The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-11-02
BLOUNT COUNTY WILL VOTE VERY
 STRONGLY AGAINST Farmers Interviewed At Ran- dom Give Opinions About
 Vote In Their Beats
FIVE PRECINCTS GO
 FOR TIE AMENDMENT I
Practically Every Man Seen Is Pro- hibitonist But Each Says the Amendment Is Going
 Too Far.
BY HUGH W. ROBERTS.

Oneonta. November 1.-(Speeial)-Ai the present time there is hardly a doupl but that Blount county will give a ma jority between 300 to 400 against the pro posed amendment to the constitution.
 The conservative leaders of the anti amendment forces feel that they will be able to count three of every five votes put into the boxes. The amenders. ol at least some of them. admit that al the present time the day Is dark fol them though they have not given UT the fight. One of these gentlemen, F Stenhens. editor of the Southern Dem ocrat told me this morning in the court house that while it is close, the defend' CTS. in his opinion, have an advantage In Blount.
 do not believe the advantage can be overcome This is based upon the con- yersations had today with 20 or more farmers from a number of the rura beats. These gentlemen were stopped promiscuously and queried. As will be seen. there were but few of them in favor of the amendment. Those few' however have little encouragement to offer their friends in other sections of the state The gentlemen asked for state ments were told that what they said would be published. But two declined to make a statement for publication. One of these is a. county official and an amender. He stated privately in the hearing of F. B. Roberts and others that the amendment will lose in Blo1nt in his opinion. The other stated practically the same thing. He is farmer and Is in favor of the amendment.
 Ed Graves. the sheriff of the county, is opposed to the amendment. He is most sanguine.
 F. B. Roberts is registrar in chancery. He foresees the defeat of the amend ment.
 | B. Sloan, one of the leaders of the republican party in Blount county, told me that the amendment will be beaten and that the republicans of this county and there are 75O of them-are almost solid against it.
 ". A. Weaver, a former member oi the legislature, believes the amendment will lose. He thinks the vote will be | about to 2.
 l The following are some of the expres 1 sions obtained from the voters of ths rural districts who were in Oneonta to- day attending court: J. ". Tidmore, Nectar: There ars about 7s votes in my beat. There are not more than two of these in favor of the amendment" Isaac Wallace, Bright Star: T believe the vote in my beat will be about 40 tc 10 against the amendment John Smith, Concord (Put on the com mittee of the amenders before his re gard for the amendment became known l '.Concord, in my opinion, will go abou 6e to 10 against the amendment John Vutton, Walkers: My beat vii l go about 60 to 15 against the amend | ment."
 James Deal. Brooksville: "The vote 1T 1 Brooksvile should be about 73 to l against the amendment l J. A. Tidwell. Cleveland Cleveland i: 1 very close I cannot state what the out. i come will be-"
 Steve Allgood, former treasurer, clerl 1 and superintendent of the county, feels 1 that Blount will go against the amend ment He made statement to this eff feet although he did not give any fig ures.
 Louis Johnson, Whites: My beat vii go about 75 to 50 against the amendment 1 This is very close considering the vot | Calvert will pile up against the amend ment. I do not think there will be single man to support the amendmen there"
 w. w. Brown, who is an amender am | who lives at Royal: Royal, I believe vii | go against the amendment by abou l 8 to l."
 "Ransome Taylor, who is opposed to tn amendment, states that Royal will g about to l against the amendment.
 T. B. Russell, a well known citizen predicted Blount will go about to l against the amendment.
 Zion Cornelius, Blountsvil1e: My bea is close but 1t is generally admitted tha 1t will go against the amendment"
 Frank Gossett. Thompson Few in m
 beat are for the amendment"
 Louis Shirley, Hardwick: My beat wi
 go about 75 to 10 against the amend
 ment."
 s. M. Allgood, Rays: "The vote in m
 beat will be about 80 to 30 against u
 amendment"
 Oneonta, in the opinion of MT. Rol
 erts, will go against the amendmel
 about 75 to 50. It Is generally believe
 
 land. the home of Dr. Whtmire. men
 Der of the legislature; Banker Rema
 Blountsvile and one or more oth 1 places.
 Everybody in Blount county, in spi
 of the reports chronicled above is a pr
 hibitionist.
 ''We are against liquor and the saloon
 they say. "This fact would be establish'
 In a moment were the issue, as Il
 amenders claim 1t Is, saloon or no B loon. But we feel that we have lay
 enough We have given these peep
 everything for which they asked. W
 are going to balk on this amendme
 proposition"
 They have already baked if your co
 respondent is a judge of the polite
 situation in this county. ] S5.2O Atlanta and