Contest Case in Fifth District: the Kellyton beat heard, J. P. Webb a clerk of the election and R. D. Webb a manager at the primary held in Webb's store

Transcription

The clipping is the end of the Kellyton evidence and the evening session, read from the image (line breaks not kept; the first letters of some lines at the column's left edge are checked against the Library's OCR text). The earlier Kellyton passages, in other columns of the same long report, are given from the Library's OCR text.

Headline and dateline (OCR):

CONTEST CASE IN FIFTH DISTRICT. The Evidence Was Concluded Late Last Night. LEFT WITH THE COMMITTEE. Attorneys Decided to Submit the Case Without Argument—Some Interesting Evidence Brought Out—Riddle Created Laughter.

Goodwater, August 22.—(Special.)—After an almost continuous session from early in the morning until late tonight the evidence in the Brewer-Thompson contest was submitted to the executive committee for final decision. ...

The Kellyton beat, for the contestant (OCR):

Kellyton beat was next heard, and J. H. Brown, the witness, identified a notice calling the beat meeting at the regular voting place in Kellyton. He had called a meeting to order August 11th, at the school house, at which forty votes were cast, all for Brewer. Upon cross-examination the witness stated that he was not authorized by the beat committeeman to call the meeting to order. The meeting was called to order between 2 and 3 o'clock. At that hour another meeting called by the beat chairman was in session at Webb's store. ...

The Kellyton beat, for the contestee (OCR, then the clipping):

Kellyton beat was next called, and R. W. Carlisle was placed on the stand. He was beat chairman and called the meeting to order on August 11th, in the rear of Webb's store. Managers were appointed for both Brewer and Thompson. The polls opened at 2:05 p. m., and voting was had direct for delegates. The general election in August was held in Brown's gin house. Sixty-four votes were polled at the box ... On cross-examination, witness said he had attended two primaries in the beat and both were held at the school house. After voting was begun a request was made to move to the school house, but only the Brewer managers went. R. D. Webb, a manager at Kellyton box, practically corroborated the testimony of Carlisle. The committee adjourned to 8:30 p. m.

Evening Session

At the evening session J. P. Webb, one of the clerks of the election was placed on the stand, and his testimony was similar to that of the other witnesses from Kellyton. He stated that after seventeen ballots were cast, the Brewer managers left. P. J. Webb, in whose store the primary was held, testified that the Brewer managers had approached him for the use of the room after the arrival of the other managers. Beat meetings had been held in a number of places other than the school house. He recalled one place within the last five years. The contestee rested on Kellyton.

Citation: "Contest Case in Fifth District: The Evidence Was Concluded Late Last Night," a Goodwater dispatch dated 22 August, The Age-Herald (Birmingham, Ala.), Thursday 23 August 1900, p. 3, cols. 2–4 (the Kellyton evidence in cols. 3–4); image, Chronicling America, Library of Congress (https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn86072192/1900-08-23/ed-1/?sp=3).