Show IS BOWED OUT GOT Shrieks of Whistles and General Re Ke Rejoicing Rejoicing Welcomes Prohibition in Alabama J Birmingham Ala Dee Dec 31 With the shrill shrieks of the hundreds of whis whistles ties iles of industrial Birmingham announcing announcIng announcing ing the advent of the new year ear every saloon aloon in the city closed Its doors sine die Tonight was the time set for fr p wo po o to go into effect in these coun counties counties ties of Alabama in which local elections have been held during the year There were exactly fifty fin co of the state that closed the doors door of i ithe the saloons permanently This leaves haves seventeen counties in the state in which liquor can be sold for tor another year One year ear from tonight the entire state becomes prohibition by a statu statutory statutory tory ton act Of the wet we counties s for the next year ear only four are exclusively saloon counties Mobila Montgomery Dallas and Baldwin There are P exclusive dispensary counties counti s Macon Winston Elmore Limestone Madison Cleburne Percy Colbert Covington and Coffee M Maren Marengo I ren rengo rengo go county has both dispensary and sa saloons saloons loons Jefferson county in which Bir Birmingham mingham is located is by far the larg larr largest larrest 1 est county in the state and in Bir Dir Birmingham BirmIngham mingham alone saloons went wem out emit ut of I business at midnight A feature of the last day under the liquor regime is the fact that there was less drunkenness noted than for many months At many places today brandies end and champagnes were selling at half bulf price and even cheaper Many rany vans of ff liquor have hava been de delivered delivered livered to private residences and stocks on hand with the dealers are small The larger number of the best saloon loca locations locations in the heart of the city have bave ln rented but many places which bring brin to a month cannot be b rented for half hall that amount I BIG AMY A MY SLAUGHTERED S UNDER NATIONS FLAG New York Dec 31 The Tribune this morning in a summary of the acci accidents accidents accidents dents of the year states that persons have been killed and nd Injured In accidents during the year having been killed and Injured Some of tho the larger Items of the list are arc as fol follows follows follows lows Earthquakes landslides etc killed Injured d explosions and mine disasters killed 2721 2 21 in injured Injured injured storms and floods killed 1583 1533 Injured railroad wrecks killed d 2639 Injured automobile acci accidents accidents accidents dents killed Injured firearms killed injured Among other deaths are 2269 lost l st In wrecks of vessels and In other L |