The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1909-01-05
PROHIBITION IN
NORTH CAROLINA
Midnight. Last Night End
ed Sale of Liquor
TWENTY-s|X COUNTIES

Seycnty-Two Counties Were in prohih-
itiOn Column Before Election of May
&c. When by Majority Of Forty-Four
Thousand the People OF the State
Made State Prohibition Effective on
January Fast. 1909.
AS the hour of midnight struck last
night the final stroke ended the
reign of liquor throughout North Car
0lina and statewide prohibition vent
into effect. the manufacture and sale
of intoxicating liquors being prohibit
ed BY the vote of the people.
The State prohibition election Of
| May 20, 1908, decided by a majority
of 44.196 that all North Carolina
should be dry" md the proclamation
of Governor Glenn issued on the 18Th
day of June, 1908. set out that by the
act of the Legislature. ratified by the
people, the law would become effective
the first Of January. 1909.
Preceding the election there was a
vigorous campaign for state Prohibi-
ton, the forces of the A~nti-Saioou
League being ably led by Mr.. John a.
| Oates, of Fayetteville. chairman OF
the Executive Committee. The ques-
ton was a non-political one, and in
behalf of prohibition there were ap-
peaIs from leading Democrats and Re
publicanS. Judge Jeter G. Pritchard, of
the Republicans. Governor Glenn ana
Ex-Governor Aycock and otherS max
ing a thorough canvass of the state.
The total vote cast was lS3,0Z4, ana
| OF thiS 1862 votes were for prOl1lb-
ition, 69.416 against, a majority Tor
prohibition of "A, 1876.
on the first day of January. 1908,
there were II counties in North Caro-
lima in which prohibition prevailed,
while liquor was sold in tWenty-SiN.
With the sale Of intoxicating liquors
now prohibited throughout the state,
the condition which existed the lirSt
of January. 1908. we're:
Wet Counties: Alamance, Beaufort.
BERTHE, Caswen, Craven. Edgecomhe,
Forsyth. Franklin. Granville. Greene.
Halifax, Johnston, Jones. Lemon, Ma
con. Martin, Nash. Now Hanover, Per
| son, Pitt. Rockingham, Rowan, Tyr
rell, Vance. Wayne, Wilson.
Prohibition Countless: Alexander,
Allegheny, Arson, Ashc, Bladen.
Brunswick. Buncombe, Burke, Cabar-
rus, Caldwell, Camden, Carteret, Ca
tawba, Chatham, Cherokee, Cnowan,
CLAW, Cleveland, Columbus, Cumber-
land, Currituck, Dare, Davidson, DaVi"
DupIin, Durham, Castor. Gates, era
ham, GuiIford, Harnett, Haywood,
Henderson, Hertford, Hyde, lredeIl.
Jackson, Lee, Lincoln. Madison, No
DOwell. M|ecklenburg, Mitchell, Mont
.gomery, Moore, northampton. Onslow,
| Orange, Pamiico, Pa~squotank, Pender,
Perquimans, Polk, Randolph, Rich
mond, Robson. Rutherford, Sampson,
Scotland, Stanly, tot Surry'
Swain, Pennsylvania, Union, Wake.
Warren, Washington, WatauGjt,
Wilkes, Yadkin. Yancty.
D~fSpcnsaries: Graham. Afamance
county; Edwards. eaufo county
| Windsor and Colerain. Berthe county:
Louisburg, Franklin county Oxford
and Crecdmoor, Granville county
Weldon, Halifax county; Dunn, IIar-
nett county; Waynesville, Haywood
county; Pine Level. Johnston county
! Trenton. Jones county; kinston, lie
noir county; Roxboro, Person county;
Pitt county; Mayodan, Rockingham
county; Henderson, Vance county
Fremont and Eureka. Wayne county;
Wilson, Elm City, Lucama, wilson
county.
SALOONS: Washington. Beaufort
| county; Milton and Yanceyville, Cas-
| we'll county; Eanceboro, Craven coun-
! ty; Tarboro, Pinetop, MaccleStleld,
Old Sparta, Lawrence, Leggetts, lNhlj
akers, B~attleboro, Rocky Noun
| Sharpesburg st. Lewis. Couetoe, Oak
ley, Edgecombe county W~inston-Sa-
lem, Forsyth county; Snow Hill ana
Jason, Greene county Enfield, lia!!-
fax and Tfllery. Halifax county WI
| mansion, ftdflllilOI. JiciSSrll'
Parmele, Gold Point RobersoEvl'le;
Martin county; Rocky Mount ana
PattIeborO, Nash county; Wilmington
and Wrightsville, New Hanover cout'
ty; Farmville, Oakley, S'oKes, Eacto-
lus. GrimesIand, Fountain, Pitt coun-
ty: Madison ard Reidsville, Rocking
ham county; Salisbury, Rowan coun-
tv; Plack Creek, Wi'banks and Bird
gersville. Wilson county.
The Anti-Saioon League.
The officers of the North Caroline
| ~Anti-Saloon League are
President State Convention-Herlot
Clarkson. Charlotte.
Vice-Presidents-W. e. DoWd, Char
Gtbrsa 3 ; P 3 WWih hite. 5renElig 9l III.
Tucker, Asheville: A. NJ. Scales.
Greensboro; j. A. Hardness, states-
Vile; J. A. Brown. WhiteVille; +. p
billiard. Scotland Neck: J. J. Rogers
Kinston; w. s. OBJ Robinson. Colds
boro; W. G. Douglass. Raleigh; q. W.
| Watts, Durham; w. L. Everett, Rock
ingtam; c. w. Mitchell. Aulandcr.
Organizer-R. l.. Davis, Wilson.
| Plains.
Executive Committee: John A.
Oates. chairman, Fayetteville; j. W.
| Bailey, Raleigh: II. a. london. Pitts
boro; j. I. Underwood. Rockingham;
J~osephus Daniels, Raleigh; Clarence
II. Poe, Raleigh; J. II. Pou, Raleigh;
r. y .Ivey, Raleigh; q. X. Nimocks,
| Il ds ttttNllIc, w ID. 1pOJjCi - AiAliii1
ton; w. Fl. Sprunt. Wilmington: r. G..
| Reaman, New Bern: y. Il. ~Broughton,
Raleigh; j. c. Massee. Raleigh; j. ..
Atkinson, Elon College; A. j Nickel
way, Charlotte: l. G.. Blair, treasurer,
Raleigh; j. /. Johnson, Raleigh; b
Craig. Rocky Mount, q. T. Adams.
Durham; 6. Mcintyre, Lumberton: w.
\. Jones, Raleigh: II y. Page, Aber-
deem.