The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1907-11-01
BIRMINGHAM JOINS RANKS
OF DRY CITIES BY BIG MAJORITY
DEATH, ,KNELL OF THE OPEN SA-
LOON BY 1000 PLURALITY
EVERY AND GIVES BLACK
THE rRAFElc.-wILL BECOME EFFECTIVE
uARY 1.-wlLp ENTHusIAsM.

BIRMINGHAM, Ala, Oct. 2S.-Pro-
hibition carried Jefferson county, the
largest county In Alabama today by a
majority close to 1000. All the re-
turns were not in up to late tonight,
but thirty-eight boxes, including Bir-
mingham, all the suburban towns and
the larger country precincts, give a
total majority of 1919 for prohibit
ton. The boxes yet to hear from will,
it is expected, give majority for pro-
hibition in each instance, according to
the custom of the rural precincts,
which will run the total majority, close
to 1000. The city of Birmingham
proper went against prohibition by a
majority of 302 The vote in the city
election was as follows:
Court house for prohibition, 427;
against prohibition, $780, south side
fire station, for prohibition, S72;
against prohibition, 4s1; Tuck's store,
for prohibition, $50. against prihibi-
ton, 371;city hall, for prohibition,
1872; against prohibition 512.
Total in the city for prohibition,
1,441; against, 1,743. M
Bessemer, Ensley, Pratt City, Wy
lam. East Lake, Ayondale, Woodlawn
West End and every suburb of the
city gave prohibition majorities.
The country districts went over
whelmingly against the saloons The
result at the industrial centers of Ems
ley, Bessemer and Pratt City was
great surprise, especially in view Oh
the large working population at those
places. The day was full OF excite
ment in the city, where 5000 women
and children gathered early at Cap
ital park and formed into a long pro-
cession, the marchers who moved
through the principal down town
streets carried banners and signs, one
sign reading Boys or Beer" another
said: vote for Bread and Against
Beer,'8 Streaming from baby buggy
in which blue-eyed infant law was
a sign which said: Protect the
Babies" sfa
Widest Enthusiasm.
The parade provoked the Widest
enthusiasm.
Following 1T came the students OF
the local colleges and many children
from the public schools which were
almost completely abandoned for the
day the women and children then d.
vided up into squads and spent the
day around the polling places singing
and praying and serving hot lunches.
Every voter when he approached was
tackled" and Immediately button
holed. The scenes presented we're SO
novel that many men quit business
and went to the polls just to witness
what was going on. As a result the
day was practically given over to the
election by everybody. The crowds
around the court house. the largest
voting precinct in the city, was so
dense that traffic in nearby streets
was impeded One man who pushed
child aside was knocked almost
senseless by an unknown prohibition
list. AS the saloons have been closed
since midnight Friday there was very
little disorder Mrs. Mamie Curtis,
the prohibition orator from Texas, Wis
tied the polling places here and In
the suburbs in an automobile, also ap-
peared at some of the voting places
and harangued the crowd. The new
law will take effect Jan. 1, next.
Governor Conner, who resides here
voted for prohibition.
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