The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-09-16

the dispensary. In Sumter, as stated,
the election was declared void by the
State board.
1t is stated that the prohibition
forces in Lexington and Williamsburg
will fight the matter through the su-
pyeme court, and that the dispen-
sary forces in Sumter will do like
wise
Attorney General Peoples denied
the Lexington and Williamsburg ap-
pellants the right to use the name of
the State in their appeal, and it is
understood the pleadings have been
amended. The attorney general stat
ed that his intention was to take this
position throughout, and that he
would also deny the dispensary
forces of Sumter the right to use the
name of the State in their appeal,
though the attorney general was the
only one of the six members of the
State board of canvassers who voted
to sustain the election in favor of the
dispensary in Sumter county. In the
Williamsburg case the vote of the
State board was a tie, which sustain
ed the. county board in favor of the
dispensary.
The counties already having dis
pensaries which voted to retain them
were Florence and Jasper. AbbeVille,
already in the dry column voted to
remain dry.
There has been considerable dis
cussion as to the effect of these elec-
tions, and as to the trend of sentf-
ment shown by them. The dispensary
seems to have won in most of the
counties voting because the people
were dissatisfied with the results of
prohibition, or so-called prohibition,
and that is about all there is to it.
They seem to have preferred the
legal whiskey, under restrictions, and
keeping the money at home to build
roads and schools, rather than the il
legal sale, of Whiskey, under restric-
tions, and keeping the money at
home to build roads and schools, rath-
er than the illegal sale of it, with
their money steadily pouring out into
other counties and other States.
The Orangeburg Case
The Act of 1912, under which the
counties held the elections, provides
for the appointment of the county
I dispensary boards by the governor,
upon the Recommendation of the legis-
latiye delegation from the county. I'm
der decision of the supreme court,
a decision of the supreme court, this
this means that the delegation and the
governor must concur; that the gov
ernor may refuse to appoint any one
recommended, and request another
recommendation, but that he can not
appoint any one not recommended by
tne delegation.
Of the three men recommended by
teh Orangeburg delegation Governor
Blease appointed one, and refused to
appoint the two others, for the rea-
sons which have already been pub
lished Statements have appeared in
the newspapers to the effect that the
Orangeburg delegation would stand
upon their first recommendations and
refuse to make any other recommen-
dation, and Governor Blease has
stated that if 10 other recommenda-
tions are made, no other appoint
ments on the Orangeburg board will
be made, so that Orangeburg will re-
main dry at least until the next ses-
sion of the general assembly
unless other recommendations
are forthcoming.
Pardoned For Witness.
Governor Blease has issued several
pardons during the past several days,
at the request of solicitors, who ask
ed the pardons to restore citizenship
in order that the parties might be US
ed as witnesses in important cases.
STRANGE MARIMRA PLAYERS,