| Show GHO T 11 0 P E O 0 H ae 1 T 0 in I 1 N T THE H 1 S O 0 U T H 1 H N S STATES UT IS more than half of south s terr tory is dry and rema rung ning aiea abea restricts sale of L quo quor washington A wave ot of prohibit t on has swept with such lemarl able effect over the south that the new year opens upon a vast stretch of ter altory i i tory absolutely bereft of liquor while the area wherein prohibition ests have triumphed marks the bat tie tle ground for impending fights on the question more than halt half the south s terri tory Is dry absolutely and in the remaining area the sale of intoci ants is restricted it Is evident that the cities are the only remaining strongholds strong holds for the saloons and it la Is unlikely that this condition will be modified except through a radical change in political thought through failure to enforce the laws against the traffic and perhaps ohel ob stables which follow in the wake of 0 prohibition georgia for a year has been exper with a near prohibition law forbidding ahe he sale of liquors containing more than 4 per cent al cohol statewide state wide prohibition laws become effective january 1 in north caroline alabama and mississippi prohibition hibi tion advocates in louisiana have suspended their fight to test the new gay bay shattuck law for the regulation of the liquor traffic tennessee Is the chief center ot of interest among the other states where state wide prohibition fights are in progress the prohibitionists assert that a statewide state wide bill will pass the legislature which they expect to organize and control Is kentucky the second largest dis tilling state in the union with counties has but four in which the sale of liquor is not prohibited virginia presents a string of vie tones tories tor for antl saloon elements as I 1 prohibition now exists in eighty of 0 the state states s one hundred counties in texas where more inore than half the counties have accepted pro tion the voters soon will be called upon to vote upon a constitutional amendment for prohibition in arkansas two thirds of its area cr seventy five counties are dry and the question of statewide state wide biti hitiris hi tiri i will be presented to the voters for discussion the results of prohibition general 1 I are gleaned from reports ind cat ing a great de decrease creaSA easu in the record 0 if arrests for drunkenness an in crease in the ban bank deposits of labor ers fewer cases of wife abandonment and a decrease in criminality gener ally the difficulty of enforcing the prohibition laws however Is con ceded to be one of the chief obstacles cIRs t its absolute absolu tA success in many states |
