Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1906-06-13
dIT1zENs, LEAGUE q ! FoRMED,'..
Most Representative And Signiifi
cant MeetingSHeld in Edgefield
County in Many Years.

In spite of the fact thAJ The
farmers are insthe midst OF their
busiest season, very large num-
ber attended the meeting in the
court house on Monday, some
coming fifteen and twenty miles.
Rev. e. E. Burts called the meet
ing to order and, after stating tht
object of the meeting, nominated
Col. w. J. Talbert as temporary
chairman. On taking the chair
lCo!. Talbert made some appro-
pirate remarks commending thf
large number present for the deeli
luterest manifested in the en-
forcement of Law. Mr.. A. Lot
and MIR. J. l.. Minis were elected
tenn 2oIary secretaries.
The enrolment Of members was
uext taken up. One hundred and
ten meu-as good citizens as can
be found iu South Carolina
stepped promptly forward aud had
their names enrolled as members
of the Citizens League Of Edge
field county.
The following con- mittee: c. E
Burts, G. r. Long, D. E. Larham,
j. T. Littlejohn and &c. Carson,
was appointed to prepare con-
stitution aud by-lnws. The col.
stitut;on as prepared by tie COM
mittee was unanimously adopted
1t will be printed in full in oul
nexL issue.
o. Sheppard, L. +. Durn, G. NJ
Smith, S. N. Zimmerman and ".
( N. Elkius, committee on uomlna-
tion of officers for the permanent
organization, suggested the fol
lowing who were unanimously
elected:J. l.. MINIS, president
=ijr. j. n. Grafton and Prof. q. H.
Long, vice -presldeuts; w. u.
uuz.s, secretary; u. IL. Nay.
treasurer. The officers, together
with j. M. onaifer, Al. ". Clark
aud Z. Il. Bussey, CONSTITUTE the
eXecutive cummlLIoe,
On motion of Rev. z. +. Butts
all oppcrllnity Was given lor
voluntary contribution Tor the
prose cutlou OF the work vi The
Citizens League. The neariy al1u
generous response Was very e.l-
couraglng. IN lew minutes.
Without any urging OH tie part oi
anyone, ti.e sum Vi $l5 was r.,lseu
Those present not only male
sacrifices by laying aside tnel.
sork at very busy ssascu il
order to attend the meeting bu,
contributed ilberally of thtlr
mealIs. DOES one need any more
convincing evidence OF their
earnestl-ess and their deterinina
lion to enforce law?
Immediately after tie adjourn
ment of the League, the executive
'commlttee.m5t ard arranged for
the organization of numb Der Of
sub-leagues in the county. The
committee will also have the COLI
sti'ution of the league and The
prohibitive features Of the dis
pensary law printed on leaflet:
for distribution among the sub.
leagues.
The meeting on Monday was a
red letter occasion in the history
of Edgefeld county. Tie coming
together of so many representa-.
tive citizens for The avowed pur-
pose of enforcing law wiilofitse
have great weight in5 creating &
strong public sentiment @inzfavcr
oflaw and for the upholding Of
THE oficers5of the law.
The members Of the Citizens
League Of EdgeGvld county are
L F Dorm, G M Smith, w e
Turner, L P Burgess, T "
Carwile, G E Burts, G e May, ]
N Grafton, {; E Quarles, r H
Minis, J R Blocker, A S Tomp-
kins, III G Arthur, w N Elkins,
Marvin Auld. e JsMims. DR.. J T
Pattison, S B Nicholson, w S
Marsh, w g QUITS, J R Strother,
w B Cogburn. J J. Walker, ] B
Boyd, ] R Tompkins, N NJ Jones,
Ira G Carson, Bettis Cautelou, w
H QUITS, B e Nicholson, James i
Minis, L E Jones, B B Jones, w
G Lynch, DR.. j II Carmichael, n
G Evans, Geo. F Minis, ] B Scott,
A r Nicholson, J II Allen, P P
Blalock, l. E Whittle, DR.. A II
Corley, L A Cooper, B R Tillman,
Jr, R A Cochran, Asa G Broad
water, A + Broadwater, Jr, r e
Morgan, E ] Norris, ] T Entz-
minger,J T TF'aulkner, 0 Sheppard,
R G. Shannonhouse, D A J Bell.
J w Ariail, J T Bacon, NJ T Tur-
ner, G F Long Jr, J t Littlejohp,
] 7 McManus. O 0 Zimmerman,
J H Bussey, J A Peeler, P & Ian
ham, J ] Garrett, W D Holland.
j F Bettis, B L Stevens, l. e
Jackson, L G Talbcrt, w f Roatn,
NJ z Parker, ] B Haltiwanger, J
M Shaffer, d E Lanham, w II
Dorm, ] E Minis, ] B Mlnnick, G.
w Watson, Silas You're, J H A
Williams, P HI Bussey Sr, NJ w
Clark, Nj P Wells, M A Taylor, J
F Payne, ] Ii May, w s Cogburn,
R H Nicholson, j e Johnson, K
w RI: G.1 NY IN 1T.