The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1908-05-26
The Tar Heels Are Voting To-
day on the Proposition Of
State Prohibition.
A SPECTACULAR CAMPAIGN
Governor Glenn Took the Lead in
the Fight for a Dry State.-In-
dlcahons Point to Very
Heavy Vote.

Washington. May 26,-One, two.
three, four, FIVE, six, seven, eight.
Eight states of the union with
statewide prohibition laws on Jan
uary / of next year, if North Caro-
lima voters demand the abolition of
the saloons in today S special cleo
ton. That the tar heels will vote for
dry state is declared to be a
foregone conclusion Early reports
form the scene of battle state that
a heavy vote is being cast and that
the liquor forces will be utterly
routed.
The war between the friends and
opponents of the rum demon in
North Carolina has been the most
spectacular in the history of the
temperance movement. despite the
fact that from the first the "drys"
were sure of victory
Governor Glenn, who came into
iprominece as the defender of the
states right in the regulation of
railroads, has been doing yoeman S
service for the prohibition cause
! United States Judge Peter C. Prit-
chard. who was Glenns opponent in
! the railroad fight, has been fighting
| shoulder to shoulder with the COVER
nor. Practically all of the dozen
North Carolina congressman have
taken part in the battle, arrayed un~
der the milk white banner of tenn
| perance. 1t has been a great fight
although the enemy was defeated
| from the start, and fought with the
desperation Of the man who is down
and all but counted out
/ North Naro}ir,a will ipipt :, ,l-e
, of prohibition states on January l.
1909, as will Mississippi and Ala
/ bama Maine began the prohibition
movement in 1885, Kansas follow
| ed suit in 1880, and North Dakota
got in line in 1889 Oklahoma came
! in the union as prohibition state
year and Georgias prohibition
law went into effect on January I Of
this year
Already there is great rejoicing at
the Washington headquarters of the
anti-saloon league over the prospec-
tive victory in North Carolina. and
/ the prophets of the dry cause as
sert that the entire south and a
goodly portion of the rest of the
country will be under statewide pro-
! hibition laws within the next year
or two.
| In addition to the eight totally
'dry" states, present and prospec-
tive, there are in other common
wealths nearly 1900 counties, al
most 10000 towns and townships an
136 cities, with populations rang
ing up to 10000, which have been
! made dry by local option elections
There are eleven cities, each hav-
ting population of more than so,
1000 that are dry and nineteer
whose population is between 2000(
and $4,000. Many of the states have
been swept close to the prohibitor,
laws by the spread of local option
sentiment; one-half of Nebraska il
without saloons; of the 241 countiel
in Texas 152 are dry; 20 of thu
55 counties in West Virginia bavf
shut out the saloons; 66 of the 10t
counties of Virginia have adopted
local option; "A out of the II!
counties of Missouri are in the loca
option column in Ohio three coun
ties and 1921 townships and small
towns have voted against liquor
while in Minnesota 1,611 townships
and villages are dry.
AS result of the recent loca
option elections in Illinois, larg'
portion of the state, outside, th'
large cities, is in dry" territory.
So persistent have the Massacha
setts anti-saloon campaigners wageC
their war that 76 per cent. of th'
territory of the state is under pro
hihitory law, Is per cent of Mime
sofa is "rdy," while Kentucky, th'
home of the moonshine whiske.
since the revolution, now has bu
four counties wholly wet. Ever
the Mormons have caught the fever
and it is confidently asserted tha
Utah will before long swing in will
the local option column.
Pennsylvania and New Jersey ar
admitted to be the hardest nuts t.
crack in the matter of getting law
that will permit the voters to sa
whether or not they wish to keep tn
saloon in the townships, countie
and cities of the commonwealth.
1t is asserted by the officers of tn
national anti-saloon league that i
two years eleven more states wi
enact constitutional prohibitor
laws, and that in thirteen other sim
lar statutes will be declared in tn
L legislatures, with every indication c
| speedy adoption.
With the same confidence 1T Is dt
clared by the leaders in the temper
ance movement that county optic
bills will be adopted in eleven stare