The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1917-04-20
SUPERVISOR SAMPLE SUSTAINS
BOND ELECTION No
Declares the Result as Made by the
Managers Thirteen Majority for
Road Bonds NO. i Township.

Declares the Result as Made by the
ManagerS-Thirteen Majority for
& Road Bonds NO. Township.
AS stated last week the election
for the voting of a bond issue of $40
900 for the building Of good roads
= in Cromer township held on April 3
resulted in a majority Of IS votes III
favor Of the bonds. And also thai
certain taxpayers had filed confess
n In the election. Mr.. Sample set Tues
@ day of this week for the hearing. The
act authorizing the election requlr-
ed that he order the election and that
he receive the returns and declare
results. The hearing was had
Nav in the court house. The
kants we're represented by Geo.
4 her and B. V. Chapman and
Il - Inside by Blease and Blease.
4 # y HE of the township came
+ I in full force, those III
= bonds wearing badges
Good Roads" and they
with them the Whit
A 4 81 = pc others, those oppos-
IS, did not wear badges
here also and ready
II called his court to or
Enutes after ten o'clock
y Al Touring Miss Caribelle
|ll If Rrt stenographer the pro-
81 Az oceeded.
i Il her stated that he desired
aw the name Of Mr.. c. NJ.
I'm the petition as one of the
hot Mr. Folk was OO-
s. 3gsed to be bond issue but having
acted as manager at Beth eden ne
did not feel that it was exactly prop
er that he should go in the record as
one of the petitioners to set aside
the election. There was no oolec-
ton and his name was withdrawn.
Mr.. Blease took the ground that the
result should be declared first ana
then if there was protest there
= would be something to answer. That
no recount had been asked and no
charge Of fraud made and he did not
know what he had to answer. They
only had the returns.
Mr.. Cromer said that they took the
position that there had been no elec-
ton, that no one was required TO
produce his tax receipt or to have his
registration certificate both of which
are mandatory under the law and
failing to carry out this plain pro-
vision of the constitution and the
statutes and the decision of the su'
preme court there had been really
no election. He read the law on the
subject
Mr.. Sample said the parties were
called here to see if this was valid
election and they were here and he
was going to have the hearing.
Mr.. Chapman then read the pet1-
tion of contest.
Petition of Contestants.
STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
COUNTY OF NHWBERRY.
OFFICE OF COUNTY SUPERVIS-
OR.
Ex Parte
Calvin K. Baker, James c. Duncan,
]. B. Baker, D. L. Mccullough, j. y.
Seymore, c. H. Shannon, }. b.
Cromer, C. NJ Folk, S. W. Derrick
T. B. Carlisle, G. F. Abrams, c. 5.
Suber, w W. Wicker, and other
tax payers of Cromer Township,
Petitioners,
I'm Re
Bond election IN CrOmer Ao"ASuAp
April 9, 1917.
NOTICE OF PROTEST AND con-
TEST.
To Hon. James c. Sample, County Su-
peryisor of Newberry County.
The above named petitioners, for
themselves and other tax payers OF
,Cromer Township, similarly situated
I'm respectfully show
l. That they are taxpayers OF
@ $Cromer Township, Newberry County.
and this notice Of protest and contest
is filed in behalf of these petitioners
and all other tax payers OF Cromer
Township, who were against the Is
sue of bonds voted for in the election
: in the said Township April 9, 1917.
II. That, in pursuance of the re-
ouirements of an Act of the Legisla-
ture, No. 277, approved February rs,
1917, you duly authorized an election
to be held in Cromer Township, New
berry County, on the question of ls-
sue of $4,000 Of coupon bonds by
the said Township, for the purpose