 TOWNSHIP.
At Cleveland Mills, precinct the
original returns show, for Latti-
m' re 99; Quinn 105. 1 deduct
none from Quinn, and take one of
Horace Mauney who knew he
lived in No. 8 voted in No. 9 Latti
more. James Weaver believed he
w s in the b jund ry of Cleveland
Mills precinct and in good faith
[vot’d for Quinn —his vote stands
Ngal, This givei as corrected
I Lattimore 97 (1 less); Quinn 105.
I Al Fallston precinct, rhe origin
al retiun shows, for La timore 104
iual leiura sho. ed
For Lattimore
For Quinn
Th plaintiff insists that V
London’s
rejected by
68
95
from Quinn.
I find Iha
Quinn, their
Idy was 'he registrar I for Qumo 151 votes.
should* a; deducted Dm- ndant claims that 5 voted
I for Quinn —James Costner, Thus.
these G voted for
names -ere on the
suit was then and there arrived
at and was then and there an
nounced, as prescribed by
but the report of the reg —
and judges of election was not
then and there made out.
On the election an examina
tion was made of the tally sheet
by the judges of election, whiuh]
in the meantime had not been
continually in the posession of
the said judges, or some one of
them, and the judges of election
finding on said talley sheet, and
the time of their said examina-
t on 553 votes for Lattimore,
erased on said talley sheet 5-18
and substituted there for 553,
thus adding five votes to the
votes of Lattimore as counted
ard announced in the presence
of the electors, who chose to ut
tend, as provided in Section
3639, quoted above: and the
judge; reported to the Board of
Uouuty| Canvassers not the re
sult as announced when the
boxes were opened and the bal
lots counted (548 votes for Lat
timore) but the conclusion to
which they came upon an ex
amination of the talley sheet
subsequent to the election as
above stated,
I find that when the boxes
were oped and the ballots were
Counted, there were of said hal
lo's 548 for Lattimore this be-j Silk-fliifehpj Ilenripttas an.
ing the result found and I Brilliantions in all shade; and
aimouuceu a' use opening of ors at p r j ci , 9 t | |at , , ( . ()1II , t j t) „
ihe boxes and the counting ot , l^, . . / ‘opi.iuuu
^-6
^WW^^# s ^^O o'A £
& S: &•$.,>£
We have now open and ready
for inspection the best lino of
LADIES’ DRESS GOODS we
ever brought to this market. We
are determined that our ensiomeia
shall have a bo-ger and better fine
to select from this spring.
^These Are Figures' And Facts,23
Percals, 8|, GO and 15 eta ।
r^rimalways sold at 124 m 15.-.
Laws--burgd. S — a t 15cts prevd.
Fancy-Woven Swiss, 15 “
Crepo s, Duck, Muslin, pl do and
figured Lawns, Am rican and mi-
Sat i n - S t r i pcd - 8 a 11 ce
wide, at 65 rents,—c
but takers at 65 cts.
Silk-finished
38
Costner, Frank Costner, Julius
Costner and Sylvanus Gardner—
these lived outside the No. town-
No c arge to show ’'ein.
the ballots in the presence of
the electors who chose to at
tend, as prescribed by law.
It is further contended by the
the registrar’s book, that they were on
1 ad- titled to register and vote in No. 6. shin and should ce taken from
fleCto Quinn and the result stands | Tidily was the registrar,he was »)•«) Quinn.
without reproach in Cleveland
county. He is aclever gentleman
and beloved by all parties. He
honestly thought he was ejected;
hut the court
is
[ honorable man wins. Here is
I judge Burwell’s report.
j State i n the relation of
II.
judges, should be counted a
Als'u that Ed Graham Deputy for
timore should be excluded, but
condition at the time he voted and
his vote .-lands for Lattimore.
The defendant Lattimore con
tests that ten il'egal votes of Levi
Wesson, H. M. Garries, M.L Put
man,L. A. Beam, J. R, Francis, G.
B. Blanton Lawson Kendrick, G. F.
Putman, Dan T. Wall ice and John
Quinn, but I decide they had a
right to vote and were properly re
ceived and counted for Quinn, The
resultis unchang d,
No. 4 TOWNSHIP.
return shewed:
For Larimore
For Quinn
Williams
1 find that these voters actually
T. L. ELLIOTT
/ T. D. LATTIMORE.
The aboveentitled cause having
(been referred to me by an order
maae by His Honor, Judge Brown,
as appears in the record, I respect
fully report thatafter due notice
to ali theparties, I proceeded to
hear the said cause at the court
house in Shelby on January 2,
1896, when and where both parties
and their council were present.
And the hearing was continued
from time, to time as agreed upon
by the parties and their council,
and at each adjourned hearing
. thereof they were ore-ent and were
represented by counsel.
I cr^nso if herewith the evidence
I taken in the cause and also the ex-
hit its, etc., put in evidence before
me.
I make the following findings of
fact, which are general in their
application to the whole case:
NO 1 TOWNSHIP.
The original return of precinct
235 W. TRADE ST.
CHARLOTTE, N. C.
judges of election showed :
Fur T D Lattimore
For J H Quinn
46
MANUFACTURER OF
GRANITE AULD MARBLE
MONUMENTS,VAULTS, TAB’
LETS and GENERAL STONE
WORK.
$^P : ’Agent for Iron Fences
H. P. ALLISON,
Justice of the Peace,
King’s Mountain, N. C.
Gives prompt attention to all
business entrusted to his care
deeds, and Tiddy kept the regis
tration books in Wil lams’ office
intbe court house. These voters
were registered by W’lliams, the
register ot deeds, who- bad no ex
press ahthoriry from Eddy to act
for him, but he did so at this regis
tration as he hud do^e at other
times. Tiddy knew he was so act
ing and did not object, and ratified
and appoved what Williams aid
for him in this matter, Williams
was a caudite at the election. -
I conclude that all these 12 were
legal and should have >een count
ed for-Quinn as they --re
I find that Jim. Rid e was regts
resided outside the lines of No. 9,
pniiKitf that there should
. liiat 'f'ict 1 tidded to his number in
and in good faith had voted and
registered in No. 9. I conclude
these 5 are legal and should not be
deducted from Quinn. 1 find also
that G R Smith. M V Turner and
A A Hendrick knew that they liv
ed outside and had no right tc
v te there, so I deduct these 3 from
Quinn.
The corrected return would
Lattimore 101; Qui n 148.
NO, 10 TOWNSHIP.
The (rigin:.I retain shows,
Lattimore 67; for Quinn 70
he
No. 8 TOWNSHIP.
votes,
be
because the return
i fend ant failed to prove
68 voted for Quinn and
I conclude that this is thecorrect Quinn.
Plainsiif contends that
.hat he
his
deducted
vote
from
Defendant claims that
Bish
judges and asked to be allowed to uun Russ and Ezel Rass voted il-
Register on day of Mecti m, ought : legally. J conclude that these foul
to be counted f-r Quinn—this | resided outside and tbpy are ille-
should not be counted. [gal and I deduct tlu su four from
Defendant claims that Cliff Quinn'. I find that George
Johnson and Jake Johnson should
be deducted from Quinn’s vote.
These two were not sworn and the
registrar did not require it.
cause he honestly believed it
The Board of i ounty Canvassers
received and approved this return
and I find the fact to be that the
defendant did receive 24 votes. 11.
is contended by the plaintiff that
the defendent received only 23
votes at this precinct, but the evi
dence produced by plaintiff is not
sufficient to sustain bis contention
No. 2 TOWNSHIP.
In this township at Boiling
Springs precinct the original re
turn, showed:
For Lattimore
For Quinn
69
210
be-
not required in such cases, and
they were registered nowhere else
I conclude that these votes
were
legal and the vote is unchanged as
above,
At King’s Mountain precint, the
original return showed
For Lattimore
For Quinn
149
138
The plaintiff insists that 2 votes-
of William Cobb and John F. Dix
on should be counted for Quinn,
but tne judges of election did right
in an honest exercise of their judg
ment in excluding them, The
defendatclaims that!—John Book-
out, J. T. Graw ord, Doc Donal -
son and El Brown voted illegaly,
^J^Drawing Deeds, Mortgages,
Contracts, etc., and Collecting
Notes and Accounts a Speciality.
LOOK! LOOK!!
CITY BARBER!!!
Shoo at R, R. Howser’s rested-
rant store. All work in the
ton serial line quickly dispatch
ed.
Come one, come all, and try
the .low barber
J. L. Wingate, Pro.
The Board of count y Canvassers
received and approved this return.
The plaintiff contended that the
vote of this precinct sh mid be the
same, yet conceding one illegal
vote—0 C Hort on not registered
and therefore il egal, and Chester
Kirk’s vote duly qualified yet rejec
ted, should be counted for Quinn.
I find that 0 C Horton’s vote was
illegal and Chester Kirk had a
right to vote and that his vote was
refused for an invalid reason by
the judges they being honestly
mistaken in their duty in this mat
ter. I reject the vote of Chester
Kirk and find that the
was Lattimore 69 vt
Quinn
209 votes.
Sharon precinct—the original
Children Cry for
Fitchews ©asteria.
return showed:
For Lattimore
For Quinn
19
58
Oderson voted for Quinn, was reg
istered and bis vote is legal.
The return showed 553 voles for
Lattimore; 249. This return cor-
reeled according to the
of facts and conclusion
would stand
For Lattimore
For Quinn
No. 7 TOWNSHIP.
fiudiiig
of law
The original return shows:
Lattimore 128; for Quinn 68.
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of election to the
judges
Board of County Canvasser.-
of
showed 135 votes only for him.
while said report should have
141 votes for him. Upon this
contention of the plaintiff, I
make the following finding:
When the boxes were opened
and the ballots counted in the
presence of electors who chose
f J to attend, as prescribed in the
•Bisection of the code quoted
and i - 1
pscer-
H J Wiiiis for Quinn should
taken from Quinn,
1. from Quinn, If
^ Mens’ Dress Shirts.
stunners. The “Big 6,
Ask to eeo our shirts.
§ You Needn’t De This
Hunt ’round this or mis
cheaper st^ck of LADIES' ANi>
GENTS’ SHOES than we row
iQninn had there receive^ 141
the report of the
I take this vot £ g , an( j the report of the
ring him b. . e gi s t rar and .‘judges of elec
, tion to effect, to wit, that the
I bud that there was no mistake Iair , tiff had ther3 received 1 11
made in countii.g Hie votes. De-1 voteg was prepared for trans-
tendants claimed Uri 7—-namely : m j p8 i o n to the board of county
George Royle (who did not vote |canvassers; thereafter and
for clerk) Eli Newton, G H Smith, I witnout concurrence of all
and Sam Towen who were not judges of election the said re-
Sworn hv register when registered p or t was s0 altered as to show
69
show you.
he
Douglass shoes always i
outturn prices.
at
■ -i certificate, also Eli Newton, G
Smith
who
[Continuedon second page.]
w Cane Matting and Furnituu O
Cane Malting at 15 cents per
yd., and Furniture as low as bice
styles and good furniture c n he
sold. Call and see our Mat mus.
jaficate by another, s ton'd not be
counted. I c nclude that these 7
ought not now to be deducted from
Our Position,
We believe in unity of action
554 Quinn.
246
For
I
deduct from Lattimore the one
vote of Jerry bmith who lived in
Mooresbori precinct, vet voted at
Double Springs precinct and that
b^knew this—this was illegal and
fAkes one from Lattimore.
Defendant objects to the three
SWorh will
Ramsey who had no
of J. M
certicau
But I find that each was a registerd [ f rom No. 8 when ’-egiste’-ed in ’ No
and qualified voter and that there ly, also of Taylor Brooks—no prop-
is no sufficient evidence that they p r evidence was produced to show
voted f- r Quinn. The vote stands f or whom he voted.
voted fir Quinn.
These three
The vote stands corrected
with one less for Quinn;
more’s unchanged.
NO 11 TOWNSHIP.
i that our city property may be pre-
Latti-1 served, her various industries fos
tered p*-^ m-v rmf-mroi rHvnnnp
and her general advance-
g Hats By The Stack.,
'he nicest lineof new
md summer hats
men in this
market. The
^
^^
unchanged as reported above
the judges.
NO 5. TOWNSHIP.
At Warlick precinct, original
turn showed
For Lattimore
For Quinn
I deduct one illegal, vote
by Yules were legal. The return of
Itnis precinct thus coin cted would
show Lattimore 127: Quinn 68.
Mooresboro precint taere was no
t’ 6 ” fight or dispute over the original
86
of
ieturn for'
Quinn 67.
Lattimore 65;
This conceded to
be
The original returns show Latti
more 40 vetes; Quinn 132 votes
Piai .tiff conceits that two illegal
votes sealed and sent were cast tor
him, the defendent admits one
such illegal vote sent. Here 1 de
duct from Quinn 3 votes of Jacob
Newton not registered yet voted
for Quinn. Andrew F Logan not
register'd and s" concert'd by
plaintiff and George March regis-
teredin No. 3 Township and con
ceded by plaintiff to be illegal.
Defendent contends that 34
voters—a long list were not
sworn, the registrar did not re
quire an oath, sometimes not at
his office—in the road were reg
istered. I conclude that these
34 Quinn’s number, Joe Bather
voted for Lattimore legally.
Corrected vote of No. 11; Latti I
UH nt assured. We advocate a
continuance of the fair and impar
tial enforcement of our ordinances;
in th« thorough improvement of
the
our streets and sidewalk?; in
want and name the price.
^ Groceries! Groceries '
Tnese you must have. W
the quality right first, :iu
cleaning up and keeping of our
ad-
cemetery; in the economical
ministration of our financial
af-
fairs, and if possible to.be done, in
a reduction of our taxes.
The Reformer has always en-
above general principles and will
still continue to do so. When the
citizens of a town agree and pul'
together for the upbuilding of
thur city she rises as if by magic.
■‘In union there is strength.”
be undersold.
To light you on y
through our astonishing
qualities we will sell ym.
WmA
^ Conclusion, ^
We have hoard'of some
people visiting ncighboi iuy
is made up to stop this.
our prices before you go. We In v •
Houston Black (under 21 years of
age on eleiection day) from
Lattimore making Lattimore's
vote 70. 1 find that Henderson
Saunders vole was legal and war
properly counted for Quinn, The
Vote now stands: Lattimore 70:
Quinn 86.
At Waco precint the original re
turn showed;
rtt.mure 93: Quinn
NO.
8 TOWNSHIP.
U townships
The returns show for Lattimore
1.73; for Quinn 135, Fiamril/
Quinn concedes that the voles i
Jack M rrison, and M M Mauney
were legol, also that George Pryor,
Webb White and Floyd Heavener
who vo-ed for Quinn at No. 8
should not have voted, because of
corrected above gives
For Latt imore
For Quinn
From the foregoing
1815
1813
findings
it follows: That the result in
the whoie count, the result at
each voting place being correc
ted as above stated, would stand
Dr, Hunter Coining*
Through a private letter to Rev.
J. M . Garrison we learn that Rev.
B. R Hunter, of Sardis, in Meck-
leir urg county will locate in our
city end become one of our citi
zens. Dr. Hunter is a young man
who has just graduated from The
Louisville Medical College with
distinguished honors, having, “car
ried off the prize on chemical meu-
icines, standing an examination
which the professor said exceeded
this very purpose. You
.vu-'t y.m want,
lie convinced.
Yours for trade etc.
® ^ w^ ^ £W
$# $&
turn showed ; ^att.mure 93: Quinn Teague and that they shouid-oe de-
46 and thisthould be one less for ducted from Quinn’s number.
Lettimore because Randal Roberts
was not registered and his name is
not on the registration book, yet he
voted for Latrim’ re. So I deduct
one from Lattimore and the
should be, as the plaintiff
tends’
For Lattimore
For Quinn
No. 6 TOWNSHIP,
yob-
con?
92
46
The plaintiff Quinn concedes
that the three votes of Rush Ham
rick, Ca’houn Russ and Ezell Ru •
from Quinn’s numb's thus re. ue-
ing it from 249 to 246 Plaintiff
claims that the following nine
I votes were illegal and should be
j d 'dueled from Lat imore’s. D. F
• Putmun, E.A. Rudisill, W, A. Am
For Lattimore
For Quinn
1815
1813
anything in the history of the
college in this branch.’’ Dr. Mil-
Defendants claim that Marcus
Meli tire Botts McIntire, Win Mr-
Looney, L A McLooney ano W A
Pryor—5 voted illegally as they
resided outside the township, yet
near the line.
I find these 5 ronestly believed
they had the right to regis'er and
vote there and that they did not
know that they lived outside. Un
der the rule laid down in Boyer vs
Teague I conclude these votes were
Legal. I conclude that John
Champion and S. R
deMurry
voted legally, although they were
not sworn when on ce/t.
transfer their names r
also Frank We yers fn
by registrar) was legal.
Plaintiff contends Jam
ificate of
sworn
Crow-
It is further contended on the
part the plaintiff that there
should be deducted from Latti
mine’s number in No. 6 town
ship five votes. Upon this com
tention of plaintiff I find as fob
lows:
The Code, Section 2685, pre
scribes. ‘’When the election
shall be finished, the registrars
and judges of the election, in the
presence of such of the electors
as may choose to attend shall
open the boxes and count the
ballots, reading alond the names
of the persons who shall appear
on each ticket and the said
counting of votes shall be con
tinued without adjournment,
until completed a„i -he resui
t lereof declared.”
I find as a faco that this re-
ier,of Sardis, endorses Dr. Hunter
as also a young man of high moral
culture and social standing.
I early welcome, and assure him
that we will ever strive to make
ihe worthy feel at home in our
midst, and the “hustler” tha; there
is a good living for him.
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cached herewith will be glad to
sell you mora of them. Bold at
Carpenter Bros. Store.