The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1893-06-29
CALL TO PROHI8iTlONlSTS.


| t"n OF tho state.
COLUMBIA, :. c., June 2I.--The pro-
| hibltiOnistS of the State are making
another effort to prevent the establish.
ment of dispensarieS. Acting upon
the Attorney Generals recent opinion
that when man signs Il petition for
an applicant for the position Of county
| dispenser, his signature is at the same
time vote for the establishment Of a
| dlSpenSary, the central COMMITTEES Of
the prohiOitiOniStS have sent the fol-
lowing letter to the chairmm OF sub
| committees III the various counties:
| STATE CENTRAL pROIIIRITION Cow
ATrTEE.
COLUMBIA, :. G., June 1u. lN93
At a meeting of the Central Commit
| tee held June S,h an executive commit
tee was constituted. and charged with
the duty, among other things, of APP
pointing enforccT cnt committees at
the county seat Of each county ia tn"
State.
This committee at subsequent
| meeting selected vOl as thp Chlirmin
for your county, and request that yOu
VIII organize your committee by cal
ing to your assistance two or four cas-
you may deem DcSt good and true pro
hlbltlonlStS to act with you in promote
lng the cause in,yOur county. Your
committcc when thus organized, will
constitute the enforcement committee
OF the county, having under ltS control
the organization and direction al tn,
subcommittee yOu may d"rn. 1t nee.
eSsary 10 appoint cl|"WNrr" ~ thr
county.
The special work which the rxrou
tive committee regards Important a.
this time is the careful SrrU'iuv hy
your committe Of the Petitions whlch
faVe been or may he presented for th"
establishment oi dispensers and dlSn"M
SarleS under sect IONS ! and \ Of he \ Ct
We would direct your attention TO
these points on the subject:
Signing the petit IN ul an appllcan,
tor appointments is dispenser Il an an.
pllcatlon by the siGmrr for the cStah-
llShment OF a diSrcnSarY, and no one
opposed to the dlspenSary System can
consistently sign such petition.
SignerS must be "irephOll voters Nr
the incorporated town or city in winch
the permit is to be uSCd,' (SictiOn 81
and any signature not Of thiS class OF
persons, is invalid aud should b. diSrp
garded ly the board Of control.
Each signature must be in the hand
writing OF the person WhnSr name il
purposes TO be.
No one can sign for another.
| The petition must estate that tr"h
person before signing hH; read said p...
tlilon ana understands 1h' cOii,.uiS :
and meaning ther, ri, aud ~ wrll AID
personally acquainted with the appli
| cant"
Such petition must contain malnrl.
ty of freehold voters as asCrrtalurd
| from the record OF the CIty or town
| clerk or auditor to cntitlc the applicant
| to appointment.
These are essential req quiSiteS ID the
appointment of Il dispenser, and the
committee should carefully ascertain if
the petition IS right in all these re
SpectS, and if not the attention of the
Board Of Control should he called TO the
defects, proof Of the same furnished
and objection made To the appointment
when the matter comes before the
board for IFS action.
Should the board disregard such d".
1ectS and appoint a dispenser mot WITH.
standing, your cOmmlltr" SHOULD
promptly report the sam" to SOM. eff
the officers as provided IN Section - Of
the Act and 10 the central .,ummrtrr.
When dl$prnSarlcS are rSl;.hil>irl III
your county it viii be your duty 10 .nd
IN every way Il strict enforcement o.
the law by reporting all Viui ,t!"iIS nl
the law, whether by dispensers; or OtN.'
eIS, 10 Lhc proper authorities and to
lhlS committee, ana thus show that our
purpose rs prOhiDltionl3tS is not to Oh
Struct the operation OF the law, bat 20
extract from its enforcement WhatrVrr
may promote the cause Of prohibition
and good morals.
In short, you are expected TO hO
promptly, earnestly and tcarleSSly
within the lines Of the law whatever is