Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 May 1911 — LICENSES REFUSED [ARTICLE]

LICENSES REFUSED

In Newton County Because of Insufficient Population of • Unit. ‘ The voters of Lincoln township stirred up the foam Saturday and invited the return of saloons by a vote of 61 to 95, giving a wet majority of 34. But the victory of the wets will probafcl y prove futile for there are not 1,000 inhabitants in the township and the county commissioners have decided that they will, stand firm on their order fixing the ratio of one saloon for each 1,000 persons. The commissioners of Adams county have made the same ruling, refusing a license even though the township voted wet. Appeals have been taken and if Roselawn and Thayer get saloons they will get them through the circuit court, which will b e asked to construe the law.—Kentland Eeterprise.