The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1910-06-09
GREENVILLE WANTS VOTE.
ALL. EYES DIRECTED TO Pearl
OF THE PIEDMONT.
Small Interest Shown in Liquor Ques'
ton this Year, but Sentiment
has Changed.

The whiskey situation in South
Carolina just at the present time
proves interesting.
Those interested in the whiskey
question have turned their attention
to Greenville where petitions have
been circulated asking that an elec-
ton be held for the purpose of decid-
ing whether or not the county dis
pensaries are to be reinstated or not.
Greenville County was among, the
first in the State to vote out the coun-
ty dispensaries. Since that time much
of the business of the courts of that
county has been taken up with whis-
key cases.
According to reports received from
Greenville. it is stated that the peo-
pie of that county will have to wait
for sometime to see whether or not
the county supervisor will have to
call an election on the question of the
dispensaries. A number of names
asking for the dispensaries have been
secured on the petitions.
1T is certain" says a paragraph in
dispatch from Greenville, that the
petition as presented to the supervi-
sor contains sufficient names to re-
quire him to call an election. Wheth-
er or not all who signed the petition
are qualified voters or not is the ques-
tion which must be answered and the
supervisor and his assistants check
each name from the petition to the
registration and tax books
The proposition as set forth by the
Democrats of Greenville County in
their convention was that the dispen-
sary question be voted on by the
Democrats in the primary. In that
case, if the election Is carried for the
dispensary then all Democrats will
be bound to vote for the dispensary
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it would certainly be carried.
The reverse is true, that If the dis
pensary was defeated even its
staunchest supporters who voted in
the primary would be bound to vote
against it in the general election.
The dicision of the county supervi-
sor as to the number of names on
the petition will have no influence on
the primary, his work being only
for the general election.
In Other Towns.
The increase in the whiskey busi-
ness by express had been marked in
all of the dry counties Of the State.
In several places the express COM
panies have been forced to enlarge
their Office room to accommodate the
trade. The shipments come from
Jacksonville, Richmond, Baltimore,
Washington and Louisville.
Prohibition Waning.
During the past several weeks the
question has been asked many times:
"Is the Prohibition wave in South
Carolina waning?" This cannot be
answered at the present time, even by
those why have kept in close touch
with the situation. The records In the
office of the dispensary auditor show
that the sales in the six counties
retaining the dispensaries have been
two-thirds as much for the present
quarter of this year as for the same
time last year for the twenty-five
counties.
County Press.
The newspapers of the State have
had very little to say one way or the
other as to the whiskey situation.
The county papers are always a fine
index to local situations. This would
indicate that very little interest is be-
ing shown one way or the other In
matters pertaining to whiskey.-Joe
Sparks in Augusta Chronicle.
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