The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1908-04-11
BIG GAINS FOR DRYS
SEVENTEEN COUNTIES KNOCK
OUT LIQUOR SALES
ENTIRELY.
LARGER CITIES ARE WET"
Many of the Smaller Towns Vote the
Saloons Out-Springfield Re-
tains Dram Shops by Ma
jority of 1900.


two went entirely wet, Al went both
wet and dry and Is are doubtful be-
cause of incomplete reports.
This, it is claimed by the Local OPP
ton league, is a strong gain for the
cause of prohibition in Illinois.
Between 1900 and 1900 saloons
were voted out of business in the local
option elections held by the 1,15O
townships in the 81 counties Tuesday.
In Tuesdays election most OF the
larger cities Of the state declared IN
favor of saloons, while the towns n
rural communities generally voted to
put them out of business.
Chicago did not vote on the ques-
ton of licensing saloons, though five
out of the seven townships in COOK
county voted. Aurora II Elgln,
closely adjacent to Chicago. Doth were
maintained in the saloon ranks. Ur-
bana, where the University OF Illinois
is located, went dry
Springfield, the capital Of the state.
decided to retain saloons by a ma
jority of $500. One of the big dlsap-
pointments of the day to the anti-sa-
loon leaguers was the result in Bloom
ington. An especially ardent cam
paign had been waged there against
the saloons, yet the majority in favor
of the liquor interests was over 1000.
The following cities. in addition to
those named, went wet"
Pekin. Danville. Kankakee, Edwards
vile. Canton, Murphysboro, Freeport,
Moline, Monmouth, Rock Island. Ke-
vance, GeneseO, MarengO and Minonk
Additional dry cities are:
Decatur, GeNsburg, Rockford, Par
Is. Champaign, Pontiac, Mt. Airing,
Arcola, Shelbyville, Hillsboro, Litch-
field, Vandalia, Mount Carroll, Taylor
Vile, Dixon, Clinton, Fairbury, De
Kalb, Sycamore, Mattoon, Harvard,
Carmi and Jerseyville.
Owing to the l~ateness of reports
from the country districts, it is pos
sible that some of these cities, the
borders of which are overlapped by
township divisions, will be placed ulti-
mately in the opposite column to
which they seem at present to belong.
Among other and smaller cities and
towns of Illinois that voted against
saloons were M%artinsville, Olney, Ma
rissa, Eldorado, Pana, Sandoval, Car
bondale, Charleston, Windsor, To
lono. Carrollton. Tower Hill, Month
cello, Bridgeport, st. Elmo, Paris,
Waukegan, ~TaylOrville, Assumption,
Mount Auburn, Edinburg, Mt. Ster-
ling, Greenup, Sullivan, Stewardson,
Marshall, Sorrento, Tuscola, Newman,
Kinmundy, MacCmb, Lewiston, To-
ledo. S~hawneetOwn, Bement, Paxton,
Gibson City, Pittsfeld, Barry, Griggs-
vile, New Salem, Duquoin, Noble, No
komis, Morris and AltamOnt.
Among the other towns that voted
in favor of keeping saloons were Mt.
Olive, Stanton, Carlinville, Gillespie,
Havana, O'Fallon, Sterling, Bushnell,
Effngham, Lebanon, Centralia.
Women at the Polls.
The day was full of spectacular fea-
lures. nearly every city reporting in
cidents which force into the back
ground electior-day stories of past po-
litical contests. Women took a most
conspicuous part in the work at the
polls from one end of the state to the
other, and in many of them their In
f1uence was most marked.
AS was the case last November,
Southern Illinois made an astOnish-
ing showing, and in the coal belt of
Egypt practically every saloon was
voted out and entire counties became
%anti-saloon territory. This was true
particularly Of Franklin county, where
both sides had lined up for the hard
est struggle in the state south OF
Springfield. In Franklin county is
Benton and a string of coal-mining vii
lagos, including Joe Letters town of
Zeigler. The county voted solidly
against the saloons.
Saloon Leaders Astonished.
Christian county, in which are Pana
and T~aylorville, astonished both the
saloon leaders and the foes Of the
kquor trade by carrying every town
ship against license and sweeping out
a large batch Of saloons.
Decatur, the latest Gene of the Bill
ly Sunday r%evivals, voted against the
saloons by almost 1000 majority, and
in Macon county 81 saloons went by
the board. NATION and Charleston
both joined the dry ranks and Coles
county is a solid dry spot.
The election followed the hottest
campaign ever known since the civil
a Both sides admitted that the
result would be a fair test of how the
people felt on the question of saloons.
Every ~artifice known to politics was
resorted to by both sides to arouse the
voters.
In the smaller cities and towns
women served coffee and lunch just
outside the lines of the polling places,
while the liquor forces served free
drinks and elaborate lunches every
where. Prayer services were held in