The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1897-11-03
They VOTED ANYHOW.
,vTT.DISPENSARYITES HELD AN
Election ALL BY THEMS LIVES.

Their Committee. Said the
Agreement Had Been
Violated.
The election that was to have set.
ed the dispensary question for Ter
pIl county was not held Friday. That
1. there was no election so far as the
|fspensaryites were concerned.
The anti-dispensary people, thinking
10 make a strong showing of their
srength, opened the polls on their own
|responsibility, but the election was
tame affair and left them in a worse fix
lfban they were before.
i The agreement which was entered
into by the cOntending sides for the
8ppctl0n stipulated that no ''undue in
8mence' should be resOrted to by eth
4 pr side to secure votes, and that a yiO
Nation Of it would result in the election
sbping called off and the fight made be.
Are the legislature. Wednesday af-
seruoon the dispensary committee dis
lowered evidences of what was Consid
rad a violation Of the agreement. and
once declared the election Oft.
The antis, not Eithstanding the
i G0n Of the dipensaryites, deter
Hnined to have an election any,
\ bow. and Thursday was a busv dav
Huth both elements-one getting
bat and distributing printed matter
throughout the county announcing
#hat there would be no election and
Adyisiug the friends Of dispensaries to
E say away from the polls, and the 9th
er getting out and distributing liter
at0re stating that there would be an
Election and urging everybody to vote.
The result Of it all was that there
{ Eere l9l anti-dispensary votes polled
b the county, divided among the pre-
Nnats as follows: Dawson. IO2:
#r9n wood, 81; Twelfth, 80: Sasser. IA:
eleventh, >; Forks, y. In the county
here were IA dispensary votes poIled
IN parties who did not know that the
#action had been called off. More
Than half Of the votes in Dawson were
lOIied by country people.
n The anti-dIspensaryites were active
ID getting out their voters, and it is
aimed that the small showing made
" them has not only weakened their
Ruse but proved that the people of the
Bounty overwhelmingly favor dispen-
arieS
The bill for dispensaries will now be
rbed before the legislature, and
AGe Is every reason to believe that it
lbe passed.
4CARD FROM THE COMMITTEE.
Below is card from the dIspensary
onmitJee explaining their action and
lily setting forth their reasons for
course they pursued;
To the White Voters Of Terrell |
Mnty: We feel it incumbent up
Us to explain why the election |
October 10Th was called off.
# 10 obedience to the wishes Of the o.
Nng side we agreed to have an lX-
eSSon from the white voters on the |
l@ton of having dispensaries for our
unity With them we entered into |
following compact:
We, a committee representing the |
# Spensary and also committee rep
Sentng the anti-dispensary idea, in !
ie The qualified white voters of Ter |
Icounty to visit the precinct most |
hyenlent on Friday, 29th day of De- |
yer, and cast their ballots for or |
alnSt dispensaries.
We pledge ourselves that every |
shall be polled without any un-
influence, hoping to secure a fair
N#u Nntrammeled opinion of the white |
.eFN OF Terrell county on this import
question:
AS you Will see, every vote was to |
PoIied without any undue Influence. |
eNueaYoring, IN good faith, to
out this agreement we issued |
caused to be circulated the follow |
circuiar:
''o outon Friday, October 29th,
'oOe Tor dlspensaries, Place your
On record in favor of morality and |
er taXation.'
rom this circular the anti-dispen-
.'eS removed the period after Tax
~ ana added in large letters For |
~>on, making the circular read |
sr ! taxation for Dawson. This cir
was sent abroad as if it had been !
VII out and circulated by those fav |
0>Pensarles. The paper was the |
'o.0r and size as the one issued |
a Inc words were identical eX-
Wg JWo words added For DaW-
Inns was evidently done to de
t. ana misle I'd the people of the
N.Y., The object was to increase
&anlodlce (already' too great) of
maoayry people towards the town.
c5a We're unfair and undue.
Gf r., was in spirit a forgery |
ir na Hence, we felt justified
ono ,lS OIL the election. This leaves
'''"on as we found it. Respect
-. w. F. LOWREY,
RI H. MELTON,
81. q. Dean,