Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1907-02-13
IN THE SOUTH,
LARGE MAJORITY or COUNTIES IN THE
SOUTHERN STATES ARE "DRY"

I, ieI1glOuS Herald:
The following is q brief statement
of the prohibition status in the
So tn:
8 Alabama, under local option, both
as Z the saloon and dispensary, has
a mt ority of counties wholly dry,
and majority of the precincts and
towns in the wet counties are also
dry.
"Ark nsas has SO of her rs coun-
ties dry and large areas of the %
remaining, counties are dry, fully
four-fifths If her territory being now
under prol bition.
"Florida, With 81 of her As coun-
ties dry, is Low making an effort to
make the whole State dry.
Georgia has only 27 out of a
total of 137 counties in which license
can be granted, an under three
mile law similar to OF =, most of her
~ counties are also dry.
"Kentuoky has SO of her 119
counties completely dry ana in 85
other counties most of the town are
dry, making at least three-fourths If
the State dry.
Louisiana is rejoicing over the
fact that seven-eighths of her terri
tory is under prohibition orders.
"Mississippi has sc of her rs coun-
ties dry, and many towns in the re-
naming ten counties are also dry!
"Missouri, though more slowly, is'
coming surely. She now has 3 of
her ia counties dry under local
option, and many counties are now
arranging for local option contests
during this year.
"North Carolina prohibits the sale
except in incorporated towns, and
many towns have voted dry.
"South Carolina runs her own
saloons under the dispensary law to
the satisfaction of none save the
government grafters.
tennessee, having the saloon out
of all towns under 5000, now has
only eight towns in the State wherein
liquor sales can be licensed.
"Texas is rapidly coming to the
front for prohibition with over half
her counties wholly dry and half the
remaining partially 80.
"Virginia has banished the bar
room entirely from 70 of her 80
counties, while large portions of her
wet counties are also under prohibi-
ton.
"West Virginia has banished the
saloon entirely from 30 of her IS
counties and from many towns in
the other 25 counties.
"Oklahoma, the new State to be
admitted, will enter under consti-
tutional prohibition covering more
than half her entire territory for the
first twenty-one years. And il is
confidently hoped that she may,
by vote of her citizenship, extend it
to cover the entire new State for all
time to come"
The above showing is encouraging.
Within the past few years there has
been a steady sentiment in favor of
prohibition growing in many States.
1t will be seen from the above that
much ground has been captured and |
chat the efforts of the anti-liquor
people have not been in vain. The
teaching in the schools, in the pull
pits and in the families is bringing
good fruits. The surest way to con.
,rol the liquor traffic is to build up
strong sentiment among the people
against the manufacture, sale and
lse of liquor. In no other way can
We hope to enforce good laws on the
ubject even when we are fortunate
enough to secure the enactment of
uch laws.
We do not think the Religious
Herald sums up the situation exactly
n this State, where it is said "South
Carolina runs her own saloons under
he dispensary law to the satisfaction
If none save the government graft