The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1892-06-29
THE CHARTER WITHDEAWN.
The Prosperity social and Literary Club
Wi. not be Established.

resolutions IS taken from the advance
| shev;s furnished by the Press and Re
| porte:
| Whereas, we have learned: through the pub
| lie press tuat citizens OF our town nave made
application TO the Hon. Secretary OF Stale Tor
Il soc al and literary club" III on: town: an"
| Whereas II has come to our knowledge tnat
| ,he principal and lc;tGim" idea or his CLUB
| i 10 dispense from their club rooms ardent
| spirits and malt liquors: and whereas. by an
act OF the General Assembly OF thc state OF
South Carolina ;!I sale OF iiIuo*s !ilas been
prohibited! and all persons are for1!idcn 10
ri>pcn>c Spi! !tnU- or malt liquors IN any
! >El-pr or turln w.atsOJver: therefore, De II
! resolved BY the CITIZENS Of Prosi Gritty, =. L.,
! III ;;!:l-- me-! ing H~>cI!:3!c'::
i. That We. the fathers. !!t!>!0nIS. brothers
| ard SONS o: the mothers. wly"'. daughters
and sisters OF Prosperity Go most heartily
| Join them in their solemn protcs' against TIE
| issuing OF Il charter Tor the sO-ctI!ci literary
! and social club d. set forth III the preamblc>.
g. Tina; W t. regard the dispensing or d!SpoS-
! ing OF sDr!tOuS or malt liquors III any way.
| shape or form, or under any name crime
| against Christianity, morality, society ana
| the law.
! ;; | hat we condemn in unln"aSurcd terms
| the action OF Ike men who are cr'cavorinS
by their efforts TO Eullty the wishes OF Il Ina
jrrty of Our citizens amt i"Ist th:s curse upon
US.
| :. That We will Use 30 the utmost extent all
! powrls to defeat this or any other scheme or
! tfrort which has Tor lis object the d!Spcns-
ing or dealing in spurious or malt lli'ors IL
! Ourf town.
5 That We do most highly commend the
actions OF the following gentlemen. Ncssr2'
| W. +. McFall, NJ. d., ls;;dOre Eln and C:J.
| Hunter in scverinS Their connection win thiS
vile schcuc a soon rs they discovered the cr-
! ror into which they had been lee.
| g. That Il tOpy OF the above pream3icS snd
resolutions be Immediately sent 10 me non.
j. +. Tintlal Secretary OF State for South Caro-
| lima and that they DC puDlIshcN! III the Ircss
and Reporter. The Hcr;ll'! and News, ana the
| NcwDcrly Observer.
TIE APPLICATION WlTHDEAWN.
The preamble and resolutions were
unanimously adopted.
Mr.. Hunter stated to the meeting
that Mr.. G. \. Mafiett ha,i requested
him to say he had withdrawn from the
club, and that lie would have appllca-
ton for charter withdrawn.
This information, which gave great
pleasure to the meeting, was received
in q foTgiving spirit, and after remarks
by II. G. Moscley, ltev.J. y. Traywlck,
Rev. r.. q. keister, 4. II. kohn and
others, the following resolution was
passed by :; unanimous vote:
Resolved. That this meeting conmend Mr.
| G. A. MHtictt for the manly stanh he has taken
|
majority OF our citizens. and that he has aDan-
| IOHed the idea Of a social club" in this town
and will withdraw application Tor a charter
for said club and not open books OF suDsci1p-
! ton 10 the capital stock Of said CLUB" as ;ta-
vertiscd. That L copy OF this resolution be
| sent to Mr. G.. y. Maifctt by tho secretary OF
the meeting. and 10 the Secretary OF state and
| the newspapers in which other resolutions
| have been ordered published.
\ beautiful forgiving spl'it perVaded
the meeting. While those present were
as determined as men could be to fight
any effort to establish 4 club here 10
the last ditch, it was the measure and
not men that they were after. In obe-
dierce to this. spirit the secretary of the
meeting was Instructed 10 see Otner
members Of the club. and il they would
agree 10 withdraw to add their names
to tie resolution commencing Mr.. Mat-
! fctt.
In carving out these instructions,
the secretary learned tha4 Mr.. 5. D..
Duncan had notified member Of the
meeting of lis withdrawal from the
club with the request that he SO state
to those in attendance. His name there
fore belongs in the Ma1fett resolution,
and would have been placed there at
|
the part of a member requested to at
tend to 1t caused it's omission. The
three remaining members connected
with the club were seen. AlessrS. >. j..
Fellers and w. S. Mann said they
wanted it understood that they We're
not leaders in getting up ne club, and
that they willingly withdrew from
it.
PROTEST OF THE LADIES.
The following resolutions were unan-
imously adopted at the meeting Of the
ladies of Prosperity in Grace church
on the afternoon OF June 22nd:
WHEREAS, 1t has come 20 our knowl-
edge that certain citizens Of our town
have made application to the Hon.
Secretary Of State for charter to form
a club in our midst under the name Of
a "Social and Literary Club" and
WHEREAS, 1t has also come to our
knowledge that the principal and lead
ing idea Of this club is to dispense from
their room ardent and spirituous
liquors, etc, and
WHEREAS, By an act of the LegIs-
lature Of the State Of South Carolina,
our town is dry town." and that by
said act all persons are prohibited from
dispensing of, or selling spirituous or
malt liquors in any shape or form
whatsoever. Therefore 10y the ladies
of the town of Prosperity, in mass
meeting assembled, he it
Rcs0!rcd, l. That we the wives,
mothers, daughters and sisters Of the
sires of Prosperity hereoy enter our
solemn and most earnest protest against
the issuing Of the charter for the pur-
poses set forth in the preceding pream-
bic.
>. That we regard the dispensing or
disposing of spirituous or malt liquors
in our town in any way, shape or form,
or under any name, e crime against
Christianity, morality, society, and the
law.
3. That we condemn in unmeasured
terms the actions Of the men who are
endeavoring by their efforts or by i'm
plication to foist this curse upon us.
t. That We in our humble and Chris
tian sphere will use to the utmost ex-
tent all Of our moral powers and per-
suasions to defeat this or aEy other
scheme or effort which nas for its ou-
iect the dispensing or dealing in spirit
uous or malt liquors III cur town.
). That we cannot too highly com
mend the action of DR.. ". T. Mcfall,
IsadCre Ruff and G. J. Hunter in sew
ering their connection With this vile
scheme rs soon as they discovered the
error into which they were led. and
that these gentlemen have our richest
benedictions, and we pray heavens
richest blessings upon tleni.
6. That copy Of this preamble and
these resolutions he Immediately sent
to the Hon. J. T.. Tiuda,, Secretary OF
State, aud that they be published III
the three county papers
CORA DoMINlCK, Secretary.
MAMIE TRAYWICk, Chairman.
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