The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1908-04-17
LIQUOR INTERESTS ESCAPE UT.
TER RoUT ~ CARRYING ThE
LARGER ILLINOIS CITIES.
$500 ORANsHOPS TO CLOSE
gishteen Counties CO Wholly Dry"
only Two Entirely wet
Surprises IN
"EnyptT

600 saioons which foueht Cor ~.
iricucc at the polls in "a counties in
Illinois Tuesday lost the battle. Add
tionai returns WodrS day show tlet
although the Anti saloon League failed
90 drive what the, cali Demon Rum
entirely out of the state. they save him
an awful druhb.ng
The latest figures ahow that between
I goo and 600 saloons Vill bo closed
for two Years The local option forces
made gains in all OF en- rural districts
throughout thr state. with two OF three
exceptions Madison. So clair and
Kanklkee counties wCrs not affected
by the crusade.
The returns by townships form On
impressive exhibit from the temper.
ance point Of ,lcv. lu s2s of ODE 1850
townships boz which ths liquor issuo
sas drawn thr saloons wtrc voted out
off existence Thus thc Anti saloon
League vrcsfed practically three.
fuurths of che contested territory
away from ths saloon '-terrsfs.
Prohlbtonis,s JubHsnt.
The prohibition leaders arc luhIaat
They claim svecpiug victory De-
cause wherever thcf won BE- vas clear
gain. Tho saloon Interests on tho 9th.
or hand uon nothing excepting shat
theY bad before the election. and shsr.
ever they vcr, dcfcatd it was clear
loss
James X shields 20 a. Anti Saloon
LEAGUE uII. The antfaaloou forces
uon "a notable victory in Illinois Tues.
daf. sicforg That puts them In sp'cn
dId nehuns trim for ihe battles SON to
be fousht fOr ve are ouiI in tas -
ginning of COL. ersaf conhict
"a would have been Oh modern mfr.
nrio 10 w. bad carried Joliet Aufosl.
EirIn. sw.nFd.id Moline and Rock
Island. ahsr. tHr power OF fhc saloon
had been sntrenohsd ao IONS thai 10th.
lhr ahart of moral earthquake could
have destroyed 90 at this time
The iI1u0r interests saves them
selves from complete rouf only by car
r3inr the larger cities Win umcfi
cailY uo exceptions thcy iosi the rural
district. ln man} ~ IRE cities where
they won. he victory bad been COZ.
coded 81 them before ne election hv
The Anti ssloon lfarue which realized
that wherever the Saloon lF an c1nom
ic asset ln msnlrinai government
liquor o. hard fo dDpose It vas AZ
these points thar thr saloon interests
took me offensive DOB fhe battle and
made their stand to Keep che state
from being swept into ths prohibition
column
Some Dry cities
Among che cififs and towns Witch
voted saloons out are Anna Arsump
ton Altoona. Ashton Arcoia. Antioch.
Bradley Batavia. ueitiicro. bradford.
Carbondalo CoIona Carmi. CarthaEr
CLAY city, Champaign. Charleston. Cor
NELL Clinton. Decatur. neKab Della.
van. uos PLANES. Dixon. Ed.nhufr ID
Paso. Equality E-reka. Fairburv
Farmer city. Fulton. CHgruuis. CO.
news. Galena Gaiosburr 0rficy
Grccnviiie Hammond. Harlem. War.
mon. HARRISBURG Upyard. Harvey.
Hinedaio. HIlisboro Hoopeftou. Knox
VIE. Lyons Lexington iockport
Louisville Macomb. Mason city. Mar
shall Maiioon. Mascouiah Moiroae
Park MENDOZA. Momsncs. Monticello.
MoWeaqua. Mount Carroll Mount Az
burn. Noun, Vernon. Mount Sterling.
Muncio Mineral. More'and. Mclean.
Morrison. Marissa Naperv.l'e. New.
port Nauyoo. North Llfchfold New.
ton. New Haven Oregon. Oakland.
Oricn. oneida. Oluoy. Odeu. Paris.
Pitsheid. piaInfeld. Pawpau. Plano.
Plymouth. Pontiac. Princeton. Quincy.
River Forest Riverside. Rochelle.
Roodhouae. Rockford. Rochester
Rome Rushville. Salem. g. Charles
shawncetown. Sand Ridge. sholbyyuie
Spring valley. ston.nrton. stockton
s'eraior. 81 Elmo. sycamore. Tampico
Toledo. Toluca. Tuyl0uuie. Tuscala |
Urhana. Versailles vandaIa. vc-mn
Hon. Warren. Waisokl. Walnut Wan.
koran. wheaton. Wilmington. Warren
Woodstock. Winona. Yorkyllo Yates /
City.