Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1907-09-12
FULTON, Mo-, Aug. q, 1907.

shall be no more.
FULTON, Mo-, Aug. q, 1907.
The official count shows that at
the election held in this county
outside of the city of Fulton on
Saturday, August oath, resulted IN
a majority for the "drys" of 730'
Out of seventeen townships in the
county we carried fifteen. Yester-
day, August Goth, the election was
held in Fulton and out Of a total
vote of 8S7, the largest ever polled
at any election in this city, we had
a majority of 1859. We carried all
four of the wards, the first, or
negro ward, giving us a majority
of AZ, there being only one other
ward which gave us a larger ma
jority. This surprising result was
due almost wholly to the efficient
and earnest work of Prof. e. w.
B. Curry, of Urbana, Ohio. Prof.
Curry is by far the most scholarly,
most eloquent and sincere negro
that has ever visited our town.
He is a power before a white aud
fence and before a colored | doubt
if he has a superior in the country
We urge every city and county
that has a large colored vote to
secure the services of this man If
it is possible to do so. We feel
that Fulton and Galloway county
are entering upon a new era. We
are proud of the distinction OF be-
ing the first county in Central Mis-
souri, to adopt local option in this
later day and that our city is the
largest in the State under that law.
Fulton has long boosted of her
high moral and religious tone and
spirit and we feel that the result of
yesterdays election justiies her
in making the claim. Our three
schools, Westminster, William
Woods and Synodical Colleges, no
longer are hampered by the pres
ence of saloons in our town. We
invite to our midst families with
children to educate, and to our
schools the young men and young
women of the State, assuring the
people of the State that there shall
be no seductive snares set to lead
astray your boys and young men.
We trust that other cities and coun-
ties of Central Missouri will heart
lily follow the example set by the
Kingdom of Galloway and the
City of Fulton. CHAS. M. HAY.
Does prohibition prohibit? We
are often confronted with the above
question and often it is said that
prohibition does not prohibit. In
answer to this query and statement
we refer you to what has been
done in Nodaway county in the
last two OF three years in the way
of enforcing the present liquor law,
which is a prohibition law modi-
fed only by the law allowing
license to keep saloons under GER
tain conditions. The illicit sale O.
Intoxicating liquors has beer
stopped in the, towns of Elmo
Hopkins, Barnard, Quitman ane
Skidmore. And of 145 crimina
cases on the docket for the June
term 1907 of the circuit court o.
Nodaway county, 115 were parole
cases where convictions had beer
had for the illegal sale Of intoxi'
eating liquors. The defendants il
these cases are required every fou
months to report how well they
have conducted themselves unde
their parole since the last term 0
court. These men have been pro
hibited under the present law iron
selling Intoxicating liquors, ant
this under a law where the mini
mum fine is $40. If these result
are obtainable under the licens
system, under the local option LAY
which is absolutely prohibitiv
and where the minimum fine !
$500 and q jail sentence Of from
months to 1year can be impose
in addition, then surely the locs
option law can be made e~ffectiv
in Nodaway county with as goo
officials in the future asin the pas
The Missouri Issue.
Just 50 in Iron county or an
other county in the State.
Chaos reigns among the liquc
interests bf Georgia to-day. Dis
patches from Savannah and otht
cities tell a story Of financial loi
that rms intn many million