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Show LOCAL OPTION ELECTION IS DECLARED INVALID Roanoke, Va., March 29. Judge Waller P. Staples, in the corporation court of Roanoke today, vet aside the local option election held here on December De-cember 30, last, in which the saloon was voted out by a majority of 8tf votes. The saloons would have closed tomorrow, had the election been declared de-clared valid. Roanoke has 62 saloonB, a large brewery and several distilleries distil-leries and distributing depots. The election is declared null and void on the ground that the tax list as furnished by City Treasurer Davis was illegal. |