Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-09-03
SUMTER WET BY FOUR VOTES.
"Drys" Fight Hard, But Lose Before
the CanvaSSeTS.

Sumter, Aug. 27.-After a session
lasting from II o'clock until 4 to-
day the Commissioners of Election
declared the result Of Tuesdays cleo
tion in favor Of the dispensary by a
majority of four votes, the total num-
Der of votes as announced by the
board Of canvassers being 936, 470
for the dispensary and 466 for pro-
hibition.
| The legal battle of yesterday was
continued when the hearing was re-
sumed to-day. with the Prohibitions
lists losing on every disputed point.
They gave ground slowly, however,
and put up hard fight.
Numerous aflldavits were intro
| duced by both sides, those on the
| side Of the dispensary in every case
prevailing over those on the oppo-
site side. BY the admission Of these
afhdavits ten prohibition votes were
| cast out and four dispensary votes,
thus changing the result. from the
returns as announced by the mana
/ gers and the tabulation first made by
the commissioners themselves. from
majority for prohibition to a ma
| jority for the dispensary. The Pro-
hlbltionistS gave motto. Of appeal to
the State Board of Canvassers, and
the matter will probably be taken to
the courts to be decided
A large and intensely interested
| crowd was present for the hearing
| and gave the closest attention to all
that took place, at times crowding
about the commissioners table, al
though the confusion of yesterday
was not repeated.
Board Declares Lexington Wet.
Lexington, Aug. 2S.-After hear
! ing one OF the most interesting and
sensational election contests in the
history of the county, if not in the
State, for more than two days and a
half, the Lexington county board of
canvassers to-day over-ruled the pro-
test offered by the Prohibitionists
over the outcome Of the election held
! on August 10, on the question Of re-
, establishing the dispensary in Lex
lngton county, In which the dispen-
; sary won by majority of Sc.
The contest will now be carried
, before the State Board Of Canvassers,
, which is scheduled to meet in Column
bia on Monday, September 8, and in
the event that an adverse decision is
; rendered before that body, it is prob
able that the case will be carried into
the circuit court. This means that
Lexington will remain in the "dry"
column for several months to come,
as it will take long time to go
through the several processes Incl
dent to a final decision.
The report of the Lexington Board
Of Canvassers is a very lengthy doc
ument and is interesting In con-
Guiding it's decision the board says:
with reference to certain testi-
mony that has been offered, to the
effect that certain members of this
board had taken a drink Of whiskey
during the days that this contest was
being held, this board desires to say
/ that no uember Of it is a drunkard,
and that no member Of it was under
the influence Of whiskey or other in
toXicantS to the extent that it did or
could have possibly affected their
Judgment and conclusions in this
case, and any opinion or conclusions
TO the contrary is groundless and
without foundation in fact; that
each and every member of this board
has undertaken conscientiously and
righteously. without bias or preiu-
dice, to discharge fully and fairly
every duty that has been imposed
upon them in hearing the questions
that have been brought before it.
1--WE do hereby certify that the
foregoing statement is correct in all
respects. B. X. Kyzer, T. H. Rawl.
G. A. Goodwin, County Board Of
Canvassers for Lexington County"
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