The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1919-03-18
$4,000 BARS SOONsTO
HEAR LAST CURFEW
MANY PLACES LONG FAMOUS IN
THE CENTRAL WEST MUST
SOON CLOSE DOORS.


licensed drinking places in the six
wet" states of the central west
Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Mis-
souri,, Kentucky and Ohio-are to go
out of existence four months from
today if America abolishes liquor
traffic, for the first time in history.
Millions of dollars worth of prop
erty used as distilleries, breweries,
saloons, wine rooms and road houses
already has changed hands and is be-
ing converted into new lines of indus
try, according to reports received
here.
Many small breweries and few
large ones have arranged to become
manufactures, cold storage plants or
artificial ice factories. In Wisconsin,
which produces a sixth of all beer
brewed in America, one big brewery
disposed of its fixtures and sold it's
kegs as <liberty cabbage" contain
ers.
The 200 Kentucky distilleries claim
their financial losses will far surpass
those of brewers because location and
peculiar construction of distilleries
will not permit of easy conversion to
other industries. Owners of isolated
road houses, the rendezvous of gay
auto parties, claim that they too will
suffer heavy financial losses. They say
it would be impossible to draw pat
rons to out of the way places without
liquor inducements.
Many Saloons to Close.
Wisconsin has 1866 licensed drink
ing places, Illinois 8,41S, Ohio $500.
Missouri 5000, Minnesota 1900 and
Kentucky 1900
Ohlo's saloons are expected to close
May 27 under an amendment to the
state constitution.
Hundreds of saloons in the six
cities will be converted into soda
shops, cafeterias, cafes, motion pict-
ure theaters, drug stores, haberdash
erles and cosey soft drink-dancing
emporiums. There will be large in
crease in the number of drug stores.
dCCOEulHS 10 nQuOr dealers.
Saloon fixtures as a rule are suit
, able for the drug store" said one big
! Chicago dealer. For this reason
there will be many more drug stores.
And now with prohibition virtually
fact the little verses we used to re-
peat in jest can be said with a grain
Of sincerity:
Hush, little barroom.
Don't you cry,
You'll be a drug store
BY and by.
The closing will mark the passing
OF many saloons that for years nave
mad almost national regulations. In
Bridgeport, Ohio, is what is reputed
to be the largest barroom in the
world, with 263 feet of bar space: in
Chicago is the smallest "The Midget"
with space of but five feet: I'D in
parts of Minnesota are resorts that
almost form a part of the state early
history, places where the polyglot
tioaters from woods and fields. un-
der the shadowy flare of kerosene
lamps, staged gun battles that would
cheaper the present day movie" di-
rector.
End of "Heinie gabubbler's.'
In Chicago the trick stairwavs.
electric currents and fire gongs that
caused rural visitors at "Heiniepa-
bubbler's" to cut strange capers,
while regular patrons doubled up in
laughter, may be replaced with bar
Der chairs and bath rooms. 1t was
twenty years ago that "Heiniegabub-
bler's" opened its house of trapdoors.
sliding footmats and kissing serpents.
Later similar places were opened in
other cities.
Definite plans have not been made
for the disposal of Alderman "Hinkv
Dink" Kenna's "Workingmen's Elk
change" which advertised the big
gest beer in Chicago and which sold
as many as sixty barrels Of beer over
Its 250 feet of mahogany in a single
day. Righeimer's, on South Charles
street, for years a meeting place of
politicians and headquarters for cleo
ton betting, may retain its fountains
and costly fixtures and continue as
a restaurant. More than 100000 has
been handled on one election by the
proprietor
Sunday closing and other restric-
tons caused the number of saloons
IN Chicago to dwindle from 5000 to
5000 in recent years. Chicago will
vote on local option April 1, and a
dry decision would close the saloons
month later.