The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1916-09-23
OBJECTIONS ARE MADE
10 Names Being Used in Some Of the
Advertisements Being Published
by the Local Option League

Mitchell, s. D., Sept. During
the past few weeks. the so called
South Dakota Local Option League
has been putting out page adver-
tisements in the South Dakota news
papers and sending the same broad
cast throughout the state giving
what %purported TO be an address
TO the people signed by a long list
or alleged officers and county pres
idents."
The principal officers as stated
were General Mark w. Sheafe OF
Watertown; b. A. Cummings. vice
president First National Bank OF
Pierre as treasurer; Capt. Arthur w.
phelps OF Faulkton as secretary and
a long list OF county Presidents"
The protests arising from these
county presidents" indicates that n
considerable number OF them did not
give consent to such use OF their
names and, In one case. that OF
Hugo III. Cook, president OF the Mar.
Ion State Bank, Marion, has en-
ployed an attorney to bring suit
against the perpetrators for the mis-
use OF his name,
Hand County Banker Protests.
J. T. McCullen. banker at Miller
published the following notice I'm the
local paper:
The use OF my name I'm Local
Option advertising now appearing in
rapers over the state as agent for
Hand County is without my consent
or authorization. and | have writ
ten to the officers named in said adj
vertisements ordering my name
withdrawn tberefrom.
J. T. McCULLEN."
Dakota Press Man Repudiates job.
Mr.. C. N. Leedom. editor OF the
Press at Kadoka was published 90
the county president OF Jackson
county. Mr.. Leedom at once pub
hshed the following editorial OF dis
avowal:
Elsewhere In this issue OF the
Press, o will find an advertisement
paid for and signed by the South
Dakota Local Option League. You
viii also note that the Press man is
named as n OF the county presl-
dents OF the organization. We do
not know how we received this hon
or as no person on earth ever asked
us 10 accept the position. and as per-
sonal views on local option are. do
not coincide with the purpose OF the
organization. we must necessarily re-
sign the honor thrust Upon us by our
friends, the local optionists."
Several OF these alleged county
presidents have written letters 10
Charles A. Howard. President oil the
Dry Campaign Committee OF the
South Dakota A~nti-Saloon League.
disavowing this use OF their names
and repudiating the Local Option"
organization. IT. X. Giolme. cashier
OF the Commercial State Bank at
Platte, who was down as the ''coun-
~ president" OF Charles Mix county
wrote:
Yours OF September 5th inst. NJ
hand and. in reply thereto will
briefly state that my name In con
nection with the South Dakota Local
Option League is unauthorized"
Mound City banker Regulates
League"
Hon. J. j. Bentz. cashier or the
Mound City State Bank OF Mound
City was down as the county presi-
dent" Of Campbell county Mr..
Bentz writes:
Mound City. s. D..
Sept. Z, 1919
Charles A. Howard,
Aberdeen, S. u.
Dear Sir:-Replying TO your let
ter OF the 9Th. will say that I know
nothing about my name being adj
as the Campbell county
or the South Dakota Local
League until my attention
was called to the same by Pres.
Johnson OF Aberdeen, s. ID.
II have written them to cancel
my name as such officer OF this
but | do not wish 10
be mixed up in a law suit relative
10 the matter. II seems TO me that ,
the head OF that League covered a
or territory by placing a lot OF
names on their advertising literature ,
without their consent. II I remam- /,
right, | have received literature
from them but never took the time
to read II. f,