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 oDpssatisa Ts Csner |, .Huntsvills., Nov. as--( Special. ) --''E;v- Nryz county m the Eighth District. ex- cepta Lawrence. sis going against the amendneut. Thb is the podtical preuiction most frequently heard in Decatur and Huntsviiie. where the people. as they are in every cross are talking amendment and antf- amendmentss The truth Of the pre- diction is taken for granted and the ainenders are only hoping against hope that election day will prove the pre- diction, untrue.
 Jackson County, the one big county of which little has been written or said. is expected to give the biggest i1aJ0r- ity. of any county in the district against the amendment Jackson way on In the northeastern corner of the state. is remote from all AIabssDa except Madison and Marshall coua,ies. Tn Huntsville. they have as fslr n idea of political conditions in Jackson as they have in Morgan. Madison County speakers have gone into tack son during this campaign and visitors pass back and forth daily from Hunts vile. The Huntsville leaders say that the vote in Jackson win be at least two to one against the amend ment. A prominent leader of Jackson County has authorized his Huntsville friends to get bets for him that the vote would be at least two 70 one against the Conner proposition. m
 Jackson, Banner C0unfy.
 This Is In line with the reports sent into the State sAnti-Amendment Head- quarters. and based on these reports Headquarters are expecting Jackson ts' return one of the banner matorities against the amendment.
 Two counties in the Eighth District Madison and Colbert. are conceded to be akaifist Che amendment. In Madi- son, willie a more or less personal eanipaign has been made to discredit Senator Robert E. spragins. the major fly, against the amendment Is various. iy estimated from 300 to soc. .3, ,.
 Notwithstanding that they, conceded colbert County to be against the amendmeht, the amenders are making : desperate fight in that county. It is the home county of Speaker A. H. Car michael. and the defenders In Colbert say that the amenders are bestirrins themselves xeaiousiy with the aid of state headquarters to carry the county if possible for the amendment and thus endorse the Speaker. who had so much to do with the prohibition Legislation of the last I.egisiature. But the defenders are conteuted They report thaf ths majority against ff}Y iAnnerfti hase kctuailya grown iE \ l,ea pssst sfw0 Wsetks. In TuscumbIs the afrenders are betting whenever they can get a wager. that the amend tnent will carry- twenty counties In the state. As for Colbert. no qRn would dare wager that the amendment w1' carry in that county
 Ifnaestone Also Safe,
 sFron Limestone the defenders exc pect another large majority. There ia moi much issue on how Limestone will so' .,o Few lsT Of the .amenders even .ciaiir, ii The defenders declare that 1t will ca st a larger proportionate vote against inc arnendmept than any other county in inc. district. The majority may be loo or 5eo On all sides 1t is admitted flat the amendment is more than us- IaIfT unpopular in Limestone. for which situation no adequate reason has yet been given. And Limestone was one of the counties on which the mfnenders in the early part: of the cam paign were confidently counting
 Al one time Lauderdale County was conceded to the amendment forces : This was when the light first started l. Fiorence was supposed to be; strong for inc afiiendment and several leaders of inc cornty-mena who had been sue ecssfula in county politics In recent vsare--were dts advocates. But the country people we're heard from. And fhav were found to be like the country neople of other couuties--strongly ly arainst the Conner proposition.
 A leading arnender two days ago conceded that the county would now eos against the amendment by 200 ma jority :. romrnftteefaan for that county, imme-
 is .f Win bet you e fine hat that our ma iorify in Lauderdale will not be less than 800.
 Lawrence. Debatable Ground.
 The personal influence of Judge J. e. rxumpke. has been considered strong enoi,xhs with the aid of the preachers. to carry Lawrence for the amendmenfs Iudne Kumplxe Is easily the. strongest political factortin the county. But the country people have shown determ- ined oppositiou to the amendment. af- though it has many strong supporters in the country beats. Several defender anaakers, after touring the county where they were met by large crowds. and where they encountered. great en- thusiasn. have come out of the county deciarinx that 1t was against the Amendment like its neighbors. The latest of these is Judge ]. Fl. Nathan.
 ..I delivered twelve speeches in Law renee County" said Judge Nathan. "T went from one end of the county to the other. And mark my words. itl Is going against the amendment. The towns may go for 1t. but the country heats will vote them down. Now watch that prediction.
 There is no dispute in claims In Nor gan County It Is conceded by both sides against the amendmentss Only the majority Is uncertain. IL may bc large or small and that only will the election determine, f
 There are those who claim that the Eirhth District will vie with the First and second Districts in piling up ma iiorites aganst the amendment. And ConRressrraan William F. Richardson. who has never been out of line with the voters. of his district on public question. is outspoken' against the - m A AmE