Rocky Ford enterprise., 1907-11-29
= ROCKY FORD FRIDAY NOVEMBER 29 1897

tire that has, come to be dubbedi" the
Pittsburgh of. the South which has
voted, ior the Punishment OF the sa-
loon. -
In other parts of the state of Ala
bama there are now ~ dry" coun-
ties to keep Birmingham company
and give it moral support.
In South Carolina the people have |
not been wholly satisfied seemingly |
with the adoption OF the state dis
pensary system which Senator Ben
Tillman pressed upon their attention
until he got it enacted into law. but
which. by the way seemed to be only
the whetting of the appetite fer So
briefly throughout the South. The
state has in many counties gone dry
10 the extent OF eliminating the Off
cial dispensarv. The sentiment has
spread to her sister state and now
North Carolina is more than half
"dry" on the local option plan.
Texas. according to the diagram
maps. is more than half dry" under
its local option law. That law is
so strict in Texas that traveller
crossing the state cannot take his
flask out Of his grip and pass it
around. or tip it mp himself, unless
he has first armed himself with
physicians certificate showing that
his system calls for il. II is only
when We remember the magnificent
distance across the state OF Texas
that we realize the full cruelty Of this
provision Of the law.
In Mississippi there are now only
five real "wet" counties, and agitation
is so strong that il is predicted the
next legislature Will pass state prohi-
biiion.
In Louisiana the same sentiment
prevails, and II is only the big city
Of New Orleans. iaving her feet in
the waters Of the Gulf that is utterly
and perhaps irredccmabiy "wet."
In short. OF the 1880 counties which
make up the thirteen states ~ that
part oi the Union dcnominaivd
"Sou,h" Ssl are dry" a; least tech
nicaliy speaking: as are unqualified
iy "wei," and oS arc wet and dry in
places: that is the rural communities
are under the prohibi,ory ban while
tho populous centres keep their open
saloons.
Coming North. an interesting Iact
OF the late elections Is that Column
bus. Ohio. has elected a prohibition
mayor. who will see to the Sunday
closing OF tho saloons in that city.
OF course Ohio has been a family
good temperance state for some
years. the trouble only being there
as elsewhere. TO &C, the thing prae-
ticcd. IL now has i.f.o OF its town.
ship divisions out OF total Of 1876
on tho "dry" list. and 20 pcr cent OF
the larger municipal subdivisions 60
| with them.
Another election surprise for tho
brewing and dis,illing interests was
the action Of little Delaware. where
two Of i,s three counties went dryer
| than a Cainra.l.A-s-ner.S-e wHefc
they have 100000 invested in the
lager producing plants.
Illinois too made remarkable
showing at the polls this month. a
revised local option measure was
adopted by the las; legislature. and
of tho ~ counties iha; submitted IL
to vote OF tho people sixteen carried
it.
In Indiana n simple rcmonstrancc
from the residents OF a ncighborhood
shuts out the saloon or closes any
already established. and under this
ruling. IL is said. ono half the state
is freed from the open saloon nuis-
ancc.
Pennsylvania has always been "a
cal graft. tho former attributable per-
haps to its Dutch antCccdcnis. The
latter probably to it, general Adam
ie cusscdncss. But even there anti
liquor agitation runs high at the
present time and scheme has been
devised to force the Republican par
ty to incorporate prohibition, with its
next legislative and senatorial pro-
grom.
In Connecticut a very drastic law
was passed by the last legislature.
The man who runs n saloon in the
wooden nutmeg state must be the
bona iidc owner thereof. He must
be indorscd by FIVE taxpayers who
own real estate in the town where
the saloon is located. and no iaxpay-
or can indorsc for more than one ap-
plicant. Corporations can hold only
ono license in the corporations name.
and no persons unsuitable to hold a
license can be financially interested
in a saloon or be employed by one.
In New Haven where there are 40
saloons. the law makes il obligatory
for 1850 owners of real estate to
sign the applications. In. Hartford.
where 2s2 places come under the OPP
Grafton OF the law, I.iIo different per
sons are required to sign the appli-
cations.
But time would fail us" as St.
Paul said-if space didn't--;o tell of
all the evidences that this particular
form of human foolishncss-thc drink
habits being discouraged by the
growing knowledge and conscience of
the American people.
1t docs not follow OF course that
everybody is swearing off," Many
have to wait for New Year in order
TO do that. But it is quite cIdcn,
that a better chance is being given
he man, and the boy who hasn't the
necessary common sense to escape
the open temptation 60 acquire or
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