The Marshall republican., 1910-04-22
"Dry" and WET"

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state of Missouri placed IN the
hands of voters in each county
more than twenty years ago au-
thority to exclude the sale OF
liquors except in cities of more
than $500 inhabitants; and under
the same law voters in such cities
have authority to exclude saloons
and the sale of liquors therein.
Under this popular law the fol-
lowing counties have prohibited
dramsheps and the sale Of liquors.
Counties-Adair, Audrain, A'ch-
ison, Barry, Barton, Bates, Boone
Bollinger, Caldwell, C~allowar, Cam
den, Cass, Cedar, Charlton,
Christian, Clay, Carroll, Dale, Dali
las, Clinton, Davies, Del!alb, Dent
Douglas, Dunklin, Gentry, Greene
Grundy, Harrison, Henry, Hickory,
Holt, Howard, Howell, Johnson, Jas
per, Knox, Laclede, Lincoln, Linn,
Livingston, Lawrence; Macon Nc
Donald, Madison, Mercer, Marion,
Miller, Mississippi, Morgan, New
ton, Nodaway, Oregon, Ozark, Penn
iscott, Pettis, Polk, Pike, Pulaski,
Putnam, Randolph, Reynolds, Ray,
Ripley; st. Clair, Saline, Schuyler
Scotland, Shannon, Shelby, Stod-
dard, Stone, Sullivan, fancy, Tex
as Vernon, Webster, Worth, Wash
ington, Wright, Wayne.-s1.
The election in Cass, Lincoln
counties were set aside, but sa-
looms are not licensed in Cass, ex-
cept at Pleasant Hill, which sub
sequently voted wet, nor in Lin
coin.
St. Francis has voted "dry"
twice but the elections were set
aside and it is now very wet Scott
voted "dry" in 1888 but got "wet'
again and voted "wet" in 1908.
In addition to the 81 counties
which have voted out saloons An
drew, Carter and Iron have exclud
ed them through their county court
and are now to be classed as "dry"
counties, making the total 81.
Cities-Aurora, Butler, C~hillicothe
Carterville, Columbia, Charleston,
Cameron, Carthage, Fredericktown,
Fulton, CRANKY, Higginsville, Ken
nett, Kirksville, Kirkwood, Lamar,
Liberty. Neoshe, Marshall, Marco
line, Richmond, Slater, Stanberry,
Warrensburg, West Plains, Webb
City, Webster Groves.-27.
Only thirty of the ia counts Of
the state are now to be classed as
"wet": Butler, Buchanan, Benton,
with but 8 saloons) Clark, Craw-
ford practically dry, Cooper, Cole
Cape Girardeau, Franklin, Gasco-
made, Jackson, Jefferson, Lafayette
Except Higginsville), Lewis, Maries
except two saloons), Monroe (prac
tically dry except ParisJ Moniteau,
Montgomery, New Madrid, (dry ex
cept city of New Madrid), Usage,
Perry, Phelps, Platte, Rails, St.
Charles, st. Francis, st. Genevieve,
st. Louis, Scott, Warren-30.
No local option elections have
ever been held in the counties of
Cole, Franklin, Gasconade, Usage,
Perry, st. Charles, Ste. Genevieve,
st. Louis and Warren. Every 9TH
er county in the State has voted
once or twice under the local OPP
ton law.
In some of the dry counties list
ed above r cities of $500 inhabi-
tants and over which license a
looms as follows: Audrain, Mexico
2; Barry, Monett 4; Bates, Rich Hill
6; Carroll, Carrollton 4; Cass,
Pleasant Hill 8; Cedar, Eldorado
Springs 2; Clay, Excelsior Springs
s; Greene, Springfield %; Grundy,
Trenton Z; Howard, Fayette Q; Jas
per, Joplin 40; Linn, Brookfield s.;
Macon, City of Macon A; Marion,
Hannibal 40; Palmyra 3; Nodaway
Maryville Q; Pemiscott, Carothers
vile 9; Pettis, Sedalia 20; Pike,
Louisiana 10; Randolph, Moberly 10
Huntsville 8; Vernon, Nevada s.
There m 8 "dry" cities in "wet'
counties-Kirkwood and Webster
Groves in st. Louis and Higginsville
in Lafayette.