The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1912-02-09
POSSIBLE EFFECT
Of COUNTY Unit
Thirty One Counties Under
New Provision.
Temperance Forces Claim They
Are Sure to Garry Thir-
teen Of Others.
(Evcmng PCIst.)

bCtn fiJusf u! NllS Niil uchy - lgllS-
latuns have passed oSun;y UNI. bill
10 make The couny uh, unt in K,n-
lucky viii IN VAT vus is ealum by
the p ol,le ON che qu,eltCn of th
sal. of Liquor. H. only Nimalns for
bcth houses to agrc1 on ore or The q her
of the bills, which do no. diff II radi-
cally, and for Gov McCreary ho sign
il. This law for which tih, gr srs ma
jority of clhe pcple of CHI Sale haTa
long contendsd, and winch Jhay
have bsen kept from 5, curing for
several y5ags by Gh, liquor fore :
and the liquor Lobby, Will chan b. in
.ffaat.
IND r the laiv, as it now stands
counties which CON AN cialess Df III, |
first, second, 1hnd ard fourth class, |
do net VOTE As a unit on Gh9 snA, of
hquor. lrErtad, the city CIR ulies |
constitute umlts, and the county is a |
parate unit. Thus it Happens tina.
while thu sTi at majority Of dha p o.
PIE of 1he county may b. against thu |
sale OF 1iquor, a comparatively small
pant Of tihe population r-iSidiing in
city may vcte tn. city 'wet." and |
thus parm.t the sale of liquor in .ahs
courry.
IhEe are thirty+one COUNT IS in the
Sals wLloh contain ci.its Of IN firsl-
four claslsss, and which will ohars-
fore b. eff cited by the county unit
law. OF tIh Sc thirty-one coumi5s
ileven ars al.tndy dry. That l-nves
INsnGy that arr liable 10 chang OF
5hase NV my the And-Salccn League
admits only Two as car.a!n 70 remain
VS. wh.le five Ire Ms1,d as doubt
ful. THE other thir,ssm VIII, 1t is
claim5d. woe dry" VIII IN AL ,ih.s pao-
pie of the county vote ON this question.
and iahe people OF g,he dry ard tn.
county do not vote separate.
The 1lin1J an W t counties ard !iha
way ,ih-y are classified by lh, Anti
Saloon League are:
SURE TO REMAIN WET"
JffensJn county, with Louisville
Ksn,On caun y, with Coving on.
CLAIMED TO BE DOUBTFUL"
Campbell county, with Newport
Faydlae county, wa,h LeNng ON,
Franklin county, with Frankfort.
McCracksn county, with Paducth.
Nelson county, with Bardfstown.
CovinstCm has 1920 Of dha 10,3j5
population of Kan on county, 50 his ;
of city Il sid-nts is ex-
pectsd to k-np Kemcon w,t.
Newport, hOaeNar, has only $1,000
Df the $3.50 populalicn CT Campbell
county, SO this is about a sand-Off. ;
and Campb N is claimed as dsba a
be ground- II
Lexington has 35.O79 of the 47,7l5
population of Faysdte county, sio Fay {
site ssms lSs doubtful than Camp
ball. the larger cities GENERALLY SHOW
ing a wit leamng.
Paducah has 22,76O of the $1,000 POP. ,
ilatIiOn of AlcCraclaen county, and
nay go ei.lhcr Wat or dry, with the ,
,hanoas fawoNng "wttt."
Frankfort has 10,465 of THE 21,135
'eople OF Franklin county, anothsr
wen bnaak, which makes the a,asult
6
Nelson county has always voted as !
! unit. but has vOtd ''wet," The dis
iilla'y inlallaats tIhsre kaeping 1T so. I
CLAIMED SURE TO VOTE DRY
The Anti-Saloon League claims THESE Q
counties which are part ',wdt' will a
} aoom'e laholly dry" under the Anti
DON League operation.
Boyd county. with Ashland and s
ia.l lotslburg.
Wamen county. with Bowling b
hrsan. b
Henderson county, with III anderson.
Bsll county, with Middasisbono. 1
Nom gomery county, with Mt. Ster- a
ing. a
Daviess county, with Ow.snIsboro.
Bourbon county, with Paris.
Pulaski coun y, with Som n'sd..
Clark county, with Wiinchaslsr.
Woodford county, with Vs,r,saillats. l
Muhlenbrg county, with Ccmtgal
lily.
Mason county. with MayfirAd.
Cihnisilan county, with Hopldimsville.
THESE ALREADY DRY. q
The following oountbss, Mihlch con- 4
ain cltbes of this first four GLASSES, r
ne already Totally dry: C
Harrison county. with Cymtihlama. y
Hopkins county, with Darlington S
nd Madbsonydlle. "
Boyle county. with DanNilAa. Al
Simpson county, with Flankl,n.
Scott county, with @ orgoaowm.
Mercer county, with HampdsIburg.
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