The Anderson daily intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson, S.C.) 1914-1915, 1915-02-17
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SUFFICIENT NUMBER SIGMA.
TURES OF FREEHoLDERs
RECEIVED ON FIRST DAY
OF THE CAMPAIGN
COUNCIL MAY ACT
ON MATTER TODAY
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AS Soon as Legislature Raaifss
Act Providing for Elettion
Aldermen VIII Set shs
Date for it

The whirlwind camp patgn TO secure
n majority OF the f.eeholder's sigma
lures to a petition requesting city
council to order an election on the
question OF issuing 100000 OF bonds
for street paving ended on the frat
day q brilliant success.
AS soon as word 10 received OF the
ratification by the general assembly
of The bill authorizing the hoidlnA Of
the election, the petition will b0 pse-
sented to city council. and that BODY
Will convene without iosB of time and
order the election. Ii lis expected
that the legislature will ratify this
bill today. In the event this d done
In time for word Or II to reach AYa-
derson before night, the petition viii
be formally presented to council iin-
mediately. d meeting OF the aldermen
called and the election ordered.
A Brilliant Sueeess. s.
In responBe to q call issued HR
Chairman p. n. H0Eton os the street
paving cummission, the commit tteeRens
who had been ted to ciFcll&ta
the petitions atacns The xreehoid idets
assembled in the nblIilf nrnrthOuse
at g 2,clccls Alonaax Eneoa slld gsS
sceivtd inst tzuct ~ 3 KIM q ~
eanvaaa, ss0sessiaF Nj "a y, e ssssls
petition and blank EoffnH Tor signds
$tures. Tho plan, I'd aEsiaDuhcSd tlsSh.
was to mako d WhiriMtnd canyaHb OF
the city Tuesday and hecnf6 as many
names OK fraeholders 20 the petifIoIi
as possible. Without wal ting kor Tuea-
day TO arrive seYeF1si uE the sconiIiit-
teemen went 70 work Monday niRht
and eecured a large niirahef of sigma
turaa.. aSats .eS5t
FisW 5iD555teeas $ ~ !.
When the committeekneil gathered
yesterday afternoon In the cDutthoiise
at 8 o'clock to compare notes as 20 I
the result Df. the cafnpeignp at Waa
determined that q sufficient number
OF signatures had been received 10
the petition 70 warrant the same be-
ing presented to council ana the eiee-
tion ordered by that body.
Several celnmitte teenlen reported that /
they had not been turned down BY Il I
single person to whom they applied
for his or her signature. Others re-
ported that they had met with but one (
or possibly two perso2l6 Whp deciff-
cd to sign the paper. Still others
brought most gratifying feports or /
freeholders who aligned the petition
with the keenest satisfaction and ex-
pressed regret that they could not z
sign 1t snore than once 55,si
Was Good News
When II was determined that sum-
Client number of signatures had beer,
received 10 the petition 90 insure its 7
success. Alderman =, e. Barton, than
WHOM there was no harder worker,
reached for his hst and called for
three cheers for the bond issne. The
air was rent with shouts. TX
To Get Yet More.
Just 10 make the petition stronger,
and to give others who did not E4f I
an opportunity to sign the paper q
chance 70 get on the .haud Wnkon,"
the committeeman asked TO be allow y
ed to take back their petitions and
secure more signatures. They we're
permitted to do this, and today thoss
treeholderh who for cne feaiol, o.
another were not approached ycster. {
day by the committeeman Will Sc
given an opportunity Of 3cinihg In !
with the others In this great f0rs
ward step for Andereon.