The Forrest City times., 1912-09-13
REV FRANK BARRETT SAYS RE TURNS ARE TOO INDEFINITE AND MEAGER TO JUS
 TlFY FORECAST.
MAJORiTYIS PROBAPi Y 15.OOO
All Acts Appear Defeated and Amend ments t2, t3, 14 and 1 5 Have Coed Leads While No. Il Loses.
 Negroes Cast Big Vote.

Western Newspaper Union News Service.
 Little Rock.-The statewide prohi- bition bill known as Act No. 2 was defeated by a substantial majority of from 1000 to 2o.000 in Monday state election.
 Returns nave been very slov and up to Thursday morning only G0, Gaa votes out of probably 200. .G0g cast, had been definitely accounted for These give q majority Of over 6,00o against statewide. and incomplete re turns from every part of the state indicate the defeat Of the measure b4 a safe majority.
 While the count progresses the liquor interests are claiming victory by from 10000 to 25.ooo and Rev. Frank Barrett, head of the Anti Saloon League claims that after all the returns are in a victory will be shown for prohibition. He does not, however, give any figures on which his calculations are based
 Lee and Cross are two counties now wet which appear to have gone dry by defeating license.
 The following dry counties appear to have gone wet by voting license Arkansas. Miller, Monroe. Saline, Cal houn Carroll Ouaehita, Perry, Polk, Randolph, Hempstead, Hot Spring. Jackson, Searcy and probably Sevier. Official returns may change the re suits as to license in some of these counties. although not i'll a majority of them.
 Returns received up to Thursday, while in most counties incomplete, in dicated majorities against state wide bill in the following counties: Al kan sas. Ashley, Carroll, Chicot, Clay, Cleveland, Cleburne. Columbia, Craig head, Crawford, Crittenden. ilallas, Desha, Drew. Garland, Hampstead, Hot Spring. independence, Jackson, Jefferson, Lee, Lafayette, Lonoke, Lawrence. Lincoln. Little River, Lo- gan. Madison. Marion, Miller, Missis- sippi Montgomery, Monroe, Nevada, ouachita. Perry, Polk. Pope. Prairie, Pulaski Randolph, Saline. Sevier, Searey, Sebastian. Union. Woodruff, Tell.
 Those which indicate majorities Tor are: Greene, Franklin, Ben ton, Calhoun, Clark, Conway, Cross, Faulkner. Pike, Johnson. St Francis, White, Washington.
 Thus the anti-pNehis appear to have carried AS counties safely. while 13 counties indicate majorities in favor or statewide. There are n coun- hes from which definite returns on thls issue are not available. in some of them the count indicates a very close vote, and it is believed the re- suit of these counties will be stand or between the prohis and antis.
 Ohe of the peculiar features of the election is that in many places the vote for license exceeds the vote against statewide. In Calhoun county. statewide and license both carried by practically the same majority.
 The biggest maiorities registered asainst Act No. appear to be in Pu- laski and Jefferson counties. each of which went wet by nearly 2,500. Ma loflties in excess of 1.000 against the measure claimed from Sebastian, Chi cot and Mississippi.
 All Acts Defeated.
 Returns received up to "Wednesday ihalcate the defeat of all four acts. VIZ; the T.-J. bill, the statewide bill. ule election law, and the text book bill. The FurnerJacobson revenue bil! ap- pears to have been the most unpopn- ,af Of all the measures. and the ma 5oflly against it will possibly exceed 50.9oo
 While the acts were all defeated, 'euf ot the constitutional amend mehts seem 10 have shared a better fate.