The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1905-06-13
DISPENSARY QUESTION
NOW BEING AGITATED
MASS MEETING IN COURT
HOUSE ON SATURDAY.
Petition Adopted For Circulation
Among Qualified Electors-Com-
nittees Appointed.

In pursuance OF call issued in the
newspapers signed MANY Citizens"
a mass meeting of the citizens Of
Newberry county was held in the court
house on Saturday morning to consid-
er the advisability of circulating pc.
titions among the qualified electors
of the county requesting the supervi-
sor to order an election upon the
question of ''d:spensary" or mo dis
,pensary." A petition was adopted
as the one to be circulated, and COM
mittees were appointed from various
townships to take the matter in
charge. The township committees
were authorized and requested to ap-
point one executive committeeman
each from their respective townships,
the selection of executive committee
men not to be confined to members
of the township committees. On mo-
ton Of Mr.. w. H. Wallace, the COM
mittees were requested to make ali
possible dispatch in getting the requis-
ite number of signatures to the petit
tions. All preliminary arrangements
looking towards the effort to secure
the election were left to the executive
committee, but it was expressed as
the sense of the meeting that the elec-
ton be held as soon as practicable.
The meeting was attended by about
three hundred voters representing
many sections of the county. Mr.. R.
T. G.. Hunter called the meeting to
order, and Mr.. w. I. Herbert was
chosen chairman. Mr.. Herbert thank
ed those present for the honor which
had been conferred upon him, because
he said, he thought it an honor to as
sist in an effort to put down the evil
and uphold the good. Mr.. Arthur H.
Kohn was chosen secretary.
Mr.. J. c. Neel stated the object of
the meeting to be to take action look
ing towards the circulating Of peti-
tions upon the question of "dispen-
Sary" or mo dispensary."
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the act of the last general assembly,
under which the meeting was to take
action, was read by DR.. Geo. B. Crom-
er. This act was published in full
in the last issue of The Herald and
News. and its provisions are well
known by the people of Newberry
county who are interested in the
movement now on foot to vote out
the dispensary.
Dr.. Cromer stated that the meeting
was called to get up petitions asking
the supervisor to submit the question
of "dispensary" or mo dispensary' to
the people of Newberry county, these
petitions to be presented, provided
they were signed by one-fourth of
the qualified voters. The supervisor
would have no choice in the matter,
he said. if the petitions were signed
by the requisite number, and if the
election should be ordered every quail
fled elector in the county would be
entitled to vote
Mr.. Kibler stated that this was not
an occasion for speech making. Those
here had come here for the purpose
of getting rid of one Of the greatest
evils in the state He believed the
dispensary, no matter how honestly
it was operated, or how honest were
the officials in charge Of it, was one
of the greatest evils which had ever
been placed upon the people of South
Carolina. He believed, if the people
would go about it in business way,
the dispensary in Newberry would
soon be thing of the past.
DR.. Cromer stated that it would be
we'll to keep in mind that there might
be those present who were not il fav-
Or Of voting the dispensary out. And
there might be some present who