The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1909-01-01
'II|E IS GOING Dry
vsAs FINDS SOUTHLAND
F1" Nv WAY TO TEMPERANCE.
GEORGIA POINT OF INTEREST
carolina, Alabama and Miss
,,0l Join Dry Ranks, and
o,,.r states are Following

..,ooton Special: A wave OF
NaSn has swept with such re-
psrkable eject over the SUN ainst
ha, n",ept has SO crystalized against
l sn saloon and its kindred evils ,ha'
'ue Sswn of the new year opens upon
Inc u'' crotch of territory absolutely |
vac =, llouor while the arena where
peie,hihitionists have trlumpheu'
Anlp ,he battle-ground for impend.
ma 81 e.,hts for and against the sale OF
nt0xicanls ..s aocuratelv the
~ stage OF the prohibition move
Tent in the South show that ihore
mo-, Non half the South's territory
ssryp absolutely and that In the re-
nairipg area listed as wet" the SAFE
- lubricants is upon a restric'eu
scale .ho o,,,as are the
rsmainine strongholds for the
Va leons and il is unlikely that TINS
"d,,,on will be modified except
,srongh a radical change in political
,h,,ebt through failure to enforce inc
an AGAINST the liquor trafiice, TALL
nre 10 solve the problem growing on,
n deficits in county, municipal ana
Got treasures from a loss OF the
Sbislay tax. or inability TO cope with
ne illicit sale Of whiskey and, per
hans other obstacles which follow In
me- wake Of prohibition.
ceorgia now holds the center OF the
s,aqe ana for year has been expert
menting on what is strictly near
nrobibition" law In that il forbids the
an IN LIQUORS containing more than
4 per cent Of alcohol.
Statewide prohibition laws become
effective on January l in North caro-
INA Alabama and Mississippi, in each
N which q majority OF counties mad
heretofore prohibited the sale o.
nonor Prohibition advocates In Louis
lana have suspended their fight to tes
M new Gav-Shattuck law for the reg
nlation az he liquor traffic, which als'
becomes operative January ].
The anti saloon people say they vii
ha content if this law is enforced rie
dlv. Tennessee Is the chief center o
interest among the other states wher
statewide prohibition fights are Il
progress 80
The urohibitionists assert that
Statewide bin will pass the Legs
ature. which they expect to organiz
and control. With the backing {
state machinery. the local optic
forces are equally confident that sue
BIN viii meet defeat.
Kentucky. the second largest Stat
IN the Union, with 1l9 counties, ma
but four in which the sale OF liqut
is not prohibited. IL,
Virginia presents a string OF vi
tories for the anti-saloon element,
prohibition now exists I'm eighty out
iAe states 100 counties.
In Texas. where more than half II
county have accepted probiAuo
the VI, srs will be called upon soon
vote upon constitutional amendmel
for prohibition.
In Arkansas two-thirds OF its are
or seventy-fve counties, are or,
and the question OF statewide prol
bition viii be presented to the vote
for decision Florida is partly Or
through local option, and like some
the other states. the sale OF liquor
principally confined to the cities.
The results OF prohibition general
are cleaned from reports indicating
great decrease in the records OF
rests for drunkenness. an increase
the bank deposits of laborers, few
cases Of wife abandonment and
crease in criminality generally.
The difficulty in enforcing the p
hibition law. however. is conceded
be one OF the chief obstacles TO its
soluie success in many states. 9
this phase Of the question, togetl
with a falling off in revenues. is
some extent battling the authoriti