The Palatka news. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1905-1908, 1905-06-09
". C. 7. U. COLUMN.
THE STATUS OF TEMPERANCE LEG
Edited By Palatka Union.

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THE STATUS OF TEMPERANCE LEG
IsLATIoN IN The SOUTH.
The following figures are taken
from the tablets prepared for the eX-
hibit at st. Louis, and must have
been correct at that time, as such
publicity if false, would have proved
harmful.
Some are revised to present date,
Florida has 10 counties, of which 30
are dry;
Arkansas, 45 prohibition, 20 license;
Maryland, 10 - 8 -
w. Va. 40 - II >,
Ky. AZ " 30 wit h
one saloon, 10 with two saloons; SlS
licenses. Tenn. prohibition in all but
about II cities. BY law, in all of
less than 5000 inhabitants. BY coun-
ties, "a prohibition, II license. Miss,
66 prohibition; 10 license g of these
have license only at cOunty-seat. }
Texas, 14l prohibition, 81 partial, As
license. Ga. 100 prohibition, Z Ii
cense. Va. As prohibition, Ii have it
sold in only one town; I in only two
towns; 7 counties were not heard
from on inquiry made to each of the
100 counties.
MISSISSIPPI.
A recent number of Midas Critic
rion announced, Mississippi, like
most of the Gulf States, is largely
under local option, but by great
etfert was kept from going prohibit
ton altogether" This is true.
There are now 66 out of rs counties
dry through the local option law.
Three of the 10 counties have saloons
only at the county seats.
For % years frequently recurring
and heated campaigns have educat-
ed the people in prohibition senti-
ment; thousands of business men
have learned to value prohibition as
business asset. The year 1900 wit
messed the first organized expression
of discomfort with Mississippi local
option in vigorous but unsuccess-
full attempt to secure prohibition for
the state. A bill for constitutional
prohibition failed in the legislature
of 1904, the vote standing 60 to 43,
lacking but six of the twO-thirds
majority to carry.
LOUISIANA.
Local option being the law in
Louisiana, municipal and parish Or
dinances largely control and regu-
late the liquor traffic. Several par
ishes and many wards, precints and
towns have voted prohibition, and
some high schools and colleges en-
joy absolute immunity from the open
saloon through the enforcement of
the three-mile and five-mile laws.
A system of very high license has
curtailed the traffic in some portions
of the state.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
VICTORY FOR PROHIBITION.
Prohibition defeated the dispen-
sary in Cherokee county, South
Carolina, November s, by Il vote of
l,245 to 349 The election was held
under the Brice law, and the result
is sensation in Tillmandon. Chero-
kee county has long been considered
a staunch champion Of the State sa-
loon, but Notwithstanding that facts
and the additional fact that Senator
Tillman took part in person in the
campaign, the dispensary is knocked
out by vote very close to the ratio
of to l..
MISSOURI.
A little over 10 years ago laws in
the interest of temperance were en-
acted; a local option law, and Il high
license law. Great enthusiasm was
arouse for the local option law, and
in Il comparatively short time 80 of
the ia counties of the state voted out
the saloon. A few of these counties
still permitted the sale in large
cities.
Today there are II counties that
have local option. There is abund.
ance of hatred to the liquor traffic and
some genuine prohibition sentiment.
The Missouri judge in refusing to
grant divorce to a saloOnkeeper
whose wife had become insane
through excessive use of liquor,
said: "When a man is engaged i'm
the business Of making drunkards, it
doesn't lie in him to complain if the
effects come home to him."