The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1907-09-25
SEES THEIR FATE.
The Prohibition Movement Is
Sweeping the Country.
More Than Half the Population of
the United States Is Claimed to Be
Living in ''Dry'' Territory.

Prohibition is sweeping the coun-
try. Its recent advances are throw
ing liquor producers and dealers into
panics in many places. A member
of the Liquor League, states the sit
uation in these words: "The onward
march Of prohibition in some sec
tons of the country is advancing
like apraire fire, and no hand will
raise to stop it." He concludes his
statement by saying that five years
ago a united liquor industry might
have kept back the situation, but,
today, it is too late and an effort
might as we'll be made to keep back
the Hudson river with awhisk broom.
More than half the nation is said
to be under prohibition law. Maine,
North Dakota, Kansas and Georgia
have statutory prohibition rules.
More than half the territory in II
other states is dry, and in 16 remain
ing states little intoxicating liquor
is sold. The four prohibition states
have population of 5,50O,0O0 and
it is estimated Is, 600, 900 others live
in local prohibition territory of 80
other states.
The state prohibition movement is
spreading rapidly in at least II
states, especially where local option
has already driven out the open dram
shops in large sections. These states
include Oklahoma, where the prohi-
bition constitutional amendment is
voted on Sept. II; Delaware, and
three political divisions of which vote
separately on license or no license
Nov. 5; North Carolina, Florida and
Mississippi, where state prohibition
campaigns are under way, led or
warmly endorsed by the governors
themselves. Popular movements for
statutory or constitutional state pro.
hibition in Alabama, Tennessee,
South Carolina, Texas, Iowa, Ne:
braska. In addition to this, it is said
that Arkansas, Kentucky, Nebraska.
South Dakota, New Hampshire and
Vermont mxysadopt state prohibi-
ton policy within The learfuture. A
significant strawfrom Ohio comes in
the shape Of a dispatch from Cedar
Point, where, at atrecentl gathering
of political leaders, IL out of &c
members IF the Ohio legislature
there present, declared INFORMALLY
for ultimate state prohibition and
immediate county option.
Montana, Nevada, Utah. Washing.
ton, Tennessee, Arizona and New
Mexico are fewet.".They have license
with little or mo restrictions. Cali.
fornia, Idaho, Delaware, Michigan,
Minnesota, New York, Pennsylvania
and District of Columbia, have Ii.
cense with restrictions, different in
each state. All observe a Sunday
closing law. Local option laws have
been passed in Colorado, Connecti-
cut, Illinois, Massachusetts,. Nebras-
ka, New Jersey, South Carolina,
Texas, and Wisconsin, and many of
their towns, townships and counties
have become dry" by popular vote.
In the states ciassed as "dry" more
than half the counties and cities have
not more than one saloon, and they
have become dry through the ex-
preston of the voters at the poles,
though not through a local option
law. These states are Alabama, Ar
kansas, Florida, Indiana, Iowa, Ken
lucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Missis-
sippi, Missouri, New Hampshire,
Ohio, Oregon, Oklahoma, Rhode Is
land, South Dakota, Vermont, Vir-
GINA and West Virginia.