The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1908-05-27
NEARLY EVERY DISTRICT
in THE DRY COLUMN
Vote in Raleigh Very Close, but
the County Declares for License,
as Do Wilmington, Durham
and Tarboro-Womcn
and Children Take
Part.
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Carolina was carried for State
* prohibition to-day by ma
jority that Is estimated at from
10000 to $4,000 on reports and
estimates to the News and Observer
and to the state Prohibition Commit
tee.
The prohibition ticket has carried
.eyenty-eight out OF the ninety eight
counties by majorities approximating
As,5oo. The antiprohibitlon ticket has
twenty counties By majorities approxi-
mating $500. This calculation is based
on some estimates, and the prohibition
leaders say that 1t is possible for the
prohibition majority to reach $4,000.
A close estimate Of the vote would
give a prohibition majority OF about
$4,000.
The election passed of very quietly,
ing reported.
Close in Raleigh.
Raleigh town gave a majority of 81
for prohibition, while the Raleigh
township. comprising four precincts,
in addition to the town wards, shows
vote OF t.oio wet and 9a6 dry. giving
a wet majority OF II. Wake county
returns are Still very defective. but
the wet majority Is certainly 500 to 500.
w LIN lOuT pEeGlnCls Hliss!NS. lNeEe J5
n majority OF 62l for the antiprohibi-
tionists, the vote being o,sS1 wet and
2,234 dry. The antiprohibitionists esti-
mate their majority in the county
Will reach nearly 800, but 750 is q
fair estimate.
Chairman Oates claims that every
congressional district in the State is
carried for prohibition except this the
Fourth. and possibly the Eighth. John
tTvN a 1N1s.- ~ -I..,
100 TO 1850 wet ma jority, and Har-
nett is also vet by considerable ma
5ority. Returns show that all the prin-
clpal towns in the State have given
prohibition najorities except Whining
ton, Durham and Tarboro. The Dur
ham county wet majority Is estimated
at 100.
The Notable MnJoritics.
Some of the most notable najorities
for and against prohibition are:
For rohibltion-Buncombe. $500;
Robesan. 1000; Mecklenburg. $500;
Randolph. 1900: Alamance. 1880: about
100 each in Union, Iredell and AIadi-
son, Pitt. 1000; Richmond 1000: Yam
cey 1000.
Against prohibition-Wilkes. 1.5oo;
Johnston, LOO; Durham, 700; Martin,
400; Yadkin, 500.
Prohibition Chairman Oates says
some OF the most surprising returns 10
him are the 500 majority for prohibit
tion In Forsyth; 1900 in Randolph.
7l5 In Wilson and Wilmington's voting
only 175 majority wet
Day In Raleigh.
Election day in Raleigh passed off
especially quiet, both sides, of course
putting In hard work, but with prac.
tically no friction at any OF the pre-
ctncts.
Many ladies of the city spent the
greater part of the day in PRAYER
meetings In the First Baptist and other
churches, praying for the success OF
prohibltion in Raleigh and the state
The voting began early and quite
rapidly In all the precincts, the bulk
OF the vote being cast by the early az.
ternoon. The Australian ballot being
applied to large extent in towns es-
Inmates OF the progress Of the fight
We're hard to make. The returns. too,
nave not been made promptly tonight
Tor while the votes of all the precincts
IRE known. several have not been on
ciaily reported yet. and won't be until
tomorrow morning.
The vote In Raleigh was not heayv
pnd It Is believed the detailed returns
the State over to come in later viii
SHOW light vote--probably LIS, 900.
{ However, Chairman Oates characterizes
the vote of the State as an Expressive"
one. This In answer to an inquiry
as to whether he regarded the vote as
anything like fun the State over