The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-10-29
Only Ten Boxes In Whole County Gave MajoTities
 Against Prohibition
OFFICERS ARE DETERMINED
 ID GIVE II FAIR TRIAL
Whole South Was Watching Contest In the Great Industrial Center With BreathIess Interest-It Means
 the State Will Go Dry.

The prohibition wave which has swept all over the south passed through Jefferson county yesterday with q mo- mentum that drowned the anti vote. will probably reach 1900 votes.
 The whole south, waiting breathless for the decision of the electorate of the Magic City, joined in the jubilation, and from Atlanta to every city of tho southwest hundreds cheered the onward march of prohibition
 Jefferson has gone dry. The greatest labor city in the south has decided to try prohibition, and upon the experi- ment will depend the success of the movement. All law-abiding citizens have joined hands to enforce the law which win take effect on the first of January, and if possible to prove that the laboring man can do without liquor, that the blind tiger can be put down, and that the city can be run without the income from the saloon.
 Give It Fair Trial.
 Mayor sheriff and all public officials are determined to give it fair trial. Backed up by an aroused public senti ment they are going to do all possible to eliminate whisky from Jefferson.
 Yesterday was the most memorable in the history of Birmingham A year of drastic changes was crowned by workable revolution. Many have been the changes during the recent years, but never has one enormous institution been plucked out at one fell swoop.
 Parade Through Streets.
 Beginning with a parade of 5000 women and children through the streets, waving banners of Save the Boys.o "Vote for Mothers and hun dreds of such expressions, the day con cluded with Praise God, From Whom All Blessings Flow" sung by thousands of voices at every box.
 Women and children. the greatest power behind the movement begun tn cir work in the cold and early morn ing, serving coffee, and tying ribbons on the voters as they approached Many of them thronged around the entrance and changed the polling places to re- vivals of religious enthusiasm lief ferson's Going Dry gave place to When the Roll Is Called Up Yonder.' Speakers have talked of the wonders of such a day, but the experience will never cease to bear its influence.
 Finally, when every vote had been cast, the crowds congregated around the headquarters and watched the re- turns as they came.
 Gate City First To Report.
 The first box reported was Gate City, 17 to 15 for prohibition, box which was once claimed unanimous for the antis. Then they came thick and fast. By the time the Birmingham boxes were announced the majority for pro hibition had already gone so high that nothing could have pulled it down. Bessemer. Ensey, Pratt City, Wood- lawn and even Wylam came out flying the white ribbon with great majorities.
 By s D. m. the antis were willing to admit their defeat. and by 9 o'clock every beat that could be reached, 8. gave prohibition a majority of 1889, and further developed the fact that only 10 boxes were carried by the antis. These were three city boxes and Brookside, Lewisburg, the two Coal burgs Graham and Goodes, Locust Fork and Blossburg.
 Thirteen more which have not re- ported are all expected to swell the prohibition majority.
 Birmingham Proper Went Wet. Birmingham proper went wet by 302 majority. The total vote cast in the city reached 31S4, more than ever be- fore since the new constitution. The last Ward-OBrien contest and the Stiles Higdon fight did not bring out 30O0 The City Hall, the Ice Factory and the Southside Fire Department were carried by the antis, while the Court House was captured by the pros, making the total vote in Birmingham 1441 for and 174S against prohibition. While Birmingham was wet, Greater Birmingham voted dry, so it will de- pend upon the spirit of the greater city to enforce the law.
 Meeks was the only box which was totally dry. Thirty-two to will prob ably exterminate the blind tiger in