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six counties are free from saloons by
the operation of the "rhree Mile
law" In the remaining 25 counties,
there are large portions of the
counties without license. There
were only 80 counties without saloons
in 1900, SO that the gain has been
nearly 100 per cent.
FLoRIDA-County local option is
partof the Constitution. One-fourth
of the registered voters can call an
election, aud the result holds for two
years. A majority of the counties
of Florida are free from saloons.
GEoRGIA-Georgia law provides
for local option, and lis counties
of 1877 are free from saloons. In the
other % counties saloons are re-
stricted to SO cities aud towns. Three
of the counties haze dispensaries, as
well as saloons.
KENTUcKY-Local option is pro-
vided by the law of the State. Nine
tenths of the State is under prohibi-
tion; 81 counties out of 119 have no
saloons; 33 counties have no saloons
but in one point; 10 counties have
saloons at two or three points. The
last General Assembly passed most
stringent law, enforcement bill, of
which the following features are
mentioned:
cit simpli6es the form of indict-
ments, lowers the penalty so as to al
low jurisdiction Of offences by magis.
trates and police courts, subjects
property of offenders and their land
lords to sale for payment of fines;
constitutes the place of delivery the
place of the illegal sale of liquors;
forbids the transportation of pack
ages of liquor into local option terri
tory, and makes possession of United
States internal revenue license prima
fdcie evidence of guilt"
MARYLAND-There is no uniform
system. Special legislative acts are
required. About two this of the
State is without salocu
MIssIssIPPI-Cour ,cal option
is allowed; vote by :tion every
two years; SO counties of rs are
free FROM saloons, and ia several of
the remaining counties liquor is sold
in only one town in the county. The
State is almost entirely free from
saloons.
MIssoURI-Locsl option is allowed
for counties for all places under
2,500, on petition of Oue-tenth of
voters. There is considerable terri
tory without saloons.
NORTH CAROLINA = Town aud
county local option is the North Caro-
lima law; AZ counties have no saloons;
5 have dispensaries; counties, by
special legislation, are free from
saloons. The whole State is aroused,
and there are nov before the Legis-
lature laws that will sweep the saloon
out of the greater part of the State.
TENNEssEK-Tennessee has had
the "Four Mile law" for many years.
No liquor can be sold within four
miles of any institution of learning,
except in Incorporated towns. Many
of the smaller towns surrendered
their charters, In order to rid them
selves of saloons. The law now al
lows any town of 1900 or less to sur
render its charter, re-incorporate
without saloons by majority vote; the
saloons have been driven entirely
from more than one-half of the
counties in the State. No saloon
exists outside Of towns and cities,
and there are not more than fifty
places in the State where they exist.
The effort is now being made to ex-
tend the privilege of re-incoporation
to places with 5000 population, and
if this is done, there will be only
eight places left with saloons.
TExAs-Local option by counties
and precincts is permitted by the
law of Texas. More than 100 entire
counties are free from saloons, and
in many more counties liquor is sold
only at the county seat. In others q
majority of the precincts are without
saloons; during the last twelve
months there have been 4S elections,
and Al were victories for the Anti
Saloon League.
VIRaINIA-Local option by coun-
ties and districts is permitted by
statute law, the vote to be taken
every two years, upon petition of
one-fourth of the number of votes
cast at the last regular election; 25
counties are free from saloons; in 40
there are dry districts; portion of
the State is under legislative prohi-
bition; there are 40 incorporated
towns without saloons.
LOUISIANA - Local option is al
lowed in Louisiana by towns and
parishes every year. Temperance sen-
timent is strong outside of New Or
leans, and nine-tenths Of the geo.
graphical area of the State is free
from saloons.
SOUTH CARoLIN. Hhe sale of
liquor in South Carr restricted
by law to dispensar The State
has taken control of tha liquor traf-
fic, buys the liquor, rents houses,
appoints dispensers, pays them sala.
ries, and all the profits 60 into the
State treasury. Every city or town
may have dispensary, and most of
them have one or more. The re-
suits have been very injurious. A
great fight will have to be made
against the system, and owing to
the great revenue it has brought to
the State, 1t will be hard to destroy
it.
l have presented these facts some
what fully, believing that they will
be more helpful than anything else
l can tell you. Is it not evident from
these facts that the South is fully
ripe for the Anti-Ssloon League?
The majority of the legal voters of
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