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Show TEXAS CAPTURED Bf THE "iniEHT Expected Heavy Anti-Prohibition Vote in the Cities Failed to Materialize. NORTH AGAINST THE SOUTH Along the Border the "Wets" Carried the Day; Different in the Panhandle. By Associated Press. DALLAS. Tex., .luly 22. The expected heavy anti-prohibition vole in the cities and large towns did not materialize and several towns counted In tho "wet" column col-umn gave "dry" majorities. San Antonio An-tonio gave an anti-prohlbltlon majority of only SOOO; .Harris county, .of which Houston is tho county seal, 6000; Dallas, 1600, and Tarrant county, of which Fort Worth is the county seat. 800. Of the vole accounted for 1 71.1.77 comes from northern Texas and 1G8,r from south Texas, considering roughly a line drawn through Waco to be the division. The figures show, therefore, that the returns re-turns arc relatively a larger percenfago of tho south Texas than of the north Texas vote and of this unreported vote the prohibitionists will get tho greater part.- The prohibitionists, as was expoclcd, received heavy majorities In north Texas. Tho Pnnhandlo and west. Texas gave even larger majorities, relatively to population, than did north Texas proper and northeast north-east Texas. The anti-prolilbilionists got their majorities ma-jorities almost exclusively in south Texas and in some counties they were smaller than had been expected. By Associated Press. ST. LOUIS, July 22. A special to tho Republic from the secretary of the Texas Democratic state committee at Dallas sayB that Texas has gone dry. Tho apodal apo-dal says it Is almost certain at midnight that the majority will not be below 25,000 and may be 50,000. Two-thirds of the unreported votes aro in districts recognized recog-nized as prohibition territory In local option op-tion contests. By Associated Press. DALLAS, July 23. Returns rocetved by tho Dallas News up to 2 o'clock this (Sunday) morning show a total of 20S.0U2 votes for anti-prohibition and 207.4G1 for prohibition, a majority of fiol for the antl-prohibitlonlsts antl-prohibitlonlsts In the election of tho tUutc. Karller estimates of the votes appear too small. |