Virginia free press. (Charlestown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1832-1916, 1885-05-21
srNaIIr PoINr. MAY 9th. 1855.

EDITOR OF FREE Press:
/ read in the lIesf Virginia Democrat OF
this week a short notice OF the proceedings
of the County Court on last Thursday. 1t
says the Court was occupied with the gues-
non oi whether whiskey should be sold with
0r without license IL summit Point Result
-LiceHse 10 retail spirituOus and malt Ii
quors "a c. L. Beck. Two petitions were
filed; one against license bearing 80 sigma
lures, Of whom are said TO be minors ;
one ior license, bearing III signatures, or a
majority OF the cast in the last Presi-
Dental election. should be disposed TO
let this matter crop, were il not fol the
wrong impression the above figures are in
tended to convey. Tleeditor plainly shows
bis desire to please the whiskey interest in
this county, even at the expense of the per-
manent portion and majority of the citizens
Of this immediate neighborhOod. He could
not help being aware OF this fact Had he
taken the trouble to examine the names
on the two petitions, he would have seen
some twenty-five voters of Middleway dis
trict on petition for license; some from
Clarke county some from Ripon; some
from Wheatland Station and vicinity-gen-
temen whose faces are rarely seen among
us i'm atwelve months. The petition against
license from this point was taken from same
territory and are almost identically the same
names 2s the one presented to and acted
upon by the County Court in 1881 on which
they refused to grant license. In that year
there were 81 names this year 80; gain OF
one and more voters of the precinct this
wear than last. As for the latter year, sew
eral names were on petition from Middieway
District. The boundary which the Court
by precedent established would commence
al Middleway district Mr.. James Whit
ingt0r's Notwithstanding thence South,
following District line two miles to Clarke
county; thence East to Mr. A. l.. Withers
thence North, through Mr.. Conrad's \. II.
Willis land to Mr.. Thomas Woodward
thence through Mr.. Frazer's farm to Mr.
ttington,-leaving a scope Of land the
limits of which are from a mile to two miles
from Summit Point As centre. This Is the
only territory which could possibly be an
moved or interested in the sale of liquor at
summit Point. Now how do petitions stand
Counting only names inside of these limits.
we have 81 votes against to 2S votes for
seven voters inside of these limits not sign
ing either petition. Wehave the actual ma
I lpTtF uI voters ana llttt-loulluo OF al llS
property represented by signatures on pc
/ tition against license. DO not pretend to
criticise the acts of or executive officers
0ut the history oi a saloon at Summit Point
/ ln past year, has not been very credItablC
affair. It's bad conduct brou ht reproach
upon thcplacea> is generally known through
out this county. Now let us take the figure
"a, put down by the editor of the Democrat
/ Giving hi, side il2 The petition against
35-seyeR voters inside of the limits | men
ton not signing either petition and 1t Is fan
to say beyond these limits, three and -four
milc., from Summit Point in the precinct
there are at least twenty whose names do not
appear ON petition for license. Add all to-
ge her and we have ia white votes Look
at the poll books and see how utterly absurd
it Is. Our white vote is a very small one
certainly not large enough to brighten 9
Commissioner who can get through by d
fair majority Will the editorof The FREE
Press please inform us in his paper if there
is not some way we can get vote on this
subject in our precinct.
FAIR PLAY.