The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1909-08-21
LEAGUE FORMED
AT SPRINGFIELD TO ENFORCE
TIE LIQUOR LAW
And Otherwise Assist the Authori-
ties to Look Out for the Best In.
se,,est Of That Hustling Town.


Springfield, Aug. 17.-special;
Although the vote has been extreme
" small here today, yet the prohi-
hitionists have won signal victory.
Springfield has always been a whis-
Key stronghold, and the forces sup
porting the dispensary felt strongly
entrenched, being fully satisfied that
as heretofore this place would sup
Fort anything that would make
: drunk come quick. :. -.
There are nearly $50 votes regis
tered here, out of that numbsE o9'y
14s voted. as fellows Liquor~2O;
against liquor, 1875. Just what
brought about this change is mat
ter that would require more of. your
space, than you might care to de-
vote to this matter. The election
{ has been remarkably quiet except fo'
a-few liahor men, who have persis-
tentiy objected to everything that
has been done. One party claiming
that he will protest this box on the
grounds that few parties were al
lowed to vote without producing
tax receipt, while the other side
claims that ,ifs the managers did, in
a few instances, not strictly comply
with the law, that this particular
man making the complaint voted
without showing a tax receipt, but
in it's stead producing paid check
that had been sent to the treasurer.
Personally l know nothing OF. these
contentious, further than that the
people of this town are determined
to hereafter drink cold water. The
ladies and little children have freely
= participated in the election to the
extent of marching, singing and dis
pensing iced lemonade all day.
On yesterday evening number of
citizens of the town and surround
ing community met in the Odom hall
and organized a strong Law and
Order League, for the purpose of
making changes in many things that
have heretofore ibeen suffered by
our citizens. Chief among those
:. matters that will be looked after
will be. the Illicit sale of whiskey
and trafficking in seed cotton. There
are other matters Of general nature
that shall be attended to. The or
ganization was perfected by elect
ing the following officers:
DR.. H. A. Odom, president; W. r.
Bennett, first vice president; ]. G..
Hair, second vice president; H. r.
Jumper, secretary; ]. B. Smith,
treasurer. Executive committee,
DR.. J. A. Jones, W. J. Jumper, B.
r. Williams, j. Mob Bean and James
H. Tanning. Committee on bylaws,
rules and regulations: Rev. M. M.
Censor, L. A. Phillips and James H.
Tanning. A membership fee will be
charged and monty dues assessed.
It is exptced that this League will
have membership. of three hundred,
with a fund of not less than five hun
dred dollars ready to prosecute the
yiolaters of our laws by early fall.
The intense interest manifested IN
the organization Of the League ls a
very good index to show that IN
times past everything has not been
running just right in this section.
In this movement for the bettering
of the conditions now prevailing, Rev.
d. H. Benson and Rev. G. w. Dukes
pastors of the Baptist and Method
isl churches, respectively, have had
the earnest cooperation of our best
citizens, irrespective of creed or
nationality. Believeing that:
"Once to every man and nation
comes the moment to decide,
In the strife for truth and falsehood,
for the good c. evil side;
Some great cause, Gods new mes
siah, Offering each the bloom
or blight, =:
Parts the goats upon the left hano'
and the sheep upon the right
And that choice goes on forever
'twixt that darkness and that
light
ssThey enslave their children's chill