Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 78, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 March 1909 — COUNTIES STILL GOING DRY. [ARTICLE]

COUNTIES STILL GOING DRY.

Carroll, Gibson and Rush Swell the Anti-Booze List to 25.

Three more coifities have voted on the county option question since our last issue, Carroll, Gibson and Rush, and all went dry by decisive majorities, Carroll especially giving an enormous majority against licensed liquor selling, considering her population. Every one of the 30 precincts in that county returned a majority for the drys ranging from 11 to 149, the five precincts in Delphi ✓'giving dry majorities of from 20 to 113, and the town gave a majority of 342, making a total majority for the county 1942. Carroll is a democratic county, and the total vote cast was 3966, or about 75 per cent full vote. The only saloons in the county are at Delphi, where there are seven, all of the rest of the county having been made dry by remonstrance. Gibson county gave a dry majority of 1,067, the vote cast being about 80 per cent of the normal voting strength. Nine saloons are affected in Gibson.

In Rush county the majority was 2,016 for the drys, and sixteen saloons are put out of business. Sullivan and Jay counties vote on the option proposition today, Marshall county to-morrow, Whitley and Hancock counties Friday, and Shelby county Saturday.