The Newberry herald and news. (Newberry, S.C.) 1884-1903, 1893-05-31
SHALL WE HAVE 4 DISPENStI;l:
That Is the OueStion Now to be Settled-Ihe
Indications Are That Neither One OF the
Applicants Has Majority of the
Freeholtlers to His Petition.

Monday, according to the notice pub,
lished by the county board OF contr"l
for Newberry. was the last day Tor IllnS
the petitions for county dispenser.
There are only two applicants IN the
field-Mr. r. G. Maybin and Mr.: L. 3.
Perry. The way it looks to us, from a
careful examination Of the petitions, is
that neither one has majority OF 'he
freehold voters of the town az required
by law. Now what will be done? mat
we do not know, but certainly under
law and the opinions Of the Attorney
General the county board can make no
appointment with the present petitions
without going contrary to the law. :
But it may interest the people OF
Newberry to know who are freeholo
voters of the town and also to know
who have asked for the appointment
of a dispenser. In order to give that
information we give below list of the
freehold voters and also lists OF those
who signed the two petitions.
The list given Mr.. Sease, the clerk OF
the board of control, by Mr.. Fair, con-
tains but l39 names, but from all exam
ination of the books of the Auditor ana
Clerk of Court we find that there are at
least I54 freehold voters in the town.
The list Will be found below ana we
think it is correct as far as it goes. Ihere
NAV be, and no doubt are, more ireenolo
voters. Those marked doubtful, just
below the regular list, have real estate
charged to them on the Aucltors BOOKS
and pay taxes on the same for the New
berry Graded Schools, but the property
NAV really belong to their wives or
mothers as is often the case. A MAJOR,
ity of the 154, however, would take %
names on the petition:
An examination of Mr.. Maybln' s
petition will show that he has only is
names of the freehold voters. he was
requested in writing some ten days ago
to erase the names Of E. II. Aul and
w. P. Houseal and also of DR.. ). 81.
Kibler. That will reduce his petition
to IS names. That wants five OF a ma
jority, even taking Mr.. talr's llst,
which is not correct as the reeoras
show. If need be we could name thos"
who have signed each petition but VINO
are not freehold voters. The reader
can do that for himself. He has Doth
lists before him. ~
AS to Mr.. Perry's petition, he has 50
names, but Of this number only o4 are
freehold voters.
He is short of the proper NUMBER
considerably. Now what will the board
do? A man must not only own real
estate but he must be voter to come
within the intention of the act. Under
the definition of freehold voter as
laid down by the Acknowledgement.
and the law, the board can make no
appointment without going in the face
of the law.
On both petitions is the name of Jas.
L. Cannon, now dead, and on Mr.
Maybin's petition is the name of l.. W.
G. Blalock, now citizen of Richmond.
It is q pity that we can get none OF
the profits to be made out Of the S23, GOO
worth of whiskey already bought oy
the State, but it seems that we are to
give prohibition, pure and simple, a
trial. Yet it is strange that some PRO-
hibitionists will sign petitions for 3 dis
pensary. =,
An examination of the lists will also
show that a large number of colored
people are in favor of the dispensary,
judged by their signature. Another
feature is the large number who have
signed both petitions. Ifboth petitions
were put together and the duplicate
names left off there might be a major
ity of the freehold voters Of the town
on both petitions, but that is doubtful.
That cannot be done, however, GSoer
the Interpretation Of the law as made
by the Attorney-General.
So it would seem that the first town
in the State to get its name in the
papers as certain to have dlspensarv
is, after all, to havenone.
But here are the fists spoken OF: First
the list of freehold voters, and next the
petitions of r. G. Maybin and L. 3.
Perry.