The Stanford interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1911-1912, 1912-02-06
NOTICE OF ELECTION

Regular term Lincoln county court
held 18th day of December, 1911,
Hon. James p. Bailey Judge pre-
siding.
In Re j. G. 'Weatherford and 9TH
ers, petition for local option cleo
ton.
Upon the hearing of the above
styled cause, p. NJ. McRoberts, an
Attorney, appeared before the court
and moved the court to file a GER
tain paper, which he then Presented
and which is in words and figures
ms follows:
'In re J. G. Weatherfor1 and 9TH
ers, petition for local option cleo
ton.
Now comes, J. A A:en. c f.
Tate L. G. Gooch, W. r. Singleton,
il. Y. Ballard, G. c. Rife, 5. G. Ne
J. inney, Rufus Lips, James Vowel,
W A. Coffey and other citizens, res
idents end voters in Lincoln county
Eentucky, and moved the court to
continae the hearing of this case,
until Thursday December 18th, 1911
in order that the above persons and
others opposed to the holding of said
election, may have an opportunity
to examine the list of petitioners
filed herein, to the end tina: ali per-
SONS signing said petition who are
not legal voters, and whose names
are improperly signed and appear
thereon may be stricken therefrom.
and they state and are advised and
believe that said petitions do not
contain a sufficient number of legal
petitioners to authorize this court
to call said election, and this motion
is made in GOOD faith and not for
purposes of delay. They state that
said petition was only filed on Fri
day December S, 1911 and they have
had no time 20 make = carctGi OK
animation of said lists, which con-
tains about 1850 names,' and the
attorneys thereon moved the court
to continue the hearing of this cause
until Thursday, December 14th,
1911, to the filing of which paper
and the making of said motion j. 5.
Owsley and G. d. Florence, attor-
neys for the petitioners objected and
it appearing to the court that said
=. M. McRoberts did not represent
any person whose name was signed
to the petition asking for said cleo
ton oyerruled his motion to file said
paper and oyerruled his motion to
continue the hearing Of said cause
And thereupon the petitioners by
their attorneys deposited with the
court the sum Of $175, being the
amount fixed by the court as neces-
sary to defray the expenses Of said
election and the petitioners moved
the court that said cause be heard
and the court sustained said mo-
ton.
And il appearing to the cour'
that at q special term Of this csur'
held Friday, December 9Th, 1911 .
written petition was fled and noted
Of record signed BY . number Of
legal voters in each Of the precincts
Of Lincoln county equal 10 and
more than Is Per cent Of the votsl
cast in said several precincts u
the regular November election, 1o11
asking that an election b hsld In
said Lincoln county on February
10, 1912, for the purpose Of taking
the sense Of the iegal voters Of said
county who sve qualified 10 vote at
an election fur county officers, upon
the proposition whether or not
spirituous vinous or malt liquors
shall be sold, bartered or loaned In
Lincoln county, and asking that thu
provision of the Law and prohibi'
ton BE- applied TO, druggists, and
this day oams said petitioners sns
moved the court "a, enter an ordsl
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