The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1917, 1914-06-02
There Is No LasU For Election
On Dispensary, Says Harley
Writes the Mini a Union of Anderson With Reference
Situation In this county-Declaie No Chance Here

Tho following is q letter sent by
Rev. J. l.. Harley. the State agent Of
the Anti-Saloon League to the minis-
,ters Of Anderson. -
Dear T'iother:
feel sure that you are anxious to
know. II you have not already learned
OF the status OF tho dispensary pro-
position In Anderson County
went to Anderson last Tuesday to as
| certain all the facts In regard to this
matter.
With the aid of Rev. j. w. Speake
| and Rev. ID. w. Dodge 7 counted the
namcs on the. registration books and
after excluding. all marked dead,
|, gone, etc. l found the books To con-
tain l0.730 names OF registered vot-
| ers. Of this number there are doubt
less largo number OF duplicates and
others who are dead or gone. It Is
| possible II the books were thoroughly
purgcd they would not show a regis
tration Of more than 5000. or course
this Is only surmise. II you are Nv
Ing In Anderson. please keep an eye
on thic situation nnd see to II that no
| one tampers with the registration
books except the, Board OF Registru-
tioE. Unoer the law they meet the
| first Monday and Tuesday in encll
mouth and they alone can correct the
books. II Is not our business to have
the books corrected 1t Is not the
bYBfness OF the. Supervisor OF the
County. II the Board Of Registration
dOaE not zee fit to do this work, then
!. the Supervisor miEt settle this mat
ter according to the number OF names
he finds recorded there.
H. Again. even. the. Board OF Registra-
ttOn cannot erase names Eimpiy be-
cause some one states that voter has
changed hip residence or possibly left
the State. They must know positive
| ly that he is, dead or gone, not to re-
\ turn.
Please look after this Board meet
Ing the first. Monday and Tuesday and
rec what is being done. Our part Is
to keep perfectly quiet ano express no
wish ior the correction OF tho, books.
When it'comns to the petition tho vets
Granting this to be true. and also
granting that there arc 5000 natncs
on the registration books which
should be stricken off, leaving tho
registration 1880 these petition would
would have to chow 1,94b bona fidc
registered voters to order the cleo
| ton.
1t is plain to be seen. theriOre. that
there is no hope for. an election in An
dcrson County this year: bnt 1t must
.bo remembered that thoir petition Of
| l,S12 names will be reduced by nt
least one-fOurth. This is conceded by
those who haye seen the petition. As
q meter Of fact, all these wet petit
lone have been found to contain the
names df lPfeg gistored iof, every sort,
boys WnG Ter age, md sometimes ) 81
dead men, and quito, q number ofsdu-
nlicates- r. the Anderson petition is
| an exception, Il is the only exception
have ever seen. supposs then that
| when tho petition rs checked by tho
books and purged OF nll unqualified
voters namcs, one-fourth shall be
stricken OF. This would leave them
only 1859 names with which &c c=dsr
j tho. election. II then the registration
books should be reduced to 5.437. they
would foil. Your Supervisor KNOWS
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