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FRIDAY, NOV. 3, 1922.
ABSOLUTE PROOFS
OF ELECTION FRAUD
IN CAMDEN COUNTY
Read the .folowing sworn state
ments, they are made by me n that
you know to be too honorable to try
to deceive you, and unlike Dr. B. At
kinson, they know the facts, and
have not depended upon, what others
have told them.
GEORGIA, CAMDEN COUNTY.
At the request of a number of citi
zens from Glynn, and Charlton coun
ties, we, the undersigned, hav e coin
pared the list of registered voters,
as prepared and certified by the
registrars of Camde n county, o n Av
gust 18th, 1922, which'list was fur
nished to, and Used by the election
managers at die September primary,
on September llfth, 1922, ami find
that the i ames following appear on
said list, and we fail to find where
any tax are shown on the
digest of said county, for the years
1920-1321, viz:
John Gale, J. C. Clarke, 'B. C. Car
ter, Jeff Daniels, Henry Taylor, Her
bert Miller, Jess.? Anderson, Phil
Pcppell, J. Z. Pari, r, Peter F. Mill
er, Ba.cer Phillip; J. F. Ribron, J.
S. Mack, J. T. Davis, Ed Miller, W.
W. Davis, L. C- Dubberly, J. S. Clay
ton J. M. Goings, C. A. Kelly, W.
Harris, Hamp Drury, Richard Miller,
Jame s Ccndin, D. D. Johns, Joe Gale,
Sam Wilson, Jerry Wilson, Lewis
Miller, Simpson Spradley, Raymond
Sanderson, L. W. Mills, M. Davis,
J. F. McCullough, E. D. Angel, L. J.
Clark, Geoijje L. Grotty, If. C. Drury,
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iW. H- Gray, Walter Gray, Irving
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Cleveland Lovell, Rufus A. Tavell,
Levi McGreggor, L. D. Pacetti, Elmer
Pacetti, A- Preston, C. K. Raeddick,
Jordan C. Ryals, Arthur Rival, W. L.
Ryals, Henry Ryals, Robert Chad
rick, E. B. Todd, making a total of
.fifty-six (66). And we fail to find
the name of th e folowing voters on
the digest of 1921, to wit:
D. M. Daniels, Henry Strickland,
J. C. Johnsorj W. W. Bennett, Simon
Drury, L. G. Clark, N. E. Carter, L.
W. Readdick, Walter Larson, Perry
Ryals, J. H. Wilson, making a totp-l
c.f eleve n (11).
GEORGIA, CAMDEN COUNTY.
Personally appeared before the
undersigned officer, J. S. N. Davis,
f lifford S- Johnson, and S. C. Tovvn
nd, who, eacht being sworn, du
i vses and says; That they have
u-efully compared the voters lijst
bove referred to, with the tax digest
f said county, for the years 1920-
121—and that the abov e stated re
’ vlts hav e been obtained by them
am said examination, and that ias
down above, that fifty-six, (56)) of
' e voters who appeared on the vot
er’s list used at the September pri
ary, have not bee n found i n the
igest for the years 1920-1921 —and
at eleven, (11) of the voters ap
■ aring on said list, hav e not bee-i
und i n the digest for the year of
1 ’2l—and that deponents made this
i lamination, in response to the re
quest above set out, and hav e exer
cised the utmost caution to avfoiii
any errors.
J. S. N. Davis,
Clifford Johnson,
S- C. Townsend.
Sworn to and subscribed to before
me this Ist day of November, 1922.
J. F. Hughes,
Notary Public, Camden County, Ga.
Thu s you see how sixty-seven il
legal voters remained upon the vot
er’s list, and is well known that
they were BuPPotrer s of Mr. Jns. T.
Vocelle. As Mr. Vocelle’s majority
in the primary was only forty you
see at a glance that h e has no real
title to the nomination.
Now read the testimony of three
ardent Vocelle supporters as to the
neglect (to use a mild Word) of duty
on their part, bearing in mind that
the law impose s upo n them the duty
of making ai disqualified list of
voters for use 'by the registrars.
Extracts from the .evidence of J.
H. Rudulph, clerk of the superior
court, W. S. F. Clark, tax oollector,
and R. H. Frohock, ordinary of Cam
den county:
Q- Mr. Rudulph, when, if at all,
this year, was the disqualified list
of voter s Prepared by you and the
tax collector and the ordinary?
A. No, a ßi r, they were not pre
pared.
Q. You never got that tax book for
that purpose ?
A. No, sir. 1 <
Q. Was there ever any disquali
fied list, that you know of, filed with
the registrars?
A. No, sir, not as I know of
Q. You did not have anything to
do with it.
A. No, sir, I had nothing to do
with it.
Mr. W. S. F. Clark, recalled. *
Q. Mr. Clark, when, if at all, d|
you pr e Pare your disqualified list for
this year ?
A. I havg not prepared any dis
qualified list, this year.
Q. You did not prepare any dis
qualified list of voters, who had fail
ed to Pay their taxes?
A. No, sir.
Q. You just made out a list, and
the list, up to the twentieth, (20th)
of December?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. Well, wha did you do with it?
A. What did I do with it? I
turned it over to the county commis
sioners-
Q. Well, the list that you furnish
ed them of th e registered voters, em
braces the names of everybody who
appeared on th e registration books,
whether they had Paid their taxes, or
not, and you never worked with the
clerk of the court, or the ordinary,
to get up a list?
A. No, sir.
Q. So far as you know, the regis
trars had no disqualified list?
A. I supose they had.
Q. Why do you suppose that?v.
A. I do not know whether they
had any disqualified list of tax pay
ers, who had not paid their taxes, or
not. - Mff&gfg&j
Q Who made out that list?
A. I do not know-
Q. Well, who made up that list?
A. I do not know.
Q. Well, I am assuming that they
met and prepared a - list of voters?
And prepared a Primary general elec
tion, and this “special election,’’ what
list, did you furnish to anybody?
A. I did not furnish anybody a
list. * :, l
Judge R. H. Frohock:
Q. Judge Frohock, you are ordi
nary of this county?
A ( Yes, sir.
Q. Judge, were you ordinary this
year, and year?
A. Yes, sir.
Q. Judge, this year, have you and
the clerk of the court, ever made up
any list of defaulters?
A. No, sir.
Q. Ha s the tax collector, or the
clerk, called On you to help them in
the preparation of this list?
A. No, sir.
GEORGIA, CAMDEN COUNTY.
Personally appeared before the
undersigned officer. Miss Mary
Brownson, who on oath says: That
she was the clerk and stenographer
employed to take down the testimony’
of witnesses in the contest of the
election for the removal of the coun
ty site of Camden county, on Au
gust 24tfi, 1922, and that the above
and foregoing are true and correct
extracts from the evidence of J. H-
Rudulph, clerk of th e superior court,
W. S. F. Clark, tax collector, and R.
H. Frohock, ordinary of Camden
county, as the same appears approv
ed and certified by J. B. Smith, J. P,
presiding at said contest. /
Miss Mai-y Brownson-
Swoi’n to and subscribed to before
me this Ist day of November, 1922.
J. F. Hughes,
Notary Public, Camden County, Ga.
Where did the registrars get their
information as to who were disquali
fied to vote? Why did they not
call upon these officers whose duty
it was to prepare a list for theni ?
The law Provides that the regis
trars shall meet and prepare a list
of qualified voters not later than the
20th day of April. Now note how the
voter's list was prepared and certi
fied as correct on Juh e 29th. then how
another list was made and certi
fied as correct on August 18th, both
lists were illegal, the list vary grpat
ly, .yet both ape certified as correct,
Are the- registrars - competent ? If so
ivhy this manipulation.? .'■ V- *
GEORGIA, COUNTY:
PenDijally anpe'ared. before the
undersigned officer, J. S. N. Davis,
j Clifford S. Johnson, and S. C. Town
send, who, each being duly sworn,
ideposes and says: That, they have
.carefully compared the list of reg-.
istered voters, a B prepare^. by the
registrar* of said oounty, and certi
fied on June 29th, 1922, with anoth
er list prepared by said registrars,
and certified on August 18th, 1922,
and fined the names of the follow
ing persons, to-wit: .
M. A Snath, T. B. Kemp, Mrs.
Medina Kemp, Ed Spradley, Elbert
Southwell, Robert Wise, j. A. Wil
son, Thomas C. Alberti, Dave Ad
ams, C. F. Owens, W. Harrison,
George Rose, Mrs. R. C. Southwell,
John Brazil, N. Brazil, P. S. Coon
er, Q. L. Clacton, W. N. Gillett, R.
W. Joyner, Jr., R. S. Lewis, J. C.
Perry, W. H. Peeples, Mrs. Kate
Sheffield, J. D. Sheffield,
making a tota lof twenty-four (24),
apeparing o n the list as certified
by said registrars on June 29th, 1928,
and not appearing on the list as
certified on August 18th, 1922, and
that the following persons, to-wit:
T. G. Dußose, J. W. Dußose, Bar
nard Pacetti, J. E. Colson, Mrs. J.
M. McKendree, Shadarlck Rudulph,
William Wise, Dave Adams, Thomas
C. Bryant, D. B. Gowan, D. M.
Daniels, T. J. Littlefield, R. T. Clarke,
Mrs. Amanda Drury, J. F. Drury, W.
Harris, Pat Liles, N. S. Quaterman,
F. L. Rose, Mrs. E. Southwell, Jerry
Wilson, Mrs. Jane Casey, Minnie
Lilies, Agnes Liles, W. J. Lewis, F.
S. Lewis, Ed Miller, W. B. Price, B.
F. Price.
making a total of twenty-nine (29L
appear on the list certified by said
registrars on August 18th, 1922—and
do not appear o n the list certified by
them on June 29th, 1922.
Deponents further swear that they
have made this examination at the
instance and request of a number
of citizens of Charlton and Glym
counties, who have asked for infor
mation concerning the condition of
the registration list, in said county:
That, they have earnestly endeav
ored to find a true state of facts,
and that the above is the result of
their investigation:
J. S. N. Davis,
Clifford S. Johnson
S C. Townsend.
Sworn o and subscribed to before
me this Ist day of November, 1922.
J. F. Hughse,
Notary Public, Camden County, Ga.
W e could fill a newspaper with the
sworn statements we have about the
irregular practices of Mr. Vocelle and
his supporters, we are going to re
produce here just two sworn state
ments, the first to show that Mr.
Vocelle carried the registration book
to various parts of Camden county
and registered therein persons whom
lie believed would support him in
the primary, and Passed by those he
had reason to suspect were against
Ixim, and second to show that after
registering as many of his friends as
possible lje then demanded that those
opposed to him who had not Paid
their taxes prior to May Bth, 1922,
should be stricken from the voter’s
list, although it has been a custom in
Camden county for many years for
every one who pays his taxes before
the voter’s list is finally made up by
the registrars to remain on that list
as qualified voters. Here are the
statements:
STATE OF GEORGIA,
CAMDEN COUNTY,
Personally appeared befor e me, an
officer qualified to administer an
oath, one Mr. L. D. Nelson, a person
well known to me, who, after being
duly sworn, deposes as follows:
That some time during the present
year, th e exact date which I dp not
recall, one Mr. James T. Vocelle,
visited m e at the place where I then
resided, the said place being in this,
Camden county, and in the 1606th
militia district, and tha he, he said
Vocelle had wha he stated was the
registration book of said county, and
asked m e that I register, so that I
would b e able to vote in the ap
proaching primary. That m y name
was then placed on the registration
book, after which he departed with
said book.
L. D. Nelson.
Swor n to and subscribed before
me, this the 23rd day of October,
199?
W. N. CASEY,
Notary Public, Georgia, State at
large, Kingsland, Ga. My com
mision expires April 30, 1924.
Witness J. F. Bailey, Jr.
Personally appeared before me, R.
T. Peeples, a person well known to
me, and a n ordained minister of the
Gospel, of the Baptist faith, who,
after being duly sworn deposes as
follows: That oh June 27th, 1922,
he appeared before the boawl of reg
istrars of this, Camden county, Geor
gia, i n pursuance of a summons re
ceived from said registrars, for the
Purpose of showing cause why his
name should not be stricken from the
list of qualified voters, because of
non-payment, of hi s taxes for 1921.
That he rendered as his excuse
that h e had not been notified, and had
simply neglected to Pay his taxes, but.
that he had paid them within a few
days after receiving notice above re
ferred to- He further swears that
Mr. Louis Smith, a citizen of Cam
den county, residing in the 29th
militia district, wa s present at the
time above referred to, for the same
purpose as himself, and that the ex
cuse rendered by Mr. Smith was that
he, Mr. Smith, had not paid his taxes
for the reason that money was scarce,
and that he felt that inasmuch as he
would, be required, to pay-interest, in
ad'diion to the’ amoUnt;-of .his delina
tltiept taxes that .it ‘ait<K
he had ijecfetved no t notice up until
about ten f 'days prior to that date, viz:
June 27, 1922.
He further swears that Mr. James
T. Vocelle, the n and now a candidate
for the senate and from this the 4th
senatorial district wa s present at the
time, apd that he proceeded to read
law to the registrars as to why he
and Mr. Smith should not have their
names placed on list of qualified
voters.
Signed and sworn to before me, an
officer qualified to administer an
oath this the 23rd day of October,
1923.
R. T. Peeples.
Witness: W. N. Casey, notary pub
lic, Georgia, state at large, Kings
land, Ga. My commission expires
April 30, 1924.
We do not claim that Mr. Voeelle
acted illegally in these particular in
stances, but we do say he played
dirty politics, and these acknowldege
acts of his show clearly he was go
ing to b e nominated for senator no
matter how dirty the methods neces
sary to bring about the nomination.
PARTY REGLARITY.
Having obtained his nomination by
fraudulent methods, James T. Vo
celle is NOT THE NOMINEE OF
THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY.
To keep the white primary pure,
and keep unscrupulous persons from
prostituting this essential institution
to gratify heir unholy ppliical ambi
tions, is the duty of every true,
upright and conscientious Democrat
to go to he polls and REBUKE the
man who misuse g the primary. By
your vote s on November 7th, serve
notice on all who seek office that
if they go into th e w,\e primary
and win by fair means, according to
the laws of our state and the rules
promulgated by the Democratic par
ty, then their nomination js equival
ent to an election, BUT if they, or
their supporters steal a nomination all
true Democrats, who have the real
interests of the white primary and
th e Democratci party at heart, and
wan to see them preserved i n power
and puny, will rebuke such misuse
of the white primary, and if given
the opportunity will defeat :h fc Wrong
doer in the general election.
We appeal to you to think this
through for yourself and not allow
Political precedent to coerc e you into
voting for Mr. James T. Voeelle just
because his name appears upon the
“Off : cial Democratic Ticket,” we
have Proved that it don’t belong there,
and as loyal Democrats, striving to
right a wrong, w e submit that we are
unselfishly working for the best in
terests of both the white primary and
the Democratic Party when we ask
you to vote for the Hon. Charles S.
Arnow, of Camde n counv, Georgia.
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